FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE LOST ART OF KEEPING SECRETS. Country girl Tara is whisked off to 60s London to become a star; there she is dressed she is shown off at Chelsea parties photographed by the best. She meets songwriters singers designers & records her song. & she falls in love
- with two men. Behind the buzz & excitement of her success the bitterness between her elder sister Lucy & her friend Matilda haunts Tara. Their past friendship is broken & among the secrets & the strangeness of both their marriages the past keeps on reappearing. Praise for THE LOST ART OF KEEPING SECRETS: So good we could hardly speak Observer. A delight of Nancy Mitford-esque trials & tribulations Vogue.
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Emma Applebys arrival in the County Durham village of Tow Law is sudden & mysterious provoking deep suspicion in the locals. & because she has a child with her seemingly out of marriage they want nothing to do with her
- except for pub landlord Mick Castle. When Emma opens an academy & sets herself up in competition with the local school she provokes a savage response from the community. But she will not be deterred
- even when her past catches up with her & Mick is forced to choose between family & love.

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Mr & Mrs Brick are builders just like their mothers & fathers & grandmothers & grandfathers. But their new baby doesnt seem to be following in their footsteps. Instead of building things up she keeps knocking things down! Based on the classic Happy Families card game this highly entertaining series is ideal for reading & sharing at home or at school. It is guided by the Education Adviser Brian Thompson & written by the award-winning author Allan Ahlberg. The best thing to happen to beginner readers since Dr Seuss
- Childrens Rights Workshop.
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Sophie Dahl one of the most glorious women on the planet shares delicious secrets from her slinky kitchen funny stories & favourite recipes in a beautifully illustrated hardback. With delectable recipes for each season this luscious abundant take on food will delight women everywhere. In this beautifully colour illustrated cookbook Sophie shares 100 of her favourite recipes that show that healthy can be delicious & indulgent. Sophie lived out the latter part of her adolescence under the public spotlight as the first anti-waif model. Flirting with every food fad from Atkins to raw food she experienced both misadventures & victories in her quest to have a healthy relationship with food. Now she reveals the recipes that allowed her to eat what she wants while being sylphy as a sapling. Sophie cooks with gusto & passion & here she takes us on a delicious journey through a wonderful collection of her favourite recipes for every meal & every season
- from her Grandmother Gee-Gees ginger parkin to her dads amazing chicken curry to what she serves her boyfriend for breakfast. Try out her mamas baked acorn squash & the delicious student-days favourite Paris Mash plus childhood-fun puddings like Carnation milk jelly or decadent desserts like Chocolate chestnut souffle. Sophie reveals compassionate common sense about food & serves up a lashing of healthy recipes that celebrate the joy of eating so youll never want to diet again. Original funny intimate & quirky with a bit of whimsy this glorious book is full of wonderful anecdotes & delicious recipes scattered with Sophies own lovely Matisse-like line drawings that slope off the page.
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Sophie Dahl one of the most beautiful & stylish women on the planet shares delicious secrets from her slinky kitchen. With 100 delectable recipes for each season as well as funny & touching stories from her amazing life this luscious & beautifully illustrated book is set to become a cookery classic. Sophie Dahl has been both round as a Rubens & as sylphy as a sapling through trial error & an episode in India which needn't be discussed in detail with anyone. She lived out the latter part of her adolescence in public & so her puppy fat which should have been a tender family joke became fuel for national debate. At the time this was crippling to her & one of the reasons she moved to another country. Flirting with every food fad from Atkins to raw food she has had both misadventures & victories in her quest to have a sound healthy relationship with food. Now in her twenty-ninth year it is suddenly simpler: Sophie cooks & eats & does both with gusto. It can be lonely & confusing navigating food particularly with the standards of beauty & weight that are thrust upon us by advertisers. Sophie aims to debunk some of the horrible punishing diet myths & replace them with compassionate common sense anecdotal stories & a lashing of healthy recipes. This is a book that doesn't encourage guilt or monastic deprivation but celebrates the joy in food & eating. Original funny quirky with a bit of whimsy this glorious book is full of memoir anecdote & delicious recipes scattered with lovely Matisse-like line drawings that slope off the page. ...

Daisy Dirts dad is a dustman on the dole but her mum has remarried a Duke so shes a filthy rich Duchess. Poor Daisy doesnt know whether shes coming or going whether shes rich or poor
- until everything changes. Based on the classic Happy Families card game this highly entertaining series is ideal for reading & sharing at home or at school. It is guided by the Education Adviser Brian Thompson & written by the award-winning author Allan Ahlberg. The best thing to happen to beginner readers since Dr Seuss
- Childrens Rights Workshop.

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Dora Dose is not just a doctors daughter shes a double doctors daughter
- her mum & dad are both doctors. Dora wishes she was a
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Salley Vicker's sensational debut novel ' Miss Garnet's Angel' is a voyage of discovery; a novel about Venice but also the rich story of the explosive possibilities of change in all of us at any time. Julia Garnet is a teacher. Just retired she is left a legacy which she uses by leaving her orderly life & going to live
- in winter
- in an apartment in Venice. Its beauty its secret corners & treasures & its people overwhelm a lifetime of reserve & caution. Above all she's touched by the all-prevalent spirit of the Angel Raphael. The ancient tale of Tobias who travels to Media unaware he is accompanied by the Archangel Raphael unfolds alongside Julia Garnet's contemporary journey. The two stories interweave with parents & landladies restorers & priests American tourists & ancient travellers abounding. The result is an enormously satisfying journey of the spirit
- & Julia Garnet is a character to treasure.


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The Father; A Dream Play; Miss Julie; The Ghost Sonata; The Dance of Death Ibsen can sit serenely in his Dolls House Sean OCasey remarked while Strindberg is battling with his heaven & his hell. Strindberg was one of the most extreme & ultimately the most influential theatrical innovators of the late nineteenth century. The five plays translated here are those on which Strindbergs international reputation as a dramatist principally rests & this edition embraces his crucial transition from Naturalism to Modernism from his two finest achievements as a psychological realist The Father & Miss Julie to the three plays in which he redefined the possibilities of European drama following his return to the theatre in 1898. Michael Robinsons highly performable translations are based on the authoritative texts of the new edition of Strindbergs collected works in Sweden & include the Preface to Miss Julie Strindbergs manifesto of theatrical naturalism. Introduction Textual Note Bibliography Chronology Explanatory Notes ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford Worlds Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxfords commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study & much more. ...

Miss Josie Jump the jockey can't wait to gallop in a race like her mum her brother & even her grandma but everyone says she's too young. But then grandma's horse gets a sore throat & Jimmy Jump gets a splinter in his bottom so she might get her chance at last. This charming title in the comic series based on the Happy Families card game will delight children between six & eight years old. ...