Natalie is a city girl & more interested in fresh sushi than fresh air so shes less than thrilled when shes packed off to Camp Lakeview. It doesnt take long for her to realize that there are some pretty cool girls there though & she starts to make friends. But will those friends stick around when they realize Natalies been keeping a huge secret? ...

A brand new omnibus of 55 short stories presented for the first time in chronological order. Described by her friend Dolly Bantry as the typical old maid of fiction Miss Marple has lived almost her entire life in the sleepy hamlet of St Mary Mead. Yet by observing village life she has gained an unparalleled insight into human nature -- & used it to devasting effect. As her friend Sir Henry Clithering the ex-Commissioner of Scotland Yard has been heard to say: Shes just the finest detective God ever made. -- & many Agatha Christie fans would agree. Appearing for the first time in The Murder at The Vicarage (1930) her crime-fighting career spanned over forty years when she solved her final case in 1977 in Sleeping Murder. With every tale flawlessly plotted by the Queen of Crime herself these short stories provide a feast for hardened Agatha Christie addicts as well as those who have grown to love the detective through her many film & television appearances. Here for the first time more than 50 of Agatha Christies mini masterpieces have been collected together in one volume perfectly illustrating the true breadth of her talent. As well as every story featuring Miss Marple the book

Includes:: additional st&-alone tales from macabre tales of the supernatural through suspense-ridden mysteries to heart-stopping cases of murder.

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Another four of Agatha Christies twelve celebrated Miss Marple novels in a single volume bound in the stylish livery of the new series. A Caribbean Mystery As Miss Marple dozes in the West Indian sun an old soldier talks of elephant shooting & scandals. Then he dies
- shortly after offering to show her a picture of a murderer. Its not long before the deceptively frail detective finds herself investigating a most exotic murder...A Pocket Full of Rye Rex Fortescue king of a financial empire was in his counting house; his queen was in the parlour...and thats exactly where they were when they died. There are baffling similarities between the rhyme & the crime & it takes all Miss Marples ingenuity to find them... The Mirror Crackd from Side to Side Marina Gregg the famous actress witnesses a murder in her country home. But what gave her the expression of frozen terror that only Dolly Bantry saw? Dolly of course knows just who can find out: her old friend Miss Marple... They Do It With Mirrors To fulfil a promise to an old schoolfriend Miss Marple stays in a country house
- with 200 juvenile delinquents & seven heirs to an old ladys fortune. One of them is a murderer
- with it seems a talent for being in two places at once...


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A collection of Miss Marple mysteries plus some bonus short stories... First the mystery man in the church with a bullet-wound...then the riddle of a dead man's buried treasure...the curious conduct oif a caretaker after a fatal riding accident...the corpse & a tape-measure...the girl framed for theft...and the suspect accused of stabbing his wife with a dagger. Six gripping cases with one thing in common
- the astonishing deductive powers of Miss Marple. Also

Includes:: two non-Marple mysteries ' The Dressmaker's Doll' & ' In a Glass Darkly'.


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Cookery goddess & girl about town Mallika Basu reveals her secrets for cooking gorgeous Indian food in this highly covetable book inspired by her blog. Her no-nonsense kitchen advice demystifies all those glorious exotic ingredients & spices & shows just how easy & rewarding it is to cook Indian cuisine at home. Miss Masala has done the hard work in the kitchen so that you don't have to. So much more than just a cookbook this beautiful handbag-sized journal fuses irresistible Indian recipes with Mallika s quirky & hilarious tales
- it will make ethnic cooking an effortless part of your goddess lifestyle. Alongside easy instructions for making aromatic Kerala Chicken or the best Seekh Kebabs Mallika shares witty anecdotes about her high-flying city life & gives handy hints on how to cook a jalfrezi & still head to the bar an hour later without reeking of eau de curry. Bollywood finally meets Sex & the City & anyone who wants to whip up a meal for friends will be basking in the glory. This is real Indian cooking for busy city living! Chapter Breakdown: Know your Bhuna from your Balti; Perfect in No Time; Never Let you Down; Light & Bright; Showing Off; Food for Feeling Better; Sweet Indulgences. Why not try these recipes?...* Kosha Mangsho (Lamb sauteed in yoghurt & roasted cumin) * Murgh Makhani (Velvety butter chicken) * Baingan Bharta (Smoky roasted aubergine mash) * Channa Masala (Hot spicy curried chickpeas) * Tandoori Macchli (Succulent monkfish in tandoori spices) * Peshawari Naan (Luxurious naan stuffed with nuts & raisins) * Mango Fool (Pureed mangoes folded into double cream) * Bhapa doi (Saffron & cardamom cheesecake) * Vodka Chilli Cocktails (For those who dare!)
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In the New Year of 1936 Gwen Purdy aged 21 leaves her home to become a schoolteacher in a poor area of Birmingham. Her parents are horrified but she has the support of her fiance a recently ordained clergyman. Her early weeks in Birmingham are an eye-opener: at the school she faces a class of 52 children some of whose homes are among Birminghams very poorest. One of the teachers the elderly Miss Drysdale proves an inspiration & Gwen begins to understand the appalling hardships endured by the children as she is drawn into their lives. Little Lucy Fernandez is a cripple & an epileptic. Through her Gwen meets Daniel Fernandez the elder brother in a fatherless household. The family has roots in a Wales small Spanish community & Daniel is a young man as fierce & passionate in his emotions as in his social concerns. Gwen falls in love & is quickly engaged in his battle to win rights for the working classes. As the Brigades are mobilized to fight the Spanish Civil War Gwen has to face the fact that Daniel has secrets in his past which she would rather not face up to... ...

Leys Physical Training College was famous for its excellent discipline & Miss. Lucy Pym was pleased & flattered to be invited to give a psychology lecture there. But she had to admit that the health & vibrant beauty of the students made her feel just a little inadequate. Then there was a nasty accident
- & suddenly Miss. Pym was forced to apply her agile intellect to the unpleasant fact that among all those impressively healthy bodies someone had a very sick mind...
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This story will appeal to those who still believe that an Englishmans home is his castle & to those who have a soft spot for indomitable old women Daily Telegraph The hardback edition of this book published in 2009 under the title A Lifetime in the Building saw its extraordinary story featured not only in the Daily Mail but also Hello magazine
- & quickly sold out two printings. Now it is re-launched in paperback under a new title to highlight its appeal as the tale of an extraordinary maverick woman & her even more remarkable achievement. May Savidge lived in a half-timbered house in Hertfordshire. When the council served her with a compulsory purchase notice to make way for a roundabout May decided she had to move
- but so did the house. So she had the whole thing dismantled & shipped to the North Norfolk coast...and then spent the rest of her life rebuilding it single-handed. Her fame spread around the world. Antiques Roadshow broadcast unprecedentedly two features about her house. Now her niece Christine Adams who inherited Mays house & completed it
- at the cost of her own marriage
- tells her aunts life story from the voluminous diaries & letters she left behind. Christine Adams now runs a Bed & Breakfast in May Savidges old house in Norfolk. Michael Mc Mahon is also the co-author of My Friend the Enemy (978 1 84513 316 0).



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In 1954 Shirley Bassey was seventeen years old. She had just returned from a cheesy revue tour called Hot from Harlem. Depressed disillusioned & four months pregnant she decided that her dream of being a professional singer was over. A mere ten years later she was one of the biggest stars in the world. She had sold more records than any other British singer of the day & was poised to conquer America. Her latest hit Goldfinger was the theme tune to the years blockbuster film. No longer the two-bit jazz singer from Cardiff she was by now an international sex siren as glamorous & unreal as Bond himself. Miss Shirley Bassey explores this remarkable transformation both of an individual & of the British society & British psyche that made it possible. From the vibrant multicultural oasis of Tiger Bay in the Cardiff docklands through the club-lands of Soho & Las Vegas to New Yorks Carnegie Hall it is a journey from mere mortal to international icon. Along the way she would encounter homosexual husbands predatory managers newspaper scandals & a range of friends & acquaintances from Sammy Davis Jr to Reggie Kray. John L. Williams draws on original research & interviews to provide a portrait of a young woman on the cusp of stardom whose rise to fame was in many ways symbolic of a changing world. Brilliantly written non-fiction in the style of David Peaces The Damned Utd or Nick Tosches Dino this is the story of a woman who set out to be extraordinary &
- against all the odds
- succeeded.

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One snowy day in Copenhagen six-year-old Isaiah falls to his death from a city rooftop. The police pronounce it an accident. But Isaiahs neighbour Smilla an expert in the ways of snow & ice suspects murder. She embarks on a dangerous quest to find the truth following a path of clues as clear to her as footsteps in the snow. 21 years after its first UK publication Vintage" are reissuing this classic Scandinavian crime novel for a whole new audience." ...