'A major decision about me is being made & no one's bothered to ask the one person who most deserves it to speak her opinion.' The only reason Anna was born was to donate her cord blood cells to her older sister. & though Anna is not sick she might as well be. By age thirteen she has undergone countless surgeries transfusions & shots so that her sister Kate can somehow fight the leukaemia that has plagued her since she was a child. Anna was born for this purpose her parents tell her which is why they love her even more. But now that she has reached an age of physical awareness she can't help but long for control over her own body & respite from the constant flow of her own blood seeping into her sister's veins. & so she makes a decision that for most would be too difficult to bear at any time & at any age. She decides to sue her parents for the rights to her own body. ...

What do you do when your wife abducts your children? This was the question facing Douglas Galbraith when in 2003 he returned home to Scotland from a few days work in London. The house was silent empty & locked; his four & six-year-old sons pyjamas lay on the bedroom floor. & on the doormat confirmation from the Post Office of a forwarding address
- in Japan. He has not seen them since. But My Son My Son" is infinitely more than a personal tale of sudden loss & one mans attempts to find his sons. Writing with astonishing range & insight Galbraith tackles the deepest questions about who we are & how we treat each other. Here is an intensely provocative journey through complex & controversial territory: child murder tsunami international conventions hatred & cultures at war. " My Son My Son" is a searing memoir & a call to arms which will provoke passionate debate. It has a haunting eloquence & against the odds a grim sense of humour. It goes to the very heart of relations between parents & children men & women & between races
- to the heart of what it is to be alive."

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Written with Vanity Fair contributing editor Michael Shnayerson My Song is an inspiring story of performance & protest from a superstar singer & actor who was on the front lines of practically every progressive political battle in modern memory. Along the way he befriended some of the most influential figures of the 20th century from Tony Curtis Marlon Brando & Sidney Poitier to Martin Luther King the Kennedys Eleanor Roosevelt Fidel Castro James Baldwin Bob Dylan & Nelson Mandela. From his impoverished childhood in Harlem & Jamaica through his meteoric rise as an international calypso star provocative crossover into Hollywood where he broke down many racial barriers passionate lifelong involvement in the civil rights movement & myriad other social causes to his personal struggles & rich friendships this is a remarkable multifaceted & hugely inspirational story. A man whose story should be told for generations to come" (Robert Redford)" ...

KAYLEE HAS ONE ADDICTION:HER BOYFRIEND NASH Like Kaylee Nash is a banshee. So he understands her like no one else. Nothing
- supernatural
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When teenager Kaylee screams someone dies... So when teen pop star Eden dies onstage & Kaylee doesn't wail she knows something is dead wrong. She can't cry for someone who has no soul. The last thing Kaylee needs right now is to be skipping school breaking her dad's ironclad curfew & putting her too-hot-to-be-real boyfriend's loyalty to the test. But starry-eyed teens are trading their souls: a flickering lifetime of fame & fortune in exchange for eternity in the Netherworld
- a consequence they can't possibly underst&. Kaylee can't let that happen even if trying to save their souls means putting her own at risk.
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Being a teenager just got much more complicated. There is something very wrong with Kaylee Cavanaugh: she senses when someone near her is about to die. & when that happens a force beyond her control compels her to scream bloody murder. Literally. Kaylee just wants to enjoy having caught the attention of the hottest guy in school. But a normal date is hard to come by when Nash seems to know more about the need to scream than she does. & when classmates start dropping dead for no apparent reason only Kaylee knows wholl be next. ...

If I die before I wake.. .A grisly murder is committed at a health resort situated in a recently renovated farmhouse which turns out to be notorious for being haunted. Attorney Thora Gudmundsdottir is called upon by the owner of the resort
- the prime suspect in the case
- to represent him. Her investigations uncover some very disturbing occurrences at the farm decades earlier
- things that have never before seen the light of day.. .MY SOUL TO TAKE is a chilling dark & witty crime novel & a welcome return for Thora the heroine of the highly-acclaimed LAST RITUALS.


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This expanded edition of the bestselling My Special Pony Record Book is a colourful diary-type notebook in which children can keep details about their pony & what makes them so special. There are fun-filled questions with boxes to tick & pages on which to stick photographs and/or keepsakes
- or even to draw something themselves. They can record all their Pony Club rallies competition entries at shows & jot down how well they did. There is also space to write about lessons & training so they can remind themselves of their improvements. A checklist section has also been included on how to look after their pony & there are pages for useful addresses & contact details such as their vet & farrier as well as practical checklists for worming dates farrier visits etc. This is a book suitable for any pony-mad child from small to teenage that will become a personal record of their special pony which can be dipped into & treasured for years.
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This book is a first. There has never been one entirely dedicated to the spiritual life of the Dalai Lama. Yet as one of the worlds most recognised & respected spiritual leaders there is already great interest in such a work from His Holiness thousands of friends & followers around the world. The Dalai Lama sees himself first & foremost as a human being secondly as a monk & thirdly as the former political leader of Tibet. In this extraordinary book we read many hitherto unknown stories from his childhood his formation as a monk & his gradual development as a leader of his people. We are offered a view of his daily spiritual practise invited to listen in on the dialogue he has been pursuing with other religions with non-believers & with scientists in his search for ethical & environmental principles & shown how he brings a sense of goodness & conscience to political life around the globe. In a world that is so profoundly interdependent the Dalai Lama explains how he transforms himself through spiritual means in order to have a positive effect on the world & he encourages us to do the same by working on ourselves first of all. ...

A CHILD CALLED 'IT' is Dave Pelzer's story of a child beaten & starved by his emotionally unstable alcoholic mother: a mother who played torturous unpredictable games that left one of her three sons nearly dead. Dave was no longer considered a son or a boy but an 'it'. His bed was an old army cot in the basement & when he was allowed food it was scraps from the dogs' bowl. Throughout Dave kept alive the dream of finding a family who would love & care for him. THE LOST BOY: the harrowing but ultimately uplifting true story of Dave's journey through the foster-care system in search of a family who will love him. A MAN NAMED DAVE: the gripping conclusion to this inspirational trilogy. With extraordinary generosity of spirit Dave takes us on a journey into his past. At last he confronts his father & ultimately his mother. Finally Dave finds the courage to break the chains of the past & learn to love trust & live for the future. ...