One day in May Hatties life changes for ever.. . Hattie Carrington has good reason to be happy. Her antiques business is flourishing her teenage son is settled at school & shes enjoying a fling with a sexy younger man. But when work takes her back to the village of Little Crandon heartbreaking memories of her first love surface. It seems that the secret affair with married politician Dominic Forbes which changed the course of her life just wont go away. So when Hatties bumps into Dominics widow & his gorgeous younger brother Hal her world is turned upside down. Though shes still trying to hide from her mistakes she knows that if shes ever to fall in love again she needs to be honest with others & herself. Can she admit what really happened with Dominic all those years ago? & if so is she ready for the consequences? ...

On a hot summer afternoon in 1944 SS troops wiped out an entire French village. 644 men women & children died that day. Just one child survived. This book tells the story of what happened in Oradour & imagines what drove both the SS officer who ordered the massacre & the seven-year-old boy who escaped it. Powerful moving & almost unbearably tense this book weaves the truth about what happened to the people in Oradour into a powerful fictional story centred on two characters: the plucky inspirational seven-year-old Alfred Fournier refugee & resident of Oradour & the hot-headed power-hungry SS commander who shattered his world & changed his life for ever Major Gustav Dietrich. As their two worlds collide we gain a fascinating insight into the extremes & contradictions of human behaviour & emotion. With a twist in the tale this is a story which leaves the reader surprised inspired & profoundly moved. ...

This brutal shattering glimpse of the fate of millions of Russians under Stalin shook Russia & shocked the world when it first appeared. Discover the importance of a piece of bread or an extra bowl of soup the incredible luxury of a book the ingenious possibilities of a nail a piece of string or a single match in a world where survival is all. Here safety warmth & food are the first objectives. Reading it you enter a world of incarceration brutality hard manual labour & freezing cold
- & participate in the struggle of men to survive both the terrible rigours of nature & the inhumanity of the system that defines their conditions of life.
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Iyanla Vanzant is the much-loved & bestselling author of IN THE MEANTIME & UNTIL TODAY!. Through her work millions of readers have found the inspiration to make profound changes in their lives. Calling on both personal experience & her work with others Iyanlas ONE DAY MY SOUL JUST OPENED UP is a message of empowerment both for women & men encouraging us to tap into our strengths & make our dreams come true. Through a forty day & forty night programme of exercises & readings Iyanla guides us through our daily obstacles towards greater emotional & spiritual health. ...

Where have all the interesting women gone? If the contemporary portrayal of womankind were to be believed contemporary female achievement would culminate in the ownership of expensive handbags a vibrator a job a flat & a man. Of course no one has to believe the TV shows the magazines & adverts & many dont. But how has it come to this? Did the desires of twentieth-century womens liberation achieve their fulfilment in the shoppers paradise of naughty self-pampering playboy bunny pendants & bikini waxes? That the height of supposed female emancipation coincides so perfectly with consumerism is a miserable index of a politically desolate time. Much contemporary feminism particularly in its American formulation doesnt seem too concerned about this coincidence. This short book is partly an attack on the apparent abdication of any systematic political thought on the part of todays positive up-beat feminists. It suggests alternative ways of thinking about transformations in work sexuality & culture that while seemingly far-fetched in the current ideological climate may provide more serious material for future feminism. ...

One Direction: One & Only an unofficial biography. From X-Factor to wow-factor: adored at home & provoking a Beatlemania-style reaction in the US & Canada
- the boys have conquered the world! Who would have known that after placing third on the talent show they would go on to inspire such crazed devotion in millions of adoring fans? With a global breakthrough undeniably helped by social media & phenomenally successful debut single What Makes You Beautiful the five lads fulfil a still-present need for cute clean cut wholesome pop. Awesome pics & inspirational text chart their extraordinary rise to fame.
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Meet Louis Liam Zayn Niall & Harry
- five lads who are taking the pop world by storm. Travel back to when they got their big break
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Like the boys this pencil case is full of surprises one zip opens up to 2 pockets & another zip which opens yet another pocket! With a colour picture of the boys on the front against a red background you can take them with you everywhere. Approximate measurements 22.5 x 11 cm. ...

A is for... Audience. Read all about the ups & downs of One Direction's nerve-racking X-Factor auditions & how each of them went from solo hopefuls to fully-fledged boy band! B is for... Boot camp. Find out about the behind-the-scenes gossip during X-Factor book camp auditions from their crippling stage fright through to the moment One Direction found out they'll be heading to Simon Cowell's house in Marbella for the last round of auditions. C is for... Cher Lloyd. Read all about the ' Zain & Cher' rumours & what the boys really think of their fellow finalists. This is the must have book for any One Direction fan. ...

Following their breakthrough on the X Factor" One Direction are the latest pop heartthrobs to top the charts both in the UK & worldwide (One Direction were the first UK group to hit number one in the US album charts with their debut album). This book lets fans of the band get creative dressing up the boys in stylish sticker outfits & accessories. Plus a range of creative drawing activities completes the package letting you draw your own One Direction designs & stage outfits. There are dolls for all five boys ready to be dressed & styled using a range of cool sticker outfits. The stickers are reusable so that you can try out different outfits again & again." ...