Harry Rawlins had been masterminding raids & robberies for almost twenty years. The hijack of a security van in the Strand Underpass would bring the gang thousands
- but the job went disastrously & fatally wrong. Harry always said that if anything ever happened to him Dolly would be all right: Joe & Terry would take over the team would look after everyone. But when Harry got blown to bits trapped in a blazing van Joe & Terry went with him. Dolly had three options. She could give up & hand over Harrys ledgers to the police. She could hand them over to a bunch of thugs. Or she
- & the other widows
- could take the business over.. .and survive.


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I loved it loved it loved it. Its so funny & true & sad & hopeful & wise & ultimately heartwarming. Marian Keyes Maybe it was because I was about to turn the same age my mother was when I lost her. Maybe it was because my husband & I were running out of things to say to each other. But when the online study called Marriage in the 21st Century" showed up in my inbox I had no idea it would change my life. It wasnt long before I was assigned both a pseudonym (Wife 22) & a caseworker (Researcher 101). & just like that I found myself answering questions. Before the study I was Alice Buckle: wife & mother drama teacher & Facebook chatter downloader of memories & Googler of solutions. But these days Im also Wife 22. & somehow my correspondence with Researcher 101 has taken an unexpectedly personal turn. Soon Ill have to make a decision-one that will affect my family my marriage my whole life. But at the moment Im too busy answering questions. As it turns out confession can be a very powerful aphrodisiac." ...

If you like Modern Family you'll love this A successful marriage is like growing a temperamental plant
- you have to work hard
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This edition of Chaucers classic tale

Includes:: a lengthy introduction to the biographical & historical context

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Six-hundred-year-old tales with modern relevance. As well as the complete text of the Wife of Bathr's Prologue & Tale the student will find illustrated information on Chaucer's world including a map of the Canterbury pilgrimage a running synopsis of the action an explanation of unfamiliar words & a wide range of classroom-tested activities to help bring the text to life. Guided by the suggestions for study & the wide range of helpful information students will readily appreciate Chaucer's wit & sense of irony his love of controversy & his delight in character portrayal. ...

Kate Forrest is invisible... Ned the husband she adores doesn't seem to know she's alive & her two charming children have grown into stroppy adolescents. Her boss is suddenly shunting her towards career Siberia & her demanding mother is never off the phone. With her fortieth birthday fast approaching all Kate wants to do is run away from the lot of them. & so she does. On impulse Kate walks out of her job her family & her life & gets on a plane to Italy. With no ties & no responsibilities she soon finds herself deliriously caught up in La Dolce Vita -- & the arms of a man barely half her age. But when the unthinkable threatens her family Kate is brutally forced to choose between her past & the future. ...

A Wigan Childhood is a happy marriage of personal memoir & local history. With great warmth & wit John Taylor paints a vivid picture of knee-high life in the 1950s an era that many Wiganers will remember with clarity & fondness. Indeed this book will be a sheer delight for anyone who recalls (or loves to read about) a time when Mondays meant the smell of boiling washing; when net curtains twitched in the hope of witnessing scandal; homemade brakeless go-karts terrorised old ladies; cinema lights shone on every corner; & the air was filled with the competing aromas of coal dust meat & potato pies & Uncle Joes mintballs. In a tremendously entertaining style & with real honesty the author tells not only of his own childhood but also reveals the stories
- skeletons & all!
- of generations of his family. The portrayals of austere aunts black-clad grandmothers naughty boys & a myriad of other characters will have readers nodding in recognition & laughing out loud at some of their tales & exploits. & to set the whole lot in context John has woven skillfully into the narrative the history of the town itself right back to earliest times making this book a truly rounded evocation of a much-loved Lancashire town & a must for all who know it. A thoroughly engaging book to be read & treasured

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OS Explorer Map is the Ordnance Surveys most detailed map & is recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities like walking horse riding & off-road cycling. Providing complete GB coverage the series details essential information such as youth hostels pubs & visitor information as well as rights of way permissive paths & bridleways. ...

Stop those naughty little people from sneaking some of your favourite bottle tipple & use the Wi Ki Bottle Keylock. Simply set a unique four digit number insert your bottle of wine or your drink is cleverly secured. The keylock will work with various bottle sizes as it can expand from 1.1cm to 2.5cm wide. ...

The third instalment of Aprilynne Pike's extraordinary faerie tale of magic & mystery romance & danger described by Stephenie Meyer as a remarkable debut". On the first day of Laurel's senior year there are two new arrivals. Tamani
- the electrifying faerie with whom she shares an undeniable connection
- appears posing as a foreign exchange student. & even more disturbing is another foreign exchange student named Yuki whom Laurel quickly realises is a faerie though the new girl doesn't seem to have any idea who or what she really is. Laurel is determined to figure out how Yuki fits into the picture & what connection she may have to the ever-increasing threats to her family & Avalon. Meanwhile Laurel struggles to maintain a balance between her human boyfriend David & Tamani with whom she shares a passionate past. But balancing two worlds is becoming more & more complicated. When the threat to Avalon grows ever stronger Laurel's illusion of control of the situation shatters & she must confront a danger even greater than the trolls."

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