Gwynna had fallen from grace once bearing a stillborn child out of wedlock. Determined to have a respectable future she finds a position for herself as a nursemaid at Hungerton House. But just as she begins to find her feet the secrets of her past are revealed. She is swiftly dismissed but not before she becomes the target of a lascivious groom. & even afterwards she is pursued by Hungerton an evil old man who wishes to send her back to the gutters. She returns home to Hedderby only to find the small Lancashire town reeling after the arson attack on the local pub & music hall The Pride. Her only ally is a talented carpenter also once employed by Hungerton. His former employer will stop at nothing however to bring him back to the estate. Will money buy revenge & destroy two lives or will the young lovers find a way to achieve their dreams? ...

Join Bonnie & Harry for their sixth Racing Reads adventure. Lets start a school dance club! said Zena. Everybodyll be up for it. If there are two things Harry hates its dancing with girls & watching his mum giggle with her new boyfriend. As his birthday party looms Harry starts to wonder if his new extended family will ever get on. But Bright Dog Bonnie has a plan to bring everyone back together
- & she might just have a surprise for all of us! This is the final book in the Bonnie" series
- with a surprise ending for Bonnie fans."

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You are at a nightclub talking to a girl with a shaved head. The club is either Heartbreak or the Lizard Lounge. All might become clear if you could just slip into the bathroom & do a little more Bolivian Marching Powder. Then again it might not. So begins our nameless heros trawl through the brightly lit streets of Manhattan sampling all this wonderland has to offer yet suspecting that tomorrows hangover may be caused by more than simple excess. Bright Lights Big City" is an acclaimed classic which marked Jay Mc Inerney as one of the major writers of our time." ...

This is an updated edition of the critically acclaimed biography of Abba bringing the story right up to date. It contains new afterword which

Includes:: details of how all four members attended the Swedish opening of Mamma Mia" in 2005
- but they were not seated together. How " Mamma Mia" keeps getting more successful & is being made into a film that will premiere in July 2008. It also covers: how Benny is enjoying domestic success with his band Benny Anderssons orkester how Bjorn has emerged as a spokesman for the Swedish Humanist Association how Frida leads a low-key life out of the spotlight & how the story of Agnetha & her boyfriend turned stalker continues."


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Welcome to LA. City of contradictions. It is home to movie stars & down-&-outs. Palm-lined beaches & gridlock. Shopping sprees & gun sprees. Bright Shiny Morning takes a wild ride through the ultimate metropolis where glittering excess rubs shoulders with seedy depravity. Freys trademark filmic snapshots zoom in on the parallel lives of diverse characters bringing their egos & ideals hopes & despairs anxieties & absurdities vividly to life. Some suffer like the otherworldly wino who tries to save a spoilt teenage runaway. Others gain like the canny talent agent who turns sexual harassment to blackmailing advantage. Some are loaded or grounded & have luck on their side. Others like the countless actresses-turned-hookers or schoolboys-turned-gangsters are doomed. ...

Bright Young Things is a thoroughly entertaining non-fiction account of the real Downton Abbey which brings to life the historical backdrop of the series in an informative fun & engaging book. As one viewer told The New York Times: Im just enjoying the show so much I thought I needed to get a book about it. & I was watching [the historical scenes] & thinking I dont know enough about this. So maybe I can learn something in the process. So step into a time of hot jazz & even hotter all-night dance halls as Alison Maloney shares the gossip about life in the Roaring Twenties. Read all about it: high societys scandalous exploits fresh new fashions the Charleston dance craze costume parties talking movies & of course the feisty flapper. With chapters such as Makin Whoopee Cocktail Hour & Upstairs Downstairs Bright Young Things takes a sweeping look at the changing society of the Jazz Age as life below stairs vanished forever loose morals ran riot & new inventions made it seem anything was possible. Peppered with first-person accounts that convey the spirit of the era in the words of those who lived it Bright Young Things is a scintillating celebration of a truly iconic decade. ...

Bright Young Things wanted for Big Project. Theyre in the prime of their lives but our bright young things are all burnt out. Six sparky twenty-somethings just out of university & working dead-end jobs they are all bored to tears with their lives & looking for a way out. When a mysterious job is advertised in the newspaper they all apply. What they least expect is to find themselves prisoners on a deserted isl&. Theres food in the fridge & they have a bedroom each but theres no telephone no television & no way to escape. ...

Curious events almost seem to cry out for the Saints intervention & in these stories he is faced with enough peculiar crimes to keep him well occupied. The various adventures he gets himself into lead him to kiss a policewoman buy a racehorse invest in bootlegging dabble in antiques rent a flat recover a treaty get arrested demonstrate an invention
- & always come out on top.
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Corrine Calloway is a young stockbroker on Wall Street her husband Russell an underpaid but ambitious publishing editor. The happily married couple head into New Yorks 1980s gold rush where prospects & money seem to be flying everywhere & the best & the brightest vie with the worst & most craven for riches fame & the love of beautiful people. But the Calloways soon find out that what goes up must come crashing down both on Wall Street & at home. Brightness Falls" captures lives-in-the-making: men & women confronting their sudden middle-age with wit & low behaviour fear & confusion & just occasionally a little honesty & decency." ...

OS Explorer Map is the Ordnance Survey's 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. ...