The second book from Sunday Times bestselling author Linda Fairley. No matter how many babies I deliver each & every one is a miracle connecting me to the world like nothing else reminding me that we are all equal in the beginning & in the end. Its a great leveller childbirth. Its January 1972 & times have changed since Linda first stepped onto a maternity ward four years earlier. Gone are the starched skirts & steaming milk kitchens of the 1960s; these are the exhilarating days of disposable equipment & new technology. The Pill will soon be free to all women & more & more fathers are daring to brave the delivery room. At the newly-opened Ashton maternity unit the midwives spirits are high & in spite of the dark cloud of laundry strikes on the horizon theres the scent of a new era on the cold winter wind. But one thing has stayed the same
- the babies keep coming. Year after year Linda faithfully helps the women of Greater Manchester through their most vulnerable & emotional hours whether it is by giving calm instructions over the phone to a panicking husband delivering a baby unexpectedly in a hospital lift or by dashing headlong to the rescue of a snowed-in mum-to-be. As 25-year-old Linda becomes a mother herself she understands more than ever what a precious gift it is to bring children into the world & she holds each new baby just that little bit tighter. As the years roll by Linda finds herself delivering the babies of mothers & fathers she helped to bring into the world decades earlier
- making her something of a local celebrity. Through the highs & lows through the modernisations that transform the hospital & the world outside Lindas passion for midwifery burns as bright as ever. With 42 years of experience Linda is one of Britains longest-serving midwives & reaching the retirement age in 2008 didnt stop her doing the job she loves. Although she has seen generations of women give birth & delivered more than 2 000 babies she treats every new arrival like the new miracle it is.

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As she checked into the lush Beverly Hills Hotel Tanya Harris dreaded being away from her husband Peter & three teenaged children. Dressed as pure Marin County mom among supermodels & movie stars Tanya was here to do a major screenplay after years of writing stories & articles on the side always putting her family first. & when Tanya steps into her temporary home she is amazed at what she finds: lilies orchids & roses; a pink marble tub; her favorite chocolates a cashmere robe & slippers that fit perfectly. Things are going to be different in Bungalow 2. From her first day on the set Tanya is thrust into an intoxicating new world where friendships & romances come & go.. .and where she feels reborn energized by the creativity & genius swirling around her. Suddenly shes working alongside A-list actors & a Hollywood legend: Oscar-winning producer Douglas Wayne a man who always gets what he wants
- & seems to have his sights set on her. Flying back to Marin County between shoots struggling to reconnect with a family that seems to need her less & less Tanya watches helplessly as her old life is pulled out from under her in the most crushing of ways. As her two lives collide as one Award-winning film leads to another Tanya begins to wonder if she can be a wife a mother & a writer at the same time. & just as she confronts the toughest choice she has faced she is offered another dazzling opportunity
- one that could recast her story in the most amazing of ways complete with an ending she never could have written herself. In Bungalow 2" Danielle Steel takes us into a world few ever see
- a world of fame & fortune celebrity & genius
- daring to show us the real lives real dreams & real struggles hidden beneath the flash & glitter of Hollywood."



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Returning to his familys estate for his grandfathers funeral thirty-something bachelor Daikichi is floored to discover that the old man had an illegitimate child with a much younger lover! Needless to say the rest of the family is shocked & embarrassed by this turn of events & not one of them wants anything to do with the little girl who refuses to say a word. In a fit of angry spontaneity Daikichi decides to adopt her! But is living with an overgrown teenager who can barely take care of himself the key to making Rin come out of her shell? ...

As Rin experiences the ups & downs of being a teenager she begins to ponder what it means to be family. In her exploration of that question she takes it upon herself to track down Masako her birth mother. Masako engaged & pregnant is about to start a new family of her own. But with Masakos feelings of guilt about her treatment of Rin she cant bring herself to tell Daikichi the new developments in her life. So when Rin & Masako end up meeting fact-to-face as a result of Rins investigatory legwork will the mother-daughter relationship thats been all but non-existent till now end in fireworks? ...

Over the last ten years Daikichi has put his adopted daughter Rin before himself & found happiness in her happiness. But having given what some would call the bets years of his life to raising his grandfather's illegitimate child the now forty-something Daikichi has all but given up on finding the woman of his dreams. Though this situation has yet to strain the relationship between Daikichi & Rin will the ups & downs of adolescence leave Rin now a thoughtful young women wanting for a motherly influence in her life? & as Rin becomes embroiled in the whirlwind of exams dating & the like can Daikichi only sit back & watch? ...

Developed for beginners the Buongiorno Italia! course book is designed to accompany the Buongiorno Italia! CDs (9780563519461) but can also be used on its own to develop your reading & writing skills. Youll gain valuable insights into Italian culture too. 20 units based around authentic dialogues in Italian illustrate the basic structures & vocabulary in an everyday context while exercises activities & explanations reinforce learning throughout the course. Buongiorno Italia! will help you reach the equivalent of a first qualification such as GCSE. This 304-page book is also available to buy as part of a language pack which contains three 60-minute audio CDs (9780563519485). ...

Designed for beginners Buongiorno Italia! will teach you to use & understand basic colloquial Italian in a wide range of everyday situations & is ideal for learning at home or in a class. You'll gain valuable insights into modern Italian culture too. Focusing on listening reading writing & speaking skills Buongiorno Italia! will help you reach the equivalent of a first qualification such as GCSE. It

Includes:: a 304-page course book & three 60-minute CDs: Course Book 20 units illustrate the basic structures & vocabulary in an everyday context while exercises activities & explanations reinforce learning throughout the course. Audio The audio contains authentic dialogues & interviews featuring native Italian speakers using everyday language &

Includes:: pronunciation practice listening comprehension & interactive lessons.



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Buonissimo!" is Ginos second collection of recipes. Divided into 5 chapters this book will cover recipes for the family
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The Burden of Power is the fourth volume of Alastair Campbells diaries & perhaps the most eagerly awaited given the ground it covers. It begins on September 11 2001 a day which immediately wrote itself into the history books & it ends on the day Campbell leaves Downing Street. In between there are two wars: first Afghanistan & then even more controversially Iraq. It was the most difficult decision of Tony Blairs premiership & almost certainly the most unpopular. Campbell describes in detail the discussions with President Bush & other world leaders as the steps to war are taken & delivers a unique account of Blair as war leader. He records the enormous political difficulties at home & the sense of crisis that engulfed the government after the suicide of weapons inspector David Kelly. & all the while Blair continues to struggle with two issues that ran throughout his time in government
- fighting for peace in Northern Ireland & trying to make peace with Gordon Brown. & Campbell continues to struggle balancing the needs of his family with one of the most pressurised roles in politics. Riveting & revelatory The Burden of Power is as raw & intimate a portrayal of political life as you are ever likely to read.
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The Burden of Power is the fourth volume of Alastair Campbell's diaries & perhaps the most eagerly awaited given the ground it covers. It begins on September 11 2001 a day which immediately wrote itself into the history books & it ends on the day Campbell leaves Downing Street. In between there are two wars: first Afghanistan & then even more controversially Iraq. It was the most difficult decision of Tony Blair's premiership & almost certainly the most unpopular. Campbell describes in detail the discussions with President Bush & other world leaders as the steps to war are taken & delivers a unique account of Blair as war leader. He records the enormous political difficulties at home & the sense of crisis that engulfed the government after the suicide of weapons inspector David Kelly. & all the while Blair continues to struggle with two issues that ran throughout his time in government
- fighting for peace in Northern Ireland & trying to make peace with Gordon Brown. & Campbell continues to struggle balancing the needs of his family with one of the most pressurised roles in politics. Riveting & revelatory The Burden of Power is as raw & intimate a portrayal of political life as you are ever likely to read.
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