Bred by capricious parents for his innate leopard-shifting abilities billionaire Jake Bannaconni has spent his life in an emotional vacuum
- especially after a tragic twist of fate has left him to raise his infant son alone. But when his path crosses that of an enigmatic young woman Jake's life takes a detour he could never have predicted. There is something irresistible about Emma Reynolds
- something Jake can't live without. She's the first human to stir something in him he's never felt before so he hires her as his son's nanny to keep her close. It soon becomes apparent that she may not be all that she seems yet what's raging between them is pure animal instinct
- out of control burning wild & as hot as the lick of a flame.


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This title comes with an introduction by Salman Rushdie. As well as her eight novels Angela Carter published four wonderful collections of short stories during her lifetime & contributed stories to several anthologies. The stories were scattered amongst different publishers & a couple of the volumes are now out of print. In Burning your Boats" they are gathered for the first time; this is a key collection & a major event for Angela Carter aficionados." ...

Burnley Through Time is a unique insight into the illustrious history of this part of Lancashire. Reproduced in full colour this is an exciting examination of well-known streets & famous faces & what they meant to the people of this area throughout the 19th & into the 20th Century. Looking beyond the exquisite exterior of these well-kept photos readers can see the historical context in which they are set & through the authors factual captions for every picture & carefully-selected choice of images the reader can achieve a reliable view of the local history. There is something for everyone here whether they have lived in the area all their lives or whether they are just visiting Burnley for the first time. Burnley Through Time also shows how photography has continually evolved to keep up with an ever changing society. ...

Uncle Nigel is determined to get a sun tan. But Tim is sure there is something sinister going on when his uncles skin starts to frazzle & his brain begins to fry. When Bart buys a magical monkeys ear in a market in Marrakesh he discovers that making wishes is a dangerous game
- you might just get what you wish for.. . And who is the writer of the shortest horror story ever written?
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1731: When his youngest son is killed in a tragic accident Sir William Keyt master of Norton House buries himself in his fortune. He builds a second vast mansion on his grounds squandering money he does not have on luxury his family does not want. Keyt has long been blind to the desires of others. His eldest son has fallen in love with their young maidservant Molly Johnson a ray of light in a household dimmed by tragedy. Keyt wants Molly for himself & driven mad with lust & jealousy he will do anything to have her... ...

In a prison cell in the US a man stands trembling naked fearfully waiting to be shipped to Guantanamo Bay. How did it come to this? he wonders. August 9th 1945 Nagasaki. Hiroko Tanaka steps out onto her veranda taking in the view of the terraced slopes leading up to the sky. Wrapped in a kimono with three black cranes swooping across the back she is twenty-one in love with the man she is to marry Konrad Weiss. In a split second the world turns white. In the next it explodes with the sound of fire & the horror of realisation. In the numbing aftermath of a bomb that obliterates everything she has known all that remains are the bird-shaped burns on her back an indelible reminder of the world she has lost. In search of new beginnings she travels to Delhi two years later. There she walks into the lives of Konrads half-sister Elizabeth her husband James Burton & their employee Sajjad Ashraf from whom she starts to learn Urdu. As the years unravel new homes replace those left behind & old wars are seamlessly usurped by new conflicts. But the shadows of history
- personal political
- are cast over the entwined worlds of the Burtons Ashrafs & the Tanakas as they are transported from Pakistan to New York & in the novels astonishing climax to Afghanistan in the immediate wake of 9/11. The ties that have bound them together over decades & generations are tested to the extreme with unforeseeable consequences. Sweeping in its scope & mesmerising in its evocation of time & place Burnt Shadows" is an epic narrative of disasters evaded & confronted loyalties offered & repaid & loves rewarded & betrayed."

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' Toast. You know when you're trying to make it & you just can't get it right? It's too light or too soft then totally burnt. Do you try to scrape off the black? Do you throw it away or do you just eat it? Up until now I ate the burnt toast.. .then I hit forty.' The best-selling inspirational memoir from your favourite desperate housewife. It took Teri Hatcher a divorce the experience of single motherhood a parade of bad dates a stalled career & a memorable fortieth birthday to realize that she didn't want to spend another decade preparing herself for the next disaster. Burnt Toast is the heartfelt funny poignant & inspiring account of Teri's jagged route to happiness. Teri reveals her life in unexpected ways in the hopes of keeping other women from eating the burnt toast & explains why you'll never get a second chance if you don't open yourself up to the possibility. ...

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY GILES FODEN. Querry a world famous architect is the victim of a terrible attack of indifference: he no longer finds meaning in art or pleasure in life. Arriving anonymously at a Congo leper village he is diagnosed as the mental equivalent of a burnt-out case a leper mutilated by disease & amputation. Querry slowly moves towards a cure his mind getting clearer as he works for the colony. However in the heat of the tropics no relationship with a married woman will ever be taken as innocent... ...

A funny & thought-provoking compilation of"ations for & about women. We wanted to produce a book that celebrated the differences between the sexes
- without being afraid to laugh at those differences
- & yet provoke constructive thought explain Killy John & Alie Sibble. We ended up with a compilation of wit & wisdom to appeal to women from different backgrounds at different stages of life & in a multitude of different circumstance. Covering a multitude of everyday themes from chocolate to careers & from love to leadership this book is a must read for every woman living in todays world! If you feel youre too small to make a difference try going to bed with a mosquito Of all the things you wear your expression is the most important Years wrinkle the skin but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul

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Burt Lancaster is perhaps most widely remembered as the tough iron-jawed star of films such as Gunfight at the OK Corral & Airport. But as this superbly readable & insightful biography demonstrates he was an actor with much broader ambitions
- brilliantly realised in Viscontis The Leopard
- as well as the founder of the first actor-led production company in Hollywood. Lancasters liberal political views led not only to frequent clashes with the House Un-American Activities Committee & a voluminous FBI file but also a private life that was colourful even by Hollywood standards. Although a devoted father & husband (to three wives) the actor took numerous lovers
- of both sexes. In his sexual tastes as in his choice of roles he defied classification. Kate Bufords definitive biography offers a full frank sensitive & compelling portrait of the star of Atlantic City From Here to Eternity & Elmer Gantry (for which he won a Best Actor Oscar). Lancaster emerges as a man of restless energy relentless curiosity & continual development as an actor: a star every bit as interesting offscreen as on. As one American reviewer put it: Not many film stars receive first-class biographies; Burt Lancaster not only deserved one he got one. Acclaimed biographer Kate Buford has been a regular commentator on National Public Radio in the United States since 1994.


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