In 1935 a young woman wrote a letter to Nursery World" magazine expressing her feelings of isolation & loneliness. Women from all over the country experiencing similar frustrations wrote back. To create an outlet for their abundant ideas & opinions they started a private magazine " The Cooperative Correspondence Club". The deep friendships formed through its pages ensured the magazine continued until 1990 fifty-five years after the first issue was put together." ...

Jack is very quiet. His busy rumbustious family is very noisy. Sometimes it seems as if no one really hears what he has to say
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Dr Christian Jessen the unshockable presenter of the hit television shows Embarassing Bodies" & " Supersize Vs Superskinny" is always being tackled by strangers wanting answers to their most private medical questions. Like all doctors Dr Christian finds people sidling up to him with their questions at parties on trains & even in the street. So why dont people ask their own doctors these questions in the more formal setting of the medical surgery? & what are the most common questions? " Can I Just Ask?" provides the answers in a fun & informative book that
Includes:: urban health myths busted; advice for common problems we dont like to talk about; specific sections for male/female health issues curious facts sex diet medicines fitness & more; & plenty of surprising facts & figures to help trivia-hungry readers better understand the mysterious workings of their bodies. Sometimes humorous often surprising & always informative this book will answer all your questions whether you have a worrying health dilemma or just a curious mind!"
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The Can I tell you about...?" series offers simple introductions to a range of limiting conditions. Friendly characters invite readers to learn about their experiences of living with a particular condition & how they would like to be helped & supported. These books serve as excellent starting points for family & classroom discussions. Meet Ben
- a young boy with ADHD. Ben invites readers to learn about ADHD from his perspective. He helps children understand what it means to have ADHD & describes what it is & how it feels. Ben explains how he was diagnosed & what he has learnt about ways to relieve his ADHD symptoms & how friends & adults can help at home & school. This illustrated book is full of useful information & will be an ideal introduction for young people aged 7 upwards as well as parents friends teachers & professionals working with children with ADHD. It is also an excellent starting point for family & classroom discussions."
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Meet Adam
- a young boy with AS. Adam invites young readers to learn about AS from his perspective. He helps children understand
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Can We Still Be Friends" is the debut novel by Alexandra Shulman editor of British Vogue. Its the summer of 1983 & best friends Salome Annie & Kendra have left university to embark on adulthood. Three very different girls with very different paths ahead. Sal the aspiring journalist whose personal demons threaten to destroy everything she has achieved. Annie the capable domestic beauty convinced that marriage will give her everything she wants. Kendra the daughter of chic liberal parents who searching for her own identity encounters a life she never expected. As they navigate the decade of ra-ra skirts & shoulder pads Duran Duran & Margaret Thatcher they discover that the future is what happens to you not what you plan. Their interwoven tale captures brilliantly what it is to learn the exhilarating & painful truths about love work family & the ties of friendship. " Wonderfully evokes that ping-pong between trivial & tremendous so characteristic of the Eighties.. .great on atmosphere... An engaging debut alive with human sympathy". (Wendy Holden " Daily Mail"). " Warm & entertaining.. .captures the excitement of being young & glamorous at a time when the sky really did seem to be the limit". (Kate Saunders " The Times"). " Shulman has a terrific eye for the small yet telling detail". (" Observer Magazine"). Alexandra Shulman has edited British Vogue since 1992. She is a contributor to " The Times" " Daily Mail" " Guardian" & " Daily Telegraph" & lives in London. " Can We Still Be Friends" is her first novel." ...

Can We Travel Through Time? addresses 20 of the most fundamental & frequently asked questions in physics. What is the God particle? Does chaos theory spell disaster? Am I unique in the universe? What is light? Each 3 000 word essay examines these eternally perplexing questions in a way that is comprehensible to everyone providing the ultimate guide to understanding the very nature of the world we live in. ...

The punctuation workout for sticklers & rookies alike. The punctuation panda is back! Armed with a permanent marker a smidgen of confidence & a copy of Can You Eat Shoot & Leave? everyone now has the chance to become a member of the punctuation elite. Established punctuation sticklers: Fine-tune existing skills taking guilty pleasure from testing your (already somewhat unsettling) seventh sense. Confused novices: Never again inflict flawed & perplexing punctuation on your innocent readers. The only official workbook for the international bestseller Eats Shoots & Leaves. * Introductory Cosmo-style questionnaire helps readers identify their level of punctuation prowess. * Mirrors the structure & light-hearted style of Lynne Trusss hugely popular Eats Shoots & Leaves. Topics include apostrophes commas colons & semicolons hyphens & more. * Each chapter concentrates on one particular punctuation mark. Origin usage rules & their exceptions introduce the entertaining activities which have a challenge-yourself format. * The bite-sized exercises in each chapter & longer texts in The Final Challenge put punctuation skills to the test. ...

An ordinary suburban house hides a dark secret in this chilling mystery novel. Leah hates the house & hates living in a mess while her dad does the much needed renovations. The house gives her the creeps & her fears are realised when the ghost of a boy appears in her bedroom. She discovers he lived in the house in the 1970s
- but how did he die? & why does nobody seem to know he is dead? Leahs attempts to unravel the truth lead her into unexpected danger... This is a gripping tale in which Leahs story is interspersed with the ghosts own first person story keeping the reader one step ahead.
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Emma is sitting on a turbulent plane. She's always been a v. nervous flyer. She really thinks that this could be her last moment. So naturally enough she starts telling the man sitting next to her
- quite a dishy American but she's too frightened to notice -all her innermost secrets. How she scans the backs of intellectual books & pretends she's read them. How she does her hair up like Princess Leia in her bedroom. How she's not sure if she has a G-spot & whether her boyfriend could find it anyway. How she feels like a fraud at work
- everyone uses the word 'operational' all the time but she hasn't a clue what it means. How the coffee at work is horrible. How she once threw a troublesome client file in the bin. If ever there was a bare soul it's hers. She survives the flight of course & the next morning the famous founding boss of the whole mega corporation she works for is coming for a look at the UK branch. As he walks around Emma looks up & realises... It's the man from the plane. What will he do with her secrets? He knows them all
- but she doesn't know a single one of his. Or...does she?


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