27-year-old Frieda Zweig is at an impasse. Behind her is a string of failed relationships & half-forgotten ambitions of being a painter; in front of her lies the dreary task of finding a real job & figuring out what normal" people do with their lives. Then a classified ad in the local paper introduces Frieda to Gladys an elderly woman who long ago gave up on her dreams of being a dancer. The catch? Gladys is a ghost. In this book Cassie Stocks tells the uplifting story of a woman whose uncanny connection with a kindred spirit causes her to see her life in a new way -- as anything but ordinary." ...

The glamour & glitz of ice dancing is spicing up the ice on rinks all over the world. Make sure its on your radar! Look inside to find a blog of a international skating star a 5-minute interview with a leading coach a star story of a world famous ice dancing pair plus plenty of breathtaking lifts spins & hair-raising jumps! Are you on the radar...? ...

Meet Charlie Katie Grace Jamila & Ellie
- theyre five best friends & theyve just joined the Brownies! When the 1st Badenbridge
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After millennia in hiding Mina Tepes the princess of the ancient covenant & ruler of all vampires wants change. Using the vast wealth of the Tepes line she has paid off the entire gross national debt of Japan & gained the authority to create a special district" off the coast of Japan that will become the future haven for vampires from all over the world! Now on the eve of the landmark press conference announcing the existence of vampires to the world terrorists & rival factions are plotting to assassinate Mina Tepes. With her loyal werewolf bodyguard Akira at her side will the princess of vampires survive long enough to see her dream realized?" ...

Mina Tepes the princess of vampires has set up a special district for vampires off the coast of Tokyo. Minas extensive preparations include founding a school that she herself attends along with her passionately loyal werewolf bodyguard Akira in tow. Ever since the day the school opened rival vampire factions have opposed Minas grand vision. They continue targeting the human populace in order to smear Minas reputation & sabotage her well-laid plans of vampires & humans living together in peace. Dance in the Vampire Bund" features stunning artwork & an enthrallingly original supernatural narrative. The manga has been adapted into a hit anime series in Japan & licensed by FUNimation for North America. " Dance in the Vampire Bund" has repeatedly hit the " New York Times Manga" Bestsellers List with each new release." ...

A fresh new jacket design brings this classic self-help guide up to date for a contemporary readership. One of the forerunners to today's pop psych market along with Women Who Love Too Much this multimillion bestseller shows us how anger affects women's relationships & explains how to turn this often destructive force into a constructive one. For many women anger is a destructive force that perpetuates all the harmful dynamics of their most intimate relationships. This classic inspirational book from internationally respected feminist psychologist Harriet Lerner explores the ways in which anger can lead into a destructive 'dance' within women's relationships- permanent fighting with your nearest & dearest distancing yourself through silence or blaming others for the failure of your relationships. Practical & accessible this book also shows women how the destructive 'dance of anger' can be turned into a constructive force- women should neither suppress their anger nor vent it through aggression but learn focussed ways to deal with it to find the best solution for all concerned. Focussing largely on family relationships the book shows women how to deal with many different relationship issues. The book has meaning for all women regardless of age background or experience. Harriet Lerner provides the reader with the insights & practical skills to stop behaving in the old predictable ways & to begin to use anger to establish a more positive approach to significant relationships. ...

Raised in a family of demon hunters Blair Murphy has her own personal demons to fight
- the father who trained then abandoned her
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Alice Munros territory is the farms & semi-rural towns of south-western Ontario. In these dazzling stories she deals with the self-discovery of adolescence the joys & pains of love & the despair & guilt of those caught in a narrow existence. & in sensitively exploring the lives of ordinary men & women she makes us aware of the universal nature of their fears sorrows & aspirations. ...

As seen on TV: now a major BBC4 television series. Inspector Montalbano is awake at dawn sitting on his porch when his attention is caught by a seagull which falls from the sky performing a strange dance before lying down to die. Montalbano is perplexed by what he has witnessed & the scene hangs over him like an omen. About to depart for a holiday with his girlfriend Livia Montalbano makes a quick trip to the police station to tie up loose ends. But when his dear colleague Fazio is discovered missing -- & it transpires that the policeman has been involved in his own secret investigations -- Montalbano instead launches a desperate search for his lost friend as time begins to run out.. . Navigating a shadowy maze of smuggling blackmail & the darkest murder & moving from the docks of Vigata to its deep dry wells where the mafia hide their terrible crimes Inspector Montalbano must have his wits about him to unravel this tangled mystery. ...

A QUESTION OF UPBRINGING. A BUYERS MARKET. THE ACCEPTANCE WORLD. Anthony Powells brilliant twelve-novel sequence chronicles the lives of over three hundred characters & is a unique evocation of life in twentieth-century Engl&. It is unrivalled for its scope its humour & the enormous pleasure it has given to generations. These first three novels in the sequence follow Nicholas Jenkins Kenneth Widmerpool & others as they negotiate the intellectual cultural & social hurdles which stand between them & the Acceptance World. ...