Its Manchester July 1996 the month after the IRA bomb & the Evening News is carrying reports of two murders. On the front page is a glamorous Egyptian woman a socialite & heiress to an oil fortune whose partially clothed body has been found in a basement. In the back pages there is a fifty-word piece on the murder of a young prostitute found dumped on a roadside. For Henry Bane fixer loanshark & legman for one of Manchesters established ganglords its the second piece of news that hits hardest. Determined to find out what happened to his childhood sweetheart he searches his bombed city for answers finding that these two stories belong on the same page & that Banes world belongs to others
- those willing to profit from guns human trafficking & a Manchester in decay.
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One of the best-known most frequently performed of modern plays displaying Ibsens genius for realistic prose drama. A classic expression of womens rights the play builds to a climax in which the central character Nora rejects a smothering marriage & life in a dolls house." Publishers Note. Contents. Dramatis Personae." ...

Dollhouse" is an addictively entertaining novel about an exciting high-profile complicated family with a huge heart & a lot of love. Written by superstars Kourtney Kim & Khloe Kardashian " Dollhouse" is a delicious glimpse that goes behind the glitter of fame into the hearts of three sisters fiercely devoted to one another & the family they love. Kourtney Kim & Khloe combined their truly scandalous imaginations with the secrets they know about life in the fast lane to give you a book like nothing youve ever read before! Nothing is more important to the Rameros than family. Just ask Kamille Kassidy & Kyle
- three beautiful loving & deeply loyal sisters who are the heart & soul of their family. Their mother has remarried & their new stepfather a world-famous all-star baseball player has come complete with two stepsiblings. Life in L.A. is pretty typical for this newly blended clan. Until the day everything changes. Overnight one of the Ramero sisters has become famous-magazine-cover fashion-icon headline-making famous! Trailed by paparazzi invited to every red carpet event she has set a new standard for Hollywood royalty. Youd think that all the glitz & the glamour would make life a breeze. But as the sisters painfully discover being a celebrity in L.A.s gilded dollhouse isnt all its cracked up to be. Suddenly their problems are much bigger than sharing clothes & discussing crushes. Who knew that having a famous sister would bring up so many issues: jealousy backstabbing friends fix-ups plastic surgery & paparazzi run-ins to name just a few. As the sisters deal with their new lives complete with a televised wedding crazy nightclub parties & forbidden stepsibling attraction theres a huge secret that threatens to break even their tightest family bonds."
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Two sisters tragically divided by love jealousy & ambition.. . For Ruby & Rosetta Capretti life in the slums of the East End holds little promise. Although very similar in looks they dream of very different futures. Coquettish flamboyant Rosetta is desperate to leave the claustrophobic confines of the sewing sweatshop to follow in her wayward aunts footsteps & work under the bright lights of the music hall. Ruby quieter & more modest has always longed to train as a nurse a pipe-dream for a girl from her humble background. & then by the side of their fathers grave they meet handsome Jonas Crowe but little do they know how much one man will affect both their lives forever.. . ...

Little girls everywhere will love dressing the characters in this collection. This is a collection of two popular titles from the Sticker Dolly Dressing" series. Help the characters dress for a variety of different occasions such as the disco shopping & going for a day at the beach using the colourful & trendy items of clothing on the stickers. It

Includes:: over 800 stickers to chose from to help the characters look their best."

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The League of Youth" (1869) was Ibsen's first venture into realistic social drama & marks a turning-point in his style. By 1879 Ibsen was convinced that women suffer an inevitable violation of their personalities within the context of marriage. In "A Doll's House" he portrayed the wife struggling to break free: this was unheard of at the time & Ibsen's play caused a sensation. Continuing the theme of tensions within the family in " The Lady from the Sea" Ibsen put forward the view that freedom with responsibility might at least be a step in the right direction." ...

This practical guide on furnishing dolls houses contains modelling techniques for making & adapting a range of accessories fixtures & fittings. The techniques used in the 38 projects include: plaster casting splatter painting trompe loeil soft soldering routing patination crackle glaze polymer clay spray painting French polishing plastics upholstery papier-mache basketry weaving sheet metal marquetry quick quilting lacquering & stencilling. Each technique is accompanied by specific advice to help the reader avoid difficulties & problems. ...

When Rosy discovers a REAL fairy living in her beloved dolls house she cannot believe her eyes! But Thistle is no ordinary fairy & has one or two very unfairylike habits! Can Rosy help the fairy to mend her wing & fly again & in turn perhaps the fairy can help Rosy when she needs it most...A touching & memorable tale about friendship & caring for others from Jane Ray the much-loved & world-renowned illustrator & storyteller. ...

Reinvent your dolls house--and have the great pleasure of crafting something new & unique! In this small-scale world everything is possible: vivid colors you might not dare use in a real house; fragile materials; fabulous period decorations; & spanning cultures. One of the worlds leading dolls house designers ushers you into a marvelous fantasyland of lavish period & exotic rooms with glittering chandeliers tapestries canopied beds Oriental carpets exceptional embroideries cushions & ornaments. She teaches you how to choose a color scheme; make doors fireplaces tables & storage units; sew pillows; & display distinctive collections. Add outdoor settings like an Indian courtyard & English garden. Plus: information on stripping repainting & transforming furniture & working with kits. ...

Susan Hill author of Woman in Black" is the greatest living writer of ghost stories & here is a perfect chiller: a story of two damaged children filled with unease the supernatural & horror. The remoter parts of the English Fens are forlorn lost & damp even in the height of summer. At Iyot Lock a large decaying house two young cousins Leonora & Edward are parked for the summer with their ageing spinster aunt & her cruel housekeeper. At first the unpleasantness & petty meannesses seem simply unpleasant calculated to destroy Edward's equanimity. But when spoilt Leonora is not given the birthday present of a specific dolly that she wants affairs inexorably take a much darker turn with terrifying life destroying consequences for everyone." ...