'I feel my story had to be told. So much evil was done there was a voice inside me shouting Justice".' With no one to confide in Kathy suffered in silence as she was battered by her father & molested by local boys. At the age of eight she was torn from her family & incarcerated in a series of Catholic homes. When she was sent to a psychiatric unit she suffered terrifying electric- shock therapy & further cruelty at the hands of her supposed carers. After ending up in a Magdalen laundry she fell victim to sexual abuse & gave birth to baby Annie just weeks before her fourteenth birthday. " Don't Ever Tell" is Kathy's harrowing account of her ruined childhood & of her subsequent fight for justice." ...

Here's the thing about covert operations: the really bad things always happen when you least expect them. The enemies don't give you a heads-up. & they never let you stop to put on comfortable shoes. A spy-in-training Cammie Morgan has a cover for every occasion. But what happens when she is forced to lose her cover to save her best friend Macey? Cammie & her friends are determined to hunt down the group that threatens to tear their secret sisterhood apart. This time it's personal. ...

Charlotte Nicholls has a secret that haunts her. She & three-year-old Chloe have left their home & friends & are now building a new life for themselves elsewhere. All Charlotte wants to do is to forget the past to blot out what went before & to look only to the future. At last she & Chloe feel safe. Then suddenly their nightmare returns & Charlotte finds she has no power to prevent what comes next.. . ...

When the driver leaves the bus temporarily he gives the reader just one instruction: Don't let the pigeon drive the bus!" But boy that pigeon tries every trick in the book to get in that driving seat: he whines wheedles fibs & flatters. Will you let him drive? Told entirely in speech bubbles this is a brilliantly original book." ...

Alexandra Fuller was the daughter of white settlers in 1970s war-torn Rhodesia. Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight is a memoir of that time when a schoolgirl was as likely to carry a shotgun as a satchel. Fuller tells a story of civil war; of a quixotic battle against nature & loss; & of her family's unbreakable bond with a continent which came to define shape scar & heal them. In wry & sometimes hilarious prose she looks back with rage & love at an extraordinary family & an extraordinary time. Like Frank Mc Court Fuller writes with devastating humour & directness about desperate circumstances.. .tender remarkable' Daily Telegraph A book that deserves to be read for generations' Guardian Perceptive generous political tragic funny stamped through with a passionate love for Africa.. .[ Fuller] has a faultless hotline to her six-year-old self' Independent This enchanting book is destined to become a classic of Africa & of childhood' Sunday Times Wonderful book.. .a vibrantly personal account of growing up in a family every bit as exotic as the continent which seduced it.. .the Fuller family itself [is] delivered to the reader with a mixture of toughness & heart which renders its characters unforgettable' Scotsman Her prose is fierce unsentimental sometimes puzzled & disconcertingly honest... it is Fuller's clear vision even of the most unpalatable facts that gives her book its strength. It deserves to find a place alongside Olive Schreiner Karen Blixen & Doris Lessing' Sunday Telegraph ...

This is a great reissuing of a classic children's die-cut picture book to tie in with Nick Sharratt's position as official illustrator for World Book Day 2006. Don't put your finger in the jelly Nelly You might upset a jellyphant. With a larger format & the best covers yet this reissue will ensure the continuing longevity of Jelly Nelly"." ...

In Africa only food runs...and there's nothing you can outrun!" In the tradition of Bill Bryson a new writer brings us the lively adventures & wit of an African safari guide. Despite that fact that "I had none of the qualities you would expect of a rugged bush man...I'm markedly uncoordinated can't repair vehicles or understand how they work I don't like guns & sweat profusely when nervous or excited..which is exactly how watching animals makes me feel" Peter Allison works as a top safari guide in the Okavango Delta. In this oasis of wetland in the middle of the Kalahari desert rich with wildlife he caters to the whims of his wealthy clients he often has to overcome the impulse to run as far away from them as he can as these tourists are sometimes more dangerous than a pride of lions! Full of outrageous-but-true tales of the people & animals he has encountered
- the half-naked missing member of the British royal family; the squirrel that overdosed on malaria pills; the monkeys with an underwear fetish; & last but by no means least " Spielberg" the video-obsessed Japanese tourist
- Allison's hilarious stories reveal his good-natured scorn for himself as well as others. Allison's humour is exceeded only by his love & respect for the animals & his goal is to limit any negative exposure by planning trips that are minimally invasive
- unfortunately it doesn't always work out that way as he & his clients discover to their cost when they find themselves up to their necks in a hippo-infested watering hole! Full of essential wisdom like " Don't run whatever you do" & "never stand behind a frightened zebra" (they are prone to explosive flatulence when scared!) this is a wonderful & vivid portrait of what the life of a safari guide is really like."


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So many of us would like to live our lives in a calmer & less stressful way & be able to let go of our problems. This is the book that can show you how to stop letting the little things in life drive you crazy. Dr Richard Carlson teaches us in his gentle & encouraging style simple strategies for living a more fulfilled & peaceful life. We can all learn to put things in perspective & by making the small daily changes he suggests including surrendering to the fact that sometimes life isn't fair & asking yourself ' Will this matter a year from now?' Dr Richard can help everyone to see the bigger picture. Repackaged to inspire & guide a new generation this is a Mind Body & Spirit classic. ...

Ros Morris' son Zach was a bright young musician who seemed on the brink of success when his behaviour suddenly spiralled out of control. He began using more powerful & dangerous illegal drugs & stayed up all night writing strange mathematical equations on his bedroom walls & drawing diagrams of spacecraft & pyramids. His once intelligent conversation deteriorated into mindless babble & at one point he thought he was God. Over the next eight years after he was diagnosed as suffering from bipolar disorder Zach was sectioned under the Mental Health Act on numerous occasions & his family had to repatriate him from three different continents when his psychosis re-emerged while he was travelling. Don't Wait for Me" is a mother's harrowing account of her son's descent into the hell of drug abuse & mental illness. It vividly describes the nightmare her family went through & highlights the despair guilt helplessness & anger experienced by all those involved." ...

An irresistible heart-warming novel from the much-loved author of numerous Sunday Times bestsellers including A WALK IN THE PARK & TO THE MOON & BACK. Dexter Yates loves his fun care-free London life; he has money looks & girlfriends galore. But everything changes overnight when his sister dies leaving him in charge of her eight-month-old daughter Delphi. How is he ever going to cope? Comic-strip artist Molly Hayes lives in the beautiful Cotswold village of Briarwood. When it comes to relationships she has a history of choosing all the wrong men. Leaving the city behind Dex moves to Briarwood
- a much better place to work on his parenting skills
- & he & Molly become neighbours. There's an undeniable connection between them. But if Dexter's going to adapt he first has a lot to learn about Molly about other people's secrets...and about himself.

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