The title comes from research that shows people are happiest on Fridays. Pastor Joel Osteen shares how we can generate this level of contentment & joy every day of the week. Known as a man who maintains a constant positive outlook in spite of circumstances Osteen has described this message as a core theme of his ministry. Combining his personal experiences with scriptural insights & principles for true happiness he shows listeners how every day can hold the same promise & opportunities for pure joy that they experience at five oclock on Friday. ...

From the author of the Man Booker prize-winners Wolf Hall & Bring Up the Bodies comes a story of suburban mayhem & merciless hilarious revenge. Barricaded inside their house filled with festering rubbish unhealthy smells & their secrets the Axon family baffle Isabel Field the latest in a long line of social workers. Isabel has other problems too: a randy untrustworthy father & a slackly romantic lover Colin Sidney history teacher to unresponsive yobs & father of a parcel of horrible children. With all this to worry about how can Isabel begin to understand what is going on in the Axon household? ...

Tormented & racked with guilt over the brutal slaying of his wife & daughter Charlie Parker ex-cop with the NYPD agrees to track down a missing girl. It is a search that will lead him into an abyss of evil. At the same time he is warned by an old black woman in Louisiana that The Travelling Man is about to strike again. Multiple strands converge with a horrific confrontation in which hunter & hunted are intimately connected by guilt. ...

In todays increasingly competitive & insecure economic environment we often question the reason for work: why am I doing this? Why is it so hard? & what can I do about it? Work may seem just a means to an end: we do it to earn the money to enjoy life outside the workplace. Here Timothy Keller argues that Gods plan is radically more ambitious: he actually created us to work. We are to work together to make the world a better place to help each other & so to find purpose for our lives. Our faith should enhance our work & our work should develop our faith. With deep insight Timothy Keller draws on essential & relevant biblical wisdom to address our questions about work. There is grace available if we have taken the wrong attitude idolising money & using our careers to glorify ourselves rather than God. Keller shows how through excellence integrity discipline creativity & passion in the workplace we can impact society for good. Developing a better attitude to work releases us to serve others humbly to worship God everyday & leaves us deeply fulfilled. ...

The Lathams seem to have it all: health wealth & a vibrant family life. As Mary Beth Latham contemplates a life built around home friends & community she has every reason to feel fulfilled & content. Then for one of her sons a process of unravelling begins. Mary Beth starts to focus on him only to find that the comfortable life she has spent years carefully constructing is shattered in a single moment. Forced to confront her own demons Mary Beth realises how the inconsequential moments we all share
- & one shameful act she has hidden from everybody
- may have contributed to her fate. Every Last One" is a mesmerising & devastating portrait of family life & a testament to the power of a mothers love & determination. It is Anna Quindlens finest work to date."

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James Herriot has captivated millions of readers & television viewers with tales of the triumphs disasters pride & sometimes heartache that filled his life as a vet in the Yorkshire Dales. Every Living Thing" shines with the captivating storytelling that has made James Herriot a favourite the world over. Here is a book for all those who find laughter & joy in animals & who know & understand the magic of wild places & beautiful countryside. He can tell a good story against himself & his pleasure in the beauty of the countryside in which he works is infectious
- " Daily Telegraph". Full of warmth wisdom & wit
- " The Field". It is a pleasure to be in James Herriots company
- " Observer"."


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James Herriot has captivated millions of readers & television viewers with tales of the triumphs disasters pride & sometimes heartache that filled his life as a vet in the Yorkshire Dales. Every Living Thing" shines with the captivating storytelling that has made James Herriot a favourite the world over. Here is a book for all those who find laughter & joy in animals & who know & understand the magic of wild places & beautiful countryside." ...

For the four fraught mysterious days of her doomed maiden voyage in 1912 the Titanic sails towards New York glittering with luxury ...

Bobby Keys has lived the kind of like that qualifies as a rock n roll folktale. In his early teens Keys bribed his way into neighbour Buddy Hollys garage band rehearsals then took up the saxophone because it was the only instrument left unclaimed in the school b&. While still in his teens he convinced his grandfather to sign his guardianship over to Crickets drummer J.I. Allison so that Keys could go on tour. Keys spent years on the road during the early days of rock n roll. He was a top touring & session sax man for the likes of mad Dogs & Englishmen George Harrison & John Lennon. In 1970 he began his gig with The Rolling Stones. Every Nights A Saturday Night finds Keys setting down the many tales of an over-the-top rock n roll life in his own inimitable voice. With a foreword by Keith Richards & exclusive interviews with famous friends & fellow travellers like Joe Cocker & Jim Keltner Every Nights A Saturday Night paints a unique picture of the coming-of-age of rock n roll itself while celebrating how Keys raw talent & outsized personality have elevated him from sideman to rock icon. ...