Falling in love can be more disastrous than you'd think...A fabulous romantic comedy from bestselling author Jill Mansell. Maddy Harvey was a bit of an ugly duckling as a teenager what with her NHS specs unfortunate hair & wonky teeth. Thankfully she's blossomed since then. But when she meets Kerr Mc Kinnon one starry summer's night & discovers days later who he actually is...well that's when the problems really start. Because everyone in Ashcombe knows what happened eleven years ago & as far as her mother's concerned Marcella would rather tear that family to pieces with her bare hands than see Maddy associate with a Mc Kinnon. It's Romeo & Juliet all over again. Quick hide those sharp knives & that little bottle of poison... ...

The girls are back home dealing with life after summer camp: while Valerie faces a wicked stepsister Priya is struggling to complete a school project with her useless partner Jordan. Meanwhile Toris dad forbids her from dating his clients son & Alyssa is censored by the school arts magazine. Luckily the girls always have each other for support & advice to save the day. Girls will be lining up to get their hands on the next batch of Summer Camp Secrets" which are sure to attract a new legion of fans too!" ...

Falling in Love" is the first book to unlock the mysteries of how & why we fall in love. Renowned psychologist Ayala Pines shows us why we fall for the people we do & argues convincingly that we love neither by chance nor by accident. She offers sound advice for making the right choices when it comes to this complicated emotion. Packed with helpful suggestions for those seeking love & those already in it this book is about love's many puzzles. The second edition furthers the work of the popular & successful first edition. With expanded research theory & practice this book once again provides one of a kind understandings of the experience of love. The new edition offers updated references to recent research new chapter exercises & "case examples" of romantic stories to begin each chapter." ...

This is the story of an unwanted Chinese daughter growing up during the Communist Revolution blamed for her mother's death ignored by her millionaire father & unwanted by her Eurasian step mother. A story of greed hatred & jealousy; a domestic drama is played against the extraordinary political events in China & Hong Kong. Written with the emotional force of a novel but with a vividness drawn from a personal & political background Falling Leaves" has been an enduring bestseller all over the world." ...

Jeanette is a young solitary post-doctoral researcher who has dedicated her life to studying astronomy. Struggling to compete in a prestigious university department dominated by egos & incompetents & caught in a cycle of brief & unsatisfying affairs she travels to a mountain-top observatory in Chile to focus on her research. There Jeanette stumbles upon evidence that will challenge the fundamentals of the universe drawing her into conflict with her colleagues & the scientific establishment but also casting her back to the tragic loss that defined her childhood. As the implications of her discovery gather momentum & her relationships spiral out of control Jeanette's own grip on reality is threatened finally forcing her to confront the hidden past. Pippa Goldschmidt's bittersweet debut novel blends black comedy heart-breaking tragedy & fascinatingly accessible science in this intricate & beautiful examination of one woman's disintegration & journey to redemption. ...

Falling Upwards tells the story of the enigmatic group of men & women who first risked their lives to take to the air & so discovered a new dimension of human experience. Why they did it what their contemporaries thought of them & how their flights revealed the secrets of our planet in wholly unexpected ways is its subject. In this heart-lifting book the Romantic biographer Richard Holmes floats across the world following the pioneer generation of balloon aeronauts from the first heroic experiments of the Montgolfiers in 1780s to the tragic attempt to fly a balloon to the North Pole in the 1890s. It is a compelling adventure story of the kind that only Holmes could tell. Dramatic sequences move from the early Anglo-French balloon rivalries the crazy firework flights of beautiful Sophie Blanchard; the revelatory ascents over the great Victorian cities & sprawling industrial towns of Northern Europe; & the astonishing long-distance voyages of the American entrepreneur John Wise & the French photographer Felix Nadar. Later we find balloons used to observe the horrors of modern battle during the American Civil War (including a memorable flight by General Custer); the legendary tale of sixty balloons that escaped Paris during the Prussian siege of 1870; & the terrifying high-altitude flights of James Glaisher FRS who rose above seven miles without oxygen helping to establish the new science of meteorology as well as the environmental notion
- so important to us today
- of a 'fragile' planet. Besides the aeronauts themselves readers will also discover the many writers & dreamers
- from Mary Shelley to Edgar Alan Poe from Charles Dickens to Jules Verne
- who felt the imaginative impact of flight & allowed it to soar in their work. Through all these adventures the narrative continually lifts off in unexpected literary & scientific directions exploring the interplay between technology & science fiction the understanding of the biosphere & the metaphysics of flight itself. Most of all through the strange allure of the great balloonists Holmes offers another of his subtle portraits of human endeavour recklessness & vision.



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The clock is still ticking... The Shackleton Building has been turned into a concentration camp & the last free people in Phoenix have been forced into hiding. Unless Jordan & the others can figure out where the Co-operative is keeping Tobias everythin theyve fought for will be for nothing. & as Peter spins further out of control can Jordan find a way to save Lukes life or is history doomed to repeat itself? With only weeks left until Tabitha is released Phoenixs biggest secrets are still yet to be revealed. There are 35 days until the end of the world. ...

A student has gone missing in Edinburgh. Shes not just any student though but the daughter of well-to-do & influential bankers. Theres almost nothing to go on until DI John Rebus gets an unmistakable gut feeling that theres more to this than just another runaway spaced out on unaccustomed freedom. Two leads emerge: a carved wooden doll in a toy coffin found in the students home village & an internet role-playing game. The ancient & the modern brought together by uncomfortable circumstance... ...

OS Explorer Map is the Ordnance Surveys most detailed map & is recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities such as walking horse riding & off-road cycling. The series provides complete GB coverage & can now be used in all weathers thanks to OS Explorer Map
- Active a tough versatile version of the OS Explorer Map.
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OS Explorer Map is the Ordnance Survey's most detailed folding map & is recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities including walking horse riding & off-road cycling. Providing complete GB coverage the OS Explorer map series details information essential in the great outdoors including youth hostels pubs & visitor information. Rights of way fences permissive paths & bridleways are clearly shown ensuring you have the best information to get the most out of your time in the countryside. ...