For the ultimate in glamour it has to be Tilly Bagshawe. Perfect escapism for fans of Penny Vincenzi & Jilly Cooper. The must-read blockbuster for fans of Penny Vincenzi & Jilly Cooper. Plucked from obscurity at the age of seventeen Sabrina Leon is the new darling of the film scene bagging lead roles in the hottest Hollywood movies. But a youtube sensation on the web is about to destroy everything she's fought for... After a bitter feud with a rival producer hotshot movie producer Dorian Razmirez has had the plug pulled on every project he goes near. Casting the disgraced Hollywood diva Sabrina Leon in Wuthering Heights is a risk that might cost him what remains of his career. Newcomer Viorel Hudson with his jet-black hair & high slanting cheekbones has scored the role that every A-lister in Hollywood auditioned for
- Heathcliff in Dorian Razmirez's Wuthering Heights. But is he ready for his latest role? For a five million pound pay cheque it's a risk he's willing to take. Set against the backdrop of a sumptuous English country house the filmmakers are desperate for some on-screen chemistry
- but it's off-camera that the sparks are really going to fly...

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OMG queen of mean Madison Parker in a brand new series. Its claws out in the fight to become Hollywoods brightest star! Madison Parker made a name for herself as best frenemy of nice-girl-next-door-turned-reality-celeb Jane Roberts in L. A. Candy. Now shes ready for her turn in the spotlight & shell stop at nothing to get it. But with backstabbing friends & family relentless paparazzi & tabloid scandals she cant control Madison is going to have her work cut out for her. Plus theres a new nice girl in town -- Carmen Price the daughter of Hollywood royalty -- whos a lot more experienced than Jane was at playing the fame game... Filled with characters both familiar & new Lauren Conrads new series about life in front of the camera dishes Hollywood gossip & drama at every turn. ...

OMG queen of mean Madison Parker in a brand new series. It's claws out in the fight to become Hollywood's brightest star... Madison Parker made a name for herself as best frenemy of nice-girl-next-door-turned-reality-celeb Jane Roberts in L. A. Candy. Now she's ready for her turn in the spotlight & she'll stop at nothing to get it. But with backstabbing friends & family relentless paparazzi & tabloid scandals she can't control Madison is going to have her work cut out for her. Plus there's a new nice girl in town
- Carmen Price the daughter of Hollywood royalty
- who's a lot more experienced than Jane was at playing the fame game... Filled with characters both familiar & new Lauren Conrad's new series about life in front of the camera dishes Hollywood gossip & drama at every turn.

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Britains most famous family The Spenders need to get out of town in a hurry. They have been hounded from their London mews house by a riot of photographers following scandalous revelations & are now forced to move to a rundown Dower house in Oxfordshire where no one knows they are hiding. But the familys country life is as colourful as their old town life & with anonymous threatening notes arriving at their hideaway & the parents marriage in jeopardy as well as financial crisis life is spiralling out of control for them. So when Zeldas new agent comes to visit to discuss an offer she has had for Zelda to become a judge on the panel of a new TV Talent show called Fame Game how can she afford to turn it down? & is Zelda about to find out that in the Fame Game the stakes are even higher than she thinks? ...

There is not a house in this street or any other street anywhere that the family is not hiding some secret some bigger than others says Sarah Edwards to her daughter Rose. Its something that some members of their family already know only too well & others will come to learn in time. We follow the lives of Sarah some of her children & grandchildren living in the Wiltshire countryside from the joyous end of the First World War & how their lives were shaped as they battled through the next 20 years only to have to go through it all again with rationing & hardship once again dealing with the heartache of loss & the anguish of separation from loved ones. The burden of keeping a secret can sometimes be lifted by sharing it but other secrets should never be shared & are best taken to the grave
- for everyones sake.
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This devastatingly powerful & utterly unforgettable story from the bestselling Martina Cole will hook you in from the very first page & keep you there till the very last. Phillip Murphy is a family man. He worships his old mum; he takes care of his siblings who help run his business empire; he dotes on his two young sons who will one day take over. & then theres his wife & saviour Christine whom he loves with a vengeance. To Phillip Murphy family is everything. Christine has always understood this about her husb&. But there is another side to Phillip & its a side he never wanted his wife to see. Though even if she did could she do anything but stand by him? Because Phillip has rules & he expects loyalty from his nearest & dearest. Once youre in the family youre in it for life. ...

We are a family Alexander told his children. And the loyalty of the family must come before everything & everyone else. We must learn from each other protect each other & be bound first & foremost to each other. For if we honor that commitment we will never be vanquished
- but if we falter in that loyalty we will all be condemned. In a tale of brutality & betrayal that crowns Mario Puzos remarkable career he brings us the story of the greatest crime family in Italian history
- the Borgias.

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No one likes Millwall. They don't care. But what does it really take to be a part of this team or a supporter? A British Sports Books Awards 2011 nominee Michael Calvin's Family provides a unique glimpse into the soul of a real football club. Award-winning sports writer Calvin follows Millwall through an emotional promotion season. There for the first day of training he was on the substitutes' bench at Wembley 333 days later. He vividly portrays players & management as family men close to their roots. In captain Paul Robinson's words: ' We're playing for the people who hate their jobs who'd love our lives.' Forget the glitz of the Premier League
- this is the beautiful game in all its raucous glory. Intimate & compelling Calvin's unforgettable picture of lower-league English football is essential reading for anyone for whom football is far more than just a game.
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Family Album" is the sixteenth novel from Booker Prize winner Penelope Lively. Allersmead is a big shabby Victorian suburban house. The perfect place to grow up for elegant Sandra difficult Gina destructive Paul considerate Katie clever Roger & flighty Clare. But was it? As adults the children return to Allersmead one by one. To their home-making mother & aloof writer father & a house that for years has played silent witness to a family's secrets. & one devastating secret of which no one speaks..." One of those ridiculously simple ridiculously readable novels whose artistry only becomes apparent when you put it down with a sign of regret having devoured it in one sitting... Lively still displays an economy & an elegance that put younger writers to shame". (" Sunday Telegraph"). "A pleasure to read hugely enjoyable consistently absorbing hilarious". (" Independent"). Penelope Lively is the author of many prize-winning novels & short-story collections for both adults & children. She has twice been shortlisted for the Booker Prize: once in 1977 for her first novel " The Road to Lichfield" & again in 1984 for " According to Mark". She later won the 1987 Booker Prize for her highly acclaimed novel " Moon Tiger". Her other books include " Going Back"; " Judgement Day"; " Next to Nature Art"; " Perfect Happiness"; " Passing On"; " City of the Mind"; " Cleopatra's Sister"; " Heat Wave"; " Beyond the Blue Mountains" a collection of short stories; " Oleander Jacaranda" a memoir of her childhood days in Egypt; " Spiderweb"; her autobiographical work "A House Unlocked"; " The Photograph"; " Making It Up"; " Consequences"; " Family Album" which was shortlisted for the 2009 Costa Novel Award & " How It All Began". She is a popular writer for children & has won both the Carnegie Medal & the Whitbread Award. She was appointed CBE in the 2001 New Year's Honours List & DBE in 2012. Penelope Lively lives in London." ...

The Family Book celebrates the love we feel for our families & all the different varieties they come in. Whether you have two mothers or two dads a big family or a small family a clean family or a messy one Todd Parr assures readers that no matter what kind of family you have every family is special in its own unique way. Parr's message about the importance of embracing our differences is delivered in a playful way. With his trademark bold bright colours & silly scenes this book will encourage children to ask questions about their own families. ...