Michael Harveys book brings to its readers the excitement of trainspotting in the 1950s & 60s the hobbys heyday. It was the advent of the famous Ian Allan ABC Locospotters books that really gave the hobby its impetus as they gave trainspotters all the information they required. Forget the Anorak sets out to provide the reader with a personal account of what the hobby entailed
- teenagers roaming the railways of Britain sleeping on deserted platforms on porters trolleys bunking dimly lit depots & eluding capture travelling hundreds of miles on a platform ticket & stink bombs on the Underground. Youll be able to smell the steam soot & unwashed socks & taste the boiled egg sandwiches the chips wrapped in newspaper & the hot jam doughnuts all washed down with warm Tizer. Illustrated with Michael Harveys own photographs & a selection of maps Forget the Anorak" appeals to anyone who experienced the golden days of trainspotting as well as to anyone interested in the social history of Britain after the Second World War."
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A sexy romance that fans of Simone Elkeles & Jamie Mc Guire will fall in love with… There's a lot Zoey would like to forget. Like how her father has knocked-up his twenty-four-year-old girlfriend. Like her mom's nervous breakdown. Like Doug the darkly handsome bad boy who taunts her at school… Worried that her life is becoming a complete mess Zoey fights back the only way she knows how by making sure that she's perfect
- the perfect daughter the perfect student & the perfect girlfriend to ultra-popular football player Brandon. But then Zoey is in a car crash & can't remember anything about the night it happened. She should have been with Brandon but he doesn't seem to know anything about the accident
- & more confusingly doesn't seem to care. Only Doug who saved her from the wreckage has the answers Zoey so desperately needs but he's the last person she wants to rely on especially as he's acting like something happened between them that night. Which can't be true can it? But with her thoughts full of Doug & strangely empty of Brandon Zoey starts to question her feelings for the two boys & whether being perfect is more important than following your heart.

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Liverpool 1936 Miranda & her mother Arabella live comfortably in a nice area. But when her mother tells her she can no longer afford their present lifestyle they have a blazing row & Miranda goes to bed angry & upset. When she wakes the next morning however her mother has disappeared. She raises the alarm but everyone is baffled & when searches fail to discover Arabella's whereabouts Miranda is forced to live with her Aunt Vi & cousin Beth who resent her presence & treat her badly. Miranda is miserable but when she meets a neighbour Steve things begin to look up & Steve promises to help his new friend in her search & does so until war intervenes. ...

Liverpool 1936. Miranda & her mother Arabella live comfortably in a nice area. But when her mother tells her she can no longer afford their present lifestyle they have a blazing row & Miranda goes to bed angry & upset. When she wakes the next morning however her mother has disappeared. She raises the alarm but everyone is baffled & when searches fail to discover Arabella's whereabouts Miranda is forced to live with her Aunt Vi & cousin Beth who resent her presence & treat her badly. Miranda is miserable but when she meets a neighbour Steve things begin to look up & Steve promises to help his new friend in her search & does so until war intervenes. ...

Youre on an adventure About to start Youre going to learn Some poems by heart! In this new anthology Childrens Poet Laureate Mary Ann Hoberman shares a br&-new collection of poems especially suitable for learning by heart & saying aloud. As Mary Ann says: When you learn a poem by heart it becomes a part of you. You know it in your mind in your mouth in your ears in your whole body. & best of all you know it forever." In addition to beloved poems by Mary Ann herself this collection also features poems by such notable poets as Carl Sandburg Karla Kuskin Jack Prelutsky Alice Schertle & William Carlos Williams as well as helpful tools that children parents & teachers can use for memorization & recitation. The poems are coupled with Michael Emberleys humorous & lively art offering a unique approachable & child-friendly collection. The wide variety of poems from short to long & from silly to solemn are sure to please every reader & inspire children of all ages to celebrate the joy of learning poetry by heart." ...

In this hugely ambitious history of Britain Eric Evans surveys every aspect of the period in which the country was transformed into the world s first industrial power. This was an era of revolutionary change unparalleled in Britain yet one in which transformation was achieved without political revolution. The unique combination of transition & revolution is a major theme in the book which ranges across the embryonic empire the Church education health finance & rural & urban life. Evans gives particular attention to the Great Reform Act of 1832. The Third Edition

Includes:: an entirely new introductory chapter & is illustrated for the first time.

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There's nothing like a good wedding...to start world war three! & that's exactly what's going to happen if Connie Adams the mother of the bride can't smooth things over between Debbie & her dad. He's hell bent on bringing his stuck-up second wife & their sulky teenage daughter to the big day but Debbie would rather walk up the aisle of a supermarket than have them at her wedding. It's the last thing Debbie needs right now
- her boss is making her life hell & she's starting to suspect that her fiance's getting cold feet... So will they all live happily ever after or are the whole family heading for divorce?
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Polly Longden's china-doll looks belie a strong & fiery personality. When typhoid strikes her home city of Lincoln she needs every ounce of that strength in order to cope. With the death of her mother thirteen-year-old Polly has to give up her ambition of becoming a teacher to care for her family. When their father too falls victim to the typhoid his only hope is to go to hospital leaving Polly to cope alone. Thankfully she has the support of her neighbours: Bertha Halliday & her son Leo a young policeman. Through all the hardships that follow Polly is sustained by her dream of becoming Leo's wife. But her father's hot temper leads him to the wrong side of the law during the railway riots of 1911 forcing Leo to take drastic action that Polly will surely never be able to forgive & forget... ...

Lesley Pearse No.1 UK bestselling author of The Promise & Belle" is back with " Forgive Me" a compelling story of a daughter uncovering her mother's secret past. Cheltenham 1991 When Eva Patterson returns home from work one day a devastating scene awaits her. Her mother Flora lies dead in the bath. Beside her is a note saying only: ' Forgive Me'. Until then Eva always believed her family's life would be comfortable & secure
- but Flora's suicide changes everything. & when Eva discovers that in her will Flora left her an artist's studio in London she realises how little she knows about her mother's past. When Eva visits the now derelict studio she is shocked to find out that her mother was once a successful artist back in the 1960s. A chance encounter leads her to Phil who agrees to help her restore the studio as well as offering her the advice & friendship Eva so badly needs. In the studio attic she finds a collection of Flora's paintings & old diaries which Eva believes were purposely left for her to find. Searching for answers Eva encounters a psychic who mysteriously warns her to beware of a 'sleeping serpent' which she soon discovers refers to a shocking crime in Flora's past. Will discovering the truth destroy Eva's belief in everything she holds dear? & will Phil stand by Eva even when her journey leads her & those she loves into certain danger? From the author of international bestseller Stolen " Forgive Me" is an intense & gripping story of love & forgiveness. " Pearse will pull your heartstrings." (" Sun"). " Characters it is impossible not to care about." (" Daily Mail"). " An addictive tear-jerker with characters you'll adore laugh with & cry for." (" Bella"). " Full of love passion & heartbreak." (" Best"). " Glorious heartwarming." (" Woman & Home"). Lesley Pearse's novels have sold over five million copies worldwide. Her fifteen most recent books including " The Promise" " Belle" " Stolen" " Gypsy" " Faith" " Hope" "A Lesser Evil" " Secrets" " Remember Me" " Till We Meet Again" " Father Unknown" " Trust Me" " Never Look Back" " Charlie & Rosie" are huge bestsellers & available as Penguin paperbacks. Lesley lives near Bristol & has three daughters & two grandchildren."
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When a mermaid has her first kiss she bonds for life with the person she kisses. For Lily a mermaid princess living in secret on land this means she has ended up accidentally bonded to her obnoxious neighbour instead of to the boy of her dreams. So begins a tidal wave of relationship drama as Lily discovers that happily-ever-after never goes as smoothly as you plan it to. ...