Foursome" is the brilliantly witty novel from Jane Fallon bestselling author of " Getting Rid of Matthew". Rebecca Daniel Alex & Isabel have been best friends since university. Rebecca married Daniel Alex married Isabel & for twenty years they have been inseparable. But all that is about to change... When Alex walks out on Isabel Rebecca thinks things can't get any worse. But then she finds out the reason why & she's left harbouring a secret she'd rather forget... And there's more upheaval to come in Rebecca's life as her emaciated neurotic self-obsessed colleague Lorna
- her arch nemesis at work
- suddenly becomes a regular feature in her social life. Rebecca's once-happy foursome is now a distant memory & with hearts broken & friendships fractured it seems that change is never a good thing. Or is it? " Foursome" is the sharp & hilariously funny novel from Jane Fallon the bestselling author of R&J selection " Getting Rid of Matthew". Praise for Jane Fallon: " Intelligent edgy & witty". (" Glamour"). "A brilliant & original tale". (" Sun"). " Chick lit with an edge". (" Guardian"). Jane Fallon is the multi-award-winning television producer behind shows such as " This Life" " Teachers" & "20 Things to Do before You're 30". Her novels are " Getting Rid of Matthew" " Foursome" " Got You Back" & " The Ugly Sister"."

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The crows are gathering above Glasgow watching the movements of the clergy & townspeople alike... Tied to St Mungos Cross by the cathedral to be cured of her madness overnight by the saint the young woman is found in the morning beaten & strangled still tied to the cross. But is she who she seems to be? & who would flout the saints protection like this? Gil Cunningham must trace the dead woman & find her enemies track down the thieves & murderers & identify the watchers in the shadows particularly the elusive fourth person who holds the secret of what happened that night. Questioning cathedral staff & apprentice boys pilgrims & tradesmen he uncovers only more puzzles. & then there is another death. How is it connected to the first? While his wife Alys deals with the tensions within their family Gil has to untangle the threads of the mystery to find the solution to all the crimes. ...

The crows are gathering above Glasgow watching the movements of the clergy & townspeople alike... Tied to St Mungo's Cross by the cathedral to be cured of her madness overnight by the saint the young woman is found in the morning beaten & strangled still tied to the cross. But is she who she seems to be? & who would flout the saint's protection like this? Gil Cunningham must trace the dead woman & find her enemies track down the thieves & murderers & identify the watchers in the shadows particularly the elusive fourth person who holds the secret of what happened that night. Questioning cathedral staff & apprentice boys pilgrims & tradesmen he uncovers only more puzzles. & then there is another death. How is it connected to the first? While his wife Alys deals with the tensions within their family Gil has to untangle the threads of the mystery to find the solution to all the crimes. ...

The cult calling itself Fourth Day is well-funded & fiercely guards its privacy. Five years ago Thomas Witney went in to try & get evidence that the cults charismatic leader Randall Bane was responsible for the death of Witneys son. Witney never came out. Now ex-Special Forces soldier turned bodyguard Charlie Fox agrees to go undercover into Fourth Days California stronghold. A fast covert op
- no real danger for someone with her mind set & training. But Charlie is not prepared for the lure of Randall Bane or how easily he will pinpoint her weaknesses.. .
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The worlds most powerful newspaper barons
- which of them will triumph? At first glance Richard Armstrong & Keith Townsend seemed
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Set in Mumbai during the Hindu-Muslim conflict of the early 1990s The Fourth Passenger" is the story of four women raised with traditional Indian values whose partnership give them the temerity to stand up against the religious extremism. Having reached their thirties & disillusioned with their lives & husbands their decision to open an urban food stand is mingled with their memories of a distant past when two of them loved the same man. But in order to establish their fledgling business they must contend with individual temperament extortionists ruthless competitors & most importantly the prevailing religious intolerance." ...

Plan Aurora hatched in a remote dacha in the forest outside Moscow & initiated with relentless brilliance & skill is a plan within a plan that in its spine-chilling ingenuity breaches the ultra-secret Fourth Protocol & turns the fears that shaped it into a living nightmare. A crack Soviet agent placed under cover in a quiet English country town begins to assemble a jigsaw of devastation. MI5 investigator John Preston working against the most urgent of deadlines leads an operation to prevent the act of murderous destruction aimed at tumbling Britain into revolution... ...

Pronounced as the greatest goalscoring talent since Jimmy Greaves seventeen-year old Robbie Fowler was immediately catapulted to fame & fortune. The thin baby-faced Toxteth lad who had trampled the same streets as the rioters was now a millionaire an idol & inspiration to every kid who kicked a football. Yet his incredible potential was never quite realised. Injuries & persistent rumours of drug abuse & depression meant that though Fowler remains one of the most celebrated of Premiership stars he never became the world-beater so many predicted. This is a fascinating & unbelievably frank insight into the beautiful game taking us behind the closed doors of professional football to expose what really happens at both club & international level. This is a truthful & candid account of an incredible career examining not just the records & the glory but the low points & the miseries of a footballing life that many people now believe somewhere somehow went wrong. Brilliance & controversy have stalked Robbie Fowler from his five goal performance in only his second full game for Liverpool to his snorting of the touchline in the Merseyside derby. In this utterly compelling autobiography Robbie Fowler looks back on what was what wasnt & what might have been. This is the story of one of the games true icons & the story of the modern game itself. ...

Fowlers Modern English Usage is the world-famous guide to English usage loved & used by writers of all kinds. In keeping with its long tradition Fowlers gives comprehensive & practical advice on grammar syntax style & choice of words. It gives a clear & authoritative picture of the English we use & elucidates many scores of usage questions such as the split infinitive & the intricacies of political correctness. It gives in-depth coverage of both British & American English with reference to the English of Australia Canada New Zealand & South Africa. The volume

Includes:: wide-ranging examples of usage from a broad selection of newspapers journals & books from across the globe & features illustrative"ations from authors such as Agatha Christie Chinua Achebe Iris Murdoch Harold Pinter & Noel Coward. Based on the evidence & research of the Oxford Dictionaries Programme this is the most comprehensive & authoritative guide to usage available. The third edition of 1996 provided a complete revision & an expansion of the original text bringing the book fully up to date on all matters of grammar usage syntax & style. This is a reissue of the revised third edition of 1998 which

Includes:: a new Supplement & revised entries. Replaces isbn 0198602634.



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The seventh edition of this classic book has been entirely revised & updated by one of the leading professors of human nutrition in the UK. Written in a clear & easy-to-read style the book deals with a wide range of topics from food microbiology & technology to healthy eating & clinical nutrition. It also tackles the more difficult area of biochemistry & makes the chemical nature of all the important food groups accessible. ...