Every day Mayor Tibo Krovic stops off at the local cafe on the way to work drinks his Viennese coffee with extra figs leaves a bag of sweets for the owner & goes to wait in his office for the arrival of his glorious secretary Agathe. He has worshiped Agathe from afar for years but she has always been out of reach. However a family tragedy has changed things in Agathes home & a chance occurrence one day leads her to confide in Tibo. What ensues is a magical story of love fate mistakes & ginger biscuits that is both deliciously funny & intensely moving. ...

Hannah wakes up so happy that everyone around her catches her good mood...until she remembers something that makes her good mood crumble away. So she sets out on a good mood hunt
- & as she searches under stairs inside pockets & in the garden shed she finds all the ingredients for a perfectly wonderful day! BL An original & entertaining story from an award-winning author whose work

Includes:: Mona the Vampire (with Sonia Holleyman) Angry Arthur (with Satoshi Kitamura) & Just Dog which was shortlisted for the Smarties Book Award BL Instantly appealing artwork with delightful characterisation & beautifully observed details BL Conveys a light-hearted message that sometimes the best things in life are the simplest


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The brilliant new crime thriller featuring Dalziel & Pascoe from the Top Ten Bestseller Reginald Hill Like father like son... But heredity seems to have gone a gene too far when Pal Macivers suicide in a locked room exactly mirrors that of his father ten years earlier. In each case accusing fingers point towards Pals stepmother the beautiful enigmatic Kay Kafka. But she turns out to have a formidable champion Mid-Yorkshires own super-heavyweight Detective Superintendent Andrew Dalziel. DCI Peter Pascoe nominally in charge of the investigation finds he is constantly body-checked by his superior as he tries to disentangle the complex relationships of the Maciver family. At first these inquiries seem local & domestic. What really happened between Pal & his stepmother? & how has key witness & exotic hooker Dolores Our Lady of Pain contrived to disappear from the face of Mid-Yorkshire? Gradually however it becomes clear that the fall-out from Pals suicide spreads far beyond Yorkshire to London to America. Even to Iraq. But the emotional epicentre is firmly placed in Mid-Yorkshire where Pascoe comes to learn that for some people the heart too is a locked room & in there it is always midnight. ...

An unforgettable portrait of a woman bravely confronting loneliness & despair in her quest for self-determination Jean Rhys' Good Morning Midnight"

Includes:: an introduction by A.L. Kennedy in " Penguin Modern Classics". In 1930s Paris where one cheap hotel room is very like another a young woman is teaching herself indifference. She has escaped personal tragedy & has come to France to find courage & seek independence. She tells herself to expect nothing especially not kindness least of all from men. Tomorrow she resolves she will dye her hair blonde. Jean Rhys was a talent before her time with an impressive ability to express the anguish of young single women. In " Good Morning Midnight" Rhys created the powerfully modern portrait of Sophia Jansen whose emancipation is far more painful & complicated than she could expect but whose confession is flecked with triumph & elation. One of the most honest & distinctive British novelists of the twentieth century Jean Rhys wrote about women with perception & sensitivity in an innovative & often controversial way. Jean Rhys (1894-1979) was born in Dominica. Coming to England aged 16 she drifted into various jobs before moving to Paris where she began writing & was 'discovered' by Ford Madox Ford. Her novels often portraying women as underdogs out to exploit their sexualities were ahead of their time & only modestly successful. From 1939 (when " Good Morning Midnight" was written) onwards she lived reclusively & was largely forgotten when she made a sensational comeback with her account of Jane Eyre's Bertha Rochester " Wide Sargasso Sea" in 1966. If you enjoyed " Good Morning Midnight" you might like Rhys' " Voyage in the Dark" also available in " Penguin Modern Classics". " Her eloquence in the language of human sexual transactions is chilling cynical & surprisingly moving". (A.L. Kennedy)."

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A jolly rhyming text & adorable illustrations of bright jungle animals are sure to make this cuddly book a firm favourite. Little ones will love waking up all the touch-&-feel animals: the tiger with his furry patch the snake with his pointy tongue the crocodile with his scaly coat the parrot with her flapping wing the monkey with his twisty tail & the lion with his soft mane. This delightful book is full of get up & go! ...

Maya Haque
- outspoken passionate headstrong
- has been estranged from her brother Sohail for almost a decade. When she returns

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This distinctive Bible combines the popular & authoritative text of the Good News translation with a hard wearing & funky cover. The compact size makes it a great choice for teenagers & adults for personal use. The Good News Bible was a bestseller from its first publication as Good News for Modern Man providing a unique combination of accessibility & faithfulness to the best Greek & Hebrew sources. It has earned the respect of a wide range of scholars for its accuracy & reliability & because it is easy to read & understand it is suitable for people of all ages. This edition comes with a ribbon marker & presentation page & makes a stylish gift or a lovely Bible for personal use. ...

This classic gift Bible combines the popular & authoritative text of the Good News translation with a beautiful soft-touch cover. The compact size makes it a great choice for both personal use as well as a Christening or Confirmation gift. The Good News Bible was a bestseller from its first publication as Good News for Modern Man providing a unique combination of accessibility & faithfulness to the best Greek & Hebrew sources. It has earned the respect of a wide range of scholars for its accuracy & reliability & because it is easy to read & understand it is suitable for people of all ages. This edition comes with ribbon markers silver page edges & a presentation page & makes a special present & a lovely Bible to engage with daily. ...

The Good News Bible was the first truly easy-to-read Bible translation & it is still the UK's most popular. In this traditional imitation leather hardback binding & with concordance it is ideal for individual reading & further study. The Good News Bible was a bestseller from its first publication as ' Good News for Modern Man' providing a unique combination of accessibility & faithfulness to the best Greek & Hebrew sources. It has earned the respect of a wide range of scholars for its accuracy & reliability & because it is easy to read & understand it is suitable for people of all ages. In this hardback edition with a traditional imitation leather hardback binding & including cross references for key passages as well as a short concordance it is ideal for personal reading & study at all levels. ...

This distinctive Bible combines the popular & authoritative text of the Good News translation with a hard wearing & funky cover. The compact size makes it a great choice for teenagers & adults for personal use. The Good News Bible was a bestseller from its first publication as ' Good News for Modern Man' providing a unique combination of accessibility & faithfulness to the best Greek & Hebrew sources. It has earned the respect of a wide range of scholars for its accuracy & reliability & because it is easy to read & understand it is suitable for people of all ages. This edition comes with a ribbon marker & presentation page & makes a stylish gift or a lovely Bible for personal use. ...