The Secret Seven are Peter & his sister Janet Jack Colin George Pam & Barbara. They meet every holiday in the shed at the bottom of Peter & Janet's garden
- & solve mysteries & eat lots of delicious food. But no one can enter the shed without whispering the secret password! There are 15 Secret Seven novels & a collection of short stories. Peter & Janet are the only witnesses when a car is stolen. They saw the thieves & now all the Secret Seven are involved. But when they realise they are on the trail of a dangerous gang the Seven don't feel quite so brave. This time they might have taken on too much. Each book features rarely seen bonus Blyton: extra stories a quiz additional artwork & insights into Blyton's life & writing process.
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This accessible guide to writing academically is based on the authors many years of experience helping students to improve their writing & get better marks in assignments. The advice works because it uses real examples of students work to explain what tutors look for & shows you how to get there. New to this third edition: Increased coverage of plagiarism (and how to avoid it) How to show critical reflection & judgement Turning useful notes from lectures & readings into powerful written arguments Updated material on citations & references New examples of students work Developing an academic voice The book is packed with practical advice on how to read widely search for reading materials structure your writing & use language effectively. With plenty of dos & donts this is a perfect guide for students studying at all levels. Dominic Wyse is Professor of Early Years & Primary Education at the Institute of Education University of London. ...

Lydia Hoffman owns the shop on Blossom Street. In the year since it opened A Good Yarn has thrived--and so has Lydia. A lot of that is due to Brad Goetz. But when Brad's ex-wife reappears Lydia is suddenly afraid to trust her newfound happiness. Three women join Lydia's newest class. Elise Beaumont retired & bitterly divorced learns that her onetime husband is reentering her life. Bethanne Hamlin is facing the fallout from a much more recent divorce. & Courtney Pulanski is a depressed & overweight teenager whose grandmother's idea of helping her is to drag her to seniors' swim sessions--and to the knitting class at A Good Yarn. ...

Max Skinner is a man at the heart of London's financial universe until his employers embark on a little asset-stripping of their own. Himself. Amid the grey London drizzle there is one potential ray of sunshine: Max's Uncle Harry has left him his estate in his will
- an eighteenth-century chateau & vineyard an hour's drive from Avignon. Out of a job & encouraged by his friend Charlie about the money in modern wine he heads for France. What Max discovers is a beautiful house wonderful weather & a bustling village. The downside is the quality of the wine in his vineyard but when Max suggests calling in an expert Roussel a former employee of his uncle's is resistant. Help is at hand however when a beautiful blonde Californian arrives unexpectedly at the chateau. Peter Mayle's delightful novel will enchant the audiences who bought A YEAR IN PROVENCE & TOUJOURS PROVENCE in their millions.
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Philip Roths award-winning first book instantly established its authors reputation as a writer of explosive wit merciless insight & a fierce compassion for even the most self-deluding of his characters. Goodbye Columbus is the story of Neil Klugman & pretty spirited Brenda Patimkin he of poor Newark she of suburban Short Hills who meet one summer break & dive into an affair that is as much about social class & suspicion as it is about love. The novella is accompanied by five short stories that range in tone from the iconoclastic to the astonishingly tender. ...

Dont Battle an Eating Disorder Forever- Recover from It Completely Jenni Schaefer & Ed (eating disorder) are no longer on speaking terms not even in her most difficult moments. In her bestseller Life Without Ed Jenni learned to treat her eating disorder as a relationship not a condition-enabling her to break up with Ed once & for all. In Goodbye Ed Hello Me Jenni shows you that being fully recovered is not just about breaking free from destructive behaviors with food & having a healthy relationship with your body; it also means finding joy & peace in your life. Jenni Schaefer has dedicated her life to helping people overcome their eating disorders & live life to the fullest. She is an inspiration to all!" --Dr. Phil " Every young woman & man interested in overcoming disordered eating should read this treasure of a book." -Leigh Cohn M.A.T. CEDS Editor-in-Chief Eating Disorders: The Journal of Treatment & Prevention " The beauty of Jennis written journey through her tormented relationship with Ed is that it is honest passionate hopeful-but most important it ultimately assures the reader that life really can move on." -Lynn Grefe CEO National Eating Disorders Association Combining Jennis signature personal advice & unfailing encouragement along with valuable exercises you can do as you read Goodbye Ed Hello Me will give you the prescriptive tools to take the final steps in divorcing your Ed completely. Foreword by Carolyn Costin LMFT M.A. M. Ed." ...

A poignant heart-warming novel of love loss & the possibility of keeping the past alive in a wholly unexpected way for fans of ONE DAY WHEN GOD WAS A RABBIT & THE NOTEBOOK. Imagine a world in which you never have to say goodbye. A world in which you can talk to your loved ones after theyve gone
- About the trivial things you used to share About the things you wish youd said while you still had the chance About how hard it is to adjust to life without them. When Sam Elling invents a computer programme that enables his girlfriend Meredith to do just this nothing can prepare them for the success & the complications that follow. For every person who wants to say goodbye there is someone else who cant let go. & when tragedy strikes they have to find out whether goodbye has to be for ever. Or whether love can take on a life of its own...
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When Suzy Lunts widowed mother Josie marries Luke Palmer its mainly to keep a roof over their heads. But soon Josie realises shes made a mistake & she & Suzy flee Liverpool & a man they now fear. But will they be safe from the past in Birkenhead? ...

Lew Archer world-weary private investigator is hired by Larry & Irene Chalmers when they suspect that their troubled son Nick is involved in their own burglary. But when a fellow investigator
- one whos been working with Nick
- turns up dead Archer soon realizes this isnt simply about some stolen loot. To help their son Archer must uncover the truth about a kidnap years ago & discover why the handgun from a decades-old killing apparently turns up at every new & terrible murder. In The Goodbye Look" Ross Macdonald exposes the damage families can cause one another in the name of love lies & greed. Ross Macdonalds " Lew Archer" mysteries rewrote the conventions of the detective novel with their credible humane hero & with Macdonalds insight & moral complexity won new literary respectability for the hardboiled genre previously pioneered by Dashiell Hammett & Raymond Chandler. They have also received praise from such celebrated writers as William Goldman Jonathan Kellerman Eudora Welty & Elmore Leonard."

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After taking their Higher Certificate the sixth formers want to relax this term. But the Head has a surprise: a finishing school course with old girl Gwendoline Lacey as teacher. Yet someone is determined to drive her out
- & it takes the return of Darrell to solve the mystery.
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