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. ...

Some tragedies become part of our national history. On August 4 2002 Holly Wells & Jessica Chapman disappeared. For the next thirteen days their families the police & the local community searched for them while the nation watched in horrific suspense. Almost two weeks after Holly & Jessica went missing their bodies were found. Two days later Ian Huntley was charged with their murders. In the terrible weeks that followed Kevin started to make notes fearful that he might forget important details. GOODBYE DEAREST HOLLY tells the story of the nightmare that began on August 4th from the moment it became clear that Holly & Jessica were missing through the long investigation & its aftermath. An unflinching tale of surviving tragedy Kevin's diaries tell of battles with the media police bureaucracy & the legal system. The book also

Includes:: a gripping account of the trial & convictions of Huntley & Maxine Carr. Above all GOODBYE DEAREST HOLLY is a loving act of fatherhood.

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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." ...

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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In Goodbye Mickey Mouse Len Deighton has written his best novel yet: a brilliant multi-dimensional picture of what it is to be at war...and what it was to be in love in the England of 1944. Goodbye Mickey Mouse is Deightons fourteenth novel & a vivid evocation of wartime England the story of a group of American fighter pilots flying escort missions over Germany in the winter of 1943-4. At the centre of the novel are two young men: the deeply reserved Captain Jamie Farebrother estranged son of a deskbound colonel & the cocky Lieutenant Mickey Morse well on his way to becoming Americas Number One Flying Ace. Alike only in their courage they forge a bond of friendship in battle with far-reaching consequences for themselves & for the future of those they love. ...

Mog was tired. She was dead tired... Mog thought I want to sleep for ever. & so she did. But a little bit of her stayed awake to see what would happen next. Mog keeps watch over the upset Thomas family who miss her terribly & she wonders how they will ever manage without her. Nothing happens for some time...then suddenly one day Mog sees a little kitten in the house. The kitten is frightened of everything
- noise newspapers bags & being picked up. Mog thinks the kitten is very stupid. But then Mog realises that the nervous kitten doesnt know how to play & just needs a little bit of help. & so Mog pushes the surprised kitten into Debbies lap where it finds it actually likes being tickled & stroked. The new family pet is settled in at last. But Debbie says she will always remember Mog. So I should hope thinks Mog. & she flies up & up & up right into the sun.
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