Welcome to New York Citys Upper East Side where my friends & I all live in huge fabulous apartments & go to exclusive single-sex private schools. We arent always the nicest people in the world but we make up for it in looks & taste. Enter the world of Gossip Girl & the exclusive Manhattan private school Constance Billard inhabited by the citys most fabulous crowd; a world of jealousy betrayal & outrageous behaviour! Theres a lot more to this story than anyone realises & you might find out just how the legendary GOSSIP GIRL column began... ...

1952. Orphaned as a young child Emma Booth was raised by her grandparents in a Lancashire village. Following her grandfather's sudden death Emma assumes she is now without family until she unexpectedly finds a letter written during the war which reveals that she has a half-sister. Determined to find her Emma is drawn away from the countryside to post-war Liverpool. When trouble inevitably comes Emma rises to the challenge & in doing so finds love & romance taking her life in a new direction. ...

He cheated but only once! Evie Dexter has promised to forgive & forget her fiance Rob
- & her efforts to absolve his sins are paying
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It happened at the ball... Where beautiful but bold Lillian Bowman quickly learned that her independent American ways weren't entirely the thing." & the most disapproving of all was insufferable snobbish & impossible Marcus Lord Westcliff London's most eligible aristocrat. It happened in the garden... When Marcus shockingly
- & dangerously
- swept her into his arms. Lillian was overcome with a consuming passion for a man she didn't even like. Time stood still; it was as if no one else existed. It happened one autumn... Marcus was a man in charge of his own emotions a bedrock of stability. But with Lillian every touch was exquisite torture every kiss an enticement for more. Yet how could he consider taking a woman so blatantly unsuitable...as his bride?"

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What would you do if you lost both your legs in a horrific & violent attack? You won GBP2.5 million on the lottery? You found yourself caught up in the terrifying chaos of the 7 July bombing in London? These are just some of the life-changing events that have happened to the people whose gripping tales are recounted in this enthralling anthology. From the rags-to-riches story of the man who founded Pret A Manger & sold it for a fortune to the harrowing report of the woman who lost her memory after a car accident these are first-hand accounts by ordinary people who have found themselves in extraordinary circumstances that show what can be gained from lifes surprises. Uplifting & terrifying inspiring & shocking It Happened to Me" is a tribute to courage determination & peoples ability to cope with whatever life throws at them." ...

From his quiet beginnings in rural Scotland to his multi-millionaire lifestyle in Monte Carlo where he owns one of the most luxurious ...

Making the move from an IT technician or team member to management is one of the most difficult career steps youll face. Help from management & targeted training can be hard to come by
- & your success depends on your ability to adapt to your new role almost overnight. You might have years of experience in the trenches but youll quickly find that managing a team setting budgets & creating a winning strategy for the first time can be daunting tasks. Now in its third edition IT Managers Handbook" provides a practical reference that you will return to again & again in an ever-changing corporate environment where the demands on IT continue to increase. Make your first 100 days really count with the fundamental principles & core concepts critical to your success as a new IT Manager. The book also

Includes:: discusses how to develop an overall IT strategy as well as demonstrate the value of IT to the company. In this book youll learn how to: manage your enterprises new level of connectivity with a new chapter covering social media handheld devices & more; implement & optimize cloud services to provide a better experience for your mobile & virtual workforce at a lower cost to your bottom line; integrate mobile applications into your companys strategy; manage the money including topics such as department budgets & leasing versus buying; work with your "customers" whomever those might be for your IT shop; hire train & manage your team & their projects so that you come in on time & budget; & secure your systems to face some of todays most challenging security challenges."


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Whether it's realizing that you're at that time of the month when you cry at adverts on the television or if you get a parking ticket or the rollercoasters of puberty pregnancy & menopause 99.9 per cent of women have felt a slave to their hormones at some point in their lives. It is crucial to understand the important part hormones play in both our reproductive & overall health & then realize how much we can do through nutrition & lifestyle to have a positive effect on our hormones. From boosting fertility to easing symptoms of PMS & menopause It Must Be My Hormones" offers practical guidance by two highly recognized experts." ...

Jeffrey Steingartens first book THE MAN WHO ATE EVERYTHING was an instant classic. Nigella Lawson said I have yet to meet anyone who hasnt adored this book once theyve read it. Now he has done it again. In this stunning collection of provocative witty & erudite food essays Jeffrey Steingarten continues his quest for the perfect meal. He chews over the supreme hors doeuvres recipe embarks on an epic hunt for bluefish tuna & in The Man Who Cooked for his Dog responds to baleful looks from his golden retriever by cooking him dishes of braised short ribs. As ever its a gloriously diverse menu from the man who has dedicated his life to searching out the ultimate in food experiences
- at considerable expense to his waistline
- for your reading pleasure. Read it & eat!

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On the afternoon of 17 September 1944 Lieutenant Joseph Enthammer a Wehrmacht artillery officer based in Arnhem gazed up to the clear skies hardly believing what he saw. White snowflakes appeared to hang in the air. That cannot be he thought. It never snows in September! They must be parachutists! They were. He was witnessing the first wave of the British parachute assault on Arnhem. The war had reached the Reich. The blow moreover had come as a total surprise. The Allies had expected operation Market-Garden to bring the collapse of the Wehrmacht in the West & shorten World War 2. But the Germans resolved to fight. This ground-breaking military study uniquely chronicles this period of the war through the eyes of the ordinary German soldier & analyses the reasons for the eventual outcome. A major work of military history this new paperback edition is certain to stimulate renewed debate about one of the most controversial operations of World War 2. ...