A dramatic & remarkable narrative of an extraordinary teachers determination from the author of the Sunday Times bestsellers The Tigers Child & One Child. Torey Hayden faced six emotionally troubled kids no other teacher could handle -- three recent arrivals from battle-torn Northern Ireland badly traumatised by the horrors of war; an eleven-year-old boy who only knew life inside an institution; an excitable girl aggressive & sexually precocious at the age of eight; & seven-year-old Leslie perhaps the most hopeless of all unresponsive & unable to speak. But Toreys most daunting challenge turns out to be Leslies mother a stunning young doctor who soon discovers that she needs Toreys love & help just as much as the children. Just Another Kid is a beautiful illustration of nurturing concern not only for a few emotionally disturbed children but for one woman facing a personal battle. ...

Roxy Jack & daughter Joey three are building a new life for themselves in sunny Sydney Australia but Roxys finding it hard to settle down. When she discovers shes pregnant again things become even more complicated
- how will she cope with a second child? Frustrated at the lack of places for stressed-out mums to go Roxy & her new friend Shoshanna set up Just Another Manic Mum-Day
- a cafe catering exclusively for parents. But when an opportunity arises for Roxy to return to England she realises just how much shes missed home.. .

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Stephanie & Rachel have been best friends for years in spite of their differences. Alison is new in town & immediately becomes an integral part of their group. But is it possible to have two best friends? & how can you call anyone a friend if you can't tell them your most painful secrets? ...

Another bestseller full of Cathy Kelly's trademark warmth romance optimism & wit. Friends this good are hard to find... What's the secret of the fabulous Miller girls? Everyone says that they lead charmed lives: successful lawyer & single mother Stella; TV writer Tara & dreamy artistic Holly. Their elegant mother Rose is about to celebrate her fortieth wedding anniversary to husband Hugh & the Irish town on Kinvarra is looking forward to the celebrations. But as plans are made for the party the three sisters & their mother start to reveal each of their secret heartaches to one another. Are they strong enough to deal with the truth about their golden lives? ...

When Mr & Mrs Bone go down with the Titanic their six children are left on their own. Binnie the eldest at 17 stands her ground against well-meaning relatives & says she will bring up the family. & for the next four years she runs the Edwardian household looking after her brothers & sisters & starting a gentle romance with the vicar. Then the First World War breaks out & Binnie's two elder brothers & her sweetheart all volunteer
- but not all of them come home.
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A major & controversial new biography of one of the most compelling & contradictory figures in modern British life. Born Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson to most of us he is just Boris
- the only politician of the age to be regarded in such familiar even affectionate terms. Uniquely he combines comedy with erudition gimleteyed focus with jokey self-deprecation & is a loving family man with a roving eye. He is also a hugely ambitious figure with seemingly no huge ambitions to pursue
- other than perhaps power itself. One of the most private men in public life we all know of Boris but so few can truly claim to know him. He invites attention but has evaded scrutiny. Now from the vantage point of a once close colleague Sonia Purnell charts his remarkable rise & offers the first forensic account of just how he did it. Drawing on hundreds of interviews with Boriss friends rivals admirers & enemies this revealing biography examines how a shy young boy from a broken home grew up to be ou r only box-office politician
- & most unlikely sex god; how the Etonian product fond of Latin tags became a Man of the People
- & why he wanted to be; how the gaffe-prone buffoon charmed Londoners to win the largest personal mandate Britain has ever seen; & how the Johnson family has built our biggest
- not to mention blondest
- media & political dynasty. At times allegations of infidelity journalistic chicanery rivalries with fellow Tories & scandal at City Hall have threatened to upset his rise but still it continues. With his unruly mop of hair trusty bicycle & the surest of popular touches he remains a Teflon-coated breed apart
- but for how long? In Just Boris Sonia Purnell unravels this most compelling of political enigmas & casts light on his record & his character. Finally she asks whether the Mayor who dreams of crossing the Thames to Downing Street has what it takes to be Prime Minister.






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With human rights groups & businesses locked in a stalemate the challenges of regulating harmful corporate practices in some of the world's most difficult regions have long seemed insurmountable. In 2005 the United Nations appointed John Ruggie to examine the problem & identify a path forward. Ruggie produced his Protect Respect & Remedy" framework & " Guiding Principles" to implement it & these " Ruggie Rules" were endorsed unanimously by the UN. They are being incorporated by governments & companies around the world & are employed by human rights & workers' groups. Just Business shows how this powerful transformation came about & what it means for governments businesses & people everywhere." ...

Nobody who saw Depeche Mode in 1980 could have predicted that those four fresh-faced synth-pop innocents would transform themselves into stadium-filling rock gods within a few years. Yet Depeche Mode went on to become one of the Top 10 best-selling British acts of all-time ranked alongside such exalted company as the Beatles the Stones Led Zeppelin & David Bowie. & after three decades together the group continues to thrive both critically & commercially. In Just Can't Get Enough" author Simon Spence charts that transformation from a tiny nightclub residency in their native Essex to facing tens of thousands in huge stadiums in Europe & America by the mid-80s; a musical journey that took them from early 'ultra-pop' hit singles to the stark Black Celebration album. Hailing from Basildon an experimental post-war New Town the all-electronic Depeche Mode were in the words of singer Dave Gahan a new sort of band from a new sort of town. & Basildon itself Spence argues defined them
- its brutal Modernist architecture imposed on a rural landscape dotted with primitive shacks a mirror for the angular sound & dark loneliness of the band's music. Part musical odyssey part cultural history Spence draws on dozens of first hand interviews to give us an inside view of one of the most unlikely stories in pop & rock."
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The drawing course that sets free your creativity Aimed at anyone who would like to be able to pick up a pencil & just draw this book provides a foolproof way to pick up the skills
- & most importantly the confidence
- to sketch & experiment without the hang-ups & inhibitions that can all too often get in the way of our creativity. Just Draw It! is suitable for anyone from self-styled artistic no-hopers to aspiring artists who want to get new ideas & skills. It is organized as a series of exercises all of which will provide you with essential practice for your brain eye & hand
- from trying out rapid-fire sketches of moving objects to detailed observation of tones & contrast to capturing the mood of a scene or looking at its structure through the formal rules of perspective. The result is a deceptively powerful drawing course that does not feel like a course designed to conquer your inhibitions & develop a love of drawing & sketching that lasts a lifetime.


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Set in the steamy coastal Alabama town of Sea Breeze an interconnected group of older teens hook up break up.. .and much much more. Preston is one bad boy. & Amanda has harboured a crush on him for forever. When she finally makes her move on him it does not end well. But still she can't resist him. Especially now that he seems to be pursuing her too. No one wants wants them to be together. Not Amanda's brother Marcus who is on the verge of his marriage to Low & definitely not any of Preston's buddies. They know way too much about Preston's dark side. Yet the dangerous attraction is there.. .and neither Preston nor Amanda are going to deny it. ...