Sylvie & Carl have been friends since they were tiny children. They've always played together called each other boyfriend & girlfriend & deep down Sylvie has always believed that they'd end up married to each other. They even have a a magical fantasy world that belongs to them alone. But as they become older things are starting to change. Sylvie would still rather spend all her time with Carl
- but Carl has a new friend Paul who is taking all his attention. Now Carl seems much less happy to be called Sylvie's boyfriend
- & in a game of spin the bottle he avoids having to kiss her. Sylvie can tell his feelings have changed & that their future together might not be so clear-cut after all. But can she guess at the true reasons behind it all? Touching & compelling Kiss is a delicately handled treatment of love & sexuality from award-winning Jacqueline Wilson.

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On a warm June evening a red double-decker bus full of passengers speeds down a London street. A few blocks away a man & a woman climb into a limousine reveling in a magical evening of dancing & champagne. As their driver pulls into an intersection the couple shares their first searching kiss. For a moment etched in time all stands still
- until in a flash of metal & glass their limousine is struck at full speed crushed under the bus' tremendous weight. & a long journey begins
- toward healing toward hope toward dreams of an infinite future... Isabelle Forrester is the exquisite wife of a prominent Parisian banker who has long since shut her out of his heart. For lonely years Isabelle has lived a life of isolation pouring her passions into caring for her desperately ill son Teddy & into making their Paris home as happy as possible for her teenage daughter Sophie. Isabelle allows herself one secret pleasure: a long-distance friendship by telephone with an American man a Washington power broker who travels in the highest circles of politics & who like Isabelle is trapped in an empty marriage. To Bill Robinson Isabelle is a godsend a woman of extraordinary beauty & intellectual curiosity
- a kindred spirit who touches him across the miles with her warmth & gentle empathy. Their relationship is a gift a lifeline that sustains them both through the heartache of marriages they cannot leave & will not betray. Agreeing to meet for a few precious innocent days in London Isabelle & Bill find their friendship changing. Then amidst the sudden crash of steel against steel they are thrust onto a new path a path fraught with pain but also with possibility. Now inside the cool sterile wards of a London hospital Isabelle & Bill cling to life their bodies shattered almost beyond repair. In the days & weeks that follow they slowly painfully traverse a road to recovery littered with challenges of the body spirit & heart. Together they must find the strength not only to embrace life again but to face what they have left behind. For Isabelle a loveless marriage turns into a brutal power struggle. For Bill a time of healing exposes wounds that cut deeper than steel & realities that will test him to his core. For both a tangle of changing relationships & the tragedy of another loss conspire to separate them once again. & this time they could lose each other forever. In a novel that is as compelling as it is compassionate Danielle Steel weaves a story of courage in the face of unimaginable loss. With the grace of a master storyteller she explores the strength it takes to conquer our greatest fears showing us how the toughest choices can yield the most unexpected rewards...and how the longest most winding journeys can begin with a single kiss.


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Your Passport to International Business Etiquette The most authoritative & comprehensive text of its kind Kiss Bow or Shake Hands 2nd Edition is your must-have guide to proper international business protocol. With countries such as China & India taking on a more significant role in the global business landscape you cant afford not to know the practices customs & philosophies of other countries. Now fully revised updated & expanded with over sixty country profiles Kiss Bow or Shake Hands 2nd Edition provides invaluable information on how to handle common business interactions with grace respect & an appreciation for different cultures. ...

How did pretty socialite Daisy Devereaux find herself in this fix? She can either go to jail or marry the mystery man her father has chosen for her Alex Markov however has no intention of playing the loving bridegroom to a spoiled little heiress. As humourless as he is deadly handsome he drags the irrepressible Daisy away from her uptown life & sets out to bring her down a peg or two. Except it wont be as easy as he thinks. This man without a soul has met a woman whos nothing but heart. Will vows spoken in haste shatteror offer the promise of love everlasting? ...

Michael Gallagher is an Irish seaman fighting with the Royal Navy. He comes ashore in Liverpool when his ship needs repairs & meets lovely young Stella Bennett on the quayside searching for her lost kitten. The young couple fall in love & want to marry but the Bennetts have other plans for Stella & when she gives birth to a baby Ginny Michael is dismayed by the child's ginger hair & convinced she is not his. He returns to Ireland leaving the slovenly Granny Bennett to rear Ginny. The child accepts her lot expecting little from life but knowing that in order to escape from the slums she must attend school. Granny Bennett prefers Ginny to skivvy for her but when a sympathetic teacher comes into her life Ginny decides she must better herself & the obvious way to do so is to find her father...A Kiss & a Promise is classic Katie Flynn full of warmth & passion & sure to please the many fans of the beloved saga writer. ...

Ruby is looking for love-- but her kiss is deadly! A serial killer is on the loose & it appears to be a woman--her target adulterous businessmen. After picking them up in bars she brutally tortures her victims before decapitating them. Meanwhile Hong Kong detective Johnny Mann is still struggling to deal with his dead fathers legacy of corruption & triad involvement. His nemesis CK Leung is determined to bring Johnny into the triad fold & has now deployed the most dangerous weapon--his daughter Victoria--beautiful but deadly. Falling into a downward spiral Johnny is on the verge of destroying everything he holds dear while Ruby continues her terrifying murder spree. Johnny needs to pull himself together fast because Ruby is getting nearer & is closing in for the kill! A nerve-shredding thriller that will grip fans of James Patterson & Karen Rose ...

KISS has released thirty-seven records & sold 80 million albums worldwide. Gene Simmons has also acted in films & on television has written & produced albums for other recording artists has managed the recording career of among others Liza Minelli & was founder & president of his own recording label Simmons Records/RCA. He also launched his film & TV producing career with Detroit Rock City for New Line Cinema. Gene Simmons lives in Beverley Hills California & was recently the rock star teacher on Channel 4's Rock School. Here for the first time Gene Simmons the notorious mainman of the explosive rock & roll group KISS tells his story. Delivered in Gene's own honest outrageous & uncensored voice he tells of his early beginnings in Israel of his arrival in New York at the age of eight his first taste of 1950s pop culture & his developing thirst for fame fun & girls. Undoubtedly one of the most infamous rock & roll legends alive Gene tells the never before revealed story of KISS's reign as the biggest & most popular band in the world. Finally the real story of the man behind the make-up. ...

With tight breeches & loose morals the horse trials circuit is a hell-for-leather chase across the magnificent parkland of England's finest country estates. Flirtation is compulsory sport; love is a professional hazard. Silver-tongued charmer Rory Midwinter is quite at home in this hedge-jumping bed-hopping world of competitive weekend house parties. Having been born into the saddle & with a rock star owner as patron he has no intention of settling down. Only his long-term groom Faith has other ideas. Tash & Hugo Beauchamp are the undisputed golden couple of British three-day eventing but their mettle is put to the test by the arrival of The Devil on Horseback brooding Kiwi rider Lough Strachan. Lough holds the key to Hugo's darkest secret & he intends to use it to access his greatest rival's beautiful wife. ...

Miss Kate Daltry doesnt believe in fairy tales.. .or happily ever after. Forced by her stepmother to attend a ball Kate meets a prince & decides hes anything but charming. A clash of wits & wills ensues but they both know their irresistible attraction will lead nowhere. For Gabriel is promised to another woman
- a princess whose hand in marriage will fulfil his ruthless ambitions. Gabriel likes his fiancee which is a welcome turn of events but he doesnt love her & knows he should be wooing his bride-to-be not the witty impoverished beauty who refuses to fawn over him. Godmothers & glass slippers notwithstanding this is one fairy tale in which destiny conspires to destroy any chance that Kate & Gabriel might have a happily ever after
- unless one kiss at the stroke of midnight changes everything.

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A Kiss Before You Go is a profound & personal autobiographical work a collection of Dannys illustrated journal pages chronicling his journey to recovery after the loss of his wife in a tragic accident. This heartfelt tale pairs beautiful illustrations with intimate contemplative text. ...