For nine seasons Mary Mc Donough was part of one of the most beloved families in television history. Just ten years-old when she was cast as the pretty wholesome middle child Erin Mary grew up on the set of The Waltons alternately embracing & rebelling against her good-girl onscreen persona. Now as the first cast member to write about her experiences on the classic series she candidly recounts the joys & challenges of growing up Walton
- from her overnight transformation from a normal kid in a working class Irish Catholic family to a Hollywood child star to the personal challenges that led her to take on a new role as an activist for women's body image issues.
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Willow & Holly are identical twins. They are everything to each other. Holly calls Willow her rock her soul mate her other half. & Willow feels the same about Holly. They are alike in every respect except one
- Willow is afraid on the inside. & all because of a secret
- one that binds the sisters closely together & yet has meant their adult lives have taken two very different paths. Willow often feels there are large parts of her missing qualities she only knows she's lacking because she sees them in her sister. For a very long time Willow has felt separated from Holly by one terrible moment in time
- a moment that meant Willow's life was never the same again. & when the past catches up with her Willow realises it's finally time for her to face her fears &
- with Holly's help
- learn to laugh out loud once more...




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This skillfully compiled anthology draws on the phenomenally successful Forgotten Voices" series. " Lest We Forget" brings together first-hand recollections from the Great War to the Second World War to vividly illustrate the impact of war. Told in the actual words of the men women & children who lived through a century of war it is a moving insight into the greatest conflicts of the twentieth century. The testaments of those who were there depict the horrors of war yet also provide inspiration with tales of enduring courage sacrifice & daring. Arranged thematically into chapters such as hope fear the kindness of strangers the human cost & brothers in arms it reveals the full scope of war in all its stark reality. Evocatively illustrated throughout with line drawings from the Imperial War Museum's archives it will appeal to anyone wanting to gain an insight into not only specific conflicts but the overarching & sometimes surprising effects of war in general. " Lest We Forget" vividly ensures that the wartime experiences of ordinary people will never be forgotten." ...

Lester Piggott is the greatest Derby jockey of all time. His nine winners in the worlds greatest race form one of the most glorious & unassailable records in all sport & the horses he rode to victory include legends of the Turf such as Nijinsky Sir Ivor The Minstrel & Roberto. Published to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of his first victory
- at eighteen years old he became the youngest ever Derby-winning jockey on Never Say Die in 1954
- Lesters Derbys tells the inside story of each of those famous victories: the sheer class of Crepello Nijinsky & Sir Ivor the furious finish to force Roberto to a short-head decision over Rheingold the dogged final-furlong battle between The Minstrel & Hot Grove the ease of Never Say Die St Paddy & Teenoso the unexpectedness of Empery. Extensively illustrated & packed with insight & anecdote this is a classic racing book. The authors first winning ride in the Derby in 1954 began a career-long affair with the Epsom Classic & this book will be published on the 50th anniversary of that first victory. The author will promote at Epsom Ascot & Newmarket & in selected bookshops in London Birmingham & Newmarket.

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Struggling through another Edinburgh winter Rebus finds himself sucked into a web of intrigue that throws up more questions than answers. Was the Lord Provost's daughter kidnapped or just another runaway? Why is a city councillor shredding documents that should have been waste paper years ago? & why on earth is Rebus invited to a clay pigeon shoot at the home of the Scottish Office's Permanent Secretary? Sucked into the machine that is modern Scotland Rebus confronts the fact that some of his enemies may be beyond justice... ...

Ada Williams once believed money & power would bring her happiness. But now she is all alone except for her greedy son Peter who waits only for the day he will inherit her fortune. Ada however has a different plan altogether. A few miles away in Blackburn the Bolton family may be poor
- but the love they share means they can overcome almost any adversity. But no one could foresee the shocking events of Christmas night 1932 which split the family asunder leaving Larry crippled & the twins Ellie & Betsy in a foster home. Events that began many years ago when Ada Williams was young & foolish.
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Queenie Bedford fled her native Blackburn & the bitter knowledge that she & Rick Marsden the man she loved could never marry. But in 1965 she returned north again to stand by her friend Sheila Thorogood imprisoned for running a brothel with her mother Maisie. Though Rick had vowed to find her Queenie took care that he should not know of her whereabouts. The magnificent Edwardian house in Blackpool was sadly neglected
- but Queenie moved in with the ailing Maisie & set about transforming it into a sparklingly clean highly respectable guesthouse. Meanwhile Queenie was to meet the frail & confused Hannah Jason locked away years ago for murder & desperate for news of her long-lost son. As Rick continued his dogged search for Queenie she set out to find Hannah's son. But both their enquiries threatened to unlock the cage where crucial secrets had long been held captive.
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Lovely Amanda Locke the daughter of a duke has been out in London society for three years but has still not found a husb&. Devin Baldwin a darkly handsome breeder of horses is well known for using his expertise to bring about the matching of eligible young ladies to suitable gentlemen
- & becomes Amanda's riding instructor when she sets her sights on a wealthy nobleman known to be passionate about horses. But Amanda finds herself falling for the matchmaker instead & her desire for a husband takes her in a wholly unexpected direction...
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When Kerry Mc Grath
- a smart relentless prosecutor
- takes her daughter to see a plastic surgeon following a car accident she

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Przemysl Poland 1939. Two-year-old Renata is woken by her Mamusia in the middle of the night & bundled into the basement. The peacock quilt she is wrapped in reminds her of a story about a giant who guards a mysterious place called the Underworld. She drifts back to sleep as the sound of thunder rages around them. No one has explained to Renata what war is. She knows her Tatus a doctor is in Europe with the Polish Army & that her beautiful Mamusia is not allowed to work at the university anymore. But more than anything she notices that their frequent visitors
- among them Great Aunt Zuzia & Uncle Julek with their gifts of melon & lovely clothes
- have stopped coming entirely. One morning Mamusia returns home with little yellow six-pointed stars for them to wear. Renata thinks that they will keep them safe. June 1942. Two soldiers in grey-green uniforms burst into their apartment carrying guns. Renata Mamusia & grandmother ' Babcia' are taken to the Ghetto & crammed into one room with other frightened families. The adults are forced to work long hours at the factory & to survive on next to no food. One day Mamusia & Babcia do not return from their shifts. Renata is five years old. Utterly alone she is passed from place to place & survives through the willingness of ordinary people to take the most deadly risks. Her unlikely blonde hair & blue eyes & other twists of fate save her life but stories become her salvation. A true story of the horrors of war Let Me Tell You a Story is a powerful & moving memoir of growing up in extraordinary times & of the magical discovery of books.

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