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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Key Words with Peter & Jane" uses the most frequently met words in the English language as a starting point for learning to read successfully & confidently. The Key Words reading scheme is scientifically researched & world renowned. " Book 3c" encourages writing skills & introduces 36 new words such as 'rabbit' 'flowers' & 'train'. Once this book has been completed the child moves on to book "4a". " The Key Words with Peter & Jane" books work because each of the key words is introduced gradually & repeated frequently. This builds confidence in children when they recognise these key words on sight (also known as the 'look & say' method of learning). Examples of key words are: the one two he. There are 12 levels each with 3 books: a b & c. " Series a": gradually introduces new words. " Series b": provides further practise of words featured in the 'a' series. " Series c": links reading with writing & phonics. All the words that have been introduced in each 'a' & 'b' book are also reinforced in the 'c' books." ...

When the licentious Anthony Dalton inherits the care of his thirteen-year old niece & the family estate upon the death of his older brother & sister-in-law he must forsake his wild ways
- especially once his wicked aunt & uncle apply for custody of the young girl. To prove to the Chancery Court that he is a respectable guardian Anthony wants to enrol Jocelyn into the prestigious Charlotte Harris School for Young Ladies. Mrs Harris is reluctant to let the former rakehells niece attend her fine school until teacher Madeline Prescott convinces her that Anthony could be an asset giving the heiresses lessons on how to recognize the devious techniques of rakes & rogues. Madeline has an ulterior motive for helping Anthony but as they spend more time together passion grows between them. Will their steamy affair withstand the obstacles to true love?
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With two years experience behind him James Herriot still feels privileged working on the beautiful Yorkshire moors as assistant vet at the Darrowby practice. Time to meet yet more unwilling patients & a rich cast of supporting owners. Full of hilarious tales of his unpredictable boss Siegfreid Farnon his charming student brother Tristan the joys of spring lambing a vicious cat called Boris & James jinxed courtship of the lovely Helen this third volume of memoirs is sure to delight hardened fans & new readers of James Herriot titles alike. He can tell a good story against himself & his pleasure in the beauty of the countryside in which he works is infectious.
- Daily Telegraph". Full of warmth wisdom & wit.
- " The Field". It is a pleasure to be in James Herriots company.
- " Observer"."


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This is a sequel to the universally acclaimed Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry" continuing in the story of the Logan family in Mississippi during the Depression. The children especially Cassie are happy in their warm stable family but outside is a climate of fear & tension. Their friend T.J. goes on trial for murder & stands before an all-white jury. Cousin Suzella tries to pass for white with humiliating consequences. & when Cassie's neighbour stands up for her right to vote she & her cousin are driven from their home. Cassie is realising what it means to grow up black & powerless but her family stand together proving that courage love & understanding can defy even the deepest prejudices." ...

Its New York August 1974: a man is walking in the sky. Between the newly built Twin Towers the man twirls through the air. Far below the lives of complete strangers spin towards each other: Corrigan a radical Irish monk working in the Bronx; Claire a delicate Upper East Side housewife reeling from the death of her son; Lara a drug-addled young artist; Gloria solid & proud despite decades of hardship; Tillie a hooker who used to dream of a better life; & Jazzlyn her beautiful daughter raised on promises that reach beyond the skyline of New York. In the shadow of one reckless & beautiful act these disparate lives will collide & be transformed for ever. ...

Whatever happened to Oskar & Eli? & what became of the beleaguered families in Handling the Undead? Find out in Let the Old Dreams Die. In other tales from this collection a woman finds a dead body & decides to keep it for herself a customs officer has a mysterious gift which enables him to see what others hide & a man believes he knows how to deceive death. These are the stories of John Ajvide Lindqvist's rich imagination. They are about love & death & what we do when the two collide & the monsters emerge. ...

Oskar & Eli. In very different ways they were both victims. Which is why against the odds they became friends. & how they came to depend on one another for life itself. Oskar is a 12 year old boy living with his mother on a dreary housing estate at the citys edge. He dreams about his absentee father gets bullied at school & wets himself when hes frightened. Eli is the young girl who moves in next door. She doesnt go to school & never leaves the flat by day. She is a 200 year old vampire forever frozen in childhood & condemned to live on a diet of fresh blood. John Ajvide Lindqvists novel is a unique & brilliant fusion of social novel & vampire legend a deeply moving fable about rejection friendship & loyalty. ...

May 1991: In the seaside town of Castlerock in Northern Ireland & the bodies of two people
- police officer Trevor Buchanan & nurse
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