It's 12 October 1984. An IRA bomb blows apart the Grand Hotel in Brighton. Miraculously Margaret Thatcher survives. In small-town Scotland eight-year-old Damian Barr watches in horror as his mum rips her wedding ring off & packs their bags. He knows he too must survive. Damian his sister & his Catholic mum move in with her sinister new boyfriend while his Protestant dad shacks up with the glamorous Mary the Canary. Divided by sectarian suspicion the community is held together by the sprawling Ravenscraig Steelworks. But darkness threatens as Maggie takes hold: she snatches school milk smashes the unions & makes greed good. Following Maggie's advice Damian works hard & plans his escape. He discovers that stories can save your life &
- in spite of violence strikes AIDS & Clause 28
- manages to fall in love dancing to Madonna in Glasgow's only gay club. Maggie & Me is a touching & darkly witty memoir about surviving Thatcher's Britain; a story of growing up gay in a straight world & coming out the other side in spite of & maybe because of the iron lady.

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Its 12 October 1984. An IRA bomb blows apart the Grand Hotel in Brighton. Miraculously Maggie Thatcher survives. In small-town Scotland eight-year-old Damian Barr watches in horror as his mum rips her wedding ring off & packs their bags. He knows he too must survive. Damian his sister & his Catholic mum move in with her sinister new boyfriend while his Protestant dad shacks up with the glamorous Mary the Canary. Divided by sectarian suspicion the community is held together by the sprawling Ravenscraig Steelworks. But darkness threatens as Maggie takes hold: she snatches school milk smashes the unions & makes greed good. Following Maggies advice Damian works hard & plans his escape. He discovers that stories can save your life &
- in spite of violence strikes AIDS & Clause 28
- manages to fall in love dancing to Madonna in Glasgows only gay club. Maggie & Me is a touching & darkly witty memoir about surviving Thatchers Britain; a story of growing up gay in a straight world & coming out the other side in spite of & maybe because of the iron lady.

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Moodily atmospheric full of verve & energy Maggie Cassidy" is Kerouacs poignant tale of teenage romance in New Engl&. The story of Jack & Maggie in love with the idea of being in love looking ahead to marriage with hope & trepidation is told with touching simplicity. It skillfully captures both the intensity & the ordinariness of adolescent life with its torments & complications & is a beautiful evocation of growing up in America." ...

One of Lyn Andrews first eight novels transferring from the original publisher to Headline; already steady sellers they will be targeted for a huge increase in sales. Maggie May born into the slums of Liverpool in the 1880s had many difficulties to cope with
- a drunken father the early death of her gentle mother & the grinding poverty of their lives. But most of all she had to endure the shame of her name
- that of the citys most notorious prostitute. Taking care of her younger brother & desperately trying to live down her name Maggie manages to escape from Liverpool to enjoy an idyllic new life. But fate forces her back again & into the arms of a stranger who is to bring her both heartbreak & the greatest happiness she will ever know.

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Maggie Meisters travels & adventures in Europe especially Italy have set the visual tone for her beadwork & this book in the Beadweaving Master Class" series. Inspired by classical art & architecture & drawing on Roman frescoes mosaics & the jewellery of antiquity Maggie gives the intermediate beader step-by-step illustrated instructions for 20 jewellery projects." ...

During his tragically short life Stephen Crane gained fame as a vividly distinctive writer. His stories of evolving American society are unflinchingly realistic & shrewdly ironic. Maggie: A Girl of the Streets tells of Maggies seduction & downfall into prostitution amid the harsh world of the Bronx where life is a battlefield. The other tales offer a diversity of insights into social hypocrisy child psychology & the wild violence of the frontiersmen. Such violence is ruthlessly depicted in The Blue Hotel. This collection of stories is replete with lively dialogue ominous atmospheres dry humour & graphic incidents. Praised by Joseph Conrad & Ernest Hemingway Stephen Cranes memorable tales have become enduringly influential. ...

Narrated against the backdrop of a ruthless regime determined to beat its enemies in the race to the moon Maggot Moon" is the stunning new novel from award-winning author Sally Gardner. When his best friend Hector is suddenly taken away Standish Treadwell realises that it is up to him his grandfather & a small band of rebels to confront & defeat the ever-present oppressive forces of the Motherl&. Utterly original & stunning it is impossible not to be moved by " Maggot Moons" powerful story & the unforgettable heroism of Standish." ...

Narrated against the backdrop of a ruthless regime determined to beat its enemies in the race to the moon MAGGOT MOON is the astonishing new novel from award-winning author Sally Gardner. When his best friend Hector is suddenly taken away Standish Treadwell realises that it is up to him his grandfather & a small band of rebels to confront & defeat the ever-present oppressive forces of the Motherl&. Utterly original & stunning it is impossible not to be moved by MAGGOT MOON's powerful story & the unforgettable heroism of Standish. ...

There is a tradition in Jiggys hometown by which the night before a boys first day at school his father takes him to the Piddle Pool near the old quarry. Boys pee in the pool for a lucky school life. But Jiggys dad never took him...and now Jiggy wants to change his run of bad luck. One night mid-piddle something happens
- & a genie rises out of the water. Will Jiggys luck be reversed...or will it just get worse?!
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In The Magic a great mystery from a sacred text is revealed & with this knowledge Rhonda Byrne takes the reader on a life-changing journey for 28 days. Step by step day-by-day secret teachings revelations & scientific law are brought together to form 28 simple practices that open the reader's eyes to a new world & lead them to a dream life. ...