Catherine Alliott bestselling author of A Rural Affair" & "A Crowded Marriage" tells a hilarious story about the perils of helping someone in need in " The Old-Girl Network". Finding true loves a piece of cake
- as long as youre looking for someone elses true love... Polly McLaren is young scatty & impossibly romantic. She works for an arrogant & demanding boss & has a gorgeous if never-there-when-you-need-him boyfriend. But the day a handsome stranger recognises her old school scarf her life is knocked completely off kilter. Adam is American new to the country & begs Pollys help in finding his missing fiance. Over dinner at the Savoy she agrees
- the girls of St Gertrudes look out for one another. However the old-girl network turns out to be a spiders web of complications & deceit in which everyone & everything Polly cares about is soon hopelessly entangled. The course of true love never did run smooth. But no one said anything about ruining your life over it. & its not even Pollys true love... Step into Alliott country with " The Old-Girl Network". Praise for Catherine Alliott: " Possibly my favourite writer". (Marian Keyes). " Alliotts joie de vivre is irresistible". (" Daily Mail"). Catherine Alliott is the author of twelve bestselling novels: "A Crowded Marriage" "A Married Man" " Not That Kind of Girl" " Going Too Far" " The Old-Girl Network" " Olivias Luck" " Rosie Meadows Regrets..." " The Wedding Day" " The Real Thing" " The Secret Life of Evie Hamilton" " One Day in May" "A Rural Affair". She lives with her family in Hertfordshire."

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This book tells the story of Oldburys rise from overcrowded Victorian town to progressive municiple borough & its absorption into larger local authorities from 1966. Its success was built on coalmining metal working & chemicals. Further south off the coalfield lay the rural area of old Warley whose fields were lost to housing between the wars. Langley at the boundary of the coalfield was part industrial & part rural. Oldbury Langley & Warley Through Time describes the area in 1900 & traces its changes during the twentieth century. It shows some of the people organisations & events that made up life in this hardworking hard-living area. Much recorded here has become a victim of progress & we have only photographs reports & a few eye-witnesses to preserve the history of the place & its old lifestyle. ...

At your age people expect you to be calm dignified & sober... Disappoint them. Save water
- drink wine. Never eat healthy food.
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' At your age people expect you to be calm dignified & sober... Disappoint them.' ' Save water
- drink wine.' ' Never eat healthy
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Not all of Hamish Browns many travels about Scotland have taken up mountains or into wild & wind swept places but he has found himself in some pretty odd locations. Now he has listed them placing them in their regions complete with references & directions to produce this beautiful & fascinating book that will take you around Scotland to places you never dreamed of. Beutifully designed by Heather Mac Pherson of Raspberryhmac & with maps by David Langwell The Oldest Post Office in the World is a book you will want not only for the car but for the coffee table & the book shelf. Its one to use & one to treasure. ...

There are new arrivals in the Sawdust family & Olga is very keen to meet them. Who are the mysterious creatures living in a palace upstairs in the bedroom? It isnt long before Olga finds out
- & the lucky newcomers are just in time to hear her very first poetry recital!
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Lots of exciting things are happening in the Sawdust household & Olga da Polga is right in the thick of them. First of all she finds a strange jigsaw puzzle that looks good enough to eat & then she discovers a mysterious visitor in the garden who thinks that she looks good enough to eat! How is Olga going to get out of this sticky situation? More crazy schemes & outrageous tall tales from the fantastic Olga da Polga. ...

Olga da Polga goes visiting & meets Boris a Russian guinea-pig. Olga & Boris become firm friends & Olga is surprised to discover that Boris can tell even taller tales than she can! Soon the time comes for her to return to her own garden but Olga doesnt mind
- she cant wait to tell all the other animals about her trip & to give them a demonstration of her Russian dancing skills...
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Olga is delighted when the Sawdust family move her inside their house for the winter. She has her own box in the corner of the dining room where she spends her days watching the comings & goings in the house. But when she decides to do a spot of decorating things dont go according to plan.. . More fun & mayhem from the outrageous Olga da Polga & all her garden friends. ...

You dont need to slave for hours to dish up fresh & fabulous food. Easy no-fuss meals that look fantastic can be on the table in 30 minutes or less. In olive 101 quick fix dishes youll find loads of inspiring speedy suppers like Lamb cutlets with almond tabbouleh Spring greens & blue cheese risotto & Salmon cakes with lemon mayo or if youre in a sweeter kind of mood why not try Summer berry fools or Toffee banana puffs? Split into clearly defined chapters including main meals starters & puds you can quickly track down the dish you want. Each recipe is accompanied by a full-colour photo so you can cook with complete confidence. olive is the magazine for modern foodies. As well as easy recipes restaurant reviews & foodie travel guides olive features the food issues that matter insider shopping advice unpretentious wine recommendations & respected columnists such as superchef Gordon Ramsay & Master Chefs John Torode. Find out more at www.olivemagazine.co.uk. ...