Where are all the exciting men in London? After spending years in the glittering ballrooms of the town Amanda Cynster is utterly bored by the current crop of bland suitors. Determined to take matters into her own hands one night she shockingly goes where no respectable lady ever should but where many an intriguing gentleman might be found. But titillating excitement quickly turns to panic when Amanda discovers shes quite out of her depth. She looks around for help
- & is unexpectedly rescued by the Earl of Dexter. Lean sensuous & mysterious he has delayed re-entering society preferring instead a more interesting existence on its fringes. Hes the epitome of the boldly passionate gentleman Amanda has been searching for but although his very touch makes it clear hes willing to educate her in the art of love Amanda has to wonder if such a masterful rake can be sufficiently tamed into the ways of marriage.
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One cold Christmas night a shepherd recounts the magical story of how he came to be the first visitor to the newborn Christ child
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Zadie Smiths On Beauty" is a funny powerful & moving story about love & family. Why do we fall in love with the people we do? Why do we visit our mistakes on our children? What makes life truly beautiful? Set in New England mainly & London partly " On Beauty" concerns a pair of feuding families
- the Belseys & the Kipps
- & a clutch of doomed affairs. It puts low morals among high ideals & asks some searching questions about what life does to love. For the Belseys & the Kipps the confusions
- both personal & political
- of our uncertain age are about to be brought close to home: right to the heart of family. " The novel I didnt want to finish I was enjoying it so much". (John Sutherland " Evening Standard"). " Thrums with intellectual sass & know-how". (" Literary Review"). " Delightfully entertaining.. .filled with humour generosity & contemporary sparkle". (Alex Clark " Daily Telegraph"). " My novel of the year.. . Delicious". (Liz Jones " Evening Standard"). " Satirical wise & sexy". (" Washington Post"). " Heartstopping". (" The Times Literary Supplement"). "A triumph Smiths comedy shines". (" Daily Mail"). " Ambitious hugely impressive beautifully observed". (" Guardian"). Zadie Smith was born in north-west London in 1975. Her debut novel " White Teeth" won the Whitbread First Novel Award the Guardian First Book Award the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction & the Commonwealth Writers First Book Prize & was included in TIME 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005. Her second novel " On Beauty" was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize & won the Orange Prize for Fiction. She has written two further novels " The Autograph Man" & "NW" a collection of essays " Changing My Mind" & also edited a short-story anthology " The Book of Other People"."



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Since its first publication in 1977 Eugene Kennedy & Sara Charles's ' On Becoming a Counsellor' has become the one indispensable resource for all those who without extensive psychological training must deal with troubled individuals
- the confused the grieving the suffering the immature who so often turn to teachers doctors nurses lawyers clergy & frequently to old friends. This new & completely revised edition will bring this already popular book up-to-date with the medical & psychological advances over the past ten years & continue to provide non-professional as well as professional counsellors with all the essential tools they need to respond to people's problems with intelligence & compassion. The authors set forth the basic rules of sound effective counselling in such areas as anxiety neurosis depression obsession marriage death bereavement suicide schizophrenia alcoholism & drugs. The meaning & symptoms of real emergencies are explored as are the aspects of interviewing diagnosis referral & emotional involvement.
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Hill is an instinctive & complete novelist who is blessed with a spontaneous storytelling gift Frances Fyfield Mail on Sunday They moved everyone that long hot summer fifteen years ago. They needed a new reservoir & an old community seemed a cheap price to pay. They even dug up the dead & moved them too. But four inhabitants of the valley they couldnt move for nobody knew where they were. Three little girls had gone missing & the prime suspect in their disappearance Benny Lightfoot This was Andy Dalziels worst case & now fifteen years on he looks set to relive it. Its another long hot summer. A child goes missing in the next valley & old fears arise as someone sprays the deadly message on the wall of Danby: BENNYS BACK! Music & myth mingle as the Mid-Yorkshire team delve into their pasts & into their own reserves of experience & endurance in search of answers which threaten to bring more pain than they resolve. ...

In 1971 Henry Kissinger took the historic step of reopening relations between China & the West & since then has been more intimately connected with the country at the highest level than any other western figure. This book distils his unique experience examining Chinas history from the classical era to the present day describing the essence of its millennia-old approach to diplomacy strategy & negotiation & reflecting on these attitudes for our own uncertain future. ...

Denial anger bargaining depression & acceptance. The five stages of grief first formulated in this hugely influential work forty years ago are now part of our common understanding of bereavement. The five stages were first identified by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross in her work with dying patients at the University of Chicago & were considered phases that all or most people went through when faced with the prospect of their own death. They are now often accepted as a response to any major life change. However in spite of these terms being in general use the subject of death is still surrounded by conventional attitudes & reticence that offer only fragile comfort because they evade the real issues. This groundbreaking book is still relevant
- giving a voice to dying people & exploring what impending death means to them often in their own words. People speak about their experience of dying their relief in expressing their fear & anger & being able to move forward to a state of acceptance & peace. Ideal for all those with an interest in bereavement or the five stages of grief this book contains a new extended introduction from Professor Allan Kellehear. This additional chapter re-examines On Death & Dying looking at how it has influenced contemporary thought & practice.
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On Deception presents the highlights of Houdinis writings on illusions revealing him to have been a remarkably prescient champion of rationalism & an ardent opponent of the duping of susceptible individuals. Throughout his life the worlds most famous escapologist strove to expose the methods & tricks of illusionists & sham spiritualists. Studying entertainers & criminals alike Houdini investigates the tricks of the mind & sleights of hand that have deceived people throughout history. The magicians writings caused a public sensation; legend has it that The Right Way to do Wrong was bought in bulk by burglars in an attempt to guard the tricks of their trade. This collection also

Includes:: Houdinis revelations about the methods behind some of his own most famous tricks & articles he wrote to expose his imitators demonstrating him to be unarguably the master of his craft.

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Erotic encounters of every flavour are on offer to guests at the Hotel Luxe Royale. Brief encounters in the bar seductions in the pool or a menage in the elevator
- this haven for the hedonistic promises as much heat steam lust & excitement as those who pass through it can handle. Conferences end with a bang; a gym instructor offers extremely personal training; illicit liaisons abound & flourish in the luxuriously appointed rooms. The daring sexual exploits of the staff & guests are often seen through the eyes of the Receptionist who is on her own quest to snare the attentions of the charismatic Manager. Does the woman who offers a discreet venue for the indulgence of every secret desire & fetish
- from satin sheets to rubber masks
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On Dublin Street by Samantha Young is the hottest new romance bestseller. Jocelyn Butler has been hiding from her past for years. But all her secrets are about to be laid bare... Four years ago Jocelyn left her tragic past behind in the States & started over in Scotland burying her grief ignoring her demons & forging ahead without attachments. Her solitary life is working well
- until she moves into a new apartment on Dublin Street where she meets a man who shakes her carefully guarded world to its core. Braden Carmichael is used to getting what he wants & he's determined to get Jocelyn into his bed. Knowing how skittish she is about entering a relationship Braden proposes an arrangement that will satisfy their intense attraction without any strings attached. But after an intrigued Jocelyn accepts she realizes that Braden won't be satisfied with just mind-blowing passion. The stubborn Scotsman is intent on truly knowing her.. .down to the very soul. Incredibly passionate & downright romantic On Dublin Street is a captivating & bittersweet story of the redemptive power of love. Scotland's answer to E.L. James". (Sunday Post). " This extraordinary debut combines a true gift for storytelling with a liberal dose of racy encounters. But what really sets it apart is exquisite characterisation so vivid that the cast seeps into the reader's psyche". (Daily Record). " Highly recommend this one". (USA Today). Samantha Young is a 27-year-old Scottish book addict who graduated from the University of Edinburgh. She currently lives in Scotl&."
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