Can you imagine what it would be like to be swept off your feet by a royal prince to live a charmed life in the marble palaces of an oil-rich nation
- & then to watch your fairy-tale romance turn into a nightmare of Islamic superstition isolation betrayal & abuse? What would you do if you managed to escape your life of torment
- & then your children were kidnapped by their own father? This is what happened to Jacqueline Pascarl. In Once I Was a Princess" Jacqueline recounts her part in this controversial headline-grabbing international drama with heart-rending honesty."

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Once in a Blue Moon is the story of one man's never-ending affair with Manchester City. Be it playing watching or managing Steve ' Worthy' Worthington's life in football has never been easy. Having suffered an almost fatal road accident in the week before his ninth birthday any aspirations for global stardom as a player were crushed beneath the wheels of a speeding Triumph Spitfire in 1971. As a spectator he fared no better. Over the years Manchester City & England addicts have experienced many disappointments
- most of which he was there to see. As manager of his beloved Sunday League club Lee Athletic success was a word used only on the odd occasion when he persuaded his team to turn up sober & in time for kick-off. But two things that have always kept him going were his love of the local ' Indie' music scene & an ability to find humour during the darkest of times. Join him in a vivid journey that takes you into the beating heart of 1960s & '70s working class Manchester: through five decades of football (and a bit of cricket) music & people in the eyes & ears of an everyday bloke who turned constant failure into final triumph.
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Set in 1970s Manchester Once in a House on Fire tells the true story of three sisters & their mother a close-knit & loving family forced to battle with poverty abuse & the effects of depression. Beautifully written & deeply inspiring with a new afterword by Andrea Ashworth it is a book that will stay with its readers for ever. ' This is a brilliant book. Brilliantly written brilliantly thought brilliantly remembered.. . Ashworth has written an extraordinary memoir; the only pity is that she had to live it to make it' Scotsman ' Enchanting & thrilling.. . As a chronicle of northern working-class life in the seventies & eighties.. .it would be hard to better this book. It is extremely moving.. . It is also at time surprisingly & gratifyingly very funny' Tim Lott The Times ' Full of energy wit & a child's wide-open gaze.. . Andrea Ashworth escaped the fire to write a remarkable book' Blake Morrison Independent on Sunday ...

A queen of hearts.. .alone To the doctors the woman in the ambulance was just another casualty
- just more beautiful than most
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Shes suffered the very worst of betrayals. & now Sarahs facing a divorce she never expected. With Christmas round the corner what better time to re-evaluate her life? As she reconsiders every choice shes made she starts to wonder if her life was so perfect after all. This winter lose yourself in Sarahs world of unmade decisions lost friends & old flames... ...

Whats your number one Christmas wish? Bryonys daughter has put a dad on her Christmas list. That leaves Bryony with one month to find the perfect man so this year shes wishing for a miracle! While shes looking for love her best friend Helen is doing the opposite. Her Christmas wish is to forget all about the white dress hanging in her wardrobe
- & her faithless rat of a fiance. Helen & Bryonys festive cheer definitely needs a boost so its lucky that once upon a Christmas wishes really do come true...
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These extraordinary memoirs give us a rare view into what the Arab-Israeli conflict has meant for one Palestinian family over the generations. Nusseibeh also interweaves his own story with that of the Palestinians as a people always speaking his mind & apportioning blame where he feels it due. Hated by extremists on both sides his is a rare voice. This autobiography carries the passion that might embolden ordinary Israelis & Palestinians to bypass the politicians & establish the peace that all but the armoured men desperately want." The Independent " Nusseibehs formidable achievement leaves a drop of despair because of how exceptional it is." New York Times" ...

Robbery was never a choice for Jimmy but a way of life. The characters & criminals he met along the way coloured his experience of a lifestyle many would condemn a lifestyle he strives to explain within these pages. His personal accounts of felonies including heists on banks jewellers & security vans give a unique insight into the workings of a criminal mind driven by desperation. Yet his crimes are only half the story as Jimmy also reveals the motivations that lay behind his chequered past. Failed relationships & questionable friendships abound but these are the aspects of life that pushed him slowly but surely back towards an honest path. Now Jimmy shares his tale of triumph over adveristy & enforces his opinion that it really is never too late to change. ...

From school girl to spy girl
- all this is in a days work for wannabe secret agent Jazmin Dawson! Jazmin Dawson would love to be
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This is a fantastic fantasy world of doodles to complete & create
- packed with familiar characters from well-known fairy tales
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