The defendant
- David Marquette. Devoted husband & father. The victims
- His own family. The plea
- Not Guilty by Reason


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A social comedy by the author of Just for the Summer". The illegal activities of unemployed teenagers on a London suburban council estate are giving cause for concern. There is also illegal activity among the residents of the desirable street nearby
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This is the second children's book from academy award nominee Spike Lee & the award-winning illustrator Kadir Nelson. Filmmaker Spike Lee & wife Tonya Lee Lewis join the ranks of other celebrity kids' book writers with their sweet rhythmic read-along about the endless energy of a toddler blasting through a busy day. From moments fussy to fond Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Spike Lee & his wife present a behind-the-scenes look at the chills spills & unequivocal thrills of bringing up baby. Vivid illustrations from Kadir Nelson evoke toddlerhood & families everywhere will delight in this simple but highly effective children's tale about a little tyke that is always looking for trouble. ...

Stuart just wanted his father to love him but he was made to believe he was too naughty to be loved. Finally David Howarth was sent to prison for abusing Stuarts young sisters. Nobody knew the truth about Stuarts abuse until one fateful day when his father tried it again & Stuart fought back in the only way he knew how. Stuart Howarth spent the first thirty years of his life in mental & physical hell. After years of emotional torment & despair at the age of 32 Stuart felt an overwhelming urge to see his father (who he now knows was actually his stepfather) then living in Wales. Seeking reconciliation Stuart was only to be met by the same old abusive man. The rage pain & confusion boiled over in Stuart & he fought back killing his stepfather. When Stuarts story came to light in the courtroom it was so terrible that he received the minimum possible sentence for his crime & only served thirteen months in Strangeways prison in Manchester. But while in prison the cruel system compounded the crimes of his evil abuser & he suffered at the hands of the prison guards. What happened to him during those months led to him suing the Home Office & Strangeways on his release & winning his case. This is the story of a sweet-natured boy who grew into a brave young man & refused to allow himself to be a victim any longer. ...

Bernadette was just ten years old when her father packed her off to a convent school in Dublin. Seven gruelling years later she returned home to Liverpool at the start of the swinging sixties. Bernadette had dreamed of being a teacher ever since she was a little girl so she promptly began a course at teacher training college determined to give children the sort of education she wished shed had. Bernadette got her first job at 21 teaching five to seven year olds in a school in one of Liverpools toughest slum areas. The poverty & deprivation she saw at the school shocked her to the core. Children would frequently turn up shoeless & starving but gradually Bernadette could see she was making a real difference to their lives & found that teaching changed her own life in ways she hadnt expected... Rich in period detail Please Miss is an uplifting & moving book that opens a window onto the colourful & fascinating world of 1960s Liverpool. ...

How much can you hide? Jemima Hutton is determined to build a successful new life & keep her past a dark secret. Trouble is her jewellery business looks set to fail
- until enigmatic Ben Davies offers to stock her handmade belt buckles in his guitar shop & things start looking up on all fronts. But Ben has secrets too. When Jemima finds out he used to be the front man of hugely successful Indie rock band Willow Down she wants to know more. Why did he desert the band on their US tour? Why is he now a semi-recluse? & the curiosity is mutual
- which means that her own secret is no longer safe.. .

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'I'm going to love my baby & give her lots of attention ' Jade said. 'I'll show my mum she's wrong.' Jade 17 is pregnant homeless & alone when she's brought to live with Cathy. Jade is desperate to keep her baby but little more than a child herself she struggles with the responsibilities her daughter brings. Cathy is worried as soon as Jade arrives: she's never looked after a pregnant teenager before but none of the mother & baby carers is free &
- seventeen years old seven months pregnant & homeless
- Jade is in a desperate situation. But Jade doesn't want to listen or advice & although her daughter is born safely it isn't long before Jade's in trouble with the police. Cathy knows that Jade loves her daughter with all her heart but will she be able to get through to Jade in time to make her realise just how much she might lose?

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Simone Lias Fluffy" is one of the best-loved books on the Cape graphic novel list. As her new book opens we find her in Leicester Square. Shes just been dumped by her boyfriend & shes talking to God telling Him that shes nearly thirty-four & if He wants her to get married Hed better get a move on. Amazingly God sends a reply prompting Simone to plan an Adventure with God that starts with a fortnight in a nunnery then takes her to Australia in search of a hermit. The one she finds proves a disappointment unlike Brett the handsome horseman who takes her riding. She thinks he looks just like Crocodile Dundee; he thinks she looks just like Penelope Cruz. Is this the man shes been searching for or is God making fun of her? Funny touching & even occasionally profound " Please God Find Me a Husband!" will be essential reading for spinsters seekers after enlightenment & lovers of the very best graphic novels." ...

This witty collection of poems about school is full of typical classroom events that will be recognized & enjoyed by everyone: the candid revelations in a pupils newsbook the problem of copycats bickering making up swaps picking teams & forming gangs. Fritz Wegners line drawings beautifully complement the hilarious & poignant verses. Please Mrs Butler" was voted the most important twentieth-century childrens poetry book in a Books for Keeps poll." ...

A New Year at Ragley-on-the-Forest School... It's 1981 the time of Adam & the Ants Rubik's Cube the Sony Walkman & the Falklands War as head teacher Jack Sheffield returns to Ragley-on-the-Forest School for another rollercoaster year. Vera the ever-efficient chool secretary has to grapple with a new-fangled computer
- & enjoys a royal occasion
- while Ruby the caretaker rediscovers romance with a Butlin's Redcoat. & for Jack wedding bells are in the air. But the unexpected is just round the corner...

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