The stories in Julian Barnes long-awaited third collection are attuned to rhythms & currents: of the body of love & sex illness & death connections & conversations. A divorcee falls in love with a mysterious European waitress; a widower relives a favourite holiday; two writers rehearse familiar arguments; a couple bond fall out & bond again over flowers & vegetable patches. & at a series of evenings at Phil & Joannas the topics of conversation range from the environment to the Britishness of marmalade from toilet graffiti to smoking as we witness the guests lives in flux. Ranging from the domestic to the extraordinary from the vineyards of Italy to the English seaside in winter the stories in Pulse resonate & spark. ...

Jacqueline Wilson calls Jeans books Funny funky feisty
- & fantastic reads" & Pumpkin Pie is no exception especially now its
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A story focusing on friendship & sharing. Cat Duck & Squirrel live in an old white cabin. Every day Cat slices up some pumpkin Squirrel stirs in some water & Duck tips in some salt to make perfect pumpkin soup. Everybody seems happy until the day Duck wants to do the stirring. ...

Cat Duck & Squirrel live in an old white cabin with a pumpkin patch in the garden. Every day Cat slices up some pumpkin Squirrel stirs in some water & Duck tips in some salt to make perfect pumpkin soup. Until the day Duck wants to do the stirring.. . This is a funny rhythmical story about friendship & sharing & the first in a trio of bestselling picture books starring Cat Squirrel & Duck. ...

Cat Duck & Squirrel live in an old white cabin with a pumpkin patch in the garden. Every day Cat slices up some pumpkin Squirrel stirs in some water & Duck tips in some salt to make the perfect pumpkin soup... Until the day Duck wants to do the stirring... This is a funny rhythmical story about friendship & sharing with fabulous animal characters illustrated in glowing autumnal colours with a brilliant CD featuring music & sound effects! ...

The Punic Wars (264-146BC) sprang from a mighty power struggle between two ancient civilisations
- the trading empire of Carthage
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' Punished' is the inspiring true story of an unusual little girl Vanessa whose childhood was devastated by torture & abuse at the hands of her sadistic mother. Vanessa was nearly destroyed until she discovered a secret that ultimately saved her life. From the age of 3 Vanessa lived in daily terror of her mother's unpredictable rage. If she was 'naughty' her mother would lash out at her
- with beatings torture starvation & making Vanessa sleep in their garden's pigsty tied up like an animal. Her mother said her punishments were God's revenge on her for being the devil's child. Her father lived in denial of her suffering. When she was 6 years old Vanessa's grandfather began to sexually abuse her
- to her despair aided & abetted by both her mother & grandmother. At eight years old she then discovered that the 'mother' who hated her so much had adopted her as a baby & would never love her as her own. At the most horrific times of Vanessa's abuse she nearly lost all hope that she would escape her prison until mysterious things started to happen to her that allowed her to fight back. This is the story of how Vanessa survived a childhood that nearly destroyed her & how her secret led her out of the horrors of her past.

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Prepare to be punished! For the first time ever Marvels one-man-army takes center stage in a no-holds-barred Mature Readers" series! Writer Garth Ennis & artist Lewis La Rosa take Punisher to the MAX
- literally
- as the hunter becomes the hunted! Frank Castles old associate Micro is back & hes after Frank. But first hes got an offer for Frank that hed better not refuse. Get ready for blazing bullets bloodbaths & bold beginnings! This title collects " Punisher MAX" numbered 1-6."

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Winner of the 1991 Distinguished Scholar Award from the American Sociological Association Winner of the Outstanding Scholarship Award of the Crime & Delinquency Division of the Society for the Study of Social Problems USA The first comprehensive account of the role of punishment in modern society this book buils upon the work of Durkheim Foucault & others & provides a fascinating interpretation of this complex social institution showing how penal institutions interact with strategies of power socio-economic structures & cultural sensibilities. ...

In an instant he had pressed her up against one of the standing stones. It was cold as a tomb that chill working through her thin dress. Undress for me " he commanded.' Shy Caitlin Colbert is wondering what to do after university when she inherits a guesthouse in Cornwall. Emboldened by her sexy friend Saskia Caitlin's confidence soars & she discovers her sexual power with the local men but when she meets Tristan Trevellyan she is smitten. Mystery surrounds the disappearance of Tristan's first wife Portia & when he goes to London in search of answers Portia's half-brother Guy visits Caitlin claiming that Tristan is unbalanced. Guy is manipulative & dominating & indoctrinates naive Caitlin into his dark sexual world. He knows what happened to Portia & if she remains under his instruction Caitlin is in danger of going the same way.. ." ...