Katie Lavender has always thought she was pretty unshockable until a year after her mother's death she receives a letter from a solicitor telling her that the man she thought was her father in fact wasn't. Her real father a man named Stirling Nightingale has for years been building a trust fund for her. & now she's of an age to collect it. But Katie's not interested in the money. She wants to know about the man instead. So decides to do some snooping. She tracks him down to a beautiful riverside home on the night he's hosting a birthday party for his 90-year-old mother. & as she's hovering outside Katie is mistaken for a replacement waitress
- an opportunity just too good to miss. & so Katie discovers that the Nightingales are far from your normal family.. . But what makes a normal family anyway?
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Does an exciting weekend for you mean scrubbing all the grouting in your bathroom with a toothbrush? Have you ever felt the urge to kidnap the cable guy & tie him to the bed like Kathy Bates in Misery" because you are terrified the TV will stop working once hes gone? Do you ponder marrying the Albanian builder who has just fitted alcove shelving because hes brought you more happiness in three days than your useless ex-boyfriend brought you in three years? Are you engaged in endless rows with call centre staff called Keeley who hang up on you because you are shouting & hysterical? Are you convinced the entire world is engaged in a conspiracy to drive you insane especially the automated phone system that generates ten text messages whenever you try to book a minicab? Do you write to-do lists that need paginating & include items such as re-mortgage house get pregnant climb Kilimanjaro? Welcome to Melissa Kites life. If you answered yes to three or more of these questions clearly you too are a desperate single woman trying to survive in the modern world. If not congratulations: you will have a good laugh reading this book." ...

Spurred on by admiration for his novelist half-brother & irritation at the biography written about him by Mr Goodman (his slapdash & very misleading book) the narrator V sets out to record Sebastian Knights life as he understands it. But buried amid the extensive"ing digressions seeming explanations & digs Sebastians erratic & troubled persona remains as elusive as ever. Nabokovs first novel written in English The Real Life of Sebastian Knight" is a nuanced enigmatic potrayal of the conflict between the real & the unreal & the futile quest for human truth." ...

In the world of the late-Victorian & Edwardian country house the mistress & her daughters had many social duties & responsibilities to carry out both in their home community & in London where they spent the Season & where the girls officially entered Society by being presented at Court. Pamela Horns book examines the lives of these real Downton Abbey ladies from their childhood & marriage to their role as a Lady Bountiful. It covers their leisure pursuits sporting activities country-house weekends & much more besides up to the life-transforming years of the First World War. ...

The Real Mackay tells the life story of one of football's genuine legends a man whose presence in any team spurred them on to championship-winning form: Dave Mackay. It is the refreshing honest & action-packed autobiography of a man who was at the centre of many of the biggest stories of British football for almost three decades. Mackay debuted for Hearts in 1953 by which time he had already made his mark at junior level. At the time he signed for the Edinburgh club they had not won a major honour for almost fifty years; but over the next six seasons Hearts went on to win the Scottish Cup & League as well as twice winning the Scottish League Cup. It is no coincidence that Mackay's arrival at Tynecastle marked the beginning of what is now viewed as the club's golden age. In 1959 Dave was transferred south to join Tottenham Hotspur who were at that time languishing near the foot of the English First Division. During the 1960-61 season Spurs became the first side in the twentieth century to win the Double & went on to win the FA Cup twice more along with the European Cup-Winners' Cup. In 1968 Mackay joined Derby County who were lowly placed in the English Second Division. As captain he led the team up the table & they finished as champions. Mackay was awarded the coveted Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year trophy
- a fitting end to a remarkable playing career. In this absorbing autobiography Mackay revisits his glorious playing days & reflects on his subsequent managerial career. He reveals details of his time as a successful manager in the developing Middle East game & recounts that on his return to management in England he discovered that football had changed radically. The Real Mackay is as uncompromising determined & controversial as the player himself.
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Colin Mc Rae is a legendary name in rally driving. He was born in 1968 the son of Rally King Jimmy Mc Rae. This is the full personal story of the sport's greatest talent & highest paid driver (-3million a year). It has been a dramatic & dangerous climb to the pinnacle of success & his fearless driving style & fierce determination have turned him into a hero of the sport. & it was this charisma & his inimitable driving style that led Playstation to call their bestselling driving game Colin Mc Rae Rally. This is a gripping & passionate life story that takes us from his close family upbringing through his early success with Subaru through to his wins with Ford the much hyped competition with Richard Burns & his current incredible lifestyle. It's all in here
- the skill the speed the danger the friendships the rivalries & the adrenalin
- The Real Mc Rae: The Autobiography.

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In this third installment Jade is really ready for life to return to normal
- even if ninth grade is like being a goldfish in a
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Lawrenceton Georgia may be a growing suburb of Atlanta but its still a small town at heart. Librarian Aurora Roe Teagarden grew up there & she knows more than enough about her fellow townsfolk
- including which ones share her interest in the darker side of human nature. With these fellow crime buffs Roe belongs to a club called Real Murders which meets once a month to analyse famous cases. Its a harmless pastime
- until the night she finds a member dead killed in a manner that eerily resembles the very crime the club was about to discuss. & as other brutal copycat killings follow Roe finds herself having to uncover the person behind the terrifying game that is casting all the members of Real Murders
- herself included
- as prime suspects
- or potential victims.




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Andrei Lankov has gone where few outsiders have ever been. A native of the former Soviet Union he lived as an exchange student in North Korea in the 1980s. He has studied it for his entire career using his fluency in Korean & personal contacts to build a rich nuanced understanding. In The Real North Korea Lankov substitutes cold clear analysis for the overheated rhetoric surrounding this opaque police state. After providing an accessible history of the nation he turns his focus to what North Korea is what its leadership thinks & how its people cope with living in such an oppressive & poor place. He argues that North Korea is not irrational & nothing shows this better than its continuing survival against all odds. A living political fossil it clings to existence in the face of limited resources & a zombie economy manipulating great powers despite its weakness. Its leaders are not ideological zealots or madmen but perhaps the best practitioners of Machiavellian politics that can be found in the modern world. Even though they preside over a failed state they have successfully used diplomacy-including nuclear threats-to extract support from other nations. But while the people in charge have been ruthless & successful in holding on to power Lankov goes on to argue that this cannot continue forever since the old system is slowly falling apart. In the long run with or without reform the regime is unsustainable. Lankov contends that reforms if attempted will trigger a dramatic implosion of the regime. They will not prolong its existence. Based on vast expertise this book reveals how average North Koreans live how their leaders rule & how both survive. ...

In this new book from David Wells explore first hand what it's like to go back in time to revisit your past lives. David tells the stories of many of his clients who have done just that with astounding results. You will be amazed at the fascinating lives that people have led both recently & many years ago & what they have learned from regaining these memories & experiences. In his down-to-earth style David uses his wealth of experience to guide you through the mists of time to explore what really happens during past-life regression. ...