' Destined to be a classic.. .a sharply funny clear-eyed examination in the vein of Mary Mc Carthy's The Group of the power & burden of privilege the reality of being a modern woman & the lasting bonds of female friendship.' Vanity Fair Can a weekend change your life? Clover Addison Mia & Jane were college roommates until their graduation in 1989. Now twenty years later their lives are in free fall. Clover once a securities broker with Lehman Brothers living the Manhattan dream is out of a job newly married & fretting about her chances of having a baby. Addison's marriage to a novelist with writers' block is as stale as her artistic 'career'. Mia's acting ambitions never got off the ground & she now stays home with her four children renovating & acquiring faster than her Hollywood director husband can pay the bills. Jane once the Paris bureau chief for a newspaper now the victim of budget cuts has been blindsided by different sorts of loss. The four friends have kept up with one another via the red book a class report published every five years in which alumni write brief updates about their lives. But there's the story we tell the world & then there's the real story as the classmates arriving at their twentieth reunion with their families their histories their dashed dreams & secret longings will discover over the course of an epoch-ending score-settling unforgettable weekend. ...

These bold & festive gift accessories will add a touch of glamour to any Christmas present. Each pack contains 15 red gift accessories; including 12 assorted self- adhesive bows 2 holographic- effect curling ribbons & 1 red curling ribbon (approx lengths 10m each). These accessories will look great with any gift wrap
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After the closest-fought season in F1 history Sebastian Vettel became the youngest-ever World Champion. His car the Red Bull RB6 the work of a team led by legendary F1 designer Adrian Newey was the envy of the paddock proving to be consistently faster than its rivals over the season. In this fascinating book the Red Bull RB6 receives the Haynes Manual" treatment providing an unprecedented insight into the design technology & engineering of an F1 car as well as the inner workings of Red Bull Racing." ...

This book presents the truth behind the rise of China & whether or not it will be able to maintain it. How did China transform itself so quickly? In Red Capitalism: The Fragile Financial Foundation of Chinas Extraordinary Rise Revised Edition" Carl Walter & Fraser Howie go deep inside the Chinese financial machine to illuminate the social & political consequences of the unique business model that propelled China to economic powerhouse status & question whether this rapid ascension really lives up to its reputation. All eyes are on China but will it really surpass the U.S. as the worlds premier global economy? Walter & Howie arent so certain & in this revised & updated edition of " Red Capitalism" they examine whether or not the 21st century really will belong to China. The specter of a powerful China is haunting the U.S. & other countries suffering from economic decline & this book explores Chinas next move. Packed with new statistics & stories based on recent developments this new edition updates the outlook on Chinas future with the most cutting-edge information available. Find out how China financed its current position of strength & whether it will be able to maintain its astonishing momentum. Indispensable reading for anyone looking to understand the limits that Chinas past development decisions have imposed on its brilliant future " Red Capitalism" is an essential resource for anyone considering Chinas business strategies in todays extremely challenging global economy." ...

Red Card Roy is the jaw-dropping story of terrace cult hero Roy Mc Donough
- Britains wildest ever footballer who was sent off
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In this lyrical reimagining of a Chinese classic & set against the breathtaking backdrop of eighteenth-century Beijing the lives of three unforgettable women collide in the inner chambers of the Jia mansion. When orphaned Daiyu leaves her home in the provinces to take shelter with her cousins in the capital she is drawn into a world of opulent splendor presided over by the ruthless scheming Xifeng & the prim repressed Baochai. As she learns the secrets behind their glittering facades she finds herself entangled in a web of intrigue & hidden passions reaching from the petty gossip of the servants quarters all the way to the Imperial Palace. When a political coup overthrows the Emperor & plunges the once-mighty family into grinding poverty each woman must choose between love & duty friendship & survival. In this dazzling debut Pauline Chen draws the reader deep into the secret exquisite world of the womens quarters of an aristocratic household where the burnish of wealth & refinement mask a harsher truth: marriageable girls are traded like chattel for the familys advancement & to choose to love is to risk everything. ...

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The First Law trilogy was Joes take on the great epic fantasy tales. Then in BEST SERVED COLD he took on a fantasy version of a classic revenge story & we have a superb tale of war waged in the frozen north still to come. With this his next novel Joe Abercrombie is once again venturing in a new direction & on a new adventure with one of the most enduring powerful & popular characters of the First Law Trilogy. Its going to be their biggest challenge yet.. . ...

They burned her home. They stole her brother & sister. But vengeance is following. Shy South hoped to bury her bloody past & ride away smiling but she'll have to sharpen up some bad old ways to get her family back & she's not a woman to flinch from what needs doing. She sets off in pursuit with only a pair of oxen & her cowardly old stepfather Lamb for company. But it turns out Lamb's buried a bloody past of his own & out in the lawless Far Country the past never stays buried. Their journey will take them across the barren plains to a frontier town gripped by gold fever through feud duel & massacre high into the unmapped mountains to a reckoning with the Ghosts. Even worse it will force them into alliance with Nicomo Cosca infamous soldier of fortune & his feckless lawyer Temple two men no one should ever have to trust... The past never stays buried... ...

Anna Travis & James Langton return & must work together to capture one of the most terrifying killers they have ever encountered. A young girl is found dumped on the banks of the Thames. Horrifically mutilated & drained of blood her death is an ominous mirror image of an unsolved 1940s case in Los Angeles known as ' The Black Dahlia'. Detective Inspector Anna Travis must race against time to catch this copycat killer dubbed ' The Red Dahlia' from the flower his victim wore in her hair. But there are no suspects & a media frenzy is spiralling out of control. Anna turns to her mentor the volatile Detective Chief Inspector James Langton but the frictions of their romantic relationship are complicating the case. As Anna & Langton close in on the prime suspect they uncover a shocking web of sadistic sexual evil
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