Charley Davidson sees dead people. As grim reaper extraordinaire it's her job to convince them to 'go into the light'. But when these very dead people have died under less than ideal circumstances (i.e. murder) Charley dons her Private Investigator hat to solve the crime. ...

Whoever you are at this moment you have a choice. You can believe menopause signals the end or you can make a few small changes to finally become the person you always thought you could be. In her groundbreaking book Jill Shaw Ruddock offers answers to the questions women think & care about at this time of their life. The change is not just physical but cerebral as well. Although a woman can no longer create life this is the time when she can give birth to herself. Drawing on her extensive experience research & interviews Jill Shaw Ruddock scrutinises what could be holding you back & provides practical hands-on advice on how to harness the new-found focus that menopause brings. From money to the mind dating to divorce exercise to eating & separation to self-expression Ruddocks inspiring book sets out a game plan to prepare & guide you to make the second half of your life the best half. ...

Overwhelmed by the success of their first book & inundated by stories from members of the public the authors decided to produce a second helping of this publishing phenomenon. Never losing sight of their audience they produced a book that once again tugged the heartstrings & guaranteed an emotional response to others' heart-warming tales. ...

Ben is at last leaving home. At twenty-two hes the youngest of the family. His mother Edie an actress is distraught. His father Russell a theatrical agent is rather hoping to get his wife back. His brother Matthew is struggling in a relationship in which he achieves & earns less than his girlfriend. & his sister Rosa is wrestling with debt & the end of a turbulent love affair. Meet the Boyd family & the empty nest twenty-first-century style. ...

More creative ideas for public & private prayer This is a follow-up to John Pritchards Intercessions Handbook which has sold over 12 000 copies since it was published six years ago. It contains all new material so will sell in addition to the original
- it is not intended as a replacement. It will cover intercessions for: mainstream public worship festivals & special occassions informal worship & small groups children & young people & personal prayer.
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The fourth edition of this classic textbook has been revised to reflect recent developments in language teaching & learning yet retains the basic structure & approach so popular with its readers. Teaching & learning content has been updated particularly taking into account the rise of task-based learning Conversational Analysis & social models of second language acquisition changes in national syllabuses & examinations & the increasing controversy over the role of the native speaker target. Each chapter has been revised to stand alone enabling the text to be taught & studied out of sequence if preferred. A set of focussing questions has also been added to each & further reading sections have been updated. In addition icons appear throughout the text signalling where extra information
- summaries data lecture notes test batteries & more
- can be found on the authors accompanying website www.routledge.com/cw/cook. Second Language Learning & Language Teaching remains the essential textbook for all student teachers of modern languages & TESOL as well as applied linguistics.

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A dark high-concept psychological suspense thriller for fans of BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP by S.J. Watson & Gillian Flynn's GONE GIRL. Ten years ago she disappeared without a trace...now she's back. On 31st December 1999 ten-year-old Amy Archer went missing from her local playground. Her body was never found & the lives of her parents Beth & Brian were torn apart. On the tenth anniversary of the disappearance Beth is alone still struggling with the enormity of her grief & the horror of not knowing the fate of her only child. But the fear & confusion have only just begun & Beth's world is turned upside down when a stranger knocks on her door claiming to know what happened to Amy. Beth is introduced to a little girl who is the uncanny double of her missing daughter who knows things that only Amy would remember; the name of her favourite toy the place where she scratched her initials what Beth likes for breakfast. But this can't be Amy she hasn't aged a day... Now Beth is forced to question everything she has ever believed in & push her faith & her sanity to the limits if she is to find out the truth about what happened to Amy. THE SECOND LIFE OF AMY ARCHER is a taut chilling debut novel from an exciting new voice in British psychological suspense. ...

THE BOMB VESSEL is the fourth of the chronicles which chart Nathaniel Drinkwater's stirring career in the Royal Navy
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Your ability to conceive a healthy child & have a vaginal delivery your risk of suffering certain pregnancy-related conditions the ease with which you are able to maintain your physical wellbeing & that of your unborn baby while caring for an older child & your being able to manage a two-child family are only some of the challenges you will meet in a second pregnancy. Many second-time mothers are in their late thirties & forties & this has particular relevance when it comes to conceiving & prenatal care. They also have to weigh carefully the additional risks of trying for a vaginal birth after a previous caesarean delivery as against those of a repeat caesarean. Pregnancy manuals in the main are directed at first-time mothers & coverage of further pregnancies can be cursory. This book therefore fills a gap in the marketplace. No two pregnancies & births are ever exactly the same
- even for the same woman
- & this book will explain why.

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Dashing dishy & utterly uninterested. No one else can compete. Lara Fenton is all washed up. Single at 25 shes desperate to find a man especially since her best friend Julie got engaged. Salvation arrives in the divine form of Hugh Armstrong-Hamilton. Yes Hugh has his faults but who doesnt? So what if he never picks up the bill? Big deal if he cancels dates at the last moment. & who cares about a few insults from his snooty friends? Hugh is a god
- her god & any other man would seem like second prize in comparison. Or would they.. .?
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