One is not born but rather becomes woman. First published in Paris in 1949 The Second Sex" by Simone de Beavoir was a groundbreaking risque book that became a runaway success. Selling 20 000 copies in its first week the book earned its author both notoriety & admiration. Since then " The Second Sex" has been translated into forty languages & has become a landmark in the history of feminism. Required reading for anyone who believes in the equality of the sexes the central messages of " The Second Sex" are as important today as they were for the housewives of the forties." ...

Take it from me getting yourself shot hurts like hell. The latest assignment for ex-Special Forces soldier turned bodyguard Charlie Fox has her protecting Simone a newly rich lottery millionairess & her young daughter Ella from the unwanted attentions of an ex-boyfriend. From the outset however Simones refusal to comply with Charlies security measures puts both mother & child in grave danger & only Charlies skill & courage can save them. After a bloody shoot-out in a frozen forest Charlie is left fighting for her life. As she battles to recover from her injuries shes still fiercely protective of Ella even though her actions will catapult her back into the firing line. & this time Charlies in no fit state to protect anyone least of all herself... Fast paced action-packed & full of twists & turns Second Shot" is a gripping atmospheric thriller you wont dare put down." ...

It isnt as though attractive widow Venetia Jones doesnt have enough problems. She has worked hard to become a fashionable photographer catering to Victorian societys elite. Her career has enabled her to provide a comfortable living for her brother sister & elderly aunt. Disaster looms however. Venetia has some closely held secrets not the least of which is her uncanny psychic ability. Now her life is in danger because she has viewed the unique aura of a killer fleeing the scene of his crime. But the really unsettling news is that her conveniently dead husband has just returned from the grave. ...

The path of true love never did run smooth...A heart-warming tale of love in the face of family & friendship perfect for fans of Cathy Kelly & Maeve Binchy. Divorcee Jennifer Irwin has it all
- a successful interior design business & two loving children. But as her 45th birthday approaches & her children prepare to start their own lives Jennifer is left feeling lonely in her empty nest. Thats when she meets Ben Crawford
- a man 16 years her junior
- as their attraction heightens Jennifer realises what shes been missing. But mindful that the small-town Ballyfergus residents would never approve they conduct their affair in secret. But a secret is never a secret for long... As the affair surfaces Jennifer encounters opposition from friends & family especially her daughter Lucy. Enraged by her mothers relationship Lucy seeks comfort in the arms of charismatic but troubled Oren. Jennifer knows that Oren is not the man he seems but can she convince her daughter of that? & with everything going against them can Jennifer & Bens love survive? Or will she risk losing her daughter to be with the man she loves?


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[ Published in hardback as THE DEVIL'S ELIXIR.] 'I'm in trouble. Something terrible has happened.. .I didn't know who else to call.' An unexpected phone call from three thousand miles away. A voice he hadn't heard in more than five years. A desperate cry for help that he couldn't ignore. & two small words that would change everything about his life. FBI agent Sean Reilly & archaeologist Tess Chaykin are back in another edge-of-your-seat thriller that reaches from the present day back to 1700s Mexico & quite possibly far beyond... ...

One of only fifty infantry battalions to see action with the Canadian Expeditionary Force during World War I the 58th nevertheless had no official history. Second to None tells the story of this important yet forgotten battalion. The soldiers who formed the 58th exemplified the ideal citizen soldiers & later evolved into the tough battle-savvy veterans who destroyed the cream of the German Imperial Army & won battle honours. The author uses the mens letters & diaries & family oral histories to amplify the terse account of the 58ths war diary bringing to life once more the men who paid the price for freedom. Kevin R. Shackleton lives with his family in Newmarket Ontario where he works as a senior associate advisor with RBC Investments. His life-long interest in the history of warfare included a course with Dr. Jack Hyatt while obtaining his MA at the University of Western Ontario. ...

Second to None: A Portrait of the Light Infantry concentrates on the Regiments 40 years of service to the Crown the Nation & to HM The Queen Mother its much-mourned Colonel-in-Chief. the book begins with the origins of the Light Infantry & its unique ethos recording its history from illustrious antecedent regiments through to the formation of The Rifles. It covers the activities of our battalions
- both Regular & Territorial
- & takes a good look inside the workings of the Regimental System with an examination of the parts played by Regimental Headquartes The Light Infantry Association The Bands The Light Infantry Cadets & the Families. All aspects of individual life are included. This is complemented by a section covering the wide variety of operations in which the Regiment took part.

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An omnibus edition of three of Ruth Rendells Wexford mysteries. They feature the discovery of sinister undercurrents when an apparently respectable woman is murdered evil letters that make unspoken imaginings a brutal reality & the killing of a girl in a gloomy London cemetery. ...

When a hurricane-chasing plane is downed on a Caribbean island TV meteorologist Perry Stuart barely escapes with his life. But he cant escape what he saw on the isl&--and if the people whove tracked him back to England have their way Stuart will have a zero percent chance of survival. ...

It's Alison's wedding day her gorgeous husband Luca is by her side & everything is just perfect. Perfect that is until Luca's first wife gatecrashes the reception & makes it clear that she's going to remain very much part of his life.. .A stunned Alison soon finds an ally in Fiona a founding member of The Second Wives Club & similarly plagued by her husband's ex. There she's introduced to Julia whose husband has stayed best friends with his first wife
- to Julia's intense irritation
- & to long suffering Susan whose entire life is surrounded by reminders of her partner's saintly former wife. For the women The Second Wives Club is a refuge & a lifesaver: somewhere to bitch & to gossip & to share horror stories about the exes' latest excess. But maybe if they all have the same problem they can work together on a solution? For enough is enough: it's way past time for the Second Wives to stop settling for second best.. .

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