Shiraz Bailey Wood is back! Having just about recovered from her stint in London with Carrie Draper Shiraz is prepared to overlook Carries totally out of order flaky behaviour because Carries just talked her dad into paying for two flights to Ibiza in the summer & no one needs a holiday more than Shiraz BW! Or so she thought... Put it this way the sleepy town of San Antonio Ibiza aint gonna know whats hit it once a few other randoms from Goodmayes have pitched up & caused havoc. Umas in hurrah! But then Wesley of all people decides to bring stupid Sooz away to top up her tan. Not to mention Mrs Diane Wood! Still Shiraz & Carrie are lovin it even if money is running out & the only jobs on offer seem to be bog cleaning & bottle washing at the local bar.. . Will Uma Carrie & our Shizza have the holiday of a lifetime? Its all in the diaries bruv. Read on! ...

Shire Hell" is the hilarious sequel to Rachel Johnson's brilliant novel " Notting Hell" in which Mimi & Ralph have managed to escape the city & move to the idyllic Dorset countryside but have they moved out of the frying pan & into the fire? Winner of the " Literary Review's" infamous Bad Sex in Fiction Award in 2008. Mimi & Ralph have left social climbing pushy parenting & their marital problems behind them in London & moved west to the bucolic green depths of the country. Or so they though. Yes there's mud & masses of fresh air plenty of handsome hayseeds & there's Rose Mimi's new best friend & Dorset's answer to Martha Stewart. But what should be Shire Heaven is it turns out just as tricky to navigate as Notting Hell. There's low-level conflict between the racehorses in vintage/ Diesel/ Ralph Lauren & the brood mares in Barbour/ Boden there's guerrilla warfare between the landowners & eco-warriors & naked hostility between Old Money New Money & No Money. Yes in Honeybourne if you don't have: a landscaped garden with 1 000 acres (minimum) of prime land; a helipad for your trophy guests; an organic farm shop selling sixteen sorts of home-made sausages; four pony-mad polo-playing children; a Literary Festival in your mini-stately; & a bottom that looks smackable in jodhpurs. Then well.. .you're Mimi basically. & that's just the start of her problems. Mimi also has a secret. But can she keep it? Rachel Johnson is known for her wickedly funny novels " The Mummy Diaries" & " Notting Hell"; also available from Penguin is her first non-fiction book "A Diary of a Lady"." ...

The Shirley of the title is a woman of independent means; her friend Caroline is not. Both struggle with what a woman's role is & can be. Their male counterparts
- Louis the powerless tutor & Robert his cloth-manufacturing brother
- also stand at odds to society's expectations. The novel is set in a period of social & political ferment featuring class disenfranchisement the drama of Luddite machine-breaking & the divisive effects of the Napoleonic Wars. But Charlotte Bronts particular strength lies in exploring the hidden psychological drama of love loss & the quest for identity. Personal & public agitation are brought together against the dramatic backdrop of her native Yorkshire. As always Bront? challenges convention exploring the limitations of social justice whilst telling not one but two love stories.

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Harper Collins is proud to present its range of best-loved essential classics. ' Cheerfulness it would appear is a matter which depends fully as much on the state of things within as on the state of things without & around us.' Considered one of her less well-known novels Shirley is Charlotte Bronte's only historical work set during the Napoleonic Wars. Wealthy & independent Shirley is very different from her friend Caroline who has few prospects & is dependent on her uncle. Struggling mill owner Robert Moore considers marriage to the monied Shirley in order to secure his financial future; however it is Caroline who he loves while Shirley has fallen for Robert's brother an impoverished tutor who is deemed an unsuitable match for her. Unsentimental yet unflinching in her honest portrayal of love class conflict & identity Bronte uses the backdrop of her beloved Yorkshire to play out the tensions & dramas of a society facing social & industrial upheaval. ...

Shirley Hughes is one of the best known & most popular creators of children's books & her keen observation of family life have earned her a special place in the hearts of children & adults. This unique collection brings together some of her very best work & celebrates her amazing achievements over the years. There's a wealth of treasure for children of all ages to enjoy beginning with a selection of simple rhymes & stories & moving on to some of Shirley's classic picture books featuring such well-loved characters as Dogger Alfie & Annie Rose. There's also a selection of stories for older readers including The Lion & the Unicorn & Enchantment in the Garden which combine satisfyingly longer texts with marvellously expansive pictures. Shirley Hughes' warmth & versatility shine from every page of this stunning collection which will captivate readers of all ages & take pride of place on the family bookshelf. ...

Shirley Valentine 42-year-old put-upon mother & housewife leaves the drudgery of cooking dinner for her husband packs her bags & heads for the sun. The note on the kitchen table reads Gone to Greece back in two weeks." " It is a simple & brilliant idea...the profound & perennial point of the comedy is the problem we seem to have contemplating the idea of a woman alone
- in a pub on a beach in a restaurant. This is what Shirley learns to combat as she unravels her own sexual & social identity. The play is not only funny it is also moving." (Michael Coveney Financial Times) One for the Road "starts...with the mid-life hero torn between the security of married life in a dormer bungalow on a northern housing estate & dreams of being a rucksacked super-tramp. Mr Russell writes with knowledgeable venom about a world where Beethoven Underpass leads to Wagner Walkway & where anyone who doesn't join Weight Watchers or the Ramblers Club is regarded as a social deviant." (Francis King Sunday Telegraph)"
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Buying Shirley Whitehead's Madeira Walks qualifies you for a free Tour & Trail Super-Durable Map in Discovery Walking Guides Great Map Giveaway
- see Discovery Walking Guides website for details. Madeira is a wonderful destination for walkers offering a breathtaking diversity of landscape; lushly verdant slopes towering volcanic peaks dramatic gorges & soaring cliffs surprise & amaze the newcomer. Add to this the levada network primeval forests subtropical flora & the superb landscaped gardens
- little wonder that the island is fondly called The floating garden of the Atlantic". This second edition of Shirley Whitehead's Madeira Walks book offers a wealth of choice for every walker & explores the best areas the island has to offer guiding you on forty routes each re-researched for up-to-date accuracy. With this book in your pocket your visit to Madeira becomes an unforgettable adventure. Each walk description
Includes::- route summary giving overall view of the route & access information. ratings for Effort Time Distance Ascents/ Descents Refreshments & Vertigo risk where applicable in an easy to see pictorial ' Summary' box. fully detailed walk description including frequent timings to aid navigation & check your progress GPS waypoints at every key point on every route (subject to reception) full colour 1:40 000 scale mapping for each route taken from the latest edition of Madeira Tour & Trail Map. Madeira has such a wealth of walking routes that they cannot all be contained in a single pocket sized book so Shirley Whitehead has produced both Walk! Madeira & the latest edition of Shirley Whitehead's Madeira Walks so that the two books cover all of the island's walking adventures; without any duplication between her two books. Combined with the Madeira Tour & Trail Map for planning which routes you plan to hike & navigating around the island you have the 'complete' walking package for this remarkable isl&. With Shirley Whitehead's Madeira Walks Walk! Madeira & the Tour & Trail Map you will be able to choose which routes are most suitable for your walking adventures & your fitness level. There are routes suitable for strolling ranging up to adventurous routes that will thrill experienced mountain hikers. You can tackle all of these walking adventures with the comfort of knowing that all the walk descriptions have been researched in detail along with GPS surveying of every route. For GPS Users. Discovery Walking Guides (DWG) offer all purchasers of their ' Walk!' guide books the opportunity to download the GPS walking route information direct from their website free of charge. GPS files are provided in gpx file format so that the files may used with a wide range of gps software including Memory Map Mapyx Quo GPS Utility along with a range of smart phone/pad apps. Each ' Walk!' destination is provided as a Zip file containing the gpx files. Simply go to the website download the Zip file for your ' Walk!' destination to your hard drive unzip the Zip file to see the individual gpx files then start uploading those gpx files to your GPS or smart phone. The gpx file for a ' Walk!' walking route usually contains both the gps Waypoints for that route merged with the gps Track for that walking route though for some walking routes only the GPS Waypoints might be included in the gpx file. Digital versions of the Madeira Tour & Trail Map used for Shirlkey Whitehead's Madeira Walks & Walk! Madeira are available from Memory Map & Mapyx Quo as well as from Discovery Walking Guides."


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Shirts Shorts & Spurs is the revelatory account of the amazing history of Tottenham Hotspur as seen through the eyes of one of its most unlikely heroes: Roy Reyland the loyal kit manager who faithfully served the club for almost 30 years. From inside the dressing room & on the bench Roy has witnessed the agony & the ecstasy of three decades of seasons. Working under no less than 17 managers he has visited Wembley more times than many of the brightest stars of the Premiership. As Tottenhams official agony aunt he has got to know some of White Hart Lanes greatest players: from Ardiles & Gazza to Klinsmann & Ginola. ...

Grace is fascinated by the wolves in the woods behind her house; one yellow-eyed wolf in particular. Every winter she watches him but every summer he disappears. Sam leads two lives. In winter he stays in the frozen woods with the protection of the pack. In summer he has a few precious months to be human.. .until the cold makes him shift back again. When Grace & Sam finally meet they realize they can't bear to be apart. But as winter nears Sam must fight to stay human
- or risk losing himself & Grace for ever.
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