After building an empire that has made her a legend in business Olivia spends months each year planning a lavish holiday for everyone in her family to enjoy. This summer she has arranged a dream trip on a luxurious yacht in the Mediterranean which she hopes will be the most memorable of all. More than anything she hopes to express her love & her regret at all the important times she missed during her children's early years. But her younger daughter Cassie a hip London music producer refuses the invitation altogether as she does every year. Liz her older daughter is preoccupied with a chance to recapture her dream of being a writer & is terrified of failure again. & her sons John & Phillip work for her for better or worse with wives who wish they didn't. Immersed in the splendour of the Riviera this should be a summer to remember but old resentments die hard & Olivia is still running the business full-time. As each of these individuals confront the past & the challenges of the present & future they also learn to accept the enduring unconditional love of their family
- & a mother who is strong enough to take more than her fair share of the blame & loving enough to accept them as they really are. The question is: can they do the same for her?
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In the realm of the Dark-Hunters there is a code of honour that even immortal bad boys must follow. No human can be harmed. Yet every few centuries or so there is always one who thinks himself above the Code... Alexion is the defender of the code that governs the immortals. He is judge jury & executioner: if they step over the line it's his wrath they will face. For centuries Alexion has survived alone. Isolated & haunted by his human past he has learned to distance himself from his emotions & his role ensures that even his fellow Dark-Hunters give him a wide berth. However this time the rogue Dark-Hunter is an old friend. Alexion cannot destroy him without at least allowing him one last chance at redemption. But to do this he needs the help of a female Dark-Hunter who goes by the name Danger. & the last time Alexion ran into her she tried to kill him... ...

When nurse Hestor Latterly accompanies the elderly Mrs Mary Farraline on a short trip to London her only medical duty is to ensure her charming patient takes her heart medicine. But Mrs Farraline dies during the night. When her missing brooch turns up in Hesters possession she is arrested for theft until a post-mortem reveals a lethal dose of medicine in Mrs Farralines body & the charge becomes murder. Inspector William Monk must find a killer amongst the aloof Farraline clan & in a Scottish courtroom the familys secrets will be exposed
- or buried for ever.
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Find out about different foods & the different ways that they are eaten in this photographic non-fiction book. * Pink/1A
- A simple
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Manchester United fans have a fickle reputation. Players are often singled out for criticism while others can get away with murder. This was never truer than in the late 1980s when Ferguson following a stuttering start to his Old Trafford career was scapegoated by supporters. In 1989 when United faced relegation & a take-over bid the manager lived with the constant threat of the sack while on the terraces the ' Ferguson out' brigade were prominent as the press spoke of a club in crisis. Here the author one of the few to have actively supported United's manager during this bleak period details his remarkable relationship with United's legendary manager. ...

Read & sing along to this story of derring-do! Once upon a time there was a deep dark forest where monstrous trees groaned terrible beasties moaned & wiggly woos waited to tickle your toes. Nobody ever went there until... Sir Charlie Stinky Socks his good grey mare & his pet cat Envelope decide the time has come for a really big adventure. Sir Charlie packs his best sword & his sandwiches & off he goes over the hills & far away until he gets to the deep dark forest. Sir Charlie doesnt flinch when he meets the beasties or the dragon or the wily witch but when he comes across the princess he realises hes met his match! ...

Read & sing along to this story of derring-do! Once upon a time there was a deep dark forest where monstrous trees groaned terrible beasties moaned & wiggly woos waited to tickle your toes. Nobody ever went there until... Sir Charlie Stinky Socks his good grey mare & his pet cat Envelope decide the time has come for a really big adventure. Sir Charlie packs his best sword & his sandwiches & off he goes over the hills & far away until he gets to the deep dark forest. Sir Charlie doesnt flinch when he meets the beasties or the dragon or the wily witch but when he comes across the princess he realises hes met his match! ...

Read & sing along to this story of derring-do! Once upon a misty morning from the top of a twisty-wisty beanstalk someone was looking down on to a tall tall tower... Magic & mischief are afoot as a dreadful spell is cast on the forest. But who can save them before the sands of time run out? Enter Sir Charlie Stinky Socks
- honourable feisty tenacious & courageous as always. Our pungent hero must face this new foe & break the spell before hes turned to stone.
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Once upon a misty morning from the top of a twisty-wisty beanstalk someone was looking down on to a tall tall tower.. . Magic & mischief are afoot as a dreadful spell is cast on the forest. But who can save them before the sands of time run out. Enter Sir Charlie Stinky Socks
- honourable feisty tenacious & courageous as always. Our pungent hero must face this new foe & break the spell before hes turned to stone.
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At the top of a tall tall tower with a pointy roof something is stirring. Lightning flashes thunder roars & something goes bump in the night. Enter Sir Charlie Stinky Socks
- honourable feisty tenacious & courageous as always. Our pungent hero must face ghastly ghouls headless ghosts & a dark danger lurking in the cellar in order to retrieve the princess's teddy bear. But will our clever hero be able to thwart his foes in this ghostly adventure or will he succumb to the hideous Cellar Dweller.
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