This is a gentle heart-warming bedtime tale featuring the popular Big & Little Bear. Little Bear has found a little-bear-sized cave to play in...and when night falls he decides to sleep there too. But as he looks out of his cave at the moon shining through the dark trees Little Bear starts to wonder whether Big Bear might not be lonely without him... This is the fifth book in the award-winning Big & Little Bear" series that has sold over six million copies worldwide." ...

Sleep
- or lack of it
- is one of the most common 21st century health complaints. Only 1 in 10 of us say we always sleep well;

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Daisy is the new girl at school. She is finding her feet with a new group of friends & has become part of the alphabet club
- A
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A tense gripping psychological thriller with Hitchcockian overtones perfect for fans of Gillian Flynn's GONE GIRL & Sophie Hannah. Lara Finch is living a lie. Everyone thinks she has a happy life in Cornwall married to the devoted Sam but in fact she is desperately bored. When she is offered a new job that involves commuting to London by sleeper train she meets Guy & starts an illicit affair. But then Lara vanishes from the night train without a trace. Only her friend Iris disbelieves the official version of events & sets out to find her. For Iris it is the start of a voyage that will take her further than she's ever travelled & on to a trail of old crimes & dark secrets. For Lara it is the end of a journey that started a long time ago. A journey she must finish before it destroys her... ...

A troubled insomniac in 1890s England falls suddenly into a sleep-like trance from which he does not awake for over two hundred years. During his centuries of slumber however investments are made that make him the richest & most powerful man on Earth. But when he comes out of his trance he is horrified to discover that the money accumulated in his name is being used to maintain a hierarchal society in which most are poor & more than a third of all people are enslaved. Oppressed & uneducated the masses cling desperately to one dream that the sleeper will awake & lead them all to freedom. ...

The true story of a group of four boys brought up in New Yorks notorious Mafia-run Hells Kitchen" during the 1960s. After nearly causing a mans death they were sent to a reformatory where guards routinely brutalized them leaving them with nothing but an undying loyalty to one another." ...

I relish every second of my sexual encounters: the good the bad the bizarre. Most of my serious relationships have started out as one-night stands. Catherine Townsend describes herself as part slut part hopeless romantic. Her quest is to have her cake & eat it
- an intelligent dinner date followed by a passionate one-night stand; to combine sleeping around with finding a soul mate. Sex in the City meets Girl With a One Track Mind in this candid sexy funny take on looking for love in unexpected places & how to find Mr Right
- or at least Mr Right Now.

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Chloe needs a holiday. Shes sick of making wedding dresses & her partner is having trouble at work. Her wealthy friend Gerard has offered the loan of his luxury villa in Spain
- perfect. Hugh is not a happy man. His immaculate wife seems more interested in the granite for the new kitchen than in him & he works so hard to pay for it all he barely has time to see their children. But his old schoolfriend Gerard has lent them a luxury villa in Spain
- perfect. Both families arrive at the villa & get a shock: Gerard has double-booked. An uneasy week of sharing begins & tensions soon mount in the soaring heat. But theres also a secret history between the families
- & as tempers fray an old passion begins to resurface...


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Read It Yourself" is a learning to read series of classic traditional stories with four levels of difficulty to suit the stage your child is at with reading. Written in a simple way for young readers they will build their confidence in learning to read as they progress through each level. Familiar fairytales & exciting stories will amuse children & encourage them to progress further with this series & become confident readers. Each book in " The Read It Yourself With Ladybird Series" is carefully structured to include many everyday words that are vital for first reading/beginner readers. They also contain clear beautiful pictures for extra support & interest. Extra puzzle questions at the end of each book further help with comprehension. This " Read It Yourself" version of " Sleeping Beauty" is a level 2 title & so suitable for children who can read short simple sentences with help. The story is told simply with frequent repetition of the main story words & phrases. Trust ' Ladybird' to help your child learn to read & become a confident reader." ...

Early Readers are stepping stones from picture books to reading books. A blue Early Reader is perfect for sharing & reading together. A red Early Reader is the next step on your reading journey. Deep in a forest of thorns lies a beautiful princess cast into an enchanted sleep by the wicked seventh fairy. Can the spell ever be broken? ...