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? ...

California Bureau of Investigation Special agent Kathryn Dance is an expert in kinesics: the science of interpreting behaviour. It makes her a brilliant interrogator. But shes up against Daniel Pell a master of control who mesmerises seduces & exploits people for his own murderous ends. A convicted killer who is known as The Son of Manson for the chilling parallels between him & the notorious ritual murderer. To track down Pell before he destroys yet more lives Kathyn Dance must enlist the help of four people from the killers past. The three women who lived under his sadistic sway in the cult he once headed. & the young girl known as the Sleeping Doll the only survivor of her familys slaughter at Pells hands.. . ...

The owner of a seaside villa is plagued by strange feelings about its past! Soon after Gwenda moved into her new home odd things started to happen. Despite her best efforts to modernise the house she only succeeded in dredging up its past. Worse she felt an irrational sense of terror every time she climbed the stairs! In fear Gwenda turned to Miss Marple to exorcise her ghosts. Between them they were to solve a perfect crime committed many years before. ...

A facsimile first edition hardback of the Miss Marple books published to mark the 75th anniversary of her first appearance & to celebrate her new-found success on television. When The Murder at the Vicarage was published in October 1930 little did the literary world realise that Agatha Christie already famous for her early Poirot titles was introducing a character who would become the best-loved female sleuth of all time. The 14 Marple books would appear at intervals over the next 49 years with Miss Marples Final Cases published in 1979 three years after Agathas death. To mark the 75th anniversary of Miss Marples first appearance & to celebrate her renewed fortunes as a primetime television star this collection of facsimile first editions will be the perfect way to enjoy these books in their original form -- 12 novels & two short story collections. Reproducing the original typesetting & formats from the first editions from the Christie familys own archive copies these books sport the original covers which have been painstakingly restored from the best available copies reflecting five decades of iconic cover design. ...

' There stood before me an ancient man swathed in a dark & tattered fleece his long hair & beard matted with filth his face grey with grief & age. Holding the sword out in front of me I backed away until I felt the sink behind me & I could go no further. His eyes followed me all the way.' When Bun Bendle is struck blind he feels like he is drowning in blackness. But the discovery of an ancient tomb & a strangely familiar sword changes him forever. This classic book weaves a contemporary tale with Arthurian legend in a way that is utterly spellbinding. ...

Selina Bruce has impulsively left behind her lawyer fiance in London & flown alone to a tiny island off the Spanish coast. She is searching for the father she has never known but what she finds is an unexpected truth about herself & the man she plans to marry. For exotic San Antonio offers Selina more than the penetrating brilliance of the noonday sun. It offers the mysterious George Dyer who holds the key not only to her past.. .but to her heart. ...