Megan is a suburban soccer mom who once upon a time walked on the wild side. Now shes got two kids a perfect husband a house with a picket fence & a growing sense of dissatisfaction. Ray used to be a talented documentary photographer but at the age of forty he finds himself in a dead-end job posing as a paparazzo pandering to celebrity-obsessed rich kids. Broome is a detective who cant let go of a cold case
- a local husband & father who disappeared seventeen years ago
- & spends the anniversary every year visiting a house frozen in time the missing mans family still waiting his slippers left by the recliner as if he might show up any moment to step into them. Three people living lives they never wanted hiding secrets that even those closest to them would never suspect will find that the past never truly fades away. Even as the terrible consequences of long-ago events crash together in the present & threaten to ruin lives they will come to the startling realisation that they may not want to forget the past at all. & as each confronts the dark side of the American Dream
- the boredom of suburban life the thrill of temptation the desperation that can lurk behind even the prettiest facades
- they will discover the hard truth that the line between one kind of life & another can be as whisper thin as a heartbeat...



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A suburban wife & mother of two
- with a dark & dangerous past. A promising photographer who now panders to celebrity-obsessed
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Breakthrough research shows that you can not only grow new brain cells at any age but also 'rewire' your brain to increase its capacity so it's never too late to sharpen your mind! Stay Sharp" first explains how your brain works & then provides a programme of practical exercises to improve your memory & help you banish "senior moments". There are also smart everyday strategies that you can use to help you remember names & numbers process information faster & reduce the risk of dementia. With the average lifespan increasing it's never been more important to keep your brain fit & active for life." ...

Staying Alive is an international anthology of 500 life-affirming poems fired by belief in the human & the spiritual at a time when much in the world feels unreal inhuman & hollow. These are poems of great personal force connecting our aspirations with our humanity helping us stay alive to the world & stay true to ourselves. Many people turn to poetry only at unreal times whether for consolation in loss or affirmation in love or when facing other extremes & anxieties. Staying Alive

Includes:: many of the great modern love poems & elegies but it also shows the power of poetry in celebrating the ordinary miracle taking you on a journey around many of the different aspects of everyday life explored in poems. A strong poem is not just for crisis. Such a poem is there for all times helping us face or embrace daily change & disruption. It will also speak to us when nothing seems to be happening when the poems importance is in helping us stay alive to the world & stay true to ourselves. Staying Alive has reached a wider readership than any other anthology of contemporary poetry. It is a landmark in the history of literary publishing. A sequel Being Alive (2004) & a companion anthology Being Human (2011) complete this poetry trilogy"."

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An irresistible novel from bestselling author Jill Mansell about a country house hotel where anything can happen... Daisy Mac Lean runs the country house hotel owned by her flamboyant father Hector. When she hears who's about to get married there she isn't worried at all
- her friend Tara absolutely promises there won't be any trouble between her & ex-boyfriend Dominic whom she hasn't seen for years. But Dominic has other ideas... Meanwhile Hector's getting up to all sorts with...well that's the village's best kept secret. & then Barney turns up with a little something belonging to the husband Daisy's been doing her best to forget. That's the thing about hotels you never know who you're going to meet. Or whether they're going to stay...
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Tusker & Lily Smalley stayed on in India. Given the chance to return 'home' when Tusker once a Colonel in the British Army retired they chose instead to remain in the small hill town of Pangkot with its eccentric inhabitants & archaic rituals left over from the days of the Empire. Only the tyranny of their landlady the imposing Mrs Bhoolabhoy threatens to upset the quiet rhythm of their days. Both funny & deeply moving Staying On" is a unique engrossing portrait of the end of an empire & of a forty-year love affair." ...

Glasgow 1961. It is ten years since we last visited the close at 18 Dalbeattie Street in Maryhill. The stalwarts are still there... Ella Drena Rhea & ' Granny' Thomson (86). Irma the German war bride speaks fluent Scots nowadays. Well ' Fluent' if you were brought up in the same close as the Broons & Oor Wullie. Glasgow's beloved trams still run on the Maryhill Road. But not for long. There will not be a tramcar left in Glasgow by the end of next year. The new tenant Frank Galloway knows all about this
- he's a driver. The other new arrival is Ruby Baxter who impresses no one with her attitude
- as Granny Thomson says ' She's no better than she ought to be that yin!' Robert Douglas brings his usual blend of laughter & tears to this latest novel & his many fans will not be disappointed.

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The wit & wisdom of Wayne Dyer is reflected in this wonderful collection of inspirational"es & observations. Whether youre already on the path or doing your best to get there this book will give you the impetus to keep moving forward! ...

Learn everything you need to know about staying safe online
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When asked to talk to students at Broome Community College in upstate New York in the spring of 2011 Austin Kleon wrote a simple list often things he wished he'd heard when he was their age: ' Steal like an artist; Don't wait until you know who you are to start making things; Write the book you want to read; Use your hands; Side projects are important; Do good work & put it where people can see it; Geography is no longer our master; Be nice (the world is a small town.); Be boring (it's the only way to get work done.); & Creativity is subtraction.' After giving the speech he posted the text & slides to his popular blog where it quickly went viral. Now Kleon has expanded his original manifesto into an illustrated guide to the creative life for writers artists entrepreneurs designers photographers musicians & anyone attempting to make things
- art a career a life
- in the digital age. Brief direct & visually interactive the book

Includes:: illustrative anecdotes & mini-exercise sections calling out practical actions readers can take to unleash their own creative spirits.



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