This story begins & ends with a photograph taken when I was two years old. Finding it was like discovering that I really did exist after all. It was as if someone was saying No it wasnt all in your imagination that childhood really did happen & it happened to you. Brought up in South London by violent & abusive parents the Roche children knew only cruelty neglect starvation & squalor. As one of ten & regularly beaten Peter searched dustbins for food & slept rough when he couldnt face going home. It was survival at all costs every child for itself. Expelled from school at the age of 14 Peters life of petty crime landed him in borstal
- & exposed him to yet more sickening abuse. Then years later a chance meeting with a social worker led to his discovery of a photograph
- a portrait taken by Lord Snowdon of a toddler dressed in rags. It was an image that had shocked the world. The boy in the picture was Peter. Unloved" is a harrowing account of a shattered childhood told by a man who has finally found the courage to speak out. This is his story."

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Sheila Tofield tells her moving true story about being a single mother in 1950s Britain in The Unmarried Mother. A searing honest testimony". (Lesley Pearse). Sheila grew up in Rotherham daughter of an uncaring mother who made her believe she was useless stupid &
- most painfully of all
- unlovable. Her worst childhood fears where confirmed when as a young woman her fiancee left her without an explanation. Heartbroken & vulnerable she was easy prey to the worst type of man. Someone who walked out when she told him she carried his child. In Fifties Britain an unmarried pregnant girl received not sympathy but contempt. When Sheila told her family they turned their backs on her. She ended up in a Church of England home for unmarried mothers about to give up her child for adoption. But when she saw her daughters sparkling eyes she knew she had to do the unthinkable: to bring up the baby on her own in a world which would condemn her for it. In The Unmarried Mother
- the shocking powerful memoir
- Sheila Tofield describes the harsh reality of being a single mum in the 1950s with the challenges of finding work acceptance & ultimately the love of a good man. Sheila Tofield is a proud grandmother living in Chichester & The Unmarried Mother is her first book. Her touching story was picked up by Penguin when she entered the hugely successful life story competition with Saga Magazine."



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In late December 2008 Ian Halperin told the world that Michael Jackson had only six months to live. His investigations into Jacksons failing health made headlines around the globe. Six months later the King of Pop was dead. Whatever the final autopsy results reveal it was greed that killed Michael Jackson. Friends & associates paint a tragic picture of the last years & days of his life as Jackson made desperate attempts to prepare for the planned concert series at Londons 02 Arena in July 2009. These shows would have earned millions for the singer & his entourage but he could never have completed them not mentally & not physically. Michael knew it & his advisors knew it. Anyone who caught even a fleeting glimpse of the frail old man hiding beneath the costumes & cosmetics would have understood that the London tour was madness. Why did it happen this way? After an intense five year investigation New York Times bestselling author Ian Halperin uncovers the real story of Michael Jacksons final years a suspenseful & surprising thriller. ...

STAND & DELIVER! Incorrigible Jack Beaufort Earl of Frensham with a scandal at his heels is taking an enforced sojourn in the country. He hardly expects to confront a highwayman in this quiet retreat. Or to discover when he lays hands on the villain a form that is undeniably female... Should he unmask the daring Miss Lacey & hand her over to the law? Or follow his rakish instincts to take the law & that temptingly curvaceous form into his own hands? ...

Unmentionable? Sure. But Ill try to tell you anyway... The mouth organ is inside my mouth. It is stuck in sideways. The pain is terrible. My eyes water. Some things you just cant talk about. Locked in the loo. Kissing a cold cold kid. Being a little squirt. Burning your behind. Unmentionable short stories from the brilliant Paul Jennings. ...

Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh had been looking forward to a quiet holiday at his aunt's cottage on Monksmere Head one of the furthest-flung spots on the remote Suffolk coast. With nothing to do other than enjoy long wind-swept walks tea in front of the crackling wood fire & hot buttered toast Dalgliesh was relishing the thought of a well-earned break. However all hope of peace is soon shattered by murder. The mutilated body of a local crime writer Maurice Seaton floats ashore in a drifting dinghy to drag Adam Dalgliesh into a new & macabre investigation. ...

The griffin the sunbird manticores unicorns -- all manner of glorious creatures never captured in zoos museums or photographs are packed vividly into this collection of stories. Neil Gaiman has included some of his own childhood favourites alongside stories classic & modern to spark the imagination of readers young & old. All contributors have given their work free to benefit Dave Eggers literacy charity 826DC. Also

Includes:: a new Neil Gaiman Story.

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' No sign of foul play ' says Dr Carr after the post-mortem on Agatha Dawson. The case is closed. But Lord Peter Wimsey is not satisfied.. . With no clues to work on he begins his own investigation. No clues that is until the sudden senseless murder of Agatha's maid. What is going on in the mysterious Mrs Forrest's Mayfair flat? & can Wimsey catch a desperate murderer before he himself becomes one of the victims? ' She brought to the detective novel originality intelligence energy & wit.' P. D. James ...

A sadistic serial killer the weapon a deadly virus Dublin Ireland & Richmond Virginia: separated by thousands of miles
- linked
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Putting the personal in PA! The unwanted advances of gold-digging socialites are an occupational hazard for racing legend turned tycoon Lorenzo DAngeli. So he extends his PAs job description to cover evening events. Faith Black has risen to her bosss every challenge... But being seen on his arm means spotlights scrutiny figure-flaunting cocktail dresses
- & leaving the safety of her staid grey suits! Famous for his cool Renzos anything but when he sees his formerly frumpy PA dressed to kill! Faith knows this playboy well
- shell arm her heart with the same steel used on the DAngeli motorbike!

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