A retired career anorexic examines herself & her & our culture in a masterpiece of confessional literature. At the age of four Marya Hornbacher looked in a mirror & decided she was fat. At nine she was bulimic. At twelve she was anorexic. By the time she was eighteen shed been hospitalized five times once in the loony bin. Her doctors & her parents had given up on her; they were watching her die. But Marya decided to live. Four years on now 22 here is her harrowing tale powerfully told in a virtuoso mix of memoir cultural criticism & psychological examination. Here is the amazingly articulate fury of a clever woman made stupid by her culture who threw away her teenage years in a continuous cycle of bingeing & vomiting or just plain starvation. The first book to explore from the inside the intimate relationship between eating disorders & 1990s cultures historically unprecedented obsession with body diet & gender; not a testimony to a miracle cure but the story of one womans travels to the darker side of reality & her decision to find her way back on her own terms. Hornbacher is articulate clever & has all the persuasive zeal of a convert furious at the pressures that made her what she was. Paradoxically her painful journey is also gripping and!dare one say it!.entertaining in a way that no fiction could ever be. A compulsive read. Publishing News; A gritty unflinching look at eating disorders written from the raw disintegrated centre of young pain with stark candour & power. New York Times / The slimming industry is worth GBP1billion in GB alone / The UK has 3.5 million anorexics & bulimics ...

The wristwatch is the only jewellery that most men will wear although many would not want to call it that. A watch may be a practical device for the sole purpose of telling the time as accurately as possible a complicated machine a wearable design object or a status symbol. Some watch wearers like scuba divers or pilots rely on their timepieces for safety & survival. Gene Stones The Watch" covers all these things & more. It ranges over the world of watches without prejudice mixing the old with the new & the expensive with the economical. It introduces the fifty major brands that any watch collector must be familiar with. Essential wisdom on buying collecting maintaining & wearing watches is provided. & an encyclopedic glossary offers a crash course in watch lore. Best of all are the more than 500 photographs of terrific watches including remarkable details of dials & movements & selected for their beauty & diversity from collections around the world." ...

First published in 1953 this authoritative work which was based on a lifetimes practical experience has been in continuous demand & is recognized as a classic work on the subject. Its great strength lies in the descriptions & principles of watch & clock construction in an easy-to-follow manner. The book opens with a description of the various tools & materials essential for good work; details are then given concerning the construction & repair of the various types of movement trains motion work & gearing the various forms of escapement keyless mechanisms balances & balance springs pendulums striking & repeating mechanisms calendars chronograph work & chronometers. The subject of cleaning is given careful consideration while filing & turning the two most important operations in watch & clock making are given special attention. The construction of specialist tools for repair work many of which were designed by the author is explained in some detail & illustrated by working drawings. In addition an appendix lists the various causes of failure & bad time-keeping. ...

After years of pain & turmoil stained glass restoration expert Mira Gallier is on the verge of having it all
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Capture those precious early moments & chart the first year of a baby&8217;s development with three photo sessions. Take home a print from each session which will be a treasured memory to last a lifetime. The baby portrait plan

Includes:: three photo sessions during a babys first year with each sitting taken Approx. 90 days apart. You will receive one 8x 6" portrait of your choice of your baby from each sitting. During the photo session your photographer will use a selection of backgrounds & props along with the latest lighting styles to create a series of images just for you. The props are designed for use with babies allowing them to easily & safely photograph the tiniest newborn babies. Family members can also be included in the sittings at no extra charge. You are welcome to bring along your own items to include in the shoot such as a babys favourite teddy. A viewing appointment will be arranged after each portrait session for you to choose your complimentary portrait of your baby & order any additional ones you might like. You will need to pay a deposit on booking. This will be fully refunded after the viewing. What You Will Receive On purchasing this experience you will receive a Silver A5 Presentation Pack. Your Silver A5 Presentation Pack is embossed with a ribbon design great if you are buying this experience as a gift. Included within your presentation pack: Your Gift Experience Voucher
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Little Wombat just loves to explore & today hes decided he wants to search for the elusive Bunyip. His friends Rabbit & Koala dont believe theres any such thing
- so Wombat sets off to the creek on his own to find out. But down by the creek anything can happen
- & its not just Little Wombat who ends up finding a little bit more than hed bargained for!

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This title was a No. 1 Contemporary Fiction & No. 2 Kindle Bestseller. (Novelicious" (9/10))
- "A fabulous book. " Watch Over Me"
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Hes watching her every move... Darcy was just trying to be friendly to the new boy in the office. But its gone horribly wrong. At first it was just unwanted invitations but now Joe is sending her abusive emails calling her late at night unwilling to take no for an answer. & every step Darcy takes to distance herself from him is just adding fuel to Joes obsession. & now he knows where she lives... ...

' There was no warning of any kind...' Friday rush-hour. Martin Gregory laden with packages just manages to catch the 4.48 train. Tomorrow is his wife's birthday
- he has a surprise in store
- & he plans to devote the weekend to her & their beloved dogs. But Saturday morning Martin rises early & does something so horrific so inexplicable & so out of character & his only option is to run.. . And from this shocking incident the journey begins. With the help of a therapist he can't trust & friends who no longer trust him Martin's quest for meaning takes him down shifting realities & twisted corridors of time into the deepest recesses of the human mind. It is a world of menace & obsession from which neither he
- nor the reader
- can escape for Martin Gregory is either lost in a dark maze of madness & horror or frighteningly sane.



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A mysterious toymaker who lives as a recluse in an old mansion surrounded by the magical beings he has created...A sickly wife locked away in a hidden room... An enigma involving strange lights that shine out from the small island on which an old disused lighthouse stands...A shadowy creature that hides deep in the woods... These are the elements of a mystery will bind 14-year-old Irene to Ismael during one magical summer spent in Blue Bay when her mother takes a job as a housekeeper for the enigmatic toymaker Lazarus Jann. A novel of mystery intrigue & romance from the author of THE PRINCE OF MIST & THE SHADOW OF THE WIND. ...