Poor Winstons too busy to play with his friends -- he is off to the vet with a great big splinter in his paw & theres absolutely nothing worse than having a splinter in your paw or so Winston thinks. But what Winston doesnt see as he crosses the busy city is that unlike his friends hes one very lucky pup! If only he would look around & see the chaos he leaves behind him.. .but having a splinter can be very distracting. A bright bold & brilliantly funny book. ...

One in a series that introduces KS1 readers to the changing seasons. The books explain when & how the seasons experienced in the UK occur & their effect on animal behaviour & plants. Chapter headings are designed as child-friendly questions to help children focus & learn. ...

In this enduring bestseller Dr. Norman E. Rosenthal provides empowering information & guidance for the millions who suffer from seasonal affective disorder (SAD). Over 100 000 readers have learned science-based ways to boost their energy & overcome low moods & problems with sleep concentration & food cravings
- even during the darkest winter days. Dr. Rosenthal helps readers map out their own seasonal patterns get the most out of light boxes & other effective self-help options & make informed decisions about antidepressants & psychotherapy. Updated throughout the fourth edition features a compelling new chapter on meditation & is designed to be even more user friendly with chapter-opening questions engaging boxes & bulleted lists & downloadable worksheets.
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Following the widely acclaimed & bestselling The Summer Book" here is a " Winter Book" collection of some of Tove Janssons best loved & most famous stories. Drawn from youth & older age & spanning most of the twentieth century this newly translated selection provides a thrilling showcase of the great Finnish writers prose scattered with insights & home truths. It has been selected & is introduced by Ali Smith. The " Winter Book" features 13 stories from Tove Janssons first book for adults " The Sculptors Daughter" (1968) plus 7 of her most cherished later stories (from 1971 to 1996) translated into English & published here for the first time." ...

A girl Nell was convinced should have a good time at seventeen have met her true love at eighteen be engaged at nine & marry at twenty-one. While her mother regards the Locarno Dancehall as a den of iniquity for seventeen-year-old shop-girl Nell Mc Clusky its the centre of the universe. Where else is she going to meet the man of her dreams wholl take her away from the hum-drum realities of life on a council estate in 1950s Edinburgh? At first Alistair Rutherford doesnt look that promising. He dresses more like a student than Nells idol Buddy Holly. But Alistair comes from a wealthy family & is studying to be a lawyer two things that mean that Nell soon has plans to leave her dance hall days far behind her. But the reality of marriage is far different to Nells romantic notions... ...

Winter in Denton is cold bleak & busy time for Detective Inspector Jack Frost whose unsolved crime figures are mounting as he struggles to bring them down in the face of manpower shortages & budget cuts. Denton is having more than its fair share of crime. A serial killer is murdering local prostitutes; a man demolishing his garden shed uncovers a long buried skeleton; an armed robbery at a local mini-mart; a ram-raid at a jewellers & a series of burglaries. But Frost's main concern is for the safety of a missing schoolgirl. Nine weeks ago Vicky Stuart eight years old didn't return home from school & in spite of exhaustive enquiries & extensive searches has never been seen since. Another little girl from the same school is reported missing. Her body is found...raped & strangled. Frost's prime suspect strongly protesting his innocence hangs himself in his cell leaving a note blaming Frost for driving him to suicide. Subsequent evidence points to the man's innocence. Coarse insubordinate & fearless DI Jack Frost is in serious trouble. ...

Winter Games" is a dazzling tale of secrets & betrayal & the perfect novel for fans of " The Bolter" by Frances Osborne & all those fascinated by the Mitford sisters. Munich 1936. She doesnt know it but eighteen-year old Daphne Linden has a seat in the front row of history. Along with her best friend Betsy Barton-Hill & a whole bevy of other young English upper-class girls Daphne is in Bavaria to improve her German to go to the Opera to be finished. It may be the Third Reich but another war is unthinkable & the girls are having the time of their lives. Arent they? London 2006. Seventy years later & Daphnes granddaughter Francie Fitzsimon has all the boxes ticked: large flat successful husband cushy job writing up holistic spas... The hardest decision she has to make is where to go for brunch
- until that is events conspire to send her on a quest to discover what really happened to her grandmother in Germany all those years ago. Praise for Rachel Johnson: " Wonderfully readable". (" Guardian"). " Shiveringly brilliant". (Jilly Cooper). " Very funny relentlessly observant". (" Daily Mail"). " Sharp funny & knowing". (India Knight). Rachel Johnson is a journalist who has written two previous novels & two volumes of diaries. " The Mummy Diaries" " Notting Hell" " Shire Hell" & "A Diary of The Lady" are all available now from Penguin."
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Winter Games is a dazzling tale of secrets & betrayal & the perfect novel for fans of The Bolter by Frances Osborne & all those fascinated by the Mitford sisters. Munich 1936. She doesn't know it but eighteen-year old Daphne Linden has a seat in the front row of history. Along with her best friend Betsy Barton-Hill & a whole bevy of other young English upper-class girls Daphne is in Bavaria to improve her German to go to the Opera to be 'finished'. It may be the Third Reich but another war is unthinkable & the girls are having the time of their lives. Aren't they? London 2006. Seventy years later & Daphne's granddaughter Francie Fitzsimon has all the boxes ticked: large flat successful husband cushy job writing up holistic spas... The hardest decision she has to make is where to go for brunch
- until that is the discovery of a photograph of Daphne sends her on a quest to discover what really happened to her grandmother in Germany all those years ago. A dazzling tale of secrets & betrayal Winter Games is powerful novel of innocent lives caught up in the march of history. Johnson has a brilliant eye for the telling specifics... She is a natural comic writer & has a breezy Mitfordian tone that makes you laugh at the same time as wincing in recognition... To write an entertaining romp set against the backdrop of Nazi Germany is a tricky feat to pull off. Yet Johnson has done it
- & done it in style". (Observer). "A rip-roaring read". (Evening Standard ' There's never a dreary moment in this blast of a book.. . Johnson's descriptions are irresistibly exuberant.. . As addictively fizzily invigorating as the Alpine air itself' Daily Mail ' Johnson delivers a genuine sense of time & place.. .there isn't a dull sentence in this sure-footed novel' Jenny Colgan Telegraph ' An excellent romp. Full of 'tally-ho' Mitfordian charm.. .a witty fast read' Red ' Excellent on period detail the blundering innocent abroad & young heartbreak' Sunday Times ' The Jane Austen of W11' Scotsman Rachel Johnson is a journalist who has written two previous novels & two volumes of diaries. The Mummy Diaries Notting Hell Shire Hell & A Diary of The Lady are all available now from Penguin."

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So who put the body in with the spring bulbs? The merest hint of spring has arrived in Cheshire & so has young reporter Daisy Dalrymple. The feisty flapper's visit is a breath of fresh air for gloomy Occles Hall. But while photographing the rather barren grounds Daisy spots that someone's been digging among the first green shoots
- & much to her horror unearths the corpse of missing parlour maid Grace Moss. So begins an extraordinary adventure as first the dead woman's shocking secret is revealed & then Daisy swiftly realizes she needs to catch the killer before she herself is left pushing up the daisies. Praise for the Daisy Dalrymple" series: ' Manners (P G Wodehouse-style) & mystery get equal time in a low-key story with considerable charm'
- " Kirkus Reviews". ' Engaging.. . Dunn's style gives an entertaining spark'
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The Great War took much more than lives. It robbed a generation of friends lovers & futures. In Freddie Watson's case it took his beloved brother & at times his peace of mind. Unable to cope with his grief Freddie has spent much of the time since in a sanatorium. In the winter of 1928 still seeking resolution Freddie is travelling through the French Pyrenees
- another region that has seen too much bloodshed over the years. During a snowstorm his car spins off the mountain road. Shaken he stumbles into the woods emerging by a tiny village. There he meets Fabrissa a beautiful local woman also mourning a lost generation. Over the course of one night Fabrissa & Freddie share their stories of remembrance & loss. By the time dawn breaks he will have stumbled across a tragic mystery that goes back through the centuries. By turns thrilling poignant & haunting this is a story of two lives touched by war & transformed by courage.
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