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D-day Dogs: Remarkable true stories of heroic dogs
D-day Dogs: Remarkable true stories of heroic dogs
Isabel George
¥9.71
Incredible true stories of canine loyalty in the Second World War. There were dogs involved with the landings, dogs the soldiers could not bear to leave behind and dogs trained to patrol, protect and locate. The dogs sailed with the Merchant Navy and brought their boats into dangerous waters to retrieve the wounded or stranded. They were on land, in the air and on the water during the D-Day operation – playing their special part in every aspect. Through this inspiring short collection of the true stories of four of these canine heroes the remarkable achievements of the D-Day dogs are brought to life.
Little Girl Lost: The true story of a broken child
Little Girl Lost: The true story of a broken child
Mia Marconi
¥9.71
The fourth in a series of true short stories from foster carer Mia Marconi. Kira first came to foster carer Mia Marconi’s home on respite care when she was three. She had suffered an unimaginable amount of abuse in her short life. Although she couldn’t tie her shoe laces, she could smash a room to pieces; she fought against everything like a wild cat. At the age of five Kira moved permanently to live with Mia and her family, but by the time she was nine years old the whole family was at breaking point. Mia is the kind of person who won’t give in and believes she can always change things for the better, but try as she might she can’t change Kira. So after six years, with a very heavy heart, she is forced to question whether she can really help this lost and damaged child. Raw, shocking and honest, this short story will shed new light on the role of foster carers, revealing the kind of heartbreaking real life situations carers like Mia Marconi are confronted with every day.
May Martin’s Sewing Bible e-short 1
May Martin’s Sewing Bible e-short 1
May Martin
¥9.71
The first of 6 eBook-only shorts from star of the Great British Sewing Bee and doyenne of the Women’s Institute, May Martin, with everything the aspiring seamstress needs to get started: A Place to Sew & the Equipment You Need, General Dressmaking Tips, and Hand Stitches. An exclusive first look at May Martin’s Sewing Bible, due out in August. May has been teaching sewing for over 40 years. Now for the first time she shares her tips and tricks, offering the ultimate beginners’ guide to sewing. Beautifully styled and simple-to-follow, this authoritative sewing e-short, taken from May Martin’s Sewing Bible, gives readers information on everything they need to know to get started with sewing.
Eat Clean: 20 Recipe Bite-Sized Edition
Eat Clean: 20 Recipe Bite-Sized Edition
Ching-He Huang
¥9.71
A mouthwatering collection of 20 easy, speedy, nutritional and delicious recipes taken from TV chef Ching’s beautiful new book, Eat Clean. Includes fresh and healthy breakfast, lunch and dinner recipes, as well as sides, pickles and salsas, and teas. Forget your saucepan and roasting tin, Ching-He Huang’s beautiful new recipe book shows you how you can Eat Clean and wok yourself to health. Eat Clean is the perfect cookery book for the time starved and health conscious who don’t want to compromise on taste. Drawing on her belief of the age-old principle of Yin and Yang, Ching-He Huang creates delicious fare for each mealtime which is specifically balanced in all these ways: food which is hassle-free, good for you and which you’ll enjoy!
Report on the Threatened City
Report on the Threatened City
Doris Lessing
¥9.71
From the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, Doris Lessing, a distinctive science fiction short story. Unknown observers send reports on a city that is threatened with destruction. They gather information on the inhabitants and their behaviour. It soon becomes clear that this is far from an alien planet. As in many of her acclaimed science fiction novels, in ‘Report on the Threatened City’, Doris Lessing uses the traditions of this genre to examine the world we know and human nature itself, from a completely new and often unforgiving perspective. This story also appears in the collection The Temptation of Jack Orkney.
An Old Woman and Her Cat
An Old Woman and Her Cat
Doris Lessing
¥9.71
From the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, Doris Lessing, a short story about a woman’s gradual drift outside the limits of society. An old woman, with gipsy blood, begins to find the conventions of society stifling – when her husband dies, and her children leave home, she embraces a marginal, unconventional existence, accompanied by her faithful cat. ‘An Old Woman and Her Cat’ brilliantly combines Doris Lessing’s unforgiving examination of our society – and those it cannot accommodate and ulitmately fails – with a wonderful portrait of her favourite animal – the cat. This story also appears in the collection The Temptation of Jack Orkney.
Lipstick On His Collar: HarperImpulse Mobile Shorts (The Kiss Collection)
Lipstick On His Collar: HarperImpulse Mobile Shorts (The Kiss Collection)
Brigid Coady
¥9.71
HarperImpulse Contemporary Romance Mobile Shorts 'Poignant, funny, realistic yet romantic, these stories make you relive the good times and sigh over the sad ones. I loved them.' – Katie Fforde The third book in The Kiss Collection, an exciting new series of short stories from Brigid Coady & HarperImpulse. *Please note this is a short story, approx. 1000 words in length designed for reading on your mobile phone or tablet.*
Raw: The diary of an anorexic (HarperTrue Life – A Short Read)
Raw: The diary of an anorexic (HarperTrue Life – A Short Read)
Lydia Davies
¥9.71
Lydia was 19 years old and enjoying university with a loving family and great friends when she became anorexic. The doctors told her that she would die. This is Lydia’s account of what anorexia did to her, how it changed her and how it impacted on her family, friends and all her choices in life. Her story is told through letters and blogs that Lydia wrote at the best and worst of times, notes from her parent s and friends desperately trying to find a way through to her and doctors notes with the horrific exacting details. Lydia is now 23 and ‘recovering’. She strongly believes that recovery is possible, and feels she is almost there. She wrote her book to explain her deepest thoughts and to explain the painful mental torture that she endured and overcame. And she wrote it in the hope that others suffering would relate to it, and that other families watching their loved ones will be touched and understand more deeply how an eating disorder really feels.
Taurus 2014: Your Personal Horoscope
Taurus 2014: Your Personal Horoscope
Joseph Polansky
¥9.71
Your complete one-volume guide to the year 2014. This fantastic and in-depth book includes month-by-month forecasts for every sign and all you need to know to find out what is in store for you in the year ahead. The only one-volume horoscope you’ll ever need. Your essential guide to love, life and career success in 2014. This popular, complete one-volume guide contains all you need to know about your personal horoscope for the year 2014. Be prepared for the forthcoming year with monthly predictions for your own sign and discover how to maximise your opportunities and potential to make the most of 2014. This best-selling astrological guide contains: ? A personality profile for each sign ? A forecast for the year ahead – what you can expect in terms of wealth, home, health, social and love life ? A month-by-month forecast of your best days and worst days – the ideal days to attract love, money or success, and when it’s better to just stay in bed! Joseph Polansky is a leading US astrologer who has been practising astrology for over 20 years.
Gemini 2014: Your Personal Horoscope
Gemini 2014: Your Personal Horoscope
Joseph Polansky
¥9.71
Your complete one-volume guide to the year 2014. This fantastic and in-depth book includes month-by-month forecasts for every sign and all you need to know to find out what is in store for you in the year ahead. The only one-volume horoscope you’ll ever need. Your essential guide to love, life and career success in 2014. This popular, complete one-volume guide contains all you need to know about your personal horoscope for the year 2014. Be prepared for the forthcoming year with monthly predictions for your own sign and discover how to maximise your opportunities and potential to make the most of 2014. This best-selling astrological guide contains: ? A personality profile for each sign ? A forecast for the year ahead – what you can expect in terms of wealth, home, health, social and love life ? A month-by-month forecast of your best days and worst days – the ideal days to attract love, money or success, and when it’s better to just stay in bed! Joseph Polansky is a leading US astrologer who has been practising astrology for over 20 years.
Scorpio 2014: Your Personal Horoscope
Scorpio 2014: Your Personal Horoscope
Joseph Polansky
¥9.71
Your complete one-volume guide to the year 2014. This fantastic and in-depth book includes month-by-month forecasts for every sign and all you need to know to find out what is in store for you in the year ahead. The only one-volume horoscope you’ll ever need. Your essential guide to love, life and career success in 2014. This popular, complete one-volume guide contains all you need to know about your personal horoscope for the year 2014. Be prepared for the forthcoming year with monthly predictions for your own sign and discover how to maximise your opportunities and potential to make the most of 2014. This best-selling astrological guide contains: ? A personality profile for each sign ? A forecast for the year ahead – what you can expect in terms of wealth, home, health, social and love life ? A month-by-month forecast of your best days and worst days – the ideal days to attract love, money or success, and when it’s better to just stay in bed! Joseph Polansky is a leading US astrologer who has been practising astrology for over 20 years.
Sagittarius 2014: Your Personal Horoscope
Sagittarius 2014: Your Personal Horoscope
Joseph Polansky
¥9.71
Your complete one-volume guide to the year 2014. This fantastic and in-depth book includes month-by-month forecasts for every sign and all you need to know to find out what is in store for you in the year ahead. The only one-volume horoscope you’ll ever need. Your essential guide to love, life and career success in 2014. This popular, complete one-volume guide contains all you need to know about your personal horoscope for the year 2014. Be prepared for the forthcoming year with monthly predictions for your own sign and discover how to maximise your opportunities and potential to make the most of 2014. This best-selling astrological guide contains: ? A personality profile for each sign ? A forecast for the year ahead – what you can expect in terms of wealth, home, health, social and love life ? A month-by-month forecast of your best days and worst days – the ideal days to attract love, money or success, and when it’s better to just stay in bed! Joseph Polansky is a leading US astrologer who has been practising astrology for over 20 years.
Capricorn 2014: Your Personal Horoscope
Capricorn 2014: Your Personal Horoscope
Joseph Polansky
¥9.71
Your complete one-volume guide to the year 2014. This fantastic and in-depth book includes month-by-month forecasts for every sign and all you need to know to find out what is in store for you in the year ahead. The only one-volume horoscope you’ll ever need. Your essential guide to love, life and career success in 2014. This popular, complete one-volume guide contains all you need to know about your personal horoscope for the year 2014. Be prepared for the forthcoming year with monthly predictions for your own sign and discover how to maximise your opportunities and potential to make the most of 2014. This best-selling astrological guide contains: ? A personality profile for each sign ? A forecast for the year ahead – what you can expect in terms of wealth, home, health, social and love life ? A month-by-month forecast of your best days and worst days – the ideal days to attract love, money or success, and when it’s better to just stay in bed! Joseph Polansky is a leading US astrologer who has been practising astrology for over 20 years.
A Christmas Angel: True Stories of Gifts from Angels at Special Times
A Christmas Angel: True Stories of Gifts from Angels at Special Times
Jacky Newcomb
¥9.71
True-life stories of angels showing their care and love for us at a special time of year. Afterlife expert, Jacky Newcomb, tells the heartwarming stories of angels visiting and giving hope and love at this special time of year. At a time when the loss of our loved ones is felt the most, here are the stories that will inspire and prompt the true meaning of Christmas.
Cats in Heaven: And Other Animals.
Cats in Heaven: And Other Animals.
Jacky Newcomb
¥9.71
Amazing and inspirational stories from Jacky Newcomb show us that our beloved pets can communicate with us from the other side. Our pets are our family, our best friends and letting go of them is hugely difficult. In this collection of stories and real-life experiences, angel and afterlife expert Jacky Newcomb explains that we will be reunited with them again. Here are wonderful, uplifting stories of times when beloved pets communicated with their loved ones from the other side. In dreams and visitations, best friends come back from the other side to protect, support and help us.
The School of English
The School of English
Hilary Mantel
¥9.71
When a plane crashes on a remote island, a small group of schoolboys are the sole survivors. From the prophetic Simon and virtuous Ralph to the lovable Piggy and brutish Jack, each of the boys attempts to establish control as the reality - and brutal savagery - of their situation sets in. The boys' struggle to find a way of existing in a community with no fixed boundaries invites readers to evaluate the concepts involved in social and political constructs and moral frameworks. Ideas of community, leadership, and the rule of law are called into question as the reader has to consider who has a right to power, why, and what the consequences of the acquisition of power may be. Often compared to Catcher in the Rye, Lord of the Flies also represents a coming-of-age story of innocence lost.
McKenna Homecoming (Fast Fiction)
McKenna Homecoming (Fast Fiction)
Shirley Jump
¥9.71
Fast Fiction Romantic - short stories with a Happy Ever After In ten years, a lot has changed for Alec McKenna. Since high school, he's transformed from the devil-may-care football star to a hardworking corporate executive. And now Alec the man has to answer for the mistakes of Alec the teenage rebel. So when he gets the invitation to his ten-year high-school reunion, he goes for one reason—Leah Andrews. The one person he can't leave in the past. The one he hurt the most. In ten years, little has changed for Leah Andrews. She feels like she's been treading the same water for a decade. And just as her life is about to change, Alec McKenna reappears. Leah doesn't want to go backward, but she can't deny the strength of her feelings for Alec, even after ten years. And if Alec can change, maybe he can help her find her way forward. And the way home…to him
My Dad’s a Policeman
My Dad’s a Policeman
Cathy Glass
¥9.71
The second novel, and first quick read title, from Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author Cathy Glass. My Dad's a Policeman is a dramatic and engaging story of a young boy with an alcoholic mother. Lonely, bullied and desperate for a life of happiness and security he tells everyone he meets his dad's a policeman. Fast-paced and compelling, this short story from Cathy Glass follows the experiences of a Ryan, a small and lonely 12-year-old boy who struggles to fit in. In an attempt to make friends, and discourage the school bullies from picking on him, Ryan tells his peers that his dad is a policeman. When the police actually turn up on Ryan's doorstep, to take him away from his alcoholic mother and put him in care, his life crumbles. It's not long before Ryan has run away, taking a long bus ride back across the city, desperate to get back to the inner-city life he knows. Keeping a low profile, and sneaking in to his best friend's house late a night for shelter, he soon discovers that he's not the only one who appears to be stretching the truth about the happiness of his home life.
1970s Movie Quotes - The Quick Quiz
1970s Movie Quotes - The Quick Quiz
Goldstein, Jack
¥9.71
Are you a fan of 70s movies? Do you think you could recognise a film just from a single quote?If so, you'll love this fantastic quiz featuring 120 of the greatest movies of the decade. With classic lines from Star Wars to Shaft, Jaws to Jonathan Livingston Seagull and many more, these questions - sorted into easy, medium and hard categories - are sure to keep the whole family entertained.
Keeping Body and Soul Together
Keeping Body and Soul Together
Webster, Jim
¥9.71
Rescuing random strangers on a whim may be the good deed for the day, but will Benor survive the blood feud he has unwittingly become part of. More importantly can he buy back the victim's soul?
B*Witched Quiz Book
B*Witched Quiz Book
Peacock, Chris
¥9.71
Do you blame it on the weatherman? When faced with problems do you say "e;C'est La Vie"e;? Do some people say you look like your dad? Well then, you'll just love the B*Witched Quiz Book! Chock full of 50 questions to test your knowledge on the double-platinum selling all-girl group, this book is great fun for time on your own and with friends! Written by top-selling celebrity biographer Chris Peacock, this is one bargain buy you don't want to miss.