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This is Gladys’s story, one of four stories from The Sugar Girls. During the Blitz and the years of rationing, the Sugar Girls kept Britain sweet. The work was back-breakingly hard, but the Tate & Lyle factory was more than just a workplace – it was a community, a calling, a place of love and support and an uproarious, tribal part of East London.‘Gladys changed into her new uniform. The dungarees hung loosely on her boyish frame, the crotch resting somewhere down by her knees and the backside...
| Автор | Duncan Barrett |
Neglected by her careless parents, Marianne turned to her neighbour, the one person that she thought she could trust….Eight year old Marianne, the eldest of five children, was neglected by her slovenly mother and her violent alcoholic father. Uncared for and unkempt she was rejected at school by her peers and scarcely tolerated by her teachers. Only one person gave her the affection she craved; a neighbour who seeing the vulnerable child knew she was easy prey for his perverted desires.‘Little...
| Автор | Toni Maguire |
The story of a man who gives up the rock ‘n’ roll dream… to play bowls.Alex Marsh wanted to be a rock star – but it didn’t work out. Instead he toiled away in the big city – only to give up his career, move to rural Norfolk, and become a househusband. Only he isn’t a very good one. Whilst his pride won't let him admit it, he struggles with the cooking, the cleaning and the isolation. He hires a cleaner without telling his wife, his repertoire of baked potatoes exhausts quickly. He becomes hooked...
| Автор | Alex Marsh |
Can I Let You Go? is the true story of Faye, a wonderful young woman who may never be able to parent her unborn child.Faye is 24, pregnant, and has learning difficulties as a result of her mother’s alcoholism. Faye is gentle, childlike and vulnerable, and normally lives with her grandparents, both of whom have mobility problems. Cathy and her children welcome Faye into their home and hearts. The care plan is for Faye to stay with Cathy until after the birth when she will return home and the baby...
| Автор | Cathy Glass |
A true story of sex, seduction and the pursuit of pleasure.Welcome to a world where women make – and break – the rules. An underground club notorious for parties wilder than 50 Shades of Grey; a place where, behind elegant masks, your innermost desires can be unleashed…Emma Sayle is an ordinary girl: raised in a stable home, she had a happy childhood and has a steady boyfriend. She runs a business organising parties. But Emma has a naughty secret.These are no ordinary parties.Decadent,...
| Автор | Emma Sayle |
Four-year-old Lisa's world turned upside down when her step-father moved in. Most of the time he was just violent but then he started making her do things to him she knew were wrong. Soon he was visiting her at night. Lisa begged her mother for help but she just shrugged, telling Lisa he would have his way. It was the greatest betrayal of all.At first Lisa's step-father would just make her stroke and massage his feet, hitting her if she stopped, but he soon wanted more. Much more. By the time...
| Автор | Lisa James |
This is Ethel’s story, one of four stories from The Sugar Girls. During the Blitz and the years of rationing, the Sugar Girls kept Britain sweet. The work was back-breakingly hard, but the Tate & Lyle factory was more than just a workplace – it was a community, a calling, a place of love and support and an uproarious, tribal part of East London.‘On an autumn day in 1944, Ethel Alleyne walked the short distance from her house to Tate & Lyle’s refinery on the shining curve of the Thames. Looking...
| Автор | Duncan Barrett |
Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour.Charles Dickens remains – 200 years after his birth – arguably Britain’s most successful writer. Works such as Great Expectations and Oliver Twist have amused and inspired readers in all languages since their original publication in the nineteenth century, and have been adapted countless times for the stage and screen.Dickens: History in an Hour covers all the major facts and events surrounding Dickens’s life; the poverty of his childhood,...
| Автор | Kaye Jones |
Bestselling author and foster carer Casey Watson tells the shocking and deeply moving true story of two sisters who carry a terrible secret.This is a first taste of the ‘Unit’ series: several stories about ‘difficult’ children Casey helped during her time as a behaviour manager at her local comprehensive.Casey doesn’t know what to expect when seventeen-year-old twins Scarlett and Jade join her class. The girls seem grounded but they never leave each other’s side, although there seems to be an...
| Автор | Casey Watson |
An inspiring and heart-warming short story of canine devotion and bravery.When Corporal Jenny Chester was matched with Arms and Explosives search dog Bonnie it felt like the best Christmas present ever.Friends from day one, partners beyond doubt, through service in Bosnia and Iraq they shared food on the run, sleeping in bags in the cold and shade of the same tree. A bond made in wartime that created a partnership for life.Extracted from the bestselling title The Dog That Saved My Life.
| Автор | Isabel George |
On 27 August 1979, Paul Burns's life changed for ever. Travelling through Warren Point in Northern Ireland when the IRA detonated two massive bombs, he was involved in a devastating explosion – eighteen soldiers were killed that day; Paul was one of only two who survived.Newly recruited to the Parachute Regiment, Paul was performing a tour of duty in Northern Ireland when a four-tonne truck in which he was travelling was destroyed by a massive IRA bomb. Eighteen of his friends and colleagues...
| Автор | Paul Burns |
The full story of Taylor Swift’s stratospheric rise to fame; all any dedicated Swifty needs to know about the pop superstar who’s taking over the world.A small-town girl with an incredible talent, and the strength to realise her dream, Taylor has grown into an award-winning, chart-topping artist and worldwide star, as well as a strong and stylish woman. But how did she get there? And what lies in store for her in the future?From childhood dreams of a musical future in Pennsylvania, to determined...
| Автор | Chas Newkey-Burden |
Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour.In his ambition to provide a male heir to the throne, Henry VIII married six times. Divorce from his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, caused England’s break from the Catholic church in Rome. He went on to divorce Anne of Cleves and behead Anne Boleyn and Katherine Howard for infidelities. Jane Seymour died and Catherine Parr survived Henry.Henry VIII’s Wives in an Hour will introduce you to these six entirely diverse and captivating...
| Автор | Julie Wheeler |
Sixteen, Sixty-one is the powerful and shocking true story of an illicit intergenerational affair, in the vein of Nikki Gemmell and Lynn Barber.Natalie Lucas was just 16 when she began a close relationship with an older family friend. Matthew opened Natalie’s mind and heart to philosophy, literature and art. Within months they had begun an intense, erotic affair disguised as an innocent intergenerational friendship. They mocked their small town’s busybodies, laughing at plebs like her parents...
| Автор | Natalie Lucas |
The Choice resurrects iconic Conservative Ronald Reagan, making him 32 years younger and places him in the middle of the 2012 election. Using actual Reagan speeches and quotes, The Choice is the answer for anyone who has ever asked the question, "What would Reagan do?"<br><br>The year is 2012. The United States is in peril as it faces rampant unemployment and unprecedented inflation. Â Angry mobs of young people have taken to the streets in random acts of...
| Автор | Matthew Ph.D Lysiak |
This first book in a series of four books; includes the success stories of business and professional women who won the title of "South Australian Executive Woman of the Year". These women are the founders of the prestigious, "Telstra Business Women's Awards".<br><br>This series of books have been used in "Career Study Classes" in High Schools, Universities and Business Colleges since the nineties.<br><br>Women...
| Автор | Lucille Jr. Orr |
This third book in a series of four books; includes the success stories of business and professional women who won the "Speaking Awards" organised for the members of the Australian Executive Women's Network. <br><br>This series of books have been used in "Career Study Classes" in High Schools, Universities and Business Colleges since the nineties.<br><br>Women wanting to start their own small businesses and those keen to climb...
| Автор | Lucille Jr. Orr |
A third year High School education was enough for Lucille Orr to achieve success in the corporate world and in her own businesses. She has owned over a dozen small enterprises and three national businesses. In her twenties her Key Punch Centres employed over 100 permanent staff and in her thirties her Australian Executive Women's Network had 19 branches across Australia. <br><br>In her fifties she started AWARE Properties; the first real estate company for women in Australia...
| Автор | Lucille Jr. Orr |
This final book in a series of four books; includes the success stories of business and professional women who won the title of "Telecom Australian Executive Woman of the Year" in its inaugural year as a national award organised by the Australian Executive Women's Network. <br><br>These women are the founders of the prestigious, "Telstra Business Women's Awards".<br>This series of books have been used in "Career Study...
| Автор | Lucille Jr. Orr |
Fast moving and insightful, Black and Gold is an extraordinary reminiscence of an extraordinary time—at once both an optimistic coming-of-age story and the depiction of the end of the most famous decade in the 20th century. This sharp and poignant story is told from the viewpoint of those who were just the right age to best experience that dangerous decade. <br><br>Set in the Midwest in a small university town, this book tells of change from the viewpoint of Mark, an...
| Автор | Mike Jr. Trial |
The renowned FreewayBlogger, aka Patrick Randall, tells the story of one of his earliest decision to take direct action—he hears a report of poverty in Mexico, loads up his trusty old VW bus and hits the road with half a ton of clothes, no map, some good tunes and a sense of adventure.<br><br>The trip turns into an exploration in discovery, friendship and the power of acting on your beliefs in a tale of a journey that's part travelogue, part exhortation to take...
| Автор | Patrick Randall |
This second book in a series of four books; includes the success stories of business and professional women who won the title of "South Australian Executive Woman of the Year". These women are the founders of the prestigious, "Telstra Business Women's Awards".<br><br>This series of books have been used in "Career Study Classes" in High Schools, Universities and Business Colleges since the nineties.<br><br>Women...
| Автор | Lucille Jr. Orr |
What does it really take to flip houses with no money or credit? Are you finally ready to regain your job and finally quit the rat race? <br><br>Finally be able to take vacations when you want? No more asking your boss for time off, and finally give to live life on your own terms. <br><br>Well you're about to discover the hidden secret on how to truly create income on demand through "no money down investing" real estate investing....
| Автор | Christopher Bruce |
This work is a memoir. As a child and a young man, I rarely felt entitled to breath air. Emotionally neglected by my father, as a teen, I left home for a prep school at which I would spend the worst three years of my life. Trouble followed two failed attempts at undergraduate college, until I found my way to a horseshoeing school out west. I was able to work as a professional farrier for several years until a ruptured disc in my back forced a career change. I chose psychology as somewhere in the...
| Автор | Dr. Peter J. Swartz Swartz |