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From Oscar Wilde to Ziggy Stardust, from Liberace to Lou Reed and T Rex to Roxy Music, here is the flamboyant decadence, the androgyny, and the sheer unadulterated fun of the early '70s - in an incredible rock history that tells it like it was.

Sulky Goth Eloise hates her life, Monday mornings and her dreary job as a Co-op sales assistant. She’s always felt like an outsider, but as her 21st birthday approaches, she starts to wonder if she’s going mad. She can’t sleep, the sun hurts her skin, she’s plagued by nightmares and she has an insatiable craving for blood – and worst of all, she seems to be allergic to garlic bread. Then her Transylvanian Aunt Lucretia reveals that she’s a vampire, and suddenly it all makes sense. She’s happier than she’s ever been: but there are still a few hurdles to overcome.

Cameron Saxby is contented in his life as a bank clerk in Edinburgh, knowing that if he works hard, he has a good career in front of him. But fate has a different plan for him—as heir to the late Lord Saxby. Inheriting the title drags Cameron away from his unassuming Scottish roots and drops him into the wealthy estate of Maeswood Hall, surrounded by deferential villagers and the resentful family of the late baron, a man who left such a trail of misery in his wake that someone murdered him.

Five entertaining audio readings of best-loved children’s festive stories for children of three years and over to enjoy at Christmas.

Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning were united not only as man and wife, but also as writers who shared and debated ideas, values, and literary craft.

Looking for a beginner language course that fits into your busy lifestyle and gets you speaking a new language in a matter of weeks, not years? Michel Thomas's unique method is designed to overcome the frustrations usually faced by language learners.

Spoiling someone else's fun can be the most satisfying of all the controlling arts, and Professor Joy Klamp—the queen of migraines—has got passive aggression down to a fine art. And now, she's decided to share her knowledge with the world in this revelatory 10-part course in non-joyment techniques. So join Joy and her Sourpussy Posse and get in touch with your inner spoilsport, experience the fulfilling empowerment of sulkiness, and learn how you, too, can master the universe!

Three children - Jerry (bossy), Jimmy (hungry), and Kathleen (sensible) - find themselves standing in front of a bejewelled princess in the garden of an enchanted castle. It is the first day of their summer holidays. Is she really a princess? And if she isn't, what about her ring which makes the wearer invisible?

Dorota od lat żyje pod jednym dachem z mężem-despotą, stwarzając na zewnątrz pozory normalności. Kobieta obmyśla w tajemnicy plan uwolnienia się od agresywnego partnera. Jakub i Alicja wybierają się na zagraniczne wczasy w celu ratowania małżeństwa. Na miejscu zawierają znajomość z tajemniczą parą. Z czasem wchodzą z nimi w nietypowy układ, który wywraca ich życie do góry nogami. Osiemnastoletnia Nadia spotyka się z biologiczną matką, która porzuciła ją tuż po porodzie. Nie wie, że dopuszczając kobietę do swojego życia, ściąga niebezpieczeństwo na swoich najbliższych.

This is the story of an independent woman who is a model for our time—photographer Toby Molenaar. It begins in Holland during World War II, when her country is decimated by the occupying German army and she is literally left to starve. As a little girl, she learns to be self-sufficient—survival is the order of the day. Courage, indomitable spirit, an open mind, and accountability only to herself are the stuff of this fascinating and inspirational story.

I hope to help people understand the magic about hypnosis and how it could help them in breast enlargement and other ways. I also included a free bonus relaxation method in the last chapter because we all could use a way to let go of stress and relax. Most people, I am sure you would agree, focus more on the problem and less on the solutions. I call it the 80/20 rule. What I do is help them focus 80 percent on the solutions and 20 percent on the problem. By doing that, now they are bigger than the problem and really have no big problem at all.

A trilogy of contemporary plays inspired by tales from The Arabian Nights: Arabian Afternoons includes The Casper Logue Affair by Sebastian Baczkiewicz, The Porter and the Three Ladies by Rachel Joyce and A Dish of Pomegranates by Peter Jukes.

Looking for a beginner language course that fits into your busy lifestyle and gets you speaking a new language in a matter of weeks, not years? Michel Thomas's unique method is designed to overcome the frustrations usually faced by language learners.

First Dates, Channel 4's runaway hit TV show, has captured the hearts of the nation. Each week millions of us cosy up on our sofas to watch nervous singletons arrive in the restaurant in the hope of finding love. Now Fred Sirieix, the insatiably charming maître d' of the First Dates restaurant, is here to help all of us - whether we're on a quest to find The One or simply want to discover more about how to connect with someone and sustain the magic.

Cecilia is obsessively in love with her teacher, Mr. Dahl. Yet she never guesses that what she dreams of could actually happen. Cecilia’s mother Dora wants the good life. She and her husband moved to Dartmoor so their children could run wild; free to make their own mistakes. But Dora discovers that there is more to the countryside idyll, and indeed her own marriage, than she assumed.

Joanna Lumley reads "The Snow Queen". One day, a diabolical troll builds a mirror that shows everything that is beautiful as ugly and all that is good as evil. Delighted, the trolls decided to carry this mirror to heaven and mock the angels, but on their way the mirror breaks and shatters into hundreds of pieces that spread across the world. Some bigger pieces are turned into windows and others are made into spectacles, but some of tiniest bits get stuck into people’s eyes or in their heart, changing their life for ever.

Elżbieta żyje skromnie w niewielkiej Sosnówce, ale ma jedno bogactwo – dom z najpiękniejszym widokiem na góry i dolinę. Choć boryka się z kłopotami finansowymi, nie oddałaby go za żadne skarby świata. Dlatego gdy pojawia się firma, która zamierza na jej działce wybudować nowoczesny kompleks hotelowy, kobieta rozpoczyna walkę o swój majątek.

Sixteen modern fiction superstars shine a startling light on the romance and pain of the infamous literary pair Heathcliff and Cathy. Short stories to stir the heart and awaken vital conversation about love.

Kwiecień 1943 roku. Debora Singer wyskakuje z wagonu transportującego krakowskich Żydów. Podczas próby ucieczki boleśnie skręca w kostce nogę i nie jest w stanie iść. Przekonana, że nie ocali życia, siada w sosnowym zagajniku, czekając na śmierć. Słyszy odgłosy obławy. Nagle nadjeżdża wojskowy motocykl. Do przestraszonej dziewczyny zbliża się esesman. Debora jest Żydówką, czyli - jest winna. Przed nią staje hauptsturmführer Bruno Kramer. W tym miejscu ta historia mogłaby się właściwie skończyć. To jednak dopiero jej początek.

Co składa się na sedno życia samotnej kobiety? Edyta, zakompleksiona i zdystansowana trzydziestolatka, niechętnie przyjmuje od brata propozycję pracy. Nie przypuszcza, że pociągnie to za sobą kolejne zwroty i zburzy jej cenny spokój. Niespodziewana diagnoza lekarska i spotkanie przyjaciółki z dzieciństwa wyzwalają w zamkniętym świecie bohaterki lawinę zmian, która zdaje się nie mieć końca. Czy kobieta stawi czoła problemom i spełni obietnicę?