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Flora's been practically molested, unceremoniously dumped and nowtotally humiliated by the most good-looking but also, she's now realized, the most obnoxious guy at school. She's had it with immature boys. So when she runs into Max (literally), it somehow seems fated. But surely a sophisticated, Armani-wearing sex-god such as Max couldn't ever be interested in her? But Max is intersted. And he's everthing a girl could want in a man-gorgeous-loo great clothes, glamorous job, rich...Oh, andolder. Problem is, just how much older? And what are Flora's parents going to say...?
Mattie is furious: her mum has shacked up with nerdy Geoffrey and expects Mattie and her sister to treat his spotty, metal-mouthed son Rupert as "part of the family". Their new life doesn't get off to a good start. Sharing a room with her sister is a nightmare, relations with her mum and her best friend have broken down, and the boy of her dreams turns out to be more than she bargained for. Could life possibly get any worse...?
'Wonderfully warm and funny' Cathy Woodman, bestselling author of Trust Me I'm A Vet Will is a Yorkshire lad, through and through. He's in his element when he's outside in the country air, not stuck in a classroom wasting his youth and the beauty of Yorkshire. When he starts as an apprentice farrier, his first few days are a baptism of fire. His fellow apprentice is a wind-up merchant and his gruff boss, Stanley, ribs him mercilessly about his tea drinking habit. But in this chaotic environment, the three of them form a brotherhood, and soon, Will realises that the coming year is going to teach him a lot more than how to shoe a horse properly... A charming story full of dry Yorkshire humour and warmth - a must-read for fans of James Herriot, Clare Balding, Countryfile and The Shepherd's Life.
The Encyclopedia of Hinduism contains over 900 entries reflecting recent advances in scholarship which have raised new theoretical and methodological issues as well as identifying new areas of study which have not been addressed previously. The debate over the term 'Hinduism' in the light of post-Orientalist critiques is just one example of how once standard academic frameworks have been called into question. Entries range from 150-word definitions of terms and concepts to 5,000-word in-depth investigations of major topics. The Encyclopedia covers all aspects of Hinduism but departs from other works in including more ethnographic and contemporary material in contrast to an exclusively textua...
When Celia runs out of her history GCSE exam - right in the middle of it - she isn't quite sure where she's headed. She knows what she's searching for though. Her mother. She's already got one mother, and father, and brother - her adoptive family - but lately she doesn't feel particularly related to them. Her dad shouts and her mum just doesn't get it. She can't seem to shift the need to find her real mum - the one who left her all those years ago. She's got a vague idea about where to start, but Celia has no idea about where her search will take her - or where she'll end up...
Draws together evidence that poverty causes serious mental illness and gives recommendations as to what can be done about this.
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Rebel. Prisoner. Princess. When the crown prince of Lyonesse is assassinated, his fiery daughter, Catherine, is taken to Aquitaine, where she is raised at the royal court and given two ladies-in-waiting to protect her from all who conspire against her. Now that the time has come for Catherine to return to Lyonesse, she finds herself surrounded by enemies. Danger lies around every corner, but Catherine will not stop until she has overcome her oppressors and taken what is rightfully hers. She may just live to claim her crown. Perfect for fans of Philippa Gregory, Catherine of Lyonesse is an irresistible historical romance.