You may have to Search all our reviewed books and magazines, click the sign up button below to create a free account.
This is the book everyone has been waiting for: national heroes Ant and Dec, Britain's most successful television duo, have invited their millions of fans into their world. From youth clubs to blind school, pubs to jungles, there’s a wealth of behind-the-scenes anecdotes that have never been told until now. Ant and Dec met when they were thirteen on the set of Byker Grove in Newcastle. They didn’t warm to each other immediately, but soon enough they became best mates and have been inseparable both on and off screen ever since. Bad rap, stunts going wrong, schoolboy pranks and off-screen antics are just some of the experiences they write about in this wonderfully entertaining memoir, full of vivid observations, colourful reminiscence and charming digressions, Ooh! What a Lovely Pair will give millions of fans an insight into the genuine intimacy and refreshing sense of humour that the two TV icons share.
This beautifully designed reading log is for kids who want to keep track of the books they read. With room for 50 book reviews, it's perfect for avid readers. For reluctant readers, the journal is a helpful tool to encourage them and record their progress. The reading log prompts for details and there are extra pages to doodle favorite characters.
Joy is born into an era of post-war uncertainty, one of the first babies delivered by the newly created NHS. A house move aged ten is unsettling and she struggles to make sense of the world and establish her identity. The novel charts her path through the trauma of the eleven plus and separation from her friends and culture. She experiences bullying and alienation at her new school and is helped by close friends, a supportive family and most importantly the local gypsies who live on the wasteland near her home. Rawny and his family take Joy into their hearts and share their lives and rich culture with her. The close enduring bonds Joy forges at this vital time of life enable her to navigate the difficulties life presents and enable her to find her own moral compass.
[BookStrand Contemporary Romance] Emma Chauncey finds her fiance naked with one of her bridesmaids on top of him three days before her wedding. Burned by the experience, she takes a friend on her honeymoon. They travel to an Italian villa where Emma plans to nurse her broken heart. Wealthy, titled, and handsome women’s shoe designer Dario de Luca is also at the villa. In disguise as a dance instructor, he’s determined to find a woman to love him for himself, not his wealth and title. Sparks fly between Emma and Dario, until she learns his true identity. Hurt that another man has lied to her, and distrusting her own judgment, she flees. Dario follows her to New York. But Emma’s former fiance is back with an agenda of his own. Can Dario convince Emma he’s the man for her even though he lied about his identity? Can he convince her she deserves true love? Note: This book contains adult language. ** A BookStrand Mainstream Romance
They’ve got a lot of catching up to do ... Ella and Roly have bright futures ahead of them when they strike up an unlikely friendship as teenagers. By their early twenties, they’re living their dreams. Ella’s going to university, falling in love, and embarking on a promising academic career. Roly’s touring the world as a member of teenybopper idols Oh Boy!, playing sell-out concerts to crowds of adoring fans and picking up the girls who throw themselves at his feet. But when they reconnect ten years later, everything’s changed. A chronic illness has forced Ella to abandon her studies, move in with her mother and put her dreams on hold. Roly’s been kicked out of the band, ripped off by his accountant and dumped by his underwear-model girlfriend. Now they’re both ready to start over. But will they ever get back to where they once belonged? Or could the journey lead them somewhere even better? The Reboot is a heartwarming and hilarious romcom about old friends, new beginnings and second chances.
Abigail Morrison had never expected much from life and had generally fitted in with the wishes of those around her. Following the sudden announcement by her husband that he is to divorce her, housewife Abi finds herself moving house and having to earn her own living, with very limited qualifications. Fortunately her neighbour Mabel has something in mind and soon Abi is entering a whole new world of work, which involves discretion, along with leather and handcuffs. Meanwhile potter Adam has spotted Abi and is totally intrigued. Can he persuade her to go out with him? Charles and Serena seem to lead an idyllic life, but all is not as it seems: Serena has suspicions that he is getting his thrills elsewhere and, when they move house, it sets off a chain of events that will expose Abi's secret life.
I have been living a lie the whole of my life. Clearly I am not the person I thought I was. Isobel learns as an adult that she was adopted as a baby. After much soul searching, she decides to find out why and where her natural mother is now. At the same time, Rebecca [ Becca ] finds out about her own mothers long held secret which coincides with the start of a new relationship. The journey these two women take is emotional, thought provoking, delightful, and at times funny. How will it all ends? Is it the beginning of yet more personal stories to come?
None
Rosie takes a walk in the woods with grandma’s black Labrador Hattie. A pleasant walk develops into a journey to a distant planet accompanied by a Troll called Thumblerock. He was waiting for her under an old bridge which runs underneath the footpath. Every three generations a child of eleven or twelve is secretly whisked away to a world called Damianos. A planet found in the Star Cluster of Pleadies which is populated by a species of technologically advanced Trolls. The children are taken to assess the development of a species. Rosie soon understands that her trip is far from the usual. Environmental issues on Earth created by humans are not only damaging our planets environment, but they’re also upsetting the balance of a galactic transport network. The Trolls who lead an alien planetary council are campaigning to have the Earth gate closed, a simple solution to resolve their problem. As Rosie is the only human to have travelled to Damianos in seventy years, the sudden discovery of another human boot print on this planet throws the Trolls plans into disarray. Rosie and Thumblerock are drawn into a mystery of galactic proportion with serious implications for the human race.