It is 1939, and the residents of the idyllic fishing village of Bexham are preparing for war. Judy Melton, Meggie Gore-Stewart, Mathilda Eastcott and Rusty Todd are all determined to play an active role while the men are away fighting, but these events will change all their lives forever.

I was doing my best to get out the door. And then the phone rang. I almost let it go. New York, September 11th 2001. Russell Ammiano is rushing to work when he gets a phone call that saves his life. As the city he loves is hit by unimaginable tragedy, Russell must turn his back and hurry home to Kansas.

Robert Crampton has tracked down every member of his O-level class, resulting in a searching look at 30-somethings in the year 2001. Along the way, he exposes the successes and failures of our educational system.

It's September 1919: twenty-one-year-old Tristan Sadler takes a train from London to Norwich to deliver some letters to Marian Bancroft. Tristan fought alongside Marian's brother Will during the Great War, but in 1917 Will laid down his guns on the battlefield. But the letters are not the real reason for Tristan's visit.

A selection of spellings and usages, covering capitalization, plurals, abbreviations and foreign names and phrases. This book also helps the readers with the difference between British and American usages, and includes information such as the names of all the Oxford colleges, or the new name for the Department of Trade and Industry.

Provides information on how to unlock children's unique intelligence, and how to ensure that they have the best possible chance to succeed at school.

Presents the author's various family recipes which have been passed down through the generations, in a celebration of French cuisine, from pumkin soup to Moules Mariniere, from Tarte aux cassis to Fouace Aveyronnaise. These recipes are illustrated with photographs. This cookbook is intended for the lovers of food and France.

Following the success of The French Kitchen , this cookbook talks about the rural markets of Gascony. It includes traditional dishes like cassoulet, beef bourguignon and creme caramel, as well as creative reinterpretations of old favourites - chilli duck with orange salad and wild mushroom tartlets.

Steeped in history, Morocco is a kingdom of rich textures, spices and magical beliefs - a vibrant bridge between the Orient and the Occident. Journeying from Casablanca to the tourist hot spot of Marrakesh and the holy city of Fez, from Tangier in the north to Ouarzazate and on south into the Sahara, the author goes in search of Morocco's stories.

Alice and Mattia move on their own axes, alone with their personal tragedies. As a child Alice's overbearing father drove her first to a terrible skiing accident, and then to anorexia. When she meets Mattia she recognises a kindred spirit, and Mattia reveals to Alice his terrible secret.

Tells the story of Aminata, a young girl abducted from her village in Mali aged 11 in 1755, and who, after a deathly journey on a slave ship where she witnesses the brutal repression of a slave revolt, is sold to a plantation owner in South Carolina, who rapes her. This work manages to use her story to bring the harrowing chapter in our history.

After several lifetimes of living anonymously in the outback, Wildred Lampe is finally marked out for greatness in his hundredth year by the Sydney Olympic Committee who need an Australian everyman for their opening ceremony. On the verge of becoming a legend, Wilfred is in his paddock when a freak accident looks likely to rob him of his chance.

Presents over two hundred almost-true news stories from Britain's one of the leading satirical site, including charity launches, guide dogs for the late, and teenagers on work experience banned from air traffic control.

It is 1947, the worst winter in England since records began. For the women living in the little fishing port of Bexham, the chronic lack of everything from fuel to food has left them reeling. But when American Waldo Astley arrives, his effect on the residents is as warming as electricity.

Shows us how England's peculiar class system was established by some snobby French nobles, and explores the complex socio-economic reasons why Britain's kings were the first in Europe to be brought to heel. This book takes us on an informative journey through Britain's bizarre history.