Have you ever felt invisible? Bernie Moon has given her life to other people: her husband, her son, her friends (who are these days, mostly online). At nineteen she was full of dreams and ambitions; now almost fifty, and going through the menopause, she\"s fading, fast. Heartbroken and hormonal, she often feels like she\"s losing her mind....

Scotland, 1863. In an attempt to escape her past, Bessy Buckley takes a job working as a maid in a big country house. But when Arabella, her beautiful mistress, asks her to undertake a series of bizarre tasks, Bessy begins to realise that she hasn’t quite landed on her feet....

When you can find me an acre of land, Every sage grows merry in time, Between the ocean and the sand Then will you be united again....

An earthly nourris sits and sings And aye she sings, \\\"Ba lilly wean, Little ken I my bairn\"s father, Far less the land that he staps in. (Child Ballad, no. 113) So begins a stunning tale of love, loss and revenge, against a powerful backdrop of adventure on the high seas, and drama on the land....

I am as brown as brown can be, And my eyes as black as sloe; I am as brisk as brisk can be, And wild as forest doe. (The Child Ballads, 295) So begins a beautiful tale of love, loss and revenge....

How do you solve a mystery when you can’t understand the clues?’A rich tapestry… distinctive and compelling’ Observer’A stunning whodunnit’ Mail on Sunday‘A beautiful, original novel, at once funny and tragic and brave’ Sarah PinboroughThere are three things you need to know about Jasper.1. He sees the world completely differently. 2....

Get ready for thrills, intrigues, mystery and piracy all set in Tudor England and featuring a young man named Will Shakespeare…“I’d give anything for a good horse right now…” says young Will Shakespeare.When Will gets mixed up in poaching, his father sends him away from Stratford in a band of travelling actors....

Adventure thriller set in Renaissance Italy starring Leonardo da Vinci as a young apprentice who witnesses a murder and becomes involved in a plot to take over the city.LEONARDO AND THE DEATH MACHINE is first and foremost a thriller, set against the background of Renaissance Italy. However, the Leonardo of the title is in fact Leonardo da Vinci....

A practical introduction to participatory program evaluation Evaluating Public and Community Health Programs provides a comprehensive introduction to the theory and practice of evaluation, with a participatory model that brings stakeholders together for the good of the program....

It\"s been five hundred years since the end of the world and society has rebuilt itself anew. The old Norse gods are no longer revered. Their tales have been banned. Magic is outlawed, and a new religion - the Order - has taken its place....

Now I\"m in charge, the gates are my gates. The rules are my rules. It\"s an incendiary moment for St Oswald\"s school. For the first time in its history, a headmistress is in power, the gates opening to girls. Rebecca Buckfast has spilled blood to reach this position. Barely forty, she is just starting to reap the harvest of her ambition....

They joined for their country. They fought for each other. When war breaks out in 1914, Mark Fenner and his Sheffield friends immediately flock to Kitchener\"s call....

Leeza\"s parents are ordinary. Unfit, grumpy, a bit embarrassing. Totally normal, right? Until today. Today they are jogging. Eating salads and enjoying them. Smiling all the time. They\"re happy. Really, really happy. Who could complain about that? Leeza, that\"s who. Because it looks like someone\"s brainwashing everyone in town....

A behind-the-scenes, in-depth look at the making of one of the greatest sonic masterpieces and most commercially successful albums of all time. Over three decades after its release, Pink Floyd\"s \"The Dark Side of the Moon\" remains one of the most acclaimed albums of all time. Its sales total around 30 million copies worldwide....

After thirty years at St Oswald\"s Grammar in North Yorkshire, Latin master Roy Straitley has seen all kinds of boys come and go - the clowns, the rebels, the underdogs, and those he calls his Brodie boys. But every so often there\"s a boy who doesn\"t fit the mould. A troublemaker. A boy capable of twisting everything around him....