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Hell to Pay: The Unfolding Story of Hillary Rodham


Barbara Olson - 1999
    In Accomplice , Olson separates fact from fiction and shows us Hilllary's often disturbing complicity in her husband's affairs.

Vanilla Sky


Cameron Crowe - 2002
    Penelope Cruz, Kurt Russell, Jason Lee, Noah Taylor, and Cameron Diaz also star in this haunting investigation of beauty, love, and betrayal, which is bound to become one of the most talked about films of 2001.

Kate Atkinson's Behind the Scenes at the Museum: A Reader's Guide


Emma Parker - 2002
    It features a biography of the author, a full-length analysis of the novel, and a great deal more. If you're studying this novel, reading it for your book club, or if you simply want to know more about it, you'll find this guide informative and helpful. Part of a new series of guides to contemporary novels. The aim of the series is to give readers accessible and informative introductions to some of the most popular, most acclaimed and most influential novels of recent years - from ‘The Remains of the Day' to ‘White Teeth'. A team of contemporary fiction scholars from both sides of the Atlantic has been assembled to provide a thorough and readable analysis of each of the novels in question.

Breaking Out: The unbelievable, inspirational true story of a former Class A drug dealer who became a probation worker


Janice Nix - 2021
    We’re going to make you a new life.’ From petty shoplifter to gangland empress.From frightened runaway to proud mother.From drug dealer to probation worker.Janice Nix lived a life of crime. Groomed to work as a shoplifter in London’s West End, she entered a glamorous underworld of beautiful possessions – and drugs. As she rose to the top of her criminal empire, Janice achieved the money and status her family had never had. But one day, it had to come tumbling down.Several prison stretches later, Janice was reformed – and inspired to join the probation service. Using everything she learned in her years on the streets, she’s devoted her life to ensure girls like her don’t make the same mistakes.This is her story.

Dangerous


Leo Sullivan - 2007
    Even after her man, Jack Lemon, is cased up, Gina does what she has to do, holding it down for herself and her man. When Jack wins his appeal, vengeance is no longer just for the Lord. A vindictive cycle of mayhem and murder catapults Jack and Gina to the forefront of DieHard Records, a multi-million dollar empire. But when the headless body of industry rival Damon Dice is discovered, Top Cop Anthony Brown finds himself pursuing both the truth behind the crime and one of the suspects as he and Gina flirt in a deadly game of cat and mouse. The twists continue as Gina meets Georgia Mae, a.k.a. Game, a crazy-sexy-cool white chick and exotic dancer with a bodacious body and a fetish for chocolate men. If Gina and her girl Monique only knew what lengths Game would go to get a man... With time running out and the feds closing in, Jack and Gina have one last dangerous trick up their sleeves. Will it work?

Middle School Crushes


Melanie Marks - 2011
    Four girls. Four dramas. Nicole finds out she’s part of a bet, involving the guy she craves; Krista discovers—to her horror—she’s suddenly drawn to her guy-friend; Cammy made a terrible mistake that makes her look like a dork; and Jasmine has to go to The Party. Has to. ‘Cause the guy she wants will be there. And if she doesn’t get him, she’ll … explode. Or die. Or something. All four girls have one thing in common—crushes on boys.Stories: The Bet; My Story; The Christmas Card; and The Party

A Brighter Dawn


Rosie Harris - 2011
    Keep well away from that Hadyn Jenkins.' In spite of her father's words of warning, Sharon Pritchard decides to give up everything to follow her heart. However, her new life with Hadyn is anything but easy. Although he is handsome and charming, he is feckless and unreliable. And they soon find themselves sinking ever faster into poverty. The birth of their son should be a joyous occasion, but Sharon fears for him amongst the filth and despair of Tiger Bay. And when Hadyn's errant ways catch up with him, Sharon is faced with a devastating truth. Can her love for Hadyn survive and will she be able to provide a better future for herself and her son...? From the Paperback edition.

Down on One Knead


Cressida McLaughlin - 2021
    Wedding planner Ellie Moon, is determined to give them a day to remember. After a tough year, she’s had to move out of her cosy cottage and in with her sister, while she rents her home out to a new tenant, the handsome mechanic Jago, who keeps popping up around the picture-postcard seaside village of Porthgolow.

Hawks on Hawks


Joseph McBride - 1982
    The distinguished director, Howard Hawks, discusses his techniques of filmmaking, analyzes the artistry of his movies, and portrays his experiences working in Hollywood.

Her Highland Captain: A Scottish Medieval Historical Romance (Beasts Of The Highlands Book 9)


Alisa Adams - 2020
    

Consular Times (The Primogenitor Saga Book 3)


Robert M. Kerns - 2021
    

The Adventures of a Pumpkin and a Running Back Boy (I Sold Myself to the Devil for Vinyls...Pitiful I Know #2.5)


Kay Darali (DarknessAndLight) - 2016
    Because their love story is too interesting to ever have a end.Follow Blake and Lexi through the years!

Faces of Fear


John Saul - 2008
    She is happier hanging with her friends and playing sports than admiring herself in a mirror. But when her mother, Risa, marries the premier plastic surgeon Conrad Dunn, he moves them from Santa Monica to his enormous home in exclusive Bel Air.Everywhere Allison and her mother look beautiful people have benefited from Conrad's skillful knife. With her new friends' encouragement, Allison and her mother reluctantly agree to her sweet sixteen-gift from Conrad: breast implants.Risa begins to realize Conrad's obsession with his deceased wife. She discovers not only his fixation with the beautiful dead Margot, but other dark, murky secrets begin to surface, as well, pointing to a more sinister agenda. What else does he have in mind for her daughter? Is it too late to save Allison from the scalpel of her ever so charming husband?

Grow Up


Ben Brooks - 2011
    Expensive things in shops. Jelly that is not ready to eat yet. Cigarette lighters. Necks. Dead Things. Dogs. Piercings. Toddlers' cheeks. Each other's knees. People also like to touch death.Jasper wants to get on in the world, but he's got a lot on his plate: A-levels, his mother pushing him to overachieve, weekly visits to his psychologist, comedowns, YouTube suicides and pregnant one-night-stands. Then there's his stepdad - the murderer.Hilarious and heartbreaking by turns, Grow Up is the ultimate twenty-first-century coming-of-age novel. It paints a vivid portrait of the pills and thrills and bellyaches of growing up today. Funny, smart and twisted, it is the story of one young man transformed.

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe: The Movie Storybook


Kate Egan - 2005
    Once in Narnia, the real adventure begins as Peter, Susan and Lucy race to save their brother Edmund from the White Witch, the evil Queen. With help from the kind creatures of Narnia, the Pevensies seek out Aslan, the mysterious Great Lion, who is their only hope in the struggle against the White Witch.With this photo-packed retelling of the movie, you too can travel through the wardrobe and visit the magical land of Narnia.