If your kids are like I was growing up and enjoy a good horror, this is the one for them. The third book in horror master Darren Shan’s Demonata series, Slawter works just as well as a stand alone story so don’t be put off if you haven’t read the earlier book. As Grubbs and […]
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The way we see ourselves is evolving just as quickly as the way we work and this book looks at the change and offers information and tips so people can be more “fully alive” at work. Well, that’s that theory. Apparently, success can be limitless. If you’re detecting a hint of cynicism there, you’d be
Ian Rankin has produced another intriguing and compelling Inspector Rebus murder mystery in this book. The inspector is tying up loose ends as he nears retirement but a dead Russian poet changes his plans. On the surface, the Russian’s death appears to be a mugging gone wrong but a little digging on the part of
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It’s interesting that a man who caused immeasurable stress for a bunch of bankers is now the author of a book on how to cope with stress — I’d have thought rogue banker Nick Leeson was more of a carrier than a sufferer. However, Leeson continues his story from where Rogue Trader left off. He
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If you’re thinking of buying or selling a house, this book would be a good investment. Finance writer Martin Hawes has written this to be a direct tie-in with the television series of the same name. He says we’re losing about $1 billion a year on the sale of our homes. Ouch. He also says
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When Myron Bolitar promises his best friend’s teenage daughter that he is the one person she can call any time, any place to ask for help, he never imagines it will be a promise he regrets keeping. After a phone call from Aimee during the early hours of the morning, Myron collects her from a cold street
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We all know the story of Lesley Martin, the voluntary euthanasia campaigner who became a household name when she was jailed for the attempted murder of her terminally ill mother. Martin has already written one book, To Die Like a Dog, and this one picks up where it left off. It was that first book that
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Following the progress of a group of hard-case Kiwis riding across America, Work Can Wait is a travelogue, a diary and a whole lot of fun. The book has been put together by Dennis Deavoll, using e-mails that Wayne Perkins had sent back to family and friends in New Zealand as he made his way from
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Rose and Johnny are a pretty average, every day couple enjoying life and all it has to offer. However, all that changes when Johnny suddenly decides it’s time for more commitment, something more real and substantial in their lives. Rose agrees to starting a family but, as is a common theme these days with couples starting families
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Falling into the self-help category, this book claims to reveal the secret that has been passed down through the ages, a secret that has been understood by the likes of Plato, Galileo, Beethoven, Einstein and other scientists, theologians and great thinkers. The idea is that you release the hidden, untapped power within you. Whether you
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