One summer a group of strangers - each with their own reason for wanting to step out of their busy life - meet at rented beachouse in sunny Nantucket. With many lost souls gathered under one roof, very soon there are tears and laughter, friendship and - for some - even love. Each one of them is hoping for a new beginning.

Holly Macintosh is sitting round her kitchen table with her oldest friends - friends she hasn't seen since school - now reunited by an unexpected tragedy and catching up on the past 20 years. On the surface, they are all successful and happy. But scratch a little deeper after that extra glass of wine and it's not quite so straightforward.

Vicky Townsley and Amber Winslow are not happy with their lives. Until one day, Amber decides to step into Vicky's shoes. This novel is the story of what really happens when two women decide to walk in one another's shoes for one month.

Do you know an Andrew - suave, goodlooking and head over heels in love ...with himself? Or a Simon - allergic to commitment and dangerously treacherous? Or an Adam - handsome, kind, humorous, but too nice to be sexy? This book lets you follow them all in their odyssey to find fulfilment and the right kind of love.

Ellie and Dan are living proof that opposites attract. He always follows instructions and she throws the manual away. He loves sports whereas Ellie's allergic to any form of exercise. Ellie doesn't have a mother. And Dan does - a mother who wants to take over EVERYTHING. At first Ellie is thrilled to have Linda as her adopted mother and to be a part of the close, loving Cooper family. But when ...

When Kit and Adam separated after almost fifteen years of marriage, Kit felt like she had lost her lover. But now, a year on from the divorce, Kit has found herself again. Then Tracy, Kit's yoga instructor, introduces her to Steve - the perfect gentleman - and, for the first time in years, Kit thinks she may have found the right one.

At twenty-seven, Libby thinks there's a lot to be said for a rich husband. So when Nick comes along - lovely, funny, handsome Nick, who has no money whatsoever, lives in a grotty bedsit and thinks the perfect night out consists of the pub and his mates - she decides he's only good for a fling.

Alice knows she should be happy. After all, she has a handsome husband, a beautiful apartment and membership to all the most exclusive clubs in London. So what if the rumours about her husband and anything in a skirt are becoming harder to ignore?

Jemima Jones is overweight. About seven stone overweight. Treated like a slave by her thin and bitchy flatmates, lorded over at the Kilburn Herald by the beautiful Geraldine, her only consolation is food. That and a passion for her charming, sexy colleague Ben. Her life needs to change and soon. But can Jemima reinvent herself?

Cath and Si are best friends. Total opposites, always together, and both unlucky in love. Cath is scatty, messy, and emotionally closed. Si is impossibly tidy, bitchy, and desperate for a man of his own. When Portia steps back into their lives, her reappearance sets off a chain of events that tests them to the limit.

Julia and Mark are stuck in a loveless relationship. Julia thinks a baby will help. Maeve is totally allergic to commitment. A one-night-stand results in an unwanted pregnancy. Samantha is besotted with her new-born baby. But how is her husband coping with his suddenly unavailable wife?

In this title, a young boy describes how he felt on each day of a very eventful week. Children should recognise the situations and his reactions to them. Activities and rhymes which accompany the story reinforce and extend language skills.

This publication is not for sale to libraries. Nan, a widow whose family has flown the nest, is an independent, free-spirited woman who couldn't care less what people think about her living alone in her beloved beach house. But, when she discovers that money is running out and she might lose her home, she knows it's time for a drastic change.

Covers the Foundation GCSE Mathematics course for years 11 and 12. This book provides the Learning Objectives and pre-requisite knowledge. It also contains worked examples and explanations as well as teaching and learning tips. It indicates non-calculator and calculator questions.

Offers insight into the 2005 British general election from the perspectives of those responsible for organizing, reporting, and understanding the campaign. This book contains definitive accounts of what happened from those intimately involved in preparing the party strategies as well as academic, media and polling experts.