Rachel's Holiday Here's Rachel Walsh twenty-seven and the miserable owner of size 8 feet. She has regular congress with Luke Costello a man who wears his leather trousers tight. And she's fond -- some might say too fond of recreational drugs. Until everything goes pear-shaped and she finds herself being frog-marched to the Cloisters -- Dublin's answer to the Betty Ford Clinic. She's outraged. Surely she's not thin enough to be an addict? But on the bright side she's heard that rehab places are wall-to-wall jacuzzis gymnasiums and rock stars going tepid turkey. Besides it's about time she had a little holiday. Rachel isn't expecting plump middle-aged men in brown jumpers and more group therapy than you can shake a stick at. Worse still she seems to be expected to join in with it. Who cares for introspection when the view is damaged and broken? Heartsick and Luke-sick she seeks redemption in the shape of Chris a Man with a Past. A man who might be more trouble than he's worth. Rachel is airlifted from addiction to the unfamiliar terrain of adulthood via a love story or two in a novel by turns poignant powerful and seriously funny. ... Last Kingdom HarperCollins are delighted to announce that this bestselling favourite author following the triumphant conclusion to the Grail Quest series with the publication of Heretic has embarked on a new medieval series. The Last Kingdom is set in the England of the ninth and tenth centuries. These were the years when the Danish Vikings had invaded and occupied three of England's four kingdoms and when King Alfred his son and grandson fought back and won the freedom of the country again. The story is seen through the eyes of Uhtred a dispossessed English nobleman. Captured as a child and raised by the Danes he now finds his allegiances divided. But the one thing he knows is that he wants to recover his father's land the fort by the wild northern sea that we now know as Bamburgh. Bernard Cornwell is a master of historical fiction and this new series looking with a fresh light at Alfred the Great his kingdom and his legacy will be as outstanding and as popular as the Grail Quest and the Warlord Chronicles. ... Sleepyhead He doesn't want you alive. He doesn't want you dead. He wants you somewhere in between. DI Thorne is after a murderer who didn't mean to murder; someone who wants to put people into a state where they can't move can't talk can't do anything but think. Someone who won't be caught by normal means. ... Letts Explore for GCSE: 'To Kill a Mockingbird' The book offers a brief plot synopsis a double-page graphic overview and insight into the text a short introduction to major characters and themes a who's who in the text - introducing a cameo icon for each major character. It explains major and minor themes in the texts - introducing thematic icons gives a detailed commentary on the text linked closely to the text for ease of reference and features icons to enable flexible following of themes and characters. There is also a self-test quiz for each section focusing on skills that will be required for coursework and exams and a checklist of important quotes. Guidance on structure and content of exam essays is given with examples of questions. ... Bitter with Baggage Seeks Same The Life and Times of Some Chickens 'An eerie silence quickly enveloped the Cohen family wagon. That last turn had been a grave mistake. They were no longer en route to California but heading south deep into the heart of Kentucky'. With more personality than most people have to spare new York artist Sloane Tanen's tiny yellow chickens negotiate the tricky modern world filled with three-headed blind dates menacing KFCs playground popularity battles and annoyingly crowded yoga classes. They perch amid doll furniture in scenes photographed in glorious colour and brilliantly captioned - their lives will strike you as strangely familiar... Charming spiky with off-kilter wit (or waxing jobs gone terribly wrong) and somehow larger than life these chickens win the hearts of all who behold them. ... Orphans 3: Brooke The 'Orphans' series consists of four novellas and a full-length novel which brings all four threads of the story together. This one features Brooke whose adoptive parents welcome her to their huge gleaming house. Unfortunately their values do not include the school softball team. ... Books at Smiths Smiths Bookstore Textbooks Com - Legal Stationers in London - WHSmith Book Awards - Legal Stationers in London - www WHSmith - WHSmith Net - WH Smith Paris - WHSmith News - WH Smith Wines - www Whsmith - Textbooks Sales - WH Smith ISP - British Bookshops - WH Smith Stationers - Used Textbooks - Legal Stationers London - WH Smith Paris - WH Smith Uk - WHSmith Dvd Rental - Law Stationers - Stationers UK - WHSmith Direct - www.WHSmith.co.UK - WHSmith Co Uk - WHS UK -