Paperback. Pub Date :2008-07-21 Pages: 327 Language: English Publisher: HarperCollins UK A darkly comic novel about the fall and rise of a TV presenter.Written by an insider. it's a page-turning account of life on the sofa and in front of the cameras.When Katie Fisher. morning TV presenter. returns from holiday its to discover that shes literally yesterdays news.Publicly sacked from her job as anchor of Hello Britain! and replaced by a pert young thing. she does what any self-respecting thirty something would in these circumstances - she makes a dash for her parents and hits the bottle.But Katie. sooner or later. has to face the world. the photographers. and the backstage intrigue of morning television: the cut-throat . lecherous producers. the ambitious but vacant Keera. and Mike. her co-host. a trustworthy friend or just another one of the many back-stabbers Humour is Kati...

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Literature & Fiction

Smith, Penny

Humor & Satire

Harper-perennial

The riotously funny new novel from Penny Smith. Miranda Blake is divorced. At 45, things are starting to head south. She's toying with the idea of Botox. Toying with the idea of facial surgery. And toying with getting a job or possibly a toy boy. The only block to all those things is her stiff, uppity daughter, 23-year-old Lucy. Pompous, is what Miranda calls her. (Sane, is how Lucy sees it.) Her friends are trying to set her up with a collection of bankers and company directors! Similar types to her ex-husband, Nigel (Nigel -- just saying his name makes her wince) and every new date ends in disaster. So, one summer's day, Miranda decides to go and help clean out a local canal. She falls for Alex, a dreadlocked eco-warrior. But Lucy does not approve, and sets about sabotaging the relationship. She succeeds! Miranda, heartbroken, goes on holiday to Spain. But there, things only go from bad to worse -- she falls in with a bad crowd, and is soon way out of her depth. What is it they know about Alex and his family? How is the wealthy recluse, and island owner, David Miller involved in their dodgy business activities? Aboard a glamorous yacht, hosting an award ceremony with former breakfast TV star Katie Fisher, Miranda might be in more trouble than she ever could have imagined. Will Alex get there in time to save her?

Summer Holiday

Fourth Estate (GB)

Releasing a 3-D life-size pop-up body when opened, this book enables children to discover what a person is like under the skin. Including explanations of basic body systems, this book also has pop-up parts and pull-out flaps to explore further inside the body. Each section is packed with facts, information, and experiments that explain the functions and workings of the body.

The Amazing Pull-out, Pop-up Body in a Book

Bingham, Caroline

DK Publishing

Contemporary

Isis Large Print

Perfect for the child who is ready to move beyond an introductory dictionary, The Kingfisher Illustrated Junior Dictionary provides the necessary pedagogical support for the upper elementary and middle-school child. Comprehensive and authoritative, it defines over 4,000 words with clear, age-appropriate entries. Plenty of sample sentences offer further clarification, as do the easy-to-use pronunciation guides for difficult words. More than 600 bright photographs and illustrations contribute extra vocabulary information and make this dictionary a visual treasure trove. Illustrations expand and compliment textual information. Full-color, high-interest topic boxes provide an in-depth look at selected subjects and related vocabulary. Color-coded guide words and alphabet strings make words easy to look up.. Vocabulary panels discuss word-usage. Definitions clearly identify parts of speech, different word forms, and alternate spellings. Includes information about homonyms and antonyms and key language topics.

The Kingfisher Illustrated Junior Dictionary

Children's Books

Tuck, Alene

Kingfisher

A Level 1 DK Reader that accurately portrays a trip to the dentist, perfect for young children who are just learning to read.
Sarah, Josh, and Rabbit are off to the dentist. Join them as they discover how to keep their teeth clean and bright in DK Readers: A Trip to The Dentist (Level 1: Beginning to Read).
Perfect for 3–5 year olds learning to read, Level 1 titles contain short, simple sentences with an emphasis on frequently used words. Stunning photographic images with labels provide visual clues to introduce and reinforce vocabulary.
About the series: Stunning photographs combine with lively illustrations and engaging, age-appropriate stories in DK Readers, a multilevel reading program guaranteed to capture children's interest while developing their reading skills and general knowledge.

DK Readers L1: A Trip to the Dentist (DK Readers Level 1)

DK Children

A Trip to the Dentist (DK Readers, beginning to read, Level 1)

DK Pub.

From the Arctic to the desert, from the ocean to the mountains—the animals in this book have clever ways of keeping themselves safe and tucked away. Follow the story and see how many hidden animals you can find! Animal and nature lovers will have a blast. Stunning photographs combine with lively illustrations and engaging, age-appropriate stories in DK Readers, a multilevel reading program guaranteed to capture children's interest while developing their reading skills and general knowledge. With DK Readers, children will learn to read—then read to learn!

DK Readers L1: Animal Hide and Seek (DK Readers Level 1)

Animals

Describes the ways animals keep themselves safe and hidden.

Animal Hide And Seek (DK Readers. Level 1)

Most historical and theoretical work on school administration choice has focused on the importance of race and class, with increased attention to gender during the past two decades. Rarely has geography been a consideration and, when it appears at all, it is used only to distinguish the unique conditions of urban school settings. The Social Construction of Educational Leadership: Southern Appalachian Ceilings addresses decisions about who is chosen to lead public schools, and how they do it. Using their research on senior-level public school leaders in the southern mountains of North Carolina as a representative case study, the authors construct an argument for a reconsideration of the role of place – both in decisions about who becomes a school leader, and in how those leaders behave professionally. The authors describe the changes in a leadership system grounded in race, class, geographic, and gender preferences that dating back to colonial systems of deference, describing the pattern of those changes, and exploring their implications for school leadership, and the preparation of prospective leaders in the region and elsewhere.

The Social Construction of Educational Leadership: Southern Appalachian Ceilings (Counterpoints)

Business & Money

McFadden, Anna Hicks

Biography & History

Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers

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Summer Holiday

The Amazing Pull-out, Pop-up Body in a Book

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The Kingfisher Illustrated Junior Dictionary

DK Readers L1: A Trip to the Dentist (DK Readers Level 1)

A Trip to the Dentist (DK Readers, beginning to read, Level 1)

DK Readers L1: Animal Hide and Seek (DK Readers Level 1)

Animal Hide And Seek (DK Readers. Level 1)

The Social Construction of Educational Leadership: Southern Appalachian Ceilings (Counterpoints)