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FOR REBECCA BLOOMWOOD, LIFE IS PEACHY. SHE HAS A JOB ON MORNING TV, HER BANK MANAGER IS ACTUALLY BEING NICE TO HER, AND WHEN IT COMES TO SPENDING MONEY, HER NEW MOTTO IS BUY ONLY WHAT YOU NEED - AND SHE S REALLY (SORT OF) STICKING TO IT. THE ICING ON THE BRIOCHE IS THAT SHE S BEEN OFFERED A CHANCE TO WORK IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK! THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART! THE GUGGENHEIM! THE METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE! AND BECKY DOES MEAN TO GO TO THEM ALL. HONESTLY. IT S JUST THAT IT SEEMS SILLY NOT TO CHECK OUT A…

The irresistible heroine of Confessions of a Shopaholic and Shopaholic Ties the Knot is back! And this time Becky Bloomwood and her credit cards are headed across the Atlantic.... With her shopping excesses (somewhat) in check and her career as a TV financial guru thriving, Becky's biggest problem seems to be tearing her entrepreneur boyfriend,

For once in Becky Bloomwood's life, things are going smoothly. She's got the dream job as a personal shopper (spending other people's money - and getting paid for it). She's got a fabulous Manhattan apartment with her boyfriend Luke. They've even opened a joint bank account (although they can't quite agree on whether a Miu Miu skirt counts as a household expense).

Sophie Kinsella returns to her beloved Shopaholic series with Becky Brandon (née Bloomwood) newly arrived in Hollywood and starry-eyed. She and her two-year-old daughter, Minnie, have relocated to L.A. to join Becky’s husband, Luke, who is there to handle PR for famous actress Sage Seymour.

Introduction and Notes by R.T. Jones, Honorary Fellow of the University of York Although the shortest of George Eliot's novels, Silas Marner is one of her most admired and loved works. It tells the sad story of the unjustly exiled Silas Marner - a handloom linen weaver of Raveloe in the agricultural heartland of England - and how he is restored to life by the unlikely means of the orphan child Eppie. Silas Marner is a tender and moving tale of sin and repentance set in a vanished rural world…

Set your sails east with this stunningly original new history of the world. Peter Frankopan explores the connections made by people, trade, disease, war, religion, adventure, science and technology in this extraordinary book about how the east married the west with a remarkable voyage at its heart – the journey along the Silk Roads.

Murder. Scandal. Politics. And one billionaire heiress so dangerous in so many ways. It’s the explosive new Lucas Davenport thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling author. All hell has broken loose in the capital. An influential state senator has been caught with something very, very nasty on his office computer. The governor can’t believe it—the senator’s way too smart for that, even if he is from the other party. Something’s not right.

As Tom and Elenna navigate the horrid Terrain of Gorgonia, they quickly realize that nothing is what it seems to be. Each step brings them to another dangerous encounter. But Tom won't give up. Not when Epos the Winged Flame is being held captive somewhere in the Dark Realm and Malvel has created a wicked winged Beast of his own. With the help of his friends

All of Daisy's friends in the alphabet club have had sleepovers for their birthdays. Daisy has a dilemma. She'd love to have a sleepover too, but then she'd have to let her friends meet her sister.

Amanda Quick's trademark is a bestselling combination of suspense, passion, and sparkling wit in historical tales alight with intrigue. Now she serves up the most tantalizing novel of her career as an enterprising woman allies herself with a mysterious spy, only to be caught up in a torrid brew of treachery-and temptation....