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Ian Greening loves his job. He messes around with his mates all day and flirts with the girls from admin. Then Ian's girlfriend, Emma, gets a new job in his office and his great lifestyle is suddenly at risk. Ian wants Emma out, but can he do it without losing her or will it all end in tears?

For Anthony & Carole, a week in a lovely Greek hotel has helped them mend the cracks in their marriage. For widowed Jessica, it's the longest she's ever gone without visiting her husband's grave. However when the flight doesn't go according to plan, they are each forced to face up to the very thi...

Victor Smiley and his wife Joan have been married for nearly 20 years, but each barely recognises the person they wake up with every morning. Victor realises that the only way he can achieve his dream of setting up home with his favourite prostitute Kamila is to get Joan out of the picture. But V...

More than 400 years ago, seven people - five of them women - were beheaded in the Tower of London. Three had been queens of England. The others were found guilty of treason. Why were such important people put to death? Alison Weir's gripping book tells their stories.

Inspired by the Beatles hit 'Eleanor Rigby', this story shows the ups and downs of everyday life. It is part of the 'Quick Reads' series - short, fast-paced books written for emergent readers, or for those who prefer a quick read.

Gravy worked in the graveyard - hence the name. He was having a normal day until his friend Benjy turned up in a car Gravy didn't recognise. Benjy had a bullet hole in his chest, but lived just long enough to ask Gravy to hide him and look after his gun.

This third edition retains the key features of clarity and accessibility of the previous editions, adding to it new and redesigned units and new and modified exercises.

Theseus is determined to slay the monster that lives at the heart of the labyrinth, but even if he succeeds, will he make it back home to Athens in one piece?

Every time the lights go out, someone dies. The TARDIS lands at an academy for top athletes, all hoping to be chosen for the forthcoming Globe Games. But is one of them driven enough to resort to murder? The Doctor discovers that the students have been hushing up unexplained deaths.