Jenny: 1832 books

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Have you just been in a divorce and feel like it is the end of the world for you? Do you feel like there is nothing left for you to live for? Are you clueless on how to recover from the pain and the sadness that you are going through? Then you have come to the right place. Purchase this book to be guided...

From Amy Reed, Ellen Hopkins, Amber Smith, Sandhya Menon, and more of your favorite YA authors comes an anthology of essays that explore the diverse experiences of injustice, empowerment, and growing up female in America. This collection of twenty-one essays from major YA authors—including...

We spend more time shopping than doing anything else, after sleep and work. So why is it not taken more seriously? The answer: we take shopping for granted. Indeed, culture can only ‘work’ by being taken for granted. This paradox – that what is most familiar, like shopping, is also the hardest...

Another addition to the Southern Women series, Alabama Women celebrates women’s histories in the Yellowhammer State by highlighting the lives and contributions of women and enriching our understanding of the past and present. Exploring such subjects as politics, arts, and civic organizations, this...

Journalist Jenny Valentish takes a gendered look at drugs and alcohol, using her own story to light the way. Mining the expertise of 35 leading researchers, clinicians and psychiatrists, she explores the early predictors of addictive behaviour, such as trauma, temperament and impulsivity. Drawing...

“A practical guide to maintaining a shade garden with a useful calendar of seasonal tasks, plant directory and inspiring design ideas.” —Gardens Illustrated   Shade is one of the most common garden concerns homeowner’s have, but with the right plant knowledge, you can learn to embrace shade...

'You know you're in for a treat when you open a Jenny Oliver book' Debbie Johnson Welcome to Cherry Pie Island – once you step on to the island, you’ll never want to leave! Socialite Emily Hunter-Brown has just bought the old manor house on Cherry Pie Island – and her friends think she’s gone...

This tender and amusing novel is set in New Zealand in the nineties, with the Springbok Tour still a recent memory, and as the country debates whether to adopt MMP. Letter-writing is about to give way to email, but elderly Grace will resist the trend. Through letters and stories, we learn of her friendships,...

SHORLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017 A funny and bold account of how women fought their way into the water, and of what they did once they got there These days, swimming may seem like the most egalitarian of pastimes, open to anyone with a swimsuit – but this...

Is there such a thing as a miracle? Have you ever seen a ‘sign’ that was too personal to be a coincidence? Do you believe in angels but wonder why some of your prayers go unanswered?In this book, much-loved angel author Jenny Smedley brings together a collection of her most moving and powerful...

Do you believe in angels, but wonder why yours never seems to hear you? Are you tired of watching others leading lives full of joy, while you have to struggle through each day? Do you long to win the lottery so that you can change your life, but always end up disappointed? If that describes you, then...

Jenny McPhee's critically acclaimed debut, The Center of Things, was hailed by O, The Oprah Magazine as "a smart novel of love, lust, and life's miraculous randomness." The New York Times Book Review called it "an engaging novel about big ideas." In her delightful new novel, No Ordinary Matter, McPhee...

Against the Wind takes the readers on a journey through a difficult and poverty-stricken childhood with an eccentric grandmother. It proves that we can overcome emotional pain stemming from childhood abuse, and with resolve and dedication, we can heal ourselves and emerge a whole person. It is a story of hope; hope found in the most unlikely of circumstances.