Lesley: 835 books

A Good Death is based on a survey in East London and provides a wide range of fascinating and helpful insights into all aspects of experiencing death and surviving grief. The voices in the book are those of people who have managed to cope despite being under the shadow of impending death. Their experience...

Als Amy von ihrer Freundin Julia und deren kleiner Tochter um Hilfe gebeten wird, packt sie umgehend ihre Koffer und reist nach Somerset. Doch in dem düsteren Haus am See ist nichts so, wie es sein soll. Julia ist schwermütig, und die kleine Viviane hat kaum Spielgefährten. Bald beginnt das kleine...

London, 1935: Durch einen Zufall lernen sich die beiden Mädchen Verity und Ruby kennen. Verity stammt aus gutem Hause, Ruby aus ärmlichen Verhältnissen, doch gerade wegen ihrer Unterschiede sind die beiden von der jeweils anderen sehr beeindruckt und freunden sich miteinander an. Trotz aller Widerstände...

England, 1960: Die Zwillinge Maisy und Duncan wachsen in dem Herrenhaus "Nightingales" in der Nähe eines großen Waldgebietes auf. Dort lernt Duncan Grace Deville kennen, die wie eine Ausgestoßene auf einer Lichtung lebt. Eines Tages verschwindet er auf dem Weg von Grace zurück nach Hause spurlos....

Annie sollte glücklich sein: Zusammen mit ihrem Mann William, einem einflussreichen Polizeioffizier, und ihrer Tochter Elizabeth lebt sie ein beschauliches Leben. Aber dennoch – etwas fehlt. Als ihre Jugendliebe Tom aus dem Gefängnis entlassen wird und den Kontakt zu ihr sucht, weiß sie auch,...

Research findings repeatedly show that music is one of the subjects which teachers feel least confident to tackle. There are many reasons for this, not least being the lack of appropriate guidance and training. This book is designed to help overcome these problems by providing class teachers with...

 The Dream Champion is story about a young boy named Max G who has horrifying nightmares. He has had these nightmares since his accident, where he was struck down by a car. Every night in his dreams, he finds he is battling a different scary creature, but has learned how to battle them over the...

Meet Fizz - the daring dog detective! Fizz wants to be a police dog. He's brave, clever and super-fast, but Fizz doesn't look like a police dog. His family are show dogs and companion dogs, not working dogs. Fizz longs for adventure, and he's determined to try out at the Sunnyvale City Police...

Meet Fizz - the daring dog detective! Fizz has solved his first real case as an undercover police dog, but his next assignment is about to get personal. Two handbag dogs have been kidnapped at red-carpet events in Sunnyvale City, and now there's another victim: Fizz's sister Crystal! Sergeant...

Lady Isobella Rothbury believes herself to be on the shelf at 21 having suffered the humiliation of being cast aside in her coming out season. Now needing to help her cousin she seeks assistance from the Duke of Carlisle. Richard Duke of Carlisle was intending to take a new mistress but is...

Corey Saunders had grown up with everything he wanted, except one thing, his mom. The revelation of the lies and deception which had destroyed his family had turned his world upside down. But they were now in the past, an unpleasant, but not forgotten memory. His mom was back in his life and she and...

Set in Banff in the heart of the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Come and meet the Saunders family. With prestige and money they had everything. But secrets lie within the family, secrets that will change the family forever. Follow Sarah and Jeff's journey in Book 1. Saunders: Lies and Deception. Sarah...

It’s 1647: a time of bitter civil wars in England. Wayland, the village blacksmith, returns from army service to find his wife, Rebecca, murdered and his son traumatised and struck dumb. Wayland’s overpowering desire for revenge is thwarted by the collapse of laws and a dearth of clues to her...

Money speaks in everyday life and in literature of our greed and our generosity, our pride and our humiliation and as it passes among us it shows our creativity and our ability to co-operate even while it can also lead us to fight to the death. This book is for psychological therapists and for the...