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2009-03-23
The 1000 Most-Asked Questions About Love: (Ask) by Jenny Hare
This compact book promises to answer the 1000 most-asked questions that can confound almost everyone in their intimate and day-to-day relationships with friends, lovers and partners. Jenny, using her experience as an agony aunt, addresses all those questions of love that have troubled her many readers over the years. Learn how to tell your partner that you aren't satisfied with your sex together; why your Mr. Right always turns into Mr. Wrong; why you never seem to find a potential Mr. Right, and why, when you do, you won't allow yourself to be loved. Turn your love life around, for the better, with 'Ask: Love'.
Scarred by Sophie Andrews
Growing up, Sophie carried a terrible secret. She was her father's slave, in the most horrific ways imaginable.At just a few months old she was adopted by a couple that seemed comfortably off and perfectly respectable to the outside world. But behind closed doors, Sophie's childhood was a living hell. Her father spent the next decade grooming her for abuse and when Sophie's mother left for good, that very night, he told Sophie that from now on she would sleep in his bed. Unable to cope, Sophie spiraled into suicidal misery. She began to self-harm to try and escape the agony. But one day she went too far and at 16, ended up in a psychiatric unit. It was here that she finally confronted the horrors of home and began the painful journey of rebuilding her life. A phenomenally courageous woman, Sophie now works for the Samaritans and helps other young people in need. Harrowing yet compelling, this is a searing and truly inspirational account of overcoming the worst abuse and self-harm.
Jordan: Pushed to the Limit by Katie Price
Katie Price has led a roller coaster life and the excitement, glamour and emotional twists and turns show no signs of slowing down. Although happily married to Peter Andre, the past few years have been troublesome for Katie. She has overcome a string of fiercely emotional challenges: she has battled post-natal depression, endured a traumatic miscarriage and continually fought fears for the safety and health of her children and husband.
Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama
The US is a nation of immigrants and migrants who re-invent themselves in their adopted home; and the children of immigrants who seek authenticity in forgotten ethnic traditions. Dreams from My Father, Barack Obama's autobiography written after graduation from Harvard Law School, goes searching for community and family, finds both, and find them to be different than he expected.
The son of a black African father and a white American mother, Obama was only two years old when his father walked out on the family. Many years later, Obama receives a phone call from Nairobi: his father is dead. This sudden news inspires an emotional odyssey for Obama, determined to learn the truth of his father's life.
