Francesca: 997 books

Nuove droghe sintetiche ci permetteranno di plasmare il continuum? Un fertile astronauta obeso vincerà il puritanesimo del trentesimo secolo? Alieni carnivori e affaristi ci useranno come riserva alimentare? Una suadente pilotessa riuscirà a salvare milioni di umani ibernati? Il nuovo Cristianesimo...

Nove racconti per un sorriso, un pianto, un bimbo e un gatto. Nove storie raccontate da altrettante scrittrici di fama internazionale: intrighi, misteri, mondi di fantasia nati dalla capacità di amare. In ogni racconto compare un gatto, o un bambino affetto dalla sindrome “Cri du Chat”, grido...

Il terzo volume della serie, divisa in sei tomi e intitolata La borsa delle cianfrusaglie di zia Jo, contiene dieci racconti brevi: Cupido e Bon-Bon, Mirtillo, L’ospedale di Nelly, La squadra della nonna, I grembiuli magici, Il piano della mamma, La scelta di Kate, Le creature di muschio, Gli amici...

Are women naturally better caregivers than men? Can paid care in an institutuion be good care? Can voluntary community care replace government welfare? Is the caring family disappearing? What role should government play in supporting or regulating families? Is day care for children as good as home...

Un esploratore rettiliano ritroverà la memoria perduta? Una prostituta post umana sfuggirà ai mutanti reietti? Due avventurosi partigiani riusciranno a fermare il dominio delle macchine a vapore? Un'anziana signora può fronteggiare orde di formiche intelligenti? I corsari del domani contrabbanderanno...

Eighteen-year-old Sarah Kowalski falls in love with gorgeous Diogo, while on vacation in Portugal. But their steamy romance is short-lived. Found in bed by her grandmother, she is sent back to the States straight away. Seven years later, Sarah returns to Portugal, and she’s not thrilled to...

Joe Bradley was the love—and heartbreak—of her life. But that was all in the past. Now he's back claiming a place in her heart that he no longer deserves. Eight years later, Melissa has moved on and made a life for herself. Then Joe re-enters her life, claiming a place in her heart that...

When Marianne and Steve inherit Moorhead House, which stands on the brooding Yorkshire moors, it seems the perfect place for her to write her modern version of Wuthering Heights. But the house has a dark secret. In 1826 it was owned by Sir Edward Sharpe, who dominated the household with his...

Samantha and Stephen Parker meet because of a wrong mail delivery. She falls instantly in lust with him, but will her desire make her forget her self-imposed rule to never date a neighbour again? Magazine editor Samantha Parker meets her new neighbour Stephen Parker over a wrong mail delivery....

Celebrate a truly horrid Christmas with Horrid Henry and this festive storybook bind-up. Packed with six favourite Horrid Henry stories, plus bonus content to make sure Christmas is stuffed full of cheeky festive fun. This is the perfect stocking filler for Horrid Henry fans everywhere! Stories...

Early Readers are stepping stones from picture books to reading books. A blue Early Reader is perfect for sharing and reading together. A red Early Reader is the next step on your reading journey. Prince the poodle is away, leaving his secret garden free for the rest of the Buffin Street Gang to explore. After all, he'll never even know they've been there . . . will he?

All Lorna has ever wanted is a husband and four children. And now she has just that - except they are someone else's husband and someone else's children. But Robert Danson and his kids are practically hers. After all, Robert's wife had walked out on the family ten years earlier, and, having fallen...

Her face launched a thousand ships, she caused one of the most famous battles of all time, but Helen of Troy was also a woman in love. Her story is one of loss, betrayal, fear, hope, but most importantly, of how she gave up everything she had for the man she loved. She has always been a legend, but never a real woman, until now...

Kate Harris is a high-flying executive who wants nothing more than to be liked. She never criticises, never delegates and feels guilty about asking her secretary to type letters. But when as she prepares to leave for a new job, and her workmates present her with a doormat as a parting gift, Kate decides...