Mei: 10 books

When Communist Party leaders adopted the one-child policy in 1980, they hoped curbing birth-rates would help lift China’s poorest and increase the country’s global stature. But at what cost? Now, as China closes the book on the policy after more than three decades, it faces a population grown...

School is out and Jimmy is finally free. In book two of the three-part All Saints series, we find our young hero flipping burgers in a grease joint. But for all the cow guts and blow flies, life has never been sweeter. He’s in a band, meeting girls and generally doing everything he can to abuse...

Sempre la solita storia: nuova città, nuovo lavoro, nuova vita. Metti tutto in valigia, ti trasferisci e resti ad aspettare che accada qualcosa e che ricominci tutto daccapo. Stavolta è il turno di Edimburgo, dove Jennifer è arrivata da meno di due mesi e fatica ad ambientarsi. In cerca di una...

This is a collection of 29 true stories compiled from caring families who experienced grief and despair when their loved ones suffered the tragedy of chronic disability and how they travelled their individual courageous journeys to cope with the challenge. It is a book for both professional and carers with advice on how to deal with stress and stay healthy.

Everyone has a gift, something unique that makes them special. I spent my life searching for mine only to discover without luck, you’re on a hiding to nothing. I joined a firm of Stockbrokers on Friday then Black Monday hit and wiped me out. I formed a band and landed the first digital recording...

Life is short. Jimmy’s life may prove shorter. His gang mates have grown up and shipped out, and the nine to five is grinding Jimmy into a person he no longer recognizes. There has to be more to existence than waking up every Saturday with a half-eaten kebab and empty wallet. The wide blue skies...

The first of the three-part All Saints series introduces Jimmy, a kid with a whole lot of problems. Adulthood glitters on a distant horizon, beyond the bored gazes of distracted parents and teachers, and the blood, dust and taunts of the playground. But perhaps freedom isn’t out of reach, after...

Bundle Includes The All Saints Part I & II and Cherry Smack (Part III) The All Saints (Part I) The first of the three-part All Saints series introduces Jimmy, a kid with a whole lot of problems. Adulthood glitters on a distant horizon, beyond the bored gazes of distracted parents and teachers,...

The needle in Karl’s arm is a ticket to peace, denial, oblivion. Anywhere but here, basically. And for the most part, being a junkie is pretty great. His body might be a mess and his love life woeful, but getting high offers him something no amount of psychotherapy ever did: Freedom. That is until...

David Morrells Creepers was a publishing event in 2005, a powerful, edgy, dark thriller by a master of the genre. A New York Times best-seller, it won the prestigious Bram Stoker Award and earned numerous critical raves.Scavenger takes us in a harrowing new direction: a desperate high-tech scavenger...