Aged 28, Eileen Riley had an enviably glamorous life; her globe-trotting career as a diplomat took her from the corridors of power at the White House to postings in Cameroon and Papua New Guinea, and finally, London - where she decided to jack it all in to become a professional dog-sitter. As you do. In fact her diplomatic skills were to prove invaluable in her new career. Secrets of a Pet Nanny is a fabulous and very funny collection of tales about the dogs she has looked after, from pedi...

At aged twenty-eight, Eileen Riley had an enviably glamorous life; her globe-trotting career as a diplomat took her from the corridors of power at the White House to postings in Cameroon and Papua New Guinea, and finally, London—where she decided to give it all up to become a professional dog-sitter. But her diplomatic skills were to prove invaluable in her new career. Secrets of a Pet Nanny is a fabulous and very funny collection of tales about the dogs she has looked after, from...

This book is a celebration of all the wonderful and unexpected gifts that having a daughter on the autism spectrum can bring to a family. Each chapter offers encouragement and guidance on issues such as school, friendships, meltdowns, special gifts, family relationships, therapies and interventions. Having daughters on the spectrum presents unique and rewarding challenges and this book is packed with friendly advice and real life examples from a mother who has experienced it all first hand...

In Zon, het zesde deel in de Zeven zussen-serie van Lucinda Riley, heeft Electra het allemaal voor elkaar: ze is bloedmooi, schatrijk en wereldberoemd. Maar achter dit perfecte plaatje gaat een kwetsbare jonge vrouw schuil, die de oplossing voor haar problemen zoekt in drank en drugs. Electra heeft, anders dan haar zussen, geen behoefte om te weten waar ze vandaan komt. Totdat ze een bijzondere brief ontvangt… Zon brengt de lezer van het bruisende, chaotische Manhattan naar de prachtige, u...

De zevende zus, het zevende deel in de Zeven zussen-serie van Lucinda Riley, gaat over de mysterieuze zevende zus. Ze was altijd onvindbaar, maar als Georg Hoffman onthult dat hij haar misschien op het spoor is, ontdekken Maia en Ally dat er twee aanwijzingen zijn: het adres van een wijngaard in Nieuw-Zeeland, en een tekening van een bijzondere, stervormige ring. CeCe, die in Australië woont, gaat op onderzoek uit. Dat blijkt pas het begin van de zinderende zoektocht naar de zevende zus, w...

African Women and their Networks of Support: Intervening Connections is an interdisciplinary analysis of how African women, in their different cultural, social, and political spaces, find innovative strategies to address the challenge they face and voice their often-underrepresented perspectives. These actions are often molded in either formal or informal networks of support that provide women with the necessary peer-based foundation to deal with gender discrimination, violence, and subjug...

Set in the late 1940s in beautiful Center City Philadelphia, Rittenhouse Square and the Main Line, this is the story of Eileen OConnell and John Doyle, an unusual friendship. It is a loving, tender memory of a beautiful friendship that spanned almost 60 years. Eileens quest for true love is a lifetime pursuit falling short of the prize.