How to Age Well is a carefully researched, beautifully presented guide to ageing with style and grace. The author who is renowned for her own glamorous look, has spoken to and worked with literally dozens of beauty and fitness experts over the decades. Here she reveals their secrets, hacks and tips on how to always look one's best, from achieving amazing skin, dealing with weight gain and the menopause, to spiritual well-being and contentment. This is a must-have companion, for every woman...

Hot on the heels of How to Be the Perfect Housewife comes an inspiring new guide to entertaining - in style!From the simplest supper for two to a summer wedding buffet, every type of event is catered for, whether casual or formal, on a shoestring or pushing the boat out. And with impressive ideas for seasonal entertaining - from Christmas parties to Valentine's dinners - you'll never be short of inspiration all year round.Discover...The secrets of successful...

So you're organising Christmas this year. What are you going to give everyone? How can you make it that extra bit special? The perfect housewife is at hand to help you - with a little planning and some top tips your halls will be decked with the minimum of fuss and the greatest of flair!The Perfect Christmas is a lavishly illustrated guide to preparing and executing a Yuletide to remember, with hundreds of inspiring ideas to make your Christmas special - from handmade deco...

TV presenter Anthea Turner was devastated when her husband Grant Bovey left her for a woman young enough to be his daughter. Although both she and Grant had left their previous partners to be together, Anthea was convinced they had learned from their mistakes and were destined to grow old together. But when Grant cheated on her not once but twice, she knew she was wrong and heartbroken, she filed for divorce. How to Survive divorce is Anthea's candid account of the emotional toll the end o...

A bald Christmas tree, a missing butler, and a runaway red bus ― this year, the royal Christmas is anything but ordinary. When King Charles and Queen Camilla's festive plans spiral into chaos, they find themselves improvising decorations, shopping in disguise, and stumbling into more mischief than they bargained for. Meanwhile, beneath London, a lonely white mouse named Snowball escapes his neglectful owner and discovers a secret world of theatre mice rehearsing a magical pantomime at the ...

There's huge excitement at Buckingham Palace when King Charles and Queen Camilla receive a surprise invite from Princess Kate: to watch her and Prince William play Andy Murray and Heather Watson at a charity match on Wimbledon's famous Centre Court! But things go messily wrong when Kate and William discover Harry the Hero Rat's stash of strawberries… and Charles and Camilla find themselves serving for the match instead! But will they win…?!

It's the King's Coronation and the Asian Mice in Hounslow are planning a glittering ball to mark the occasion. But disaster strikes when their massive glitter ball fails to shine! There's panic all round until an ingenious plan is devised - to take back the actual Kohinoor diamond from the royal crown and return it to it's rightful home, in the heart of the Indian community where it belong! Charles and Camilla are very busyorganising their outfits for the big day... will they even notice?!...

This book examines the phenomenon of kidnap-for-ransom, a crime that has been described as a ‘modern scourge.’ It draws on a large body of data from across the world and utilizes a range of theories and concepts from the social sciences and business disciplines to analyse and explain its widespread use by criminals and pirates. Case studies are extensively utilized to illustrate general observations on kidnap-for-ransom. The book provides comprehensive coverage, including the latest manife...

Life for Agnes Turner in her retirement is dull and uneventful. That is until she spots her mousy neighbour Amy Horrocks fleeing along the road in terror. When Agnes takes her in, Amy sobs out her distress: she is in fear of her life, harbouring a dark secret for which she is being blackmailed. Amy turns to Agnes for help, and Agnes, eternally supportive in the face of injustice, deals with the situation in her own, inimitable way.

Illicit business is big business. It covers a diverse range of activities from money laundering, drug trafficking and human trafficking through to the manufacture of counterfeit goods and the multiple activities in informal and shadow economies. This book introduces the world of illegal business.The authors contextualise the evolution in practices of illegal business around the world, highlighting the importance of organised crime, shadow economies, and informal sectors. Incorporat...

An ideal introduction to the analysis of language as a central element of everyday interactions and media, helping students reflect critically on the ways individuals and the creators of media use language to reflect and construct social identitiesWhy do we encounter different types of language in different places, from different people, and in different types of media? What assumptions do we make about each other when we interact, and what assumptions do media cre...

There's huge excitement when Underneath the Underground, the mice communities learn King Charles and Queen Camilla will be opening the wild strawberry patch at the beautiful Kew Gardens and they just know they have to go and watch! What starts off as a simply exciting day turns into yet another adventure when Martha Bell spots a shiny 50p bearing a picture of the world famous Chinese Great Pagoda! What's more, the mice discover it could be worth a fortune!! Now, everyone knows that mice do...