A guide to mentally calculating maths. It reveals the secrets of easy mental arithmetic, and the secrets to memorisation and other feats of mind. It includes puzzles, sudoku and games of mental stimulation.
Eva never really wanted to be a mother; certainly not the mother of the unlovable boy who murdered seven of his fellow high school students, a cafeteria worker and a teacher who tried to befriend him. Now, two years later, it is time for her to come to terms with marriage, career, family, parenthood and Kevin's horrific rampage.
Therese Humbert's salon captivated fin-de-siecle Paris. But her background and fabled wealth were a hoax. Her audacious scam was exposed in 1902, investors and creditors were ruined, and Therese died disgraced and penniless. This biography breathes life into a 100-year-old scandal of extortion, deception, duels and suicides.
A collection of stories about passion and the sweetness of revenge. From the re-writing of "Echo and Narcissus" by Rosie Jackson to the practical tips for achieving widowhood in "How to Kill an Aries" by Tony Fennelly, these are tales of the unexpected for the twenty-first century.