Best Selling Books by Kate Thompson

Home is where the heart is... Free spirit Rio Kinsella finds herself settled in the picture-postcard village of Lissamore on Ireland''s West Coast. It''s where she took her first step, had her first kiss and conceived her beloved son Finn. But now Finn''s spread his wings and flown the nest, what''s to keep her here? An old flame and a new prospect may provide the answer... City girl Dervla is poles apart from her bohemian sister. A businesswoman with a quick mind, a hard heart and a nose for a good deal, she has no time for love. But is there anywhere she can really call home? And will the arrival of a new client throw her glossy magazine life-style into disarray? Torn apart by a long-standing feud, the Kinsella sisters are reunited upon the death of their wayward father. But on clearing the family home, they discover a secret so intriguing it could change their lives forever... Welcome to blissfully unpredictable Lissamore. It''s guaranteed you''ll never want to leave...

Nell Gunn, Snowball and Esther will be back, along with more characters from Britain''s biggest beauty factory, as they battle the twists and turns of war in Stratford. Will Nell find lasting love? Will Snowball reveal what forced him onto the streets? And will Esther be able to tame the wild child she takes under her wing as part of her new bursary? As flowers and vegetables blossom in the Shoot''s new Dig for Victory allotment, can the inhabitants really bury their pasts?

Ella Nesbit is young, good-looking and has a wicked way with the violin. She also has a great job working in a Dublin recording studio. So why isn''t life more fun? Could Julian, the trainee from hell, have something to do with it? Or is it really due to Ella''s unreciprocated passion for her boss? When Ella''s granny wins a holiday for two in Jamaica, things start to look up. Intrepid Ella dons a wetsuit, discovers scuba, and learns something about life from Rastafarian Raphael. But closer to home, a dark horse is coming up on the outside... In this brilliant, bubbly and sexy tale from the bestselling author of More Mischief, Ella eventually discovers what she really, really wants - and finds a sensational way to get it.

1942. Sixteen-year-old Poppy Percival turns up at the gates of Trout''s clothing factory in Bethnal Green with no idea what her new life might have in store. There to start work as a seamstress and struggling to get to grips with the noise, dirt and devastation of East London, Poppy can''t help but miss the quiet countryside of home. But Poppy harbours a dark secret - one that wrenched her away from all she knew and from which she is still suffering ... And Poppy''s not the only one with a secret. Each of her new friends at the factory is hiding something painful. Vera Shadwell, the forelady, has had a hard life with scars both visible and concealed; her sister Daisy has romantic notions that could get her in trouble; and Sal Fowler, a hardworking mother who worries about her two evacuated boys for good reason. Bound by ties of friendship, loyalty and family, the devastating events of the war will throw each of their lives into turmoil but also bring these women closer to each other than they could ever have imagined.

The Allotment Girls is an inspiring and heartwarming novel of wartime hardship, friendship and fortitude from Kate Thompson, author of the Secrets of the Sewing Bee. During the Second World War, life in the iconic Bryant & May match factory is grimy and tough. Annie, Rose, Pearl and Millie carry on making matches for the British Army, with bombs raining down around them. Inspired by the Dig for Victory campaign, Annie persuades the owners to start Bryant & May allotment in the factory grounds. With plenty of sweat and toil, the girls eventually carve out a corner of the yard into a green plot full of life and colour. In the darkest of times, the girls find their allotment a tranquil, happy escape. Using pierced dustbin lids to sieve through the shrapnel and debris, they bring about a powerful change, not just in the factory, but their own lives. As the war rages on, the garden becomes a place of community, friendship – and deceit. As the garden thrives and grows, so do the girls'' secrets . . .

A 100 page journal for you to record your own Bigfoot adventures. Discover the Bigfoot Hunters Code. In the novel Bigfoot Hunters Never Lie by Kate E Thompson, Charlee Radcliffe and Noah Cathcart created a Bigfoot Hunters Journal when they were 10 and were told that only Bigfoot Hunters who are pure in heart can see Bigfoot. They created a Bigfoot Hunters Code together and it became the foundation of their life-long friendship.

A book about programming, improving skill, and avoiding mistakes. The author spent two years researching every bug avoidance technique she could find. This book contains the best of them. If you want to program faster, with fewer bugs, and write more secure code, buy this book! "This is the best book I have ever read." - Anonymous reviewer "Four score and seven years ago this book helped me debug my server code." -Abraham Lincoln "Would my Javascript have memory leaks without this book? Would fishes fly without water?" -Socrates "This book is the greatest victory since the Spanish Armada, and the best about programming." -Queen Elizabeth http: //www.zerobugsandprogramfaster.net

Big, friendly eyes will delight children as they read the amusing story about a little kitten! In addition to fun googley-eyes, the rhyming text and bright, friendly illustrations will ensure that this adorable book becomes a bedtime favorite.

FRIDAY was his birth name, Noah was what he was called, and he was terrified. Because of "crimes" he had committed against his adopted family in America, he found himself abandoned back in his birth country of Liberia, waiting, hoping someone from his birth family would rescue him from this terrible aloneness. The three weeks he roamed the streets, spending his money from America on food, became an endless fear as he faced a gun held to his head, and witnessed the relentless crushing poverty that was daily life on the streets of Monrovia. His great aunt finally came and took him to the depths of the African interior where almost immediately he became sick with malaria, and tackled other challenges he was ill prepared to handle. After nearly five months, he woke up to the news that another family was bringing him back to America. Terror flooded him again, because his first adoptive father had threatened him never to return. FRIDAY''S trust in anyone was shattered, and he silently vowed he would always keep control of his life. Finding Friday is the story of a boy''s movement from hopelessness to hope, the challenges a loving foster family encountered in helping him along his life''s journey, and the unexpected door God opened for him

The Keanes seem a happy enough family - they live on the beautiful west coast of Ireland, the children are doing well and their business trading horses is successful. However, when Martina does not return home, the family''s apparent unity is shattered and each member is isolated in their confusion. Martina''s parents blame each other: her father grows angry and refuses to accept his wife''s sense that they failed Martina. As the days drag by, there begins a realisation that she may never return and that the mystery could remain unsolved. Slowly, the Keanes build a life without Martina, but with a new awareness and sensitivity toward each other. With haunting descriptions of the magic and history of the Irish landscape, Thin Air is a lyrical and evocative study of how a family can survive and renew itself in the face of a painful breakdown.

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Kate''s character is a vibrant businesswoman that refuses to let anyone control her. Her abusive husband''s truck is found burning in the woods, and she is a prime candidate for murder. Anna, Kate''s best friend, comes to stay with her and they hire two detectives to protect them. Several murders take place and cause Kate and her friends to run away until they can solve this twisted plot that has wrecked their lives. After months of searching for the truth and many unexpected situations, the truth comes out and everyone is shocked.

Big, friendly eyes will delight children as they read the amusing story about a little puppy! In addition to fun googley-eyes, the rhyming text and bright, friendly illustrations will ensure that this adorable book becomes a bedtime favorite.

Orphan Flossy Brown arrives at Trout''s garment factory in Bethnal Green amidst the uncertainty of the Second World War. In 1940s London, each cobbled street is strewn with ghosts of soldiers past, all struggling to make ends meet. Dolly Doolaney, darling of the East End, and infamous tea lady, gives her a particularly warm welcome and helps Flossy settle into wartime life. Dolly sets up a sewing circle and the ladies arm themselves with their needles and set about stitching their way to victory. But when the full force of the Blitz rains down on London, the women of the sewing bee are forced to bear unimaginable horrors.

A Dublin, durant l''été, une troupe de théâtre répète une pièce de Shakespeare. Deirdre, jeune actrice débutante, vient de décrocher son premier rôle important et tente d''éblouir David, le metteur en scène dont elle est follement amoureuse. Mais David n''a d''yeux que pour la star de la compagnie, l''incandescente Eva Lavery Sur qui, alors, jeter son dévolu ? Sebastian ou Rory ? Entre ces deux séduisants acteurs, le cœur de Deirdre balance. Dans les coulisses, espoirs et déceptions se succèdent... Comment, dans ces conditions, garder la tête froide et ne pas compromettre sa carrière ? Désorientée, Deirdre voit ses illusions s''évanouir l''une après l''autre. Avant de comprendre, enfin, qu''il y a une différence entre le désir et l''amour...

Uncle Phil tells Hugh about his ancestors: early Britons, at a Saxon Farm, in a Norman castle, in Whittington''s London in 1739, in the time of Queen Elizabeth, and during the great London fire of 1666.