Byzantium Endures, one of the first of the Pyat series of novels, introduces one of Michael Moorcock's most magnificent ...

No one knows more about starting & running a bed & breakfast business than successful cook, author & hotel owner Amy Willcock. The hotel that she runs with her husband & their business partner, The George on the Isle of Wight, was described in the Daily Mail as being run 'in the way in which you imagine the hotel of your dreams to be run'. In this attractively packaged paperback, Amy reveals the secrets you need to know to make running your B&B fun & profitable. Her lively narrative takes you through all stages of the process: preparing your home, advertising, creating welcoming bedrooms & luxury bathrooms on a budget, laundering the sheets, preparing the ultimate breakfast (for even the most demanding guest) & managing bookings
- all this, while keeping your profit margin healthy. Also featured are the best stockists for any products that you will need & the definitive answers to frequently asked questions. This book is the perfect guide for all aspiring B&B landlords & ladies.
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The language of sheep is Baa & every single word is baa... There are many different ways to baa, but when they are lambs, sheep only know one kind, which is why the field trip Mrs Ramsbottom takes them on is so important. Mrs Ramsbottom takes her class out into the country to learn the finer points of baa in situ. & soon they're good enough to take their Baa exams, for which they all gain a gold star! ...

Businessman George F. Babbitt loves the latest appliances, brand names & the Republican party. In fact, he loves being a Solid Citizen even more than he loves his wife. But Babbitt comes to resent the middle class trappings he has worked so hard to acquire. Realising that his life is devoid of meaning, he grows determined to transcend his trivial existence & search for a greater purpose.

Babbitt captures the flavour of America during the economic boom years of the 1920's, & its protagonist has become the symbol of middle-class mediocrity, his name an enduring part of the American lexicon.

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In BABEL TOWER a cast of striking characters play out their personal dramas amid the clashing politics, passionate ideals & stirring languages of the early 1960s. Frederica (the heroine of VIRGIN IN THE GARDEN & STILL LIFE) now teaching English in an art college, is hiding herself & her son Leo from a violent husband; her urge towards freedom later leads to an angry, humiliating divorce case. Hers is not the only struggle: her friend Jude writes a novel, BABBELTOWER, which is tried for obscenity; her brother-in-law Daniel becomes involved in new movements for London's poor & distressed. Their crises mirror those of the age
- abroad, this is the decade of the Berlin Wall, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the death of Kennedy; at home it is the era of the LADY CHATTERLEY case, of the Beatles, of Mods & Rockers, art school riots, the Profumo scandal. Moving & absorbing & full of comedy as well as strife, this superb novel brings our own recent past to vivid, & disturbing life.
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Many vegetarian parents are anxious to feed their children meat-free diet right from the start but worry that a vegetarian diet may not offer the equivalent range of nutrients. THE VEGETARIAN BABY & TODDLER MEAL PLANNER allays those fears totally, clearly demonstrating that for both children & adults, a vegetarian diet is indisputably a healthier option. Arranged for easy reference in four sections covering the major milestones in dietry development each section offers general nuttritional guidelines, lists of foods to introduce & avoid, &

Includes:: a host of practical hints, tips & advice. Suggested weekley menu planners for each age group enable parents to tailor time & supermarket runs to provide the best possible diet for their child with th minimum of fuss & effort. packed with over 150 quick & easy tried & tested recipes & fully endorsed by The Vegetarian society, THE VEGETARIAN BABY & TODDLER MEAL PLANNER offers parents a blue print for a healthy, varied diet that will engender a lifetime enjoyment of good, healthy & wholesome food.

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It's Christmas Day & all the family have come to visit. Baby Bear & the cousins are so excited they shake & poke & sniff all the presents under the tree. But suddenly Baby Bear realizes
- Grandbear doesn't have a present! With a bit of snow & some mistletoe 'berries' that twinkle like the star on the Christmas tree, Baby Bear creates a special snowberry snow bear for Grandbear. But he soon discovers that a Christmas kiss for Grandbear is worth far more than any present!

With simple, poignant details, Prater captures all the joy & warmth of family at Christmas time.




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