The Aux have been dropped on a far-flung planet called Hekati, only it's in Uplift space & not really a planet at all. As for their mission, it's so damn secret that General Jaxx hasn't even told Lieutenant Sven Tveskoeg what it's about. It appears a citizen of the United Free, an empire not only more vast than Octo V ...

The Aux have been dropped on a far-flung planet called Hekati, only it's in Uplift space & not really a planet at all. As for their mission, it seems it's so damn secret that General Jaxx hasn't even told Lieutenant Sven Tveskoeg what it's about. It seems a citizen of the United Free, an empire not only more vast than Octo V ...

The Aux have been dropped on a far-flung planet called Hekati, only it's in Uplift space & not really a planet at all. As for their mission, it's so damn secret that General Jaxx hasn't even told Lieutenant Sven Tveskoeg what it's about. It appears a citizen of the United Free, an empire not only more vast than Octo V ...

' He passed away', ' She's gone', ' He died'...

As anyone who has ever lost a loved one will know, the wording doesn't

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Knitting is experiencing an enormous boom, as more & more people appreciate the opportunity it affords to create something truly special & individual. Many of these new knitters, however, have not learnt the skills from their mothers, like previous generations, & need help with their techniques. There can be no better guide than Debbie Bliss, highly successful knitwear designer & author of numerous bestselling books. In Knitting Workbook Debbie provides a guide not only to basic techniques
- casting on, key knitting stitches, sewing up garments successfully etc
- but also pinpoints the key features of her successful designs & takes knitters through them step-by-step. A basic guide to how to knit, accompanied by step-by-step illustrations & photographs, kicks off the book. Debbie then concentrates on the techniques she feels are essential to creating successful knitwear, from using simple shapes to colour work such as fair isle & intarsia & adding finishing touches with embroidery & beading. Colour illustrations are used to demonstrate each technique then a range of projects, featuring step-by-step photographs pinpointing key stages, allow the knitter to practise & perfect their skill. As a guide to how to knit, & an insight into the secrets of this highly successful designer, this book will be in

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A century ago, marriage, & marriage alone, offered a nicely brought-up girl escape from the domination of her parents. Indeed it was the only path to freedom. That path led her to a Season in London &, the ultimate goal, Coming Out as a debutante. But along the way she had to survive a terrifying few months, a make-or-break time in which her family ...

The Decameron (subtitle: Prencipe Galeotto) is a collection of 100 novellas by Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio, ...

Angelica Garnett may truly be called a child of Bloomsbury. Her Aunt was Virginia Woolf, her mother Vanessa Bell, & her father Duncan Grant, though for many years Angelica believed herself, naturally enough, the daughter of Vanessa's husband Clive. Her childhood homes, Charleston in Sussex & Gordon Square in London, were both centres of Bloomsbury activity, & she grew up surrounded by the most talked-about writers & artists of the day
- Leonard & Virginia Woolf, Roger Fry, the Stracheys, Maynard Keynes, David Garnett (whom she later married), & many others. But the book is also a record of a young girl's particular struggle to emerge from that extraordinary & intense milieu as a mature & independent woman. With an honesty that is by degrees agonising & uplifting, the author creates a vibrant, poignant picture of her mother, Vanessa Bell, of her own emergent individuality, & of the Bloomsbury era.
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