A wonderful colouring book in the traditional Ladybird mini hardback format perfect for Ladybird fans of all ages The book contains twenty-four classic Ladybird covers for you to colour reimagine & make your own Either follow the design of the original vintage covers that are shown on every left-hand page or create your very own bespoke Ladybird masterpieces! Some favourite covers included are Well-loved Tales Cinderella Tootles the Taxi Understanding Maps Shopping with Mother Learning to Sew Key Words Play with us The Ladybird Book of London & How it works The Computer ...

This beautiful special gift book introduces young children to the letters of the alphabet helping to teach both the letter shapes & the names of an object beginning with each letter Both adults & children alike will love the wonderfully detailed images of everyday objects taken from iconic vintage Ladybird artwork of the 1960s ...

A first animal words buggy book for babies on the move containing ten stunning original illustrations from the vintage Ladybird ...

THE PERFECT GIFT for all of the 'GROWN-UPS' still wondering what life is all about Talking about the farmer's market How much are these carrots? What per kilogram? Each? Really? What does 'heritage' mean? Could I just have an onion then please? Oh Do you take credit cards? Talking about running Why am I running? Where am I going? Do I want a longer life if I have to spend so much of it running? Why aren't I at home? Am I running away from home? Am I scared of home? Why is my brain full of weird horrible thoughts? Is it because running is so very very boring? Why did I forget my headphones? This delightful book is the latest in the series of Ladybird books which have been specially planned to help grown-ups with the world about them The large clear script the careful choice of words the frequent repetition & the thoughtful matching of text with pictures all enable grown-ups to think they have taught themselves to cope Featuring original Ladybird artwork alongside brilliantly funny brand new text ' Hilarious' Stylist ...

The fifth in a fantastic series of animal stories for younger readers by Waterstones Children's Book Prize-shortlisted author Helen Peters with beautiful black-&-white illustrations by Ellie Snowdon It's lambing time on the farm & Jasmine has her hands full She has two orphaned baby birds to care for as well as a tiny motherless lamb who needs her attention She's determined to look after little Lucky & keep him safe But there are bigger dangers facing the flock ones that come in the dead of night Brilliant storytelling that will make you laugh & cry this is Dick King-Smith for a new generation Look out for Jasmine's other adventures!A Piglet Called Truffle A Duckling Called Button A Sheepdog Called Sky A Kitten Called Holly ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Tom Hanks & Geena Davis star in this comedy drama directed by Penny Marshall With all the male professional baseball players away fighting in World War II drunken ex-major league star Jimmy Dugan (Hanks) is employed to coach the Rockford Peaches a team made up of women from all walks of life Initially reluctant he rediscovers his enthusiasm when he realises how much the game means to his all-girl team as they embark on the World Series ...

Sappho Jones stopped counting birthdays when she reached thirty but even with her hazy grip on mathematics she realises that she's on the slippery slope to the big four-oh! With the thought suddenly lodged in her mind that she's a mere cat's whisker away from becoming a single eccentric female living in a country cottage in Wales she has the urge to do something dramatic before it's too late The trouble is as an adventurous woman of a certain age Sappho's pretty much been there done that got the T-shirt In fact the only thing she hasn't tried is motherhood & with sexy potter Nye on hand as a potential daddy
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- is it time for her to consider the biggest leap of all? It's either that or buy a cat Wonderfully wry heart-warming & life-affirming Trisha Ashley's hilarious novel is perfect for fans of romantic comedies by Milly Johnson & Jill Mansell & it contains recipes! This novel was originally published in 2001 as The Urge to Jump

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' In A Leap of Faith David Latimer recounts his remarkable friendship with Martin Mc Guinness
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There is a wonderful ancient Western tradition that allows a woman to propose to a man
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Chosen as a Book of the Year in The Times Literary Supplement the Evening Standard the Daily Telegraph the Guardian The Times &A brilliant novel of deception love & trust to join his supreme cannon& Evening Standard & Vintage le Carre Immensely clever breathtaking Really not since The Spy Who Came in from the Cold has le Carre exercised his gift as a storyteller so powerfully & to such thrilling effect& John Banville Guardian Peter Guillam staunch colleague & disciple of George Smiley of the British Secret Service otherwise known as the Circus has retired to his family farmstead on the south coast of Brittany when a letter from his old Service summons him to London The reason? His Cold War past has come back to claim him Intelligence operations that were once the toast of secret London are to be scrutinised by a generation with no memory of the Cold War Somebody must be made to pay for innocent blood once spilt in the name of the greater good Interweaving past with present so that each may tell its own story John le Carre has given us a novel of superb & enduring quality ...