At one time most towns of any size had somewhere a small foundry that would undertake small casting jobs often more out of interest & good neighbourliness than for commercial gain Regrettably those days are no more & the model engineer in many areas must either adapt commercially available castings or send away to a specialist foundry that will undertake small jobs often at some expense & with some delay The alternative is to make your own patterns & castings which is in fact much easier than you may think The Backyard Foundry covers basic principles materials & techniques pattern making moulding boxes cores & core-boxes electric gas & coke furnaces &

Includes:: step-by-step procedures with examples of locomotive cylinders & wheels Sources of specialised materials & even the design of an outdoor furnace suitable for small-scale commercial work are given Each stage & subject is covered in detail so that even the inexperienced can undertake casting with confidence Although the book is written primarily for the model engineer anyone wishing to make mouldings or castings will profit from its pages

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Dear reader There is nothing to be found in these special tie-in editions of Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events but misery & despair You still have time to pick another bestselling Emmy-nominated Netflix-adapted series to read But if you cannot be dissuaded read on violet Klaus & Sunny Baudelaire are intelligent children They are charming & resourceful & have pleasant facial features Unfortunately they are exceptionally unlucky In The Bad Beginning the siblings encounter a greedy & repulsive villain itchy clothing a disastrous fire a plot to steal their fortune & cold porridge for breakfast In the tradition of great storytellers from Dickens to Dahl comes an exquisitely dark comedy that is both literary & irreverent hilarious & deftly crafted Despite their wretched contents A Series of Unfortunate Events' has sold 60 million copies worldwide & been made into a Hollywood film starring Jim Carrey & in the future things are poised to get much worse thanks to the forthcoming Netflix series starring Neil Patrick Harris You have been warned Are you unlucky enough to own all 13 adventures? The Bad Beginning The Reptile Room The Wide Window The Miserable Mill The Austere Academy The Ersatz Elevator The Vile Village The Hostile Hospital The Carnivorous Carnival The Slippery Slope The Grim Grotto The Penultimate Peril The End And what about All the Wrong Questions? In this four-book series a 13-year-old Lemony chronicles his dangerous & puzzling apprenticeship in a mysterious organisation that nobody knows anything about Who Could That Be at This Hour?' When Did you Last See Her?' Shouldn't You Be in School?' Why is This Night Different from All Other Nights?' Lemony Snicket was born before you were & is likely to die before you as well He was born in a small town where the inhabitants were suspicious & prone to riot He grew up near the sea & currently lives beneath it Until recently he was living somewhere else Brett Helquist was born in Ganado Arizona grew up in Orem Utah & now lives in New York City He earned a bachelor's degree in fine arts from Brigham Young University & has been illustrating ever since His art has appeared in many publications including Cricket magazine & The New York Times ...

Dear reader There is nothing to be found in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events' but misery & despair You still have time to choose another international best-selling series to read But if you insist on discovering the unpleasant adventures of the Baudelaire orphans then proceed with caution violet Klaus & Sunny Baudelaire are intelligent children They are charming & resourceful & have pleasant facial features Unfortunately they are exceptionally unlucky In The Bad Beginning the siblings encounter a greedy & repulsive villain itchy clothing a disastrous fire a plot to steal their fortune & cold porridge for breakfast In the tradition of great storytellers from Dickens to Dahl comes an exquisitely dark comedy that is both literary & irreverent hilarious & deftly crafted Despite their wretched contents A Series of Unfortunate Events' has sold 60 million copies worldwide & been made into a Hollywood film starring Jim Carrey & in the future things are poised to get much worse thanks to the forthcoming Netflix series starring Neil Patrick Harris You have been warned Are you unlucky enough to own all 13 adventures? The Bad Beginning The Reptile Room The Wide Window The Miserable Mill The Austere Academy The Ersatz Elevator The Vile Village The Hostile Hospital The Carnivorous Carnival The Slippery Slope The Grim Grotto The Penultimate Peril The End And what about All the Wrong Questions? In this four-book series a 13-year-old Lemony chronicles his dangerous & puzzling apprenticeship in a mysterious organisation that nobody knows anything about Who Could That Be at This Hour?' When Did you Last See Her?' Shouldn't You Be in School?' Why is This Night Different from All Other Nights?' Lemony Snicket was born before you were & is likely to die before you as well He was born in a small town where the inhabitants were suspicious & prone to riot He grew up near the sea & currently lives beneath it Until recently he was living somewhere else Brett Helquist was born in Ganado Arizona grew up in Orem Utah & now lives in New York City He earned a bachelor's degree in fine arts from Brigham Young University & has been illustrating ever since His art has appeared in many publications including Cricket magazine & The New York Times ...

If you are interested in stories with happy endings you would be better off reading some other book'violet Klaus & Sunny Baudelaire are most unfortunate children Orphaned after the sudden death of their parents in a house fire they are left in the hands of their guardian Count Olaf who has diabolical plans for them A Series of Unfortunate Events' has sold more than 60 million copies worldwide has been translated into 41 languages & was adapted into a 2004 film starring Jim Carrey Wicked good fun'
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FULLY UPDATEDArron Banks enjoyed a life of happy anonymity flogging car insurance in Bristol until he dipped his toes into the sharkinfested waters of politics & decided to plunge right in Charging into battle for Brexit he tore up the political rule book sinking GBP8 million of his personal fortune into a mad-cap campaign targeting ordinary voters up & down the country His anti-establishment crusade upset everyone from Victoria Beckham to NASA & left MPs open-mouthed Lurching from comedy to crisis (often several times a day) he found himself in the glare of the media spotlight fending off daily bollockings from Nigel Farage & po-faced MPs From talking Brexit with Trump & trying not to embarrass the Queen to courting communists & wasting a fortune on a pop concert that descended into farce this is his honest uncensored & highly entertaining diary of the campaign that changed the course of history ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Feature length instalment of the BBC comedy series written by & starring Jack Whitehall as history teacher Alfie Wickers Arguably the worst teacher ever Alfie is in charge of a class of misfit students at Abbey Grove School With the GCSE&s done & dusted Alfie takes his class on a school trip to Cornwall where they get themselves into all kinds of trouble with the locals The supporting cast

Includes:: Clarke Peters Harry Enfield Mathew Horne & Iain Glen

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The BAD GUYS are back & they're ready to do more good deeds whether you you want them to or not! 10000 chickens are trapped in a high-tech cage farm! Who could possibly save them? Well how about a WOLF a SHARK a PIRANHA & a SNAKE who's also known as ' The Chicken Swallower'? What could POSSIBLY go wrong? ...

They sound like the Bad Guys they look like the Bad Guys The Bad Guys have messed with the wrong guinea pig & this nasty little furball wants revenge But that's nothing compared to the ZOMBIE KITTEN APOCALYPSE! Watch the fur fly as the world's baddest good guys take on two new adventures 288 pages Blabey Aaron ...

They sound like the Bad Guys they look like the Bad Guys Watch the fur fly as the world's baddest good guys take on two new adventures 288 pages Blabey Aaron ...

Lemony Snicket's simply told story offers a refreshing thoughtful & hilarious look at the ways in which a bad mood wreaks havoc as it moves from person to person leaving an unexpected trail of surprise in its wake opportunities for laughter forgiveness & even love Meet the most endearing & unpredictable bad mood yet
- an emoji-like cloud character
- who allows young readers to look their bad mood in the eye From the author of the acclaimed bestselling picture book The Dark comes another wise observation about the emotional forces that impact our lives

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