When ex-headmistress Anne Mustoe gave up her job bought a bike & took to the road she couldn't even mend a puncture 12000 miles & 15 months later she was home Her epic solo journey took her around the world through Europe India the Far East & the United States From Thessaloniki to Uttar Pradesh from Chumphon to Singapore she faced downpours blizzards & blistering deserts political turmoil & amorous waiters
- alternated with great kindness from strangers along the way A Bike Ride is the first in the series of Anne Mustoe's successful & inspiring travelogues
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For anyone already practicing or turning to biodynamic gardening & farming methods numerous detailed questions arise such as How do you make & use the key preparations such as horn manure & horn silica? How do you develop living fertile soil? Which treatments are best for controlling weeds pests & disease? This manual fully illustrated with explanatory diagrams & photographs provides the answers The book covers all aspects of making & using biodynamic preparations & composts managing the health of plants controlling weeds & pests working with cosmic rhythms combatting common diseases such as mildew working with seeds pastes & root dips care of fruit trees & vines This second edition also has extensive new chapters on large-scale farming including livestock & cereal cultivation & vegetable farming The whole book has also been completely revised & updated Although the technical aspects of biodynamic growing are exhaustively covered the author also considers the human qualities necessary for this kind of agriculture to succeed This is an invaluable guide for all biodynamic growers to have to hand daily ...

Who could have known birdwatching was such a dangerous sport? In this Pan Heritage Classics edition George Palmer-Jones attempts to unravel the murder of a young innocent birder 224 pages Cleeves Ann ...

Diana Henry named Best Cookery Writer at Fortnum & Mason Food & Drink Awards 2015 Winner
- James Beard Award Best Book Single Subject
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play On the eve of his widower father&s second wedding fifteen-year-old birding fanatic David Portnoy (Kodi Smit-Mc Phee) thinks that he&s made the discovery of a lifetime the extinct Labrador duck Now he & the two other stalwart members of the local Young Birders Society joined by their headstrong photographer classmate Ellen (Katie Chang) take off on an epic road trip in search of the rare bird & elusive answers to teenage questions large & small With marvelous supporting performances by Ben Kingsley & James Le Gros A Birder&s Guide to Everything is an alternately poignant & funny window into the thoughtful world of birding & the inner peace that can be discovered during a walk in the woods Rob Meyer delivers a sparkling feature film debut with a coming-of-age tale to warm the hearts of anyone who grew up with a nerdy passion ...

Charting the journey of a little lost owl a heart-warming & reassuring read from one of the most exciting new voices in children&s literature The award-winning debut title from Chris Haughton the acclaimed author-illustrator of Oh No George! & Shh! We Have a Plan this is the heart-warming story of Little Owl
- who must be more careful when he is sleeping Uh-oh! He has fallen from his nest & with a bump he lands on the ground Where is his mummy? With the help of his new friend Squirrel Little Owl sets off in search of her & meets a sequence of other animals Yet while one might have his mummy&s big eyes & another her pointy ears they are simply not her Chris Haughton&s striking colour illustrations follow Little Owl on his quest Which of his new friends will lead him back to his mummy?
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play All 13 episodes of David Nobbs& popular comedy based around the various social functions attended by manufacturer Ted Simcock (David Jason) & dentist Laurence Rodenhurst (Paul Chapman) along with their wives & friends in a small Yorkshire town Over the course of the different &dos& various adulterous liaisons & scandals unfold Episodes included Series 1
- & The White Wedding& & The Dentists& Dinner Dance& & The Angling Club Christmas Party& & The Charity Horse-Racing Evening& & The Crowning Of Miss Frozen Chicken& & The Registry Office Wedding& Series 2- & The Church Wedding& & The Christening& & The Grand Opening Of Sillitoe&s& & The Farewell Party& & The Inauguration Of The Outer Inner Relief Ring Road& & The Funeral& & & The Civil Wedding&
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Stephen Fry & Hugh Laurie were among the most successful acts of the alternative comedy show Saturday Live Friday Night Live & after a Christmas pilot in 1987 the BBC commissioned a series in 1989 “ My father wouldn&t have a television in the house so we used to gather round every night & watch it on the lawn” Fry & Laurie explored a seemingly inexhaustible list of subjects with a delicious turn of phrase & elaborate wordplay The hilarity-included regular acts such as not so super spy Tony Mercheson & his boss Control yuppies John & Peter as well as the concluding cocktail recipe to the accompaniment of Mr Music with plenty of Vox Pops With four brilliant series of great satire comic genius & an hilarious use of language Fry & Laurie are definitely at the top of the comedy tree ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Coining the new term &action noir& in Korea director Kim Ji-woon follows up his extraordinary features A Quiet Family & A Tale Of Two Sisters with this blackly comic thriller Lee Byeong-heon stars as Sun-woo a unique character with a curious lifestyle; he&s not only a valued gang member & the proprietor of a hotel bar but also the right-hand man to the powerful gang leader Mr Kang (Kim Yeong-chul) When Kang suspects that his beautiful young mistress Hee-soo (Shin Min-ah) might be messing around with another man he enlists Sun-woo&s help to resolve the matter commanding him to follow her around to see what information he can dig up Sun-woo&s orders are explicit if he catches Hee-soo cheating he is to execute her However when Sun-woo spies Hee-soo with her boyfriend he makes a fateful decision one that will have major consequences for all involved Actors Lee Byeong-heon Shin Min-ah Kim Yeong-chul Hwang Jeong-min Kim Roe-ha & Lee Mu-yeong Director Kim Ji-woon Certificate 18 years & over Year 2005 Screen Widescreen 1851 Anamorphic Languages Korean
- Dolby Digital (51) ; DTS ; Dolby Digital (20) Stereo Subtitles English Duration 1 hour & 56 minutes (approx)
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A beautiful lost classic of nature writing which sits alongside Tarka the Otter Watership Down War Horse & The Story of a Red Deer This is the story of Wulfgar the dark-furred fox of Dartmoor & of his nemesis Scoble the trapper in the seasons leading up to the pitiless winter of 1947 As breathtaking in its descriptions of the natural world as it is perceptive its portrayal of damaged humanity it is both a portrait of place & a gripping story of survival Uniquely straddling the worlds of animals & men Brian Carter's A Black Fox Running is a masterpiece lyrical unforgiving & unforgettable ...