A fresh & fun introduction to sewing on a machine for kids this guide is perfect for budding little crafters From threading up to filling a bobbin award winning author Jane Bull uses clear step-by-step instructions & photos to walk you through everything you need to know to get to grips with your machine My Sewing Machine Book is packed with easy sewing projects templates & patterns to try & your newly learned skills can then be put to the test with 20 creative & original projects to make
- from bags & accessories to colourful cushions & fabric toys
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' General Mc Chrystal is a legendary warrior with a fine eye for enduring lessons about leadership courage & consequence' -Tom Brokaw General Stanley Mc Chrystal is widely admired for his hunger to know the truth his courage to find it & his humility to listen to those around him Even as the commanding officer of all US & coalition forces in Afghanistan he stationed himself forward & frequently went on patrols with his troops to experience their challenges firsthand In this illuminating New York Times bestseller Mc Chrystal frankly explores the major episodes & controversies of his career He describes the many outstanding leaders he served with & the handful of bad leaders he learned not to emulate & he paints a vivid portrait of how the military establishment turned itself in one generation into the adaptive resilient force that would soon be tested in Iraq Afghanistan & the wider War on Terror'A compelling account of his impressive career' -The Wall Street Journal' This is a brilliant book about leadership wrapped inside a fascinating personal narrative' -Walter Isaacson author of Steve Jobs Stanley Mc Chrystal retired in July 2010 as a four-star general in the US Army His last assignment was as the commander of the International Security Assistance Force & as the commander of US forces in Afghanistan He is currently a senior fellow at Yale University's Jackson Institute for Global Affairs & cofounder of the Mc Chrystal Group a leadership consulting firm He & his wife Annie live in Virginia ...

An extraordinary tale about the search for love from the acclaimed Costa & Carnegie winning novelist Sally Gardner Jazmin has been shunned ever since her best friend Becky disappeared But Becky didn't just disappear
- she jumped off a tall building & seemingly never reached the ground It was as if she simply vanished into thin air Did Jazmin have something to do with her disappearance? Or was it more to do with Icarus so beguiling & strangely ever youthful with whom Becky became suddenly besotted With detailed & intriguing black & white illustrations throughout
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An extraordinary tale about the search for love from the acclaimed Costa & Carnegie winning novelist Sally Gardner Jazmin has been shunned ever since her best friend Becky disappeared But Becky didn't just disappear
- she jumped off a tall building & seemingly never reached the ground 240 pages Gardner Sally
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A heart-warming picture book with soft beautiful illustrations & a simple text showing the special relationship that exists between sisters 24 pages Colour Illustrations Young Joanna ...

Quiet cautious Pearl has always adored her bold brash bad big sister Jodie When their parents get new jobs at a grand fusty old boarding school Melchester College the girls have to move there
- & when they arrive things start to change Jodie has always been the leader
- but now it's Pearl who's making new friends Jodie just seems to be getting into more & more trouble
- arguing with Mum scaring the little children flirting with the gardener She really doesn't fit in with the posh teenagers at the school Pearl begins to wonder if she needs Jodie as much as she used to But when Firework Night comes around & a tragic event occurs Pearl realises quite how much Jodie means to her


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Winner of the 2012 Branford Boase Award this is Annabel Pitcher's stunning debut about ten-year-old Jamie & the way his life ...

Willow Tree is an intimate line of figurative sculptures representing sentiments of love closeness healing courage hopeall the emotions we encounter in life You never laugh harder than when you're laughing with your sisters or very close dear friends You share the same history; the inside jokes that no one else would understand in the same way A sister knows your faults & somehow puts up with them & loves you in spite of them
- Susan Lordi The item is made in resin & h&-painted with lead-free paint Supplied in a branded gift box & a gift tag with sentiment ' Walk with me & along the way we'll share everything' Not a toy or children's product Intended for adults only
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Rosalind Franklin is famous in the history of science for her contribution to the discovery of the structure of DNA the start of the greatest biological revolution of the twentieth century Much has been written about the importance of her part & about how her work was affected by her position as a woman scientist Above all she was a distinguished scientist not only in her work on DNA but also in her earlier work on coals & carbons & in her later work on viruses In this family memoir her sister the writer & historian Jenifer Glynn paints a full picture of Rosalind's life Looking at Rosalind's background; her early education her time as a science student at Cambridge & her relations with her family to her life as an adult & her time in Paris & at King's Glynn shows how much her sister achieved & how she was influenced by the social & intellectual climate of the period she worked in ...

The MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER & major motion picture starring Cameron Diaz Anna Fitzgerald doesn't want her sister to die But she's sick of helping her to live Anna was born to be a perfect genetic match for Kate who at just two years old was diagnosed with a rare form of leukaemia For thirteen years she has acted as donor to her sister Now Kate needs a kidney & nobody is asking Anna how she feels about it they're just assuming she will donate Until the Sheriff serves the papers that will rock their family's world Anna is suing her parents for the rights to her own body ...