Mr Toad has the builders in & they're busy filling Toad Hall with awesome gizmos & gadgets But there's something odd about them why don't their bushy tails look quite right? & why are they loading Mr Toad's furniture into their van? Squirrel skulduggery! Greedy weasels! Mr Toad will need help from Teejay Ratty & Mo to have a REMOTE chance of defending his home Can he keep his property safe or will Toad Hall be in lockdown? From the author of The River Singers & The Rising this stylishly illustrated story is inspired by The Wind in the Willows ...

From 1939 to 1946 Americans gathered around the radio to listen to The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes featuring Basil Rathbone as the high-strung crime-solver & Nigel Bruce as his phlegmatic assistant Dr Watson Witty fast-paced & always surprising these great radio plays are as fresh as when they first premiered & feature perfect sound ...

Remarkably a nineteen-year-old writing her first novel penned a tale that combines tragedy morality social commentary & a thoughtful examination of the very nature of knowledge writes Leslie S Klinger Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is often reductively dismissed as a monster film or a cautionary tale about experimental science gone haywire Illuminating every hidden dimension of the "first truly modern myth" Klinger does for Shelley's story of early nineteenth-century horror what he did for Sherlock Holmes Dracula & HP Lovecraft bringing this gothic tale to nightmarish life by reproducing the original text with the most lavishly illustrated & comprehensively annotated edition to date ...

Atkins remains the world's most famous diet & for good reason the Atkins high-protein low-carb plan has helped millions of people around the world lose weight & keep it off In The New Atkins Made Easy this amazing lifestyle plan has been further simplified to guarantee quicker weight loss with even less hassle Alongside simple straightforward guidelines you'll find o tips & advice for keeping on track with your dieto budget-friendly meal plans & recipes for the whole familyo low-carb grab-&-go food optionso solutions to common dieting problemso inspirational case studies Simpler than ever before The New Atkins Made Easy is your key to guaranteed weight loss ...

The New Australian Garden is a survey in text & lavish photography of 18 gardens that represent a new movement in Australian landscape design The relationship between architecture & garden is paramount & in their work these new designers connect these elements by creating a seamless flow of levels & materials between indoor & outdoor In place of the traditional rectangular lawn with perimeter beds grassed areas are re-imagined as contoured sculptural forms Plantings are experimental & non-traditional Life is injected into these gardens with moving water fire pits & wind sculpture & by pets friends & family life Every exterior space is activated & all elements work together to set the garden in motion These are gardens as destination spaces & Michael Bates gives an insider's account of the journey of their design creation construction & planting ...

Beautifully illustrated by Hoda Haddadi this book follows a family of five siblings as they imagine what their new baby brother will be like Will he be a scientist or dreamer? A pirate or an artist? Each child projects their own ideas & fantasies onto the new baby All they know is that he'll be just like them! But they are in for a bit of a surprise A beautiful picture book that celebrates individuality & imagination Additional ideas for art & collage activities included to help prepare for a new sibling A perfect book for families with a little one on the way ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play The year is 2019 & a nuclear war has reduced humanity to small groups of starving survivors Among them is a ruthless gang calling themselves the Templars who intend to purge the earth by exterminating what is left of the human race The only hope for the survivors lies with a former Templar known as Scorpion & his band of allies who are prepared to fight the Templars in one final showdown Special Features Anamorphic widescreen presentation; director Enzo G Castellari&s introduction of his films; Shameless Fact Track by Paul Alaoui; international trailer; The Argent Trailer Park Nuns Cowboys & Heroes English Dolby 20 Region 0 ...

The New Boho Handbook guides readers in beautifully simple techniques for adding good vibes & style to living spaces Packed with hundreds of ideas for bringing positive energy to your home the book features exercises & activities for thinking about rooms in new ways With Justina's expert guidance learn how to rearrange paint prop & plant your way to a home that's fresh & inspiring Uncover your spirit environment & learn how to use colour & scent to enhance mood productivity & relaxation Revel in Justina's encouraging advice (you got this!) & easily & affordably turn any dwelling into a personal sanctuary ...

This extraordinary book contains in one unique volume the most wide-ranging history of apples ever written & a detailed survey of over 2000 of the world's apple varieties Beautifully illustrated with 32 exquisite colour paintings the last edition of this book received many accolades & was quickly recognised as a classic Complete with a fully revised directory covering all the varieties of apple to be found in the world's largest apple collection The New Book of Apples

Includes:: full historical geographical & botanical details as well as tasting notes on each type of apple Exploring the role of apples in cooking cider making gardening myth & medicine this is an indispensable reference guide

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' Hugely enjoyable' AN Wilson Sunday Times ' Thoughtful entertaining & enjoyable' Michael Gove Book of the Week The Times Inspired by William Makepeace Thackeray the first great analyst of snobbery & his trail-blazing The Book of Snobs (1848) D J Taylor brings us a field guide to the modern snob Short of calling someone a racist or a paedophile one of the worst charges you can lay at anybody's door in the early twenty-first century is to suggest that they happen to be a snob But what constitutes snobbishness? Who are the snobs & where are they to be found? Are you a snob? Am I? What are the distinguishing marks? Snobbery is in fact one of the keys to contemporary British life as vital to the backstreet family on benefits as the proprietor of the grandest stately home & an essential element of their view of who of they are & what the world might be thought to owe them The New Book of Snobs will take a marked interest in language the vocabulary of snobbery
- as exemplified in the 'U' & ' Non U' controversy of the 1950s
- being a particular field in which the phenomenon consistently makes its presence felt & alternate social analysis with sketches of groups & individuals on the Thackerayan principle Prepare to meet the Political Snob the City Snob the Technology Snob the Property Snob the Rural Snob the Literary Snob the Working-class Snob the Sporting Snob the Popular Cultural Snob & the Food Snob

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