This is the moving story of a fox a star & an eternal friendship written & beautifully illustrated by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith
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Waterstones Book of the Year 2015 From an award-winning designer comes an original fable about need & loss Once there was a Fox who lived in a deep dense forest For as long as Fox could remember his only friend had been Star who lit the forest paths each night But then one night Star was not there & Fox had to face the forest all alone The Fox & the Star is a work of prose & design each page thoughtfully created by Coralie Bickford-Smith ...

Flightless helpless & often more than a little silly chickens are no match for the cunning merciless foxes stalking their coop Or are they? Thanks to a careless farmer & generations of determined foxes the chickens on Foxearth Farm have evolved into quick-witted long-legged high flying fox dodgers Then just a week after a vicious fox ambush in the water trough three sisters are hatched & Ransome Sims & Jefferies are no ordinary chicks they grow up determined to fight back They are the legendary Fox Busters From the number one author for animal magic comes this wonderful new edition of a much-loved classic ...

In the innovative two-player co-operative trick-taking game The Fox in the Forest Duet players team up helping each other move through the forest Work together to play tricks & move through the forest Use the special abilities of the characters to exchange cards with each other to let your teammate follow with any card & more Win as a team by collecting all the gems but be careful to stay on the path & not get lost in the forest! Players 2 Playing time 30 mins Ages 10 ...

These three novellas display D H Lawrence's brilliant & insightful evocation of human relationships
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Valerie Ann Worwood's The Fragrant Pharmacy has become the classic encyclopaedia of aromatherapy & essential oils Now in this companion volume The Fragrant Mind she paves a unique new way for aromatherapy concentrating on the emotional psychological & mood-changing effects of nature's essential oils The Fragrant Mind falls into three parts Part One presents a fascinating background to the subject & explains how essential oils work on the brain Part Two explains how essential oils can enhance emotional well-being & promote positive feelings &

Includes:: a practical A-Z section which advises on a wide range of emotional problems from stress & depression to moodiness & insomnia Part Three introduces a whole new concept in aromatherapy
- personality enhancement
- & explains the particular characteristics of individual essential oils & how they can be matched to human personality types You can find out for example whether you are a Floral Herbie Rootie Woodie Fruitie or Seedie type & create your own tailor-made personality blends Encyclopaedic in scope & based on the most up-to-date research The Fragrant Mind offers a wealth of information in an easy accessible style & shows the way in which essential oils can influence our minds & emotions



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The Fragrant Pharmacy opens the way to a whole world of fresh possibilities It is a new approach to nature through one of its most powerful forms
- those fragrant 'essential oils' drawn from flowers & grasses trees & roots leaves & fruit that remain the great untapped resources of our planet The Fragrant Pharmacy shows how each essential oil can offer many diverse benefits One of the most holistic of all systems of medicine the oils can alleviate symptoms prevent many illnesses & disorders & help in their healing process But more than that they can provide all of us
- our families our homes even our pets
- with the protections & pleasures we needwithout the chemical pollution of our bodies or our envirnment This illuminating & imaginative book of aromatherapy is the household manual of the future It is a treasury of information about precious life- & health-enhancing liquids that work in complex harmony with people & planet alike Here is a comprehensive encyclopaedia of 'medicines out of the earth' those miracles of creation which revitalise & rejuvenate enhance our emotions & help our work & play It charts out for all of us a fragrant way to family health & home delights


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Marion Sharpe & her mother seem an unlikely duo to be found on the wrong side of the law Quiet & ordinary they have led a peaceful & unremarkable life at their country home The Franchise Unremarkable that is until the police turn up with a demure young woman on their doorstep Not only does Betty Kane accuse them of kidnap & abuse she can back up her claim with a detailed description of the attic room in which she was kept right down to the crack in its round window But there's something about Betty Kane's story that doesn't quite add up Inspector Alan Grant of Scotland Yard is stumped & it takes Robert Blair local solicitor turned amateur detective to solve the mystery that lies at the heart of The Franchise Affair ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Michael Denison & Dulcie Grey formed one of post-war Britain&s most popular screen pairings & they lead an impressive cast in this adaptation of Josephine Tey&s novel named among the & Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time& by the British Crime Writers& Association A mystery based on real-life events The Franchise Affair has been adapted several times for film radio & television; this 1951 adaptation is presented here in a br&-new transfer from the original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio Young lawyer Robert Blair is called on in desperation by two women mother & daughter who live in a large isolated house known as The Franchise & have been questioned by the police in connection with a peculiar accusation As feelings in the local village run high the police build up a case on a formidable amount of circumstantial evidence against which Blair can put only the improbability of the charge & some unsuccessful amateur detection ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play All six episodes of the ITV drama set in 19th century London Sean Bean stars as Inspector John Marlott who is tasked with investigating a spate of recent crimes in the capital by Home Secretary Sir Robert Peel (Tom Ward) His findings lead him to believe the prime suspect to be a scientist trying to reanimate the dead with his search seeing him visit William Blake (Steven Berkoff) Mary Shelley (Anna Maxwell Martin) & a house where body snatchers gather known as The Fortune of War The episodes are &A World Without God& & Seeing Things& & All the Lost Children& & The Fortunes of War& & The Frankenstein Murders& & & Lost & Found& ...