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This fascinating new book explores the world of numbers from pin numbers to book titles & from the sixfold shape of snowflakes to the way our roads houses & telephone numbers are designated in fact & fiction 208 pages Illustrations color Binney Ruth ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play An exceptional & ambitious single film directed by Anthony Minghella & scripted by Richard Curtis (Love Actually) based on the best-selling books series by Alexander Mc Call Smith Starring Grammy Award Winning Jill Scott as Precious Remotswe this is the first BBC drama to be filmed entirely on location in Botswana & the last Minghella work before he passed away Broadcast on BBC One Easter Sunday 2008 ...

The Noise of a Fly is the first collection from Douglas Dunn in sixteen years & the first since he was awarded the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry in 2013 It is a book brimming with warmth mischief & a self-deprecating humour as well as with a charming ' Larkinesque' crankiness a quarrel with ageing an impatience with youth the grievousness of losing friends & colleagues But for all its intimate hearthside rumination this is a volume of poems that looks outward in equal measure at Scottish independence British politics & an international refugee crisis & reflects unflinchingly on what it is to consider oneself a contributor to society Penned with a dexterous wit & a steady nerve The Noise of a Fly is a mesmeric imagining of our later years by one of this country's most senior & celebrated writers' It is hard to think of many poets who can equal his combination of imaginative ambition formal resource & range of tone Written on these terms poetry is a matter of permanent urgency' Sean O' Brien' The most respected Scottish poet of his generation' Nicholas Wroe ...

In May 1937 a man in his early thirties waits by the lift of a Leningrad apartment block He waits all through the night expecting to be taken away to the ' Big House' Any celebrity he has known in the previous decade is no use to him now & few who are taken to ever return ...

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- OBSERVERIn May 1937 a man in his early thirties waits by the lift of a Leningrad apartment block He waits
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The world's most influential chef redefines the possibilities of a restaurant cookbook by sharing new techniques for fermentation--the secret sauce behind every dish at Noma the world's leading restaurant & one of the most important food topics today--and offering revolutionary knowledge & original recipes for home cooks & professional c 440 pages 750 full-colour photographs Redzepi Rene ...

Go back to the beginning of the Zero Escape saga & experience both Nine Hours Nine Persons Nine Doors (999) & its sequel Virtue’s Last Reward (VLR) in one great collection! Kidnapped & taken to an unfamiliar location nine people find themselves forced to participate in a diabolical Nonary Game by an enigmatic mastermind called Zero Why are they there? Why are they chosen to put their lives on the line as part of a dangerous life & death game? Who can be trusted? Tensions rise as the situation becomes dire & the nine strangers must figure out how to escape before they wind up dead The Nonary Games Features A Million Ways to Die Both Nine Hours Nine Persons Nine Doors (999) & its sequel Virtue’s Last Reward (VLR) are together in the same collection for the first time ever Remastered & Revamped Hi-res graphics bring the savage world of Nine Hours Nine Persons Nine Doors to life with stunning clarity! Experience full immersion with English & Japanese dual voice audio The Path Before You Your choices dictate the fate of you & your "teammates" & offer multiple paths to unique endings More than a Game Over 80 hours of gameplay dual voice implementation brain shredding puzzles jaw-dropping story & unforgettable characters combine to create one of the most gripping narrative threads in gaming history ...

Sir Waldo Hawkridge -- wealthy handsome eligible illustrious & known as ' The Nonesuch' for his athletic prowess -- believes he is past the age of falling in love But when he comes North to inspect his unusual inheritance at Broom Hall in the West Riding his arrival leads to the most entertaining of ramifications Georgette Heyer won the hearts of a huge worldwide readership with her peerless novels of historical romance
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An essential guide to good governance for board leaders at all levels of experience & expertise This third edition of the bestselling book for nonprofit board members & professionals offers a thoroughly revised & updated resource that answers the most-commonly asked question on board governance The book covers such topics as board structure & process board member recruitment & orientation board-staff relations & financial management This new edition

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