Michael Driscoll’s acclaimed Child’s Introduction to the Nigh Sky is a perfect gift for any child curious about the stories behind the stars, planets & constellations of our skies & how to identify them in the night sky. Illustrated by Meredith Hamilton, this practical guide

Includes:: information on everything from when the best time to spot ‘shooting stars’ is to the stories behind the naming of our planets. The book also

Includes:: a Star Wheel Guide to help identify the thousands of stars in our night sky & also glow in the dark stickers of the Solar System
- bringing the magic of the Solar System into your child’s bedroom! With sections on what astronauts & astronomers do & how the night sky differs with the changing seasons, this is a perfect gift for any child who wants to find out more about our universe & the skies above us.




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A gripping unpublished diary from the bestselling diarist & biographer, with an introduction by Lucy Hughes-Hallett Iris Origo, one of the twentieth century`s great diarists, was born in England in 1902. As a child, she moved between Engl&, Irel&, Italy & America, never quite belonging anywhere. It was only when she married an Italian man that she came to rest in one country. Fifteen years later, that country would be at war with her own. With piercing insight, Origo documents the grim absurdities that her adopted Italy underwent as war became more & more unavoidable. Connected to everyone, from the peasants on her estate to the US ambassador, she writes of the turmoil, the danger, & the dreadful bleakness of Italy in 1939-1940. Published for the first time, A Chill in the Air is the account of the awful inevitability of Italy`s stumble into a conflict for which its people were ill prepared. With an introduction by Lucy Hughes-Hallett, the award-winning author of The Pike, & an afterword by Katia Lysy, granddaughter of Iris Origo, this is the gripping precursor to Origo`s bestselling classic diary War in Val d` Orcia. ...

Iris Origo, one of the twentieth century`s great diarists, was born in England in 1902. As a child, she moved between Engl&, Irel&, Italy & America, never quite belonging anywhere. It was only when she married an Italian man that she came to rest in one country. Fifteen years later, that country would be at war with her own. With piercing insight, Origo documents the grim absurdities that her adopted Italy underwent as war became more & more unavoidable. Connected to everyone, from the peasants on her estate to the US ambassador, she writes of the turmoil, the danger, & the dreadful bleakness of Italy in 1939-1940. Published for the first time in paperback, A Chill in the Air is the account of the awful inevitability of Italy`s stumble into a conflict for which its people were ill prepared. With an introduction by Lucy Hughes-Hallett, the award-winning author of The Pike, & an afterword by Katia Lysy, granddaughter of Iris Origo, this is the gripping precursor to Origo`s bestselling classic diary War in Val d` Orcia. ...

Lisa & Helen have travelled across China in search of amazing street food. The recipes are truly accessible
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Ebenezer Scrooge is a mean, miserable, bitter old man with no friends. One cold Christmas Eve, three ghosts take him on a scary journey to show him the error of his nasty ways. By visiting his past, present & future, Scrooge learns to love Christmas & the people all around him. With a light-hearted introduction by bestselling author Anthony Horowitz, creator of the highly successful Alex Rider novels, most recently Snakehead. ...

A Christmas Carol has had an enduring influence on the way we think about the traditions of Christmas ever since it was first published in December 1843. Dickens` story of solitary miser Ebenezer Scrooge, who is taught the true meaning of Christmas by the three ghosts of Christmas past, present & future, has been adapted into countless film & stage versions & is today the most famous & loved of all Christmas tales. ...

Every Christmas, the Morgan Library & Museum in Manhattan displays one of the crown jewels of its extraordinary collection: the original manuscript of Charles Dickens` A Christmas Carol with its detailed emendations, deletions & insertions in Dickens` h&. Here, for the first time in a beautiful trade edition, is a facsimile of that invaluable manuscript, along with a typeset version of the story, a fascinating introduction by the Morgan`s chief literary curator on the history of the story & a new foreword by Colm Toibin celebrating its timeless appeal. ...

Charles Dickens` classic Christmas story, unabridged & fully illustrated. Ebenezer Scrooge is a mean-spirited old man who hates everything
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Charles Dickens`s much loved tale of the Christmas spirit is beautifully presented in this deluxe newly illustrated edition. Contemporary artist & illustrator Yelena Bryksenkova has created enchanting watercolour artwork to accompany Dickens`s classic story of Ebenezer Scrooge & the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present & Future-evoking the magic of a Victorian Christmas, while at the same time infusing this timeless text with a touch of modern-day whimsy. With gilded page edges & a satin ribbon marker, this lavish keepsake volume is tomorrow`s cherished family heirloom; an essential Christmas treasure to read around the fire, under the tree, or after the plum pudding year after year. ...

Part of ” Penguin`s” beautiful hardback ” Clothbound Classics” series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable & collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design. After reading ” Christmas Carol”, the notoriously reculsive Thomas Carlyle was ”seized with a perfect convulsion of hospitality” & threw not one but two Christmas dinner parties. The impact of the story may not always have been so dramatic but, along with Dickens other Christmas writings, it has had a lasting & significant influence upon our ideas about the Christmas spirit, & about the season as a time for celebration, charity, & memory. ...