The next scrumptious story in Cathy Cassidy`s ” Chocolate Box Girls” series, following ” Cherry Crush” & ” Marshmallow Skye”. Perfect for fans of Jacqueline Wilson. Summer has always dreamed of dancing, & when a place at ballet school comes up, she wants it so badly it hurts. Middle school ends & the holidays begin, but unlike her sisters, Summer has no time for lazy days & sunny beach parties. The audition becomes her obsession, & things start spiralling out of control... The more Summer tries to find perfection, the more lost she becomes. Will she realise
- with the help of the boy who wants more than friendship
- that dreams come in all shapes & sizes? Third must-have title in this gorgeous series from one of the UK`s best-loved girls` authors, Cathy Cassidy. Each sister has a different story to tell, which one will be your favourite? Cathy Cassidy was voted Queen of Teen in 2010
- beating Jacqueline Wilson & Louise Rennison to the throne. Praise for Cathy`s books: ” Touching, tender & unforgettable”. (” Guardian”). Cathy Cassidy wrote her first picture book for her little brother when she was eight or nine & has been writing fabulous stories ever since.” The Chocolate Box Girls” is a sumptuous series starring sassy sisters, super-cool boys & one of Cathy`s biggest loves
- chocolate. Cathy lives in Scotland with her family.



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Showcasing the Christmas vegetable we all love to hate, these quirky Brussel Sprouts chocolates are perfectly disguised in green foil to surprise family & friends. Filled with sumptuous milk chocolate, these foiled balls from Candyhouse are presented in a contemporary jar
- a unique stocking filler.
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This beautiful book is filled with over 35 exquisite chocolate recipes from Chocolate Orange Madeleines & Salted Caramel Brownies to White Chocolate Scones with Strawberries & Clotted Cream & of course the quintessential royal chocolate treat, Spiced Hot Chocolate. Through these delectable recipes learn the history of making, drinking & eating chocolate from its very beginnings to the royal chocolate kitchen at Hampton Court Palace right up to the present day. Discover why chocolate was considered a status symbol, how it was thought to have medicinal qualities, & the part that chocolate houses played in court life as pleasure haunts for the elite. Including chapters on Chocolate Cakes, Pastries & Tarts, Teatime Bites & Biscuits, & Drinks & Sauces as well as fascinating anecdotes about the infamous royals & their connection to the history of chocolate, this charming book provides everything you need to know to make your own chocolate recipes fit for a Queen. ...

Topographic survey of France at 1:25, 000 in IGN`s excellent TOP25 / Série Bleue series. All the maps are GPS compatible, with a 1km UTM grid plus latitude & longitude lines at 5’ intervals. Contours are at 5m intervals except for mountainous areas where the maps have contours at 10m intervals, vividly enhanced by hill shading & graphics for rocky terrain. Colouring with graphics indicates different types of vegetation or land use (deciduous or coniferous forests, moors, orchards, vineyards, etc). PLEASE NOTE: coverage of France at this scale is currently being revised – the format & the presentation of each title are indicated by the letters at the end of its Sheet Reference number (e.g. 0416ET, 3531ETR, 1923SB, etc.)MAPS WITH FULL TOURIST OVERPRINT & AN ENGLISH MAP LEGEND: all TOP25 maps & the SB editions of Série Bleue have an overprint highlighting waymarked walking trails including long-distance GR routes &, where appropriate, ski routes. Symbols indicate campsites, gîtes d’etape, refuges, equestrian centres & other recreational facilities or sites, tourist information centres, cultural heritage, etc. Towns & locations of particular interest are highlighted.- ET or OT = single-sided TOP25 map covering approx. 29x 21 km / 18x 13 miles.- ETR or OTR = waterproof & tear resistant TOP25 map covering the same area as the corresponding ET or OT number, but double-sided, printed on a smaller size sheet with a good overlap between the sides.- SB = Série Bleue map with full tourist overprint; these maps, first introduced in summer 2014, each cover approx. 29x 24km / 18x 15 miles.SÉRIE BLEUE maps with numbers ending in E (Est) or O (Ouest): most editions now indicate the GR routes, but do not show any other tourist information. Map legend is in French only. Each map covers approx. 14x 20km / 9x 12 miles. ...

One of the maps in the topographic survey of Peru from the country’s national survey organization, Instituto Geográfico Nacional. Contours are at 25m intervals & colouring/symbols indicate different types of terrain & vegetation. Some of the maps may contain small blank spaces representing as yet unmapped areas. Each sheet covers 30’ latitude by 30’ longitude. The maps have a 1km UTM grid & margin ticks for latitude & longitude at intervals of 1’. Publication dates vary; most maps were published in 1960s to 1990s, with some sheets revised more recently. Map legend is in Spanish only, except in the more recent editions which also include English. ...

When Terri-Lee goes to the pet-shop she thinks she`ll be choosing a dog
- she doesn`t expect the dog to be choosing her! But Crumble
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In November 1838 Frederic Chopin, George Sand & her two children sailed to Majorca to escape the Parisian winter. They settled in an abandoned monastery at Valldemossa in the mountains above Palma, where Chopin finished what would eventually be recognised as one of the great & revolutionary works of musical Romanticism
- his 24 Preludes. There was scarcely a decent piano on the island (these were still early days in the evolution of the modern instrument), so Chopin worked on a small pianino made by a local craftsman, which remained in their monastic cell for seventy years after he & Sand had left. This brilliant & unclassifiable book traces the history of Chopin`s 24 Preludes through the instruments on which they were played, the pianists who interpreted them & the traditions they came to represent. Yet it begins & ends with the Majorcan pianino, which during the Second World War assumed an astonishing cultural potency as it became, for the Nazis, a symbol of the man & music they were determined to appropriate as their own. The unexpected hero of the second part of the book is the great keyboard player & musical thinker Wanda Landowska, who rescued the pianino from Valldemossa in 1913, & who would later become one of the most influential musical figures of the twentieth century. Kildea shows how her story
- a compelling account based for the first time on her private papers
- resonates with Chopin`s, while simultaneously distilling part of the cultural & political history of Europe & the United States in the central decades of the century. Kildea`s beautifully interwoven narratives, part cultural history & part detective story, take us on an unexpected journey through musical Romanticism & allow us to reflect freshly on the changing meaning of music over time.


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Chorley in 1909 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. In this title: the map covers the central area of Chorley, extending south & east to Cowling & Limbrick. The town centre is shown in detail & features include railway with station, goods yard & Chorley Wagon Works; Market Place, cattle market, Town Hall, St George's church, Croft Mill, St George's Park, Moor Mill, Weldbank Mill, Greenfield Mill, Albert Mills, St James's church, Lancaster Canal, Cowling Mill, Weir Mill, Workhouse etc. A directory of private residents is included on the reverse. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25 ...

Chorley in 1909 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. The map covers the central area of Chorley, extending south & east to Cowling & Limbrick. The town centre is shown in detail & features include railway with station, goods yard & Chorley Wagon Works; Market Place, cattle market, Town Hall, St George`s church, Croft Mill, St George`s Park, Moor Mill, Weldbank Mill, Greenfield Mill, Albert Mills, St James`s church, Lancaster Canal, Cowling Mill, Weir Mill, Workhouse, etc. A directory of private residents is on the reverse. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series: Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK. ...

Chorley North in 1909 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. In this title: the map covers the northern part of Chorley, stretching from Hollinshead Street northward to Hartwood Hall, & from Park Road eastward to Lower Healey Wood. Features include Talbot Mills, Lower Healey Bleach Works, Lancaster Canal, Heapey Bleach Works, Knowley Top, Botany Bay, Fosterfield Mill, Canal Mill, railway lines & engine shed, Diamond Mills, St Peter's church, North Street Mills, Chorley Hall Farm, Hartwood Green. A commercial directory, entries A-H, is included on the reverse. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25 ...