Lucie de la Tour du Pin was the Pepys of her generation. She witnessed, participated in, & wrote diaries detailing one of the most tumultuous periods of history. From life in the Court of Versailles, through the French Revolution to Napoleon`s rule, Lucie survived extraordinary times with great spirit. She recorded people, politics & intrigue, alongside the intriguing minutia of everyday life: food, work, illness, children, manners & clothes. Caroline Moorehead`s richly novelistic biography sets Lucy & her dairies in their wider context, illuminating a remarkable period of history. Dancing to the Precipice was shortlisted for the Costa Biography Award 2009. ...

Adapted from our perennial bestseller Dancing with Jesus, this humorous kit

Includes:: a bobbling Jesus figurine

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White Vinyl
- 250mm x 300mm. Stanfords is an official distributor of Maritime Progress safety signs. We are able to source a full
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Danger Is Everywhere is a brilliantly funny handbook for avoiding danger of all kinds. Does it warn you about what to do if a shark comes up out of the loo while you are sitting on it? Yes it does. & how to find out if your granny is a Robot? That too. & what to do if a volcano erupts underneath your house? After you`ve made sure it`s not a neighbour`s barbecue, this book will let you know exactly how to deal with it. Written by Doctor Noel Zone, the world`s greatest (and only) Dangerologist, with the help of his neighbours: David O` Doherty (words): a multi-award-winning st&-up comedian, writer & popular guest on television shows such as QI, Have I Got News For You & Would I Lie to You? David has written two theatre shows for children, including one where he fixed their bicycles live on stage. Chris Judge (pictures): the award winning author/illustrator of The Lonely Beast, three successive picture books & a number of other projects. Chris` work has appeared in high-profile advertising campaigns, newspapers, magazines, exhibitions & other media in Ireland & the UK. ...

Danger is Still Everywhere: Beware of the Dog! Will Docter Noel Zone`s second book tell you how to combat a Crocumm? Yes. & reveal the secrets of the world`s greatest (and only) Dangerologist? That Too. Has he written it yet? No. Is it because he`s hiding in a wardrobe? Maybe. Docter Noel is facing his most terrifying situation Ever
- a little dog called Napkin has come to stay. That may not sound particularly dangerous, but every POD (Pupil of Dangerology) knows the only safe pet is a pet rock. So now Docter Noel is hiding in a wardrobe while Napkin wreaks havoc around the Dangerzone. & all the while Docter Noel is supposed to be writing his new Very Important handbook on Dangerology (Level 2). That is until the Pet of the Year (POTY) contest is announced & Docter Noel hatches a plan. There`s only one problem. Serial safety-flouter Max WURST is the judge... For Docter Noel, it`s never been clearer that Danger is Still Everywhere: A crocodile that looks like a vacuum that lives under the stairs. Diary of a Wimpy Kid meets The Dangerous Book for Boys, Danger is Still Everywhere is the second brilliantly funny handbook for avoiding danger of all kinds that will have everyone from reluctant readers to bookworms laughing out loud (very safely) from start to finish. Praise for Danger is Still Everywhere: ”I dislocated my jaw laughing.” (Eoin Colfer, author of Artemis Fowl). ”A brilliantly silly survival guide.” (Sunday Express). ”A Joyful riposte to over-cautious parents...well-paced & funny throughout.” (Time Out London). ” Imagine the Mighty Boosh crashed into the Wimpy Kid.” (The Times). ”A surreal, daft & funny book...A bracing satirical sideswipe at today`s health-&-safety culture, aimed at kids who`ll get the irony & relish the silliness.” (Financial Times). ” Brilliantly funny.” (Gransnet). ”A brilliantly mapcap guide” (ni 4 Kids.com). ” Laugh-out-loud.” (The School Run.comcom).
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From the co-author of the bestselling ` The Dangerous Book for Boys`, this is a book of heroes, new & old, known & sadly forgotten, now to be glorified as they ought to be. From Captain Scott to Joe Simpson, from Douglas Bader to Ernest Shackleton, from Gertrude Bell to Emily Pankhurst, Conn Iggulden brings our great heroes from history back to life. Filled with the British sense of fair play & decency that made ` The Dangerous Book for Boys` so popular, ` The Dangerous Book of Heroes` celebrates those who fought for what is right & good, those who made amazing discoveries, those who moved boundaries in their lifetimes. A book of heroes written by Conn Iggulden, a man who knows what makes a hero. ...

Think that Ancient Egypt is just a load of old obelisks? Don`t bet your afterlife on it. Ancient Egypt should be deader than most of our yesterdays. After all it was at its height 5, 000 years ago. Yet we still marvel at its mummies & ponder over its pyramids. It`s easy to forget these people once lived & laughed, loved & breathed.. .though not for very long. These were dangerous days for princes & peasants alike. In Ancient Egypt
- a world of wars & woes, poverty & plagues
- life was short. Forty was a good age to reach. A pharaoh who was eaten by a hippo ended up as dead as a ditch-digger stung by a scorpion. Unwrap the bandages & you`ll find that the Egyptians` bizarre adventures in life were every bit as fascinating as the monuments they left to their deaths.

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DANGEROUS DAYS IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE is the first in a new adult series by Terry Deary, the author of the hugely bestselling Horrible Histories, popular among children for their disgusting details, gory information & sharp wit, & among adults for engaging children (and themselves) with history. The Romans have long been held up as one of the first `civilised` societies, & yet in fact they were capable of immense cruelty. Not only that, but they made the killing of humans into a sport. The spoiled emperors were the perpetrators (and sometimes the victims) of some imaginative murders. DANGEROUS DAYS IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE will include some of the violent ways to visit the Elysian Fields (i.e. death) including: animal attack in the Coliseum; being thrown from the Tarpeian Rock
- 370 deserters in 214 AD alone (or if the emperor didn`t like your poetry); by volcanic eruption from Vesuvius; by kicking (Nero`s fatal quarrel with the Empress Poppea); from poison mushrooms (Claudius); by great fires; torturous tarring; flogging to death; boiling lead (the invention of `kind` Emperor Constantine); or being skinned alive by invading barbarians.DANGEROUS DAYS IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE looks at the back-story leading up to the victims` deaths, & in doing so gives the general reader a concise history of a frequently misunderstood era.
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Facing feuds & frauds, robberies & riots & the disasters of dangerous drivers, deadly designers & sleepy signalmen, Victorians risked more than just delays when stepping on a steam train. Victorian inventors certainly didn`t lack steam, but squabbling over who deserved the title of ` The Father of the Locomotive` & busy enjoying their fame & fortune, safety on the rails was not their priority. Brakes were seen as a needless luxury (until a steamer started to slide downhill towards disaster) & boilers had an inconvenient tendency to overheat & explode, & in turn, blow up anyone in reach. Four years after a mysterious murderer left only his victim`s crushed hat & walking stick on board a first class carriage, the nation trembled at the trains once more. Poorly timed repairs caused a locomotive to derail & crash into the shallow River Beult, killing ten passengers & injuring 40 more. The infamous Staplehurst disaster is said to have traumatised passenger Charles Dickens, threatening to expose his affair with the young Nell Ternan, & altering his health & writing for the rest of his life. Often recognised as having revolutionised travel & industrial Britain, Victorian railways were perilous. Few other histories honour the lives of the people killed or injured by the diseases & disasters which accounted for thousands of deaths. The victims of the Victorian railways had names, lives & families, & they deserve to be remembered... ...

The Victorians risked more than just delays when boarding a steam train.. . Victorian inventors certainly didn`t lack steam, but while they squabbled over who deserved the title of ` The Father of the Locomotive` & enjoyed their fame & fortune, safety on the rails was not their priority. Brakes were seen as a needless luxury & boilers had an inconvenient tendency to overheat & explode, & in turn, blow up anyone in reach. Often recognised as having revolutionised travel & industrial Britain, Victorian railways were perilous. Disease, accidents & disasters accounted for thousands of deaths & many more injuries. While history has focused on the triumph of engineers, the victims of the Victorian railways had names, lives & families & they deserve to be remembered.. . ...