This is the first book of its kind, helping the reader to identify the wild flowers of the Himalaya, from Kashmir & Ladakh to the Nepal-Sikkim border in the east. It contains descriptions of 1500 species & illustrations of over 1000 species, most if them in colour. The book also gives details of where to go plant-hunting in the Himalaya, & at what seasons of the year. Brief descriptions of types of climate, geology, soils, altitude effects, & the activities of man & his animals on the vegetation are also included. ...

From the double Man Booker prize-winning author of ` Wolf Hall`, this is a dark fable of lost faith & awakening love amidst the moors. Fetherhoughton is a drab, dreary town somewhere in a magical, half-real 1950s north Engl&, a preserve of ignorance & superstition protected against the advance of reason by its impenetrable moor-fogs. Father Angwin, the town`s cynical priest, has lost his faith, & wants nothing more than to be left alone. Sister Philomena strains against the monotony of convent life & the pettiness of her fellow nuns. The rest of the town goes about their lives in a haze, a never-ending procession of grim, grey days stretching ahead of them. Yet all of that is about to change. A strange visitor appears one stormy night, bringing with him the hint, the taste of something entirely new, something unknown. But who is Fludd? An angel come to shake the Fetherhoughtonians from their stupor, to reawaken Father Angwin`s faith, to show Philomena the nature of love? Or is he the devil himself, a shadowy wanderer of the darkest places in the human heart? Full of dry wit, compassionate characterisations & cutting insight, Fludd is a brilliant gem of a book, & one of Hilary Mantel`s most original works. ...

Meet the man who makes the mission of learning any language possible! Language hacker Benny Lewis shows how anyone anywhere can learn any language without leaving their home, using a simple toolkit & by harnessing the power of the Internet. Benny definitely wasn`t born with the `language gene`. After graduating in electronic engineering in his native Ireland he spent six months in Spain struggling to learn Spanish. This frustrating experience fuelled his determination to take a different approach to learning foreign languages. Today he speaks over ten languages including Mandarin Chinese, Arabic, French, German, Portuguese, & Hungarian. At present, he`s learning Japanese in Spain. This typifies one of his `3-month challenges` where he targets a new language & proceeds to become fluent in it within just three months. He charts his progress on his blog, proving that his techniques allow anyone to learn a language from anywhere. Benny`s blog, also called Fluent in 3 Months, is the largest language learning blog in the world. The key principles of Benny`s method: * Speak from day one: find mother-tongue speaking partners online. Don`t be self-conscious
- keep the flow going!* Change your mindset: ditch the excuses, you can do it! * Stay focused & determined: even if you don`t have much time, never forget the goal you`ve set yourself & work at it. * Learning a language doesn`t need to be expensive: there is a wealth of free resources out there, if you know where to find them * Reap the rewards! Learning a new language is not an end in itself, but a means to meeting new people & discovering new cultures. Curiosity will fuel your determination.
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Elvie is desperate for a puppy that she can train up to do amazing tricks. But it`s not a puppy. Mum returns from the pet shop with, it`s a fish. But Elvie doesn`t give up. Determined to fulfill her dream of having a performing pet she trains up Fluff the fish. Fluff can`t sit, she won`t bark on comm&, but she does have a very special fishy talent all of her own... ...

Fluffy is a sleek & lovely kitty. Her claws are manicured & her home is spotless. Her neighbour, Scruffy, is NOTHING like Fluffy. His fur is smelly & his claws are grimy
- & his house is messy & disgusting! But when the neighbours are both invaded by a large group of mice, the cats must work together to reclaim their homes... This fabulously funny picture book is by the creator of THE BRILLIANT WORLD OF TOM GATES & winner of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize, Liz Pichon, & features friendship found in the most unlikely places!
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What are the chances?! This exclamation greets the scarcely believable coincidence
- you`re picked up by the same taxi driver several
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What are the chances?! This exclamation greets the scarcely believable coincidence
- you`re picked up by the same taxi driver several
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The only notebook that is as unique on the outside as whatever you choose to scribble inside, each flukebook is covered with a fusion of eclectic prints & colours, totally original & knock-out gorgeous. Every cover is stamped Edition 1 of 1 & it's true
- you'll never find one flukebook exactly like another. They're impossible to reproduce! Flukebooks are stitched & bound by hand to the highest of standards by Tara Books, whose workshop has produced over 120, 000 handmade books. Each flukebook is covered with a distinctive screen-printed test page created during the bookmaking process. These test pages are themselves works of art, & we were unable to face the idea of throwing away such vibrant experiments! We decided instead
- in the spirit of recycling
- to reuse the test pages to cover our notebooks.


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Flumserberge
- Prättigau area, map No. 5012, in the standard topographic survey of Switzerland at 1:50, 000 from Swisstopo,
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The Sitting Pretty Toilet Seat Covers pack is a truly indispensable item to take with you when travelling especially when with children. The discrete spotty colourful packaging contains 5 flushable paper toilet seat covers, each measuring 42x 39cm. Easy to use & hygienic these are ideal when using public toilets. ...