A first-hand account of a lighthouse keeper`s life in the last traditional years before the introduction of helicopter reliefs & automation. Arthur Lane entered the Service in 1953 as a fugitive from the Birmingham branch of a large insurance company, who seem to have made no attempt to get him back. He transferred his talents to the service of Trinity House, & they weren`t always appreciated there either. The next seven years & 12 lighthouses were passed in a nightmare for a number of colleagues as they experienced & tried to survive the Motor Horn Call Sign, the Exploding Mortar, & the Letter to ” The Times”, as well as numerous other episodes. Arthur Lane admits lighthouse life could be pretty hectic, but he still manages to give as complete an account as we are likely to get of what it was like to keep a lighthouse in its last traditional years when, for every eight-week spell of isolation, you`d be likely to do another week & more in overdue. ...

Lily & Blue Kangaroo
- a friendship forever! Another heart warming story featuring Lily & her much-loved toy, Blue Kangaroo,
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Meet the Hueys
- a fabulously quirky group of characters from international bestselling, award-winning author/illustrator, Oliver
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Imagine swallowing a computer chip & becoming a living computer...imagine almost burning down your school...imagine being Harry Manners. He is a very unusual boy. His family don`t understand him. His teachers wish he would stop daydreaming. But he thinks he`s doing just fine, as long as he has a stash of Max Masters comics to read & his imaginary pet pig Monty to take for a walk... ...

After working for four years at a leading London book publisher, Polly Evans moved to Hong Kong where she spent many happy hours as a senior editor on the city's biggest entertainment weekly. But fighting deadlines from a twizzly office chair & free use of the coffee machine seemed just too easy. So Polly exchanged the shiny red cabs of Hong Kong for a more demanding form of transport
- a bicycle
- & set off on a voyage of discovery around Spain. From the thigh-burning ascents of the Pyrenees to the relentless olive groves of Andalusia, Polly found more adventures than she had bargained for. She survived a nail-biting encounter with a sprightly pig, escaped over-zealous suitors, had her morality questioned by the locals, encountered some dubious aficionados on the road & indulged her love of regional cooking. While she pedalled, Polly pondered some of the more lurid details of Spanish history
- the king who collected pickled heads, the queen who toured the country with her husband's mouldering corpse, & the unfortunate duchess who lost her feet. & wherever she cycled, she ate & ate & yet still she shrank out of her trousers.


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NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE
- Stephen King`s terrifying classic.` They float...and when you`re down here with me, you`ll float,
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Putumayo's Italia features well-known singer-songwriters Giorgio Conte & Gianmaria Testa, who combine poetry & humor with stirring melodies & lovingly crafted compositions. Simone Lo Porto, Alessandro Pitoni, Alessandro Mannarino & Rossomalpelo frontman Serge Gaggiotti are all representatives of the contemporary Italian singer-songwriter scene. Lino Straulino returns to the traditional folk music of his native Friuli region in northeastern Italy for inspiration.CD Track listing: 1 Simone Lo Porto, ' Il Girasole' 2 Rossomalpelo, ' Il Mare Mi Salva' 3 Alessandro Pitoni, ' Colpa di Coda' 4 Bandabard ...

Putumayo's Italia features well-known singer-songwriters Giorgio Conte & Gianmaria Testa, who combine poetry & humor with stirring melodies & lovingly crafted compositions. Simone Lo Porto, Alessandro Pitoni, Alessandro Mannarino & Rossomalpelo frontman Serge Gaggiotti are all representatives of the contemporary Italian singer-songwriter scene. Lino Straulino returns to the traditional folk music of his native Friuli region in northeastern Italy for inspiration.CD Track listing: 1 Simone Lo Porto, ' Il Girasole' 2 Rossomalpelo, ' Il Mare Mi Salva' 3 Alessandro Pitoni, ' Colpa di Coda' 4 Bandabard ...

Italian food is probably the best-loved in the world. Pizza & pasta, antipasto & veal dishes, deliciously rich desserts
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Look & learn
- the quick & intuitive way to learn & recall everyday vocabulary in Italian. Whether for business or leisure, this
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