The hero of Noisy Neighbours is a tired & grumpy snail who is searching for some peace & quiet. Wherever he goes he bumps into his neighbours
- chirping sparrows, singing foxes, hooting owls, quacking ducks & buzzing bees
- each noisier than the last! In the end he decides to invite all his neighbours to a party where they make lots of noise & have so much fun they are tired out & fall to sleep. At last the snail can get some peace! This amusing story is illustrated with the colourful screen-prints that have made Ruth Green one of the leading illustrators of her generation. The different animal characters are framed within decorative branches & flowers, the prints` bold colours creating striking contrasts as each page is turned. Noisy Neighbours, along with Big-Top Benn & Counting Birds, are our first books on a newly dedicated paperback list for children`s picture books. Produced with the same care & attention to detail as all of our books for children, we hope this series will make the innovative & creative artwork, for which Tate Publishing has become so well known, accessible to even wider audiences.

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Includes:: three fire-engine stories with a twist! Each story has a sturdy track embedded in the

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Topographic survey of Faroe Islands at 1:20, 000 prepared by the Danish national mapping agency Kort og Matrikelstyrelsen. The islands’ topography is vividly presented by contours at 5 metre intervals, enhanced by relief shading plus colouring and/or graphics for different types of terrain or vegetation (scree, boulders, etc). The maps show all the detail expected of the topographic mapping at this scale & have a 1-km UTM grid, plus margin ticks for latitude & longitude at 1’ & 2` respectively. Map legend is in Danish only. The maps are available either separately or as sets of five of more sheets, each covering the main island group: Vagar, Sandoy, Suduroy, Nordoyar, Streymoy & Eysturoy. To see the list of all the titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

Rene Redzepi has been widely credited with re-inventing Nordic cuisine. His Copenhagen restaurant, Noma, was recognized as the best in the world by the San Pellegrino World`s 50 Best Restaurant awards in 2010 & received the unique ` Chef`s Choice` award at the same ceremony in 2009. Redzepi operates at the cutting edge of gourmet cuisine, combining an unrelenting creativity & a remarkable level of craftsmanship with an inimitable & innate knowledge of the produce of his Nordic terroir. At Noma, which Redzepi created from a derelict eighteenth-century warehouse in 2003 after previously working at both el Bulli & The French Laundry, diners are served exquisite concoctions, such as ` Newly-Ploughed Potato Field` or ` The snowman from Jukkasjarvi`, all painstakingly constructed to express their amazing array of Nordic ingredients. Redzepi`s fascination with giving his diners a real taste of their food`s environment extends to serving dishes on pebbles found in the same fields as his produce. His search for ingredients involves foraging amongst local fields for wild produce, sourcing horse-mussels from the Faroe Islands & the purest possible water from Greenl&. Redzepi has heightened the culinary philosophy of seasonally & regionally sourced sustainable ingredients to an exquisite level, & in doing so has created an utterly delicious cuisine. ...

Sibella Court sees the world differently. In her latest book, the stylist & bestselling author of ” Etcetera” shows us how to bring our travels home with us in the most unexpected of ways. The globetrotter & treasure hunter travelled to Syria, Mexico, Italy, India & Japan to be inspired by everything from door knobs & street signs to roadside shrines & household brooms
- things that most of us wouldn`t even notice. In ” Nomad”, the ideas, photographs & mementos she collected are used to inspire room settings, illustrating simple, practical & surprising ways to be reminded of your travel experiences. Sibella`s approach is not about recreating a whole look but about adding & subtracting, rearranging & recycling, transforming & rethinking to make interior spaces that reflect your personality, experiences & lifestyle. ” Nomad” will help open your eyes to what`s around you & fuel your imagination long after the suitcase is unpacked. Key points include: room settings are shot in private homes rather than a studio to show that any decorative background can be restyled with travel inspirations; Sibella Court`s philosophy is an organic & sustainable one, encouraging recycling & creatively re-using rather than consuming new resources. This title

Includes:: a list of Sibella`s favourite shops & a list of the unique hotels she stayed in while researching the countries in this book.


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Nomad is a philosophical memoir, telling how Ayaan Hirsi Ali came to America in search of a new life, & the difficulties she faced in reconciling her two worlds. With vivid anecdotes & observations of people, cultures, & political debacles, this narrative weaves together Hirsi Ali`s personal story -- including her reconciliation with her devout father who had disowned her when she denounced Islam -- with the stories of other women & men, high-profile & not, whom she encounters. With a deep understanding & intimate perspective of the situation of Muslim women & moderates in the world today & her singular, unwavering intellectual courage, Hirsi Ali offers her always notable, often controversial analysis of Islam vis a vis the superiority of Western democratic values. ...

This illustrated volume, written & edited by Philip Jodidio contains some of the most remarkable examples of homes on the move. Starting with totally revamped Airstream mobile homes, & going on to spectacular yachts like Philippe Starck`s Motor Yacht A, this book doesn`t stop moving, surveying the best in campers & tents, & even going on to private jets in the A319 or Boeing 737 category, veritable flying palaces for the privileged few. ...

This absurdly enjoyable collection of travel pieces by one of the world`s most entertaining writers takes us from the exotic by way of Gambia, Mali & Isfahan, to the seemingly domesticated vistas of Australia & Zurich, & finds poetry & beauty in them all. What marks this collection out as something different from an ordinary travel anthology are Nooteboom`s meditations on what it means to travel & to be a traveller & his quest, like that of so many other explorers, to discover the perfect hotel. This is vintage Nooteboom; a book of immense range & depth, it is an illuminating record of a world class traveller`s many discoveries & insights & perfect holiday, & armchair, reading. ...

This is a highly illustrated how-to-do-it book. There are very few such books specifically covering non-precious material techniques, but there has been a recent increase in the creative use of non-precious materials in jewellery-making. Using a step-by-step approach, this book is an easy & accessible, but thorough, introduction to non-precious materials & techniques. Examples of appropriate techniques for each material are featured as making sequences, alongside showcased pieces from contemporary jewellers in different materials. Throughout are suggestions for taking the techniques further & developing original designs, & there is a final section of design briefs, which will show you how to complete a project. Materials covered include: rubber, resin, polypropylene, acrylic, cellulose acetate, nylon, wood, fibre, felt, cloth, paper, stone, titanium, steel, aluminium, tin, copper, leather, brass & bone. Techniques to be covered include: cutting/piercing, laser cutting, joining/fixing, gluing, drilling, colouring/dyeing, heat forming, casting, scoring & bending, laminating, vacuum forming, electroplating, finished, knitting/knotting, blocking & shaping, origami, flocking, beading & embossing. Projects will include necklaces, bangles, brooches & earrings. ...

West Wales, 1850. When an old tree root is dug up, the remains of a young woman are found. Harry Probert-Lloyd, a young barrister forced home from London by encroaching blindness, has been dreading this discovery. He knows exactly whose bones they are. Working with his clerk, John Davies, Harry is determined to expose the guilty. But the investigation turns up more questions than answers. The search for the truth will prove costly. But will Harry & John pay the highest price? ...