When Sugarlump the rocking horse wishes to see the world, a magical unicorn with a silver horn & sparkling blue eyes turns him into a real horse. But after trotting around the farm, galloping around a racetrack & even dancing at the circus, Sugarlump learns to be careful what he wishes for & realises how much he misses the children he left behind. Luckily the unicorn has one more wish to grant.. . The sixth title from this 1 bestselling, chart-busting team is bursting with Julia Donaldson`s rhythmic, lyrical verse & Lydia Monks`s bright, beautiful illustrations. There`s glitter on every page too! Praise for THE SINGING MERMAID: ”[A] tip-top adventurous ballad which will hold its readers captive.”
- Guardian ”[...] a delightful rhyming adventure.”
- Daily Mail

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When June met Delia, she was a lifeline. Their intense friendship gave her a sense of belonging, of security, that she`d never had before. She felt braver, smarter, funnier, more attractive when Delia was around. But then something went wrong, & Delia & June haven`t spoken for a year when an announcement is made at their school that Delia is dead. June barely has time to mourn before Delia`s ex-boyfriend convinces her that Delia didn`t kill herself but was in fact murdered, & June is fast swept into a tangle of lies & deceit
- & a conspiracy she can barely conceive of, never mind believe. Stylish, sexy & atmospheric, with so many twists it will leave you breathless.
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The Suilven area of Scottish Highlands at 1:25, 000 on a waterproof & tear-resistant map from Harvey Map Services in their Superwalker series. Coverage extends from Loch Inver & Loch Assynt in the north southwards to Loch Lurgainn, Cam Loch & Ledmore Junction in the south, &

Includes:: Stac Pollaidh, Cùl Mòr & Ben More Assynt. Maps in Harvey’s Superwalker series have contours at 15m intervals, with additional graphics for various types of terrain (crags, large boulders, scattered rocks) & colouring for different kinds of land use or vegetation (pastures, bogs, forests or woodl&, etc). The maps show local hiking paths, indicating where appropriate long-distance routes, & boundaries of national parks or other protected areas. Scottish titles also indicate Munro, Corbett & Graham hills. Some maps in addition highlight local cycle routes. A range of symbols mark various facilities for walkers including youth or independent hostels, campsites & caravan sites, information points, etc. Each map has a 1-km British or Irish national grid. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link.

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Enjoy the best of hotels & restaurants Switzerland has to offer, from tiny bistros to luxury hotels. Over 1, 700 hotels & ...

First title of a series of 8 DVDs covering the whole country. About this series: The Swiss Map 25 series covers the whole of the country at 1:25, 000,

Includes:: the complete official Swiss footpath network & it is compatible with both Swiss Map 50 & 100, & with the Dufour Map. There are 8 DVD titles in the series, each also including the Swiss Map 500 covering the whole country. The cartography of Swiss Map 25 is equivalent to that of the printed Swiss Survey maps & the individually selectable map extracts can be easily printed & exported. The diversity of the graphic tools makes it possible to show political & administrative boundaries (including municipalities, districts & cantons), highlight castles, heritage sites & other tourist information, & search for all displayed place names. It is also possible to calculate distances, hiking times & profiles' elevation, to enter individual routes or add personal data to a map. Up-to-date information from the Switzerland Tourism organisation about holiday destinations, hotels, events & excursions can also be accessed from the map via the Internet. Each DVD is compatible with Windows, Mac & GPS (NMEA, Garmin & Magellan). All data is available in English, German, French & Italian. System requirements:1 GB free hard disk space Screen 1024 x 768 pixels Thousands of colours (16 bits) Internet Browser 4.x (or higher) Windows
- 2000 or XP
- Pentium processor III
- 256 MB RAMMacintosh
- Mac OS X 10.1.5 (or higher)
- G3 500 MHz
- 256 MB RAM







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France, 1940. Lucile Angellier`s husband has been captured as a prisoner-of-war, & all she can do is wait for him
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The 1:50, 000 topographic map gives a more general picture of the ground features than a basic map. It shows settlements, houses, roads, cultivated areas, waterways, cutting areas, mires, rock exposures, & relief. One map sheet covers an area of 30 x 40 km & one centimetre corresponds to 500 metres on the ground. The 1:50, 000 topographic map is also an ideal complement to nautical charts as it provides useful information about the land areas adjacent to waterways. For example, all Finnish sea areas are covered by 1:50, 000 topographic map sheets. ...

Suki`s favourite possession is her blue cotton kimono. A gift from her obachan, it holds special memories of her grandmother`s visit last summer. & Suki is going to wear it on her first day back to school
- no matter what anyone says. When it`s Suki`s turn to share with her classmates what she did during the summer, she tells them about the street festival she attended with her obachan & the circle dance that they took part in. In fact, she gets so carried away reminiscing that she`s soon humming the music & dancing away, much to the delight of her entire class! Filled with gentle enthusiasm & a touch of whimsy, Suki`s Kimono is the joyful story of a little girl whose spirit leads her to march
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As girls, Nel & Sula shared each other`s discoveries & dreams in the poor black mid-West of their childhood. Then Sula ran away to live her dreams & Nel got married. Ten years later Sula returns & no one, least of all Nel, trusts her. SULA is the story of the fear that makes people accept self-pity; the fear that will not countenance escape & that justifies itself through myth & legend. Sula herself is cast as a witch & demon by the people who resent her strength. They attack her with the most pervasive weapon of all, the weapon of language & story. But Sula is a woman of power, a wayward force who challenges the smallness of a world that tries to hold her down. ...

Sulawesi on a double-sided map from Periplus combining coverage of the whole island with more detailed enlargements of its most visited areas including Tana Toraja, six street plans including Makassar, plus tourist tips. The whole of Sulawesi, including the surrounding smaller islands is shown at 1:2, 600, 000. West & South Sulawesi Provinces plus the northernmost tip of the island around Manado are also presented in greater detail, enlarged to 1:1, 000, 000 & 1:350, 000 respectively. The maps have altitude colouring to show the topography, with names of peaks, mountain ranges, etc. Road network

Includes:: selected local tracks & various places of interest are highlighted. All the maps show latitude & longitude lines. On the reverse the Tana Toraja area is presented at 1:85, 000 highlighting main hiking trails. This side also

Includes:: a large street plan of Makassar (1:20, 000), plus plans of Manado, Palu, Parepare & the Rantepao area with an enlargement for central Rantepao. All the plans indicate locations of hotels, restaurants, various services & places of interest. Only the street plan of Makassar is indexed.



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