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Learn to write your first
lowercase alphabet with
this reusable wipe clean
book. Each page shows you
how to form a different
lowercase using helpful
handwriting guides. With
fun pictures and new
words to learn
throughout, this book is
perfect for little
learners everywhere.
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Books Baby Books The
perfect way for your
little one to start their
reading journey. Kids
First high contrast book
to colourful concepts,
Parents and kids can
explore the world
together with this
colourful heritage from
Ladybird. With bold,
bright colours and simple
text, these fabulous
books are the perfect way
to introduce your little
one to their reading
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interaction and play
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Archaeologist Sage
Westfield has been called
in to excavate a
sixteenth-century well,
and
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`Fun, laughter and tears
blend with love, lust
and a tangle of
misunderstandings in this
splendid romp' She Two
weeks before her wedding
Stevie Jonson has got the
jitters. Is she finally
growing up or
compromising horribly? In
love or in denial? Yes,
there are good reasons to
get married. Babies. Sex
whenever she wants it. A
justification for
staying in without
feeling like a loser.
Contentment. And there
are very good reasons not
to get married. Not
wanting to sleep with him
unless nothing on telly.
Never sleeping with
anyone else ever again.
His mother. His new
bald patch. Being called
'my wife'. And the
disconcerting
reappearance of a former
major crush, reminder of
everything fianc
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After a disastrous first
year, Mildred is
determined to lose her
embarrassing reputation
as the worst witch Miss
Cackles Academy has ever
seen - but things rapidly
get out of hand when her
arch-enemy Ethel turns
her into a frog...
Jill Murphy started
putting books together
(literally with a
stapler), when she was
six. The Worst Witch was
first published in 1974
and this much-loved
classic has been enjoyed
by readers for more than
30 years.
Jill
Murphy also written and
illustrated several
award-winning picture
books for younger
children.
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Age: 5 to 8 Years
•
Author: Jill
Murray
• Publisher:
Puffin
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• Pages:
122
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20 x 14.5 x
1cm
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When Adina and her family
are forced to flee
Cologne to escape the
vicious menace of German
invasion in 1938,
leaving their luxurious
lifestyle is painful.
Harder still is finding
herself a refugee in a
foreign country. But
Adina is a compassionate
and determined girl and
as they settle into a new
life in the Midlands she
finds the strength to
survive. However, her
brother and sister aren't
so lucky and their family
ties are stretched to
breaking point. And then
Adina runs the risk of
losing her family for
ever when she is drawn
towards the one man she
should never fall in love
with...
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Create distinctive pieces
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memories, reflect your
passions, or simply make
you smile. A Bead in Time
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of life and turn them
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From a favorite vacation
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Unique stringing
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All six episodes from the
first series of the
ribald comedy written by
and starring
'Bo'Selecta!' comedian
Leigh Francis. The Bear
(Francis) has been
adopted into the
Hennerson family, where
mum Helen (Patsy Kensit),
dad Richard (Sean
Pertwee) and teenage
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Are you a bear
considering keeping your
very own bees? Can't get
enough of delicious
honey? Then this is the
book for you! With
invaluable tips such as
how to make a tiny crown
for your queen bee, you
can become a master
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Learn how to care for
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Shots ring out on one
of Savannah's most famous
streets. A beautiful law
student lies dead.
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Details: Falcon de Luxe A
Beautiful Sunday Stroll
1000 piece puzzle depicts
a beautiful summers
afternoon in the
countryside that is being
enjoyed by couples
who are walking along the
path that runs beside a
small pond and to the
entrance of a village fun
fair. On both sides of
the stone path are
traditional thatched
roofed cottages and
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challenging jigsaw
puzzles. Completed puzzle
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Books Children's Fiction
Books A brilliantly funny
story of what happens
when a galactic princess
moves in next door and
almost brings about the
end of the world.
Exciting new fiction from
the bestselling,
award-winning author of
My Brother is a
Superhero. Gavin's got a
new neighbour and she's
really annoying. Niki
follows him everywhere,
bosses him about, and
doesn't care that her
parents will obliterate
Earth with their galactic
warships if she doesn't
stop running away from
them. Can Niki and Gavin
sort out the alien
despots (aka Mum and Dad)
and save the planet?
Possibly. Will they
become friends along the
way? Doubtful... Product
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•†Author: David
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Publisher:† Nosy Crow
Ltd •†Format:â€
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Pages:† 336 •â€
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x 19.8 cm
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Bearspotting is a
dangerous business - you
ought to take it
seriously, you know.
So
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This book takes you from
those first tentative
pencil marks to
completing sketchbook
masterpieces. Using
proven methods and with
stunning illustrations
from fom professional
artists, this book
covers all the basic
techniques, such as
sketching, shading and
shadows, as well guiding
you through the
esstential rules for any
work, no matter how
complex.
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If you've ever looked
longingly at a drawing
and wished that you could
produce something
similar, then this is
the perfect pack for you.
Whether you want to learn
the art of drawing, or
enhance existing skills,
this pack comes with
everything you need to
get started. It comes
complete with a 64 page
instructional book on all
the basic methods, as
well as more complex and
exciting techniques. Also
included is an A5 sketch
pad and pencils, a
pencil sharpener,
charcoal pencils and a
professional rubber to
correct mistakes.
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May 1915. With
thousands of soldiers
fighting in the trenches,
a severely depleted
police
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Details: From the bizarre
to the downright
hilarious, Peter
Serafinowicz is, quite
simply, one of Britain's
finest comic talents 'I'm
still angry at my parents
for not buying me
expensive rollerblades.
Cheapskates'. How did I
manage to glue my mouth
shut? My lips are
sealed.. Have hours of
fun and laughter with
this endlessly inventive,
fully illustrated
collection of brilliant
one-liners from the
BAFTA-nominated actor and
comedian. Ideal For: This
book is a perfect gift
for any comedy and joke
lovers or fans of Peter
Serafinowigz.
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Denise Van Outen,
original 90s 'ladette',
West End star and
primetime TV favourite,
reveals
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1938. As Hitler sets his
sights on the
Sudetenland, not
everyone in Britain is
willing to appease him.
Convinced that the
Fuehrer's land-hunger is
insatiable, the head of
the SIS recruits Cal
Jardine to help him prove
zechoslovakia is
threatened with invasion.
Before heading undercover
to Prague, however,
Jardine must first
extricate himself from
France, where his
attempts to smuggle guns
to Spain have been held
up by a group of
fanatical fascists. In
their struggle to
overthrow the French
government, they are
prepared to kill for the
sake of procuring
weapons. Finally arriving
in Czechoslovakia,
working undercover for
the SIS proves no less
dangerous. As jealousy
and mutual suspicions
within Secret Service
ranks make it impossible
for Jardine to tell
friend from foe, he
rediscovers old friends
of dubious loyalty and
makes new enemies of
untested ruthlessness.
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Books Crime Books Amongst
the scholars, secrets
and soporifics of
Victorian Oxford, the
truth can be a bitter
pill to swallow… Jesus
College, Oxford, 1881.
An undergraduate is found
dead at his lodgings and
the medical examination
reveals some shocking
findings. When the young
man’s guardian blames
the college for his death
and threatens a scandal,
Basil Rice, a Jesus
College fellow with a
secret to hide, is
forced to act and finds
himself drawn into Sidney
Parker’s sad life. The
mystery soon attracts the
attention of Rhiannon
‘Non’ Vaughan, a
young Welsh polymath and
one of the young women
newly admitted to
university lectures. But
when neither the college
principal nor the
powerful ladies behind
Oxford’s new female
halls will allow her to
become involved, Non’s
fierce intelligence and
determination to prove
herself drive her on.
Both misfits at the
university, Non and
Basil form an unlikely
partnership, and it soon
falls to them to
investigate the
mysterious circumstances
of Parker’s death. But
between corporate
malfeasance and snake-oil
salesmen, they soon find
the dreaming spires of
Oxford are not quite what
they seem… Product
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ISBN:† 9781804364543
•†Author: Alis
Hawkins •†Publisher:
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Pages:† 400 •â€
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x 19.8 cm
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Dorana is a country ruled
by a rigid class system
based upon magical
aptitude and the right
pedigree. While all
Doranens have mage
ability, some are more
blessed than others.
Morgan is one of the
powerful ruling elite,
fanatically devoted to
enforcing the regulations
and maintaining the
purity of mage
bloodlines. When he falls
in love with Barl, a
woman of inferior
breeding who possesses
astonishing mage powers,
he sets himself upon a
dangerous course. A
terrible mage war erupts
when Morgan becomes
unstoppable, driving
Barl to lead a small pack
of survivors into the
distant mountains. When
they arrive, their
welcome is not what they
expected, and Barl must
embark upon a desperate
course to protect and
preserve her people until
they may be needed once
again...
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When Ernest Fletcher is
found bludgeoned to death
in his study, everyone
is shocked and mystified:
Ernest was well-liked and
respected, so who would
have a motive for killing
him? Enter Superintendent
Hannasyde who, with
consummate skill, begins
to uncover the
complexities of
Fletcher's life. It seems
the real Fletcher was far
from the gentleman he
pretended to be. There
is, in fact, no
shortage of people who
wanted him dead. Then, a
second murder is
committed, with striking
similarities to the
first, giving a
grotesque twist to a very
unusual case.
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Librarian Kitt Hartley
and her friend Evie Bowes
thought their life had
gone back to normal
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Hartley and Edwards
Investigations team. And
he's thrilled to be
shadowing Kitt Hartley,
librarian-turned-top
sleuth, and her
right-hand woman Grace
Edwards; even if it means
adjusting to the
low-level madness that
seems to reign in the
Hartley and Edwards
offices. But Joe finds
himself thrown in at the
deep end when a man known
as Ralph Holmes goes
missing on the outskirts
of Carlisle. Police are
refusing to investigate,
as his disappearance
seems voluntary, but his
niece, Carly Lewis, is
determined to find out
what really happened. As
Kitt, Grace and Joe
begin to investigate,
they deduce there might
be more to this
disappearance than meets
the eye. Drawn into a web
of international
conspiracies and possible
murder, they need to
find out who Ralph Holmes
really was - and who he
was working for. In
their most dangerous case
yet, the team are in a
race against the clock to
uncover the truth,
before anyone else gets
hurt… Product
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Helen...
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Cambridge, 1392. Matthew
Bartholomew, physician
to Michaelhouse College,
is called to examine some
mysterious bones found in
the King's Ditch. Next
day he is called to the
Ditch again: a student
has been found dead
there. Meanwhile, there
is unrest in the town,
and the strange
disappearance of
Dominica, former lover
of the dead student and
daughter of Waterstone,
the well-known Principal
of a Cambridge student
hostel. Are these events
connected? Then a
skeletal hand is found in
the Ditch, hailed by
townsfolk as the final
remains of local martyr
Simon d'Ambrey, and
hence a holy relic. When
Bartholomew finds that
the hand is wearing a
ring apparently identical
to a pair that were worn
by Dominica and her
ex-lover, and now
missing, he knows that
his investigative skills
are called for.
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Details: Aurora
Teagarden: 2 There's
nothing like discovering
that an elderly lady has
made you the unlikely
heir of her estate to add
excitement to your life.
Except perhaps finding a
human skull in the window
seat. Roe Teagarden is
sure that Jane Engle
wasn't a killer. Which
means the real murderer
is still out there. And
now it's up to Roe to
identify the victim and
work out which one of
Jane's seemingly ordinary
neighbours is in fact a
cold-blooded murderer -
without putting herself
in deadly danger. Ideal
for: Fans of thriller and
mystery fiction books and
for those who enjoy
reading the 'Aurora
Teagarden' novels. This
paperback book has 215
pages and measures: 19.7
x 12.8 x 1.3cm
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In this remarkable,
landmark publication,
countryside historian Sir
Johnny Scott evokes the
romantic heritage of the
British landscape.
Through affectionately
told stories and an
encyclopaedic knowledge
of bygone times, he
explores its people,
customs and traditions.
Each gloriously
illustrated page is a
celebration and a tribute
to a forgotten but
vibrant culture, and
encourages us all to
rediscover our beautiful
Britain.
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A Book of Happiness is
full of lovely things to
make and do that
encourage children
aged
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full of lovely things to
make and do that
encourage children
aged
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crafted high quality
large notebook with 'A
Book Of Notes' message on
the front cover and
ribbon marker. Ideal for:
Great for use at work,
home or school, this
notebook is the perfect
style statement. This
hardback notebook has 200
cream pages and measures:
30.5 x 21.8 x 2.2cm.
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Details: A beautifully
crafted high quality
large notebook with 'A
Book Of Notes' message on
the front cover and
ribbon marker. Ideal for:
Great for use at work,
home or school, this
notebook is the perfect
style statement. This
hardback notebook has 200
cream pages and measures:
30.5 x 21.8 x 2.2cm.
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Details: A beautifully
crafted high quality
large notebook with 'A
Book Of Notes' message on
the front cover and
silver ribbon marker.
Ideal for: Great for use
at work, home or school,
this notebook is the
perfect style statement.
This hardback notebook
has 200 cream lined pages
and measures: 30.5 x 21.8
x 2.2cm.
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Details: A beautifully
crafted high quality
large notebook with 'A
Book Of Notes' message on
the front cover and
silver ribbon marker.
Ideal for: Great for use
at work, home or school,
this notebook is the
perfect style statement.
This hardback notebook
has 200 cream lined pages
and measures: 30.5 x 21.8
x 2.2cm.
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This beautiful red and
gold 'box of your life'
printed collapsible
storage box is perfect
for storing all of your
treasured and memorable
items from photographs
and keepsakes, to family
items and so much more.
Strong and durable, it
also snaps together in
seconds with metal press
studs. Includes metal
handles for easy
carriage. Folds flat when
not in use for compact
storage. Approx height is
23cm, width and length
are approximately 35.5cm.
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Books Children's Fiction
Books Believe in the
impossible... You are
about to read the true
story of Father
Christmas. If you are
one of those people who
believe that some things
are impossible, you
should put this book down
right away. (Because this
book is FULL of
impossible things.) Are
you still reading? Good.
Then let us begin...
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Author: Matt Haig •â€
Publisher:† Canongate
Books •†Format:â€
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Pages:† 265 •â€
Dimensions:†13 x 19.7 x
2 cm
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Child psychiatrist Kate
Wolfes world comes
crashing down when one of
her young patients
commits suicide, so when
a troubled girl is left
at the hospital ward,
she doubts her ability to
help.
But the
girl knows things about
Kates past, things she
shouldnt know, forcing
Kate to face the murky
evidence surrounding her
own sisters murder
sixteen years before.
A murder for
which a man is about to
be executed. Unearthing
secrets about her own
family, and forced to
face both her difficult
relationship with her
distant father and the
possibility that her
mother might also have
met a violent end, the
shocking final twist
brings Kate face to face
with her deepest
fear.
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ISBN:
9781785656408
•
Author: Alice
Blanchard
•
Publisher: Titan
Books
• Format:
Paperback
• Pages:
441
• Dimensions:
20 x 13 x
3cm
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Charlotte Lawrence,
widowed at thirty-four,
decides to return to all
things pre-Peter, and
that means moving back to
the Cheshire village of
her childhood. It also
means exchanging a
clinical company flat for
the pretty but overgrown
garden of Ivy Cottage and
the constant attentions
of her interfering sister
Hilary. Most of all it
means Alex, Ivy
Cottage's
drop-dead-gorgeous
tenant, with whom Hilary
is determined Charlotte
should find love anew,
and whose charming
exterior hides his own
secret tragedy.
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This fantastic special
2-in-1 combination book
by Erica James brings
together two of her most
famous novels - A Breath
of Fresh Air and Airs and
Graces. There is humour
and warmth in these
engaging stories along
with wickedly well
painted characters that
will keep you coming for
more.
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The sixth novel in the
bestselling Outlander
series, as seen on
Amazon Prime.
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A very readable guide
which fills the gap
between academic analysis
and less critical
retellings of the myths
and legends. Marytn
Whittock provides an
accessible overview while
also assessing the
current state of research
regarding the origins and
significance of the
myths. Since all records
of the myths first occur
in the early medieval
period, the focus is on
the survival of
pre-Christian mythology
and the interactions of
the early Christian
writers with these myths.
A wide-ranging and
enthralling introduction
to Celtic mythology,
from the Irish gods
before gods, the
Fomorians, to the
children of Llyr, the
sea deity; from the
hunter-warrior Fionn mac
Cumhaill, whose exploits
are chronicled in the
Fenian Cycle, to C?
Chulainn, the Hound of
Ulster; and from the
Welsh heroes of the
Mabinogion to Arthur,
King of Britain, though
the mythical, Welsh
version who predates the
medieval legends.
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A very readable overview
of Tolkien and his work,
incorporating a brief
biography, an
examination of the books
and a look at the process
of filming his work,
including The Hobbit and
The Lord of the Rings
saga. It explores how
Tolkien's background as a
medievalist and linguist
informed the languages of
Middle-earth, the
influence of his
Catholicism and Tolkien's
legacy in fantasy. A
timely book to coincide
with the first of Peter
Jackson's two keenly
awaited Hobbit films.
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The guns, the gadgets,
the girls, the
villains... Ian Fleming
described his fictional
hero as ?a pillow fantasy
of an adolescent mind?.
Bond was the embodiment
of suave, hedonistic
wish-fulfilment in grey,
post-war austerity
Britain, but he has
since captured the
imaginations of future
generations in every part
of the world. The Bond
films are
Hollywoods all-time
highest grossing
franchise. The books sold
over forty million copies
during Flemings
lifetime and are all
still in print. This
encyclopaedic guide casts
fascinating new light on
Bond and his creator.
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George Lucas was a rebel,
refusing to make films
in the style of the dying
studio system,
relentlessly pushing the
technology of the day and
almost alone in
understanding the
potential of
merchandising, but he
was a rebel who built an
empire. From the
staggering unexpected
success of the original
Star Wars in 1977, when
cinema attendances
exceeded 20 million for
the first time since
1963, through The Empire
Strikes Back and Return
of the Jedi, then the
?dark times? ? the 16
years leading to the
blockbusting prequel
trilogy ? this is the
fascinating story of how
it all happened.
Life-long Star Wars fan
and movie journalist
Brian J. Robb edited the
official Star Wars
magazine for a decade and
visited the sets of
Attack of the Clones and
Revenge of the Sith in
Australia (observing
director George Lucas at
work), as well as the
famous Skywalker Ranch.
He has interviewed many
of the stars and crew of
all six Star Wars movies.
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Here are the stories of
the ten most popular
equations of all time as
voted for by readers of
Physics World, including
- accessibly described
here for the first time -
the favourite equation of
all, Euler's equation.
Each is an equation that
captures with beautiful
simplicity what can only
be described clumsily in
words. Euler's equation
[eip + 1 = 0] was
described by respondents
as 'the most profound
mathematic statement ever
written', 'uncanny and
sublime', 'filled with
cosmic beauty' and
'mind-blowing'.
Collectively these
equations also amount to
the world's most concise
and reliable body of
knowledge. Many
scientists and those with
a mathematical bent have
a soft spot for
equations. This book
explains both why these
ten equations are so
beautiful and
significant, and the
human stories behind
them. This book has 272
pages and is 19.4 x 12.8
x 2.2 cm
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Details: The book leads
the reader through these
vibrant stories, from
the origins of the gods
through to the
homecomings of the Trojan
heroes. All the familiar
narratives are here,
along with some less
familiar characters and
motifs. In addition to
the tales, the book
explains key issues
arising from the
narratives, and
discusses the myths and
their wider relevance.
This long-overdue book
crystallises three key
areas of interest: the
nature of the tales; the
stories themselves; and
how they have and might
be interpreted. For the
first time, it brings
together aspects of Greek
mythology only usually
available in disparate
forms namely children s
books and academic works.
There will be much here
that is interesting,
surprising, and strange
as well as familiar.
Experts and non-experts,
adults, students and
schoolchildren alike will
gain entertainment and
insight from this
fascinating and important
volume. As inhuman fire
sweeps on in fury through
the deep angles of a
drywood mountain and sets
ablaze the depth of the
timber and the blustering
wind lashes the flame
along, so Achilleus
swept everywhere with his
spear like something more
than a mortal harrying
them as they died, and
the black earth ran
blood. Homer "Iliad" 20.
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the recent Hollywood
blockbuster "Troy",
directed by Wolfgang
Petersen, tries to read
the "Iliad" rightly, but
makes a number of
interesting modifications
to the story, presumably
in the interests of
commercial success & In
searching for a
contemporary Achilles
there are those who look
towards the action heroes
played by the likes of
Sylvester Stallone,
Arnold Schwarzenegger and
Jean-Claude van Damme.
But Rambo does not die
young, the Terminator
does not weep, and the
Universal Soldier does
not eat with the father
of his victims. Ideal
for: anyone who has a
working knowledge of
Greek Mythology and wants
to know more. This
paperback book has 531
pages and measures: 19.7
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This volume tells the
story of Christianity
through the individual
men and women who shaped
it.
It is a
story of colossal
undertakings and
spectacular successes as
well as ferocious
intolerance, greed and
bloodshed.
Bamber Gascoigne
traces a clear path
through a complicated
history, exploring the
motives, the passions,
the fears and the
achievements of the
Christians.
His approach is
objective and he writes
in a conversational
style, focusing on
moments of significant
detail and a vast and
varied cast of
characters.
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Author: Bamber
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• Pages:
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• Dimensions:
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Who was Robin Hood?
Throughout history the
figures of the hooded man
of Sherwood forest and
his band of outlaws have
transfixed readers and
viewers; but where does
the myth come from? The
story appeared out of the
legend of the Green man
but found its location
during the reign of
Richard II, the
Lionheart, who was away
from England fighting in
the crusades. In his
absence, his brother
John lay waste to the
country. But does this
tell the full story? Was
Robin a bandit prince
ahead of a troop of
brigands? Who was the
Sherrif and was he in
fact the legitimate law
in the land fighting
vigilantes?
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As Holmes is being
reintroduced to a new
audience through Film and
TV, Cawthorne introduces
readers to Holmes. He
gives a full biography of
Holmes and Conan Doyle
whilst also surveying the
world he lived in,
Victorian crime and the
real characters behind Dr
Watson and Inspector
Lestrade.
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Starting AD 400 (around
the time of their
invasion of England) and
running through to the
1100s (the 'Aftermath'),
historian Geoffrey
Hindley shows the
Anglo-Saxons as formative
in the history not only
of England but also of
Europe.
The
society inspired by the
warrior world of the Old
English poem Beowulf saw
England become the
world's first nation
state and Europe's first
country to conduct
affairs in its own
language, and Bede and
Boniface of Wessex
establish the dating
convention we still use
today. Including all the
latest research, this is
a fascinating assessment
of a vital historical
period.
This
paperback book has 448
pages and measures 19.6 x
13.4 x
3cm
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Why did the medieval
Church bless William of
Normandy's invasion of
Christian England in 1066
and authorize cultural
genocide in Provence? How
could a Christian army
sack Christian
Constantinople in 1204?
This title unravels the
story of the Christian
military expeditions that
have perturbed European
history.
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Religion, politics and
fear: how England was
transformed by the
Tudors. The English
Reformation was a unique
turning point in English
history. Derek Wilson
retells the story of how
the Tudor monarchs
transformed English
religion and why it still
matters today. Recent
scholarly research has
undermined the
traditional view of the
Reformation as an event
that occurred solely
amongst the elite. Wilson
now shows that, although
the transformation was
political and had a huge
impact on English
identity, on England's
relationships with its
European neighbours and
on the foundations of its
empire, it was
essentially a revolution
from the ground up. By
1600, in just eighty
years, England had
become a radically
different nation in which
family, work and
politics, as well as
religion, were
dramatically altered.
Praise for Derek Wilson:
'Stimulating and
authoritative.' John Guy.
'Masterly. [Wilson] has a
deep understanding of...
characters, reaching out
across the centuries.'
Sunday Times.
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A Brief History of the
Holy Grail charts the
origins of the grail
story from early
Christian gospels through
to eastern mysticism and
the rise of medieval
romances and Arthurian
legends. The grail
reappears once more in
the story of the Crusades
and in particular the
rise and dramatic fall of
the Knight Templars, who
it is said were the
guardians of the cup,
newly discovered in
Jerusalem. The myths have
been more powerful that
the facts and the allure
of the Grail has
attracted the attention
of modern writers and
artist in search of an
ancient symbol of purity:
psychologist Carl Jung,
composer Richard Wagner,
poets William Blake, and
T S Eliot, the
Pre-Raphelite painters
have all been seduced by
the legend. Today the
grail quest can be found
in films such as Lord of
the Rings, Star Wars,
Indiana Jones, and
Excalibur, as well as
Dan Brown's Da Vinci
Code. This book has 176
pages and is 19.6cm x
13cm x 1.4cm
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Much has been written
about the Knights Templar
in recent years. A
leading specialist in the
history of this legendary
medieval order now writes
a full account of the
Knights of the Order of
the Temple of Solomon,
to give them their full
title, bringing the
latest findings to a
general audience. Putting
many of the myths finally
to rest, Nicholson
recounts a new history of
these storm troopers of
the papacy, founded
during the crusades but
who got so rich and
influential that they
challenged the power of
kings.
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Elizabeth II is within a
few years of becoming the
longest-reigning British
monarch. A personally
quiet, modest and
dutiful person, she is
far better-informed about
the lives of her subjects
than they often realize.
She has known every Prime
Minister since Winston
Churchill and every
American President since
Eisenhower.Yet what of
the woman behind the
crown? The book seeks to
take a new look at this
exhaustively-documented
life and show how Queen
Elizabeth became the
person she is. Who, and
what, have been the
greatest influences upon
her? What are her likes
and dislikes? What are
her hobbies? Who are her
friends? What does she
feel about the demands of
duty and protocol? Is she
really enjoying herself
when she smiles during
official events? How
differently does she
behave when out of the
public eye? Examining the
places in which she grew
up or has lived, the
training she received and
her attitudes to
significant events in
national life, it
presents a fresh view of
one of recent history's
most important figures.
This book has 220 pages
and is 19.6 x 12.8 x 2 cm
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Details: From a leading
expert in Japanese
history, this is one of
the first full histories
of the art and culture of
the Samurai warrior. The
Samurai emerged as a
warrior caste in Medieval
Japan and would have a
powerful influence on the
history and culture of
the country from the next
500 years. Clements also
looks at the Samurai wars
that tore Japan apart in
the 17th and 18th
centuries and how the
caste was finally
demolished in the advent
of the mechanized world.
Ideal for: This book is
for anyone who wants to
know about Samurai first
and Japanese history
second. This paperback
book has 356 pages and
measures: 19.7 x 13 x
2.6cm
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From the end of the
Second World War to the
present day, the world
has changed immeasurably.
The art of spying has
changed too, as spies
have reacted to changing
threats. Here you will
find the fascinating
stories of real-life
spies, both famous and
obscure, from either
side of the Iron Curtain,
along with previously
secret details of War on
Terror operations.
Detailed stories of
individual spies are set
in the context of the
development of the major
espionage agencies,
interspersed with
anecdotes of gadgets,
trickery, honeytraps and
assassinations worthy of
any fictional spy. A
closing section examines
the developing New Cold
War, as Russia and the
West confront each other
once again.
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'From the Fury of the
Northmen deliver us, O
Lord'. Between the eighth
and eleventh centuries,
the Vikings surged from
their Scandinavian
homeland to trade, raid
and invade along the
coasts of Europe. Their
influence and expeditions
extended from
Newfoundland to Baghdad,
their battles were as
far-flung as Africa and
the Arctic. But were they
great seafarers or
desperate outcasts,
noble heathens or oafish
pirates, the last pagans
or the first of the
modern Europeans? This
concise study puts
medieval chronicles,
Norse sagas and Muslim
accounts alongside more
recent research into
ritual magic, genetic
profiling and
climatology. It includes
biographical sketches of
some of the most famous
Vikings, from Erik
Bloodaxe to Saint Olaf,
and King Canute to Leif
the Lucky. It explains
why the Danish king
Harald Bluetooth lent his
name to a twenty-first
century wireless
technology; which future
saint laughed as she
buried foreign
ambassadors alive; why so
many Icelandic settlers
had Irish names; and,
how the last Viking
colony was destroyed by
English raiders.
Extending beyond the
traditional 'Viking age'
of most books, A Brief
History of the Vikings
places sudden
Scandinavian population
movement in a wider
historical context. It
presents a balanced
appraisal of these
infamous sea kings,
explaining both their
swift expansion and its
supposed halt. Supposed
because, ultimately,
the Vikings didn't
disappear: they turned
into us.
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A classic account of the
bloody rivalry between
the dynasties of York and
Lancaster for the throne
of England.
During the fifteenth
century England was split
in a bloody conflict
between the Houses of
York and Lancaster over
who should claim the
crown. The civil wars
consumed the whole nation
in a series of battles
that eventually saw the
Tudor dynasty take power.
In A Brief
History of the Wars of
the Roses, Desmond
Seward tells the story of
this complex and
dangerous period of
history through the lives
of five men and women who
experienced the conflict
first hand.
In a gripping narrative
the personal trials of
the principal characters
interweave with the major
events and personalities
of one of the most
significant turning
points in British
history.
This paperback book has
502 pages and measures:
19.8 x 13 x
3.2cm
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Details:
Was there a
beginning of time? Could
time run backwards? Is
the universe
infinite
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A gritty tale of family
and a love that holds no
bounds, from the
best-selling author of
Nobody's Girl and A
Father's Revenge. Celia
Frost has always thought
herself a cut above the
other residents of Lark
Rise in Battersea. When
her beloved son, Thomas,
starts seeing Amy
Miller, a girl from the
bottom of the Rise,
Celia disapproves,
thinking her common. When
Celia's husband leaves
her and Thomas announces
he is to marry Amy, she
is more determined than
ever to split them
up.Celia needs an ally,
so she writes to her
elder son, Jeremy,
asking him to come home.
Jeremy's arrival
unleashes a tide of
jealously and hate. He
wants everything that
belongs to Thomas -
especially Amy. As
Jeremy's dangerous
obsession for his
brother's wife grows,
Amy must fight for her
marriage, and her baby.
The heartbreaking new
novel from the
bestselling author of A
Father's Revenge and
Nobody's Girl.
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1939, soldier of fortune
Cal Jardine travels to
Barcelona with the intent
to help with the athletic
games rivalling the
Berlin Olympics. As the
echoes of civil war ring
out, love, friendship
and political conviction
converge to persuade
Jardine to once again
become involved in a
foreign war. The British
athletes are keen to
enlist and Jardine agrees
to transform them into a
professional force. Aided
by beautiful interpreter
Florencia Gardiola and
old army colleague Vince
Castellano, he leads the
athletes through the
street fighting in
Barcelona and into the
fighting in the Catalan
countryside. But when
murderous betrayal
blights his previous
fortune, Jardine will go
to any lengths to seek
revenge.
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An exotic holiday for
Miss Marple is ruined
when a retired major is
killed…
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As Miss Marple sat
basking in the Caribbean
sunshine she felt mildly
discontented with life.
True, the warmth eased
her rheumatism, but here
in paradise nothing ever
happened. Eventually,
her interest was aroused
by an old soldier's yarn
about strange
coincidence.
Infuriatingly, just as
he was about to show her
an astonishing
photograph, the Major's
attention wandered. He
never did finish the
story...June Whitfield
stars as the sharp-witted
spinster sleuth in a BBC
Radio 4 full-cast
dramatisation. 'Throws
off false clues and
misleading events as only
a master of the art can
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12 fun books to learn the
importance of manners and
values together! An
engaging and colourful
set of 12 board books,
featuring 12 lovable
characters. These books
discuss manners in a
positive way,
encouraging a growth
mindset in children, as
well as exploring skills
and qualities to prepare
them for starting school.
Find the ‘For the
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the back of each book,
filled with prompts and
inviting ways for
children to learn through
reading, demonstration,
play and practice.
Remember, mistakes are
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The beloved Sergeant
Cribb series by Peter
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When the wedding of her
oldest friend ends with a
shocking murder, Dr Nell
Ward is once again caught
up in a web of
subterfuge, secrets and
lies... Dr Nell Ward is
delighted when her
childhood friend Percy
announces she's engaged
to handsome businessman
Hawke McAnstruther - and
rashly offers to host the
wedding at Finchmere,
her family's estate. But
she hadn't anticipated
Percy's parents' fiery
disapproval of the groom.
The ceremony is barely
over before Hawke's shady
personal and professional
life starts to unravel,
and tension ripples
through the assembled
guests. When the
wedding night ends with a
shocking death, Nell,
best-friend Rav and DI
James Clarke all find
themselves embroiled in a
murder mystery worthy of
Agatha Christie.
Surviving a terrifying
threat to her own life,
Nell has to face up to
the truth. Not just about
murder at Finchmere, but
about where her heart
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Delve into the rich and
often dark history of
Scotney Castle in Kent
and explore a place that
has witnessed the rule of
more than thirty monarchs
of different infamous
families.
Each
with their own stories to
tell, recreate aspects
of the castles past from
the Medieval to the
Edwardian ages, with
five stories by Jamie
Rhodes.
Brought to life with
emerging artists from the
UK comics scene, enjoy
the creation of a
fascinating graphic
collection steeped in
historical context.
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Author: Jamie
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Peter was a confirmed cat
hater and loner, until
he was given a small,
grey and impeccably
handsome kitten with
folded ears by his then
girlfriend. The
girlfriend eventually
left but Norton stayed -
in fact, the pair became
inseparable. Norton made
his presence felt and
Peter was a loner no more
but after learning how to
love his cat, would
Peter learn to love
another human too?Web
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From the author of the
best-selling LOST IN THE
SNOW Alfie has always
loved playing in the
overgrown garden next
door. It is here he plays
with Penguin, an
enormous black-and-white
ct, a stray who Alfie
has claimed as his own.
But when his next door
neighbour's
granddaughter, Grace,
comes to live with her,
she decides Penguin
belongs to her! Alfie
knows he can't force
Penguin to be with him,
but he wishes the cat
din't want to spend time
with Grace either. What
neither of them realizes
is that while they
thought Penguin was with
the other one, he has
actually disappeared...
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'What greater gift than
the love of a cat?' -
Charles Dickens Often the
rulers of our household
as well as our hearts,
cats have become one of
our most adored pets.
This delightful
collection of adorable
feline images and
touching"es is a
charming and amusing
insight into the feline
world. Cat lovers young
and old will love this
celebration of our funny
whiskered friends.
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Ireland lies on the
western edge of the great
European land mass, its
eastern edge tucked into
the largest of the
British Isles, its
western coast thrusting
out into the Atlantic
Ocean. It is not a very
big island, being a
little over 300 miles
from to to bottom and
about 170 miles at its
widest point. Organised
into chapters that look
at each region within
Ireland, A Celebration
of Ireland visually
expresses the variety of
life and nature that
makes this island unique
- from the quiet land of
fields and thatched
cottages to the wild
places, the strange
limestone country of The
Burren, to the
wind-swept remoteness of
the mountain country to
the west and the faster
pace of Dublin's city
life. This book is a
voyage of exploration,
illustrated with over 600
beautiful photographs
that are a true
celebration of Ireland in
all its many moods and
facets. If you have not
yet been to Ireland then
you are sure to desire a
trip after casting your
eyes on the wonders and
delights that it has to
offer.
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The Royal Society of
Marine Artists has been a
focal point for some of
Britain's best artists
for more than sixty
years, its annual
exhibitions a showcase
for the excellence of
their art. The first
edition of this book has
become a sought-after
collector's item. Ten
years on, the second
edition brings the story
up to date with over
twenty additional artists
and some fine new images.
As before, this is the
very best of British
marine art.
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Details: The technique of
stop-motion model
animation ? bringing
models to life by filming
them one frame at a time
? was the most important
way of creating cinematic
monsters and fantasy
creatures before the
advent of
computer-generated
imagery. It is a
technique that will
forever be associated
with names of Willis
O?Brien, the creator of
King Kong, and Ray
Harryhausen, whose films
thrilled a generation of
post-World War II
movie-goers. But the
first crude model
animations were made in
the 1890s and in the
first two decades of the
twentieth century
pioneers producing short
animated films before
O?Brien created the first
two animated features,
The Lost World and King
Kong in the dying days of
silent film. Moreover,
stop-motion model
animation is still alive
and flourishing, most
notably in the work of
directors Tim Burton and
Aardman Animations
Nick Park, whose
plasticine creations have
starred in major hits
such as Chicken Run and
The Curse of the
Were-rabbit. In this book
Ray Harryhausen and his
co-author Tony Dalton
trace the history of the
genre to which Ray
devoted the whole of his
working life, from the
almost accidental
discovery that inanimate
objects could be brought
to life on the screen to
movies such as Jurassic
Park, which combined
model animation with
computer-based techniques
to bring a new generation
of prehistoric creatures
to life. In doing so he
gives his readers a
fascinating insight into
the patience and
ingenuity of the
animators, explains the
development and
refinement of the
technology, especially
that which enabled actors
and animated models to
interact on the same
screen, and gives us
tantalising glimpses of
the many abandoned
projects which litter the
history of model
animation. The book is
lavishly illustrated with
stills, many of them
from forgotten movies and
never before published in
book form, sketches and
storyboards for projects,
explanatory diagrams,
rare photographs of
animators and artists at
work and a host of
memorabilia. Ideal for:
Anyone interested in the
history of animation.
This hardback has 240
pages and 29.5cm x 25.2cm
x 2.4cm
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After the death of his
wife, Hamilton Forsyth
scandalises the small
Ayrshire town of
Saltcoats by departing
for pastures unknown. His
three adult children are
left reeling with shock -
and with the family
ironmongery shop to run.
Walter, son and heir,
looks set to manage the
business and marry the
suitable Clarissa
Pinkerton but drops a
bombshell on his sisters
by saying he's going to
marry the housemaid Sarah
who is pregnant. Unable
to tolerate the housemaid
becoming mistress of
their house, the girls
find there are few
choices within their
social structure.
Reluctantly, Belle moves
in with her meddling Aunt
Beatrice. Tarred with the
brush of her brother's
behaviour and thwarted in
love, Morna moves down
the social scale and into
a boarding house.
Gradually, she finds her
feet, a job as a teacher
- and an interest in the
suffragette movement.
Belle's main interest
lies elsewhere - with
Samuel Gilmartin, an
attractive rogue with a
head for business and an
eye for the main change.
She in turn scandalises
society by marrying him.
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Read by Anna Stone. A
spellbinding novel about
the fragility of a young
marriage, from Anita
Shreve, one of our great
chroniclers of the
mysteries of the human
heart. Margaret and
Patrick have been married
just a few months when
they set off on what they
hope will be a great
adventure - a year living
in Kenya. While Patrick
practices equatorial
medicine, Margaret works
as a photojournalist.
Shuttling between tony
expatriate suburbs and
squalid shantytowns,
Margaret quickly realizes
there is a great deal she
doesn't know about the
complex mores of her new
home, and about her own
husband. A British couple
invites the newlyweds to
join them on a climbing
expedition to Mount
Kenya, and they eagerly
agree. But during their
harrowing ascent, the
unthinkable happens. In a
reckless moment, a
horrific accident occurs,
and a life is claimed.
In the aftermath of the
tragedy, Margaret
struggles to understand
what happened on the
mountain and how these
events have transformed
her and her marriage,
perhaps forever.
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Join Diana Henry as she
creates a different array
of diet ideas - with less
meat and heavy food,
more vegetables, fish
and grain-based
dishes!
Often
inspired by food from the
Middle East and Far East,
discover a lighter,
fresher way of
eating!
From a
Cambodian salad of
prawns, grapefruit,
toasted coconut and mind
or North African with
cumin to blood orange and
much more...
This book is bursting
with flavour, goodness
and colour!
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ISBN:
9781845337841
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Author: Diana Henry
• Publisher:
Mitchell Beazley
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Format: Hardback
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Pages: 336
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Dimensions: 27 x 19 x
3cm
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Cressida Collins is the
queen of makeovers. With
a well-placed stitch,
button or seam, she can
transform any frock in
The Vintage Dress Shop
and give customers their
Cinderella moment. Like
her beautifully organised
workroom under the eaves,
Cress’s life away from
the shop is just as
orderly and mapped out.
But when her boyfriend of
fifteen years drops a
bombshell, it explodes
all the carefully laid
plans Cress had for her
future. It’s going to
take more than needle and
thread to put Cress’s
own life back together.
Will she ever be brave
enough to say goodbye to
her old dreams and start
over? But after designing
a dress for a customer
and transforming her into
the woman she always
wanted to be, Cress
realises that it can be
fun not to follow a
pattern. Then there’s
her blossoming friendship
with Miles, a very
handsome and very sexy
film director… Cress is
about to discover that
leaving a few loose
threads might be the best
way to mend her broken
heart… A wonderfully
uplifting, fun...
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Bill Nighy stars as
Charles Paris with
Martine McCutcheon as
Jodie Ricks in this BBC
Radio 4 comedy detective
drama. Charles finds
himself
uncharacteristically
employed in a film,
having landed the part of
Szabec, a middle
management vampire in
'The Wreathing'. His
co-star is swimwear model
turned actress Jodie
Ricks and before long,
Jodie is using Charles as
a confidant. Poor Jodie
is in terrible trouble -
not only is she being
blackmailed over some
compromising photos, but
she is also carrying the
baby of the film's
producer, Elliot Roth,
who now wants nothing to
do with her. Then things
take an even nastier turn
when it appears that
someone is trying to kill
Jodie. Always keen to
help a damsel in
distress, Charles sets
about trying to solve the
mystery... Starring Bill
Nighy and Martine
McCutcheon and dramatised
by Jeremy Front.
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The sixty-four poems in A
Child's Garden of Verses
are a masterly evocation
of childhood from the
author of Treasure Island
and Kidnapped. They are
full of delightful irony,
wit and the fantasy
worlds of childhood
imagination, and
introduce for the first
time the Land of Nod. But
they are also touched
with a genuine and gentle
pathos at times as they
recall a world which
seems so far away from us
now. This edition, which
includes Charles
Robinson's charming
illustrations and
vignettes, is described
as the definitive edition
by The Oxford Companion
to Children's Literature.
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1939. All over Britain
children are being
evacuated, and Eve
Armstrong is headed for
Devon.
As the
train pulls out of London
she takes a last look at
the crowded platform,
the shabbily dressed
evacuees, and a rude
little boy sticking his
tongue out. She’s
looking forward to a
change of scene.
And at first Eve is
happier than ever at
Drake’s Farm. Not even
her daily chores dampen
her spirits. It’s a
different world that
invites fresh starts,
and so when Eve runs into
the boy from the station,
Johnny Durrell, they
call a truce and soon
become firm friends.
The war might be a
distant reality, but the
arrival of new evacuee
Connie Hale makes every
day a battle. Connie is
lazy, stuck up and
spiteful – and
Johnny’s new best
friend. As the conflict
grows and Eve with it,
will she fight for Johnny
or concede defeat?
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ISBN:
9781787462120
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Author: Katie
Flynn
• Publisher:
Penguin
• Format:
Paperback
• Pages:
359
• Dimensions:
20 x 13 x
2.5cm
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Read the timeless tale of
Ebenezer Scrooge, the
mean old miser who hates
Christmas. When the
cold-hearted man comes
face to face with Ghosts
of Christmas Past,
Present and Yet-to-Come,
he is forced to reflect
on the selfish life he
leads. The three Ghosts
remind Scrooge of the man
he used to be, the cold
truth of who he is today
and what will happen if
he does not change his
ways. Read this classic
tale and re-live the
magical film moments with
the pages of fun
pictures!
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Ebenezer
Scrooge is a miserly old
skinflint. He hates
everyone, especially
children.
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Classic / British English
Scrooge is a cold, hard
man. He loves money, and
he doesn't like people.
He really doesn't like
Christmas. But when some
ghosts visit him, they
show him his past life,
his life now, and a
possible future. Will
Scrooge learn from the
ghosts? Can he change?
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Ebenezer Scrooge is a
miserly old skinflint. He
hates everyone,
especially
children.
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Books Classic Novels
Discover Dickens's most
influential book and one
of the world’s
favourite Christmas
reads. Ebenezer Scrooge
despises Christmas. He
has no time for
festivities or goodwill
toward his fellow men and
is only interested in
money. Then, on the
night of Christmas Eve,
his life is changed by a
series of ghostly
visitations that show him
some bitter truths about
his choices. Â Product
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ISBN:† 9780099529736
•†Author:† Charles
Dickens •â€
Publisher:† Vintage
Classics •†Format:â€
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Pages:† 352 •â€
Dimensions:†12.7 x 2.29
x 20.32 cm
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Books Picture Books
Follow Ebenezer Scrooge
as he visits Christmases
past, present and future
in this beautifully
illustrated adaptation of
Charles Dickens' classic
story. A perfect picture
book for families to
share at Christmas!
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• ISBN: 9781787003712
• Author: Joshua
George
• Publisher: Little
Hippo Books • Format:
Paperback • Pages: 32
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First published on 19
December 1843 and written
at a time of decline in
festive tradition, A
Christmas Carol became an
instant classic. It
reinforced expectations
for Christmas Day as a
time of peace and
goodwill to all men, and
sold over 6, 000 copies
in its first week - few
books have enjoyed
sustained success over
such a long period of
time. This edition is a
stunning luxury facsimile
of the original 1843
edition - the very same
that the first avid
readers of A Christmas
Carol experienced.
Charles Dickens
(1812-1870) was the
outstanding English
novelist of the Victorian
era as well as a vigorous
social campaigner. His
most famous works include
Great Expectations, Tale
of Two Cities, Oliver
Twist, Bleak House,
Dombey and Son and The
Pickwick Papers.
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Things can’t possibly
get worse for Tabby.
Framed for a crime she
didn’t commit, she
suddenly finds herself
without a job. Then to
make matters worse,
Tabby’s boyfriend dumps
her and gives her cat
away to a shelter.
But rescue comes
in the form of kindly
Mercy. A master of saving
waifs and strays, Mercy
wants Tabby to breathe
new flair into her ailing
cracker business.
Together, they’ll save
Marwood’s Magical
Christmas Crackers.
But someone has
other ideas. Mercy’s
nephew Randal thinks
Tabby’s a fraudster.
Stubborn, difficult and
very attractive, her
future depends upon
winning him round. But
it’s that time of the
year when miracles really
can happen. Standing
under the mistletoe,
Tabby’s Christmas is
set to be one that she
will never forget...
This paperback
book has 438 pages and
measures 22 x 15 x
3cm
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The third in a series of
books featuring four
young women whose lives
will be forever changed
by WWII. Perfect for fans
of Katie Flynn. As the
daughter of the local
cinema manager, Sally
Brewer has always dreamed
of stardom. When she gets
offered a theatre job in
London, any fancy
notions she has are
quickly dashed when faced
with the reality of long
hours with no prospect of
a speaking part. But all
of this goes out of
Sally's mind once the
nightly hail of German
bombs start to rain down
on London. She joins the
newly-formed ENSA, the
Entertainments National
Service Association and
is soon raising morale
all over the bombed-out
city - there is little
time for love. One night,
Sally discovers a
valuable ring sewn into
the lining of a cloak.
Intrigued, she tracks
down the owner - a Naval
Officer called Jonathan -
but they barely have time
to get to know each other
before he is recalled to
sea. Then Sally gets the
terrible news that his
ship has been destroyed.
With only the ring to
remember him by, can
Sally face the future
without the man she
loves?
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Liverpool,
1939. Sixteen-year-old
Lizzy Atherton is forced
to flee her violent
step-father
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Books Historical Fiction
Books There will be more
than one storm for the
railway girls to weather
but with the friendship
and support of one
another, there's hope
that all will be well by
Christmas... Manchester,
1942. There are surprises
in store for the railway
girls this festive
season... When Cordelia's
daughter Emily falls for
a young chap who doesn't
meet the approval of her
father, Cordelia is
reminded of her own first
love - a love that she
has never forgotten.
Mabel is determined to
get to the bottom of a
spate of local
burglaries. Her heart is
in the right place as she
sets out on a quest to
clear her friend's name,
but there will be
unforeseen consequences.
It's nothing short of a
miracle when Colette
returns to Manchester.
But it's not going to be
easy for her to keep
living the life she once
knew, and an impossible
situation lies ahead.
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•†ISBN:â€
 9781804948194 •â€
Author: Maisie ThomasÂ
•†Publisher:â€
 Penguin •†Format:â€
 Paperback •â€
Pages:† 389 •â€
Dimensions:†12.85 x
2.54 x 19.84 cm
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An
emotional and
heart-warming portrayal
of the lives of four
women living in
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This bestselling Railway
Detective Series sets its
scene during December
1960.
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Create gorgeous paper
crafts with this "A
Christmas Tale"
themed Coloured Blank
Cards Pack.
Featuring 16 pre-creased
cards inside, suitable
for cutting, trimming,
stamping and more.
This card is the
perfect accessory for all
of your themed handmade
card or paper craft
projects.
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Coloured Blank
Cards
• A Christmas
Tale
• 16 blank
cards
•
300gsm
• Measures:
6" x 6" (15.2cm
x
15.2cm)
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