We talk about the weather a lot. It exasperates, confounds & on occasion delights us. Our national conversation is dominated by the weather, but how much do we really know about it? In Bring Me Sunshine, Charlie Connelly sets off on the trail of our island obsession. He breezes through the lives of meteorological eccentrics, geniuses, rainmakers & cloud-busters & brings vividly to life great weather events from history. He sheds light on Britain's weirdest wind, why we have the wettest place in England to thank for the trusty pencil, the debt that umbrella owners owe to Robinson Crusoe & why people once thought firing cannons at clouds was a great idea. Having adventured round the shipping forecast areas for his bestselling Attention All Shipping, Connelly is the perfect guide through a m?lange of gales, blizzards, mists, heatwaves & the occasional shower of fish. By turns informative, entertaining & hilarious, Bring Me Sunshine answers all your weather questions as well as helping you to distinguish your graupel from your petrichor. ...

Fastest wins. Your adventure starts now... This is a race. It is not a race against the clock, because that would be a far easier race. Clocks can be fast, but clocks never win races. It's nearly always humans, sometimes horses & occasionally dogs. This is a race against your fellow Taskmaster players. You are competing against everyone else who is reading this book. All you've got to do is find The Taskmaster's Head first. This is a race with many twists & turns, that requires very little running, much sideways thinking & quite a lot of patience. Thankfully, there will be a shedload of tasks along the way to distract you. There are tasks to do on your own, tasks to do with your family & friends, & tasks for bigger groups too. Some of these distractions may slow you down, but some may help you get where you need to go. As always, enjoy them, do your best, make good choices. So get going. Take on the tasks. All the information you need is in the book... Alex Horne, Taskmas... ...

The sequel to the Man Booker-winning Wolf Hall. ‘ My boy Thomas, give him a dirty look & he’ll gouge your eye out. Trip him, & he’ll cut off your leg, ’ says Walter Cromwell in the year 1500. ‘ But if you don’t cut across him he’s a very gentleman. & he’ll stand anyone a drink.’ By 1535 Thomas Cromwell, the blacksmith’s son, is far from his humble origins. Chief Minister to Henry VIII, his fortunes have risen with those of Anne Boleyn, Henry’s second wife, for whose sake Henry has broken with Rome & created his own church. But Henry’s actions have forced England into dangerous isolation, & Anne has failed to do what she promised: bear a son to secure the Tudor line. When Henry visits Wolf Hall, Cromwell watches as Henry falls in love with the silent, plain Jane Seymour. The minister sees what is at stake: not just the king’s pleasure, but the safety of the nation. As he eases a way through the sexual politics of the court, its miasma of gossip, he must negotiate a ‘truth’ that will satisfy Henry & secure his own career. But neither minister nor king will emerge undamaged from the bloody theatre of Anne’s final days. In ‘ Bring up the Bodies’, sequel to the Man Booker Prize-winning ‘ Wolf Hall’, Hilary Mantel explores one of the most mystifying & frightening episodes in English history: the destruction of Anne Boleyn. This new novel is a speaking picture, an audacious vision of Tudor England that sheds its light on the modern world. It is the work of one of our great writers at the height of her power, 24cm x 16cm x 4cm, pages 411 ...

A crisis between 1979 & 1997 saw over a quarter of Britain's regional theatres closed down. Those that survived found themselves on the brink, forced to reduce their programmes & go dark for extended periods of time. This book delves into how & why the crisis occurred, & examines its long-lasting effects on the British theatre industry. ...

Cheating in casinos is illegal: card-counting
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Features projects, games, & activities children & parents can do together to increase their understanding of basic math concepts. This book covers both content & process standards for areas such as algebra, geometry, measurement, problem solving, & reasoning/proofs. ...

Zakk Wylde ? the man, the guitar god, the legend ? invites all who dare to follow onto the tour bus for tales of glory, debauchery & metal mayhem. Ever wondered what really goes on behind tour bus windows & backstage doors, or what inspiration fuels a mind-blowing metal display? The content of these pages will make you wish you never asked. Among deranged tales of onstage indecent exposure & booze-fuelled destruction, Zakk leads you on a Journey to Valhalla, where your metal awakening awaits. For the aspiring Metal Musician, you?ll be lucky enough to get Zakks exclusive tips on how not to make it in the music business, how to survive decades on tour with the Prince of Darkness, Ozzy Osbourne, as well as useful tips on how to set up a shooting range on a tour bus & survive the mosh pit. ...

Eccentric heiress Susan Vance (Katharine Hepburn) steals a dinosaur bone from absent-minded paleontologist David Huxley (Cary Grant), forcing him to track her down to her Connecticut farm. Along the way he runs into trouble with the authorities & a poss ...

Brio My Very First is a range of high quality baby toys made from soft, plush fabric containing an element of Brio's traditional wood. These 3 detachable friends are as happy to just hang around the pram as they are to hop down for a little cuddle. The long ears & soft teeth are easy to grip & they all have a different sound to be discovered. ...

Soft car with rubber wheels. When you're just beginning to explore the world around you, the combination of soft plush, wood & rubber is simply irresistible. The car also has a squeaker sound for added amusement. BRIO created the first wooden railway in 1958. Since then they've built up the world's largest range of wooden railway items & many other educational & learning toys. BRIO's mission is to contribute to a child's development by offering good toys that stimulate the mind through play. Thanks to in-depth expertise, BRIO develops toys that always generate joy, while satisfying the child's needs in various phases of development. BRIO is a reliable ...