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 & give customers their Cinderella moment. Like her beautifully organised workroom under the eaves, Cress’s life away from the shop is just as orderly & 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 & thread to put Cress’s own life back together. Will she ever be brave enough to say goodbye to her old dreams & start over? But after designing a dress for a customer & 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 & 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... ...

Bill Nighy stars as Charles Paris with Martine Mc Cutcheon 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 & 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 & Martine Mc Cutcheon & 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 & Kidnapped. They are full of delightful irony, wit & the fantasy worlds of childhood imagination, & introduce for the first time the Land of Nod. But they are also touched with a genuine & 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 & 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, & Eve Armstrong is headed for Devon.

As the train pulls out of London

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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 & 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 & what will happen if he does not change his ways. Read this classic tale & re-live the magical film moments with the pages of fun pictures! ...

Classic / British English Scrooge is a cold, hard man. He loves money, & 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, & a possible future. Will Scrooge learn from the ghosts? Can he change? ...

Ebenezer Scrooge is a miserly old skinflint. He hates everyone, especially children.

But at Christmas three ghosts come

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Books Classic Novels Discover Dickens's most influential book & one of the world’s favourite Christmas reads. Ebenezer Scrooge despises Christmas. He has no time for festivities or goodwill toward his fellow men & 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.   Product Information:  •†ISBN:† 9780099529736 •†Author:†  Charles Dickens  •†Publisher:†  Vintage Classics •†Format:†  Paperback •†Pages:† 352 •†Dimensions:†12.7 x 2.29 x 20.32 cm ...

Books Picture Books Follow Ebenezer Scrooge as he visits Christmases past, present & future in this beautifully illustrated adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic story. A perfect picture book for families to share at Christmas! Product Information: • ISBN: 9781787003712 •  Author: Joshua George •  Publisher:  Little Hippo Books •  Format: Paperback •  Pages: 32   ...

First published on 19 December 1843 & 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 & goodwill to all men, & 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 & Son & The Pickwick Papers.

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