Revealing the skillful finishing elements that set a crocheted work apart, this resource provides hundreds of expert tips on mastering a variety of finishing techniques to create breathtaking crocheted pieces. Needle workers will learn numerous stitches as well as how to work with more than one color, use camouflaging tricks, employ decorative techniques such as adding purl or shell edge, & incorporate raglan shaping, diamonds, hexagons, & motifs. Embellishments & yarn joining techniques are included, as are patterns for a silky tunic, a form-flattering vest, a cozy sweater, & a charming spring dress. ...

Germany, October 1944: Dozens of cities lie in ruins. Enemy armies are at the gates. For the Thousand Year Reich, time is running out. Desperate to avoid the humiliation of unconditional surrender, German intelligence launch Operation Finisterre
- a last-ditch plan to enable Hitler to deny the savage logic of a war on two fronts & bluff his way to the negotiating table.

Success depends on two individuals: Stefan Portisch, a German naval officer washed ashore on the coast of Spain after the loss of his U-boat, & Hector Gomez, an ex-FBI detective, planted by Director J. Edgar Hoover in the middle of the most secret place on earth: the American atomic bomb complex. Both men will find themselves fighting for survival as Operation Finisterre plays itself out.


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Julian Treslove & Sam Finkler are old school friends. They have never quite lost touch with each other
- or with their former teacher,
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Finlay Donovan is ready to bite the bullet. She's done with her accidental life of crime. But first, there's the small matter of her debt to the Russian mob. Her task should be simple: locate a rogue hitman before the cops do. The catch? This killer might be a cop himself. From inside the citizens' police academy, run by distractingly hot Detective Nicholas Anthony, Finlay needs to sleuth out her target
- & some fresh ideas for her new crime novel. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781035405152 • Author: Elle Cosimano • Publisher: Headline Review • Format: Paperback • Pages: 304 • Dimensions: 12.8 x 2.6 x 19.6cm
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The guy who broke my heart is now an arrogant, too-hot firefighter... who's hell-bent on getting me back. This summer, I have one goal: field work. I need it to finish my Ph D. I never expected Finn Rhodes to offer help. He broke my heart twelve years ago, & now that he's back in town, I want nothing to do with him. The only problem? He insists we're meant to be together. I'll pretend to date him, but actually? I'm trying to get him to dump†me. Between hiking the back country & cringe-worthy dates designed to turn him off, I begin to remember why we were best friends. Despite how hard I try, Finn isn't interested in dumping me... & now I'm not sure I want him to. Finn's always been trouble. The kind that might break my heart. Again. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781398724501 • Author: Stephanie Archer • Publisher: Orion • Format: Paperback • Pages: 416 • Dimensions: 12.8 x 2.8 x 19.6cm ...

Fiona Phillips is one of our best-loved television presenters. Well-known for being warm, chatty & down to earth, she attended her local comprehensive in Southampton before studying English in Birmingham. For over twelve years she presented GMTV, during which time she interviewed some of the most famous & influential people on the planet, from film stars to royalty, politicians to local heroes. But in August 2008 Fiona announced that she was to quit the job she loved, revealing that her father, Phil, had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's just a year after her mother had died of the same disease & that she had decided to devote more time to him & to her family. Before I Forget is a wonderfully honest account of growing up in the 1960s & 70s within a complex family. During her childhood her father could sometimes be distant & demanding which both saddened her & drove her to succeed, her mother always the devoted wife & the steady heart of the family. When Fiona lands the job at GMTV she revels in how proud they are of her achievement. When her mother & then her father succumb to Alzheimer's we share in Fiona's sadness as she movingly describes watching them fade away, one moment interviewing George Clooney the next taking a call from Pembrokeshire Social Services to say that her mother had wandered away from her care home. Before I Forget is an extraordinary book which will resonate with Fiona's millions of fans & the millions of people who day-by-day are going through, or have gone through, the same experiences ...

Cut off from civilization by the harsh winter of northern Sweden, there's only four walls protecting the Strombergs from the suffocating pine forests that surround them. But soon it becomes clear that the danger within the old plantation house is even greater than what lies outside... ...

Hans Christian Andersen's tragic tale of naive greed & dissatisfaction is retold through the beautiful & intricate illustrations of Finnish illustrator Sanna Annukka. Cloth-bound in rich forest green, with gold foil embellishments, this title is a wor ...

`A wonderful account of how our railways came to be & the extraordinary revelation that since the very beginning, whenever a train has met a politician coming down the track there has almost always been the most appalling pile-up.' JON SNOW `A fresh account of how our railways were made that is by turns inspiring, fascinating & when privatization comes around ...

From the early days of steam to electrification, via the railway's magnificent contribution in two world wars, the chequered history of British Rail, & the buoyant future of the train, Fire & Steam examines the social & economical importance of the railway & how it helped to form the Britain of today. ...