Galileo is aptly known as 'the father of modern science'. But there is much more to him than his well-known discoveries in physics & astronomy, & his infamous clash with the Catholic church. John Heilbron's wonderfully rounded new biography presents a multi-talented but difficult man
- writer, philosopher, scientist, musician, & artist.
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Sixteen-year-old Olivia Prior is missing three things: a mother, a father, & a voice. Her mother vanished all at once, & her

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A comprehensive investigation of the origin, development, & practices of 19th-century American photograph albums. It argues that the album
- whether functioning as family record, parlour entertainment, national portrait gallery, or advertisement for photography itself
- helped transform the nature of self-presentation at the cusp of modernity.

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Alice loves art, but her gallery-owner boss Angelica is interested only in money. Alice also loves her boyfriend, but he's interested only in his career. Bad boy billionaire artist Zeb is interested in Alice, but then he's mainly interested in sex. Meanwhile, shy-but-brilliant painter Dan scrapes a living holding village-hall drawing classes. When bored rock wife Siobhan joins one, things get colourful. Will life for any of them be picture perfect? Or will they all make exhibitions of themselves? ...

Enjoy hours of fun piecing together all sorts of Crazy Shapes in this stunning Gallop in the Waves Puzzle!

Consisting

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Have hours of fun piecing together this lovely Galloping Herd Of Horses image!

This picture perfect puzzle

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1820s Britain: after the wars with France, when unemployment was high & soldiers could be paid off, when the government was desperately

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An all-star cast celebrates the 60th anniversary of the Galton & Simpson writing partnership in four new recordings of classic Comedy Playhouse scripts. Four brilliant comedy sitcoms
- as first heard on BBC Radio
- & introduced by Paul Merton. Frank Skinner stars in " You'll Never Walk Alone". Nothing will stop a true football fan from following his team when they reach the Cup Final, not even an eight-month pregnant wife. Mitchell & Webb star in " Impasse". A narrow country lane has no room for two vehicles to pass. Two vehicles meet head on. But which one is going to back up? Rik Mayall & June Whitfield star in "I Tell You It's Burt Reynolds". Eric is so sure he's seen Burt Reynolds that he'll go to any lengths to prove it
- even calling Hollywood. Paul Merton stars in " The Blood Donor". Bunclarke does his duty & donates a pint of his rare & precious blood for his country. Little does he know just how rare it is. The original TV recording of " The Blood Donor" starred Tony Hancock.


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Jack Taylor has never quite been able get his life together, but now he has truly hit rock bottom.

Still reeling

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The Discovery Series are designed for tourist & leisure activities. Each one covers an area of 40km x 30km at the scale of 1:50, 000. There are 93 sheets in the series. 75 are produced by Ordnance Survey Ireland & 18 by Ordnance Survey Northern Irel&. The maps produced by Ordnance Survey Northern Ireland are called the Discoverer Series. ...