Aberdeen has been a hotbed of sporting success for generations, providing international stars in a diverse & intriguing range of sports encompassing everything from football, rugby & cricket to martial arts, rally driving, gymnastics & target shooting. This title profiles the careers of more than 50 of those stars. ...

A wealthy businessman is abducted by terrorists. His wife makes contact with a close American friend of her husband who runs a paramilitary security firm employing ex-Special Forces personnel. With the financial backing of the businessman's wife, the American agrees to launch a terrifying countermeasure to asymmetrical terrorism. ...

Details: When it comes to knitting, who knows better than your nan? If you get tangled in a ball of wool, she's always
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Offers inspiration to keen crafters hoping to breathe life into vintage fabrics & second-hand objects. This book also offers advice on granny chic lifestyle, from befriending your local fabric shop to creating a handmade home. It

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In 1964, Christie was arrested in Spain & charged with attempting to assassinate General Franco. He was 18, far from his home in Glasgow, & could speak no Spanish. The worst part was that the charge was true. Christie was convicted, & became Britain's most famous anarchist. ...

Offers more than 70 contemporary versions in all shapes, sizes, colours & textures, along with finishing ideas. This title features designs that appear in different yarn weights & colours, allowing crocheters to personalise any of the items & get exactly the look they're after. ...

As we try to get to grips with the latest technology & keep up with today's speedy pace of life, many of the domestic skills we used to have at our fingertips are being lost. But, as " Granny's Book of Good Old-Fashioned Common Sense" will show you, traditional home crafts are not incompatible with modern lifestyles. Here you can rediscover all sorts of things that will not only make your life greener & easier but more fun too. " Granny's" hints & tips will help you realise that household chores become almost effortless & more environmentally friendly than you could imagine. You'll find that providing nourishing home-cooked meals doesn't have to be time-consuming & that growing your own organic fruit & vegetables brings a sense of fulfillment like no other. " Granny" can also teach you how to knit & sew
- just think of the feeling of achievement you'll have when you finish your first knitted garment or piece of embroidery! & children can learn a thing or two from " Granny" as well. Simple games using just paper & pencils will help to pass those rainy days &, for the more adventurous, there are dolls & puppets to make & stories to invent. The kids will love it & so will you!" Granny" presents everything in easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions with comprehensive diagrams & photographs to accompany the text so, whether you need a helping hand in the kitchen, the garden, the parlor or the nursery, you can trust " Granny" to show you the way.
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Read With Biff, Chip & Kipper is the UK's best-selling home reading series. It is based on Oxford Reading Tree which is used in 80% of primary schools. Read With Biff, Chip & Kipper Level 5 Phonics storybooks have been specially written to allow children to practise their letters & sounds as they do at school. Fun plots, familiar characters & carefully levelled text create the perfect combination to build children's confidence & enjoyment of reading. The Level 6 stories practice various spellings of sounds such as 'oo' as in blue, cool, shoe, new as well as revising sounds introduced at the earlier levels. Level 6: oo ue ew oe; ow; s ss se ce c; air; ou ow; u oo oul; ear eer; le; oi oy. The stories are slightly longer at this level to increase reading stamina & fluency. Each book also

Includes:: practical tips & ideas for you to use when you reading with your child & fun activities. This series also provides essential support for parents through www.oxfordowl.co.uk. Visit the Oxford Owl for practical advice for helping children learn to read, all you need to know about phonics & lots of fun activities & free e Books. With plenty of support available inside the book & online phonics practice at home has never been so fun or so easy!

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In 2012, Britain is a nation in flux, managing difficult socioeconomic realities, contending with new political alliances & negotiating shifting demographics. Yet it is a country that is still perceived as being bound by tradition & class structures. With new fiction, memoir, poetry, photography & art, Granta's Britain explores landscape, identities & stories of the British Isles. In ' Silt', Robert Macfarlane writes of the beauty & danger of a stretch of coastline in Essex. Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa tells the story of Irish revolutionary nationalist Roger Casement, executed at Pentonville Prison in 1916. Memoirs by Gary Younge, Andrea Stuart & Nikolai Khalezin & Natalia Kaliada focus on the upheavals & migrations that brought them & their families to (and from) Britain. Rachel Seiffert, Ross Raisin, Cynan Jones & Jim Crace provide extracts of their new novels: Seiffert describes Glasgow & Northern Ireland in the 1990s; Raisin paints a portrait of a young footballer struggling with his identity; Jones follows a boy on a strange, dangerous outing with his father; Crace shows how the lives of English farmers changed during the Enclosures in the late 1700s & early 1800s. The issue

Includes:: original short fiction by Adam Foulds, Mark Haddon, Tania James & Jon Mc Gregor as well as poems by Simon Armitage, Jamie Mc Kendrick, Don Paterson & Robin Robertson. It also introduces a new voice, Sam Byers, with an extract from his darkly comic debut novel, Idiopathy.

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OS Explorer is the Ordnance Survey's most detailed map & is recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities like walking, horse riding & off-road cycling. Providing complete GB coverage the series details essential information such as youth hostels, pubs & visitor information as well as rights of way, permissive paths & bridleways. ...