John Healy, the son of poor Irish immigrants in London, grows up hardened by violence & soon finds himself overwhelmed by alcoholism. He ends up in the grass arena: the parks & streets of the inner city, where beggars, thieves, prostitutes & killers fight for survival & each day brings the question of where to find the next drink. ...

Describes what grasses & bamboos are & then details planting information, buying tips, cultivation, propagation & how to display them
- whether you want to create a sub-tropical garden or simply make a feature in a terracotta pot. This book

Includes:: step-by-step projects, planting plans, hints, tips, lists & box features.


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In the small town of Ealing, Iowa, Austin & his best friend Robby have accidentally unleashed an unstoppable army. An army of horny, hungry, six-foot-tall praying mantises that only want to do two things. This is the truth. This is history. It's the end of the world. & nobody knows anything about it. ...

Keep track of all the events going on in your busy life, & never miss a birthday, anniversary, public holiday & much more again

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Research has found that people who are habitually grateful are happier than those who are not.

This beautiful journal

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Who says death is a serious subject? Grave Humor celebrates the lighter side of death through photos capturing the most amusing & ironic monuments to the dearly departed. From amusing epitaphs ('I told you I was sick') to comical burials (the Maxwell-House plot), this irreverent anthology of cemetery humour proves you can laugh to death. It

Features: photos of more than 100 funny, ironic & ridiculous tombstones; colour illustrations & clever captions; &, DIY epitaphs for anyone who wants to go out with a laugh.

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When Rebekkah returns to her small-town home for her beloved Grandmothers funeral, she little suspects that she is about to inherit a darkly dangerous family duty on behalf of Claysvilles most demanding residents ? the dead. Everyone in Claysville knows that the Barrows are no ordinary family, but no one can really explain why. When respected matriarch Maylene Barrow dies suddenly her granddaughter Rebekkah returns to the small town she grew up in, where she must face the demons of her past ? the suicide of her half-sister Ella, the person she was closest to in the world, & the subsequent break-up of her parents marriage. & she also re-encounters Byron, Ellas old boyfriend, someone to whom she has always felt a deep & mysterious connection. But the demons of the past are nothing compared with what the future has in store for Rebekkah. Her grandmother has left her an inheritance both wonderful & terrible. An onerous responsibility now rests on her shoulders ? one for which she is ill-prepared to say the least. For behind Claysvilles community-spirited, small-town facade lies a dark secret. One that ties Rebekkah & Byron together in an inextricable bond, & that will require them both to sacrifice everything to keep their friends & neighbours from harm. ...

Meet Harry Dresden, Chicago's first (and only) Wizard P.I. Turns out the 'everyday' world is full of strange & magical things
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The award-winning & Number One bestselling Val Mc Dermid crafts a electrifying psychological suspense thriller that mixes history, heritage & heinous crimes. A 200 year-old-secret is now a matter of life & death. & it could be worth a fortune. It's summer in the Lake District & heavy rain over the fells has uncovered a bizarrely tattooed body. Could it be linked to the old rumour that Fletcher Christian, mutinous First Mate on the Bounty, had secretly returned to England? Scholar Jane Gresham wants to find out. She believes that the Lakeland poet William Wordsworth, a friend of Christian's, may have sheltered the fugitive & turned his tale into an epic poem ...

WINNER of the 2010 Cilip Carnegie Medal, the Newbery Medal & the Booktrust Teenage Book Prize 2009, & shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Award Stunningly illustrated by Chris Riddell, who brings the ghouls, ghosts & hero wonderfully to life in this fantastic ghost adventure story, laced with menace & humour ...