From fab & funky to chic designer must-haves, this book charts the rise & rise of the shoe in all its toe-tapping glory. Charting shoe fashion from jewel-studded evening slippers to the eccentric designer classics of today, with stunning full-color photography, this collection appeals to the princess in every woman. ...

For passionate lovers of shoes, this reference book explores various types & supplies information about platforms, Cinderella's slipper, sandals & the allure of the naked foot, the 50 steps in the making of a shoe, & profiles of shoe designers & makers. ...

The Shoot Lunch approaches a very traditional part of the day's sport from every conceivable angle & explains why the lunch break is so important. The author explores the elements for creating that special craic
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Blue gunsmoke roils as a vicious gang of killers puts the homes of Arizona settlers to the flames. Who is behind the terror attacks? Security man James Slaughter suspects the mayor of San Lorenzo, Joe Hagerty, may be the mastermind for he is buying up the settlers' dispossessed land cheap & fast. ...

Gilly (Louis Dempsey) comes out of prison after serving a six year stretch & decides that he will now turn his life around & go straight. But when he returns to his South London home & visits his old colleague J (Andrew Howard) in hope of obtaining ...

The compelling autobiography of one of the great & most committed newsmen of our time: full, frank, & occasionally very funny, Jon Snow's memoirs are as revealing about the great & the not-so-good as about his own passionate involvement in the reporting of world affairs. Jon Snow is perhaps the most highly regarded newsman of our time; his qualities as a journalist & as a human being
- his passion, warmth, intelligence, frankness & humour
- are widely recognised & evident for all to see most nights on Channel 4 News & now in the pages of his first book. His vivid personal chronicle is filled with anecdotes & pithy observations, & delightfully records his life & times since becoming a journalist in the early 1970s. He reported widely on Cold War conflicts in Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Angola & Central America before becoming a resident correspondent in Washington D.C. in the 1980s, & he has met & interviewed most of the world's leaders. Drawing lessons from these experiences, he has pertinent things to say about how the increasing world disorder came about following the fall of the Berlin Wall; how the West's constant search for an enemy has helped unhinge the world; & how & why the media have, in general, been less than helpful in drawing attention to key political & global developments.

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A huge fireball comes hurtling towards Earth from space! Tintin sets sail with Captain Haddock to find the meteorite in the stormy Arctic Ocean, but a valuable metal is contained in the meteorite & Tintin's attempts to reach it are met with relentless sabotage. ...

Squeeze this super soft squidgy shooting star shaped toy & watch as it slowly rises back to shape! Super squeezable & squishy.

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During her long reign, Queen Victoria was the target of no fewer than eight assassination attempts. In seven of these cases her life was saved by poor marksmanship or misfiring weaponry, but one assailant managed to strike her with a finely wrought cane. Remarkably, all eight of her attackers lived to tell their tales, & were variously incarcerated in asylums, deported to Australia, or in a few cases eventually released into society again. Paul Thomas Murphy shows how these obscure would-be assassins effected a change in history. Their attacks on Victoria galvanised her to face them down by presenting a more public face than her forebears, thereby laying the groundwork for the monarchy as we know it today. SHOOTING VICTORIA opens up a new window onto Victorian Engl&. In exploring contemporary attitudes to madness, crime & criminality, it reveals a wealth of little-known & often surprising aspects of 19th-century British society & monarchy. ...

Becky's life is blooming! She's working at London's newest fashion store The Look, house-hunting with husband Luke (her secret

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