Strong, appropriate & well-fitting joints are one of the hallmarks of the skilled woodworker. Making them properly requires intelligent planning, accurate marking out, & a sufficient degree of care in the cutting, fitting & final assembly. A methodical approach is essential, & that is what this book provides. Professional woodworker Ralph Laughton takes us through the whole process, from choosing the appropriate joint for the purpose to assembling the finished piece. We learn about timber selection, tools & adhesives, but above all we learn the working methods & habits that are needed to achieve consistently good results. The emphasis throughout is on the traditional hand techniques that are still the essential foundation of the woodworker's skill. ...

A user-friendly guide for both professionals & their clients, Successful Aging details over 40 preventive, protective, & promotive strategies for good health, effective procedures that clients can perform for themselves. The authors focus on the natural strengths older persons possess or can develop, without ignoring the limitations of aging. ...

Written by a coach for coaches across various sports, this title blends the research & accepted practices in the sport sciences with practical advice from seasoned coaching veterans & offers students as well as new & experienced coaches a comprehensive guide to various aspects of coaching. ...

Details: Whether you are a new or experienced landlord, this bestselling up-to-date book (fully revised & reprinted in
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Triple pack of programmes aimed at sugarcraft enthusiasts. In ' Sugar Flowers' follow Elaine Mac Gregor's easy step-by-step guide to creating simple blossoms, posies & bouquets from Lilies, Orchids & Roses while also learning the techniques of cutting, forming, colouring & assembling petals & leaves into beautiful arrangements. In ' Sugar Modelling' Elaine shows you how to create simple models such as elephants, penguins & teddy bears as well as more ambitious subjects like iceberg cakes & pastillage vases. In ' Wedding Cakes' by using simple techniques, Elaine Mac Gregor creates five stylish cakes including a two-tiered royal iced cake, an iced cake topped with chocolate & ornamented with gilded chocolate roses, a ' Teardrop Cake', a delicate four-tiered cake & a spectacular Edwin confection. Three DVD set, including:- Sugar Flowers, Sugar Modelling, & Wedding Cakes. ...

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 3 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 3 stories practice sounds made from two consonant letters such as 'ck', & introduce the concept of long vowel sounds such as 'oo', as well as revising single letter sounds. These are introduced at Level 3: v w x y z th ck sh ng ch ss ll gg oo oy. Each book also

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In Pontypridd, in 1939, blackouts & conscription are beginning to strain the community. & three women are separated?perhaps forever?from the men they love. Jenny Powell's husb&, Eddie, abandoned her on her wedding night, & she must struggle to cope alone. Italian Tina Ronconi's sweetheart enlists, & she & her sister face internment as enemy aliens. & Bethan's doctor husband is called up, leaving her, along with all the women, with endless worry & fear. Forced to adjust to a world at all, all they can do is wait. Then comes news of the Allies' retreat at Dunkirk &, for many, life will never be the same again. ...

In the blockbuster storytelling tradition that is Barbara Taylor Bradford’s hallmark, here is an extraordinary novel about a remarkable young woman who finds a new life when her old one shatters.

Laura Valiant is a successful art historian, running her own company. She & her husb&, Doug, a Wall Street lawyer, share an idyllic marriage. But Laura’s trust in her husband is shaken when she discovers he has a secret life apart from her – a life which will rock their love.

Clare Benson is Laura’s childhood friend. They’ve been together through thick & thin, good & bad. When Clare asks Laura the biggest favour & greatest honour of all – to be guardian to her teenage daughter, Natasha – Laura discovers her personal & professional lives become dramatically intertwined. But in true Valiant style, Laura rises to the challenges ahead &, eventually, succeeds in achieving the happiness & fulfilment she craves.

From the streets of Paris & London to the art galleries & art auctions of New York, A Sudden Change of Heart takes the reader on an unforgettable journey where secrets, survival, love & redemption mesmerize the reader from the first page to the last. This is Barbara Taylor Bradford’s fifteenth novel & it is told with the emotion & feeling readers have come to expect from one of the world’s most beloved authors.





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Darren Mc Cord (Jean-Claude Van Damme) must rescue his little girl from terrorists who have interrupted the Stanley Cup ice hockey final. The bad guys threaten to blow everybody up unless they get a billion dollars from the treasury by the end of the game. ...

Books Crime Books Everyone has a secret. Everyone has a motive. But only one of them brought a knife to the party... To celebrate the end of high school, Izzy Morales joins her best friend Kassidy & five friends on a luxury 1920s-themed getaway at the glamorous Ashwood Manor. There, Izzy & her friends party in vintage dresses & expensive diamonds
- until Kassidy's boyfriend turns up dead. & when a raging storm traps them on the island with two detectives, the sparkling young socialites become the prime suspects in his murder. There's the girlfriend, & the other girl. The old friend, & the new friend. The brooding enigma. & then, there's Izzy
- the girl who brought the knife... A glamorous & scandalous modern murder mystery that'll have you reading through the night to find out whodunnit!   Product Information:  •†ISBN:† 9781471414237 •†Author: Lauren Munoz  •†Publisher:†Hot Key Books •†Format:†  Paperback •†Pages:† 320 •†Dimensions:†19.8 x 12.9 x 1.8 cm

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