Allotments with ten-year waiting lists; fruit & veg seeds outselling those of flowers
- Britain is growing a passion for home produce
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Details: 1791
- When 7 year old Irish orphan Lavinia becomes an indentured servant, she is transported to Virginia

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To the kitchen witch, every recipe is like a little spell bring the opportunity to create love & positive energy in the home & for loved ones. This year round seasonal guide has recipes & rituals for all the pagan festivals, though you don't need to be Wiccan to enjoy this friendly book of home cooking & natural remedies. ...

Kitchenella: the heroic feminine cook. The continuing story of the rise & fall of good food finds us at the end of a decade of exceptional growth & opportunity, yet once again in crisis. We believe in food icons & celebrity chefs, but their philosophies are no longer convincing, because they cannot possibly understand the predicament of the average family, living through recession & trying to do it right in the kitchen. Where are the cooks with wit, who work out the budget & plan an easy dish that efficiently feeds family & friends? Full of logical, economical & imaginative recipes that solve the modern cook's dilemma, Kitchenella will teach you the skills of those teachers who work without books, the 'mothers' & the cooks who subsequently learned from them, to decisively show you the easy way to cook & shop. Promoting a modest, simple way to cook, Kitchenella shows cooking is not about showing off & extravagance, but generosity & kindness; a subtle & intelligent way to nurture. It is cooking that is economically sustainable & achievable. It has its roots in the learned, spirited cooking of generations, food that can claim to have helped win wars & saved lives; a style of cooking that is still relevant today, by practically addressing the struggles of modern cooks, both men & women. The ambition to cook is a fantasy for many, yet Kitchenella shows how the everyday struggle to put food on the table can be transformed into cooking that is clever & beautiful. ...

As a young boy growing up in pre-Soviet Afghanistan, Amir befriends his servant's son, Hassan. Occupying polar ends of Kabul's social hierarchy, the two boys nevertheless play together & defend each other against neighbourhood bullies. However, during Kabul's annual kite-fighting tournament in the winter of 1975, Amir takes advantage of Hassan's guileless devotion & commits as terrible act of betrayal against him. THE KITE RUNNER takes listeners on a psychological & spiritual journey with Amir as he becomes a man forced to face the far-reaching, tragic consequences of his disloyalty. Set amidst a culture & a country that existed before the Soviets, before the Taliban, before al Qaeda, & before the U.S invasion, The Kite Runner is an enthralling & totally absorbing story about fathers & sons, sin & atonement, injustice & the human yearning for redemption. Read by Khaled Hosseini ...

Do you: * Frequently panic in the wine aisle & end up reaching for the same old thing. Every. Single. Time? * Simply pick the bottle with the nicest-looking label? * Automatically pick the second-cheapest wine on the wine list? * Feel it may be time to extend your wine horizons beyond Pinot Grigio? If this is you, then you need to join the Knackered Mother's Wine Club. Come & explore the wonderful world of wine. From throwing a children's party (because adults need something fizzy too), planning a wedding or matching wine with food, this book will help you make the right wine choice every single time. Go beyond the discount deals & discover the can't-go-wrong crowd-pleasers, perfect reds to go with your Sunday roast, the best wine to drink with chocolate, plus some unexpected suggestions for your next girls' night in. This is the one wine guide that every woman should own. Because life's too short to drink bad wine. ...

The KNIGHTS TEMPLAR were the most powerful military religious order of the Middle Ages. For seven centuries subsequently they have exerted a unique influence over European history: orthodox historians see them as nothing more than soldier-monks whose arrogance was their ultimate undoing, while others see them as occultists of the first order, the founders of Freemasonry, possessors of the Holy Grail & creators of the Turin Shroud. Sean Martin considers both the orthodox & alternative version of events, &

Includes:: the latest revelations from the Vatican Library.

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This book is a comprehensive & practical guide to knitting sweaters for men, women, children & even pets. Instead of giving readers a cursory introduction to lots of different kinds of knitted garments & accessories, this book hones in on sweaters, giving readers all the information they need to knit
- as well as customise or even design their own
- sweaters. In addition to 25 classic sweater patterns, each technique is clearly illustrated with step-by-step photographs. All patterns are formatted in a unique & usable manner, so readers will get clear line-by-line instructions as well as further explanation of terms in a handy second column. Beginners will love the straightforward patterns with comprehensive explanations, & more advanced knitters will love that the book actually teaches them how a sweater is constructed, so they can take that knowledge & apply it in ways that go beyond just simply knitting a pattern exactly as given.

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Give a personal decorative touch to knitted projects by adding an inspiring message, a special date, a beloved name or initials.

This book shows readers how to hand knit every letter of the alphabet, plus numbers & punctuation marks, in 26 different fonts
- from simple classic lettering to more ornate calligraphy & contemporary handwritten styles.

The Knitted Alphabet
Includes::
• Patterns for 26 different alphabets, including numbers, punctuation, emoticons & dingbats.
• Detailed illustrations & step-by-step instructions for each alphabet, including a knitted swatch & easy-to-follow chart for every letter.
• Ten inspiring simple projects with full patterns.
• Instructions for various knitting techniques including: intarsia, Swiss darning, textured stitching & more.

Product Information:
• ISBN: 9781438002958
• Author: Kate Haxell & Sarah Hazell
• Publisher: Barrons
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 256
• Dimensions: 24.5 x 19 x 2cm

















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Donna Wilson's odd-bods
- a quirky yet lovable family of 35 of the strangest creatures
- including Rill, Ciryl the Squirrel,

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