England encompasses such diverse landscapes, historic heritage & cultural influences that ever visitor brings to it their own idea of what it means to be English. Pip has compiled photographic highlights of this fascinating country to inspire all types of traveller & to help them achieve vivid & memorable pictures. Tried & tested by a team of intrepid photographers, this book provides you with vital practical tips to help plan your photographic adventure, including: ...

'a merry life & a short one, shall be my motto' What was it really like to be a pirate during the Golden Age of Piracy? Fictional works have coloured their image into the romantic, swashbuckling anti-hero, who forced prisoners to walk the plank & sought buried treasures where X marks the spot. Yet the reality was often far more extraordinary & violent. Complied with extracts from biographies of the period, letters & court documents, news articles & pamphlets offering the latest gossip on pirate trials & executions, survivors ...

Children's animated comedy adventure starring the Veggie Tales crew. Larry the Cucumber (voiced by Mike Nawrocki), Mr Lunt & Pa Grape (both voiced by Phil Vischer) find themselves mysteriously whisked back in time to the 17th century when pirates ruled ...

First-time mum Roxy feels perennially ticked off. She & her partner Jack have left London for a new life in the village of Riverside, with their ten-month-old daughter Joey. But their new house resembles a building site & Roxy is struggling to cope with parenthood. With no family or friends to turn to for help, Roxy sets up a club in order to meet like-minded parents, & so begins The Pissed-Off Parents Club. Hilarious & refreshingly original, this is a story telling it like it is -- for mums & dads of all descriptions. ...

Ayla & Jondalar leave the safety of the lands of the Mammoth Hunters & embark on a seemingly impossible journey across an entire continent. Their goal is the Cro-Magnon settlement in what is now southern France where Jondalar lived as a young man. Accompanied by the half-tame Wolf, the superb stallion, Racer, & the mare, Whinney, they brave both savage enemies & the elemental dangers of weather & terrain in their search for the place that will become Home. Jean Auel's imaginative reconstruction of pre-historic life, rich in detail of language, culture, myth & ritual, has become a set text in schools & colleges around the world. ...

Eight generations of the greatest & worst kings & queens that this country has ever seen
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Plantagenet is the name given to the English royal house descended from the union of Queen Matilda of England & her second husband Geoffrey of Anjou. The name derived from Geoffrey's nickname, which came from the sprig of broom (planta genet) which he wore in his hat. The Plantagenets ruled England for more than three hundred years, from the accession of reign of the dynasty's founder, Matilda & Geoffrey's son, Henry II, in 1154, to the death of the last Plantagenet, Richard III, at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485. The Plantagenets: The Kings That Made Britain is a compelling, year-by-year chronology of a tumultuous & critical period in the development of the English nation. Each year is covered by a concise, informative & accessible narrative, amplified by extensive"ation from contemporary sources & accompanied by generously captioned & stunning images of the period
- including illuminations, portraits, maps, royal seals, tapestries & other artefacts. Authoritative, informative & sumptuous, & compiled by a scholar who is steeped in knowledge of the period, The Plantagenets: The Kings That Made Britain brings a critical era of English history dramatically & vividly to life. It is the perfect gift book for anyone with a love of, or fascination for, medieval English history.
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You leave your kids with a friend. Everyone does it. Until the day it goes wrong. Single mother Callie has come to rely heavily on her best friend Suzy. But Callie suspects Suzy's life isn't as simple as it seems. It's time she pulled away
- going back to work is just the first step towards rediscovering her old confidence. So why does she keep putting off telling Suzy about her new job? Suzy & Callie live close to each other on a typical cramped, anonymous London street. Neighbours seem to move in, & move on, before you have even learned their names. Callie's increased sense of alienation leads her to try to befriend a new resident on her street, Debs. But Debs is anxious, odd. You wouldn't trust her with your child
- especially not if you knew anything about her past. A brilliant & chilling evocation of modern life, The Playdate is a real talking-point book for mothers everywhere.

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The play HOORAY! Handbook is a lifesaver for busy parents juggling work & childcare looking for fun ideas for activities, crafts

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Oscar Wilde took London by storm with his first comedy, Lady Windermeres Fan. The combination of dazzling

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