Calling all pretty little Princesses! The handsome prince is holding a ball to find the prettiest & loveliest girl in town!



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Late on 8 December 1980, the planet stopped spinning for millions when news broke that the world's best-loved rock star had been

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The greatest archaeological find of the 20th century, & perhaps of all time, was the discovery in 1922 of the tomb of the Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamen. Disputing the conclusions reached by the Egyptian team, this book presents a case that the cause of King Tut's death was most likely murder. ...

Why do elephants have such big ears? What’s the difference between fog & mist? How did earthworms travel from Europe to North

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Sucker the book to the side of the bath & match the duck, frog & fish to the colourful scenes by slipping them into the see-through pockets. The frogs squirts water, the fish squeaks & the duck is weighted so it bobs along in the water & cannot be tipped over! & there's counting fun to be had on the flip side, too! ...

While cats may hide their self-doubt behind dismissive 'you bore me' & 'I just sprayed the couch' smirks, underneath they are desperate to introduce meaning into their nine lives. This parody, based on classic self-help texts, has the answers. Has your cat been moping around in that patch of sunlight for more than 23 hours a day? Has kitty been overindulging in Whiskas in order to fill the vast emptiness within? While humans have plenty of self-help books to aid us in times of existential crisis, our feline friends have had to go it alone. Until now. This personal-growth book for cats (and their humans) uses the framework of classic self-help tomes to shed light on universal kitty questions. With chapters like 'A Cat's Conversations with God' & ' The Fur Agreements', this guide will empower cats to make the 20 minutes they're awake each day the best 20 minutes of their lives. ...

Mr Wickham turned out to be a disappointing husband in many ways, the most notable being his early demise on the battlefields of Waterloo. & so Lydia Wickham, nee Bennet, still not twenty & ever-full of an enterprising spirit, must make her fortune independently. A lesser woman, without Lydia's natural ability to flirt uproariously on the dancefloor & cheat seamlessly at the card table, would swoon in the wake of a dashing highwayman, a corrupt banker & even an amorous Royal or two. But on the hunt for a marriage that will make her rich, there's nothing that Lydia won't turn her hand to... Taking in London, Paris & Brighton, Who Needs Mr Darcy? details the charming, lively & somewhat dastardly further exploits of the youngest Bennet sister. Pride & Prejudice this isn't & Mr Darcy certainly won't be rescuing her this time. ...

Ever wondered where Caesar Salad comes from? Who was Benedict & what's he got to do with combining poached eggs with ham & hollandaise sauce? This title provides answers to these questions & explores the origins of classic dishes from around the wor ...

Offers alternative, edgy, & revolutionary ideas on how to make clever retro-chic crafts out of basic office supplies, from pencil shavings, paperclips & packing tape to bubble wrap & business cards. This title features projects that include a mirrored mosaic computer monitor frame utilizing reclaimed CDs. ...

The debate about who has the right to call themselves a Geordie is still raging. Is it a name that can be used only by people who hail from Newcastle? Or can anyone born in the vicinity of the River Tyne lay claim to it? Or should it just be reserved for the miners of Northumberland and/or County Durham. Or perhaps the only thing you need to do legitimately call yourself a Geordie is a sticker reading ' Gan canny divvent dunsh us' on your car. The fact that there is no consensus as to what actually constitutes being a Geordie, however, is not going to deter us form asking the question ' Who wants to be a Geordie?' This quiz book will use the term in its broadest sense & will offer 500 multiple choice questions spread over ten differently themed sections that cover all aspects of that north-east corner of England that can loosely be termed Geordie-l&. ...