365 Reasons to Look on the Bright Side is full to the brim with good fortune arisen out of the flames of history's biggest & smallest errors blunders & miscalculations
- one for every day of the year on the day it happened. This brilliantly quirky book demonstrates that while the old adage of ' Everyone makes mistakes' may be true some gaffes are so monumental that they can end up improving life for everyone else (if not for themselves!). 365 Reasons to Look on the Bright Side has many magical moments of looking on the bright side of history's most hopeless moments. Here a few to whet your whistle: Thanking Atilla the Hun for creating Venice crediting Alexander Graham Bell's mum's deafness for inventing the telephone praising Pope Clement VIII for blessing coffee realizing that without the bubonic plague Newton may never had invented calculus & believing how one particularly big-boobed woman helped invent the stethoscope. Word count: 35 000
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Sports cars make up one of the most beloved automotive genres for car fans. From towering icons like Ferrari Lamborghini Porsche & Corvette to everyman sportsters from Triumph MG Sunbeam & Miata to oddballs like Crosley Sabra & DB sports cars inspire passion & strong opinions as few other vehicles on the road could. This book 365 Sports Cars You Must Drive provides capsule overviews & fun facts about the greatest oddest most beautiful & most ill-considered sports cars of all time. How many have you driven dreamed about or shuddered at the thought of? ...

This book is aimed at anybody & everybody who is interested in spirituality
- in general & their own in particular. It employs
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This is a fantastic collection of 365 fun environmentally friendly activities using paper card & all manner of materials to be found around the house. There's something to do for every day of the year including a 3D cardboard city sock monkeys loo roll mice foil birds sweet wrapper bugs & many many more. Every activity is clearly & vividly illustrated in an appealing & colourful style with easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions. ...

Sometimes you want to write but you dont know what to write about. Sometimes you know what to write about but not how to make it work. This book will bring you a years advice & inspiration to move your writing forward. Each two-page spread opens with learning points & advice followed by interesting exercises to help you put this into practice. In 365 days youll learn to:
- create believable characters
- write realistic dialogue
- let your reading improve your writing
- use personal experience to inspire fiction find the factors that get a story going
- choose the right tense & person for your stories
- show rather than tell
- work out which writing rules really matter
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Whats a husband good for? This humorous quirky & sure-to-be-a-success follow-up to 41 Uses for a Cat" & "44 Uses for a Dog-"-with witty drawings by Todd Mc Kie--provide a playful reminder. From a diva who sings in the shower to a grill master setting the world (and food) on fire from an interior designer carefully hanging up the fish that didnt get away to chief back scratcher husbands have so many uses! & 38 of his most important attributes are captured in whimsical & humorous drawings that will delight husbands everywhere--and have wives smiling in wry recognition. Whether hes doing pest control with a fly swatter getting caught up in wires as an IT specialist or making a mess as sous chef hubbys antics are amusing. The perfect gift for an anniversary birthday or anytime--just to let him know how much hes loved. " ...

This is the New York Times" bestselling series. As the race to find the 39 Clues builds to its explosive finish Amy & Dan must steal a Clue guarded by thousands of the worlds best soldiers. With their enemies closing in the siblings are separated. Together they almost have a chance but alone.. . Could the search for this Clue spell the end of Amy & Dan?" ...

One of the most exciting 'chase thrillers' ever published & a huge influence not only on spy fiction but on Hollywood as well The 39 Steps" is a book which has captured the imagination of audiences for decades. It was written by acclaimed Scottish author John Buchan who inspired the writing of other great British novelists including Graham Greene Ian Fleming & John le Carre. " The 39 Steps" remains his most famous work. It is the first of five novels featuring Richard Hannay an all-action hero with a steely determination & an extraordinary knack for getting himself out of sticky situations; the original archetypal 'man-on-the-run' character which has been a staple in literature & film in subsequent decades. The novel charts the electrifying story of an ordinary man caught up in a sinister international plot. Repackaged as a striking hardback it is an edition to be cherished by any fan of the book or anyone just discovering Buchan's work." ...

The years 1953-54 were marked by the conquests of 2 unattainable peaks
- Mt. Everest & the Four Minute Mile. But the dream of setting
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