Amigurumi (which means knitted stuffed toy) is the Japanese art of crocheting stuffed animals. The technique results in animals with large heads & small bodies upholding the super cute aesthetic of amigurumi animals. Jam-packed with four-color photographs of seriously cute dogs as well as patterns & step-by-step instructions on how to make them Ami Ami Dogs: Seriously Cute Crochet" will inspire you to pick up the needle & thread like no other craft project. This book teaches crocheters: basic crocheting techniques (perfect for beginners!); spiral techniques to ensure stuffing will not come out; versatile uses (using thick yarn each dog is about 3 inches long suitable for an iPod case; using slender threads each dog will be 1 inch long suitable for a cell phone case); & patterns & detailed directions for 12 kinds of dogs including: Chihuahua Welsh Corgi Shiba Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Miniature Dachshund Siberian Husky Labrador Retriever Maltese Miniature Schnauzer French Bulldog & Beagle Pug." ...

Amici is a fully-integrated Italian course for beginners to GCSE. Packed with cultural information not just on Italy but on the Italian-speaking world in general. Carole Shepherd & Derek Aust are both respected Italianists & experienced writers so you can be sure that you will find everything you need in Amici to motivate & inspire your students. The Students book contains four modules: each module has separate grammar sections & revision sections on all four skills. Also included is extension material; exam practice section & grammar section. ...

Amici is a new fully-integrated Italian course for beginners to GCSE. Packed with cultural information not just on Italy but on the Italian-speaking world in general this is a thoroughly up-to-date course. Carole Shepherd & Derek Aust are both respected Italianists & experienced writers so you can be sure that you will find everything you need in Amici to motivate & inspire your students. Amici contains the following components: Students Book; Workbook; Teachers Book; CDs. The Teachers Book contains descriptions & answers to all activities as well as a full transcript. ...

Amici is a fully-integrated Italian course for beginners to GCSE. Packed with cultural information not just on Italy but on the Italian-speaking world in general. Carole Shepherd & Derek Aust are both respected Italianists & experienced writers so you can be sure that you will find everything you need in Amici to motivate & inspire your students. Amici contains the following components: Students' Book; Workbook; Teacher's Book; CDs. The Workbook contains a variety of exercises including listening exercises to give further practice of key points in the Students' Book. ...

Tom's quest to free the Mistress of the Beasts brings him to a sweltering jungle. There he must defeat cunning Amictus. But what chance does Tom have against the Beast's incredible speed? & what is the secret his father & Wizard Aduro are keeping from him? Don't miss KRABB MASTER OF THE SEA
- HAWKITE ARROW OF THE AIR
- KOLDO THE ARCTIC WARRIOR
- ROKK THE WALKING MOUNTAIN
- TREMA THE EARTH LORD



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Features 30 all-new fun & easy-to-make designs you can take with you anywhere Amigurumi is back & better than ever! Amigurumi on the Go" features 30 projects
- including bags backpacks purses pencilcases & totes
- that are super simple fun to make & let you show off your love for amigurumi everywhere. Designs include an owl book bag mushroom purses an octopus tote a monkey backpack.. .and more!"

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Amir Khan is a hard-working twenty-first-century hero: a standard bearer for his Pakistani heritage his Lancashire upbringing & the future of British boxing. At just seventeen he won silver at the 2004 Olympics in Athens & when he turned professional in 2005 he won his first fight in 109 seconds. Tickets to his fights sell out in hours & he is watched by millions on prime-time television. But his feet are still firmly on the ground
- he lives at home with his parents in Bolton fasts in the holy month of Ramadan & can sometimes be spotted helping out at his uncle & aunties curry house. Here he tells his story: of a boy from Bolton who just happens to be a world-class boxer.
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AMITY & SORROW is a story about God sex & farming. It's THE LOVELY BONES meets WITNESS: an unforgettable journey into the horrors a true believer can inflict upon his family & what it is like to live when the end of the world doesn't come. In the wake of a suspicious fire Amaranth gathers her barely-teenage daughters Amity & Sorrow & flees from the cult her husband ran. After four days of driving Amaranth crashes the car leaving the family stranded at a gas station. Rescue comes in the unlikely form of a downtrodden farmer a man who offers sanctuary when the women need it most. AMITY & SORROW is the story of these remarkable women their lives before the night they fled & their heartbreaking hopeful future. For while Amity blossoms in this new world Sorrow will move heaven & earth trying to get back home. & meanwhile the outside world hasn't forgotten about the fire on the compound. ...

When ten Pakistani men walk into Kathleen Jamie's small Scottish town on a peace march in November 2001 she is thrown back to her own travels in Northern Pakistan & a book she wrote a decade earlier. Among Muslims" is the account of Jamie's time travelling alone & living among the Shia & Ismaili Muslims in the Northern Areas
- the mountainous regions wedged between Afghanistan India & China & one of the most volatile borderlands in the world. A bold sympathetic & superbly written book " Among Muslims" delves into Jamie's own Scottish upbringing to find links with the purdah-observing lifestyle of her Shia Muslim hosts. It is a privileged account from an acclaimed poet who during her travels was often literally the only woman on the bus. " Among Muslims" was originally published as " The Golden Peak". For this edition Kathleen Jamie returned to Pakistan to write an Afterword & Preface."
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Virginia Nicholsons Among the Bohemians" is a portrait of Englands artistic community in the first half of the twentieth century engaged in a grand experiment. Subversive eccentric & flamboyant
- the Bohemians ate garlic & didnt always wash; they painted & danced & didnt care what people thought. They sent their children to co-ed schools; explored homosexuality & Free Love. They were often drunk broke & hungry but they were rebels. In this fascinating book Virginia Nicholson examines the way the Bohemians refashioned the way we live our lives. " Interesting gorgeous wonderful...this book displays the best of bohemia itself
- playful dazzling original". (Julie Burchill " Spectator"). " Racy vivacious warm-hearted. Offers an illuminating & well-researched portrait of life among the artists a century ago". ("TLS"). Virginia Nicholson was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. She has worked as a documentary researcher for BBC Television & her first book " Charleston
- A Bloomsbury House & Garden" (written in collaboration with her father Quentin Bell) was an account of the Sussex home of her grandmother the painter Vanessa Bell. Her second book " Among the Bohemians: Experiments in Living 1900-1939" was published by Penguin in 2002. She lives in Sussex."


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