Girls will love discovering fashions past & present from across the globe in this collection of two popular titles from the Sticker Dolly Dressing" series. You can dress the characters in traditional clothing from countries around the world & throughout history such as beautiful silk saris for an Indian wedding elegant Spanish flamenco dresses togas in Ancient Rome & fashionable outfits from 1950s America & London in the 1960s. The simple text accompanying each scene is full of interesting facts about the featured period & culture. You can choose from over 750 stickers to help each doll look the part." ...

Girls will love discovering fashions past & present from across the globe in this collection of two popular titles from the Sticker Dolly Dressing" series. You can dress the characters in traditional clothing from countries around the world & throughout history such as beautiful silk saris for an Indian wedding elegant Spanish flamenco dresses togas in Ancient Rome & fashionable outfits from 1950s America & London in the 1960s. The simple text accompanying each scene is full of interesting facts about the featured period & culture. You can choose from over 750 stickers to help each doll look the part." ...

Alastair Humphreys' round the world journey of 46 000 miles was an old-fashioned adventure: long lonely low-budget & spontaneous. Cycling across five continents & sailing over the oceans his ride took four years to complete on a tiny budget of hoarded student loans. Thunder & Sunshine" is the final part of the remarkable expedition. Having pedalled through the Middle East & Africa & to Cape Town. He still had to cross to South America & ride upto Canada across Siberia & back through Europe to finish his journey. In many ways this was only the beginning. " Thunder & Sunshine" recounts an epic journey that succeeded through Humphreys' trust in the kindness of strangers at a time where the interactions of our global community are more confused & troubled than ever." ...

Phileas Fogg is a man of habit a Victorian gentleman who follows the same routine every day--until he accepts a wager that he can circle the globe within eighty days. Thus begins a hair-raising journey in which Foggs obsession with his timetable is complemented by the dynamism & versatility of his French manservant Passepartout whose has a talent for getting into scrapes as the two dash across continents in a suspenseful race against time. The worlds greatest works of literature are now avaialble in these beautiful keepsake volumes. Bound in real cloth & featuring gilt edges & ribbon markers these beautifully produced books are a wonderful way to build a handsome library of classic literature. These are the essential novels that belong in every home. Theyll transport readers to imaginary worlds & provide excitement entertainment & enlightenment for years to come. All of these novels feature attractive illustrations & have an unequalled period feel that will grace the library the bedside table or bureau. ...

One boy penniless & in rags forced to beg in the street. The other a kings son coddled & given all he could want. What happens when the two boys change clothes & places & learn how the other half lives? Mark Twains satirical & suspenseful novel about the thin line that separates prince & pauper is a perennial favourite. Abridged for easier reading & carefully rewritten with Classic Starts[trademark] young readers can experience the wonder of timeless stories from an early age. ...

David Loftus is one of the world's leading food photographers: on the road 350 days of the year camera in hand shooting top chefs & their wonderful dishes from Battersea to New York to the Bahamas. Now in Around the World in 80 Dishes he shares the most delicious cuisine he has come across on his travels: introduced by his close friend Jamie Oliver eighty recipes from the world's favourite chefs many of whom have shared David's adventures. Around the World in 80 Dishes features mouthwatering recipes from international chefs & cookery writers including Jamie Oliver Nigella Lawson Gennaro Contaldo Heston Blumenthal & Atul Kochhar. It follows in the footsteps of Phileas Fogg & his famous Grand Tour taking in Europe the Middle East Asia & America to create a treasure-trove of treats from the four corners of the globe. Lovingly compiled & beautifully photographed rich with the stories behind the recipes captured in these pages this is a dream anthology for committed cooks & amateurs alike. If you love food & travel & you've a hearty appetite for life warm up the oven pick a destination & prepare to set off on your own culinary journey. ...

' If I have learned only one thing from my travels around the world it is that no garden is an isl&. Context is everything.' From the floating gardens of the Amazon to the alpine flower meadows of Norway from modest domestic gardens right in the heart of Havana to Monet's world-famous Giverny Monty Don visits every continent & looks at some of the most beautiful intriguing or unusual gardens in the world. Whether looking at minimalist gardens in Mexico which to some may feel more architecture than garden or the romantic beauty of a traditional English garden each one is placed in context. Horticultural preconceptions are abandoned & Monty is constantly surprised by the unexpected locations where gardens thrive. As Monty Don travels around the world he approaches each garden with the questions: Why do people garden? Is the definition of a garden universal? & what makes each garden special? ...

' The pace of this kind of travel has not much changed since Fogg set out in 1872. Trains may be a little faster but there are certainly no high-speed rail links yet across India China or the USA. Passenger services have practically disappeared from the world's shipping lanes.. . Recourse to air travel even as a convenient means of escape was not allowed.' Following the route taken by Phileas Fogg 115 years earlier Michael Palin set out from the Reform Club to circumnavigate the world. The rules were simple but nothing else about the trip was straightforward... From a tour of Venice on a rubbish barge to ship spotting at the Suez Canal & the bicycle rush hour & snake snacks in China this is an unparalleled tribute to man's ability to make life difficult for himself. ...

Set off with Phileas Fogg & his manservant on a race to circumnavigate the globe in just eighty days! Travelling by steamboat train & even elephant the intrepid duo find themselves rescuing a young Indian woman from sacrifice escaping kidnap & battling hurricane winds
- & all the while tenacious Detective Fix of Scotland Yard is in hot pursuit believing Fogg to be the criminal mastermind behind a Bank of England robbery. Rich in humour & excitement Around the World in Eighty Days deservedly remains one of Jules Vernes most popular books.
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One night in the reform club Phileas Fogg bets his companions that he can travel across the globe in just eighty days. Breaking the well-established routine of his daily life he immediately sets off for Dover with his astonished valet Passepartout. Passing through exotic lands & dangerous locations they seize whatever transportation is at hand
- whether train or elephant
- overcoming set-backs & always racing against the clock.

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