Written by the internationally renowned beekeeper
- Ted Hooper this work features full-colour photography alongside practical &
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The definitive biography now updated to include the tragic death of Robin Gibb in May of this year. Most famous for having created the soundtrack to ' Saturday Night Fever' the ultimate disco movie Barry Robin & Maurice Gibb have also written countless hits both for themselves & others & this new edition contains a list of every song written & recorded by the brothers. This extensively researched biography covers four decades from their early days in Manchester & the lsle of Man before the family emigrated to Australia & returned to London find fame in 1967 with ' Massachusetts' the first of many hits. Over the years the Bee Gees' career has mixed triumph & tragedy in equal measure as well as celebrating their success this biography covers their doldrum years the divorces & the tragic death of Robin Maurice & Andy Gibb. Incorporates a complete listing of every song written or recorded by the Gibbs. ...

Between 1967 & 1972 the Bee Gees sold twenty-five million records. & during those five years the Bee Gees wrote & sang some of the most memorable iconic songs of their era songs that were everywhere in the air on the radio & in everyone's head one Top 5 single after another in America & in the United Kingdom: 1941 New York Mining Disaster" " To Love Somebody" " Massachusetts" " Holiday" " World" " Words" "I Gotta Get a Message To You" "I Started a Joke" & " Lonely Days". In 1969 they played the Royal Albert Hall with a seventy-piece orchestra & a one-hundred-piece marching b&. Of course they sold out the joint
- standing room only. The Bee Gees were the first band to play & sell out 100 000-seat sports arenas. (The Beatles sold only a measly 55 000 tickets at Shea Stadium). In 1971 the brothers wrote & sang one of the most beautiful & enduring pop songs of all time: " How Do You Mend A Broken Heart?" & in 1972 " Run To Me" became the final No. 1 of the first Bee Gees era. Pop charts are fickle; pop audiences more fickle still. Bands have always come & gone bands have always been forgotten. But no band has ever risen as high as the Bee Gees did in 1972 & then fallen as low as the Bee Gees had by 1974. " The Bee Gees" will chronicle the life & career one of the best known most enduring most recognizable & singular bands of the last fifty years. Their story is the story of pop music over the last forty years of music that was neither rock nor soul nor country but a singular sound that fit no genre & that no other artist could emulate. The Bee Gees' saga is the epic story of three men three brothers in a unique musical partnership. Unlike say the Jacksons the Bee Gees always needed one another. Each brought a unique gift to the mix & the others knew it. From that need grew the reality of having to put up with each other. For forty years... Even with Barry's mad ambition he could not succeed without his brothers. Each brother's personality warrants its story told & all three are caught in this compelling family dynamic. & as weird human tragic & compelling as the Bee Gees are as individual characters the tensions between them provide the core of their amazing drama. Through all their musical changes the core of the story remains: family. The Beatles could after all break up & go their separate ways. The Bee Gees never had that luxury. Over a four-decade career they were conjoined by blood & the demands of a sound none of them could make alone."
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Bee Journal" is a startlingly original poetry sequence: a poem-journal of beekeeping that chronicles the life of the hive from the collection of a small nucleus on the first day to the capture of a swarm two years later. It observes the living architecture of the comb the range & locality of the colony; its flights flowers water sources parasites lives & deaths. These poems were written at the hive wearing a veil & gloves & the journal is an intrinsic part of the kinetic activity of keeping bees: making tiny regular checks in the turn around the central figure of the sun & minute exploratory interventions through the round of the year. The book is full of moments of revelation
- particularly of the relationship between the domestic & the wild. In attempting to record & invoke something of the complexity of the relationship between keeper & kept it tunes ear & speech towards the ecstasy of bees between the known & the unknown. Because of its genesis as a working journal there is here an unusual intimacy & deep scrutiny of life & death in nature. The language itself is dense & clotted the imagery thrillingly fresh & the observing eye close scrupulous & full of wonder. Bee Journal is one of the most unusual & exciting poetry debuts in years."
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It's no shock that the beekeeping trend is steadily on the rise. These fascinating & beautiful insects can be kept anywhere whether your garden is a large country plot or an urban rooftop terrace. What's more there's no sting in this tale: bees are a source of delight for honey lovers hay-fever sufferers & gardeners alike. This charming & practical guide is intended for both the beginner & experienced beekeeper. It covers everything from setting up hives & maximising bees in the garden to optimum honey production & a fascinating troubleshooting section. With charming illustrations throughout you will find all you need to catch the bee buzz in this wonderful book. ...

Beech trees reached Britain about 8 000 years ago & they were workhorses not ornaments
- fuel for Romes glassworks; firewood for
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The year 1963 will always be remembered as the one when the Sixties really started to swing. The Beatles & Rolling Stones were topping the charts while the mini-skirt & the Mini car had become the latest fashion accessories. For those with an interest in railways however 1963 was memorable for the publication by Her Majestys Stationery Office of Part 1 of the report The Reshaping of British Railways by Dr Richard Beeching then chairman of the British Railways Board. The term reshaping was somewhat of a euphemism as the Report envisaged a radical reduction in the national rail network. Hundreds of stations were to be closed to both freight & passenger traffic along with thousands of miles of track while several thousand staff would be made redundant. This book is intended as a record of how the proposals affecting passenger services in the Wessex Area were ruthlessly implemented over a ten year period. Since then despite the introduction of modern high-speed rolling stock & much track rationalisation the extent of our rail network has remained basically the same. Train services in Wessex today are therefore still very much Dr Beechings Legacy. In addition he bequeathed to the nation a linear network of derelict land which could be put to other purposes including that of heritage railway. The area covered by this book include sections of the counties of Avon Somerset Wiltshire Hampshire Dorset & Gloucestershire. ...

1915. The great detective Sherlock Holmes is retired & quietly engaged in the study of honey bees when a young woman literally stumbles into him on the Sussex Downs. Fifteen years old gawky egotistical & recently orphaned the young Mary Russell displays an intellect to impress even Sherlock Holmes
- & match him wit for wit. Under his reluctant tutelage this very modern twentieth-century woman proves a deft protegee & a fitting partner for the Victorian detective. In their first case together they must track down a kidnapped American senators daughter & confront a truly cunning adversary
- a bomber who has set trip-wires for the sleuths & who will stop at nothing to end their partnership.

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A practical book for new beekeepers & those interested in keeping their own bees explaining everything they need to know to get started. It also covers how to make your garden attractive for bees. Published to coincide with the biggest beginners' day for beekeeping which takes place in February each year. ...

In becoming a beekeeper you will enjoy a fascinating & wide ranging hobby as well as playing a vital role in the future of our planet. This book will tell you how to start keeping bees in any location whether urban or rural. It covers everything you need to know in an accessible & clear manner from choice of hive & health of bees; right through the bee year to harvesting & storing your own honey. As well as providing an accessible easy-to-understand beekeeping primer for the complete beginner this book introduces the many other possibilities that exist for a beekeeper including livestock farming of bees apitherapy honey cookery & a host of other activities commercial enterprises & areas of further study. ...