A delightfully illustrated cult novel literary satire & epic adventure. Within the first 15 pages I was carried away by the sheer craziness of it all. Some Minipirates find a baby bear with blue fur inside a walnut shell floating on the ocean towards a giant whirlpool. They rescue him & teach him about knots & waves & that a good white lie is often considerably more exciting than the truth. Then when he outgrows their ship to such an extent that he is in danger of sinking it they abandon him on an island with a bottle of seaweed juice & a loaf of seaweed bread. Thus Bluebear comes to the end of his first life & embarks on his second. By the end of the book he has expended exactly half of his 27 lives. Again & again Moers confounds our expectations as the narrative twists & turns travels backwards & forwards in time. Part science fiction part fairy tale part myth part epic the book is a satire on all these genres & so constantly satirises itself. Very amusing
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Once people made country wines solely from the fruits of their gardens & local hedgerows but today there is a wide range of fascinating ingredients available
- grape juice concentrates grains dried fruit exotic fruit juices
- to allow winemakers to pursue their crafts all year round independent of fruiting seasons. Now in its third edition this book has already reprinted forty-one times & has sold over 500 000 copies. It contains (in alphabetical order from Almond Wine to Yarrow Wine) 130 tried & reliable recipes for country wines & real ales many of which are unique to this publication & which supplement those found in the author's primer First Steps in Winemaking. The book is illustrated by the well-known winemaking cartoonist Rex Royle.

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Go with God & Fight Like the Devil. A fascinating hero & the pursuit of a sword with mythical power
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Go with God & Fight Like the Devil. A fascinating hero & the pursuit of a sword with mythical power
- this is the remarkable new
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Go with God & Fight Like the Devil. A fascinating hero & the pursuit of a sword with mythical power
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This classic birthday card to celebrate the great occasion of a 13th birthday has a 3D number 13 in silver on a white background decorated with sparkly violet circles. This card is blank inside for your own message & comes complete with a silver envelope ready for posting. Approximate dimensions: 11.4x 21.5cm. Not suitable for children under 3 years contains small parts which may cause a choking hazard. ...

14 000 Things To Be Happy About" is the mesmerizing bestseller that celebrates all the little things that make life worth living. Any random page is an instant pick-me-up & reading it is as irresistible as popcorn. It
Includes:: new babies; a well-crafted chair; having a sense of your own space; a real person answering the phone; peninsulas; leaves snuggled around the foundations of old country houses; & staying home on New Year's Eve. Now revised & updated with 1 500 new entries
- the feel of the fur in Ugg boots a favourite television program. "14 000 Things To Be Happy About" is a panacea for a new time & a new generation an antidote to the all-too-many things we might be unhappy about."

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This practical guide to effective revision & success in exams takes the reader through a fourteen-day program which ensures maximum results in the time available. With illustrations to enhance the text it shows the reader how to tackle common revision & exam challenges through exercises checklists & worked examples. It is a handy guide offering expert advice to help students maximize their chances of exam success in just two weeks. ...

Cleanse & boost your system in just two weeks. Lose weight the simple way with 90 step-by-step recipes. It helps you how to renew your body & mind with 500 photographs. It

Includes:: recipes range from soups smoothies & breakfast ideas to sustaining salads healthy fish & poultry dishes & tasty desserts each crammed with nutrients & cleansing properties. It

Includes:: a detailed introduction that explains what toxins are where they are found & how they can be avoided as well as checklists of foods that should be included & those that should be excluded during a detox. You can choose from an intense one-week regime or a more comprehensive two-week detox plan. It contains ideas for exercise complementary therapies & how to detox your home. An ancient therapy that has been used for centuries detoxing is believed to help the body's natural cleansing process & replenish vital nutrients. The introduction contains a list of symptoms to enable self-diagnosis guidance on when & when not to detox tips on how you can boost your organs advice on suitable exercises & complementary therapies & a directory of foods you should include & those you should avoid. Menu plans for either a one- or a two-week plan make selecting & combining recipes easy ensuring that you get the perfect balance of foods every day. Recipes include Lime & Watermelon Tonic Granola Fresh Cabbage Soup Citrus Fruit Salad with Avocado Pan-fried Chicken with Pesto & Summer Berry Frozen Yogurt. Crammed with invaluable advice information & recipes this is the ideal book for anyone who wants to detox safely in the home.



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Henry V is regarded as the great English hero. Lionised in his own day for his victory at Agincourt his piety & his rigorous application of justice he was elevated by Shakespeare into a champion of English nationalism for all future generations. But what was he really like? Does he deserve to be thought of as the greatest man who ever ruled England?. In this groundbreaking & ambitious book Ian Mortimer portrays Henry in the pivotal year of his reign. Recording the dramatic events of 1415 on a day-by-day basis he offers the fullest most precise & least romanticised view we have of Henry & what he did. In addition the kings story is told against the background of other important developments in Europe in particular the struggle for power within the Catholic Church & official attempts to eradicate any deviant religious beliefs. In so doing the reader encounters unexpected & eye-opening explanations for why Henry tried to unify the kingdoms of England & France
- & why he was prepared to burn men alive as heretics. The result is not only a fascinating reappraisal of Henry; it brings to the fore many unpalatable truths which biographers & military historians have largely ignored. While Henry retains the essential qualities of his greatness his legend is stripped of its Shakespearean rhetoric & compassion. At the centre of the book is the campaign which culminated in the battle of Agincourt: a slaughter ground designed not to advance Englands interests directly but to demonstrate Gods approval of Henrys royal authority on both sides of the Channel. 1415 was a year of religious persecution personal suffering & one horrendous battle. This is the story of that year as seen over the shoulder of its most cold-hearted most ambitious & most celebrated hero.
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