In At Home" Bill Bryson applies the same irrepressible curiosity irresistible wit stylish prose & masterful storytelling that made "A Short History of Nearly Everything" one of the most lauded books of the last decade & delivers one of the most entertaining & illuminating books ever written about the history of the way we live. Bill Bryson was struck one day by the thought that we devote a lot more time to studying the battles & wars of history than to considering what history really consists of: centuries of people quietly going about their daily business
- eating sleeping & merely endeavouring to get more comfortable. & that most of the key discoveries for humankind can be found in the very fabric of the houses in which we live. This inspired him to start a journey around his own house an old rectory in Norfolk wandering from room to room considering how the ordinary things in life came to be. Along the way he did a prodigious amount of research on the history of anything & everything from architecture to electricity from food preservation to epidemics from the spice trade to the Eiffel Tower from crinolines to toilets; & on the brilliant creative & often eccentric minds behind them. & he discovered that although there may seem to be nothing as unremarkable as our domestic lives there is a huge amount of history interest & excitement
- & even a little danger
- lurking in the corners of every home. This is an abridged version & read by the author."


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At Home with English contains progressive activities for your child to do at home. Each activity is carefully levelled for the 7-9 year old the pages are clear in full colour & fun. They are an easy way to boost childrens confidence at school
- children can work their own way through the step-by-step activities the instructions are simple the test booklet is an added extra & no one can resist giving themselves a gold star!
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At Home with Grammar contains topic-based activities for your child to practise their grammar skills at home
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At Home With Handwriting 1 is a fun activity workbook for children aged 5-7 years to do at home. Using a variety of tasks such as filling in missing letters & copying children will establish a comfortable & efficient pencil grip write correctly formed letters & leave appropriate gaps between words. Numbers capital letters & vowels are all included in the activities too. The illustrated step-by-step activities are simple enough for children to work through on their own or equally perfect to do together with an adult giving encouragement. Useful tips support adults so that they can encourage learning gently
- plus there are more than enough funky stickers to reward your child as they complete each activity! This book is ideal to build confidence in writing at primary school & can be followed with At Home With Handwriting 2.
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At Home With Handwriting 2 is a fun activity workbook for children aged 5-7 years to do at home. Using a variety of tasks such as filling in missing letters & copying children will establish a comfortable & efficient pencil grip write & join up letters correctly & leave appropriate gaps between words. The illustrated step-by-step activities are simple enough for children to work through on their own or equally perfect to do together with an adult giving encouragement. Useful tips support adults so that they can encourage learning gently
- plus there are more than enough funky stickers to reward your child as they complete each activity! This book is ideal to build confidence in writing at primary school.
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At Home with Reasoning Skills
- Non-Verbal contains topic-based activities for your child to practise their non-verbal reasoning
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At Home with Reasoning Skills
- Verbal Reasoning contains topic-based activities for your child to practise their verbal reasoning
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Haworth Parsonage is the world-famous home of the Brontes. Crowds of tourists are drawn to Haworth every year to discover what inspired Anne Charlotte & Emily. Ann Dinsdale explores their lives there the impact of the sisters' home on their writing & their lasting legacy. However the Parsonage has also been home to several other families. This book begins with the early history of the house & those who lived there before the arrival of the Brontes. After Patrick Bronte's death in 1861 the Parsonage became home to four of his successors before being purchased by the Bronte Society in 1928. Thereafter it became home to four museum custodians & their families. All of these later occupants witnessed the development of tourism in Haworth which had begun in Mr Bronte's own lifetime & experienced the trials & tribulations of living in a literary shrine. Using a variety of sources mostly unpublished Ann Dinsdale also tells their stories. ...

THE FIFTH PATRICK MELROSE NOVEL As friends relatives & foes trickle in to pay their final respects to his mother Eleanor Patrick Melrose finds himself questioning whether a life without parents will be the liberation he has so long imagined. Yet as the memorial service ends & the family gathers one last time amidst the social niceties & the social horrors the calms & the rapids Patrick begins to sense a new current: the chance of some form of safety -- at last. ...

Paul O' Grady is one of Britain's very best loved entertainers. He is known & adored by millions whether as the creator of the acid-tongued Blonde Bombsite Lily Savage or the presenter of the fantastically successful award-winning Paul O' Grady Show" on Channel 4. Now in his own unique voice Paul O' Grady tells story of his early life in Irish Catholic Birkenhead that started him on the long & winding road from mischievous altar boy to national treasure. It is a brilliantly evoked hilarious & often moving tale of gossip in the back yard bragging in the corner shop & slanging matches on the front doorstep populated by larger-than-life characters with hearts of gold & tongues as sharp as razors. " At My Mother's Knee" features an unforgettable cast of rogues rascals lovers fighters saints & sinners
- & one iconic bus conductress. It's a book which really does have something for everyone & which reminds us that when all's said & done there's a bit of savage in all of us..."
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