Isabelle Palmer has created a successful business from her ability to enliven any balcony roof terrace & window sill with her inventive gardening ideas. In The Balcony Gardener she shows you how to do just the same. Discover how to make the most of your gardening plot however confined with Isabelles creative & inspiring projects including creating a cocktail window box from which you can make your own delicious fruity drinks recycling containers such as wine & fruit crates & creating a country garden in the smallest urban space. You can also turn your balcony roof terrace or patio into an attractive space to dine & entertain with stylish lighting & furnishing ideas. With The Balcony Gardeners uniquely different gardening ideas & practical advice a lack of space wont hold you back; you will soon transform your mini-patch into a fabulous green oasis. ...

Keith Senior is Mr Super League. The veteran Leeds Rhinos & former Great Britain centre has been one of the competition's most exciting & controversial talents since it began in 1996. Senior scored a try for Sheffield Eagles against Paris in Super League's opening game & has played more matches
- & touched down more times
- than anyone else in the competition's history. He was a member of the Sheffield side which stunned Wigan Warriors in the 1998 Challenge Cup final
- one of rugby league's greatest-ever shocks
- & starred for Leeds in their 2004 2007 2008 & 2009 Grand Final wins. He achieved overnight notoriety for a punchy which flattened Castleford's Barrie-Jon Mather in a televised Challenge Cup tie & was at the centre of more controversy when blamed for Leeds' defeat in the 2005 final. He is now ready to lift the lid on those incidents
- as well as a drugs bust which almost cost him his career. Instantly-recognisable due to his shaven head Senior has earned plaudits from coaches fellow players & fans. But there's more to Senior's life story than his achievements & controversies on the field. Off it his forthcoming autobiography The Bald Truth" is an account of how he went from council estate to country estate. Brought up in humble circumstances in Huddersfield he now lives in a country house in West Yorkshire along with partner Victoria & a menagerie of animals
- including one of the world's oldest rottweiler dogs! Getting there wasn't easy. Senior has a daughter from an ill-fated relationship a broken marriage behind him
- antics which led to sensational coverage in the national press. He is now well known for his Ebay habit of selling off his rugby mementos on the internet auction site
- & is also building a reputation as one of the country's most unlikely equestrians & country gents. Searingly honest & packed with insights into his views on rugby his fellow professionals & the world in general " The Bald Truth" is a must-read sporting autobiography."







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A classic example of a Hertfordshire market town Baldock has a fascinating history. Founded by the Knights Templar in the twelfth century on the ancient Icknield Way at a location which had previously been settled in the Roman era & before Baldock retains its market & annual fair held by charter dating back to 1199 & contains a wealth of fine buildings. Through comparative views of Tudor timber framing to classically-proportioned Georgian frontages & the Art Deco magnificence of what is now a Tesco superstore Baldock Through Time takes a close look at a town that has not only alternately been known as a brewing centre & the location of the largest hosiery factory in the country but has also been bypassed twice in the space of forty years. ...

The mere mention of Bali evokes thoughts of a paradise. It s more than a place; it s a mood an aspiration a tropical state of mind. Ryan Ver Berkmoes Lonely Planet Writer Our Promise You can trust our travel information because Lonely Planet authors visit the places we write about each & every edition. We never accept freebies for positive coverage & you can rely on us to tell it like we see it. Inside This Book 11 weeks research 2 expert authors 62 maps 308 Bintang beers consumed Inspirational photos Clear easy-to-use maps Comprehensive planning tools In-depth background Easy-to-read layout At-a-glance practical info ...

The 1 Bestselling Guide to Bali & Lombok The mere mention of Bali evokes thoughts of paradise. It s more than a place; it s a mood an aspiration a tropical state of mind. Ryan Ver Berkmoes Lonely Planet Writer Author Our Promise You can trust our travel information because Lonely Planet authors visit the places we write about each & every edition. We never accept freebies for positive coverage so you can rely on us to tell it like it is. Inside This Book 11 weeks on-the-road research 2 expert authors 50 maps 67 Hindu temples Inspirational photos Clear easy-to-use maps Travel with Children feature In-depth background Comprehensive planning tools At-a-glance practical info ...

The first book in a brand new series featuring fabulous adventures for Tom & his companions! Great for boys with a huge collectability factor bolstered by the collectors' cards in the back of the books & links to an excellent interactive website. Freya & Silver are trapped in Tavania! To rescue them Tom must find the magical Tree of Being. But Sanpao the Pirate King has summoned six evil Beasts to stop him. Can Tom survive the deadly attacks of Balisk the Water Snake? Don't miss the rest of the series! KORON JAWS OF DEATH HECTON THE BODY SNATCHER TORNO THE HURRICANE DRAGON KRONUS THE CLAWED MENACE BLOODBOAR THE BURIED DOOM ...

Living & working in Rumania Guy & Harriet Pringle are forced to evacuate to Greece before the steady advance of the German army. The Balkan Trilogy is the remarkable portrait of their marriage a haunting evocation of a vanished way of life & a delightfully ironic comedy of manners in a breaking world. ...

Glenny investigates the roots of the bloodshed invasions & nationalist fervour that have come to define our understanding of the south-eastern edge of Europe & presents sharply observed portraits of its kings guerrillas bandits generals & politicians. Glenny shows that groups we think of as implacable enemies have over the centuries formed unlikely alliances thereby disputing the idea that conflict in the Balkans is the ineluctable product of ancient grudges. He explores the often-catastrophic relationship between the Balkans & the rest of Europe raising some disturbing questions about Western intervention. ...

Fun maths teasers & brain-bending puzzles from TV boffin Johnny Ball from his slot of the same name on Zoe Balls Radio 2 show. Think of your house number (as long as its got two digits). Double it. Add 5. Multiply by 50. Add your age. Add the number of days in the year 365. Subtract 615 & check the result. The first digits are your house number the last two are your age. But why? Johnny Ball is well-known for his TV shows in the 1980s such as Think of a Number & Johnny Ball Reveals All. The Ball of Confusion slot first appeared on his daughter Zoe Balls BBC Radio 2 show in 2008 & has since proved hugely popular inviting enthusiastic audience participation from across the country. Ball of Confusion features puzzles & problems from the show as well as many more designed to twist your brain into enjoyable knots of empuzzlement & designed for every level of difficulty
- from some solved in a twinkling of an eye to some that will knit your brow for hours. From how to cheat in a coin toss to why it is that some parts of a high speed train travelling at 125mph are actually going backwards Ball of Confusion will bend your mind in places its never been bent before. Can you keep up?
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In this sequel to Lament" faeries follow James & Dee to Thornking-Ash boarding school where James struggles with his feelings for Dee & for a dangerous faerie muse called Nuala. When Halloween plunges both Dee & Nuala into danger James finds he can only save one. Another creepy beautiful fantasy set in the vicious world of faerie" ...