The Bulb Expert shows you how to get the very best from your bulbs both indoors & outdoors. From the ever-popular daffodils tulips & crocuses to more unusual varieties it offers tips on: Choosing the right bulbs with a complete A-Z. How to plant feed & grow bulbs. Using bulbs in containers beds & borders. How to get colour all year round. Dealing with bulb pests & diseases. ...

Discover Bulgaria Sleep like a monk & rise at dawn to see Rila Monasterys frescoes in the early morning rays Say dobur den" to cats lounging in the old-world side streets of Veliko Tarnovo Clamber up Belogradchiks majestic rocks & explore the defensive bunkers of the Roman Kaleto Fortress Lay down your towel at the best Black Sea beaches for swimming partying or relaxing In This Guide: Two expert authors 80 days of in-country research 35 detailed maps New chapter on Bulgarian wine Content updated daily: visit lonelyplanet.com for up-to-the-minute reviews updates & traveller suggestions" ...

Thirteen centuries of history Byzantium beyond Eastern Bloc this gateway between East & West offers so much more. For beaches & banitsa " culture & "kashkaval " raise a "rakia" to diverse Bulgaria. This phrasebook will guide you along the way. Our phrasebooks give you a comprehensive mix of practical & social words & phrases in more than 120 countries. Chat with the locals & discover their culture
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The Bulgarian Phrase Guide" is designed to help travellers get the most out of their trip. Presented in a user-friendly style the guide focuses on the most popular & commonly used phrases & words. In-depth sections on shopping eating & drinking are supplemented by essential phrases to put the language into context helping you to say the right thing at the right time." ...

Twenty titles from the best-selling series presented in a bulging boxed set. Features all the best-selling Horrible Science titles from A-Z
- well from Blood Bones & Body Bits to Vicious Veg! Titles: Angry Animals Blood Bones & Body Bits Bulging Brains Chemical Chaos Deadly Diseases Disgusting Digestion Evolve or Die Fatal Forces Frightening Light Killer Energy Microscopic Monsters Nasty Nature Painful Poison Shocking Electricity Sounds Dreadful Space Stars & Slimy Aliens The Fight for Flight The Terrible Truth About Time Ugly Bugs Vicious Veg
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It is summer & as tourists drawn by the legend of a priceless missing artifact disembark on the sun-drenched quay of Mithros the languid calm of the island is broken by the unorthodox arrival of a stranger who has been thrown overboard in the bay. Lacking money or identification he is forced for a while to remain on Mithros. But is he truly a stranger? To some his face seems familiar. The arrival of the investigator Hermes Diaktoros intrigued himself by the islands fabled bull coincides with a violent & mysterious death. This violence has an echo in Mithross recent past: in a brutal unsolved crime committed several years before which although apparently forgotten may not yet have been forgiven. As Hermes sets about solving the complex puzzle of who is guilty & who is innocent he discovers a web of secrets & unspoken loyalties & it soon becomes clear that the bull of Mithros may only be the least of the islands shadowy mysteries. ...

Having settled in a Mallorcan mountain idyll Anna Nicholas her husband the Scotsman & their son Ollie want to become as self-sufficient as possible. Anna teams up with organic farmers & smallholders to learn how to tend sheep make cheese & honey & grind flour while the Scotsman creates havoc with his friend Pep in an attempt at winemaking & tries to fathom whats troubling the wriggly inhabitants of his beloved wormery. However Anna cant quite shake off her old clients from the PR world & is persuaded by Greedy George to create a media storm for his new Spanish leather store. The story of how a giant bull ends up on a Barcelona beach is enough to make her delighted to return to Mallorca where talking to a toad & feeding porridge to her hens seems normal by comparison. ...

THE ROMAN EMPIRE 109 ADThe frontier province of Bithynia is a cesspit of sedition rotten with corruption & seething with hatred of Rome. When a rich Roman official is found dead on a desolate hillside; two riderless horses tethered in a nearby wood it is assumed he was killed as a protest against Emperor Trajan's unlimited power. But Pliny the Younger newly appointed Governor of Bithynia is not so sure. Who was the other rider? What were the two of them doing in the middle of nowhere? & what links this murder to a secret cult of the Persian sun god Mithras
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The Battleground Europe series of guides is designed for both the battlefield visitor & the armchair traveller. There is extensive guidance on how to make the most of your battlefield visit. The historical significance of each site is described in detail with the aid of maps & photographs. The village of Bullecourt France was incorporated into the formidable Hindenburg Line when the Germans carried out their strategic withdrawal in February 1917. Attacked unsuccessfully as part of the Battle of Arras on 11th April 1917 it was finally captured in May after a second major assault. The book details the actions of the Australians but also

Includes:: the contributions made by the 7th 58th & 62nd British Divisions.

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When O.V.S. Bulleids Merchant Navy class 4-6-2 appeared on the Southern Railway in 1941 it was controversial. As well as looking unlike any previous steam locomotive it was full of innovative & untried ideas & this during the height of the Second World War. A total of 140 such locos were built over the next ten years 110 of which were a lighter version the West Country/ Battle of Britain class. Although all the Merchant Navy locos & many of the light Pacifics were rebuilt by BR to more conventional form many remained in original form to the end of steam on the Southern Region in 1967. This is the intriguing story of these locos in their original air-smoothed form. ...