In the beginning there was.. .a turtle. Somewhere on the frontier between thought & reality exists the Discworld a parallel time & place which might sound & smell very much like our own but which looks completely different. Particularly as it's carried though space on the back of a giant turtle (sex unknown). It plays by different rules. But then some things are the same everywhere. The Disc's very existence is about to be threatened by a strange new blight: the world's first tourist upon whose survival rests the peace & prosperity of the l&. Unfortunately the person charged with maintaining that survival in the face of robbers mercenaries & well Death is a spectacularly inept wizard... ...

The year is eighteen hundred & thirty one when fifteen-year-old Mary begins the difficult task of telling her story. A scrap of a thing with a sharp tongue & hair the colour of milk Mary leads a harsh life working on her fathers farm alongside her three sisters. In the summer she is sent to work for the local vicars invalid wife where the reasons why she must record the truth of what happens to her
- & the need to record it so urgently
- are gradually revealed. Haunting distinctive voices... Marys spare simple words paint brilliant pictures in the readers mind... Nell Leyshons imaginative powers are considerable". (" Independent"). " Bronte-esque undertones.. .a disturbing statement on the social constraints faced by 19th-century women". ("FT"). "A small tour de force
- a wonderfully convincing voice & a devastating story told with great skill & economy". (Penelope Lively). "I loved it. " The Colour of Milk" is charming Bronte-esque compelling special & hard to forget. I loved Marys voice
- so inspiring & likeable. Such a hopeful book". (Marian Keyes). " Brilliant devastating & unforgettable". (Easy Living). Nell Leyshons first novel Black Dirt was long-listed for the Orange Prize & shortlisted for the Commonwealth prize. Her plays include " Comfort me with Apples" which won an Evening Standard Award & " Bedlam" which was the first play written by a woman for Shakespeares Globe. She writes for BBC Radio 3 & 4 & won the Richard Imison Award for her first radio play. Nell was born in Glastonbury & lives in Dorset."



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Who looks after the sky? The Cloudbabies do! When Bobo White finds a brush & some paint he gives Sun a new colour. But a violet Sun can't shine properly. You see Sun isn't really a Sun unless he's yellow. Will the Cloudbabies put things right in time? A first board storybook based on the new animated series currently airing on CBeebies. ...

Author Ruth Issett is one of the world's leading colourist in textile art today. Her stunning colour combinations defy colour ...

It was a monstrous constellation of unnatural light like a glutted swarm of corpse-fed fireflies dancing hellish sarabands over an accursed marsh (...). H.P. Lovecraft was perhaps the greatest twentieth century practitioner of the horror story introducing to the genre a new evil monstrous pervasive & unconquerable. At the heart of these three stories are terrors unthinkable & strange: a crash-landing meteorite the wretched inhabitant of an ancient castle & a grave-robbers curse. This book

Includes:: The Colour Out Of Space" " The Outsider" & " The Hound"."

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With this book in one hand & a brush in the other you can learn how to transform everyday furniture into something special all for the price of a pot of paint. Annie Sloan is a paint legend & one of the world's most popular experts in the field of decorative painting. In Colour Recipes for Painted Furniture & more Annie presents 40 new projects & ideas showing you the easy way to update tired furniture & transform your home. Working with her own range of chalk paints Annie shows how to mix colours & how to achieve certain looks. Whether your taste is for colourful boho chic or restrained Swedish hues cosy & comforting rustic shades a modern & contemporary approach or an elegant French look here you will find a project to suit you. Start off by mastering the simple art of colourwashing & work your way up to transfer printing gilding stencilling & glazing. There are even instructions for dyeing fabric using paint. As well as painting furniture the projects range from a staircase painted in a rainbow of colours to stencilled walls transforming floors with a coat of paint to dyeing linen curtains & even painting a vintage chandelier. Throughout the book Annie offers expert tips techniques shortcuts & guidance showing you the easy way to create a stylish home. ...

Taking a practical approach to colour

Colour: A Workshop for Artists & Designers" is an invaluable resource

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Herve Tullet has established an international reputation for his outstanding ability to create dynamic & enthralling books for young children. Already the author with Tate Publishing of the best-selling Five Senses" " Imagine" & most recently " The Scribble Book" Tullet has now created the perfect activity book to bring out the creative potential in any child. Sparkling with humour & inventiveness this is a book that is packed full of ideas. Absorbing & stimulating it will motivate each reader not only to use colour imaginatively but also to think creatively as he or she responds to the unique challenges on every page. If you are looking for something to occupy amuse & delight a child & to inspire their imagination then " The Colouring Book" is the perfect solution." ...

Bursting with pirates ships & monsters to colour in plus over 40 stickers & some special scenes
- either add stickers to recreate
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This is a handbook on how to introduce colour into clay & various methods of working with coloured clay. It briefly covers natural colour found in clays & how to use this to best advantage. It thoroughly looks at colouring your own clay through adding stains & oxides & the various methods of preparing clay & slips as well as how to blend properly & repeat results consistently. It looks at a range of making techniques using coloured clays (with specific ceramic artists as examples) including coiling & pinching with colours marbling & agate using moulds to create neriage or millefiori textural effects inlaying sprigging & slipcasting. Each technique shows how various artists put it to use with step by step sequences where needed & displays finished pieces for further inspiration. ...