This is the first strand in a brand new series of Developing Mathematics developed to be fully in line with the governments Revised Primary Framework for Mathematics. It features completely new content a fresh up-to-date look both inside & out & comes with a CD-ROM that contains all of the activity sheets in a customisable format. Using our unique software supplied on the CD-ROM teachers can effortlessly adapt the activities to make them more challenging or to create further exercises for children who need a bit more practice. New text & images can be easily imported & saved without fear of corrupting the original files & teachers can print out as many copies as they wish. ...

Young readers will delight in recognising the subjects of this charming story that leads us through a spring day deep in the countryside from dawn to dusk. The day begins with a solitary cockerel's crow & the sunlight falling on two lovebirds in a cage & three china ducks on a wall. Swans swallows peacocks geese & starlings each lovingly portrayed in Melvin's signature style are among the many familiar birds that populate the pages. Intricately worked illustrations combine with a charming text making this an ideal book to read aloud with children learning to count. ...

This is a stylish & beautifully illustrated picture word book with flaps to lift to encourage counting skills & number recognition. Each themed page has plenty of flaps to lift with the number of objects or animals underneath. Flaps on the opposite page show the same number with an accompanying delicately illustrated picture underneath. Themes include at the park on the farm & in the garden. ...

One of the great revelations of William Shawcross's official biography was the Queen Mother's private correspondence. Indeed The Sunday Times described her letters as 'wonderful.. .brimful of liveliness & irreverence steeliness & sweetness.' Now drawing on the vast wealth of material in the Royal Archives at Glamis Castle & elsewhere Shawcross has put together a selection of those letters. A prolific correspondent from her earliest childhood to the very end of her life her letters offer readers a vivid insight into the person behind the public face. Full of wit hilarity acute observation & a deeply held sense of duty Queen Elizabeth's letters constitute a chronicle both of her long life & of the twentieth century. ...

One of the revelations of William Shawcross's official biography of the Queen Mother was her private correspondence. Indeed the Sunday Times described her letters as 'wonderful.. .brimful of liveliness & irreverence steeliness & sweetness.' Queen Elizabeth was a prolific correspondent from her earliest childhood & her letters offer readers a vivid insight into the person behind the public face. They reveal
- in her own words
- the little girl writing to her family; the young woman who eventually accepted Prince Albert's proposal; the Duchess of York embracing the public role demanded of her on royal tours both at home & abroad. They reveal too her shock when she & her husband realized that he would become King the dreadful toll exacted by the Second World War culminating in the King's tragically early death & her determination to find a role for herself during her long widowhood. Full of wit acute observation & a deeply held sense of duty Queen Elizabeth's letters offer a chronicle not only of her long life but of the twentieth century.

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London Transports Country Buses provided services in the outer London area & part of the Home Counties extending to an approximate 25 mile radius from central London. Upon its formation in 1933 the London Passenger Transport Board faced the task of acquiring many independent operators in the Country area restructuring the route network & dealing with the great variety of vehicle types. In the following years London Transport designed a range of new buses for these services & built a number of well-equipped garages. The Second World War saw a vast expansion of services with many new routes serving the needs of war workers. After the war a start was made in replacing the war weary fleet & a number of new routes in rural areas were established. This first volume of the book tells the story from the origins of the Country area in the early 1920s until the end of 1949. ...

Why is the country cooking of France so compelling & why does it exert such fascination & evoke so much respect? The answer lies in the terroir of its pays (regions) the fresh produce & specialty foods that are unique to each area & are then transformed into such traditional favourites as Soupeau Pistou & Choucroute Alsacienne. Anne Willan is well known for her highly respected cooking school in France La Varenne founded thirty years ago as well as her many best-selling cookbooks. She combines her years of experience writing about French cuisine with extensive research hands-on experience & a deep appreciation of the current culinary trends in France to create this classic cookbook. ...

Country Cottage Quilting Learn how to make gorgeous quilting patchwork applique & sewing projects with Country Cottage Quilting from bestselling author & fabric designer Lynette Anderson. Lynette's country cottage garden provides the inspiration for this collection of 15 beautiful projects from quick-to-stitch applique designs that make ideal gifts to larger wall hangings & bed-sized quilt patterns. The stunning designs combine charming hand embroidery with traditional patchwork & quilting techniques. Beautiful fabrics warm colours & a homely feel are enhanced by a book design that captures Lynette's heart-warming quirky style. Inside Country Cottage Quilting: Patchwork & Applique Projects
- 15 projects for you to make at home from quilts & cushions to wall hangings scissor keepers & sewing cases. Techniques
- all the sewing patchwork & applique techniques you need to know to make the projects. In this chapter you will learn about sewing seams pressing work needle-turn applique English paper piecing how to make yo yos how to quilt & more & you will also find a comprehensive guide to all of the embroidery stitches that Lynette uses.

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This title is translated by Michael Glenny. With the ink still wet on his diploma the twenty-five-year-old Dr Mikhail Bulgakov was flung into the depths of rural Russia which in 1916-17 was still largely unaffected by such novelties as the motor car the telephone or electric light. How his alter-ego copes (or fails to cope) with the new & often appalling responsibilities of a lone doctor in a vast country practice
- on the eve of Revolution
- is described in Bulgakov's delightful blend of candid realism & imaginative exuberance.

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I thought of life's many bounties to have known the extremities of joy & sorrow love crossed love & unrequited love success & failure fame & slaughter to have read in the newspapers that as a writer I was past my sell-by date yet regardless to go on writing & reading to be lucky enough to live in these two intensities that have buttressed my whole life. Born in Ireland in 1930 & driven into exile after publication of her controversial first novel The Country Girls" O' Brien has created a body of work which bears comparison with the very best writers of the twentieth century. In " Country Girl" we come face to face with literary life of high drama & contemplation. & along the way there are encounters with Hollywood giants pop stars & literary titans
- all of whom lend this life so gorgeously sometimes painfully remembered here a terrible poignancy. In prose which sparkles with the effortless gifts of a master in her ninth decade Edna O' Brien has recast her life with the imaginative insight of a poet. It is a book of unfathomable depths & honesty."
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