With 30 brand new contemporary designs for modern window treatments & 26 updated illustrations this revised & expanded fourth edition of The Curtain Design Directory" offers even more ideas & solutions than ever before. Browse through the book & create your own beautiful window treatments drawing inspiration from more than 400 h&-drawn black-&-white illustrations. This edition provides even more essential information; including a helpful window measuring sheet detailed information about positioning fittings how to determine the correct proportions for top treatments & estimating fabric quantities. " The Curtain Design Directory" is the must-have handbook for every interior designer & curtain maker." ...

Hank Zipzer wants to be number one not the one who always gets it wrong. A likeable struggling hero that readers will adore. Hanks maths grades are terrible so he has to work with class brain Heather Payne until his marks improve. Hank doesnt have time for maths
- hes the lead in the school play! But Hank wont have a part to play at all if he doesnt get a B on his next maths test. Hank knows he has to hit the books
- can he pull through in time for the show?

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* Practical advice & step-by-step instructions for window dressing * Suitable for both beginners & experienced curtain-makers * stunning ...

This title teaches curvy crocheters everything needed to create fashionable items that will fit & flatter. It

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This lavishly illustrated book reveals the state of the art of the custom racing bicycle. Each chapter covers a particular part of the bike starting with the largest subject area
- frames (steel aluminium titanium & carbon fibre) then moving on to forks headsets wheels tyres hubs gear components chains brakes saddles handlebars pedals water bottle cages & accessories. As well as an overview of the components available with beautiful studio images of the latest kit the chapters include interviews & opinions from the top designers & manufacturers. There is advice on sizing & geometry & having your own frame custom measured & made; how saving weight & focusing on quality make the bike better; & which bike is suited to particular riders & different disciplines (Cyclo-Cross Time Trial Track etc.). In addition professional mechanics show the details special tools & secrets behind making racing bikes run like clockwork. Chapter by chapter the book builds up the complete guide to specifying & buying your dream bike.
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Andrew Motions new book opens with a sequence of war poems (first published as the pamphlet Laurels & Donkeys" on Armistice Day 2010) drawing on soldiers experiences of war from 1914 until today
- beginning with a story about Siegfried Sassoon & moving via World War Two & Korea to the recent conflicts in Iraq & Afghanistan. Many of the poems are in the voices of combatants others are based on memories of the poets father who landed at D-day & fought in France & Germany. The poems combine understatement with a clear-eyed & unswerving candor. " The Customs House" has other rooms: a group of topographies mapping moments in a marriage against the contingencies of place & family history; & several found poems in which the poet collaborates with his source mixing what is there already with what is about to be there: whether a remarkable sonnet sequence on the last days of the Baroque genius Francesco Borromini or in other poems a richly imagined extrapolation from the silent premises of a painting."
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In her latest paperback the Sunday Times & New York Times bestselling author of Damaged tells the story of the Dawn a sweet & seemingly well-balanced girl whose outward appearance masks a traumatic childhood of suffering at the hands of the very people who should have cared for her. Dawn was the first girl Cathy Glass ever fostered. Sweet & seemingly well balanced girl Dawn's outward appearance masked a traumatic childhood so awful that even she could not remember it. During the first night Cathy awoke to see Dawn looming above Cathy's baby's cot her eyes staring & blank. She sleepwalks
- which Cathy learns is often a manifestation in disturbed children. It becomes a regular & frightening occurrence & Cathy is horrified to find Dawn lighting a match whilst mumbling it's not my fault in her sleep one night. Cathy discovers Dawn is playing truant from school & struggling to make friends. More worryingly she finds her room empty one night & her pillow covered in blood. Dawn has been self-harming in order to release the pain of her past. When Dawn attempts suicide Cathy realises that she needs more help than she can give. Dawn's mother eventually confides in her that Dawn was sent away to live with relatives in Ireland between the ages of 5 & 9 & Cathy soon realises that the horrors Dawn was exposed to during this time have left her a very disturbed little girl.
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Spero Lucas has a new line of work. Since he returned home after serving in Iraq he has been doing special investigations for a defence attorney. Hes good at it & he has carved out a niche: recovering stolen property no questions asked. His cut is 40%. A high-profile crime boss who has heard of Lucass speciality hires him to find out who has been stealing from his operation. Its the biggest job Lucas has ever been offered & he quickly gets a sense of whats going on. But before he can close in he tangles with a world of men whose amorality & violence leave him reeling. Is any cut worth your family your lover your life? ...

Joe Hunter vs Luke Rickard a killer who has stolen his identity & committed a vicious double murder. His motive? Revenge. His method? A blade. His mission? Kill anyone Hunter holds dear. It is a deadly duel of wits that takes Hunter from the streets of Miami to the squalid barrios of Colombia to the jungle hideaway of a drug baron. & brings him face to face with his past. Revenge is a dish best served cold & Joe needs a cool head if Rickard is not to cut & run. CUT & RUN
- the fourth high-octane adventure for Joe Hunter the man whose mission is to rid the world of bad guys.
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' This is the only cut flower book you'll ever need'! This unique publication is packed with straight forward information on how to care for & condition over 140 fresh cut flowers both at the florists shop & in the home. Florists floristry students flowers arrangers brides
- indeed anyone who enjoys having flowers in the home will find this book invaluable. Filled with easy to follow care instructions flower availability colour range & vase life there are also tips on simple arranging plus their suitability for wedding work. Every flower has been photographed in full colour making identification easy. Arranged in alphabetical order of botanical names there is also an index of common names to help you find your favourite flower
- plus a mini floral miscellany of wedding anniversaries national flowers & rose meanings. Printed in paperback in a convenient A5 size & spiral bound for easy use this book has been specifically designed to fit into a college bag or workbox. This is an indispensible flower guide you'll not want to be without.

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