Once a year the dogs in the paintings in Londons National Gallery have an exciting night out. For a few hours they escape their gilded frames & are free to run up & down the grand staircases chase each other round the marble halls & explore the other exhibits. But four of the dogs overindulge & sleepily climb back into the wrong paintings. When the mix-up is discovered the museums popularity soars! This playful story with superb illustrations by Alan Curless & lovely reproductions of National Gallery paintings provides young children with a charming introduction to fine art. ...

The Doha Mini Map is small enough to fit in a shirt pocket but once unfolded it proves to be a huge help for finding your way around this ever-changing city. With a clean easy-to-read design theres a Doha overview map on one side & detailed close-up views of the main areas on the other making this miniature marvel a must for tourists residents & visitors. Area names road names key landmarks & major attractions are all marked on the maps plus theres a directory giving the locations of shopping malls five-star hotels beaches parks museums & heritage sites hospitals embassies & consulates. The maps also show the locations of Dohas forthcoming developments. An invaluable addition to any pocket handbag backpack or glove box grab a copy of the Doha Mini Map & make sure you never get lost again. ...

This book is superb. Most undergraduates have to undertake some form of literature review which may be daunting this book explains ...

Thousands of people are keeping chickens as pets for the first time. There are plenty of books that will show you how. Doing Bird" tells you what it's like charting the highs & lows in the year of an amateur hen keeper & his flock. Split into months & seasons " Doing Bird" is an extension of Gurdon's highly successful " Sunday Telegraph" " Hen & the Art of Chicken Maintenance" column & brings out the characters & idiosyncrasies of the birds themselves. Highlights include Bombay the Indian runner duck's unrequited & very non-platonic love for Bella the chicken. Sven the rheumatic pensioner cockerel's last stand against a marauding fox & his son Svenson's sometimes awkward transition from teenaged pretender to putative Alpha male with a dodgy aim. We see the power play between flock old stagers Peeping Chicken Anne Summers Brahms Meringue Bella & Nude to new arrivals Squawks 1 & 2 & the pair of birds initially known as 'the other two' until one of them tries savaging the author's hand & is re-christened Slasher
- leaving her colleague with the sobriquet of ' Too'."
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Frances Lincoln are delighted to reissue Sarah Garlands classic picture book series featuring a warm & very down-to-earth family as they go about their daily life. Whether they are gardening swimming picnicking or going to playschool doing the washing the shopping enjoying Christmas or a tea party Mum daughter baby & dog are always rushing around getting things done & having lots of fun. Doing Christmas follows the family as they get ready for Grannys Christmas visit; doing the shopping making the pudding & digging up the tree. But will they have everything ready in time for Grannys arrival? ...

The new edition of this best selling textbook brings research alive for students studying criminology & related subjects. Contextualising research with real-life examples of crime & criminal justice the book looks at the processes practicalities & problems of doing criminological research ensuring students get to grips with preparing for & doing their own research. Thoroughly revised & updated the book

Includes:: 12 new chapters & a revised 3-part structure designed around the core elements of a research project (preparing doing & reflecting). It explores: o Designing Criminological Research o Undertaking a Criminological Literature Review o Crime Analysis & Survey Research o Longitudinal & Ethnographic Research o Researching the Media o Using the Internet to Research Crime & Justice o Ethics & Politics of Criminological Research o Doing Critical Criminological Research The book is also now equipped with student support features including chapter key points summaries study questions/activities & resources further reading & a comprehensive glossary. It is essential reading for students & researchers in criminology criminal justice & community safety.

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Exactly what students need.
- Times Education Supplement Excellent [...] Thought-provoking & accessible.
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A lively noisy funny text that encourages very young children to walk & talk like the animals
- including waddling like a penguin
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A lively noisy funny text that encourages very young children to walk & talk like the animals
- including waddling like a penguin
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A lively noisy funny text that encourages very young children to walk & talk like the animals-including waddling like a penguin stomping like a rhino & jiving & jiggling & jumping & wiggling to the monkey bop! Hugely entertaining with plenty of scope for interaction & play. This is pure infectious fun now available as a big book for a bigger & better bop! A riotous animal romp that gets everyone stampeding around the room BBC Learning Together ...