Liz Jones lived the perfect urban life. The immaculate Georgian townhouse in a leafy London square. The glamorous career. The Italian wardrobe stuffed with designer bags & shoes. The much younger novelist husb&. But then it all goes horribly wrong. She discovers her husband has been having numerous affairs (with women who are younger dimmer slimmer) & realises that her pursuit of perfection has never made her happy & probably never will. & so she decides to start all over again burying herself alive in the middle of the bleak unforgiving wilderness that is Exmoor National Park. She buys a wreck of a farmhouse with an original stable block 46 acres an ancient wood & a lake. She rescues a nervous & abused but breathtakingly beautiful racehorse & hopes to live out the rural dream. The reality of course is much much harder. THE EXMOOR FILES is a funny honest often brutal real-life account of what it is like to start all over again in an alien environment. It is about discovering that you cannot find peace just by moving somewhere peaceful. It is about mourning for a relationship & letting go of the life you thought you deserved. ...

OS Explorer Map is the Ordnance Survey's most detailed map & is recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities like walking horse riding & off-road cycling. Providing complete GB coverage the series details essential information such as youth hostels pubs & visitor information as well as rights of way permissive paths & bridleways. ...

OS Explorer Map is the Ordnance Surveys most detailed map & is recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities such as walking horse riding & off-road cycling. The series provides complete GB coverage & can now be used in all weathers thanks to OS Explorer Map
- Active a tough versatile version of the OS Explorer Map.
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Set in East Devon's Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty & at the mouth of the River Exe Exmouth is one of the largest seaside towns in Devon with 2 miles of sandy beach & stunning views over the Exe Estuary & Haldon Hills. This book focuses on the changes in Exmouth through time with before & after photographs of the town's most familiar landmarks including the transition of its busy working docks to the fashionable Marina enjoyed by many today. It provides a nostalgic look at the town & also features Withycombe & Littleham villages Devon Cliffs Holiday Park (Sandy Bay) & Woodbury Common. It

Includes:: a selection of the clubs & societies that make up the fabric of Exmouth's community & also the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. Whether you are new to the area or have lived here for many years this book aims to give you an insight into how the town has changed & grown.

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Fact collides with fiction in Will Adams second pulse-pounding adventure featuring the enigmatic Daniel Knox
- hero of The Alexander
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* An exciting approach to botanical illustration featuring exotic & extraordinary plant specimens. * Striking plants flowers fruits & vegetables provide new challenges in colour texture & form. * stunning finished paintings accompany simple instructions & step-by-step projects for a beautiful book that both guides & inspires. Strange & unusual specimens have never been more accessible
- as more & more exotic fruit & vegetables appear regularly in our shopping baskets & our florists fill with flowers from every corner of the globe this practical & beautiful guide to capturing strange & striking plants on paper has never been more timely. There is something for beginners & more experienced botanical illustrators alike whether you wish to paint more familiar bananas pineapples & other exotic fruits that are now widely available or more complex orchids & even carnivorous plants. Acclaimed artists Rosie Martin & Meriel Thurstan (authors of the bestselling Contemporary Botanical Illustration & Botanical Illustration Course) run the popular botanical painting course at the Eden Project & are thus uniquely placed for this exciting take on the genre. The unusual colours & complex textures of exotic plants present a new challenge to the botanical artist but this book guides you through each stage of the painting process with plenty of exercises & step-by-step projects. Fantastically illustrated with worksheets colour swatches sketches & stunning finished paintings this practical & inspirational guide is a must-have for botanical artists of all levels.
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This is the first in a series of books that will explore the history lore evaluation geographic sources & identifying properties of lesser-known gems. This volume has 288 colour photographs of mounted & loose tanzanite ammolite zultanite rhodochrosite sunstone moonstone labradorite spectrolite andesine amazonite bytownite orthoclase & oligoclase. Some of the pictures are close-up shots that show how to make visual judgements about clarity transparency colour cut quality & brilliance. A few pictures show how the gems are cut & many others show creative jewellery designs with these stones. The book also provides tips on caring for the gems selecting an appraiser & detecting imitations & gem treatments. The healing & metaphysical properties of the gems are also addressed. Written for both consumers & professionals its easy to read well-organised & packed with fascinating information & photos. If you are interested in coloured gemstones you will find this to be a valuable resource that will help you discover & buy unusual gem varieties you may never have seen before. ...

Kate Moore is an expat mum newly transplanted from Washington D.C. In the cobblestoned streets of Luxembourg her days are filled with play dates & coffee mornings her weekends spent in Paris or skiing in the Alps. Kate is also guarding a secret
- one so momentous it could destroy her neat little expat life
- & she suspects that another American couple are not who they claim to be; plus her husband is acting suspiciously. As she travels around Europe she finds herself looking over her shoulder terrified her past is catching up with her. As Kate begins to dig to uncover the secrets of those around her she finds herself buried in layers of deceit so thick they threaten her family her marriage
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Becoming a dad can be a daunting time
- especially when most pregnancy & parenting information is targeted towards women. This
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From buying buggies & cutting the cord to dealing with your wife's breastfeeding in public
- the life of a first-time father will
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