This soft fold-out cot book from the best-selling Baby Touch range is specially designed to stimulate the developing eyesight of newborns & very young babies whom research has shown respond best to bold high-contrast colours in their first few months. The padded double-sided panels contain a shiny mirror & high-contrast patterns & images in black white & yellow that help to develop first focusing skills & captivate all babies. Perfect for using in cots the cloth book is durable & fully hand washable with ties to secure it to cot bars. ...

First Foods answers all your questions about weaning your baby & how to provide a good variety of the right foods. Written by a qualified nutritionist & mother of two it

Includes:: a wide range of simple recipes as well as time-saving tips & ways to prevent fussy eating. This handy guide is a fully revised & updated edition of First Foods (1998) & covers everything a new parent needs to know: / The importance of diet & what is nutritious & most likeable for your baby -- what is good for adults is not necessarily good for babies / While this book is not about weaning it actively encourages mothers to continue giving breast or formula milk to their babies together with solids / How to know when your baby is ready to move to solids / Vegetarian babies & those with special dietary needs / Tips on food safety & basic hygiene / Tips from other parents / At a glance weaning calendar & basic recipes.

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There are plenty of adventures to be had in Darrells first term at boarding school. Life at Malory Towers is full of excitement
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From Ernest Hemingway's Preface: ' There are many kinds of stories in this book. I hope you will find some that you like- In going where you have to go & doing what you have to do & seeing what you have to see you dull & blunt the instrument you write with. But I would rather have it bent & dulled & know I had to put it on the grindstone & hammer it into shape & put a whetstone to it & know that I had something to write about than to have it bright & shining & nothing to say or smooth & well-oiled in the closet but unused.' A collection of Hemingway's first forty-nine short stories featuring a brief introduction by the author & lesser known as well as familiar tales including ' Up in Michigan' ' Fifty Grand' & ' The Light of the World' & the Snows of Kilimanjaro Winner Take Nothing' & Men Without Women collections. ...

Here are brilliant books to help build vocabulary & literacy in a variety of languages. Each page contains a large detailed farmyard scene with objects clearly labelled which children then match the stickers to. Using the stickers helps children build their vocabulary & reinforce key words which they already know. It is illustrated by Stephen Cartwright. ...

In 1909 Sir Robert Baden-Powells rally of boy scouts at the crystal palace was joined by 2 000 Girl Scouts. In an age where single sex education & heavy chaperoning until marriage was the norm Sir Robert Baden-Powell recognised that a separate organisation for girls was necessary & his sister Agnes was seen to be the person to lead it. Agnes Baden-Powell The story of the first Girl Guide is the first ever biography of the extraordinary & often overlooked creator of the guiding movement. From her early years growing up with her brothers & partaking in many boyish activities Agnes Baden-Powell had all the hallmarks of a Scout. A woman of remarkable energy & drive she was already in her fifties & caring for her elderly mother when she agreed take the lead role in the development of the Girl Guides. Interspersed with the recollections of those who met her Agnes Baden-Powell The story of the first Girl Guide presents the vivid & fascinating history of a life riddled with challenges. Combining Agnes personal history with a rich & detailed account of the foundation & development of the Guiding movement The story first Girl Guide will prove an invigorating read to those within the guiding movement & to the general reader. ...

Private investigator Charlotte Davidson was born with three things: looks; a healthy respect for the male anatomy; & the rather odd job title of grim reaper. Since the age of five she has been helping the departed solve the mysteries of their deaths so they can cross. Thus when three lawyers from the same law firm are murdered they come to her to find their killer. In the meantime Charley's dealing with a being more powerful
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- than any spectre she's ever come across before. With the help of a pain-in-the-ass skip tracer a dead pubescent gangbanger named Angel & a lifetime supply of sarcasm Charley sets out to solve the highest profile case of the year & discovers that dodging bullets isn't nearly as dangerous as falling in love.

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Amidst the galaxy-wide war of the Great Crusade the Emperor castigates the Word Bearers for their worship. Distraught at this judgement Lorgar & his Legion seek another path while devastating world after world venting their fury & fervour on the battlefield. Their search for a new purpose leads them to the edge of the material universe where they meet ancient forces far more powerful than they could have imagined. Having set out to illuminate the Imperium the corruption of Chaos takes hold & their path to damnation begins. Unbeknownst to the Word Bearers their quest for truth contains the very roots of heresy - ...

Tanner a young boy living in the land of Avantia has been chosen by a magnificent Beast
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Some people would give their all to live another year. To live another hundred some would destroy everything Telomeres tiny proteins at the end of your DNA define your life span. Telomeres shorten as your cells divide their length counts down your span on this earth. Sometime soon someone will discover how to repair Telomeres how to turn the clock back of the human body. When they do they will become immortal like the Hydra. Yet what would the purpose of living forever when such a medicine would fill the world with infinity of clamouring humanity? Surrounded by a 100 billion people fighting amongst the ruins of an ecologically exhausted planet what would be the point of immortality? Jim Evans retired super-rich trader only wants to do good. He wants to fund research that will save lives. Professor Christopher Cardini has medical technology that will change the world. Through cell therapy he can even rejuvenate the dying. Yet there is something even Jims money cant buy: protection from a brilliant but twisted mind. ...