An exhilarating account of our greatest cycling legend & one of the finest racing cyclist emanating from British roads told with unique insight by his nephew Chris Sidwells. We travel from the cinder tracks of the industrial north-east to European glory from the British club scene to a world championship & the yellow jersey in the Tour de France. An intimate portrait of an exceptional man this biography tells us about the private as well as the public Simpson. Too often the Press refer to Tom Simpsons tragic death on the hot barren slopes of the cruel Ventoux mountain rather than his extraordinary feats as this most entertaining cyclist. This book redresses that balance. ...

Mr Wolf is back & he has one thing on his mind
- a great big enormous turnip! When Mr Wolf finds an enormous turnip it is just
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Mr Wolf is having a party! The Three Bears have come round for Baby Bear's birthday. Even Grandma Wolf has even come to help. & then the worst party guest EVER barges in. Who invited her? It's time for Grandma to come to Mr Wolf's rescue & save the day. ...

Mr Wolf fancies some tasty pancakes but he doesn't know how to make them. Asking his neighbours is no use
- they're a mean & horrible
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Moo moo! Hoo hoo! Cock-a-doodle-doo! Oh the wonderful sounds Mr. Brown can do. Now see if you can do them too! This fabulous book is ideal for teaching young children all about noises! This delightful book forms part of the second stage in Harper Collins major Dr. Seuss rebrand programme. With the relaunch of 10 more titles in August 2003 such all-time favourites as How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You? & Dr. Seuss Sleep Book boast bright new covers that incorporate much needed guidance on reading levels: Blue Back Books are for parents to share with young children Green Back Books are for budding readers to tackle on their own & Yellow Back Books are for older more fluent readers to enjoy. Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You? belongs to the Blue Back Book range. ...

From the moment Mr Pusskins spies the prize for Best-Looking Pet he is smitten. He just has to get his paws on that trophy & nothing NOTHING is going to stand in his way.. .not even that mean double-crossing poodle Madame Fifi Fou-Fou. Mr Pusskins won the Booktrust Early Years Award was a New York Times Bestseller & his character is recognised as being the grumpiest yet most lovable ginger cat in the childrens book world today. So join his fans all over the world! ...

Mrs Alis much loved home is suddenly under threat
- a road widening scheme threatens to destroy both it & the family business the
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When Uncle Cosmo buys himself a motorbike & gives Mrs Armitage his boring old car it soon becomes obvious that her driving skills leave a lot to be desired. Mrs Armitage & Breakspear cause havoc bumping into bollards bedsteads lorries a crane & bedoinging over some extremely uneven roads. As the bumper the doors the mudguard & even the roof disappear along the way the car is transformed into a mean machine & Mrs Armitage becomes Queen of the Road! ...

Poultry is a big part of our daily diets
- but how adventurous are we with our cooking? Mrs Beeton brings together those dishes
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Isabella Beeton was born in 1836 the eldest of twenty-one children & died at the age twenty-eight. Despite the shortness of her life she managed to produce not only her world-famous book of Household Management but also this lesser known but equally comprehensive book of Garden Management. The subjects covered are familiar to all those who read modern journalism & books on gardening or watch gardening programmes on television: soil structures manures & compost planning & landscaping walls & fences ornamental features tools sowing planting & transplanting. There are chapters on trees shrubs flowers vegetables herbs & fruit growing; on frames & glasshouses; & finally twelve chapters covering the gardening year. Mrs Beeton first published Household Management & Garden Management in the 1860s at a time when Victorian middle-class families had money to spend but little or no previous experience of owning or managing houses & gardens. Mrs Beetons guidance proved extremely useful & popular. Her information & wisdom were so sound that many of her precepts remained rules well into the middle of the twentieth century. Mrs Beetons Garden Management is not only packed with horticultural advice on the use of traditional methods
- always with an eye to new ideas
- but it is also a social document providing an insight into the art of gardening as it was so enthusiastically practised in the past.

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