2012 brings fresh & exciting things to discover throughout the National Trust with newly renovated properties & gardens as well as exquisite collections to capture the imagination & to suit every taste & age group. Along with our historic buildings & countryside open-access properties the Handbook also features places to visit along the coastline of England Wales & Northern Irel&. Opening times travel arrangements catering facilities & special events are provided together with stunning photographs. An invaluable guide for National Trust members visitors tourists & anyone interested in heritage. Chock-full of concise up-to-date information on how to get there (including maps) what to do restaurants shops opening times etc. ...

The definitive illustrated guide for visitors to National Trust houses gardens & many unusual buildings. 2013 brings fresh & exciting things to discover throughout the National Trust with newly renovated properties & gardens as well as exquisite collections to capture the imagination & to suit every taste & age group. Together with historic buildings & countryside open-access properties the Handbook also features places to visit along the coastline of England Wales & Northern Irel&. Opening times catering facilities & special events are listed together with 400 attractive colour photographs. An invaluable guide for all National Trust members visitors tourists & anyone interested in heritage. ...

Taking the very best recipes for teatime treats from the National Trust this new edition has been updated & expanded to include more atmospheric colour photography. A wonderful collection of the best recipes for a traditional British tea from well-known favourites to regional & historic gems that have stood the test of time. Hundreds of recipes for cakes biscuits buns scones breads rolls are provided with clear instructions & mouthwatering images. From Herb Bread Cheese & Celery Whirls & Scarborough Muffins to Melting Moments biscuits Fat Rascals Seventeenth-Century Honey Cake & Daniel's Coffee & Drambuie Meringues there is something for everyone. All the basics of good teatime cooking are covered including pastry basic bread-making & pie-making with useful tips on common baking problems & how to avoid them. The author is a leading expert on tea food & tea history & she provides not only a brief history of the recipes (some going back centuries) but also the best teas to drink with them. This is the ultimate book for enjoying the wonderful british tradition of an afternoon tea. ...

This is a beautifully bound gift edition of this classic tale of a girl & her horse. Velvet Brown is a 14 year old girl living in small coastal village in the 1920s. She dreams of owning & training horses one day. When she & her friend Mi see a piebald horse jump a five foot fence they decide to follow Velvets dream to ride in the Grand National. But will Velvet be allowed to ride in the race? & can The Pie really win the most prestigious prize in all of steeplechasing? A horse-racing classic National Velvet" has entertained generations of horse lovers with dreams of riding in races themselves." ...

A classic story of dreams ambition & one girl's belief in a horse. ' Velvet'll sit on a horse like a shadow & breathe her soul into it...I never seen such a creature on a horse.' Velvet is mad about horses. When she wins a piebald horse in a raffle she knows he's something special. His heart is as big as the five-foot fences he jumps & he'll do anything for Velvet. Soon she & her friend Mi have their sights set on the biggest race in Engl&. But can a girl win the Grand National? ...

The Nationwide football annual
- now 124 years old
- continues to be the best value soccer yearbook in the market living

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Sports Books has published the Nationwide Football Annual for the second year having taken it over from Harper Collins in 2008 when it changed sponsors from the News of the World to the Worlds biggest building society. This years edition has a profile of England manager Fabio Capello from Mick Dennis the Daily Express football correspondent as well as being crammed with information no football fan (or pub quiz team fot that matter) can be without; from team line-ups to international results; from international appearances & goalscorers to the sort of trivia to keep a pub quiz in questions for half a century. ? The book contains everything anyone can possibly need to know about the beautiful game
- league & non-league
- in Britain Ireland & throughout Europe. The publication of the annual
- now in its 123rd edition & known as the pocket encyclopedia of soccer
- is a major event in the football calendar. ? Included are: results from the 2008/2009 season (including domestic & European cup competitions & international matches involving British teams); full fixture lists for the 2009/2010 season; all major European & world football awards; a day-by-day diary highlighting the seasons biggest stories; players & their appearances for each & every league club.



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Get hands-on with history in this exciting series! Each book is not only packed with fascinating facts but every page has an activitymake a terracotta soldier put on a shadow puppet play or wear a war helmet. Informative text & unique activities combine to bring ancient ...

Gripping & furious Native Son" follows Bigger Thomas a young black man who is trapped in a life of poverty in the slums of Chicago. Unwittingly involved in a wealthy womans death he is hunted relentlessly baited by prejudiced officials charged with murder & driven to acknowledge a strange pride in his crime. " Native Son" shocked readers on its first publication in 1940 & went on to make Richard Wright the first bestselling black writer in America." ...

Snow ice leaves flowers branches rocks sand & light...this book is a series of simple works of art made with easily found natural materials through the changing seasons. For those who delight in a few minutes of creativity for families & for educators the book is a rich source of inspiration to engage closely with the shapes colours & textures of the everyday outdoors ...