In order to spend more time with her four-year-old son Ned Clara Costello trades in her secure well-paid job & two-seater sports car for a camper van called Winnie & the three of them set off on a mystery tour of Engl&. Of course her friends & family think she's gone mad. But when they arrive in Deaconsbridge a small market town on the edge of the Peak District Clara & Ned become drawn into the lives of the locals. Two in particular seem destined to get under Clara's skin: Gabriel Liberty a cranky widower who terrifies his family; & Archie Merryman a local dealer in second-hand furniture who possesses a heart of gold. Then Clara finds herself having to confront a problem much closer to home & one she had hoped she would never have to face.. . ...

Key features of this title: show how archers adjust to weather & terrain conditions; provide expert instruction from top archery coaches & intructors; include advice on selecting equipment bow tuning & set-up arrow tuning & testing & maintaining equipment; & more. ...

This is the book supermarkets want to ban! In an age where the consumer is getting more & more conscious of chemicals not only in food but in everyday cleaning products Precycle!" is packed full with recipes for everything you could possibly need in the kitchen the bathroom the utility room & even the bedroom. This handy reference book gives tips & recipes on how to make everything you buy in the shops from sauces to sausages bleach to beer & detergents to disinfectants so that instead of buying products which are often heavy on chemicals & then throwing away or recycling the packaging or tin you can miss out that entire stage & make the contents yourself saving a fortune getting better chemical-free products & saving the planet in the process." ...

Florida is full of human predators & they all give Dr Kay Scarpetta the opportunity & the means to do what she does best
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When Tom & Hester's scrapyard aircraft is pursued by rocket-firing gunships they seek sanctuary in the speeding ice city of Anchorage. But it is no safe refuge. Devastated by plague & haunted by ghosts Anchorage is heading for the Dead Continent... ...

The latest title in this ingenious information series brings us face to face with the Worlds most dangerous predators. Meet the stalkers sprinters & strikers of the animal world
- big cats alligators spiders snakes sharks bears birds of prey & many more. Crammed with complex paper novelties including pop-ups flaps & booklets this fun fact-packed book is a real eye-opener.
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Join DEADLY presenter Steve Backshall as he comes face to face with the world's deadliest animals in a book packed with fascinating facts killer statistics & stunning photographs. Combined with his own incredible experiences with creatures large & small Steve reveals tricks of camouflage feats of strength endurance teamwork & speed as well as giving us a glimpse into the lives of extremeophiles & looking at some of our planet's endangered species. ...

Saber Winter was running from her past when she meets Jess Calhoun an ex-officer with the U.S. forces elite Navy Seals division who's now confined to a wheel chair. Jess had sensed that Saber was a lost soul & he'd given her a job & a home hoping that she'd be willing to stay & finally share her secrets with him. But Saber has been on the run a long time & Jess may be in a wheelchair but he's also a Ghost Walker & both of their pasts are about to collide in the present when secrets they're both hiding get uncovered & both must deal with betrayal before they're free to find a future together. ...

Powerful strategies for how to out-think the competition -- from one of the true greats of the advertising world Two explorers are walking through the jungle. Suddenly they hear a tiger roar. One explorer sits down & takes a pair of running shoes out of his backpack. ' You're crazy you'll never out-run a tiger ' says the other explorer. 'I don't have to out-run the tiger ' he replies. 'I just have to out-run you.' Predatory Thinking involves looking at a challenge you can't solve & getting upstream of it
- changing it into a challenge you can solve. Written in the form of engaging brilliantly lean anecdotes & stories it is the philosophy that has underpinned Dave Trott's distinguished career as a copywriter creative director & founder of some of London's most high-profile advertising agencies. Drawing on Eastern & Western philosophy & colourful characters that range from Second World War fighter pilots to Picasso Socrates & Warren Beatty this book represents the distilled wisdom of a lifetime at the creative cutting edge.
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Why do smart people make irrational decisions every day? The answers will surprise you. Predictably Irrational is an intriguing witty & utterly original look at why we all make illogical decisions. Why can a 50p aspirin do what a 5p aspirin can't? If an item is free" it must be a bargain right? Why is everything relative even when it shouldn't be? How do our expectations influence our actual opinions & decisions? In this astounding book behavioural economist Dan Ariely cuts to the heart of our strange behaviour demonstrating how irrationality often supplants rational thought & that the reason for this is embedded in the very structure of our minds. Predicatably Irrational brilliantly blends everyday experiences with a series of illuminating & often surprising experiments that will change your understanding of human behaviour. & by recognising these patterns Ariely shows that we can make better decisions in business in matters of collective welfare & in our everyday lives from drinking coffee to losing weight buying a car to choosing a romantic partner." ...