This is the ultimate do-it-yourself guide to choosing raising & training an adorable puppy of any breed or background. Easy-to-folow step-by-step instructions cover everything from basic puppy care & training to housebreaking & solving behavioural issues such as barking & the chewing furniture. Packed with expert tips & dozens of cute puppy photos this book has everything readers need to ensure that their new puppy grows into a happy healthy & well-behaved dog. ...

These are four new editions in the popular Discovery" series which currently contains over 13 titles. Visually exciting & highly informative each book presents its subject in a fun & accessible way. Internet links offer a fascinating selection of recommended web sites
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This is a fantastic addition to the popular Beginners" series providing an informative introduction to the fascinating world of trains for young readers. Terrific reading practice for children who prefer fact to fiction this is an exciting introduction to trains covering everything from the first steam & diesel trains to modern day high-speed passenger trains. It also looks at rail networks underground trains how trains travel uphill & famous long-distance train routes like the Orient Express. It is developed with a reading expert from Roehampton University to help young readers grow in confidence." ...

This is a wonderfully entertaining activity book for young vehicle enthusiasts with over 300 stickers of wheels cabs carriages tracks trailers animals & drivers that can be put together on the page to create attractive scenes. Large colourful stickers many interchangeable provide a wealth of picture-making possibilities. Vehicles include trucks trains & tractors of all different kinds from old-fashioned steam trains to monster racing trucks. ...

Eccentric sentimental & homespun John Betjemans passions were mostly self-taught. He saw his country being devastated by war & progress & he waged a private war to save it. His only weapons were words
- the poetry for which he is best known & even more influential the radio talks that first made him a phenomenon. From fervent pleas for provincial preservation to humoresques on eccentric vicars & his own personal demons Betjemans talks combined wit nostalgia & criticism in a way that touched the soul of his listeners from the 1930s to the 1950s. Now collected in book form for the first time his broadcasts represent one of the most compelling archives of twentieth-century broadcasting reawakening the modern reader to Betjemans unique perspective & the compelling magic of the golden age of wireless.
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This is an up-to-date photographic survey of the eight surviving railways of the Isl&. The oldest of these had its beginnings in 1823 the youngest is hardly out of its infancy. The photographic journey is accompanied by informative captions supported by a short historical text describing each of the railways. Detailed maps & a complete index complement this title making it one of interest to railway enthusiasts across the world as well as many of the visitors to the Isle of Man who want a lasting souvenir of their journey on one or more of the heritage railways. ...

Transport features of the Isle of Man is the collective title for a series of books presenting a photographic record of various modes of transport to from & in the Isle of Man as recorded by a number of writers living on the island & seen from an island perspective. This is the first book to be produced in the series & it documents in pictures the twilight years of the operation of the Isle of Man Railway under the original company which had started running in 1873. The author of the book is perhaps best known for his photographs of shipping rather than railways although he has been taking photographs of the island's railways for over 50 years. Here he presents some unusual photographs of the steam railway taken in the late 1950s up to the time that the railway was leased to an independent operator in 1967. The period between then & modern times will be the subject of two further publications in the series. ...

' An unremitting powerhouse of a novel that marks the arrival of a major new talent. Trainspotting is a loosely knotted string of jagged dislocated tales that lay bare the hearts of darkness of the junkies wide-boys & psychos who ride in the down escalator of opportunity in the nation's capital. Loud with laughter in the dark this novel is the real Mc Coy. If you haven't heard of Irvine Welsh before-don't worry you will' The Herald ...

With her mother dead & her father currently in prison awaiting trial for her murder a pregnant Frankie is blamed for the tragedy & forced to live with her wideboy fiance Jed O' Hara in a trailer on his parents' l&. Frankie struggles to adapt to their gypsy way of life but when her daughter Georgie is born things go from bad to worse. Jed's mother is a loud brazen domineering woman who has always yearned for a daughter herself & she begins to take over her baby granddaughter. Meanwhile Frankie's family & friends know that Jed is cheating on her but blinded by love & a sucker for his charm Frankie refuses to believe them. Then one day the unthinkable happens. Sick to the stomach at her discovery Frankie for once sees Jed for what he really is. She realises that the man she loves is not only heartless but also violent & dangerous. Petrified for the safety of herself & her family Frankie plots the ultimate revenge. But can she actually go through with it? ...