Mati looks different with his golden eyes large ears & russet coat. He also acts differently
- he anticipates danger with bristling
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Miss Read heard about the sale of Tyler's Row from the always well-informed Mrs Pringle
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Know the tools to manage Type 2 Diabetes in this clear question & answer book. It provides information on how simple lifestyle changes can vastly improve health & how to monitor & treat diabetes with medication. This definitive guide will inform & reassure you that by choosing a healthy eating & exercise plan you can possibly avoid medication helping you to handle diabetes in your everyday life. ...

Diagnosed with type-2 or non-insulin dependent diabetes in 1996 Gretchen Becker educated herself on every aspect of this chronic condition by reading medical books talking with doctors listening to her own body & using the Internet to communicate daily with other people with diabetes. Now as a patient-expert she guides all those newly diagnosed through everything they need to learn & do in the crucial first year after diagnosis. This indispensable guide simplifies but never patronises & offers a wider approach than any so far adhered to by doctors. It answers all the questions that assail the newly diagnosed: How to cope with daily maintenance? How to make sense of the terminology about measurement of blood-glucose levels? How to build self-knowledge & confidence? How overall best to adjust to life with diabetes. ...

This practical handbook makes it easy for you to learn more about Type 2 diabetes. The authors comprehensively answer over 400 questions about every aspect of living with the condition & their constructive approach will give you all the knowledge you need to deal confidently with your diabetes ...

A practical introduction to typography this book analyses the basic principles & applications of type. From measuring type & classifying typefaces to organising text on a page & understanding grid systems the author covers everything that the beginning student of graphic design needs to know. In addition he

Includes:: a brief history of typography numerous examples to illustrate the points raised & a series of useful exercises to help readers put basic principles into practice. Engagingly written this book is an invaluable resource for all students of graphic design & typography.

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Wild defiant & startlingly inventive The Slits were ahead of their time. Although they created some unique hybrids
- dub reggae
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Selected by the world's most knowledgeable & well-connected graphic design commentator Steven Heller this survey gets into the minds of designers who create typefaces word-images & logos through their private sketchbooks. Arranged by designer it reveals how nearly 120 of the world's leading designers & typographers continually strive to find new & exciting ways of communicating through letters & words & provides fascinating insights into their work. Aimed at all those who use type whether by hand or on screen this revealing compendium stresses the importance of good typography at a time when reading habits are changing & celebrates a craft that has endured for centuries. ...

Kirsty & Rachel are excited to be entering a charity fashion show where children get to show off their own designs. Unfortunately Jack Frost thinks everyone in the world should dress like him & steals the Fashion Fairies seven magical items to put his naughty plan into action! Everyone is starting to make their costumes for the fashion show auditions but without Tyra the Dress Designer Fairys magic tape measure nothing fits. Kirsty & Rachel need to find it soon or nobodys outfit will be good enough to enter. ...

Charles I waged civil wars that cost one in ten Englishmen their lives. But in 1649 parliament was hard put to find a lawyer with the skill & daring to prosecute a King who was above the law: in the end the man they briefed was the radical barrister John Cooke. Cooke was a plebeian son of a poor farmer but he had the courage to bring the Kings trial to its dramatic conclusion: the English republic. Cromwell appointed him as a reforming Chief Justice in Ireland but in 1660 he was dragged back to the Old Bailey tried & brutally executed. John Cooke was the bravest of barristers who risked his own life to make tyranny a crime. He originated the right to silence the cab rank rule of advocacy & the duty to act free-of-charge for the poor. He conducted the first trial of a Head of State for waging war on his own people
- a forerunner of the prosecutions of Pinochet Miloevic & Saddam Hussein & a lasting inspiration to the modern world.
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