Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul is your handbook for surviving & succeeding during the exciting teen years with both your sanity & sense of humour intact. It contains invaluable lessons on the nature of friendship & love the importance of belief in the future & the value of respect for yourself & others. It also deals with tough issues like death suicide & the loss of love. Youll relate to & learn from the inspirational stories without feeling criticised or judged. Like a good friend Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul will be there for you when you need someone & cheer you up when youre down. ...

The teen years are one of the most difficult periods of life; while at the same time one of the most fun. Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul II is the handbook for all teenagers for surviving & succeeding during these exciting years. Teenagers will treasure this heart-warming collection of stories & find comfort in the advice they offer. These inspirational stories are infused with courage hope & wisdom; they offer guidance sustenance & advice to all teenagers facing tough times & provide true nourishment for the soul. With lessons on: the nature of friendship & love; the value of respect for yourself & others; dealing with issues such as death suicide & the loss of love; & most importantly growing up Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul II will delight teenagers around the world. ...

There are many ways to define a woman: daughter mother wife professional friend student. We are each special & unique yet we share a common connection. What bonds all women are our mutual experiences of loving & learning feeling the tenderness of love forging lifelong friendships pursuing a chosen career giving birth to new life & juggling the responsibilities of job & family. This shining collection of stories from the bestselling Chicken Soup for the Soul series is full of just such moments. You will find inspiration joy & comfort in the special messages found in chapters on love living your dreams overcoming obstacles marriage motherhood ageing bridging the generations & self esteem. ...

Playscript. Tells the story of 2 cousins Tammy & Chris. We are led to believe that something bad will happen to Chris who refuses to wear his cycle helmet. It is however Tammy who gets killed on the one morning that the cousins walk to school. Chris is unwilling to tell anyone of his part in the accident & he has to live with the dreadful secret. ...

A body is found in a chicken run.. . Based on the true story of the 'chicken farm murder' which took place in Blackness Crowborough East Sussex in December 1924. Norman Thorne was found guilty of the murder of Elsie Cameron but even at the time of his execution there were doubts about his guilt. Still swearing his innocence Norman Thorne was hanged on 22 April 1925. Bestselling author Minette Walters brings a thrilling story to life in this gripping new novel. ...

Growing your own vegetables often leads gardeners to want to go one step further & keep some livestock. Chickens ducks & bees are the most likely candidates for the first-time livestock owner
- especially if you live in a town or have only a small amount of l&. They can all be kept happily together. Keeping these animals is a fun & absorbing hobby & is a great antidote to stress. There is nothing more rewarding than collecting your own fresh eggs & honey. The book is full of sound practical advice & looks at exactly what you need to get started: the equipment housing space & feed. Taking the breeds best suited for the smaller garden town garden or allotment the responsible care & management of these animals is thoroughly covered in a friendly approachable style with their welfare always in mind. Chickens: from breed selection to housing feeding care & health issues this book provides simple no nonsense information about how hens live their needs & lifestyle & how to keep happy healthy & productive hens. Ducks: here is all you need to know to introduce these entertaining animals to the garden
- their walking requirements their feed & the surprisingly small amount of water they need. Duck eggs are great for baking & this book shows you how to keep your ducks happy & laying. Bees: there are many more people now interested in keeping bees. Paul Peacock shows you how to get started where to get help what equipment you need & how to handle bees & harvest their honey. It emphasises gentle bees & covers the control of varroa & other potential bee disease.

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Little Pippa is no headless chicken. Quite the opposite in fact. So when Mr Benedict tells his class on Sunnyside Farm that chickens can't see in the dark Pippa sets out to discover the secrets of night vision. After visiting the library
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- Pippa takes a wheelbarrow of carrots to Mother Hen's Pantry where she cooks up the most delicious carroty banquet ever seen. She then invites her feathered friends to share it. They're all sceptical about what difference eating so many carrots will make but everything is so tasty that they soon gobble down every last mouthful. Then on a starry moonlit evening the chickens discover the delights of seeing in the dark & Little Pippa's plucky determination is celebrated all night long. A quirky tale that will make you giggle & guarantee that you'll never see chickens in the same way again!

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Cathy Mac Lennan's popular debut title Chicky Chicky Chook Chook is now available as a board book with a touch-&-feel cover. Chicky chicks buzzy bees & kitty cats romp in sun & snuggle in the warmth until pitter-patter down comes the rain. A great read-aloud sing-along book full of fun-to-imitate animal sounds rhythm & movement. ...

Well written & persuasive.. .objective & well-rounded...this scholarly rehabilitation should be the standard biography **** Andrew Roberts Mail on Sunday A true judgment of him must lie somewhere between hero & zero & in this detailed biography Gary Sheffield shows himself well qualified to make it.. .a balanced portrait Sunday Times Solid scholarship & admirable advocacy Sunday Telegraph Douglas Haig is the single most controversial general in British history. In 1918 after his armies had won the First World War he was feted as a saviour. But within twenty years his reputation was in ruins & it has never recovered. In this fascinating biography Professor Gary Sheffield reassesses Haigs reputation assessing his critical role in preparing the army for war. ...

In the tenth book in the collectible Simpsons Library of Wisdom join the big boy in blue for the ultimate book on law & order. Chief Clancy Wiggum might very well be the dimmest & most incompetent civic leader in Springfield but as long as he has a gun & badge most citizens exercise their right to remain silent. After many a late-night stakeout & thousands of early morning donuts this top cop offers up his procedural wisdom on what it takes to wear the shield how to keep on the right side of the law & the real cost of quick & speedy justice. On Wiggums watch youll check out the seized property auction catalog learn the secret language of police codes find out how to avoid a speeding ticket line up with Springfields usual suspects & get the skinny on Springfields most wanted criminal! El Barto. ...