In the past hundred years or so chintz has come to mean any floral printed furnishing fabric. Its origins as a h&-drawn & dyed fabric from India are often forgotten but it is with these rare earlier chintzes that this book is concerned. It explores in detail the background & development of this beautiful technique & looks at the use of chintzes in Europe from the early 17th century to the mid-19th century first as bed-curtains & wall-hangings & later for popular mens & womens dress. The V& As collection published for the first time in glorious colour & including close-up details will interest interior designers textile students & those involved in fashion. ...

OS Explorer Map is the Ordnance Surveys most detailed map & is recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities like walking horse riding & off-road cycling. Providing complete GB coverage the series details essential information such as youth hostels pubs & visitor information as well as rights of way permissive paths & bridleways. ...

Bathsheba Clarice de Trop thinks shes a star. Well her mum is a world-famous novelist whose books are all about the amazing adventures of her fabulous daughter & of course the stories must be true. But when Bathsheba is confronted by her down-&-out father & discovers that her role in the fantastic new Bathsheba film will be played by hot US actress Avocado Dieppe she has to face reality. She might not be as famous as she liked to think but maybe she can still be a star in her own right. Girls will love the hilariously delusional & touching world of Bathsheba a captivating new character. ...

The second book in the Agnes Browne trilogy the basis for the BAFTA-award nominated TV series Mrs Browne's Boys. Continuing the hilarious saga of the ups & downs minor scrapes & major run-ins of the seven children of Agnes Browne The Mammy of the bestselling novel of the same name. Full of joy humour pathos & the raw vernacular of the Dublin streets. Agnes Browne & her seven 'chisellers' take on the world! & win! It's three years since Redser's death & Agnes Browne soldiers on being mother father & referee to her fighting family of seven. Helped out financially by her eldest & hormonally by the amorous Pierre Agnes copes with family tragedy success & the move from the Jarro to the 'wilds of the country' -- suburban Finglas. & when the family's dreams are threatened by an unscrupulous gangster he learns a costly lesson -- don't mess with the children of Agnes Browne! With a new introduction by the author Brendan O' Carroll. ...

In the 1850s the area consisted of three villages
- Turnham Green along the main road to the west & the riverside hamlets of Chiswick
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When the Tooting family find a vast abandoned engine & fit it to their camper van they have no idea of the adventure that lies ahead. The engine used to belong to an extraordinary flying car -- & it wants to be back on the road again.. .fast! The Tootings can haul on the steering wheel & pull the handbrake as hard as they like but their camper van now has a mind of her own. It's not long before they're hurtling along on a turbocharged chase as Chitty tracks down her long-lost bodywork. But there are sinister forces at work too. When it comes to a car as special as Chitty everybody wants a piece of her.. . ...

When the Tooting family find a vast abandoned engine & fit it to their camper van they have no idea of the adventure that lies ahead. The engine used to belong to an extraordinary flying car -- & it wants to be back on the road again.. .fast! The Tootings can haul on the steering wheel & pull the handbrake as hard as they like but their camper van now has a mind of her own. Its not long before theyre hurtling along on a turbocharged chase as Chitty tracks down her long-lost bodywork. But there are sinister forces at work too. When it comes to a car as special as Chitty everybody wants a piece of her.. . ...

Uh-oh! Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is stuck in reverse. & Baby Harrys pressed a button that means shes reversing through time
- with
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She wanted a man in her life. Now she has four. It was her godmothers last wish... How could she possibly say no? When Chloe Cadwalladers beloved godmother Jocelyn dies she leaves her a letter instructing her to give up her job (rubbish) & her boyfriend (ditto) to travel the four countries of the United Kingdom during the four seasons of the year. Clutching a letter marked Wales Chloe ventures to a farm deep in the Black Mountains where she comes across the best looking man shes ever laid eyes on. & as the seasons unfold so too does Chloes journey. From Abergavenny to St Ives from the Giants Causeway to the shores of Loch Lomond join her as she discovers love lust life
- & just possibly a man for all seasons.
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Just two years ago Chloe was a single mum struggling to make ends meet doing a string of jobs she hated & wondering if she would ever find happiness. Then at the beginning of 2011 after joining the cast of TOWIE she won the hearts of the nation with her funny ways & frank confessions. Since joining the cast her life
- which has been anything but ordinary
- is now a whirlwind of glitzy parties & jet-set holidays but life hasn't always dealt Chloe a good h&. Her story is one of triumph over adversity
- with plenty of laughs along the way. From her turbulent childhood where she was raised by a neighbour after her mother abandoned her to battling with bullies & struggling with an eating disorder to the magical moment when she met the man of her dreams. But even the path to true love hasn't run smoothly for Chloe & she has experienced plenty of ups & downs along the way. Finally things are on the up & the future is looking bright for the 30-year-old Essex girl. In Chloe Sims: The Only Way Is Up Chloe finally sets the record straight; speaking frankly about the plastic surgery she's had done what it was really like working for Playboy France & how she coped with her rollercoaster ride to stardom
- with plenty of shocking revelations & secrets she's never told...until now. This is her story & it's not like any other you will read.



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