Secret venues. Inspired themes. Fabulous cakes. Across the UK & beyond thousands of home bakers have been meeting covertly in hidden locations with the same simple mission: bake eat & gossip about cake. These are the members of the phenomenally popular Clandestine Cake Club
- & now for the first time they share their baking secrets with you. The rules are quite clear: no cupcakes no muffins no brownies pies or tarts. It's all about cake! With each event organised around a creative theme the results are some of the most loved & inventive baked delights you'll ever eat. From classic teatime treats & chocolatey indulgences to global bakes & spectacular cake extravaganzas you'll find inspiring recipes such as: Scrumptious Sticky Toffee Cake; Smoked Chilli Chocolate Cake; Blood Orange & Rosemary Loaf; Raspberry Cakewell; Rose Rhubarb & Cardamom Cake; Chai-soaked Vanilla Sponge; a giant Lemon Fondant Fancy; & the unmissable five-tier Rainbow Cake; plus stunning photography & sneak-peek snaps from club events. At last the secret is out & everyone is invited to join the Club.
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The Clangers live on a blue cratered moon far away in space. They make their homes in underground caves with saucepan lids protecting the entrances. Resembling small pink anteaters the adorable knitted Clangers have transfixed audiences for the past forty years. This fantastic new book will allow you to knit your own Clanger. Choose from Major Mother Granny Small & Tiny. Also

Includes:: instructions on making the friends of the Clangers
- the Soup Dragon Iron Chicken & of course the Froglets. There are insider tips & tricks to create your very own Clanger planet with step-by-step instructions for Tinys boat & Majors rocket as well as sets & trees. Learn how to make scenery backdrops & props & perfect that distinctive Clanger whistle! Made by Smallfilms Oliver Postgate & Peter Firmins series Clangers started in November 1969 just four months after NASAs moon landing. The programmes were originally broadcast by the BBC from 1969-1972 but have delighted subsequent generations of viewers ever since. Word count: 25 000


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Clara Button loves hats & when her older brother Ollie breaks her favourite Mum takes them on a special hat day out. While visiting the Victoria & Albert Museum Clara gets lost & embarks on an exciting journey of discovery. Meanwhile Ollie is having adventures of his own with swords & tigers! ...

Clara Button loves hats & when her older brother Ollie breaks her favourite Mum takes them on a special hat day out. While visiting the Victoria & Albert Museum Clara gets lost & embarks on an exciting journey of discovery. Meanwhile Ollie is having adventures of his own with swords & tigers! This lovely paperback edition

Includes:: a free set of Clara Button stickers.

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Rachel & Kirsty are off on an exciting tour of Candy Land! But when theyre given a horrible-tasting chocolate bar they know they have to help Clara the Chocolate Fairy get her magical charm back from Jack Frost. Can Rachel & Kirsty save the day once again? Join Rachel & Kirsty & meet a new fairy friend in each magical adventure! ...

Like plenty before her social worker Clare Barker has entered a caring profession so that she can sort out other peoples problems rather than deal with her own. A control freak Clare likes nothing better than interfering in other peoples lives on both a professional & personal basis while at the same time finding it a trial having to put up with tiresome members of the public. Politically correct humourless & prone to jargon she is entirely lacking in self-awareness making her encounters with colleagues family & her partner Brian wonderfully entertaining & richly comic. In these six episodes Clare babysits a friends child loses sleep due to the upstairs neighbours noisy sex life & calls round to her colleague Rays house unannounced
- only to be shocked by what she finds. She also attends a hated clients funeral (to get the afternoon off work) takes driving lessons from her partner Brian & organises a works outing to see a performance of Brians play. Adapted from the long-running cartoon strip in the Guardian" this hit radio sitcom won a Sony Bronze Award & stars Sally Phillips Alex Lowe Gemma Craven & Nina Conti... .the sharpest script Ive heard for years
- Sue Arnold " The Observer". wildly funny
- " Sunday Times" Culture magazine."


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The Claret & Blue Book of West Ham United is packed with fascinating facts figures trivia stats stories & anecdotes all relating to the history of the club. From memorable matches & favorite sons the well-presented tome follows no set order chronological or otherwise but has plenty to keep any fanatic coming back for more. Featuring some of the great legends of Upton Park such as Bobby Moore & Geoff Hurst through to the unsung heroes. This book
- written by respected West Ham historian John Northcutt
- tells the tales which have shaped the football club into the force it is today.

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It's the worry you hadn't even thought to worry about that should worry you the most. At least that's how it looks to Clarice Bean who has been writing her worries in a notebook
- things like Worry no. 1: infinity or Worry no. 3: change. & now that her worst never-imagined worry has happened
- her utterly best friend is moving away forever
- Clarice doesn't even care about her tickets to the Ruby Redfort girl detective film premiere. That is unless something happens to change things again.. . Lauren Child's trademark wit combines with spot-on insight in this hugely engaging story about childhood worries unwanted changes & finding friendships in the most surprising places. ' Funny contemporary & perceptive'
- Mail on Sunday 'A comic & poignant journey'
- The Sunday Times ' Clarice Bean fans will be delighted by her new adventures.. . Anxieties such as change" & "having to go back to school after the holidays" will be recognised by everyone while her ways of approaching them are delightful'
- Guardian"





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This book is about me Clarice Bean. It's a very funny book & all of the pages have pictures mostly of me. There are some annoying bits when my little brother barges in on pages 8 & 9 so you might want to miss them out.. ." Clarice Bean gives us a snapshot of her life & family in the book that launched a bestselling & critically acclaimed range of books. Starring in a picture book which will make you laugh out loud Clarice Bean is a real heroine for the new millennium. Winner of a Smarties Book Prize Winner of the Norfolk Book Award Highly commended Kate Greenaway Medal ' Feisty & freewheeling. Hilarious & irresistible.'
- Financial Times ' An off-the-wall heroine Clarice Bean wins hands-down every time.'
- Guardian"

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There are so many things in life you can't explain. Like why isn't YOU spelt U? Why isn't WHY spelt Y? & why can just opening your mouth get you into some very BIG trouble? Clarice Bean is in non-stop trouble these days
- almost as much as Karl Wrenbury & he is the naughtiest boy in school. Clarice just wants to star in the school play & impress Mrs Wilberton in the spelling bee but things aren't quite going to plan.. .' Witty & charming. We can't get enough of Clarice Bean.'
- Independent

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