This is the perfect gift for someone creative. This pretty cakes sewing box is decorated in pink stripes & blue polka dots with a large cake on the lid & small cake pattern around the base. Has a faux button popper fastening for secure closure. Not suitable for children under 8 years due to small magnets.

Height: 14 cm Length: 24cm

Width: 18cm.



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A sweet & stylish set for one. This cute cakes teapot & cup set will make a great gift for a tea & cake lover. This adorable gift

Includes:: a cute polka dot mug & a cupcake print teapot. Wash thoroughly before use. Dishwasher & Microwave safe.

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There's something magical about Ceri D' Altroy.. . After leaving London to follow her heart's desire to become a psychology lecturer Ceri D' Altroy vows to leave her matchmaking ways behind her for good. Unfortunately all she seems to do is inspire the new people she meets to change their lives. There's Ed who's decided to declare his love to a woman who is way out of his league; Mel & Claudine two long-term friends who are now tempted to start an illicit affair; & Gwen the chain-smoking head of department who has a deep dark secret she only wants to share with her new employee. No one who comes into contact with Ceri is ever the same again. Could this unsuspecting young woman be modern-day Cupid? ...

On paper Kenny Everett's qualifications did not look promising
- not much in the way of education physique or social skills just
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Transform Your Looks Energy & Life. Award-winning writer Leslie Kenton is renowned for her expertise in all matters relating to health & wellbeing. Now with The Cura Romana Weightloss Plan she shares the secrets of this revolutionary diet & guides you through its fast effective three-step programme...STEP 1
- a short-term low-calorie diet which combined with a natural oral spray that resets the fat-controlling centre in the brain turns inessential fat into usable energy & uncovers your bodys natural shape & size...STEP 2
- once you lose your excess weight Leslie helps you to return to normal healthy eating & to identify the foods that your body doesnt handle well; by eliminating these foods youll be free of food cravings & weight gain...STEP 3
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Black poles against the pale night...like a site laid out for a mass-crucifixion.' In Herefordshire's hop-growing country where the river flows as dark as beer a converted kiln is the scene of a savage murder. When the local vicar refuses to help its new owners cope with the aftermath diocesan exorcist Merrily Watkins is sent in by the Bishop. Already involved in the case of a schoolgirl whose mother thinks she's possessed by evil the hesitant Merrily is drawn into a deadly tangle of deceit corruption & sexual menace as she uncovers the secrets of a village with a past as twisted as the hop-bines which once enclosed it. ...

Revealing the breadth of F. Scott Fitzgerald's gift for the short story form this Penguin Classics" edition of " The Case of Benjamin Button & Six Other Stories" spans multiple genres & styles to dazzling effect. Full grown with a long smoke-coloured beard requiring the services of a cane & fonder of cigars than warm milk Benjamin Button is a very curious baby indeed. & as Benjamin becomes increasingly youthful with the passing years his family wonders why he persists in the embarrassing folly of living in reverse. In this imaginative fable of ageing & the other stories collected here
- including " The Cut-Glass Bowl" in which an ill-meant gift haunts a family's misfortunes " The Four Fists" where a man's life shaped by a series of punches to his face & the revelry mobs & anguish of " May Day"
- F. Scott Fitzgerald displays his unmatched gift as a writer of short stories. ' The Curious Case of Benjamin Button' originally published in 1922 was made into a major motion picture directed by David Fincher & starring Brad Pitt Cate Blanchett & Tilda Swinton. F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940) has acquired a mythical status in American literary history & his masterwork " The Great Gatsby" is considered by many to be the 'great American novel'. In 1920 he married Zelda Sayre dubbed 'the first American Flapper' & their traumatic marriage & Zelda's gradual descent into insanity became the leading influence on his writing. As well as many short stories Fitzgerald wrote five novels " This Side of Paradise" " The Great Gatsby" " The Beautiful & the Damned" " Tender is the Night" & incomplete at the time of his death " The Last Tycoon". After his death " The New York Times" said of him that 'in fact & in the literary sense he created a "generation" '. If you enjoyed " The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" you might like Fitzgerald's " The Great Gatsby" also available in " Penguin Classics". "A master of the American short story". (" The Philadelphia Enquirer"). " His talent was as natural as the pattern that was made by the dust on a butterfly's wings". (Ernest Hemingway)."

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Historic cookery books contain recipes that to the modern cook can appear quaint bizarre revolting or downright absurd. From the frugal to the fantastical The Curious Cookbook contains some of the most unusual recipes from historical cookery books from the Middle Ages to the Second World War to present a positive gallimaufry of fabulous food & other oddities. Historic recipes such as these also provide fascinating insights into the social & economic context of the times. Each recipe is accompanied by an engaging commentary describing the background to the recipe & the writer & charming contemporary illustrations are featured throughout. Examples of some of the recipes included: Coffins & chastletes (pies) garbage (animal entrails) porpoise with wheat porridge spit-roasted milk cowslip tart a great swan pie roasted peacock turtle soup parrot pie curried kangaroo tails invalid stew mashed potato sandwich Brussels sprouts mould ...

In The Curious Gardener Anna Pavord brings together in 12 chapters
- one from each month of the year
- 72 pieces on all aspects

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The Curious Gardeners Almanac" contains over 1000 entries of remarkable information about flowers vegetables fruits trees herbs insects birds water soil tools composts climate recipes gardens & gardeners myths superstitions biodynamics. In short it is a collection as profuse & variegated as gardening itself. Woven into this wealth of knowledge are famous"ations anecdotes traditional sayings lines of verse & words of rural wisdom. The spirit & focus of the Almanac is British but the wider picture is international as so much of our gardens originated from overseas. Dry or dull information has no place in the almanac & its presentation is as appealing as the content." ...