Knitting is experiencing an enormous boom as more & more people appreciate the opportunity it affords to create something truly special & individual. Many of these new knitters however have not learnt the skills from their mothers like previous generations & need help with their techniques. There can be no better guide than Debbie Bliss highly successful knitwear designer & author of numerous bestselling books. In Knitting Workbook Debbie provides a guide not only to basic techniques
- casting on key knitting stitches sewing up garments successfully etc
- but also pinpoints the key features of her successful designs & takes knitters through them step-by-step. A basic guide to how to knit accompanied by step-by-step illustrations & photographs kicks off the book. Debbie then concentrates on the techniques she feels are essential to creating successful knitwear from using simple shapes to colour work such as fair isle & intarsia & adding finishing touches with embroidery & beading. Colour illustrations are used to demonstrate each technique then a range of projects featuring step-by-step photographs pinpointing key stages allow the knitter to practise & perfect their skill. As a guide to how to knit & an insight into the secrets of this highly successful designer this book will be invaluable.

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Encouraged by an unruly twin brother tomboyish Lady Deborah Western seems set on dressing & behaving in a most unladylike manner much to the dismay of her handsome neighbour the Earl of Ashton. Fortunately for the Earl Miss Pym is on hand to make sure the gorgeous girl is introduced to some more feminine pursuits... ...

o Debretts first book defining all aspects of life for the modern man o Humorous & refreshing
- an unexpected miscellany of advice
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o Debrett's first book defining modern manners in over a decade o A comprehensive review of traditional codes of conduct o Humorous & refreshing
- an insight into modern dilemmas o Features 24 bespoke illustrations of each alphabetical letter o An ideal gift purchase for men women young & old alike From asparagus to zebra crossings via Black Berry formal dinners political correctness & sneezing this is an indispensable & comprehensive guide to contemporary conduct from Debrett's Britain's leading experts on manners & etiquette.
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This is the ultimate girl's guide to getting it right. Etiquette is a revisionist business. New rules are constantly appearing & old ones evolving. A modern survival manual is called for to lay out the new rules to point out the pitfalls & to ensure damage limitation. Debrett's the trusted authority on all matters etiquette have created the essential guide to life for every girl about town. Etiquette for Girls" reassuringly explains how to behave with ease & style in every social situation covering man management (from flirting to one-night stands & breaking up) what to wear dining out socialising & entertaining at home getting ahead at work etiquette for social occasions (including festivals polo & private jets) conversational no-nos & avoiding dreaded social sins. Etiquette has re-entered the zeitgeist. Social success lies in forethought & understanding so switch on & prepare to prosper." ...

Pre-war debutantes were members of the most protected not to say isolated stratum of 20th-century society: the young (17-20) unmarried daughters of the British upper classes. For most of them the war changed all that for ever. It meant independence & the shock of the new & daily exposure to customs & attitudes that must have seemed completely alien to them. For many the almost military regime of an upper class childhood meant they were well suited for the no-nonsense approach needed in wartime. This book records the extraordinary diversity of challenges shocks & responsibilities they faced
- as chauffeurs couriers ambulance-drivers nurses pilots spies decoders factory workers farmers land girls as well as in the Women's Services. How much did class barriers really come down? Did they stick with their own sort? & what about fun & love in wartime
- did love cross the class barriers?

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After eighteen years inside Johnny Frank is coming out of jail with just one thing on his mind to kill the man who put him there. But his plans soon go dramatically awry. As his past returns to haunt him a vicious murder & kidnap force him back on the streets of London. He could choose simply to disappear
- if it weren't for Simone. Through her marriage to Reggie Kray the author has a unique insight into the inner conflicts of a long-term prisoner & just as Roberta's life was irrevocably changed by meeting Reg so Simone's will never be the same again after she enters Johnny's dangerous & unpredictable universe. Praise for Roberta Kray: ' Well into Martina Cole territory Roberta Kray's first novel gets under the skin of the London underworld with no problem'
- Independent". ' Action intrigue & a character-driven plot are delivered in well-written style sure to please any crime fiction fans'
- " Woman". ' You might expect a crime novel written by the widow of Reg Kray would be tough
- & it is. Recommend this to fans of Ian Rankin'
- " Booklist". '" The Debt" convinces on every page
- not only about the gangster world but also as a portrait of a woman whose life has been changed by forces beyond her control'
- " Chicago Tribune"."






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A short novel of immense scope that shows Terry Goodkind's story telling powers at their very best. In the days of the war against Panis Rahl a young woman presents the first wizard with an intractable choice & forces him into an encounter that could unleash a maelstrom of magic. Terry Goodkind's skill at showing characters struggling with free will & facing nightmarish dilemmas as their spirits are tested is shown to its best effect in DEBT OF BONES as is his consummate world building. ...

Jack Ryan defends the USA against economic sabotage from the East that escalates into war in Tom Clancy's record-breaking Sunday Times No 1 bestseller -- now reissued in a new cover. It begins with the murder of an American woman in the back streets of Tokyo. It ends in war! Called out of retirement to serve as the new President's National Security Adviser Jack Ryan quickly realizes that the problems of peace are fully as complex as those of war. Enemies have become friends friends enemies & even the form of conflict has changed. When one of those new enemies readies a strike not only at America's territory but at the heart of her economy it is Ryan who must somehow prepare an untested President to meet the challenge. For there is a debt of honour to be paid -- & the price will be terrifyingly high! ...

History is not something that counts to mens credit alone though they have often claimed it as their exclusive achievement. This book deals with the part that women have played in history & acknowledges their role although at the time they may have received little acknowledgment for it. For women of all stations & in all walks of life have made their contribution to human history whether they have been queens or rulers scientists or doctors entertainers or artists radicals or conservatives or simply wives & mothers. Whether too they have made that contribution openly & on their own account or whether they have used their sometimes subordinate position in society to engineer it by more subtle means. This book serves to stress this contribution sometimes merely to remind the reader of it & to restate it but sometimes where necessary to re-evaluate its true importance. Where myths or legends or simple forgetfulness have obscured the value of womens contributions to government scientific research artistic achievement pioneering progress or radical reform the writers have sought to remedy the defect & restore women to their rightful importance & through that to award them the esteem that they properly deserve. ...