Do you want to be my friend?" asks a little mouse of a horse a peacock an alligator & others in this classic & charming story. Only when he meets another little mouse is the answer unequivocally " Yes!" Each page of this ingenious all but wordless picture book affords surprise suspense & repeated pleasure for the viewer
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Forgiveness is easier said than done & is one of the most difficult personal issues to deal with. When people fail to forgive it damages
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This is a complete practical guide to home improvement. It offers expert advice on essential home improvement tasks including painting wallpapering tiling laying new floors carpentry skills security repairs & maintaining your home. It

Includes:: advice on how to use the right tools for the job effectively & safely. You can make the most of your home & learn how to develop your practical skills with complete confidence. It

Includes:: a detailed section on decorating from preparing surfaces painting & wallpapering to laying all types of flooring such as wood tiles & vinyl. It offers clear step-by-step visual instructions & tips from expert authors that make information accessible & easy to follow. Over 800 photographs & diagrams show you how to do every decorating task & project around the house. This superb do-it-yourself & home improvements handbook covers all the information you need about maintaining & improving your house or apartment with complete success with detailed instructions & helpful hints & tips from expert authors. It shows the beginner the best way to tackle problems & gives practical & helpful advice on floors walls ceilings windows doors drains gutters roofs paths & drives insulation & ventilation. There is a focus on security with advice on how to fit window & door locks & bolts. All the basic woodworking skills are covered from the correct way to put up shelves fit hinges & catches to more complicated jobs such as rehanging doors. This handy easy-to-use manual will give you confidence to tackle jobs around the home & achieve professional-looking results every time.



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The fourth thrilling book in this darkly funny horror series Darren Shan called 'deliciously nightmarish'. The first book Mr Mumbles is shortlisted for the Royal Mail Awards for Scottish Children's Books Kyle wakes up in hospital
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From failing the 11-plus to becoming Britain's longest-serving Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott's story is one we may never see again. He began his journey into politics as a ' Hollywood Waiter' on Cunard liners where he stood up for the rights of his fellow seamen & went on to become a shop steward & union firebr&. Throughout his career he has been the key link between old & new between working & middle classes & ultimately between Blair & Brown. This is the compelling life story of a man who has made mistakes but has never stopped fighting for what he believes in. ...

In DOCTOR DOCTOR Dr Rosemary writes with warmth humour & honesty as she recalls the stories of 20 of her most memorable patients from her 25 years working as a GP in south London. These include an eco-protestor with appendicitis an octogenarian nymphomaniac a teenager in labour with a baby she didnt know about a lonely ex-coal miner with a chronic chest condition & a middle-aged man who cant quite bring himself to tell her the real problem. Funny heart-warming & a little bit gory DOCTOR DOCTOR reveals the truth about day-to-day life as a GP. Heartbreaking diagnoses challenging patients & the strong bonds that are formed Dr Rosemary takes us from the waiting room to the consultation room & lifts the lid on what life as a GP is really like. ...

BBC Breakfasts Dr Rosemary Leonard shares a collection of incredible true tales from her twenty years as a south London GP. Hello this is the emergency services. Do you require fire police or ambulance? asked the female switchboard operator with brisk professionalism. I thought fast. I actually need all three I answered. Its not every day that a home visit turns out to be an eco-protestor with appendicitis stuck up a tree. But as Dr Rosemary shares in this book its all part of a days work for a south London GP. From an octogenarian nymphomaniac to a teenager in labour with a baby she didnt know about when Dr Rosemary opens her surgery door she doesnt know whos going to walk in... ...

Second chance at first love? When surgeon Ryan Dennison lost control of his car he couldnt keep the brakes on his marriage either. His injured wife GP Tara Fielding left him & even though he hasremarried & started a family hes never forgiven himself. Now single dad Ryan is desperate to prove to Tara that hes the husband she can depend on...now & for ever. ...

Pyjamas are just pyjamas. Right? Not when theyre Cosmic Pyjamas! Something strange has happened to Rosie & her brothers! Rosies new pyjamas have led them to a dangerous discovery... Doctor Starkly-Bonkers has invented the Doombuster & history is all muddled up
- & now the machine has been stolen! Can Rosie & the boys beat the Pharaohs & dinosaurs & will rice pudding really stop the Vikings?
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In 1910 Cora Crippen an unsuccessful music-hall artiste known as Belle Elmore was murdered by her husband Dr Hawley Harvey Crippen an American quack doctor at their London home. During a search of the house Scotland Yard found the remains of her body under the floor of the cellar. The crime was probably the most famous murder of the twentieth century. Crippen's attempt to escape across the Atlantic with his young mistress Ethel Le Neve disguised as a boy fascinated the world as did his subsequent Old Bailey trial & execution. Nicholas Connell provides a complete & accurate account of the notorious ' North London Cellar Murder' compiled from the surviving files of Scotland Yard the Central Criminal Court the Director of Public Prosecutions & the Home Office. This book draws on a variety of new material including previously unseen official government documents memoirs of journalists who reported on the story in 1910 contemporary English Canadian & American newspapers & four important long-forgotten & extensive sets of autobiographical articles by Ethel Le Neve. ...