Reinvent your dolls house--and have the great pleasure of crafting something new & unique! In this small-scale world everything is possible: vivid colors you might not dare use in a real house; fragile materials; fabulous period decorations; & spanning cultures. One of the worlds leading dolls house designers ushers you into a marvelous fantasyland of lavish period & exotic rooms with glittering chandeliers tapestries canopied beds Oriental carpets exceptional embroideries cushions & ornaments. She teaches you how to choose a color scheme; make doors fireplaces tables & storage units; sew pillows; & display distinctive collections. Add outdoor settings like an Indian courtyard & English garden. Plus: information on stripping repainting & transforming furniture & working with kits. ...

Susan Hill author of Woman in Black" is the greatest living writer of ghost stories & here is a perfect chiller: a story of two damaged children filled with unease the supernatural & horror. The remoter parts of the English Fens are forlorn lost & damp even in the height of summer. At Iyot Lock a large decaying house two young cousins Leonora & Edward are parked for the summer with their ageing spinster aunt & her cruel housekeeper. At first the unpleasantness & petty meannesses seem simply unpleasant calculated to destroy Edward's equanimity. But when spoilt Leonora is not given the birthday present of a specific dolly that she wants affairs inexorably take a much darker turn with terrifying life destroying consequences for everyone." ...

Dolores Claiborne has a story to tell. But it is not quite what the police had expected. Dolores Claiborne has a confession to make.. . She will take her time. Won't be hurried. Will do it her way sparing neither details nor feelings. Hers or anyone else's. This is the truth the whole truth & nothing but the truth. Truth that takes you to the edge of darkness. Dolores Claiborne has a story to tell & you'd better pay attention
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Follow baby Dolphin on his great adventure in the big blue ocean with this perfect first reference book teeming with new discoveries. The moment Dolphin Baby pops into the blue he swims up up up...and takes his very first breath. From then on the baby calf swims close to his mothers side discovering all there is to know about life under the sea. Dolphin has lots to learn including making new friends catching his first fish whistling...and saying his own name in special dolphin-sound! Part of the Nature Storybook" series this is a perfect introduction to dolphin behaviour anatomy & ecology for young readers. Nicola Davies perfectly marries a lyrical narrative & factual information to tell how a dolphin baby evolves from birth." ...

Ellie Summer & Jasmine are off for a summertime adventure on King Merry's royal yacht in Dolphin Bay. They have a great time swimming with the dolphins there until Queen Malice shows up to ruin their fun. Can the girls break Queen Malice's horrible spells & save the dolphin celebrations? ...

It's June
- winter in South Africa & Martine & her grandmother are enjoying a cold but beautiful walk along the beach when they
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From high in the skies
- The Starry Hunter tells the story of Orion
- to deep beneath the waves
- meet the god Poseidon in


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This animal of the sea is highly accessible to young children as they can be seen up close & personal all around the country. The appearance of a smile on dolphin faces makes them appear more kid friendly than they actually are. This book will share the most interesting facts & stories about dolphins while at the same time reminding readers that these wild animals deserve our respect & help in keeping their natural environment clean & healthy. The inside back cover of the paperback edition is an interactive feature based upon the book. ...

It's October AD 79. The arrival of a ragged man at the Geminus household sets in motion a series of events which take Flavia & her three friends to an opulent villa by the sea at Laurentum a few miles south of Ostia. Just off the coast is a sunken wreck full of treasure which could be the answer to all their problems. But someone else is after the treasure too. As the four children try to recover it they solve the terrible mystery of Lupus's past. ...

As a small boy Readis Lilcamp is rescued by the shipfish when he & his uncle Alemi are caught in a sudden squall beyond Paradise River Hold. AIVAS confirms that the big fish are called dolphins part of the original settlers of Pern. On Earth they had been partnered with men having learned to speak intelligible words. Readis his Uncle Alemi & bronze Gadareths rider Tlion of Eastern Hold are determined to restore the doll fins to their rightful place in the ecology of Pern...and the partnership of men. Meanwhile the fight to rid Pern of the terrible nightmare of Thread is still all consuming. While Lord Jaxom Flar & his dragonriders struggle to implement AIVAS instructions other challenges are issued & answered including one which threatens young Tlion in the shape of his older brother a brown rider who harbours a deep grudge. & Readis must win his parents consent to his association with the sea dragons of Pern
- the bottlenose dolphins.
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