Continuing the story begun in The Hobbit this is the first part of Tolkien's epic masterpiece The Lord of the Rings featuring an exclusive cover image from the film the definitive text & a detailed map of Middle-earth. Sauron the Dark Lord has gathered to him all the Rings of Power
- the means by which he intends to rule Middle-earth. All he lacks in his plans for dominion is the One Ring
- the ring that rules them all
- which has fallen into the hands of the hobbit Bilbo Baggins. In a sleepy village in the Shire young Frodo Baggins finds himself faced with an immense task as his elderly cousin Bilbo entrusts the Ring to his care. Frodo must leave his home & make a perilous journey across Middle-earth to the Cracks of Doom there to destroy the Ring & foil the Dark Lord in his evil purpose. To celebrate the release of the first of Peter Jackson's two-part film adaptation of The Hobbit THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY this first part of The Lord of the Rings is available for a limited time with an exclusive cover image from Peter Jackson's award-winning trilogy.


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Felt is a beautiful material to work with. Soft natural & highly tactile it is relatively cheap to buy is widely available in a huge range of colours & is very easy to work with. It has become a popular material for all sorts of consumer goods including jewellery toys & Christmas decorations. The twenty projects in this book include a range of decorations suitable for Christmas including hanging tree decorations a Christmas wreath an advent calendar garland free-standing felt ornaments a Christmas cottage storage box & a bottle gift bag. The designs have a fresh contemporary look that will appeal to a young audience as well as more traditional crafters & all the projects are suitable for beginners as well as more experienced sewers. The easy-to-make pieces use pre-bought felt (no wet felting or needlefelting is involved) & include step-by-step instructions lists of the materials & tools needed & a beautiful photograph of the finished piece. Templates are provided where required & the basic techniques & stitches required are included at the start of the book. ...

This craft book contains step-by-step instructions & beautiful colour photographs showing how to make an entire farm: with a range of felted animals people & tools as well as the farmyard itself. The second part of the book is a lovely illustrated story. It uses the characters animals & settings from the first part to tell the story of a fun-filled day on a farm. You may choose to just make a couple of animals to supplement an existing farm set or the entire farm which is a great project for the whole family. Younger ones can make apples balls or puddles & older children can felt simple animals. Parents & other experienced adults can felt the more intricate animals & put the farm structure together. A felt farm project is a wonderful way for families to spend time together working with a common purpose. Throughout experienced felter Rotraud Reinhard provides tips & tricks for working with felt & bringing colour & life to your farm. ...

Felt Friends from Japan is a treasure trove of delightful felt projects--86 in all--including not just adorable soft toys but also coin purses bags cell phone holders badges & flowers. Author Naomi Tabatha has gone for a retro feel capturing the style she remembers from her childhood in Japan during the 1960s & 1970s. Here are Mini-mascot Buddies like Mom & Baby Kitty Cats Little Elephants Cheeky Monkey Croaky Frog Droopy-eared Dog & Cuddly Koala; Soft Toys like Brown Bear Rika the Rabbit & Little Red Hood; Purrcy Pussycat & Mr. Sausage Dog the Tabletop Duo; Forest Friends named Fumiko Fawn & Little Rabbit; & the Beret Buddies Miki the Monkey & Pao the Elephant. Also included are Cute 'n' Fun Accessories like the Frog Coin Purse the Sausage Dog Pencil Case & the Little Bear Card Case Every project features clear step-by-step instructions accompanied by beautiful full-color photographs & cut-out patterns; & an explanatory section covers the basic stitches & techniques used. Everything is h&-sewn & requires only felt & a needle-&-thread. Simple enough for crafters ranging in age from about 10 years old to adult the book is sure to please anyone who loves creating cute things from felt. ...

In Felt to Stitch acclaimed feltmaker Sheila Smith explores the possibilities of making & using handmade felt for stitch. Felt is an incredibly versatile medium that is easy to make & manipulate & provides the ideal base for surface embellishment. Handmade felt allows you a degree of control & creativity that ready-made fabrics cannot replicate. This book shows you how to make your own felt select & dye your own colours build unusual textures with felt fibres & further embellishment & manipulate the felt to produce three-dimensional pieces. With sample projects that illustrate the main techniques Felt to Stitch will address the main elements of design in felt: *

Colour: blending commercially dyed fibres; dyeing processes for wool fibres; applying colour as surface design * Line & shape: methods for creating clear outlines in felt; pre-felts for use on inlay applique & mosaic. * Texture: combining felt & fabric -- Nuno felt; embellishing with other fibres. Form/three-dimensional felt: seamless hollow forms. * Other techniques: multi-layered felts; low relief; webs/grids.

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In this groundbreaking book Dr Louann Brizendine describes the uniquely flexible structure of the female brain & its constant dynamic state of change
- the key difference that separates it from that of the male
- & reveals how women think what they value how they communicate & whom theyll love. She also reveals the neurological explanations behind why: a woman remembers fights that a man insists never happened; thoughts about sex enter a womans brain perhaps once every couple of days but may enter a mans brain up to once every minute; a womans brain goes on high alert during pregnancy
- & stays that way long after giving birth; a woman over 50 is more likely to initiate divorce than a man; women tend to know what people are feeling while men cant spot an emotion unless someone cries or threatens them with bodily harm! Accessible fun & compelling & based on more than three decades of research The Female Brain" will help women to better understand themselves
- & the men in their lives."



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The Female Detective was published in 1864 & it introduces the first professional female detective in British fiction Mrs Gladden. Typical of detective fiction of its time Forresters book features various cases narrated by Gladden whose deductive methods & energetic approach anticipate those of Arthur Conan Doyles Sherlock Holmes. Mrs Gladden uses similar methods to her male counterparts
- she enters scenes of crime incognito tracking down killers while trying to conceal her own tracks & her identity from others. She does much physical detective work examining scenes of crime looking for clues & employing all manner of skill subterfuge observation & charm to achieve her ends. Like Holmes Gladden regards the regular constabulary with disdain. For all the intrigue & interest of the stories little is ever revealed about Mrs Gladden herself & her personal circumstances remain a mystery throughout. But it is her ability to apply her considerable energy & intelligence to solve crimes that is her greatest appeal & the reappearance of the original lady detective will be welcomed by fans of crime fiction.
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A new cover re-issue of the ground-breaking worldwide bestselling feminist tract. A worldwide bestseller translated into over twelve languages THE FEMALE EUNUCH is a landmark in the history of the womens movement. Drawing liberally from history literature & popular culture past & present Germaine Greers searing examination of womens oppression is at once an important social commentary & a passionately argued masterpiece of polemic. Probably the most famous most widely read book on feminism ever. ...

Through the darkest days of the Second World War an elite group of courageous gifted women risked their lives as courier pilots flying Lancaster Bombers Spitfires & many other aircraft in hundreds of perilous missions across the country. The role of these women pilots of the Air Transport Auxiliary was to deliver the planes to the male RAF pilots who would take them into battle dangerous work which the women carried out unarmed without radios. Fifteen would lose their lives. In The Female Few five of these astonishingly brave women tell their stories for the first time awe inspiring tales of incredible risk tenacity & sacrifice. Their spirit & fearlessness in the face of death still resonates down the years & their accounts reveal a forgotten chapter in the history of the Second World War. As Yvonne Macdonald now 90 & living in Cape Cod says: It was a kind of freedom you never get any other way it was as if you had wings sewn on your back. A lot of people here in Cape Cod dont even know I was in World War Two. Or what I did. They do now. ...