Keep kids entertained with Clare Youngs brilliant collection of craft ideas including toys jewellery gifts & more that have been designed with the environment in mind. Every project incorporates some kind of recycled material whether using a plastic bag as the sail for your orange peel ships or creating pretty fairies out of dried flowers. Wherever you are there will be a project to make that

Includes:: the materials close to h&. If you fancy a day at the beach make sure you gather a few shells for the shell mice or pick up leaves & twigs on a walk in the forest to use on the leaf mobile. Even the back garden is home to materials that can be turned into a whole host of playtime essentials. Budding artists will love the ideas for natural dyes bark rubbings & handmade paper while junior gardeners wont be able to resist the cress heads that you can decorate with fun faces. Every project comes complete with easy-to-understand step-by-step instructions plus all sorts of ideas for variations. So what are you waiting for? Get outside & get crafting!

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Learn about London the fun way with DK's Find It: London". Perfect for keeping younger travellers entertained " Find It: London"



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Each page in this book features a different animal carefully camouflaged in its natural habitat. A rhyme tells readers what to look for with animals such as a lion seal frog & chick to spot. Slinky Malinki the black cat also makes an appearance in the book. ...

No one has ever said living the life of your dreams is easy. It takes drive & determination persistence & patience faith & trust in the wonderful power within but most importantly it takes ACTION! So read this book if.. .you know theres something more for you.. .you know you want to make big changes.. .you know you want a better way to live.. .and you want to find out how to get it. Finding a Future that Fits" makes sure that you live YOUR authentic life. Its full of insights & practical exercises which provide a step-by-step guide to achieving the life you really want. Are you ready to find a future that fits? If so your journey begins here..." ...

Finding & Restoring Long Case Clocks" is essential reading for anyone interested in buying & restoring a long case clock. Experienced readers will be able to undertake most of the restoration work themselves but for the novice the basic principles are explained & advice on seeking professional help is given." ...

Why is being happy such an imperative nowadays? What meaning do people give happiness? In this book Abbot Christopher turns to monastic wisdom to offer answers & to explain that in essence happiness is a gift not an achievement the fruit of giving & receiving blessings. Following the same accessible & engaging format of FINDING SANCTUARY Abbot Christopher takes different aspects of happiness examines them tells us what monastic wisdom has to say about them & offers us steps towards our own journey to finding happiness. ...

Heartwarming inspirational & genuinely touching Finding Harmony is the remarkable true story of an extraordinary dog that rescued a woman from the depths of depression & transformed a family for ever. A keen mountaineer Sally Hyder was in her prime & loving life. She shared her passion for climbing with her partner Andrew & it was a dream come true when Andrew proposed at Everest Base Camp. For them climbing mountains made anything seem possible & represented their attitude to life. But a year after Sally & Andrew were married Sally was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. She was only 28 & was training to be a Macmillan nurse
- she wanted to care for the terminally ill. But Sally was determined the disease wouldnt slow her down: she went back to work looking after others & despite warnings that her condition could deteriorate in pregnancy went on to have three beautiful children. But it was when her youngest child Melissa was diagnosed with severe autism that Sally began to spiral into depression. Sally felt guilty about the pressures faced by her elder daughter Clara in her role as carer. Sally worried that she was missing out on the freedom of childhood. She needed help. Unsure who to turn to she happened upon Canine Partners & an extraordinary dog called Harmony. They formed an instant bond; Harmony can perform over 100 chores
- from putting groceries into the trolley to handing over Sallys purse at the till. Harmony is an unending source of comfort: she intuitively knows when Sally is in pain & calms Melissa when she suffers panic attacks. Harmony has given Sally the ability to start living once more & become a mother again in her own way. She has shown Sally that the skys the limit & with a taste for independence that she hadnt felt since her mountaineering days Sallys sights are set on the peaks of Ben Nevis once more. In August 2010 Sally planned to climb the hardest of the Munro Mountains. Sadly her attempt was thwarted after her motorised wheelchair short-circuited. But Sally is a fighter & is training for her second attempt which she will complete with her husband by her side. & Harmony too of course.

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Merlin: the very name evokes intriguing images
- magician wise man prophet adviser to Arthur counsellor of Camelot. The legend
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Dara Flood always says the most interesting thing about her life happened before she was born. Thirteen days before she came into the world her father walked up the road & never came back. Now in her twenties Daras life has a careful routine. She lives in Dublin with her mother & sister Angel. She has pizza with friends every Wednesday salsa class every Friday & sees her boyfriend every Saturday. Its safe & thats the way she likes it. Then Angel gets desperately sick & Daras ordered life falls apart. Neither she nor her mother is a compatible match for the kidney Angel needs. So Dara sets out to find the father who could be their last hope. But on the path to uncovering the truth about her father Dara learns that to let life
- & love
- in sometimes you just have to let go.. .

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Russell ' The Voice' Watson is a star with a real story to tell. While most stars of today find success early Russell was still working in a Salford factory at the age of 30. He spent the evenings singing in working men's clubs for extra cash to keep the bailiffs from his family's door. The chairman of Manchester United gave him his big break in May 1999: the opportunity to sing at Old Trafford. His extraordinary performance was quickly followed by a record deal & his phenomenal debut album. Despite his outward success Russell struggled with his health & family life. His rapid rise to fame led to a bitter divorce from his childhood sweetheart & his private life being splashed across the tabloids. Then last year he was struck down by a life-threatening brain tumor. This plunged Russell into a deep depression & it was only the thought of leaving his two children fatherless that kept him going. Just when it seemed he was fully recovered he collapsed again while recording & had to have emergency surgery on a second brain tumor that threatened his voice his sight & his life. Now in his own words Russell tells us the amazing story of his life. ...