Winner of the 2010 Costa Novel Award THE HAND THAT FIRST HELD MINE is a gorgeously written story of love & motherhood a tour de force from one of our best loved novelists When the sophisticated Innes Kent turns up on her doorstep Lexie Sinclair realises she cannot wait any longer for her life to begin & leaves for London. There at the heart of the 1950s Soho art scene she carves out a new life. In the present day Elina & Ted are reeling from the difficult birth of their first child. Elina struggles to reconcile the demands of motherhood with sense of herself as an artist & Ted is disturbed by memories of his own childhood that dont tally with his parents version of events. As Ted begins to search for answers an extraordinary portrait of two women is revealed separated by fifty years but connected in ways that neither could ever have expected. ...

THE SENSATIONAL NEW THRILLER FROM THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE PRINCESS OF BURUNDI Uppsala Sweden. Sven-Arne Persson suddenly walks out of a business meeting & disappears leaving behind his wife
- no trace is found of him. Inspector Ann Lindell is investigating the discovery of a dismembered foot washed up on the beach. Anns boss Berglund is delving into a cold case
- a man beaten to death
- an unsolved mystery that he finds impossible to forget. What connects the three? It will be a challenge for Ann Lindell to unravel the knots & discover what ties bind the cases together. Kjell Eriksson is the winner of two Crime Novel awards in Sweden & one of Scandinavias top selling authors. Translated by Let the Right One Ins Ebba Segerberg


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Are you ready for the Cob Cottage? This is a building method so old & so simple that it has been all but forgotten in the rush to synthetics. A cob cottage cobb however might be the ultimate expression of ecological design a structure so attuned to its surroundings that its creators refer to it as an ecstatic house." The authors build a house the way others create a natural garden. They use the oldest most available materials imaginable
- earth clay sand straw & water
- & blend them to redefine the future (and past) of building. Cob (the word comes from an Old English root meaning "lump") is a mixture of non-toxic recyclable & often free materials. Building with cob requires no forms no cement & no machinery of any kind. Builders actually sculpt their structures by h&. Building with earth is nothing new to America; the oldest structures on the continent were built with adobe bricks. Adobe however has been geographically limited to the Southwest. The limits of cob are defined only by the builder's imagination. Cob offers answers regarding our role in Nature family & society about why we feel the ways that we do about what's missing in our lives. Cob comes as a revelation a key to a saner world."

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Handa is searching for her grandmas black hen Mondi. Every morning she feeds Mondi her breakfast but this morning Mondi hasnt come for her food. So Handa & her friend Akeyo begin to hunt for Mondi. While searching they find all sorts of other animals. ...

Handa puts seven delicious fruits in a basket to take to her friend Akeyo. But as she walks carrying the basket on her head various creatures steal her fruits. A monkey takes the banana an ostrich the guava a zebra the orange an elephant the mango a giraffe the pineapple an antelope the avocado & a parrot the passion fruit. Handa walks on wondering which of the fruits her friend will like best oblivious to the fact that her basket is now empty. But then behind her a goat charges into a tangerine tree & fills Handa's basket with the fruit. Hello Akeyo " she greets her friend. "I've brought you a surprise." But when she lifts off her basket it's Handa who gets the biggest surprise. Akeyo meanwhile is delighted because tangerines are her favourite fruit! Eileen Browne also created " Through My Window" which was shortlisted for the Smarties Book Prize (1986) " No Problem" " Tick Tock" & " Where's my Bus?"." ...

Handbag Designer 101 is the bible for handbag designers or women who aspire to make their own bags. Included in the book are instructions for creating the fifteen essential bag styles-clutch hobo tote & more-made simple with easy-to-follow how-to illustrations suggested difficulty levels & color photography. Advice from famous bag designers & today's hottest indie designers accompany each pattern. Also included is the inside scoop on turning your handbag hobby into a successful business. From designing to making to marketing Handbag Designer 101 teaches you everything you need to know. ...

No topic is too sensitive or embarrassing for the unflappable Dr Pixie Mc Kenna who in The Handbag Doctor" deals with everything from adult acne STDs fertility migraines to polycystic ovaries in the sympathetic style known to her many fans. Organised according to related areas of the body
- from gynaecological neurological & urinary problems to those of the heart & lungs
- she gives helpful & practical advice for each ailment telling you who is susceptible the main symptoms how to get treated & where applicable how to avoid it in future. With over a decades experience as a practising doctor no one is better qualified to answer your awkward questions & set you on the road to recovery."

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This creative card has a 3D handbag with sparkles on a pale lilac background in lilac with the message &8216; Happy Birthday&8217; on the front. The message inside this card reads &8216; With love&8217;. The card comes with a lilac envelope ready for posting. Approximate

Dimensions 19.3 x 8.8cm. Warning this card is not a toy & is unsuitable for children under 3 years due to small parts.

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This delicately decorated birthday card features a 3D illustration of a pink handbag with sparkles & bow below the words &8216; Happy Birthday&8217; in gold text. This card is blank inside for your own message & it comes complete with a gold envelope ready for posting.. Approximate dimensions: 22.5 x 11.5cm Not suitable for children under 3 years contains small parts which may cause a choking hazard. ...

The only thing women love more than their shoes is their handbag. Same winning format same obsessive style as the best-selling title Shoes. Handbags provides a visual feast of design luxury elegance & witty novelty through over 900 full colour photographs & illustrations & lively text. Anna Johnson author of Three Black Skirts brings her charm & style to chapter introductions & captions as she reveals the trade secrets of designers (in great interviews) & capture the It" bag that defines a period of decade." ...