This comprehensive fully illustrated book written by a team of specialists shows you exactly how to tackle a variety of home decorating tasks. Whether you are painting wallpapering or tiling it guides you step-by-step through every stage in the process from initial preparation to the finishing touches helping to ensure attractive & long-lasting results. ...

Home Economics: AQA Child Development for GCSE 3rd Edition is a clear & informative introduction to all aspects of child development. With its full-colour reader-friendly format it provides comprehensive coverage of all topics of the AQA Home Economics for GCSE specification: Written by a leading examiner & expert in this field. Teachers & students can be confident that the book provides the correct level of information Breaks topics down into easily digested units Many full colour diagrams illustrations & photos to help bring the subject to life Complete & comprehensive coverage ensuring teachers/students don't have to spend time supplementing reading. Home Economics: AQA Child Development for GCSE 3rd Edition has been fully revised & updated in line with current practice & terminology & is the indispensable introductory text for a wide range of GCSE & Level 2 Child Care courses supporting Key Skills up to Level 2. Contents include: 1. Parenthood 2. Pregnancy 3. Diet health & care of the child 4. Development of the Child 5. Support for the Parent & Child. This new edition is supported by a separately available AQA Child Development for GCSE Online Teacher's Resource. ...

Look no further for an accessible & comprehensive guide to the OCR qualification as well as other Level 2 child development qualifications. Endorsed by OCR for use with the OCR GCSE Home Economics: Child Development

Specification this book is a clear & informative introduction to all aspects of child development. Written by a bestselling author in this field it is filled with colourful diagrams illustrations & photos to help bring the subject to life. Activities & practical tasks throughout are aimed at a range of ability levels ensuring all students can access the material. Contents: 1. Family & Parenting 2. Preparation for Pregnancy & Birth 3. Physical development 4. Nutrition & Health 5. Intellectual Social & Emotional Development 6. Community Support 7. About the coursework (controlled assessment) 8. Exam preparation 9. Glossary This resource is supported by a separately available Teacher Resource CD-ROM.

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In the current economic climate many people are looking at ways to extend their homes rather than move house but 'getting the builders in' can be a recipe for disaster unless you really know what you are doing. Whether you plan to employ a building contractor or tackle some of the works yourself this best-selling manual will show you how to stay firmly in control resulting in a high-quality extension completed on time & within budget. This new edition will include all the up-do-date information on planning & building regs environmental issues & options for micro-generation
- all areas of recent change.
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Written by a qualified Building Control Officer Home Extensions" provides expert advice on extending your property. Starting with the early planning stages this book guides you through each step of the extension from initial drawings to final coat of paint. Expert tips offer advice on how to plan & supervise an extension project including how to deal with builders & architects & building regulations to abide by. Providing clear concise & up-to-date information " Home Extensions" means that you can confidently create a useful & valuable addition to your home. The chapters include: Planning Plans Builders Substructure Superstructure Internal Work & External Work. There is also a glossary of useful terms & a list of helpful contacts." ...

A heart-warming story of love & friendship in wartime from the bestselling author of Where the Heart is & London Belles. It's September 1940 & the London Blitz has begun. For the four girls living at No. 13 Article Row life must go on despite the nightly bombing raids. Underground employee Agnes is working round the clock to deal with the huge influx of people seeking safety in her station while Dulcie is trying hard to make peace with her mother. Nurse Sally returns to Liverpool & gets a shocking reminder of the past but this is pushed from her mind when a dreadful accident occurs. As Christmas approaches her friend Tilly meets a handsome young American called Drew. Could he be the one to mend her broken heart? As the bombs continue to rain down on a wintery London the girls do their best to create some Christmas cheer
- but the only present they really want is to be home for Christmas.
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A Home for Nobody's Princess Discovering she was the illegitimate daughter of the prince of Chantaine took some getting used to for Coco Jordan
- especially when she was working as a nanny on a Texas ranch! As much as she tried to focus on caring for baby Emma her newfound fame kept getting in the way. Until help arrived from an unexpected
- & handsome
- source... The Prince She Had to Marry On a fateful morning in April Princess Liliana heir presumptive to the throne of Alagonia surrendered her virginity to Alexander Bravo-Calabretti. Alex is the last person she ever should have had sex with
- let alone become pregnant by. & now Alex & his family & Lili's father King Leo insist that she marry the father of her child...



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When Ellie names her puppy Rascal she doesn't realize how right she is! Ellie's family have just adopted a beautiful Jack Russell puppy who Ellie names Rascal. Rascal is really naughty & he's soon getting himself & Ellie into all sorts of trouble. Will she ever be able to keep up with him? From best-selling author Holly Webb comes the first book in her hugely successful My Naughty Little Puppy series. ...

Some of Lucy Sinclair's best days were those spent growing up in small town St Dennis
- working at the family inn & enjoying summers
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New Beginnings For The Sisterhood
- United by a desire to overcome their personal misfortunes seven very different women formed
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