40 easy-to-sew projects from the creative talent of Cabbages & Roses the vintage-style fabric company that will transform your home into a pure & pretty tableau of handcrafted detail. If you long to give your rooms a vintage air & country-cottage appeal you will love the retro floral prints & timeless designs of Home-made Vintage your perfect guide to creating handmade easy elegance in your home. The book offers simple-sew projects to transform every room into the romantic retreat you've always wanted. In this step-by-step guide Christina Strutt shows readers how to make a wealth of projects for the kitchen & bathroom conservatory & bedroom
- & for giving as gifts as well. A skilled stylist & designer Christina reveals how to create a look that is personal & unique but not at all labourintensive. Reusing old fabrics & accessories in new ways allows the vintage & modern to mingle beautifully
- & also saves money & time. The charming projects highlighted in this delightful illustrated book include crisp linen chair covers a chic fabric headboard pretty flower aprons dreamy voile bed curtains & soothing scented herbal pillows.

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Rise-up against the watery wimpish beers you generally find on store shelves & produce your own beers packed with big bold flavors. Following the explosion of interest in properly brewed beer The Homebrew Handbook is here to provide the knowledge to allow beer enthusiasts to make their own. Packed full of 75 recipes for everything from stouts & porters to IPAs wheat beers & pilsners you will learn how easy it is to brew your own beers bursting with taste. So whether you like you like a hoppy crisp finish or a biscuity malty taste you are certain to find the right beer for you. A comprehensive techniques section provides all the key information needed to get started explaining the key ingredients & how they work together plus the equipment youll need & how to set it up in your own home. Soon you will understand the intricacies of full-mash brewing & be well on your way to making beers you can be proud of. & the aim is to encourage you to experiment not reproduce beers you have enjoyed in the past but to master the basic types of beer then go on to produce your own. Its how the some of the best microbreweries started so why not follow their lead? Also included is advice from people who have started their own breweries where they share a few secrets that will help you along the way. ...

Want to become your own brewmeister? Homebrewing For Dummies 2 nd Edition gives you easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions for everything from making your first kit" beer to brewing an entire batch from scratch. Before you know it you'll be boiling bottling storing pouring & kegging your own frothy delicious suds. This friendly hands-on guide walks you through each step in the brewing process at the beginning intermediate & advanced levels. It fills you in on all the homebrewing basics with a comprehensive equipment list; instructions on keeping your hardware clean & sanitized; & loving descriptions of the essential beer ingredients their roles in the brewing process & how to select the best ingredients for you beer. You'll also find out about additional ingredients & additives you can use to give your homebrew distinctive flavors textures & aromas. Discover how to: Set up your home brewery Select the best ingredients & flavorings Create your own lager ale & specialty beers Try your hand at cider & even meade Brew gluten-free beer Package your beer in bottles & kegs Evaluate your beer & troubleshoot problems Take part in homebrewing competitions Become an eco-friendly brewer Homebrewing For Dummies 2 nd Edition is fully updated with the latest brewing techniques & technologies & features more than 100 winning recipes that will have your friends & neighbors singing your praises & coming back for more." ...

When Teddy a professor in an American university brings his wife Ruth to visit London & his family he finds himself prey to old conflicts. But now it is Ruth who becomes the focus of the family's struggle for supremacy. The playwright's other works include The Birthday Party" & " Old Times"." ...

This is a tender lyrical tale inspired by the authors childhood in an idyllic English village with environmental & conservational themes. In this involving tale master storyteller Michael Morpurgo tells of a boyhood in an idyllic Suffolk village fifty years ago. The village is a stones throw from the sea with a gull on every chimney stack & is peopled by quirky characters such as the three Stebbing sisters the white moustachioed Colonel Burton & Bennie the village thug. But the heroine of this story is the serene Mrs. Pettigrew who lives in a railway carriage down in the marshes with her dogs donkey bees & hens
- & who befriends the young Michael & lets him ride over the marshes on her donkey. But industrial reality intrudes when plans are made to build a nuclear power station on the site of the marshes endangering Mrs. Pettigrews home & the gulls owls kestrels & thousands of insects & plants which also belong there. There ensues a village battle for & against the environmental hazard of the power station & the young Michael finds himself caught up in the sad fate of Mrs. Pettigrew & the landscape of his boyhood. This is a jacketed hardback gift edition of Michael Morpugos tale of his childhood landscape evocatively illustrated by Peter Bailey.
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The Sunday Times No. 1 paperback bestseller...because it's where the heart is Four women. Four lives. One place they call home. Eleanor Levine left Ireland years ago with just a suitcase & her mother's recipe book. & now a lifetime later she returns from New York for Dublin's beautiful Golden Square full of hard-won wisdom. As she watches life unfold from her window she is drawn into the lives of the women who live in the square... Beautful actress Megan Bouchier had fame & success in her grasp
- then she made the wrong kind of headlines. Now she needs a place to hide. Big-hearted teacher Connie O' Callaghan is approaching forty & has given up on love. Why does no man match the heroes in her romantic novels? Rae is a loyal friend & wife dispensing tea & sympathy from Titania's Tea Room
- until a secret threatens everything she holds dear.. .

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This work features four Maeve Binchy short stories exclusively written for BBC Radio 4. Maeve Binchy is one of Britain's most popular storytellers & these four tales demonstrate the warmth & compassion that have made her many novels bestsellers. In Homecoming" read by Sean Campion the Brennans run Quentin's restaurant in Dublin for the owner who lives abroad. But what will happen when he suddenly pays a visit? " Telling Stories" read by Joanna Myers sees Irene's fiance turning up the night before the wedding with a face as white as the dress that is to be worn the next day. Then trouble starts... In " Needy" read by Patricia Hodge Heather is painfully aware that Valentine's Day declarations of love should be viewed with suspicion even if the sender is the one she loves. And in " The Interview" read by Kate Binchy Bessie is deaf & needs a place in a special school. But will she pass the interview? Finely crafted & full of wit & charm these are stories that no fan of Maeve Binchy will want to be without." ...

More & more people are discovering the delights of growing their own vegetables whether in their back garden or on an allotment. The Homegrown Vegetable Manual" gives you all the information you need to make your vegetable plot a success & is an essential reference if you are about to take up the challenge & grow your own for the first time. Experienced gardeners will also find this manual extremely useful as it is packed with down-to-earth advice on everything from pest control & seed saving to month-by-month reminders that will help you get the very best from your plot year after year." ...

Following in the footsteps of A Glass Half Full" " Lone Wolf" & " When Jack Sued Jill" " Homeless In My Heart"
- Felix Dennis long-awaited new collection of verse
- is the story of a fool whose life was saved by poetry. Felix Dennis life has been a long series of unlikely events: incarceration by the British government in 1971 following the longest conspiracy trial in British history; recording a chart single with John Lennon; co-authoring Muhammad Alis first biography; becoming one of the richest individuals in Britain; launching one of the most successful media brands in the world; falling into crack cocaine addiction; beginning the task of planting a huge native broad-leaf forest in the Heart of England; salvaging the wreckage of a life dedicated to hedonism; & lastly & most surprisingly of all discovering that he could write the kind of poetry that people wanted to read & to hear. Now with the publication of " Homeless In My Heart" Felix Dennis extraordinary talents have come to fruition
- from ironic tales of darkness & savagery to hymns of praise for the glories of nature. " Homeless In My Heart" fulfils the promise predicted by the author & critic Tom Wolfe who has called Dennis a 21st-century Kipling (whose poetry) rollicks & rolls with rhyme meter & melody."


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Add a touch of personality & creativity to your home with projects for Christmas Easter Halloween Valentines & birthdays. Complete with step-by-step instructions & beautiful photography learn to make extra special festive decorations
- such as a birthday pinata knitted angels fragrant rose petal stuffed hearts or an Easter tree. Shop-bought decorations just cant compare! 25 fun & simple projects to make perfect for beginners. Complete with patterns & knitting sewing & craft basics.

Includes:: a directory of suppliers & resources The content of this book is adapted from Homemade by Ros Badger & Elspeth Thompson first published by Collins in 2009.


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