It is New Year's Eve 1982 & the whole gang is at Victor & Nandini's house. The Godfather is on repeat upstairs. Baila music is blaring from the record player in the lounge. Poppadoms are frying in the kitchen. & Preethi tipsy on youth & friendship & covert cigarettes out the window just wants to belong. But what does that mean to belong? From that New Year's party to a family funeral via ghetto blasters & growing pains through 7/7 & the world according to Charlie Chaplin life in all of its complexity happens to Preethi Nil Lolly Rohan & their tightly knotted Sri Lankan families in south London. ...

If flat-pack furniture & expensive designer pieces arent really your thing & youd rather make your own cushion cover than buy it then Homespun Style is for you. Showcasing inspiring homes around the world the book reflects our growing passion for crafting stitching & painting. These are homes packed with personality & interest full of homemade pieces restored junk-shop finds & one-off treasures. Interiors stylist Selina Lake & writer Joanna Simmons will show you how this homely crafty look has been given a modern twist with vivid colours tactile fabrics & bold combinations. The book begins with the Themes from the basics of modern craft to making colour & pattern work. It also focuses on imaginative ways to recycle & reuse from transforming furniture with a lick of paint to finding inspired new uses for everyday items. Next Details looks at textiles furniture & display while the third section Spaces shows how the style works beautifully in living rooms kitchens bedrooms & bathrooms childrens rooms workrooms & even out of doors. ...

Drawing inspiration from the interiors & fashions of the twentieth century this great new book is packed full of knit & crochet projects which will fit perfectly into any vintage-inspired interior. The craft skills that have traditionally been passed down through the generations from mother to daughter are as popular as ever boosted by the current vogue for all things vintage. Creating your own bespoke home furnishings is now seen not just as an exercise in thrift but as a creative & rewarding activity in itself. Two Tone Chic draws inspiration from the sophistication & elegance of Coco Chanels famous little black dress the drama of geometric art deco shapes & the simplicity of embellishments such as ribbons & lace. Folk Tales introduces the tradition of colour & spontaneity found in Scandinavian & Russian folk art with its recurring motifs from the natural world as well as joyful decorative techniques like bobbles beads pom poms embroidery & applique. Birds & flowers adorn cushions while the bright colours of Russian Dolls provide inspiration for a cosy blanket & a sumptuous floor cushion. Time for Tea brings us to the make do & mend era of the 1950s with its floral frocks & afternoon tea parties. Pretty vintage buttons frills & lace are all in evidence here with floral cushions doilies & table runners. With feature spreads on the inspiration behind each look these projects will help you turn your house into a home. Word count: 40 000 ...

Life was always been just about perfect for Brooke Madison Burke. She was the prettiest most popular girl in small-town St Dennis Maryland a prom queen local pageant star & the pride & joy of her loving parents. She even married the man of her dreams. But the promise of happily ever after fell to pieces when her husband was killed while serving in Iraq. Broken-hearted & longing for the solace of better days she returns to the idyllic world of St Dennis & the familiar comfort of the family farm. Surrounded by her loving family & friends she's determined to build a new life complete with her own cupcake bakery. She's equally determined never to fall in love again. For Jesse Enright life has been a challenge. A fourth-generation attorney he's spent his life fighting to escape the shadow of his irresponsible father. Now he's moved to St Dennis to run the family law practice & he's ready to find the right girl get married & settle down. But his carefully laid plans go out the window when he meets Brooke & finds himself caught between the unbreakable law of attraction & Brooke's resolve to go her way alone
- despite the undeniable feelings Jesse stirs in her. But just like catching lightning in a bottle is it possible to fall head-over-heels heart-&-soul in love all over again?
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Theres no doubt about it: domesticity is enjoying a major comeback with the explosion of stitch n bitch" knitting circles; our sudden fascination with canning cheese-making & grinding our own flour; & a tidal wave of memoirs in the "I quit my corporate job & found fulfillment on a Vermont goat farm" vein. Why are women embracing the labor-intense domestic tasks that our mothers & grandmothers so eagerly shrugged off? Why has the image of the blissfully domestic vintage-clad supermom become the medias feminine ideal? In Homeward Bound Emily Matchar offers an investigation into how New Domesticity is fundamentally reshaping the role of women in society & what the consequences might be. With research spanning from coast to coast Matchar introduces us to a diverse cast of characters-Southern food bloggers "radical homemakers" on the East Coast Etsy entrepreneurs in Provo members of urban knitting circles in Austin & many more. She identifies the negative elements of these trends along with the positive ultimately suggesting that this return to domesticity goes a step too far to the detriment of both men & women alike." ...

The Homework books aim to make homework a positive learning experience reinforcing core subjects (English maths & science) & cross-curricular thinking skills through enjoyable practice activities. Pull-out answers make marking quick & easy & give children the chance to evaluate their own progress. Book 1 is aimed at Year 3 pupils (ages 7-8) &
Includes:: literacy
- reading comprehension/dictionary skills/spelling/punctuation maths
- money/telling the time/addition & subtraction/10 times table/tens & units/2-d shapes/quarters science
- living & non-living things/plant growth/what plants & animals need to stay alive.



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Collins KS3 Science Homework Book 2 contains three exciting & levelled questions for every double-page lesson in Pupil Book 2 as well as a CD-ROM of Pupil Book 2. There are three styles of levelled question
- Test yourself Creative & Digital
- each of which will engage your pupils & promote their progression in science. This book is perfectly matched to the new QCA Programme of Study & new Science Framework. It provides exciting & varied homework activities that will help pupils working at all levels to succeed at Key Stage 3. It will: * Make progression easy with clearly-levelled homework questions that provide full differentiation * Make science engaging with three styles of question
- Test yourself Creative & Digital
- & mid-topic project pages * Put science in context with How Science Works questions embedded throughout * Allow pupils access to their Pupil Books at home with the Pupil Book CD-ROM * Encourage pupils to monitor their own progression with the levelled record cards.



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The Homework books aim to make homework a positive learning experience reinforcing core subjects (English maths & science) & cross-curricular thinking skills through enjoyable practice activities. Pull-out answers make marking quick & easy & give children the chance to evaluate their own progress. Book 2 is aimed at Year 3 pupils (ages 7-8) &
Includes:: literacy
- reading comprehension/dictionary skills/spelling/punctuation maths
- money/telling the time/addition & subtraction/10 times table/tens & units/2-d shapes/quarters science
- living & non-living things/plant growth/what plants & animals need to stay alive.



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The Homework books aim to make homework a positive learning experience reinforcing core subjects (English maths & science) & cross-curricular thinking skills through enjoyable practice activities. Pull-out answers make marking quick & easy & give children the chance to evaluate their own progress. Book 3 is aimed at Year 5 pupils (ages 9-10) &
Includes:: literacy
- reading comprehension/nouns & adjectives/plural words/spelling maths
- money/2-d shapes/fractions/number problems/vertical addition & subtraction (with borrowing & carrying)/multiplication squares science
- the earth & what it is made of/the earth's atmosphere/gravity.



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Collins KS3 Science Homework Book 3 contains three exciting & levelled questions for every double-page lesson in Pupil Book 3 as well as a CD-ROM of Pupil Book 3. There are three styles of levelled question -- Test yourself Creative & Digital -- each of which will engage your pupils & promote their progression in science. This book is perfectly matched to the new QCA Programme of Study & new Science Framework. It provides exciting & varied homework activities that will help pupils working at all levels to succeed at Key Stage 3. It will: / Make progression easy with clearly-levelled homework questions that provide full differentiation / Make science engaging with three styles of question -- Test yourself Creative & Digital -- & mid-topic project pages / Put science in context with How Science Works questions embedded throughout / Allow pupils access to their Pupil Books at home with the Pupil Book CD-ROM / Encourage pupils to monitor their own progression with the levelled record cards. ...