The House Plant Expert has been the indoor gardening bible since its introduction in 1960. Over the years it has become the best-selling plant book the world has ever known & there are now more than 14 000 000 copies in print. Updates have appeared at regular intervals & now at last the long-awaited sequel has been published. A host of new house plants have appeared during the last ten years. These plants are in the shops but they are not in the books
- until now. There are in-depth features on bonsai orchids bromeliads Christmas flowers herbs & many more. Roomscaping is introduced
- the way to use house plants alone or in groups as decorative features rather than as green or coloured pets. The problem section answers the main difficulties with indoor plants
- why they don't flower why they die how much to water & much more. There's even a miscellany
- a collection of bits & pieces from the lucky bamboo story to the easy way to measure humidity. Over 200 million house plants are sold every year in the UK & sales have increased 200% over the last decade (source: The Times). Millions of people everywhere rely on the House Plant Expert for the straightforward reliable advice it contains. Now there is The House Plant Expert: Book Two for the millions who want to know more. There are lots more plants to buy lots more ideas.



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Rabbit is a worrier. He even worries in his sleep. One night a particularly bad dream wakes him with a start. & when it is quickly followed by a terrible CRASH he is quite sure that he & all the other house animals are DOOMED. Join Rabbit as he bravely leads the other animals to safety & discovers the source of the noise... ...

Jacob Hunt is a teenager: brilliant at maths wicked sense of humour extraordinarily organised hopeless at reading social cues. & Jacob has Aspergers. He is locked in his own world
- aware of the world outside & wanting to make a connection. Jacob tries to be like everyone else but doesnt know how. When his tutor is found dead all the hallmark behaviours of Jacobs syndrome
- not looking someone in the eye odd movements inappropriate actions
- start looking a lot like guilt to the police. & Jacobs mother must ask herself the hardest question in the world: is her child capable of murder?


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In a city full of vampires trouble never sleeps. At the tender age of 27 Merit became a sword-wielding vampire. Since then shes become the protector of her House watched Chicago nearly burn to the ground & seen her Master fall & rise. Now shell see her mettle
- & her metal
- tested like never before. It started with two... Two rogues vanishing without a trace. Someone is targeting Chicagos vampires & anyone could be next. With their house in peril Merit & her Master the centuries old Ethan Sullivan must race to stop the disappearances. But as they untangle a web of secret alliances & ancient evils they realize their foe is more familiar & more powerful than they could have ever imagined.

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Meet the Bird Family. All four children have an idyllic childhood: a picture-book cottage in a country village a warm cosy kitchen filled with love & laughter sun-drenched afternoons in a rambling garden. But one Easter weekend a tragedy strikes the Bird family that is so devastating that almost imperceptibly it begins to tear them apart. The years pass & the children become adults & begin to develop their own quite separate lives. Soon it's almost as though they've never been a family at all. Almost. But not quite. Because something has happened that will call them home back to the house they grew up in
- & to what really happened that Easter weekend all those years ago.
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The Housebuilder's Bible" is unique
- the first book in its field to mix information & advice with detailed yardstick costings
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' People go north for a variety of reasons some stay for a lifetime while others can't wait to leave at the end of whatever term they have signed on for. The north tends to be either loved or hated with equal passion.' These are the words of Keith Billington who with his wife Muriel arrived in the Northwest Territories outpost of Fort Mc Pherson 1 700 miles north of Edmonton in mid-September 1964. They were among those who loved the North & stayed for six years. Keith a nurse & Muriel a midwife were barely into their twenties & fresh from England when they arrived eager to put their brand new skills to work. Their clients were the Gwich'in people who taught them how to snowshoe choose a dog team & live off the l&. These two young professionals were all the medical help available at the births of babies & the tragic deaths of other children they were the first to tend gun-shot victims & deal with illnesses made worse by the isolation. Their story also tells of caribou hunts fishing in summer lakes & travelling in winter by dog team of sun-returning parties & drum-dancing & New Year feasts. The book concludes with Keith leading a group who retrace the route of the tragic RCMP ' Lost Patrol.' This is a delightfully warm celebration of the north in the days just before skidoos & cell phones took the edge off the isolation. ...

Covering cleaning laundry energy saving recycling decorating maintenance gardening pet care cooking & the domestic arts of entertaining & organisation Household Hints" is the only guide you will need to take advantage of traditional wisdom in combination with modern knowledge to achieve cheaper safer & more environmentally friendly household management. Presented in a clear accessible style with bite-size tips from using an iron to removing candle wax from your carpet to keeping bugs off your plants with onion & garlic insecticide " Household Hints" is an invaluable companion in the home." ...

Domestic God or Sofa Slob? This unique work now available in a revised & expanded edition contains everything the modern man needs to discover the art of household management. Household Management for Men will bring joy to your domestic duties. Discover the secret to a cleaner more organised home; learn how to schedule your tasks; & even understand the inner workings of a washing machine. Packed with expert advice easy-to-follow illustrations & fast simple routines that will show you how to carve a chicken what not to wear
- & why how to avoid excessive ironing how to be king of your kitchen & much more. So begin your domestic tour of duty with Household Management for Men & find your way to a cleaner healthier sexier self.
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First published in 1916 A.L. Fowler's book of household tips is an indispensable guide to effortlessly becoming a domestic goddess. With long-forgotten tricks for tackling twenty-first-century tasks such as removing stains rescuing over-salted food & keeping a fridge odour-free A.L. Fowler is practical & to the point. This delightful volume also reveals the best way to rid yourself of annoying household pests including spiders ants & flies & provides tips on how to remove odours from your hands while advising on the use of natural products to clean floors windows & cooking utensils. Fowler also shows the early twentieth-century housewife how to perform miracles in the kitchen with classic tips on making pastry extra flaky the quickest way to peel carrots & how best to remove burnt bits from an overdone cake. ...