Whether you suffer from aches pains & creaky joints or you simply feel old beyond your years Keep Your Joints Young" will help you achieve a better body & a healthier life. Sarah Key a renowned physiotherapist & bestselling author shows you how to keep your skeleton young with a series of stretches designed to combat stiffness & pain. This practical & accessible guide shows you how to: spot the tell-tale warning signs of imminent joint problems; take immediate action to reverse the trend; & exercise to alleviate pain & restore full mobility. With stretches to suit all levels of ability & a 30-minute daily regime " Keep Your Joints Young" will help you break the bad habits that come with our increasingly sedentary lifestyle." ...

Can our personalities be taken away from us? Are memory & identity mutually dependent? What exactly is the soul? Three years ago Andrea Gillies a writer & mother of three took on the care of her mother-in-law Nancy who was in the middle stages of Alzheimers disease. This newly extended family moved to a big Victorian house on a headland in the far far north of Scotland where the author failed to write a novel & Nancy her disease accelerated by change began to move out of the rational world & into dementias alternative reality. This book is a journal of life in this wild location in which Gillies tracks Nancys unravelling grasp on everything that we think of as ordinary & interleaves her own brilliantly cogent investigations into the way Alzheimers works. For the family at the centre of this drama the learning curve was steeper & more interesting than anyone could have imagined. ...

This is an extraordinary debut novel winner of the Branford Boase Award & the Bronze Nestle Children's Book Prize. In a newspaper office Paul Faustino South America's top football writer sits opposite the man they call El Gato the Cat" the world's greatest goalkeeper. On the table between them stands the World Cup. In the hours that follow El Gato tells his incredible story
- how he a poor logger's son learns to become a World Cup-winning goalkeeper so good he is almost unbeatable. & the most remarkable part of this story is the man who teaches him: the mysterious Keeper who haunts a football pitch at the heart of the claustrophobic rainforest..."
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John Hendrie Barnsleys ex-manager on Lars Leese: Lars Leese is a shambles. Hes a loser who never achieved anything. Dave Hill in the Guardian on The Keeper of Dreams: Leeses outsider story takes us...to the true heartbeat of our national game At the age of 28 German goalkeeper Lars Leese was catapulted from a minor league football field somewhere near Cologne to a small industrial town in the north of Engl&. Something of a culture shock certainly but nothing compared to finding himself in goal for Barnsley playing the mighty Liverpool at Anfield in front of over 45 000 spectators. Plucked from obscurity & playing in one of the most important leagues in the world Leese experienced in real life what thousands of boys
- & men
- can only dream of: stepping out of the crowd & onto a Premiership pitch. Lars Leeses foray into the wild world of professional football lasted only three years but his journey from computer software salesman to Premiership goalie is a remarkable story. Here Ronald Reng traces his stratospheric rise & equally alarming descent: the resulting narrative is an indispensable antidote to the traditional footballing briography & a unique

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Youve just been jilted at the alter. Your day is about to get a lot worse. If Nina Cormiers wedding had taken place she would be dead. But after the bride was left at the altar the church stood empty when the bomb exploded. It wasnt until a stranger tried to run her off the road that Nina realised someone actually wanted to kill her. But who? Thats what Nina has to find out
- & fast. As the nightmare unfolds all around her Nina must try to decipher the terrifying truth: she is at the mercy of a brilliant madman one who is playing for keeps.
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This is Book one in this new fantasy adventure series Keeper of the Realms". Ive just had a flesh-eating giant tearing around my house & now Im in this strange land I dont know anything about! Charlie Keeper has been forced from her home by a bloodthirsty & terrifying stranger. But in escaping she discovers her house holds the gateway to the Realm of Bellania
- a place of myth magic.. .and an evil Lord with a very bad attitude. Now its fate rests squarely upon Charlies shoulders. But before she can untangle the mystery that will save Bellania she needs the answer to a life-changing secret her guardian the dastardly Mr Crow has been keeping from her.. . Just who is Charlie Keeper?"
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Your abilities as a Keeper allow you to open doors that others can not. Imprisoned in the mythical world of Bellania Charlie Keeper is at the mercy of Lord Banes guards while her loyal friends have been sold into slavery. When the Terrifying Edge Darkmount breaks into her cell he promises to decipher the meaning of her mysterious pendant
- & unlock the secrets of Bellania
- if she will help him get revenge on Bane. But can she Trust him? The future of the realm relies on Charlies special powers. Even if she escapes it may take more than she can summon to overthrow the evil lord
- it may take an entire army... This book is a contemporary fantasy adventure for 10 plus with elements of The Wizard of Oz Lemony Snicket & The Lion the Witch & the Wardrobe. Perfect for fans of Tolkiens The Hobbit" & Paul Stewart & Chris Riddells " The Edge Chronicles". "I would rather read Crows Revenge than Harry Potter!" (Michael B Year 7)."


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' Keepers is a tour guide to a fascinating part of our history. These ancient & often eccentric titles & appointment not only tell us about what our ancestors valued but they persuade us to value them too.' Julian Fellowes This glorious photographic celebration published to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of the Coronation of HM The Queen observes & records over a thousand years of living British history through titles ancient offices & appointments that are still in use. Some titles are inherited some retain a connection to something now irrelevant & others come with an important job. The earliest dating back to Saxon times & the most recent was created in 2008. Keepers features over 100 titles: we see Her Majesty The Queen photographed exclusively & for the first time as Chief of the Chiefs Prince William as a newly installed Knight of the Garter & the Duchess of Cornwall as Lady of the Isles; other titles include the Bearer of the Dog Whipper's Rod reenacting the once vital post of clearing Exeter Cathedral of wild dogs the Boy Bishop of Hereford the Sculptor in Ordinary in Scotland; the Searcher of Sanctuary & High Bailiff of Westminster Abbey & the Keeper of the Great Clock all photographed in their robes
- if they have them
- & in places relevant & significant to each title.

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More popular than ever beekeeping is a fascinating craft that is fun to learn & the perfect antidote to the stress of modern life. This practical guide covers everything a new beekeeper needs to know from buying equipment to harvesting your very own honey. With clear step-by-step instructions on handling & checking your bees helpful tips & advice on keeping them healthy & productive & also featuring a collection of tempting honey-based recipes for you to try Keeping Bees contains everything a modern beekeeper should know. ...

Luke Dixon argues the case for urban beekeeping & then tells the reader everything they need to know about how to do it. From siting hives & reassuring the neighbours to combating interference from wind artificial light & predators this is a one-stop reference to take the urban beekeeper from set-up to first honey harvest. Advice on equipment planting swarm prevention & management & selling honey are all included. In 2010 bee colonies in Britain grew by 50% & 31% of the growth is in urban areas An in-depth guide to everything you need to know about keeping bees in town ...