In this jolly little gem of a book Miss Hope & Mr Greenwood offer 50 of their most delectable sweet recipes
- delights such as
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Be inspired by Igigis unique textures & natural palette to create your own haven of calm Zoe Ellison & Alex Legendre have created a beautiful shopping & interiors experience with their unique store i gigi
- a haven of beautiful gifts & unique pieces for your home. The muted earthy colour palette is chic & modern & yet utterly timeless allowing their pieces to fit seamlessly into any home. In this their first book they share their secrets & open their hearts as they describe the journey they have taken what makes them tick their philosophy their friendship their inspirations ideas & interiors. i gigi is a destination store selling the idea of a beautiful yet practical & achievable lifestyle. Their interiors feature reclaimed & revamped pieces & rooms that have been created on a shoestring. With stunning photography throughout this is a truly fascinating look into their world.
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101 inspirational lessons on how to achieve true happiness find fulfilment & live peacefully & meaningfully every day from Robin Sharma leading life coach & author of the multi-million-copy bestseller The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari. How can one achieve true happiness? Is it possible to live with joy passion & purpose every day? It is & this potent book
- with its powerful life lessons & profound wisdom
- can show you how. Here Robin Sharma one of the worlds leading life teachers & bestselling authors takes you on a journey towards a new way of living allowing you to re-purpose your time to make every day meaningful. Offering simple solutions to lifes most frustrating challenges this is a guide to rebalancing the conflicting forces in your life. Its lessons include: * How to discover your calling * How to see your troubles as blessings * How to enjoy the path
- not just the rewards * How to live fully so you can die happy This is a truly remarkable book that you will treasure for a lifetime.


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Every child has the right to a good life
- one of peace health & dignity. But have you ever thought about what this really means?
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Alan Bennetts A Life Like Other Peoples" is a poignant family memoir offering a portrait of his parents marriage & recalling his Leeds childhood Christmases with Grandma Peel & the lives loves & deaths of his unforgettable aunties Kathleen & Myra. Bennetts powerful account of his mothers descent into depression & later dementia comes hand in hand with the uncovering of a long-held tragic secret. A heartrending & at times irresistibly funny work of autobiography by one of the best-loved English writers alive today." ...

John Forsters original three-volume text is abridged & brought to life with the addition of illuminating extracts from Dickens own work & from recent criticism biography & fiction. It is also generously illustrated with materials including original artwork from the serial parts of Dickens novels rare photographs & portraits of Dickens & his circle as well as specially commissioned images from the Charles Dickens Museum of the authors personal possessions & favoured locations. ...

This important 2004 biography of Elgar draws on letters & documents which became available in the preceding twenty-five years. Michael Kennedy a leading scholar of British music & a distinguished musical biographer uses this material which

Includes:: Elgars own vast correspondence in an attempt to get to the centre of the composers complex personality. Elgars letters reveal his unpredictable swings of mood from gaiety & a fondness for puns to morose self-pity & a feeling that he was not wanted & although much of Elgars music sounds confident & coherent it also has an underlying layer of unease melancholy & insecurity. His relationships with his wife & other women friends are a continuing thread in the life of a man who remained acutely conscious of his lower middle-class origins in spite of his meteoric rise to fame honours in Edward VIIs reign & friendship with the King.

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General George Monck is famous for the key role he played in the restoration of the monarchy in 1660
- his actions changed the
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Samuel Johnson was a poet essayist dramatist & pioneering lexicographer but his continuing reputation depends less on his literary output than on the fortunate accident of finding an ideal biographer in James Boswell. As Johnsons constant & admiring companion Boswell was able to record not only the outward events of his life but also the humour wit & sturdy common sense of his conversation. His brilliant portrait of a major literary figure of the eighteenth century enriched by historical & social detail remains a monument to the art of biography. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford Worlds Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxfords commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study & much more. ...

Lee Evans is one of the best-loved comedians in the country; a Hollywood star able to sell out arenas in the blink of eye. But he was not always such a roaring success. The Life of Lee" is an utterly hilarious & very moving autobiography charting his ups & downs on the way to the top. Lee takes us on a darkly humorous journey through his childhood spent running wild on a Bristol housing estate his unconventional school days & through a grim teenage period of numerous dead-end jobs. The book also reveals how as a boy Lee got his first taste of showbiz accompanying his entertainer father around the rowdy unforgiving working-mens club & theatre circuit. Desperately struggling to be accepted this quiet young loner always saw himself as an outsider. But he finally met the love of his life & accidentally discovered the one place where he felt at home: the stage." ...