Join Lulu on her exciting culinary journey as she discovers sticky honey a banana to peel a picnic box to unpack & a brilliant finale
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Lulu is the ultimate beauty icon for women -- small in stature but big in personality & attitude she's renowned for looking fantastic for her age. How does she do it? For the first time ever Lulu finally reveals her secrets for looking youthful glamorous & polished whatever the occasion. With her honest down-to-earth style she opens up about the day-to-day fashion & beauty tricks she's picked up over the years to ensure she always looks & feels her best. With five decades in the music business Lulu is well aware of the image issues & challenges that women often face. Dressing the same way as you did in your twenties & thirties doesn't cut it but neither do women want to become invisible simply because they are over forty. Likewise makeup & skin care routines need to change with age & Lulu has the low-down on tips tricks & cheats so that women everywhere can find their own style & individuality. With stunning photography throughout to inspire Lulu gives candid practical & easy-to-follow advice on skin care makeup exercise hair diet wardrobe & most importantly how to achieve that elusive inner confidence & well-being that shines through. ...

As every parent will testify toddlers are absolutely fascinated by shoes. Toddlers take shoes on & off undo the Velcro tabs tie up laces & fiddle with buckles. Leaving the house involves trying on every pair of shoes they possess before the right ones are chosen. All in all there's no end to the hold shoes seem to have on toddlers
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- the boys are just as bad! Lulu's Shoes is therefore the answer to every parent's prayers. A delightful novelty book with guaranteed toddler appeal
- put this book into their hands as you're getting them into the buggy & you might just get to Tesco's before lunchtime!


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This is the remarkable memoir of the small girl (5 foot 1 inch tall) with the huge voice. At the age of 15 in 1964 Lulu
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As the clock chimed the turn of the twentieth century Lilly Nelly Aphrodite took her first breath. Born to a cabaret dancer & soon orphaned in a scandalous double murder Lilly finds refuge at a Catholic orphanage coming under the wing of the at times severe Sister August the first in a string of lost loves. There she meets Hanne Schmidt a teen prostitute & forms a bond that will last them through tumultuous love affairs disastrous marriages & destitution during the First World War & the subsequent economic collapse. As the century progresses Lilly & Hanne move from the tawdry glamour of the tingle-tangle nightclubs to the shadow world of health films before Lilly finds success & stardom in the new medium of motion pictures & ultimately falls in love with a man whose fate could cost her everything she has worked for or help her discover her true self. Gripping & darkly seductive The Luminous Life of Lilly Aphrodite showcases all the glitter & splendour of the brief heyday of the Weimar Republic & the rise of Hollywood to its golden age. As it foreshadows the horrors of the Second World War the novel asks what price is paid when identity becomes unfixed & the social order is upended. ...

This is the second book in The Lunar Chronicles" series by Marissa Meyer. This is not the fairytale you remember. But it's one you won't forget. Scarlet Benoit's grandmother is missing. The police have closed her case. The only person Scarlet can turn to is Wolf a street fighter she does not trust but they are drawn to each other. Meanwhile in New Beijing Cinder will become the Commonwealth's most wanted fugitive
- when she breaks out of prison to stay one step ahead of vicious Queen Levana. As Scarlet & Wolf expose one mystery they encounter Cinder & a new one unravels. Together they must challenge the evil queen who will stop at nothing to make Prince Kai her husband her king her prisoner... Red Riding Hood-meets-Percy Jackson in a thrilling new spin on Grimm by Marissa Meyer the author of " Cinder"."
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In the 1760s a group of amateur experimenters met & made friends in the Midlands. Most came from humble families all lived far from the centre of things but they were young & their optimism was boundless: together they would change the world. Among them were the ambitious toy-maker Matthew Boulton & his partner James Watt of steam-engine fame; the potter Josiah Wedgewood; the larger-than-life Erasmus Darwin physician poet inventor & theorist of evolution (a forerunner of his grandson Charles). Later came Joseph Priestley discoverer of oxygen & fighting radical. With a small band of allies they formed the Lunar Society of Birmingham (so called because it met at each full moon) & kick-started the Industrial Revolution. Blending science art & commerce the Lunar Men" built canals launched balloons named plants gases & minerals changed the face of England & the china in its drawing rooms & plotted to revolutionize its soul. This exhilarating account uncovers the friendships political passions love affairs & love of knowledge (and power) that drove these extraordinary men. It echoes to the thud of pistons & the wheeze & snort of engines & brings to life the tradesmen artisans & tycoons who shaped & fired the modern age." ...

Deep within the heart of the Moiraean Mountains lies the town of Opum Oppidulum
- home to the freezing Lake Beluarum & it's rumoured
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Join the wonderfully weird Otherhand family & their faithful guardian Edgar the raven & discover the dark secrets of Castle Otherh&. Solstice & Cudweed are appalled to find their father has appointed a new school master. But things get even worse when the grumpy viciously mean teacher actually arrives. The Otherhand children are sure theres something more to him than meets the eye
- the trouble is who will believe them? No one it seems. Except perhaps Edgar. Winner of the 2011 Blue Peter Book Award for Most Fun Story With Pictures LUNATICS & LUCK is the third story in this hilarious six book mystery series (with a touch of goth-froth) for 9 year olds from bestselling author Marcus Sedgwick with quirky black & white line illustrations from new talent Pete Williamson. Dedicated website on Raven Mysteries: www.ravenmysteries.co.uk
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Has a meal ever changed your life? Part love story part wine-splattered cookbook Lunch in Paris" is a deliciously tart forthright & funny story of falling in love with a Frenchman & moving to the world's most romantic city
- not the Hollywood version but the real Paris a heady mix of blood sausage pains aux chocolats & irregular verbs. From gutting her first fish (with a little help from Jane Austen) to discovering the French version of Death by Chocolate Elizabeth Bard finds that learning to cook & building a new life have a lot in common. Peppered with recipes this mouth-watering love story is the perfect treat for anyone who has ever suspected that lunch in Paris could change their life."
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