A personal view of the natural world Life Stories 2 is the second installment of Sir Davids look back at the wildlife that has captured his imagination & enthusiasm over his distinguished career. It is a fascinating trip around the world in search of extraordinary plants animals & people in the company of this wonderful communicator. Sir David shares his thoughts on a whole range of topics from animals like the Kiwi the Cuckoo & the Chameleon to flora like Charnia & the canopy & even other famous British naturalists like the evolutionary biologist Alfred Russel Wallace. The real magic of the book though is Sir Davids interaction with the natural world. The excitement of lying in wait to catch a glimpse of a Kiwi or the unexpected childhood discovery of Charnia in the most unlikely place. In Life Stories 2 readers will be able to enjoy all the enthusiasm & wonder about the natural world that Sir David has so uniquely conveyed throughout his remarkable career. Chapters: Canopy Kiwi Charnia Foreign Fare Cicada Earthworms Alfred Russel Wallace Hummers Identities Rats Monsters Butterflies Cuckoo Quetzalcoatlus Chameleon Nectar Waterton Fireflies Elsa Chimps. ...

The ubiquitous angels of everyday life are introduced in this fully revised & expanded bestseller. Buoyed by the firsthand experiences of regular people who have interacted with angels the book offers guidance on how to reach out to the gentle beings who have chosen to serve mankind through help support & healing. The identities & purposes of a multitude of angels are explored from the small angels who care for the slightest daily tasks to the enormous archangels who cast light over great universal projects. By raising consciousness & awareness about these heavenly spirits & the amazing companionship they have to offer this investigation offers a glimpse into a more evolved world full of peace light & joy. ...

The New Machiavelli is a gripping account of life inside 'the bunker' of Number 10. In his twenty-first century reworking of Niccolo Machiavelli's influential masterpiece The Prince Jonathan Powell
- Tony Blair's Chief of Staff from 1994
- 2007
- recounts the inside story of that period drawing on his own unpublished diaries. Taking the lessons of Machiavelli derived from his experience as an official in fifteenth-century Florence Powell shows how these lessons can still apply today. Illustrating each of Machiavelli's maxims with a description of events that occurred during Tony Blair's time as Prime Minister The New Machiavelli is designed to be The Prince for modern times.


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New Malden is situated between the much better known Kingston & Wimbledon. Its history is fairly recent & came about because The London & South Western Railway Company sited a station halfway between the wealthy residents of Coombe & the small village of Malden (now Old Malden). Property speculators immediately started building houses in the fields around Malden & Coombe (now New Malden) Station & thus was New Malden born in the 1860s. New Malden grew steadily becoming an Urban District Council in 1895 when it absorbed Coombe & Old Malden then a Borough in 1936. In 1965 it was itself absorbed along with Surbiton into the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames. Despite this New Malden continues to thrive as a local community with its own local paper the Village Voice its High Street & its festival of Malden Fortnight. ...

Learn everything you need to know about photography from the world's bestselling photography author John Hedgecoe. Top photographer John Hedgecoe brings over 35 years experience & an inspiring collection of his own images to update this essential sourcebook for photographers of all levels. Learn everything you need to know about cameras; from the theory of how they work to choosing the right digital or film camera for your specific needs. Pick up tips on the technicalities of taking photos from choosing exposure & shutter speeds to studio lighting film processing & digital imaging. Plus get advice on composition & learn to capture the mood & spirit of your subjects. ...

This popular & practical best-selling manual now revised to make it more accessible to the general reader allows us to discover for ourselves the inner peace & lightness of mind that come from meditation. The author explains twenty-one step-by-step meditations leading to increasingly peaceful & beneficial states of mind & that together form the entire Buddhist path to enlightenment. By practising these meditations we can transform our daily lives fulfil our spiritual potentials & find lasting happiness. ...

With so many different models & specifications to navigate this book will help you get the Mini you want at the right price. Featuring over a hundred colour images plus details of problems to keep an eye out for it is an essential aid for the discerning buyer providing insight into market & value data & predicting future collectable models. Owning a Mini" can be a very sociable experience & this book gives details of back-up & support organisations for BMW's British
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Heffa Lump is a self-centred seventeen-year-old who needs to grow up & get a life. Fortunately the Spatula Academy of Fictional Excellence specializes in helping characters from kids books cross over into adult fiction. Unfortunately shes distracted from her attempts to leave adolescence behind when she meets Teddy Kelledy
- an impossibly gorgeous boy who eats rare meat is super-strong & never goes out in daylight. Could he
- just maybe
- be a vampire? (Hint: totally.) Soon Heffa finds herself harassed by supernatural forces on all sides: vampire goths peddling the deadly drug Emo all over town Jacko-worshipping zombies trying to eat her brains & werewolves lurking in basements reading copies of Wolf Whistle. A fight is coming & apparently shes involved... Will Heffa be able to narrate herself out of danger? Will Teddy learn that being with a girl doesnt always have to be about biting? & what will happen when the New Moan rises? New Moan" is guaranteed to make any fan laugh out loud with its irreverent & clever take on this popular series which is brilliantly on the nose."


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Modern architecture is a story of movements styles & genres. But what of the work that remains defiantly unique refusing to submit to a label or genre? The New Modern House" is a comprehensive look at the emerging trend of architecture that favours substance over style combining functional design & sustainable processes with a straightforward honest aesthetic. " The New Modern House" features around 50 residential case studies from single family houses to self-builds eco-friendly structures recycled projects & creative re-uses. All are accompanied by full details models sketches & diagrams allowing a closer look at their conception & construction. At the heart of the book is the concept of a new authenticity & how an emerging anti-aesthetic approach demonstrates a logical evolution of modernist design. The book contains work from around the world including France Germany Spain Portugal Belgium Sweden Switzerland Japan Norway & more. The emphasis is on unselfconscious modest architecture projects that are at odds with contemporary obsessions with high concept design big names & brand identity. " The New Modern House" is an inspirational guide to this new architectural concept describing a diversity of new forms & new approaches to the modern house." ...

I stuck my finger under the edge of the paper & jerked it under the tape. Shoot I muttered when the paper sliced my finger. A single drop of blood oozed from the tiny cut. It all happened very quickly then. No! Edward roared.. . Dazed & disorientated I looked up from the bright red blood pulsing out of my arm
- & into the fevered eyes of the six suddenly ravenous vampires. For Bella Swan there is one thing more important than life itself: Edward Cullen. But being in love with a vampire is more dangerous than Bella ever could have imagined. Edward has already rescued Bella from the clutches of an evil vampire but now as their daring relationship threatens all that is near & dear to them they realise their troubles may just be beginning.. .
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