Grandmothers have been handing out advice for centuries & their tried & tested methods are often the answer to many modern day problems. Did you know that malt vinegar & baking soda are as good as any branded cleaning product? That you can make your own delicious lemonade? Or shampoo that's perfect for your hair colour? Or what the best way to banish nasty bruises & a nagging toothache is? In Grandmother's Wisdom" you'll find all the recipes tips & good old common sense that grandmothers have learned & put into use throughout their lives. All the methods actually work
- not an old wives' tale in sight! Charming entertaining & practical " Grandmother's Wisdom" is the perfect gift for someone needing a little bit of Grandma's guidance."
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Grandpa Green wasnt always a gardener. He was a boy who lived on a farm & a child who had chickenpox. He was a soldier a husband & most of all an artist. Follow his grandson through a garden where memories are handed down through the shapes of topiary trees & imagination recreates things forgotten. GRANDPA GREEN opens the door to a garden of wonder which parents & grandparents will be able to share with children for generations to come. ...

This beautifully told story follows Billy from early spring to late summer as he helps his grandpa on his vegetable patch. They dig the hard ground in early spring sow rows of seeds & keep them watered & safe from slugs. When harvest time arrives they can pick all the vegetables & fruit they have grown. Children will be drawn in by the poetry of the language & the warm illustrations while also catching the excitement of watching things grow! This title is a beautiful portrayal of grandparent-child relationship. It is published to coincide with planting season. It

Includes:: endnotes with Grandpas tips for children to grow their own vegetables. Artwork

Includes:: cross section of vegetables growing up through the soil.



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This is the definitive guide for new grandparents covering 0-3 years
- what's changed what's new & how you can help. Be an informed
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At last a place to record not just your genealogy but also those little details of daily life you never want to lose A Grandparent's Journal asks questions like: Where did your father's family come form?" What was the name of the street you grew up on? Who was your first teacher? Answering these questions & others compiles a fascinating family archive & at the end of each section special pages provide a home for treasured family photographs. The exquisite color illustrations by celebrated artist Mandy Pritty make this journal not only a treasure trove of information but also a beautiful keepsake for your grandchildren & generations to come." ...

Bryan Talbots most recent book Alice in Sunderland" was hailed by the " Guardian" as one of the ten best graphic novels ever & acclaimed by critics all over the world. Before that at the start of his career he created the first ever steampunk graphic novel " The Adventures of Luther Arkwright". In " Grandville" Talbot brings us another steampunk masterpiece. Inspired by the work of the nineteenth-century French illustrator Gerard who worked under the pseudonym Grandville & frequently drew anthropomorphic animal characters it tells the story of detective Inspector Le Brock of Scotland Yard as he stalks a gang of murderers through the heart of Belle Epoque Paris. In this alternative reality France is the major world power & its capital is thronged with steam-driven hansom cabs automatons & flying machines. The characters are mostly animals though there is an underclass of humans often referred to as dough faces who resemble the clear-line characters of Herges " Tintin" books. Visually stunning " Grandville" is a fantastical & audacious rollercoaster ride that will add to Talbots reputation as one of the best graphic novelists in the world." ...

The Badger is back! At Toad Hall lair of multibillionaire. Baron Aristotle Krapaud a cabal of industrialists & fat cats plot the violent overthrow of the French state by the intervention of horribly beweaponed automaton soldiers. Meanwhile the brutal murder of a famous Parisian artist mysteriously stabbed to death in his locked & guarded studio is subject to the investigations of the tenacious Detective Inspector Le Brock of Scotland Yard placing him & his faithful adjunct Detective Sergeant Roderick Ratzi in pursuit of the mysterious masked assassin stalking the cut-throat commercial world of the Grandville art scene. Bete Noire signals the welcome return to anthropomorphic steampunk detective fiction of master storyteller & graphic novel pioneer Bryan Talbot" with the third st&-alone volume of the Eisner & Hugo Award nominated " Grandville" series. As the body count mounts & events spiral exponentially out of control aided by his brilliant deductive abilities & innate ferocity Le Brock battles against outrageous odds in this funny high octane thriller an adventure shot through with both high art & comic book references a glorious illegitimate offspring of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle & Ian Fleming
- with animals! Follow the Badger!"
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The Badger is back! Set three weeks after the finale of Grandville Grandville Mon Amour pits Detective Inspector Archie Le Brock of Scotland Yard against an old adversary & ruthless urban guerrilla Edward Mad Dog Mastock
- a psychotic serial killer whose shocking escape from his execution by guillotine at the Tower of London begins this fast-paced Hitchcockian steampunk thriller. Le Brock still racked by remorse for his failure to prevent the death of the Divine Sarah & working outside the law after resigning his post following a blazing row with his superior officer embarks on a quest to redeem himself by tracking down Mastock & bringing to an end his horrific murder spree. Aided by his adjunct & old friend Detective Roderick Ratzi he follows the trail of carnage to Paris. Otherwise known as Grandville its the largest city in a world dominated by France a city used to violence following the years of terrorist bombings by the extreme fanatic wing of the British resistance during the occupation the notorious Angry Brigade of which Mastock was the sadistic leading light. With his customary tenacity Le Brock stalks his prey through a world populated by anthropomorphic animals an underclass of humans & automaton robots where advanced steam technology powers everything from hansom cabs to iron flying machines. Its a trail that leads to the demimonde of Parisian prostitution & an atrocity perpetrated twenty-three years ago. With a range of new & fascinating characters & a mix of Holmesian deduction knowing humour & edge of the seat action Grandville Mon Amour continues the vein of high-octane adventure begun in the first volume. Can even Le Brock escape the past or do heroes have feet of clay? Follow the badger!
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It is not as widely known as it should be that Britain has the most varied geology of any country in the world. This book is a celebration in words & pictures of what its mountains are made from & how they got there. This in turn determines what theyre like to climb scramble on or walk over. Why is Skiddaw slate so slippery? How do tors form? Why is gritstone so difficult? Why is Lakeland so picturesque & the granite lands so grim & forbidding? Geology is destiny whether its the rubbishy nature of gullies & screes the sculpting of valleys by ice or the landslip weirdness of Quiraing on the Isle of Skye. British mountains contain many interesting & different ingredients: gneiss & granite & gabbro; limestone & sandstone; schist & slate; the product & the debris of tectonic shifts volcanoes earthquakes & glaciers over many millennia. This book explains all this to the layman from an expert but personal perspective & will add immeasurably to the fun & satisfaction to be gained from any day in the hills. ...

Get away from here before youre completely bewitched & enslaved... Dorothy Carrington was told while sitting in a fishermans cafe at the magically quiet midday hour. But enslaved she was. Granite Island" much more than a travel book grew out of years spent in Corsica & is an incomparably vivid & delightful portrait. For the first time Corsica is brought to light as a vital element in Europe: a highly individualistic island culture whose people have nurtured their love of freedom & political justice as well as their pride hospitality & poetry." ...