Though humans cannot speak cat they vocalise repeatedly. Most of their vocalisations are meaningless & can be completely ignored. In urban areas fun can be got from hunting human objects such as mink stoles or old underpants. For some reason this kind of prey is usually greeted with human laughter. To get a male human off an armchair jump on the back of it hold down his head with a firm paw & lick his bald patch. Purring right into the ear is one of the kindest ways to tell a human being that it is time to get out of bed. ...

On days out to the beach always be the first in the family to get out of the car onto the beach & into the sea. Always be the last in the family to get out of the sea onto the beach & into the car. Remember to shake excess sea water from your fur once you are inside the car. Humans may refrain from passing you food to test. To them a piece of salmon followed by Liquorice Allsorts a chocolate cake & a selection of vegetables is a foul combination. Humans believe meals should be categorised into three sections. A starter a main course & a sweet. Disavow them of this. Food is food. Always make sure you have more energy at the end of a walk than you did at the beginning. Believe me humans love the futility of taking you for a walk to tire you out. ...

From the Family
- pushy mother long suffering father & sensitive daughter to the Nervous Adult Learner The Yard Know It All & Dressage
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Horse addicts come in all shapes sizes & guises but are easily recognisable as a breed. They never have food in their fridge they forget to go shopping & live on junk. Their horse on the other hand has special supplements for all its needs & its feed is agonised over carefully chosen & measured to ensure optimum nutrition for its workload. Addict & non-addict can live in beautiful harmony if the right balance is achieved
- it is easiest to develop your stable hand skills & be grateful the horse is too big to share the bed with you. Lovers of cat & dog addicts arent so lucky!
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This vivid & varied collection of stories with a spiritual message is gathered together by Margaret Silf from a wide range of time periods & cultures around the world. Stories can be a powerful means of communication; each of these stories has at its heart a spiritual message that reflects Christian values which means that they can be read at different levels. They are ideal for personal use & enjoyment & will also be a valuable resource for church leaders & school teachers. ...

This is a reflective & beautifully put-together anthology of poems to stimulate the emotions whether evoking the comforting silence of true friendship the thrill of sea tempests in the night the power of hunger or the joy of the first stirrings of love. Divided into seven themed sections (mystery animals childhood people scene war & love) it

Includes:: many classics by authors such as Walter de la Mare G.K. Chesterton Dylan Thomas Ogden Nash Michael Rosen Eleanor Farjeon T.S. Eliot W.H. Auden E.E. Cummings Roger Mc Gough & Philip Larkin.

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An acknowledged masterpiece this is the story of seven generations of the Buendia family & of Macondo the town they have built. Though little more than a settlement surrounded by mountains Macondo has its wars & disasters even its wonders & miracles. A microcosm of Columbian life its secrets lie hidden encoded in a book & only Aureliano Buendia can fathom its mysteries & reveal its shrouded destiny. Blending political reality with magic realism fantasy with comic invention One Hundred Years of Solitude" is one of the most daringly original works of the twentieth century." ...

' Many years later as he faced the firing squad Colonel Aureliano Buendia was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice.' Pipes & kettledrums herald the arrival of gypsies on their annual visit to Macondo the newly founded village where Jose Arcadio Buendia & his strong-willed wife Ursula have started their new life. As the mysterious Melquiades excites Aureliano Buendia's father with new inventions & tales of adventure neither can know the significance of the indecipherable manuscript that the old gypsy passes into their hands. Through plagues of insomnia civil war hauntings & vendettas the many tribulations of the Buendia household push memories of the manuscript aside. Few remember its existence & only one will discover the hidden message that it holds... This new edition of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's most celebrated novel is published to coincide with celebrations to mark the 80th birthday of this Nobel Prize winning author in 2007. ...

From prodigal daughter to billionaire heiress? The discovery that corporate mogul Lincoln Du Bois had left her half his company rocked Deidre Kavanaugh's world. After all she'd only just learned that the billionaire could be her real father. & with his right-hand man Nick Malone up in arms claiming her share of the inheritance wouldn't be easy. Charismatic tycoon Nick Malone had his doubts about Deidre's paternity claim but it was hard to remain aloof when all he wanted to do was kiss her! Nick couldn't seem to stop wanting to protect the rebellious beauty
- or silence the desire to make her his own. & if her claim was true Nick could lose half his inheritance. So why was he focusing on what he could gain...a lifetime of love with the woman of his dreams?
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If one is a snail & two is a person... we must be counting by feet! Children will love this hilariously illustrated introduction to simple counting & multiplication with big feet & small
- on people & spiders dogs & insects snails & crabs
- from one to one hundred!

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