This pop-up lift-the-flap edition of DEAR ZOO is packed full of exciting new surprises & retains all the charm of the classic story. Open the flaps on every page & all your favourite animals from the original DEAR ZOO story will spring to life! Among the animals you can find a very tall giraffe a fierce lion with real bite & a very jumpy frog but will the zoo send the perfect pet in the end? ...

The timeless rags-to-riches story of Cinderella is brought to life with enchanting pop-ups & magical sounds
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Play Pop-up Peekaboo! Farm with your baby for a feast of new surprises. With 5 touch & feel surprises your baby will love the bright photographs & pop-out farmyard surprises. Watch as a cockerel pops out from a pigsty & a horse pops out from a field of cows. Read together & lift the flaps to reveal your baby's favourite farm animals popping out from the page. Perfect for reading aloud & encouraging early word recognition your baby will love the new pop-outs in this award-winning series. It is great for developing imagination early-thinking & memory skills. ...

Play Pop-up Peekaboo! Playtime with your baby for a feast of new surprises. With 5 touch & feel surprises your baby will love the bright photographs & pop-out playtime surprises. Watch as teddy pops out of a shelf full of toys & a train pops out of a busy station. Read together & lift the flaps to reveal your baby's favourite toys popping out from the page. Perfect for reading aloud & encouraging early word recognition your baby will love the new pop-outs in this award-winning series. It is great for developing imagination early-thinking & memory skills. ...

A delightful little pop-up book about an essential stage of toddler development. With over 400 000 copies sold throughout the world in 14 different languages this novelty book is a winner. Fun vibrant illustrations by Maxie Chambliss complement a simple straight forward text. ...

Too long hidden away in dark movie theatres popcorn is a treat that's ready to take a leading role! & on hand to give this humble kernel a star makeover is the wonderfully creative Hannah Miles who shows how popcorn can be dressed up in a riotous variety of fabulous flavours! Sweet treats range from classic Butter Toffee to indulgent Raspberry & White Chocolate. For those who prefer savoury flavours the Pumpkin Seed Chilli & Thai Spiced varieties are all great healthy snacking options. But it is the gourmet flavours that are not to be missed: try Margarita Black Truffle or Salted Caramel popcorn for a truly decadent treat. Or simply combine this favourite snack into other popcorn treats such as Cookies Cupcakes Sundaes or Lollipops for the best of both worlds. The possibilities are endless & the preparation is simple so join in the fun & start popping! ...

What's the best thing to snack on while you watch a movie? Popcorn! The world's favourite snack has been with us for thousands of years but now it has just got interesting. Popcorn! is packed with more than 100 original mouth-watering recipes from Dark Chocolate & Whisky Popcorn Balls to Popcorn-breaded Southern-fried chicken from sticky marshmallow popcorn to classic toffee. The perfect book to make this quick easy & fun snack food for yourself or for friends. Each recipe is accompanied by a recommended film (such as the Molly Ringwald film Pretty in Pink for our Pink Mallow Popcorn recipe) & stunning bright photography. Popcorn is a healthy sugar-free wheat-free dairy-free snack that is an ever-present in every food trends survey in 2011. Why buy gourmet popcorn packs when you can make your own a-maize-ing food in minutes at home? ...

From his first appearance on a Vatican balcony Pope Francis proved himself a Pope of Surprises. With a series of potent gestures history's first Jesuit pope declared a mission to restore authenticity & integrity to a Catholic Church bedevilled by sex abuse & secrecy intrigue & in-fighting ambition & arrogance. He declared it should be 'a poor Church for the poor'. But there is a hidden past to this modest man with the winning smile. Jorge Mario Bergoglio was previously a bitterly divisive figure. His decade as leader of Argentina's Jesuits left the religious order deeply split. & his behaviour during Argentina's Dirty War when military death squads snatched innocent people from the streets raised serious questions
- on which this book casts new light. Yet something dramatic then happened to Jorge Mario Bergoglio. He underwent an extraordinary transformation. After a time of exile he re-emerged having turned from a conservative authoritarian into a humble friend of the poor
- & became Bishop of the Slums making enemies among Argentina's political classes in the process. For Pope Francis
- Untying the Knots Paul Vallely travelled to Argentina & Rome to meet Bergoglio's intimates over the last four decades. His book charts a remarkable journey. It reveals what changed the man who was to become Pope Francis
- from a reactionary into the revolutionary who is unnerving Rome's clerical careerists with the extent of his behind-the-scenes changes. In this perceptive portrait Paul Vallely offers both new evidence & penetrating insights into the kind of pope Francis could become.



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John Julius Norwich examines the oldest continuing institution in the world tracing the papal line down the centuries from St Peter (traditionally
- but by no means historically
- the first Pope) to the present. Of the 280-odd holders of the supreme office some have unquestionably been saints; others have wallowed in unspeakable iniquity. One was said to have been a woman her sex being revealed only when she improvidently gave birth to a baby during a papal procession. Almost as shocking was Formosus whose murdered corpse was exhumed clothed in pontifical vestments propped up on a throne & subjected to trial. From the glories of Byzantium to the decay of Rome from the Albigensian Heresy to controversy within the Church today The Popes is superbly written witty & revealing.

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The Maude is outside. It wants to come in. It wants to sit on your chest. The mentally ill patients in Beechway High Secure Unit are highly suggestible. A hallucination can spread like a virus. When unexplained power cuts lead to a series of horrifying incidents fear spreads from the inmates to the staff. Amidst the growing hysteria AJ a senior psychiatric nurse is desperate to protect his charges. Detective Inspector Jack Caffery is looking for the corpse of a missing woman. He knows all too well how it feels to fail to find a loved ones body. When AJ seeks Cafferys help in investigating the trouble at Beechway each man must face a bitter truth in his own life. Before staring pure evil in the eye. ...