This book lets you discover & explore some of the world's most famous buildings. Looking at famous buildings from across the ages each illustration opens up to reveal the building's interior as well as fascinating facts such as how they were built & their histories. Buildings include the Empire State Building Guggenheim Museum Himeji Castle Versailles Palace Blue Mosque Notre Dame Cathedral & more. This book contains over fifty sturdy embedded flaps. ...

This astonishingly inventive title allows young children to discover the inner workings of the human body in a gently humorous yet wholly accurate way. Bright original colour illustrations & diagrams display all the major organs of the human body & are accompanied by witty clear & informative factual text. It contains over fifty flaps which children can lift to reveal extra detail. Entertaining & authoritative this is human biology for children at its very best
- a book both educational & enjoyable.
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Have you been drinking? says Janet. Yes says John. I saw Mrs Poulton in the whisky shop. She invited me in for a quick sample. She said she didnt care for the 69 & said that shed already had a mouthful of Mcallans & was suffering a little from the Ladyburn after shed had a stiff Glen Elgin earlier. So she watched me have a quick Singleton then Scapa. See Janet chase John down the road. See John run. For the last four years it was on air 8 million listeners to BBC Radio 2s Wake Up To Wogan were beguiled & bewitched by the naughty but nice adventures of John & his wife Janet. As a favorite segment the stories moved with Terry Wogan to his new Sunday morning show. In the style of childrens stories of yesteryear John gets up to all sorts. Then he tells Janet all about his day by which time every perfectly innocent big end back passage & stiff one acquires a whole new meaning... ...

For more than three decades Zig Ziglar one of the great motivators of our age has travelled the world encouraging uplifting & inspiring audiences. His ground-breaking best-seller See You at the Top remains an authentic American classic. Its basic premise-you can get everything in life you want if you help enough other people get what they want -- has guided generations of readers to personal success. This revised & updated edition stresses the importance of honesty loyalty faith integrity & strong personal character. It emphasises the value of a healthy self-image & shows how to build it. Personal goals are an essential part of any program for success. This important book tells you how to set -- & achieve -- those goals & provides step-by-step instructions of how to change the way you think about yourself & your surroundings. Also available as Audio package with 6 tapes. ...

* Explores the intimate connections between specific sounds & syllables the 7 chakras & their corresponding psychological traits* Provides toning exercises using these seed sounds to re-tune & purify the chakras leading to spiritual transformation & wholeness as energetic blockages & negative states are dissipated*
Includes: a 66-minute CD to guide you through each exercise & the toning of each chakras sounds Using the Sacred Alphabetthe universal sounds of all languagessound-healing teacher James DAngelo explores the intimate connections between vowel consonant & syllable combinations each of the 7 chakras & their corresponding psychological traits. He explains for example how the vowel sound uh connects to the root chakra & is found in such words as support & trust words deeply linked to the emotional character of this chakra. Revealing the voice as the master instrument for transformationattested by the spiritual traditions that use chanting as an aid to enlightenmenthe provides an extensive selection of vocal exercises to re-tune & purify each chakra & dissipate any related negative states as well as exercises that incorporate multiple chakras for general well-being. The accompanying 66-minute CD guides you through each exercise & the proper toning of each chakras sounds. In uniting these sacred seed sounds with their corresponding chakras & psychologies the author shows how you can enhance the power of these syllables & purposefully harness them for healing states of deep meditation & spiritual development. By bringing you closer to the voice of the absolute your own voice can be the conduit to the blissful union the soul so deeply desires.
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Questions posed on each spread help children learn about the seeds bulbs plants & flowers in a bright & modern way. Concise text combines with fantastic photography & illustrations in a book that will challenge children to figure things out for themselves. ...

Love forgiveness hope inner healing & discernment are the goals of Taize -- a form of Christian meditation explained in this guide. Providing a Bible passage for each two-page spread & including reflections songs or chants guided questions for contemplation & prayers this collection of meditations can be used to overcome fears & anxieties nurturing trust in the human heart. ...

The final heartbreaking story in the compelling saga that began with ' Flowers in the Attic' repackaged for a new generation of fans. Cathy & Chris haunted by the tragedies & sins of the past return at last to Foxworth Hall where they were hidden so long ago. Despite every endeavour they find that they are prisoners of a past they cannot escape & with a terrifying certainty the past comes back to prey upon them once more... ...

Edited & introduced by Bill Bryson & with contributions from Richard Dawkins Margaret Atwood David Attenborough Martin Rees & Richard Fortey amongst others this is a remarkable volume celebrating the 350th anniversary of the Royal Society. Since its inception in 1660 the Royal Society has pioneered scientific discovery & exploration. The oldest scientific academy in existence its backbone is its Fellowship of the most eminent scientists in history including Charles Darwin Isaac Newton & Albert Einstein. Today its Fellows are the most influential men & women in science many of whom have contributed to this ground-breaking volume alongside some of the world's most celebrated novelists essayists & historians. Published to mark its 350th anniversary this highly illustrated book celebrates the Royal Society's vast achievements in its illustrious past as well as its huge contribution to the development of modern science. With unrestricted access to the Society's archives & photographs ' Seeing Further' shows that the history of scientific endeavour & discovery is a continuous thread running through the history of the world & of society
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The most high-profile referee this country has ever seen the controversial & opinionated Graham Poll exposes the myth that referees are the game's silent men & opens the lid on the shocking & often unbelievable world of football that few outsiders get to see. Fully updated paperback edition with new chapters. Seeing Red is Graham Poll's incisive insight into football from his prime position as the man in black the one in control the eye that sees all. A Premier League referee since 1991 & with ten years as an international referee Graham Poll has handled some of the toughest games in the Premiership involving Arsenal Manchester United Liverpool & Chelsea as well as European Championships & World Cups
- in total over 1500 matches. What is it like to referee the biggest matches in international football? What really goes on between the players in the tunnel before a match & in the dressing room after? Who are the nastiest footballers? & the funniest? Who is the smartest manager? & are the bureaucrats ruining the beautiful game? Controversial & opinionated Poll has crossed swords with some of the biggest names in world football & shares private conversations with the likes of Alex Ferguson Jose Mourinho Sepp Blatter & Steve Mc Claren & the inside story behind controversial incidents involving Roy Keane David Beckham Patrick Vieira & current England captain John Terry among others. Poll also talks about the infamous 2006 World Cup match when he failed to send off a Croatian player after three yellow cards in a crucial tie against Australia returning home early in disgrace & with his career in meltdown. The games the players the managers the suits
- the most outspoken referee in the modern game tells it as it really is.

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