Things are hotting up for Tintin as a huge fireball comes hurtling towards earth! Soon he is setting sail with Captain Haddock to find the meteorite in the stormy Arctic Ocean but a valuable metal is contained in the meteorite & Tintin's attempts to reach it are met with relentless sabotage! ...

Co-hosting one of the countrys finest partridge & pheasant shoots with her husband The Duke of Rutland The Duchess (Emma) assumed she knew about shooting. Wrong. Talking to & watching every Gun loader beater & their dog
- at their home Belvoir Castle in Leicestershire
- slowly exposed a gaping chasm in her understanding of the sport & its relevance to our countryside. Undaunted in just one season she set herself a herculean task to visit over twenty contrasting shoots including John Dodds grouse moor at Glenogil Lord Barnards wild bird day at Raby Castle Michael Cannons partridge shoot at Stagfell Caerhays for pheasants in Cornwall wildfowling with Brent Pope in Norfolk pigeon shooting with Will Garfit & western Ireland for woodcock. She spanned the far extremities of the UK meeting many dedicated people who are passionate about their sport. It was enormous fun but not without a few shocks & surprises. She learns that shooting today is as much about conservation bio-diversity & the sustainability of rural communities as it is a fun & challenging pastime for the half million people that shoot game a year. It is also fraught with politics
- a moot & pertinent factor that will shape & determine its future. She joins the Guns on all the shoots & goes behind the scenes to talk to the people that it make it happen. Crucially shooting provides game meat. The book is peppered with recipes from generations of family favourites from Belvoir Castles kitchen; cooked & updated by TV chef Mike Robinson. stunning photography history extraordinary anecdotes & accounts of some of the countrys finest shooting will inspire & educate country lovers shooters & cooks alike. This impressive hardback volume will be enhanced with photographs by leading country sports photographer Charles Sainsbury-Plaice. The launch will take place in July 2012 at the CLA Game Fair which is to be held at Belvoir Castle.


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Becky thought being married to Luke Brandon would be one big Tiffany box of happiness. But to be honest it's not quite as dreamy as she'd hoped. The trouble started on honeymoon when she told Luke the tiniest little fib about the teeniest little purchase. Now she's on a strict budget she doesn't have a job
- & worst of all her beloved Suze has a new best friend. Then she receives some incredible news. She has a long-lost sister! Becky has never been more excited. Finally a real sister! They'll have so much in common! They can go shopping together...choose shoes together.. .have manicures together... Until she meets her
- & gets the shock of her life. It can't be true. Surely Becky Bloomwood's long-lost sister can't.. .hate shopping?

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This book continues the story of Confessions of a Shopaholic" out now on DVD. For Rebecca Bloomwood life is peachy. She has a job on morning TV telling people how to manage their money
- a subject on which she is an expert. Her bank manager is actually being nice to her despite being just a tad overdrawn. & the icing on the brioche is that her boyfriend is moving to New York...and has asked her to go with him. New York! The Museum of Modern Art! The Guggenheim! The Metropolitan Opera House! & Becky does mean to go to all these. Honestly. It's just that it seems silly not to check out a few other places first. Like Bloomingdales. & Saks. & that amusing little place she's been told about where you can sometimes get a Prada dress for $10. Or was it $100? Anyway it's full of fantastic bargains. Shopaholic Abroad
- because there just aren't enough shops in Britain."

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For Rebecca Bloomwood life is peachy. She has a job on morning TV her bank manager is actually being nice to her & when it comes to spending money her new motto is Buy Only What You Need
- & she's really (sort of) sticking to it. The icing on the brioche is that she's been offered a chance to work in New York. New York! The Museum of Modern Art! The Guggenheim! The Metropolitan Opera House! & Becky does mean to go to them all. Honestly. It's just that it seems silly not to check out a few other famous places first. Like Saks. & Bloomingdales. & Barneys. & one of those fantastic sample sales where you can get a Prada dress for $10. Or was it $100? Is Becky too dazzled to care?.
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In 1909 the largest department store in London's West End designed & built from scratch opened in Oxford Street in a glorious burst of publicity. The mastermind behind the facade was American retail genius Harry Gordon Selfridge: maverick businessman risk-taker dandy & one of the greatest showmen the retail world has ever known. His talents were to create the seduction of shopping & as his success & fame grew so did his glittering lifestyle: mansions yachts gambling racehorses
- & mistresses. From the glamour of Edwardian England through the turmoil of the Great War & the heady excesses of the 1920s & beyond Selfridges Department Store was 'a theatre with the curtain going up at 9 o'clock each morning'. Mr Selfridge reveals the captivating story of the rise & fall of the man who revolutionised the way we shop. ' Lively & entertaining' Sunday Telegraph ' Will change your view of shopping forever' Vogue ' Harry Selfridge revolutionised the way we shop.. .fascinating' Daily Mail
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Shopping is good for you. This title features the most fabulous recent retail spaces around the world by architectures most talented. Shops are the one place where the stars of the world of architecture from David Adjaye to Rem Koolhaas & Zaha Hadid encounter the people who make the world of design turn from Jurgen Bey to Tom Dixon Ingo Maurer or Philippe Starck. This book is full of the most recent retail spaces in the world ranging from astonishing shopping centers by Daniel Libeskind or the young Swiss firm HHF to interactive store windows or a tiny jewel-like chocolate store in the heart of Paris. A pop-up store for Dr. Martens shoes a unique newsstand designed for London by Thomas Heatherwick or flagship stores for the likes of Armani Balenciaga or Joseph are all part of what makes Retail Architecture one of the most exciting & dynamic areas of contemporary creativity. Apple computers Uniqlo clothes or Nike shoes can all be found here in a spirit of perfect harmony with the best that todays architecture & design can offer. Books jewelry fine foods & handbags are glorified & amplified by glass steel & the latest most sophisticated techniques in design & branding. This is where Peter Marino meets Karl Lagerfeld & where Yoshioka Tokujin breaths life into Hermes scarves. Ephemeral by design in many cases Shopping Architecture Now!" is also the place where the makers of dreams finally find a solid home. It
Includes:: David Adjaye APA Christian Biecher BCJ Campaign Arthur Casas Colli + Galliano Concrete Tom Dixon Edith Edition Carlos Ferrater FOA Massimiliano Fuksas Gonzalez-Foerster Zaha Hadid Heatherwick HHF Sophie Hicks Junya Ishigami Lok Jansen Jouin Manku Klein Dytham Kengo Kuma Olivier Lempereur Leong Leong Daniel Libeskind Liganova Makkink & Bey Mapt Associates Peter Marino Ingo Maurer Richard Meier Moatti & Riviere OMA PARA-Project Puresang Arne Quinze Francesc Rife SANAA Chikaro Ohno Sinato Philippe Starck Suppose Design Office Tacklebox Threefoldarchitects Matteo Thun Yoshioka Tokujin UNStudio Vaillo Irigary Galar Marcel Wanders Isay Weinfeld Wonderwall Armani Apple Balenciaga Hugo Boss Camper Chanel Patrick Cox Diesel Droog Dr. Martens Fauchon Fendi Hermes Derek Lam Phillip Lim Stella Mc Cartney Issey Miyake Nike Prada Uniqlo Van Cleff & Arpels Vertu Vodaphone Yohji Yamamoto YSL Ermenegildo Zegna & many more."
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Steven is sent out for groceries on to the mean street of the city with only a shopping basket for protection. There are several shady characters about who are offering to lighten the load of the basket by helping themselves to his provisions! Stephens having none of it & with the help of some of the citys less attractive sights he outsmarts all of them & makes it home in time for tea. With the pictures telling as much of the story as the text children & adults alike will appreciate the humour & observations from this well known childrens author. ...

Lets children dress the dolls as you spend your time going shopping. Part of the Sticker Dolly Dressing" series this title lets you decide on the outfits the dolls should wear to shop in a mall buy pretty party dresses choose new shoes & more. It comes with over 300 stickers." ...

In Shopping in the 1940s Angela Davies tells us about growing up above a village post office & general shop. Learn about how shopping was different before supermarkets & how people shopped when food was rationed. When I Was Young introduces readers to real people who tell you all about their childhoods. Real life stories photographs & memories bring the past to life! ...