On the heels of the successful Stuff Every Man Should Know" & " Stuff Every Husband Should Know" comes the most important volume yet in Quirks handy guides to practical manhood: " Stuff Every Dad Should Know". Its full of the indispensible hands-on wisdom that all fathers need in order to instill that comforting sense of dad awe in their children including How to Fix a Boo-Boo; How to Stop a Temper Tantrum; Five Great Books to Read with Your Child; How to Rid a Room of Monsters; The Birds & the Bees for All Ages; How to Photograph Your Child; & many more! Blending humour practicality & wholesome family values " Stuff Every Dad Should Know" is a Fathers Day slam dunk & a must-have pocket reference for any dad or dad-to-be." ...

On the heels of the successful Jokes Every Man Should Know" & " Stuff Every Man Should Know" comes the companion for the " Fairer Sex-Stuff Every Woman Should Know". Full of valuable information worthwhile to women of all ages from How to Be a Good Hostess to How to Flirt to How to Change a Tire " Stuff Every Woman Should Know" is a keepsake volume that makes the perfect gift for any gal in your life." ...

Stuff Matters by Mark Miodownik is a fantastically entertaining introduction to the strange inner life of materials by one of the The Times 100 most influential scientists in the UK & scientist in residence on Dara O Briain's Science Club. Insightful fascinating. The futuristic materials will elicit gasps. Makes even the most everyday substance seem exciting". (Sunday Times). " Expert deftly written immensely enjoyable". (Observer). " Enthralling...a mission to re-acquaint us with the wonders of the fabric that sustains our lives". (Guardian). "A certain sort of madness may be necessary to pull of what he has attempted here which is a wholesale animation of the inanimate: Miodownik achieves precisely what he sets out to". (The Times). " Wonderful. Miodownik writes well enough to make even concrete sparkle". (Financial Times). Why is glass see-through? What makes elastic stretchy? How come concrete pours? Why does a paperclip bend? Why does any material look & behave the way it does? From the towering skyscrapers of our cities to the most ordinary objects in our homes Stuff Matters tells enthralling stories that explain the science & history of materials we take entirely for granted while introducing some of humankind's most ingenious & improbable inventions. From the tea-cup to the jet engine the silicon chip to the paper clip the plastic in our appliances to the elastic in our underpants world-leading materials scientist Mark Miodownik reveals the miracles of engineering & ingenuity that permeate every aspect of our lives. Along the way he introduces materials that can heal themselves implants that become living bone the explosive that made the movie business materials that might one day save the world
- & others that already have. " Utterly captivating. Every piece of 'stuff' we take for granted in our daily lives has a rich story to tell. A real delight". (Jim Al-Khalili author of Paradox). " The Master of Materials strikes again. Professor Miodownik has a gift for exciting us with his unique combination of the science & the sensuality of the stuff that the world around is made from". (Thomas Heatherwick designer of the Olympic Flame). " Written with such informed & infectious zeal.. . Stuff Matters doesn't just reveal the hidden & amazing structures behind much of what our world is made from it tells the hidden & fascinating stories too". (Quentin Cooper BBC Radio 4). " Stuff Matters has reminded me that historians can spend too much time looking at what people have said & written & not enough on the materials with which we have built modern society. I now understand why epochs in human history are defined by the stuff we have used". (Dan Snow). " An ode to material science. Miodownik delves into the molecules & history of metal paper concrete & chocolate finding poetry & beauty in the details. It's also about the ingenuity of humankind the unique ability of humans to understand the materials around us & to manipulate them". (Alice Roberts). Mark Miodownik recently appeared in The Times' inaugural list of the 100 most influential scientists in the UK. He is Professor of Materials & Society at UCL & presenter of several BBC television documentaries including How it Works & The Genius of Invention as well as appearing as scientist-in-residence on Dara O Briain's Science Club. In 2010 he gave the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures. He is Director of the UCL Institute of Making which is home to a materials library containing some of the most wondrous matter on earth & has collaborated to make interactive events with many museums such as Tate Modern the Hayward Gallery & Wellcome Collection."
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Kyle has always been afraid of things especially dying. But when he gets on the train that is taking him & his class on a school trip he has no idea how close to Death he is going to come. Death enters the train & Kyle moves with him past his friends who are frozen in time in life-or-death situations. Kyle finds that he can pick up on their deepest darkest fears
- real things that have happened to them or may happen in the future & sometimes their surreal nightmares too. Kyle realises that he isnt the only one who has buried fears & more importantly he now burns with the desire to live & to live without fear. But will Death release him?
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In STUFF THAT SCARES YOUR PANTS OFF! Glenn Murphy shows us that it is OK to be scared & that there are very good reasons why we are able to feel fear. He looks closely at our most common fears including natural disasters predators spiders disease needles dentists crashes darkness speaking in public heights ghosts & monsters to show us how much of that fear is perhaps unnecessary. The result is a fun carefully pitched popular-science title that mixes great true-life stories with the psychology of fear the statistical probabilities of things happening & a lot of reassurance. ...

The Royal School of Needlework (RSN) teaches hand embroidery to the highest standard & is well respected all over the world. It not only upholds the traditions of English embroidery that go back many hundreds of years but is constantly taking embroidery forwards in new & innovative ways. This series of Essential Stitch Guides has been produced in close collaboration with the RSN with the aim of providing a set of definitive works on traditional embroidery techniques. All of the authors were chosen by the RSN & all are graduate apprentices of the Royal School. In Stumpwork Kate Sinton brings together all of the major techniques & stitches associated with stumpwork embroidery to produce a stunning book that reflects both her expertise as an embroiderer & her artistic talent. For both expert advice & innovation this book is second to none. ...

Jane Nicholas' fascination with beetles became an absolute passion when she discovered Evans' & Bellamy's book An Inordinate Fondness for Beetles" in a store in Indianapolis in 1998. As she turned each page her imagination was captured visualising the stumpwork beetles that could be stitched using the photographs for inspiration. Hence the stumpwork beetle specimen box was born. Jane has always recorded ideas & drawn sketches in a notebook & as the months went by the entries burgeoned to interpret the beetle not only in stumpwork but in many other forms of embroidery: glittering goldwork beetles inspired by Art Nouveau jewellery; beaded beetles from mosaic buttons; redwork beetles first seen on an antique quilt on display in Omaha Nebraska; & beetles in surface stitchery using lustrous silk & metallic threads. Jane's hope is that this book will "delight & inspire" & that readers may find an idea that they just have to stitch!" ...

In a world in crisis children are the future. Part of the cure. Not now. Children are deadly. Marked one to ten. Fiona is a TEN. She just doesn't know it yet.. . She doesn't know her true strength. Fiona doesn't remember going to sleep. But she has woken to find her entire world has changed
- her house is abandoned & broken & her neighbourhood is barren & dead. Even stranger is the tattoo on her right wrist that she doesn't remember getting but somehow knows she must cover at any cost. & she's right. When the honeybee population collapsed a worldwide pandemic occurred & the government tried to bio-engineer a cure. But instead the vaccination turned people into ferocious deadly beasts. They have been branded as a warning to unvaccinated survivors. Key people needed to rebuild society are protected inside a fortress-like wall. Fiona has awakened branded alone & on the wrong side of the wall.. .
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In Rosewood Pennsylvania four stunningly beautiful girls are haunted by a very ugly past. Spencer Aria Hanna & Emily want nothing more than to forget Alison Di Laurentis their former best friend who tried to ruin their lives. But someone refuses to let her memory die. A is still out there lurking in the shadows & digging up the pretty little liars' newest secrets. Emily's reconnecting with an old flame one baby step at a time. But is she headed toward true love or another bundle of heartache? Spencer's learning about the highs & lows of campus life on a trip to Princeton. Aria's seeing a whole new side to Noel's dad
- & it could drive a wedge between her & Noel. & for better or worse Hanna's getting in touch with her inner A. Secret by secret lie by lie the girls get tangled in A's dangerous web. A knows about everything from their tiniest transgressions to the awful incident in Jamaica. Soon A will have enough ammunition to pull the trigger & end the pretty little liars once & for all...
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A fun interactive activity book based around the popular theme of magic to engage & motivate young learners. This book helps children to practise their spelling skills reinforcing what has been taught at school. The books combine fun magical characters & fantastic illustrations with National Curriculum- focused activities. * Motivating activities based on the KS2 National Curriculum * Step-by-step learning introduced by fun characters *
Includes: gold stickers to reward achievement
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