Tuberous begonias are sensational flowers: their abundant blooms capture everyones heart & eye. This authoritative guide introduces the best varieties & celebrates the great range of colours grown. Written by Jack Larter who has devoted many years of love & toil to the plants it covers everything that both novice & veteran need to know to grow blooms for the home garden & show bench. ...

Tubes" by Andrew Blum is the first & only book to expose what's really going on behind the scenes at the Internet & will appeal to fans of " The Social Network" & Michael Lewis' " The Big Short". You write an email. You hit send. It appears ten thousand miles away. How did that happen? In April 2011 a seventy-five year old woman deprived Armenia of its internet access when she sliced through a buried cable with her garden spade. That January Egyptian authorities simply switched off 70 per cent of the country's internet connections in an attempt to quell a revolution. In 2009 a squirrel chewed through a wire in Andrew Blum's backyard slowing his broadband to a trickle & catapulting him on a quest to find out what this so-called 'internet' actually is. This is the Internet as you've never seen it before. It's not a concept. It's not a culture. It's most certainly not a cloud. It's a bunch of tubes. But what tubes... Hundreds of thousands of miles of fibre-optic cable criss-crossing the globe pulsing with trillions of photons of light linking us via anonymous exchanges in secretive locations with vast data-warehouses where our online selves are stored in banks of spinning hard-drives. In " Tubes" Andrew Blum takes us behind the scenes of this hidden world & introduces us to the remarkable clan of insiders & eccentrics who design & run it everyday. He explains where it is how it got there what it looks like how it works
- & what happens when it breaks. " Every web site every email every instant message travels through real junctions in a real network of real cables. It's all too awesome to behold. Andrew Blum's fascinating book demystifies the earthly geography of this most ethereal terra incognita". (Joshua Foer author of " Moonwalking with Einstein"). " Compelling & profound. You will never open an e-mail in quite the same way again". (Tom Vanderbilt author of the " New York Times" bestseller " Traffic"). Andrew Blum is a correspondent at " Wired" magazine whose work has appeared in numerous publications including the " New Yorker" " The New York Times" " Business Week" & " Slate". Blum was a lead media commentator during the internet blackout of the Egyptian revolution & his latest article on gizmodo.com got 100 000 hits in its first day."
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Starting with simple & delightful antipasti such as flavourful Caponata decadent Venetian Seafood Salad or aromatic Baked Clams on the Half Shell the recipes include tempting pasta & risotto dishes such as the rich & gratifying Lasagna Made with Polenta & Gorgonzola Cheese & authentic & creamy Traditional Risotto from Milan. Main courses vary from delicate Pork Tenderloin with Fennel & Rosemary & Fruity Roast Duck with Fresh Figs to wonderful Baked Whole Fish in an Aromatic Salt Crust. Completing this trove of delights are numerous dolci such as buttery Plum & Polenta Cake & Traditional Flaky Cake with Mascarpone Sauce. Readers will feel like a member of the family while thumbing through heirloom photographs & enjoying the heritage they represent. Brimming with delicious recipes & engaging family lore The Tucci Cookbook teems with all the robust flavours of Italian culture & tradition. Buon appetito! ...

Doomed to
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- eternal life after drinking from a magic spring the Tuck family wanders about trying to live as

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Babies will love lifting the flaps in this delightful board book to find out all about themselves! Focusing on different aspects of babies tastes this book encourages interaction & discussion. Designed to support the Health & Well-being strand of Every Child Matters. ...

Explore the fascinating world of weaving scrunching tucking & pleating; be guided through the tactile delights of fabric manipulation. Discover the simplicity of the techniques & explore the diversity as you create a unique masterpiece from the Bias Bobble to the delights of folded shapes such as Trumpets & the Origami Twist Cross Over Tucks Quilt-as-you-go & the Bow Tie plus much more. Included is a fully illustrated section on finishing techniques & extensive design suggestions within each chapter for development & embellishment. Textured garments are also covered in the text. Very little equipment is required. The samples can be stitched by hand or machine
- a basic sewing machine will cope with all these techniques. An ideal book for both beginners & expert needlewomen/men of all ages & abilities including all City & Guild Students. It's easy it's fun & it's different & making mistakes will not matter!
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DK Eyewitness Tudor" is a spectacular & informative guide to one of the most turbulent periods in English history. Amazing colour photographs offer your child a unique 'eyewitness' view of the fascinating characters who influenced Tudor times. From the severed heads of traitors displayed on London Bridge to what life was like for Tudor children & the controversial Kings & Queens: let your child learn all about the life & times of The Tudors. Then use the giant pull-out wall chart to decorate their room. Great for projects or just for fun make sure your child learns everything they need to know about the Tudors. Find out more & download amazing clipart images at our website." ...

This superb contribution to UK history covers topics as varied as population government the Church witch-hunting the Interregnum ...

Much of the evidence we have of past times comes from the buildings people left behind. Their homes villages & towns give us clues that help us find out about the way they lived. History On Your Doorstep explores different periods of British history through our building heritage. ...

The Tudor period (1485 to 1603) marks in the minds of many the emergence of an English national identity. Defined by the totemic figure of the virgin queen
- Elizabeth I
- it witnessed the end of the dynastic uncertainties of the Wars of the Roses the creation & triumph of the Anglican Church; the successful repulsion of foreign invaders & the beginnings of the adventure of empire; the blossoming of a sublimely gifted generation of musical composers including Thomas Tallis & William Byrd; & the flowering of English poetry & drama culminating in the glories of Ben Jonson Christopher Marlowe & William Shakespeare. But it was also a period wracked by rebellion invasion scares sectarian strife &
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- by worries about dynastic succession. The Tudor Chronicles is a compelling year-by-year chronology of this tumultuous & critical period in the development of the modern English nation. Each year is covered by a concise informative & accessible narrative amplified by extensive"ations from contemporary sources & accompanied by generously captioned & stunning images of the period
- including portraits maps illuminations royal seals tapestries & other artefacts. Authoritative informative & sumptuous & compiled by a scholar who is steeped in knowledge of the period The Tudor Chronicles brings a glorious era of English history dramatically & vividly to life. It is the perfect gift book for anyone with a love of or fascination for 16th-century English history.




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