This 250-piece chunky jigsaw is illustrated in great detail by Colin King & deatures humorous colour images of places & objects relevant to each of the British Isles as well as its smaller regions. It encourages children to develop early geography skills & gain a greater awareness of the country that they live in. ...

This is a new edition of a great-value sticker book with brightly coloured intricate illustrations & photographs of the major sights cities & landmarks of each country. It is updated to include the 2012 Olympics stadium. It features over 140 stickers for children to place on the maps. It also features the key towns of Britain & Northern Ireland as well as sculptures bridges & galleries from the countries' most famous places to their hidden secrets. ...

This title contains five gorgeous books from the new Usborne Fairytale Sticker Stories" series which combine a storybook sticker book & puzzle book in one. It features the traditional fairytales " Sleeping Beauty" " Little Red Riding Hood" " The Three Little Pigs" " Goldilocks & the Three Bears" & " Cinderella". It is illustrated with inimitable flair by Stephen Cartwright one of Usbornes most popular artists & illustrator of the phenomenally successful " Farmyard Tales" series. It contains over 250 stickers that can be used throughout the stories to replace key words & help young children build their vocabulary." ...

Use & Abuse of History has become a key text of current historiography; this is a book that poses fundamental & disturbing questions about the use & abuse of history. Engaging & challenging this book confronts the reader with the many histories that exist & have existed around the world from the Zulu kingdoms to Communist China. This title has now been extensively revised by Marc Ferro a well respected historian & presents the different narratives that constitute the histories of countries as diverse as India Iran Trinidad & the United States makes for fascinating reading in their own right. What makes this book so valuable though is what these narratives tell us about the societies which create them -- how much is history distorted in order to condition the minds of those who are taught it? Use & Abuse of History appeals to anyone with a general interested in history. ...

The man known as Cheradenine Zakalwe was one of Special Circumstances foremost agents changing the destiny of planets to suit the Culture through intrigue dirty tricks or military action. The woman known as Diziet Sma had plucked him from obscurity & pushed him towards his present eminence but despite all their dealings she did not know him as well as she thought. The drone known as Skaffen-Amtiskaw knew both of these people. It had once saved the womans life by massacring her attackers in a particularly bloody manner. It believed the man to be a burnt-out case. But not even its machine intelligence could see the horrors in his past. ...

Bringing order & relevance to the cascade of recent brain findings Dr John Ratey explains the brains most important systems the role they play in determining how we interact with the world & ways in which we can influence their operations for the better. Throughout he illustrates his points with vivid & often surprising examples drawn from his own practice research & everyday life. Ratey answers such compelling questions as: What does it mean to be linguistically ambidextrous? How does a mothers cradling of her child on her left shoulder relate to the development of language skills? Why does listening to music while doing homework improve accuracy? Why do people like spicy foods? He also analyses the ways in which things can go wrong detailing causes & treatments for diseases such as autism Parkinsons & Alzheimers as well as numerous neurological disorders. As Dr. Ratey demonstrates throughout the book the brain is astonishingly flexible able to be retrained & reprogrammed. Like a muscle it responds to use adapting to new demands & conditions allowing as the title of the book suggests the guidance of the user. ...

Richard Sennett is one of the world's leading sociologists & this book first published in 1970 was his first single-authored work. It launched his exploration of communities & how they live in cities & outlined his view that order breeds narrow violence-prone lives while an 'equilibrium of disorder' brings vigour & diversity to urban life. The New York Times" described it as 'the best available contemporary defence of anarchism'. " The Uses of Disorder" followed the student & urban rebellions of the late 1960s. But it remains uncannily apposite to the problems of city life forty years on. In a new preface Sennett considers the response to the book over those years & relates it to the circumstances faced by the inhabitants of cities in the twenty-first century. The body of the text remains unchanged ready for a new generation of readers." ...

Wicked stepmothers & beautiful princesses.. .magic forests & enchanted towers.. .little pigs & big bad wolves.. . Fairy tales have been an integral part of childhood for hundreds of years. But what do they really mean? In this award-winning work of criticism renowned psychoanalyst Dr Bruno Bettelheim presents a thought provoking & stimulating exploration of the best-known fairy stories. He reveals the true content of the stories & shows how children can use them to cope with their baffling emotions & anxieties. ...

When a society becomes more affluent does it lose other values? Are the skills that education & literacy gave millions wasted on consuming pop culture? Do the media coerce us into a world of the superficial & the material
- or can they be a force for good? When Richard Hoggart asked these questions in his 1957 book The Uses of Literacy" Britain was undergoing huge social change yet his landmark work has lost none of its pertinence & power today. Hoggart gives a fascinating insight into the close-knit values of Northern England's vanishing working-class communities & weaves this together with his views on the arrival of a new homogenous 'mass' US-influenced culture. His headline-grabbing bestseller opened up a whole new area of cultural study & remains essential reading both as a historical document & as a commentary on class poverty & the media."
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This book shows you how to create a garden with glorious colour in every season with 130 photographs. You can enjoy vibrant beds & borders throughout the year with practical advice & ideas for stunning combinations. It features easy-to-follow instructions for seasonal gardening tasks
- from sowing seeds to overwintering flowers
- & details of when plants are at their best. It features planting ideas for low-maintenance seasonal interest using perennials bulbs berries foliage stems evergreen shrubs heathers grasses & conifers. It

Includes:: a simple reference chart giving planting & flowering times for many common garden plants. As the year progresses different types of plant come into their own. Bulbs begin to open in spring hardy perennials make stunning statements in summer foliage turns golden in the fall & shrubs provide interest during the winter months. Discovering which plants are at their best at which times is the secret to ensuring a continuous display & this book is full of expert instructions for providing successional colour all year long. Season by season the book suggests plants for colour as well as listing the main jobs that need to be done in the garden. Illustrated with over 130 beautiful photographs the book guarantees permanent interest throughout the year.



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