The last in a long line of women sworn to guard our world against evil jeweller Garet James is struggling to come to terms with who
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I know about water! It's wet I drink it & have a bath in it. But where does my tap water come from & why does the sea taste salty? Learning about water is introduced from a starting point that your child will already know encouraging them to find out about their daily life & the world around them. Eyeknow" books have a surprise on every page; packed with eye-catching photography & lift-the-flap novelties to aid learning. Your child will love to get involved with the activities & as they flip the flaps & fold out the pages they'll find out all about water." ...

This year marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of Baths inscription with UNESCO as a World Heritage site. It is recognised for a number of Outstanding Universal Values (OUVs) including its extensive Roman remains its Georgian town planning that is documented as a masterpiece of human creative genius its landscape setting & the location of the only naturally occurring hot springs in the country. This exciting new book will focus on twenty-five locations throughout the city that have been identified as embodying elements of these OUVs & will be richly illustrated throughout with historical images from the archives of Bath in Time. The book will set out to interpret & identify the uniqueness that is Bath & will serve as a valuable guide to anyone wanting to explore the city & uncover the fascinating stories behind each location. ...

The Water-Babies A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby" is a childrens novel by the Reverend Charles Kingsley. Written in 1862-1863 as a serial for " Macmillans Magazine" it was first published in its entirety in 1863. The book was extremely popular during its day & was a mainstay of childrens literature through the 1920s." ...

Harper Collins is proud to present its new range of best-loved essential classics. ' In fact the fairies had turned him into a water-baby. A water-baby? You never heard of a water-baby. Perhaps not. That is the very reason why this story was written.' Poor Tom is an orphan employed by the underhand Grimes as a chimney sweep. While cleaning a chimney one day Tom becomes lost & appears in Ellie's bedroom. She mistakes him for a thief & he flees in fright down to the edge of a stream where he falls asleep. In his dreamlike world he becomes a water baby swimming with the other water babies & discovering an aquatic playground full of strange & wonderful characters. ...

For Lev Prakenskii the last thing he remembers is being lost in the swirling currents of the ocean & sucked deeper into the nothingness of a freezing black eddy off the coastal town of Sea Haven. Just as quickly just as miraculously he was saved
- pulled ashore by a beautiful stranger
- but Lev has no memory of who he was
- or why he seems to possess the violent instincts of a trained killer. All he knows is that he fears for his life & the life of his unexpected saviour. Her name is Rikki a sea-urchin diver in the small town of Sea Haven. She always felt an affinity for the ocean & the seductive pull of the tides
- & now for the enigmatic man she rescued. But soon they will be bound by something even stronger
- each others tantalising secrets that will engulf them both in a whirlpool of dizzying passion & inescapable danger.




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When Jacob Jankowski recently orphaned & suddenly adrift jumps onto a passing train he enters a world of freaks grifters & misfits the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth a second-rate travelling circus struggling to survive during the Great Depression making one-night stands in town after endless town. Jacob a veterinary student who almost earned his degree is put in charge of caring for the circus menagerie. It is there that he meets Marlena the beautiful young star of the equestrian act who is married to August the charismatic but twisted animal trainer. He also meets Rosie an elephant who seems untrainable until he discovers a way to reach her. Water for Elephants is illuminated by a wonderful sense of time & place. It tells a story of a love between two people that overcomes incredible odds in a world in which even love is a luxury that few can afford. Water for Elephants was a major movie starring Robert Pattinson & Reese Witherspoon. ...

A reference for all water gardeners whether amateur or professional. From building a wall fountain or installing a pond to replanting a stream it features technical advice & drawings steering the reader around the pitfalls. Areas covered include: designing a full range of water features including fountains ponds bog gardens streams & leisure pools; preparing the site whether flat sloping wet or dry on sand or on rock; construction methods & materials; special effects with lighting stepping stones & islands; safety & maintenance measures; stocking a pond with fish & attracting wildlife; planting techniques; & a full catalogue of floating emergent & marginal plants marsh & water-loving plants as well as waterside trees & shrubs. ...

The story begins with a mysterious egg washed up on a Scottish beach the morning after a great storm. Kirstie & her brother Angus find the egg & take it home. The next day it has hatched into a tiny greeny-grey creature with a horses head warty skin four flippers & a crocodiles tail. The baby sea monster soon becomes the family pet
- but the trouble is it just doesnt stop growing!
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Catherine Carreg has grown up a tomboy spending her days racing her ponies with Deio the drovers son in a small Welsh village. But Catherine is consumed by a longing to escape the monotony of village life & with Deios help runs away to London. Alone in the unfamiliar bustle of the city Catherine finds a position in a rest home for sick governesses in Harley Street run by Miss Florence Nightingale. Then as the nation is gripped by reports of the war in the Crimea Catherine volunteers as a nurse
- & her life changes beyond all recognition. Arriving in Scutari she is pitched into a living nightmare & against the passion & heroism of one of the most traumatic wars in history she is forced to grow up quickly & painfully & learn the hardest lessons of love & war.
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