It is a yucky miserable rainy day & Mouse is fed up! Dont worry " says Bear. " We can still have fun inside." Soon they are racing round the house on their bikes building a giant tree house & baking a huge gloopy cake!" ...

A captivating journey into the inner lives of plants
- from the colours they see to the schedules they keep. How does a Venus
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Most young people considering studying law or pursuing a legal career have very little idea of what learning law involves & how universities teach law to their students. The new edition of this book which proved very popular when first published in 2007 provides a 'taster' for the study of law; a short accessible presentation of law as an academic subject designed to help 17- & 18-year old students & others decide whether law is the right choice for them as a university subject or if they have already made the choice what to expect when they start their law degree. It helps answer the question 'what should I study at university?' & counters the perception that law is a dry dull subject. What About Law? shows how the study of law can be fun intellectually stimulating challenging & of direct relevance to students. Using a case study approach the book introduces prospective law students to the legal system as well as to legal reasoning critical thinking & argument. This is a book that should be in the library of every school with a sixth form every college & every university & it is one that any student about to embark on the study of law should read before they commence their legal studies. All of the authors have long experience in teaching law at Cambridge & elsewhere & all have also been involved at various times in advising prospective law students at open days & admissions conferences. Listed as one of the ' Six of the best law books' that a future law student should read by the Guardian Law Online 8th August 2012. See the detailed website for this book:www.whataboutlaw.co.uk. ...

In this collection of profiles essays & travel stories Chatwin takes us to Benin where he is arrested as a mercenary during a coup; to Boston to meet an LSD guru who believes he is Christ; to India with Indira Ghandi when she attempted a political comeback in 1978; & to Nepal where he reminds us that ' Man's real home is not a house but the Road & that life itself is a journey to be walked on foot' ...

What Are You Looking At? by Will Gompertz
- a wonderfully lively & accessible history of Modern Art by the BBC Arts Editor. An
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Chris Helme has been involved with the brass-band world for more than fifty years & this collection draws upon that experience to present a fascinating insight into the lives of thirty of the most famous bandsmen in the business. Filled with archive photographs & with contributions from the men themselves as well as their families friends band mates & colleagues it celebrates triumph & disaster local life & band life national & even international success. What Brass Bands Did For Me" will bring back many happy memories for those who have been involved with bands at any level over the years. An essential record of life in the mill towns as it once was & a triumphant celebration of a community that lives on into the twenty-first century it is a must-have for every lover of music." ...

Did you know that the Cornish pasty was invented to protect tin miners from arsenic poisoning or that the word salary comes from Roman soldiers being paid their wages in salt? Why do we eat goose (or turkey) at Christmas? Is the Scotch egg actually from Scotland & what did some retired crusaders have to do with French toast? Who was the original Earl Grey & what sauce was inspired by Parliament? What dish was invented by Greek bandits on the run? Why were hot cross buns seen as magical & whats so rebellious about a haggis or medicinal about a gin & tonic? Did you know what the romantic history is behind the Bakewell Pudding? Albert Jack tells the strange tales behind our favourite dishes & drinks & where they come from (not to mention their unusual creators). In the colourful wonderful vein of Schotts Food & Drink Miscellany" Albert Jacks " What Caesar Did For My Salad" is bursting with fascinating insights characters & enough stories to entertain a hundred dinner parties. Albert Jack is the author such bestselling titles as " Pop Goes the Weasel" " Shaggy Dogs & Black Sheep" & " The Old Dog & Duck"." ...

The shocking conclusion of Elizabeth Georges previous bestseller WITH NO ONE AS WITNESS saw the wife of New Scotland Yards Thomas Lynley gunned down in the street outside her home. Under arrest for the crime is a twelve-year-old boy Joel Campbell. What possible motive could he have? What chain of events could have led such a child from the housing estates of North Kensington to the elegant streets of Belgravia with such deadly intent? The answer to these questions is a complex mixture of fate & circumstance. Abandoned (albeit involuntarily) by his parents Joel & two siblings are dumped on the doorstep of his aunts house. Kendra childless & with two marriages behind her is doing her best to turn her life around; responsibility for three troubled children is not what she had in mind. Drugs neglect violence & poverty are commonplace in North Kensington. Joel does his best to look out for his family but that involves a Faustian pact. & the Devil will have his pay. ...

What can you see Spot?": There are lots of fun things to see in Spots world. Each page is full of things that your toddler will recognise
- from boats to butterflies & clouds to cats. This book is great for widening your childs vocabulary; encouraging them to talk & improve their visual recognition. Spot goes for a walk has fun at the beach visits the farm & sees a mouse in his house! This fun & colourful book for toddlers is filled with classic Eric Hill illustrations on every page with a mirror surprise to enjoy on the final page."
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