Next-door neighbours Ruby & Jackson get the surprise of their lives when they discover a Thing living at the bottom of their gardens. & when Thing places a curse on the inhabitants of the new house that's been built over his old home Ruby & Jackson find themselves up to their eyeballs in jellybabies magic & big trouble. I never expected to be friends with a Thing. Well you don't do you? You usually think of friends being either boys or girls or maybe even cute yappy dogs. Well Thing certainly doesn't fit into any of those categories. Thing is just a...a... Actually I'm not sure quite how to describe it. 'A sort of troll crossed with a fairy crossed with a squirrel?' Jackson suggested after we first discovered Thing. 'I is not a squirrel ' Thing purred grumpily twitching its squirrelly ears. ' And not a fairy or a trolly. Whatever they is.' By the way I never expected to be friends with Jackson Miller either. I guess I've got a bit of explaining to do about Jackson & about Thing. (Oh & about curses & jellybabies too & the magic. I mustn't forget the magic!) This title contains charming black & white line illustrations by Alex T. Smith. ...

The most up-to-date comprehensive week-by-week pregnancy guide As a mom-to-be you have lots of questions. When will I start to show? How much weight will I gain? What are all those blood tests for? How long will labor last? This informative & reassuring guide provides expert answers to these questions & hundreds more in an easy-to-read format that coincides with each week of your pregnancy. From a respected & well-known obstetrician this is the most up-to-date comprehensive pregnancy guide on the market. Now in an all-new edition the book gives you week-by-week coverage of every stage of your pregnancy as well as information that will take you through your final post-natal doctor visit to help you make sense of relationships returning to work weight loss breastfeeding depression anxiety & more. Reflects current obstetrics practices Covers home birth water birth doula care & other popular practices

Includes:: information on Epilepsy Vitamin D flu shots common prenatal labs life with multiples obesity & much more Expanded coverage of what happens when you go to the hospital new recommendations on eating in labor immunizations during & after pregnancy & postpartum birth control Illustrations help clarify key concepts & material If youre an expectant mom or dad youll look forward to turning to You & Your Baby: Pregnancy every week of your pregnancy--and beyond.

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If someone hurts your sister & you're any kind of man you seek revenge right? If your brother's accused of a terrible crime but says he didn't do it you defend him don't you? When Mikey's sister claims a boy assaulted her his world begins to fall apart. When Ellie's brother is charged with the offence her world begins to unravel. When Mikey & Ellie meet two worlds collide. This is a brave & unflinching novel from the bestselling author of Before I Die". It's a book about loyalty & the choices that come with it. But above all it's a book about love." ...

A new baby needs looking after all the time! Its the perfect opportunity for older siblings to enjoy how much more grown-up & independent they are. A new addition to any family is exciting but the experience can also be worrying & confusing for siblings. Coping with the new situations & emotions that arise can be very challenging. This series of four board books deals with the anticipation of waiting for the new baby the excitement of the arrival itself & the beginnings of the special relationship that develops between siblings. The simple conversational text & lively illustrations are carefully designed to encourage further dialogue between reader & child. ...

Anyone who has encountered a Border Terrier will know that although this is a relatively small breed of dog in terms of overall stature it's one with a big heart. Bold & fearless in true terrier fashion these dogs possess a feisty character that belies their size. Indeed it was the tough no-nonsense nature of the Border Terrier that was much prized by gamekeepers & others who employed the dog for all kinds of sporting & hunting activities. In this essential guide will be found everything you need to know about choosing buying & enjoying your Border Terrier including breed background settling in your new arrival establishing a daily routine & what to expect as your canine companion grows up. This book

Includes:: over 100 illustrations
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It began with an accidental daytrip to an intriguingly awful resort on the Thames Estuary & ended 3 812 miles later: one mans journey through deep-fried brownfield poundshop Britain a crash course in urban blight deranged civic planning & commercial eccentricity. Following an itinerary drawn up from surveys polls reviews & lazy personal prejudice Tim Moore goes to all the places that nobody wants to go to
- the bleakest towns the shonkiest hotels the scariest pubs the silliest sea zoos. He visits the grid reference adjudged by the Ordnance Survey to be the least interesting point in Britain & is chased out of the new town twice crowned Scotlands Most Dismal Place. His palate is flayed alive by horrific regional foodstuffs his ears shrivelled by the 358 least loved tracks in the history of native popular music. With his progress entrusted to our motor industrys fittingly hopeless finale he comes to learn that Britain seems very much larger when youre driving around it in a Bulgarian-built Austin Maestro. Yet as the soggy decrepit quest unfolds so it evolves into something much more stirring: a nostalgic celebration of our magnificent mercantile pomp & an angry requiem for a golden age of cheerily homespun crap culture being swept aside by the faceless soul-stripping forces of Tesco-town globalisation.
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Would you cheer if they sent you to Coventry? Could you stick up for Stoke or big-up Bracknell? Can you handle the thrill of Rhyl the heaven of Hull or the mirth of Tydfil? In You are Awful" Tim Moore drives his Austin Maestro round all the places on our beloved island that nobody wants to go to
- our most miserable towns shonkiest hotels scariest pubs & silliest sea zoos... But as the soggy decrepit quest unfolds he finds himself oddly smitten & the result is a rousing nostalgic celebration of mad bad " But I Like You" Britain."
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An ex-cop with a death wish. A serial killer with a gruesome agenda... Detective Karin Schaeffer was a happily married mother until she got too close to catching a serial killer. The press nickname him The Domino Killer because he systematically murders whole families leaving a trail of bloody dominoes as the only clues to his next victim. Having brutally slain Karins husband & child he left her a chilling message scrawled in her daughters blood: YOU ARE NEXT. But now the Domino Killer has escaped prison & the police believe hes on his way to find her. & Karin is waiting... ...

This is the truth as we know it. I have read so much about what people think they know about Michael but this is about what really happened. Jermaine Jackson You Are Not Alone is an intimate loving portrait of Michael Jackson illuminating the private man like never before. It is an invitation into Michaels real character private insights & hidden feelings: the innermost thoughts of a fiercely private individual. Jermaine Jackson knew Michael like only a brother can. In You Are Not Alone Jermaine brings light to the man behind the mask of superstardom an identity that has lingered in the shadows for too long. You Are Not Alone is a celebration of the real Michael: the boy who shared a tiny bunkbed with Jermaine at 2300 Jackson Street Gary Indiana; the brother with whom Jermaine shared laughter tears & memories; the boy who would grow up to become a legend. Raw honest & incredibly moving You Are Not Alone is also a sophisticated no-holds-barred examination of Michael Jackson aimed at fostering a true & final understanding of who he was & what shaped him. This is Michael Jackson -- the man not the legend -- through a brothers eyes. If you love Michael Jackson this is the only book you will want to read. If you think you know the Michael Jackson story its time to think again. ...

How many of your Facebook friends do you think you know? Do you think you'd rush to a stranger's help when no one else would? Do you think you choose which product to buy based on whether you like it? Do you think you know why you procrastinate? The truth is you're probably wrong. You are not so smart. In fact you're pretty irrational just like everyone else. But that's OK
- because that's all part of being human. Based on the popular blog You Are Not So Smart explores in 48 short chapters the assorted ways we mislead ourselves everyday. In this pithy celebration of self-delusion prepare for a whirlwind tour of the latest research in psychology & to discover finally why we never get round to our New Year resolutions.
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