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A charming guide to the story of the English village, celebrating this beloved heart of the countryside.The village remains a quintessential and much-loved treasure that is often representative of England. This rural idyll has inspired generations of great poets, novelists and artists including the likes of Constable, Hardy and Wordsworth.The English Village champions all that is unique and loved about a typical village – the pub, the green, the school, the church, the pond, the local shop and more – as well as exploring how the village has changed over the centuries, and how it has adjusted to modern-day life.A fascinating compendium of interesting details, facts, customs and lore, this is an unabashed toast to the English village, as well as a record of a disappearing world.

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This isn’t a story about autism. It’s a story about a young boy who happens to have autism, and there is a difference.John Williams is a stand-up comedian. He is also a single father and full-time carer for his son, who has autism and cerebral palsy. This is their incredible story.In 2012, John started a blog called My Son’s Not Rainman, a heartfelt and uplifting account of everyday life for him and ‘The Boy’. Following on from the blog’s amazing success, John felt there was still much more of their life, past and present, that he wanted to share. And not only of the challenges of bringing up a child who for too long was just dismissed as ‘difficult’, but also of the joy of living with someone who looks at the world in a unique way.My Son’s Not Rainman radiates warmth, care and passion, not to mention laugh-out-loud humour, on every page. It is a brilliantly different story about a brilliantly different boy.

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If memories of learning algebra bring you out in a cold sweat and thoughts of quadratic equations cause you feelings of fear and dread, I Used to Know That: Maths can help. A light-hearted and informative reminder of the things that we learnt in school but have since become relegated to the backs of our minds, this book will help you to brush up on your mental arithmetic, including percentages, averages and recurring decimals or work on your trigonometry skills, from Pythagoras' theorem to triangle areas and angles. It can be used a practical guide to turn to when an answer is eluding you, from helping a child with homework to calculating change or understanding statistics. I Used to Know That: Maths is a fun and accessible way to re-visit all those useful tips and maths tricks that you have forgotten from your school days.

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Take a whistle-stop colouring tour of the capital city with this brilliant London-themed colouring book. From Trafalgar Square and Tower Bridge to Piccadilly Circus and Portobello Road and beyond, children will love putting their own colourful stamp on one of the world's most vibrant cities. Packed with 42 exciting illustrations of London's famous sights, landmarks, museums and parks – including London Zoo, the Olympic Park, the London Underground and Oxford Circus Station, the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace, Kew Gardens and bustling Soho – this book is the perfect way to keep kids busy on the go.A fun and engaging way to introduce young explorers to London. Also publishing in 2024: The London Activity Book 9781780559797

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Get set for the ultimate fun-filled tour of London with this awesome activity book.From making your own Buckingham Palace guard and colouring the Crown Jewels to a Kew Gardens spot-the-difference and a Great Fire of London board game, this book is packed with 45 fun games, puzzle challenges, doodling and colouring-in activities designed to keep kids entertained for hours on end during the holidays.Prepare to be spooked by stories of gruesome ghosts that haunt London's palaces, help the king find his stockings in the Hampton Court maze and colour in striking pictures of famous London landmarks. With fun, bite-sized facts dotted throughout, this book is sure to keep young explorers engaged as it introduces them to London's fascinating history.It's time to learn all about and explore the UK's amazing capital city!Also publishing in 2024:The London Colouring Book 9781780559803

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Help the ninja protect their realm with this action-packed set of LEGO® NINJAGO® builds, activities and challenges.With over 100 exciting ideas and 70 LEGO pieces included, you can build, re-build and create all over again.From drones and jets to dragons and mechs, each exclusive LEGO NINJAGO model has been specially designed to take around five minutes to build, so your LEGO builds spring into life as quickly as a ninja!LEGO, the LEGO logo, the Brick and Knob configurations, the Minifigure and NINJAGO are trademarks of the LEGO Group. ©2023 The LEGO Group.

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A hilarious celebration of tooters everywhere, featuring shy, little Jerboa and his wise companion, Elephant.Jerboa is going about his day when he releases a squeaky, stinky toot which shocks the shy creature into thinking he’s done something wrong. Luckily, Elephant is on hand to weigh in with a wise word; after all, no matter how cheeky it might sound, EVERYBODY TOOTS! Join Elephant and Jerboa on a journey through the bottom-singing animal kingdom and beyond, to explore the secret (and not so secret) lives of tooters everywhere - from the gentle hums and private pongs, to the earth-quaking whoppers and loud and proud trumps.With comic rhyming text from Jonny Leighton and entertaining illustrations from Mike Byrne - the dynamic duo behind Does a Bear Poo in the Woods? and Which Bum’s Mum’s? - this picture book will have kids roaring (and perhaps even tooting!) with laughter.Also available: Does a B

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A new title in the Buster Wellbeing series, Mindful Colouring by Numbers for Kids combines creativity with mindfulness. This beautiful collection of scenes to colour will help children slow down and find a moment of calm. With over 40 relaxing illustrations to complete, including soothing seascapes and peaceful pandas, kids can dip in and out wherever they are. Text accompanies every other spread, encouraging kids to take a breath, tune into their senses and let go of any worries.

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Discover the magical world of pugicorns, unicorns, pandacorns and much more in this unique colouring book.Among scenes of pugicorns in rollerskates, in spacesuits and atop cupcakes, you'll also find a whole host of amazing animal mashups – including flying unicorns, chilled out slothicorns and adorable ottercorns. Grab your colouring pens and pencils and get ready to complete these enchanting animals and scenes.Every colouring page is accompanied by an inspirational quote to spark your imagination.

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Journey back through nearly 90 years of LEGO® fun in this truly awesome search-and-find book. From the very first LEGO toys of the 1930s, all the way through to modern themes like NINJAGO® and The LEGO Movie™, it’s all here to explore and enjoy.Each colourful scene is crammed full of classic LEGO packs and minifigures, and there are ten things to look for in each one. When you’re done, head to the back of the book for even more bricks and pieces to hunt for.Whether you’re a fan of pirates, knights, space or city, you’ll be able to seek out each of your all-time favourites in this jam-packed celebration of the greatest LEGO toys. LEGO, the LEGO logo, the Brick and Knob configurations and the Minifigure are trademarks of the LEGO Group. ©2021 The LEGO Group.

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From Dr Gareth Moore, the author of Buster's bestselling Brain Games for Clever Kids series, comes a new collection of puzzles to get kids training their brains from an early age.For children aged 7-9, the Bright Sparks series is aimed at sharpening the minds of the next generation of puzzle masters. Brain Teasers for Bright Sparks contains more than 80 mind-boggling brain games, including codes to crack, pairs to match and logic puzzles to solve. The activities gradually get more difficult as the book progresses, letting the reader get to grips with each puzzle style and then build on their skills.

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Enter the world of bees, with this buzzing collection of scenes to colour and enjoy. Packed full of friendly bees, luscious plants and flowers, honey, hives and more, children and adults alike can bring the world’s most important insect to life with colour.

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Search the planet from top to bottom in this giant search challenge! Starting with space, moving down to the mountains and to cities before finally ending up under the sea, this educational search and find book is packed with things to spot and fun facts to discover. Focusing on the most exciting aspects of each scene – the biggest, fastest and speediest things around, children will love finding things and learning as they go. Includes bonus items to look out for. Illustrated with cute, quirky illustrations by Paula Bossio.

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Packed with fun, incredible and often downright disgusting facts about the animal world, this is a book that will both entertain and educate. With questions like: ‘What if people behaved like animals?’, ‘What if you had pop-up claws?’, ‘What if you could taste with your feet?’ and ‘What if your mum puked in your mouth?’. Curious kids will be able to entertain their friends and families for hours with the eye-opening animal facts on every page and Paul Moran's quirky illustrations will spark the imagination and inspire kids to think outside the realms of possibility.

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Can you rise to the Ultimate Challenge? It’s time to find out, with this interactive book of weird, wacky and bonkers challenges for kids. Can you master the task of drawing a cat while blindfolded? How quickly can you get a cookie from your forehead to your mouth without touching it? Can you win a rap-off? How about balancing an ice cube on top of your head? Work your way through each hilarious challenge, recording your best scores along the way. Some are solo challenges, some can be done against a friend, and for others you can rope in the entire family. You can do them indoors, outdoors or even turn them into party games. Just make sure you’re at the very top of your game!The Ultimate Challenge Book will have you holding in laughs, picking up peas with chopsticks, juggling like crazy and jumping around like the floor is lava. Beat that!

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Filled with games and activities that are themed around everyday environmental topics, this book is guaranteed to entertain and inspire green-minded kids.Find the correct parts to build a bug hotel, spot the plastic rubbish on the riverbank, design a climate-march message and much more! The book also contains fun, DIY activities – such as making a no-sew bag or creating a herb garden from a plastic bottle. These engaging, accessible projects, combined with proactive tips throughout the book, show young readers the simple changes they can make at home or school to make a difference and help protect our incredible planet.

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This book is stuffed with the fastest, brightest, longest, funniest, weirdest, wildest, wettest, saddest, brainiest, and fascinating-est things in the world.It will amuse, entertain and amaze you with the most excellent, outstanding and, quite simply, best things on our planet and beyond. For instance, did you know the oldest skyscraper in the world is in Chicago and was built in 1885? Or, that the most extraordinary fireworks display was the one that closed the Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia, in 2000? Or that the world’s most expensive painting is ‘The Scream’ by Edvard Munch, sold in 2012 for $119.9 million? From the highest peaks to the murkiest depths, the fastest man to the slowest sloth, the oldest lake to the most venomous snake and much, much more.

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My Dinosaur Activity Book is bursting with fun, colourful and fact-filled activities for kids who are wild about dinosaurs. There are dot-to-dot challenges, search-and-find prehistoric scenes, number puzzles, mazes, logic games and so much more that will keep young minds busy from first page to last. Each activity is accompanied by roar-some facts about everyone’s favourite dinosaurs, from ferocious Tyrannosaurus and Spinosaurus, to the chicken-sized Compsognathus and feathery, flying Microraptor. As well, learn all about the periods in which these amazing animals lived, and the other creatures that lived alongside them.My Dinosaur Activity Book is the first title in Buster’s new ‘Learn and Play’ activity book series – where fun, playful activities for young children and a love of learning meet.

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Enter the fabulous world of flamingos with this collection of scenes to colour and enjoy. With exotic flamingos, palm trees and other flora of the tropics, children and adults alike can bring these tropical scenes to life with colour. Part of the I Heart series with a pretty foiled cover, this book is a perfect purchase for any flamingo lover and is sure to be a flamazing gift.

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Packed with fantastic puzzles to tackle, this football puzzle book is guaranteed to keep fans entertained long after the final whistle has blown.Football-crazy kids will love to get their heads in the game with these themed quizzes, mazes, wordsearches, crosswords, guess the goals, stats attacks, spot the difference puzzles and many more. Packed full of engaging puzzles to entertain for hours, this book is suitable for supporters of any team to test their knowledge.Written by football fanatic Clive Gifford and with entertaining black and white illustrations from Richard Watson and Julian Mosedale, this is a great way for football fans to learn facts and stats about the beautiful game.

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It’s a spider monkey’s birthday and every animal in the rainforest is invited to her party.But that means there’s some seriously speedy planning needed to make sure it’s a celebration to remember. Monkey rushes through the jungle to get the special cake, funky band and colourful decorations she needs, but nothing seems to be going right. That’s until she meets a super-chilled sloth, who teaches her how to slow down and really look at, listen to and experience the vivid world around her in a much more mindful manner. The rhyming text, set to a jumping, jungle beat, is written by Jess French, TV presenter, vet and conservationist, and is brought to life with beautiful illustrations by picture book talent, Eefje Kuijl. This colourful picture book also includes a charming info-spread on the animals featured and mindful tips for parents and children.

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From the creators of the hugely popular The Kids' Book series, kids can test their wits on over 150 word search puzzles in this exciting Christmas holiday puzzle book. Portable, addictive and satisfying, this fantastic festive book is packed with over 150 word search puzzles to complete. The wordsearches get harder throughout the book, and are perfect for quiet times alone or playing with friends and family over the holiday season.The Kids’ Book of Christmas Wordsearches will help develop children’s vocabularies and for those that need a little help, all the answers are at the back of the book.Also available in the Buster Puzzle Book series:9781780555836 The Kids’ Book of Christmas Crosswords9781780554402 The Kids' Book of Wordsearches 19781780554341 The Kids' Book of Wordsearches 29781780554419 The Kids' Book of Crosswords 19781780554334 The Kids' Book of Crosswords 29781780555003 The Kids' Book of Mazes 19781780555027 The Kids' Book of Mazes 29781780555010 The Kids' Book of Sudoku 19781780555034 The Kids' Book of Sudoku 29781780555058 The Kids' Book of Dot to Dot 19781780555041 The Kids' Book of Puzzles 1

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Both adults and children can float away in an ocean of pure imagination. Discover the subaquatic world of mermaids in this colouring odyssey. This pocket-sized book is full of mesmerizing mermaids, sea creatures, spooky shipwrecks and underwater castles waiting to be brought to life with colour. It's mer-made to please.

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Prepare to meet the dragons of the Ninjago Realm!LEGO® NINJAGO® fans will love this fun-filled pack which includes bricks, a 48-page book of ideas and activities and over 260 reusable stickers. Use the LEGO® bricks and instructions provided to build an Elemental Dragon, Evil Dragon or Dragon Mech. When you’re done, use your imagination to customize your beast with the reusable stickers.With more than 10 different rebuild configurations, you can keep redesigning your dragons over and over again.LEGO, the LEGO logo, the Brick and Knob configurations, the Minifigure and NINJAGO are trademarks of the LEGO Group. ©2022 The LEGO Group. LEGO, the LEGO logo, the Brick and Knob configurations, the Minifigure and NINJAGO are trademarks of the LEGO Group. ©2022 The LEGO Group.

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In this entertaining and insightful biography, award-winning writer Andrew Morton, author of Diana, Her True Story and Elizabeth & Margaret: The Intimate World of the Windsor Sisters, takes you behind the scenes to uncover the woman and her world.For years she prayed for her mother to give birth to a son. She longed to be spared her destiny as Britain’s future Queen. Her dream was to live in the country surrounded by children, dogs and horses.But Elizabeth did her duty, the young princess pledging before her people that she would dedicate her whole life to the service of Britain and the Commonwealth. She hoped that that day would be a long way off. It was not to be. Only twenty-five when she became Queen after the premature death of her father, King George Vl, Elizabeth became the stuff of superlatives: the longest reigning, most travelled and, for a shy woman, the Queen who shook more hands and made more small talk than any other monarch in history. She was seen and believed by millions, either in person, on television or film.Elizabeth was set firmly on the road to becoming sovereign because of the D word – divorce. In 1936, her uncle David, King Edward VIII, wanted to marry a twice-divorced American, Wallis Simpson. When he couldn’t, he abdicated. After that national trauma, divorce and the fall-out from divorce shaped her reign. She witnessed her sister Margaret, three of her children and several grandchildren divorce. And she lived long enough to see the wheel turn full circle, watching as another American divorcee, Meghan Markle, walked down the aisle with her grandson Prince Harry.While her reign was defined by divorce, her private life was moulded by an irascible husband, an extravagant mother and a querulous eldest son. In the winter of her reign she refereed a war between two of her grandsons, brothers William and Harry who were once inseparable friends. As the first monarch to reign for seventy years, she became, following a once in a lifetime pandemic, the reassuring face of hope and optimism, the grandmother to the nation.

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Whether you paid much attention to the mathematics you were taught at school or not, the inescapable truth is that one day, an equation could just save your life.The real world is full of equations and a lot of our everyday decisions are calculated - we just don’t always realize it. And that’s ok - you unthinkingly use differentiation when you’re crossing the road between traffic and you will pretty much always make it to the other side safely. But what if you were plummeting to your death in a plane with no engine and you needed to know what size parachute to make from your cabinmate’s sari in order to jump and survive? Or you were in charge of pinpointing the origins of an important message from outer space? These entirely plausible real-life situations clearly require a little more thought. From how to work out the best guard configuration to protect a world-famous painting in the Louvre to saving the planet from total blackout during an ene

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The third instalment in Craig Revel Horwood’s frank and funny autobiography takes the reader through the highs and lows of the Strictly Come Dancing star’s ‘fab-u-lous’ life. Join Craig and a host of Strictly stars - including Ore Oduba, Judy Murray and the unforgettable Ed Balls - on the show and live tours and get the real stories from behind the scenes.The Aussie-born judge shares his famously forthright views on the changes in the show’s line up, from Bruce Forsyth and Len Goodman’s departures to the arrival of Claudia Winkleman and Shirley Ballas, as well as the dancers and stars.Away from Strictly, Craig reveals fresh heartache over failed romances, his pain at losing his dad and how his work kept him from flying to Australia for the funeral. He marks the milestones in his life, including turning fifty and moving from London to live in a ‘gorgeousR

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Fill in and update this journal with all of your favourite London venues and discoveries, and find inspiration for places to go and things to do in the greatest city in the world. Each double-page spread covers a theme, from great hilltop views and secret gardens to romantic ruins and graves and graveyards, and from unspoilt streets to museums of the unexpected. London expert David Long guides you with his own suggestions, leaving you space to note your own finds or simply jot down your thoughts, and Kate Forrester provides beautiful decorative illustrations on every page. The perfect companion for the London visitor, resident or first-timer, combining both practical advice on where to start looking and the incentive to go on discovering the city for yourself. You'll be sure to fall in love with London for the first time ... or all over again.

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From baking bread to ironing a shirt, Darn It! features all the essential skills that a man should learn to make his life that little bit easier. Each task is succinctly explained and accompanied by beautifully illustrated instructions. The modern man need never again sheepishly ask for help!

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Celebrate and colour the unique world of Kerby Rosanes in this collection of his strange, symmetrical pieces.Kerby’s use of mirror imagery has created some of his most popular artworks. Reflections is a celebration of this striking technique, bringing together the most dazzling examples from across his entire collection, including some as you've never seen them before. Kerby fans will delight in colouring a diverse selection of scenes in this new and exciting way, from mirrored mythological realms and strange, symmetrical scenes to reflected flora and fauna from our own natural world.Featuring vibrant finished pieces coloured by his fans, colourists can explore a range of colouring techniques. Kerby's tips, tricks and stylistic comments accompany each image so that readers can learn how to employ their own colouring skills to bring these wonderful symmetries and reflections to life. This collection also includes an introduction to

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A selection of the most striking images taken from the bestselling 'Morphia' series have been gathered together along with a selection of coloured pieces to celebrate the talent of Kerby Rosanes and his fans.Containing a full-colour section displaying the most accomplished, completed artworks produced by Kerby’s fans, along with stylistic comments and opinions from Kerby. The beautiful artworks displayed in the colour section are also included in the black and white section of the book, so you can take inspiration from the colouristas and bring your own images to life.

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Monet’s Cat tells the story of a magical pottery cat, Chika, who comes alive to explore Monet’s paintings from within. Join her as she visits four famous works of art – causing chaos at a picturesque picnic lunch, getting lost in the smog at a train station, running riot at the beach and making a splash at the water lily pond. But can her famous owner keep up with her exploits? Featuring beautiful illustrations inspired by Monet’s paintings, as well as gallery pages showcasing reproductions of his work, this charming story encourages even the youngest children to engage with, explore and enjoy Monet’s art.

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Enter the strange natural world of epic doodler Kerby Rosanes, where animals and scenes from the natural world morph and explode into majestic, geographic detail. Meet animals that morph from waterfalls and whirlwinds, firey foxes that erupt from volcanoes and fairy-tale castles that grow out of crystal foundations – all for you to bring to life in colour.As an extra challenge, seek out the search items at the back of the book. There’s more to discover within these pages than you ever dreamed possible.Kerby's skills have earned him a solid fan base. His 'Sketchy Stories' Facebook page has more than 1,500,000 likes, he has had 380,000 project views on Behance and his incredible website (www.kerbyrosanes.com) is getting more and more hits by the day.Other books in the colouring series include:9781910552070 Animorphia9781910552148 Imagimorphia9781910552261 Mythomorphia9781910552865 Fantomorphia

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A stunning collection celebrating street art from around the world - the perfect introduction to this vibrant art form, compiled by graffiti veteran KET.

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Welcome to this weird and wacky colouring challenge. There are pictures to colour in, drawings to complete, spaces to scribble in and lots of things to find in these super-detailed doodles by artist Kerby Rosanes. Featuring unique and intricate ink drawings of incredible animals, shape-shifting aliens and breathtaking scenes. Readers will have to keep their eyes peeled for hidden treasures and creatures scattered throughout the pages.Other books in the colouring series include:9781910552148 Imagimorphia 9781910552261 Mythomorphia 9781910552865 Fantomorphia9781910552926 Geomorphia

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Sir Winston Churchill remains a British hero, lauded for his oratorical skill. He wrote histories, biographies, memoirs, and even a novel, while his journalism, speeches and broadcasts run to millions of words. From 1940 he inspired and united the British people and guided their war effort. Behind the public figure, however, was a man of vast humanity and enormous wit. His most famous speeches and sayings have passed into history but many of his aphorisms, puns and jokes are less well-known. This enchanting collection brings together hundreds of his wittiest remarks as a record of all that was best about this endearing, conceited, talented and wildly funny Englishman.Also available in the series:(9781782433651) The Wicked Wit of Queen Elizabeth II(9781782435426) The Wicked Wit of Oscar Wilde(9781782435662) The Wicked Wit of Jane Austen

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'Claiming there are only 150 key things you really need to know that have shaped in the story of Britain, this book delivers them in easy to swallow, bite-sized chunks' - Best of British____________________A bestseller in 2008, Remember Remember has continued to enlighten and entertain readers wanting to brush up on their history. Lively, exciting, full of great stories and humorous asides, this book looks at the key events in British history, covering all the important dates, people and events. Each subject is presented in short, self-contained 'articles', designed to be dipped into on the readers whim. Concise and authoritative, Remember, Remember makes history interesting and accessible for everyone once again.

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Following on from How to Manifest, The Celestial Handbook and The Power of Ancient Wellness, this beautifully illustrated guide shows readers how to harness the power of numerology to interpret the hidden messages from the universe.In a world full of uncertainty, you can always count on numbers. Sacred numerological sequences, otherwise known as numerology, are a way of interpreting the hidden messages behind numbers. Be it angel numbers, soul numbers, or life path numbers, assigning mystical meaning to specific numbers and the practice of using numbers to align with the divine dates as far back as the 8th century BC. You only have to take a leaf from the book of Nature to see how our seemingly spontaneous and chaotic universe has and continues to form using a very precise and orderly mathematical system. In this beautifully illustrated book, well-known astrologer and life coach Carolyne Faulkner reveals the order behind the main methods i

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This book is the latest addition to the Perfect Pocket Puzzles series. Take a well-deserved break with over 150 new codeword puzzles by internationally bestselling author Dr. Gareth Moore.This stylish book of puzzles is designed to help you unwind as you turn your attention to solving the addictive riddles. With over 150 brand new codeword puzzles to crack, this handy pocket-sized book helps you to refocus your mind, improve your word power and take a little time for yourself. Also available: Perfect Pocket Puzzles: Crosswords (9781789294187)Perfect Pocket Puzzles: Word Searches (9781789294200)Perfect Pocket Puzzles: Sudoku (9781789294194)Perfect Pocket Puzzles: Codewords (9781789296068)

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Elizabeth I is one of England's most famous monarchs, whose story as the ‘Virgin Queen’ is well known. But queenship was by no means a certain path for Henry VIII’s younger daughter, who spent the majority of her early years as a girl with an uncertain future.Before she was three years old Elizabeth had been both a princess and then a bastard following the brutal execution of her mother, Anne Boleyn. After losing several stepmothers and then her father, the teenage Elizabeth was confronted with the predatory attentions of Sir Thomas Seymour. The result was devastating, causing a heartbreaking rift with her beloved stepmother Katherine Parr.Elizabeth was placed in further jeopardy when she was implicated in the Wyatt Rebellion of 1554 - a plot to topple her half-sister, Mary, from her throne. Imprisoned in the Tower of London where her mother had lost her life, under intense pressure and interrogation Elizabeth adamantly protested her inno

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From gravity to black holes, special relativity to global warming, this authoritative and entertaining book from bestselling author Marcus Chown breaks down complex science into manageable chunks, explaining the one thing you really need to know to get to grips with the subject.Rather than trying to bend your mind around all the vast and confounding details of things such as gravitational waves, electricity and black holes, wouldn’t it be easier to understand just one central concept from which everything else follows?If you’ve ever found yourself fascinated by the idea of quantum computing but feel a little overwhelmed by the mindblowing subject of quantum mechanics or concerned by climate change but haven’t been able to get to grips with the details of global warming, this book is for you. Let’s take atoms, for example – what on earth are they? Well, if you start to think of them less like things you can’t see with complex little nuclei and more like the alphabet of nature, which in different configurations can make a rose, a galaxy or a newborn baby, they might start to feel a little more understandable. Or gravitational waves – they sound poetic, but why are they creating so much excitement? Think of them as the voice of space, vibrations on the drumskin of space-time – before delving into all their complexities. In twenty-one short and engaging chapters, Chown explains the one thing you need to know to understand some of the most important scientific ideas of our time. Packed full of astounding facts, scientific history and the entertaining personalities at the heart of the most pivotal discoveries about the workings of our universe, this is an accessible guide to all the tricky stuff you’ve always wanted to understand more about.

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Get your puzzle on with the wonderful range of word games to be found in this book. With over 100 puzzles to choose from and ranging from missing vowels to codewords and from word circles to crosswords, this is the perfect book for the wordsmith in your life or the WORDLE fanatic who really needs to get offline and enjoy the delights of a pen and paper!Written by expert puzzle master Dr Gareth Moore, this is a book that will keep you enthralled and enhance your word and language skills as you go.

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The Manifestation Journal will help you to take daily action to make your dreams come true. A self-discovery journal like no other, you will learn how to rise above your fears and to bring abundance into your life, whether it be love, money, friendship or more. We all have untapped potential and Gill Thackray, mindfulness teacher, coach and psychologist will show you how to unlock your power and accelerate your manifesting goals. Featuring step-by-step advice, and space to fill in your own progress, Gill will guide you through the essential tools you need to manifest; from the magic of scripting to the power of the 369 method and setting your intentions, as well as the importance of visualization, reflecting, gratitude and more. This is the only journal you need to create the reality you desire. Connect with yourself, go after your dreams and discover the life-changing power of manifesting.

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‘This has everything I love in a book; drama, intrigue and a giant, stuffed mammal.’ Sue PerkinsMr Horniman’s Walrus tells the story of the rise and fall of three generations of a remarkable and dysfunctional Victorian family – the Hornimans – exploring the lives and loves behind their extraordinary and varied legacies.Family patriarch John Horniman established the tea company that bore his name in 1826, which went on to become one of the best-known brands of nineteenth-century Britain. His son Frederick created the eclectic and wonderful Horniman Museum in London, and his granddaughter Annie was a theatrical impresario responsible for founding Ireland’s national theatre, the Abbey. Across more than a century, the family embodied changing middle-class attitudes from patriarchy to the new spirit of modernity; and their progress mirrored the high point of Victorian entrepreneurialism and the changes ushered in by the Edwardian age. Drawing on her years of research and unfettered access to the family archive, Clare Paterson has written a riveting tale of trade, collecting, the stage, sex and politics in Victorian Britain. For the first time, Mr Horniman’s Walrus unpicks the lives of this fascinating family, including their slips from grace as well as their astounding achievements. It’s a story of capital and culture, philanthropy and empire, but also bankruptcy, betrayal, intrigue, lunacy and deep involvement in the esoterica of the occult.

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'The best account so far of the most notorious woman... Andrew Morton presents a convincing picture of Wallis Simpson's rip-roaring sexual and social adventures and her curious marriage to the Duke of Windsor... His new research adds to our knowledge of her whole career.' Sarah Bradford, historical biographer'Remarkable. Supersedes and surpasses all previous Wallis biographies... Andrew Morton's crowning achievement.' – Christopher Wilson, author of Dancing with the Devil: The Windsors and Jimmy Donahue'[a] groundbreaking biography of Wallis Simpson... Morton has finally given her the biography she deserves.' – The Lady ____________________________________________Sunday Times bestselling author Andrew Morton reveals new information and sources that totally transform our perception of Wallis Simpson. Wallis in Love brings a fascinating new perspective on the 20th century's most controversial royal scandal. Andrew Morton's impeccable research and unerring skill for riveting storytelling combine to present a strong case for a startling reveal: that the woman who rocked the world with her uncompromising passion for the Prince of Wales may have fooled everyone by keeping the true object of her passion hidden away... From her relatively lowly beginnings in America, to her rise through the social ranks and her determination to one day beat men at their own game and the ultimate conquest of the Prince of Wales, Morton paints a vivid and multi-faceted picture of a woman, who may have won the jewel in the British crown but very possibly at the expense of her true happiness. Wallis in Love reveals the men Wallis truly loved, the men who broke her heart – and the hearts she broke in turn. In this vivid and fresh portrait of the Duchess of Windsor, Morton draws on interviews, secret letters, diaries and never before seen or heard primary sources.

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