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Retail Marketing This second edition retains the analytical approach to the functions and problems of retail marketing management found in the first, but it has been fully revised and updated to reflect developments in retail theory and practice.

Guildford and Villages Then and Now

Wild Swans A Chinese woman chronicles the struggle of her grandmother, mother, and herself in a China torn apart by wars, invasions, revolution, and continuing upheaval, from 1907 to the present.

Whale Done! What do your people at work and your spouse and kids at home have in common with a five-ton killer whale? This work explains that both whales and people perform better when you accentuate the positive. It shows how using the techniques of animal trainers

Penguin Careers Guide, The This title provides information on over 300 careers and occupational areas. It includes: a checklist of qualifications and opportunities for career changes, part-time work and job-sharing; and information on the new examination system, up-to-date contact

Monarchy Transformed This sixth volume of the nine-volume work narrates the tempestuous political events of the Stuart dynasty. It charts the reigns of the six monarchs, and the course of two revolutions as well as religious upheavals that shook the beliefs of the 17th-centu

Oxford Reading Tree: Stage 2: Patterned Stories: Monkey Tricks Thousands of children have learnt to read with Kipper, Biff and Chip in the "Oxford Reading Tree" stories. These new editions feature new covers and artwork, but the stories and characters remain the same.

North Derbyshire Collieries on Old Picture Postcards

Dutch Dictionary A comprehensive vocabulary bank for working Dutch, this dictionary contains a special section on sounds and spelling and a Dutch grammar section for easy reference. It has been updated to include the most recent usage of the language to date and to make

As You Like it Provides a detailed history of the play in production, both on stage and on screen.

Sid Halley Omnibus, The This omnibus contains all three Sid Halley novels: "Odds Against", "Whip Hand" and "Come to Grief".

Naturopathy for Horses An explanation of holistic biological therapies including hydotherapy, Kneipp treatment, homoeopathy, Baunscheidt therapy, acupuncture, leeches, cell therapy, electro-magnetic field therapy, cantharides plaster and much more.

Consulting Pupils "Consulting Pupils" considers the potential benefits and implications of talking to students about teaching and learning in school, exploring its impact at different levels. Key issues included are the importance of engaging young learners in a focused d

Dubious Legacy, A When James and Matthew spent the weekend with Henry Tillotson in 1954, they took an instant liking to the country house that Henry had inherited from his father. His wife was a bit odd though - she never seemed to get out of bed. Gossip suggested that He

Sociology Provides sociology students with a comprehensive introduction to sociology. Clear and authoritative, the book conveys complex ideas in a simple manner, whilst also encouraging students to think for themselves about such issues as education, the body, hea

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New Herb Bible A revised edition, carrying updated and easy-to-use information on herbs, including a major new section on those that can help prevent the effects of ageing. There are also sections on gender-related problems, herbal beauty tips, and how to use aromather

Wicked Pleasures From the author of "An Outrageous Affair" comes this contemporary saga of two dynasties. They become helplessly entwined when a brother and two sisters discover that they all have different fathers, none of them Alexander, Earl of Caterham, who was marri

Excel in Easy Steps Updated to cover the new features of the current version of Excel, this text covers all the essentials of the software.

Study Skills Handbook, The This guide aims to help students starting university by encouraging them to think about the skills they already have, providing resources to help them evaluate and manage their own learning and develop good study habits, and helping them understand how l

C++ Primer Plus A primer on the C++ programming language. It teaches the fundamentals of programming, including the principles of structured code and top-down design. This fourth edition explores language enhancements, and provides hints on streamlining object-oriented

Dictionary of Economics, A This fully up-to-date edition provides comprehensive definitions of over 2500 economic terms, covering all aspects of economic theory, from microeconomics to public finance and international trade, organizations and institutions.

Fatal Forces Why do your ears stop you falling off your bike? How could a little bit of gravity make you lose your head? What can make your fillings explode? Find out in this book which is full of horrible scientific facts, quirky quizzes, teacher tests and crazy car

Children A multi-disciplinary text, advocating a child-centred approach to the study of, and provision for, childhood. It explores child development, images of childhood, children learning, measuring children, the family, children and violence and children at ris

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Out of Actions Performance art and its merging with traditional painting and sculpture, is the great revolution of postwar art. Its links to theatre, photography, music, dance, politics and popular culture have made it popular with contemporary artists. This book cover

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Healthy Gut Cookbook, The Cookery expert Marguerite Patten and nutritionist Jeannette Ewin tell you everything you need to know about eating for a healthy gut. The text Includes information about a wide range of gut problems, practical advice on the best food choices and 60 healt

Victorians This is a resource for young readers who want to learn all about the Victorian way of life, from clothing, to eating habits, to medicine. Discover facts such as the number of hours servants were expected to work per day and how much they were paid over t

Professional Software Engineering Illustrates how programmers, developers and software engineers can make their work a profession; not just a job!

Florence Nightingale This illustrated text describes the life and times of Florence Nightingale. It encourages children to think about what is known about her and the events that made her famous. It also provokes questions about how impressions of history are formed through

AA Key Guide Rome

PowerPoint 97 Part of the "Straight to the Point" series which aims to provide an immediate insight to a software. Each book includes illustrations, an index classified by theme and is designed so as to enable the reader to easily find and rapidly apply all the functi

Mr. Majeika and the Lost Spell Book When the wizard-teacher defies the headmaster and uses magic to make Halloween more fun, he is sacked. Wilhelmina Warlock is at the bottom of the trouble and must be defeated to rescue the children from boredom and Mr Majeika from his attempts at doing o

7 Habits of Highly Effective People, The Presents the reader with a holistic, integrated and principle-centred approach for solving personal and professional problems. With penetrating insights and pointed anecdotes, Covey reveals a step-by-step pathway for living with fairness, integrity, hone

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Empty Chair, The Lincoln Rhyme has travelled to a world-famous spinal cord injuries centre in North Carolina for surgery. But before he has a chance to undergo it, the local police department draft in Rhyme and Amelia, using their forensic skills to help find two women k

Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional in 10 Minutes A tutorial-based volume, organized into a series of easy-to-follow, 10-minute lessons, this text features 26 ten-minute chapters to guide you through the Windows desktop, file management, networking, accessing the Internet, and more.

Maximum Dreamweaver 85 Add-Ons to Supercharge Your Development

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Mcse 2003 Certificate Kit The new MCSE program for Windows 2003 still requires candidates to pass seven exams, but there are now six core exams - one client, four networking and one design - and one elective. This box set includes study guides for the four required networking exa

Very Bloody History of Britain, The This ultimate source of info ranges from the 1940s baby-boomers through the Swinging Sixties, right up to the political scandals of the present day. It includes all the juicy titbits boring chronicles leave out.

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Social Identities Across the Life Course Linking traditional sociological and anthropological concerns with postmodern debates centred on the self, identity and time, this text integrates theoretical debates about childhood, youth, middle age and later life with empirical material in an illumin

Adventures in Ancient Greece This is the fourth volume in a series of adventure stories in which the intrepid Binkerton children grapple with a different period in history. In this title the Binkerton trio want to see the next Olympic Games, but instead end up watching the sports in

Music of Dolphins, The Mila creates headlines around the world when she is rescued from an unpopulated island off the coast of Florida. Now a teenager, she has been raised by dolphins since the age of four. But the more Mila finds out what it means to be human, the more deeply

Rapunzel Designed for children learning to read, this book retells "Rapunzel" in lively, natural language to help children develop the confidence to read alone. Level Three is suitable for children who are developing reading stamina and who are ready to progress

Tank Engine Thomas Again A redesigned collection of four stories featuring Thomas the Tank Engine and his friends. In the RAILWAY series. Illustrated in full colour.

QuarkXPress 6 Windows and Mac Updated to cover features new to QuarkXPress 6, including a new chapter on synchronized text, this guide offers a quick route to proficiency for all skill levels. Hundreds of sidebars and tips throughout the book expand on basic techniques.

Drums of Autumn The fourth book in a time-travel series about a 1960s woman and an 18th-century Scottish rebel. Jamie goes to seek refuge in the mountains knowing his daughter Brianna is safe in the future. When Brianna enters the past in search of him, Jamie learns tha

Mastering Unix Shell Scripting Shell scripts are the most efficient way to automate complex and repetitive tasks in Unix systems of all flavours. Unix shell scripts can help a system administrator monitor for full file systems, automate notification to a paging system, manage print qu

Angel Tree, The

Green Witch, The For home or garden, for beauty or hygiene, for kitchen and bathroom, for relaxation or relief from sickness, people are turning to the world of plants. This work offers practical advice, recipes for aromatic mixtures and natural remedies and shows how to

Shadow Warriors Tom Clancy traces the transformation of the Special Forces from the small core of outsiders of the 1950s through the cauldron of Vietnam and to the rebirth of the SF in the late 1980s and 1990s as the bearer of the largest, most mixed and most complex se

Siege of the Peking Embassy,1900, The How hundreds of diplomats and their families stranded inside the Legation buildings in Peking during the Boxer Uprising coped with the rigours of the siege - told through diplomatic papers and the gripping diary of the British ambassador in Peking, Sir C

People, Places and Themes This textbook follows the structure of the Bristol Project (OCR Syllabus C). Aimed at the full ability range, it covers skills, techniques and approaches to coursework. The material supports students preparing for the decision-making exercise and the fin

Greek Although it is aimed at those with no previous knowledge, this course is equally suitable for anyone wishing to brush up existing skills and aims to help users progress from the basics to understanding, speaking and writing Greek with confidence.

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In the Empire of Genghis Khan In this work, Stanley Stewart sets off in the wake of an obscure 13th century Franciscan friar on a pilgimage across the old empire, from Istanbul to the distant homeland of the Mongol Hordes.

Behind Enemy Lines

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Software Cost Estimation with Cocomo II COCOMO II is a model which estimates the cost, effort, and schedule when planning a new software development activity. It consists of three submodels, each one offering increased fidelity the further along one is in the project planning and design proces

Peak District Secrets and Curiosities This text allows the reader to learn about many aspects of the Peak District. This volume contains information and illustrations about the home and village life and churches and chapels of the Peak District.

Look out by Water "Look Out by Water" is a no-nonsense book with a strong safety message for young children about how they should avoid potentially dangerous situations near water. The narrative throughout is in simple straightforward language, which is undramatic and rea

Peace at Last Mr Bear is tired and goes to bed - but can he get to sleep? "Snore, snore" went Mrs Bear, "Tick-tock, tick-tock" went the clock. Mr Bear desperately tries to get some sleep, around the house, in the garden and even in the car. This new edition contains t

George Crabbe: Everyman Poetry Writing against the prevailing Romanticism of his time, Crabbe described a people and a rural way of life in the throes of industrial revolution.

Murder in Mesopotamia Amy Leatheran has never felt the lure of the mysterious East, but when she travels to an ancient site deep in the Iraqi desert to nurse the wife of a celebrated archaeologist; events prove stranger than she could ever have imagined.

Black Valley The small town of Black Valley is mysteriously plagued by a series of disturbing and unbelievable events. But most bizarre of all is the erratic appearance of a teenager with bone-white hair, who turns out to be the same boy who was buried alive two deca

Looking at the English Legal System Designed to make learning about the legal system interesting and stimulating, this text offers a wide range of interactive exercises and source material, including extracts from judgments, government publications, newspaper articles and legal journals.

Movie Book, The Brings together 500 people from around the world who have made landmark contributions to the medium of film. From early pioneers to the stars of today, the entries cover the entire industry, including actors and directors, costume designers, special-effe

Letters from a Nut A collection of spoof letters where the deadpan responses are also hilarious. Ted L. Nancy writes to various organizations with absurd requests like: can he graft his big toe onto his nose?; or can his band, the "Fat Beatles" perform in a casino, and can

Writing Information Security Policies This guide demonstrates how to protect your assets by starting with a good security policy. It explores the security and policy considerations that must be understood by everyone concerned with information security, and is written in an easy-to-understan

Minx Miss Amy Pringle is spoilt when she arrives at Lancaster Hall to pursue her engagement to Lord Fitzroy, eldest son of the Earl and heir to a fortune. The Earl is not impressed with her and sets out to break her spirit through a series of ordeals.

Photomap Leisure Old Man of Coniston, Lake District

Psychology for AS Level An introduction to psychology for AS Level students. Mirroring all syllabus specifications, each topical chapter includes a summary and exam-style self-assessment questions, and topics covered in depth include cognitive psychology, social psychology and

Unless All her life Reta Winters has enjoyed the useful monotony of happiness with a loving family and growing success as a writer. Then her eldest daughter suddenly withdraws from the world to sit on a street corner, uncommunicative but for a sign around her n

Cambridge Latin Course Book 4 The Cambridge Latin Course is an introductory course developed by the Cambridge School Classics Project.

South Pole Taking a look at the most intriguing stories in history from the journeys of Scott and Amundsen towards the South Pole to the amazing finds of Carter and Carnarvon in the Valley of the Kings, readers will discover that there are always two sides to every

Helping Children Learn Through Activities in the Early Years This title describes child care to students. It looks at how to motivate children to learn through play and other activities. The book works through a range of settings providing numerous ideas in the context of learning and development.

Dark Tower, The The Dark Tower beckons Roland, the Last Gunslinger, and the four companions he has gathered along the road. And, having narrowly escaped one world, they set out on a terrifying journey across the scarred urban wasteland to brave a new world where hidden

StyleCity Paris A Paris guide to the total city experience, revealing where to sleep, eat, drink, shop, retreat, explore, or just hang out, in stimulating surroundings. Divided into two sections: "Street Wise" and "Style Traveller", readers are directed to places situat

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Peak District Cycling Routes Cycling routes overprinted on sheet map backed up by 24 small maps illustrating 12 off-road routes

Villa, The This work discusses villas from Ancient Rome to 20th-century France and America. The villa provides a focus for examining not only the relationship between urban and rural life, but also that between the effects of social, economic and political change o

On the Natural History of Destruction This title explores the strange silence surrounding the destruction of German cities through Allied bombing - a subject which, despite the scale of the devastation, remained almost entirely out of sight in post-war German writing.

Hitler and Nazism Focusing on the key themes of Nazi domestic policy, Dick Geary organizes the results of recent research into a concise analysis of the nature of Nazi rule and its impact on German society.

Guide to Networking Essentials

Learning to Teach in Higher Education An introduction to the practice of university teaching and its underlying theory. Fully revised and updated, in view of the extensive changes which have taken place in higher education since 1990, this edition includes new material on the higher educatio

Language Testing "Oxford Introductions to Language Study" texts are compact, accessible introductions to the key disciplines in the study of language.

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Witch Hunter, The

Grammar of the Multitude, A Drawing from philosophy of language, political economics and ethics, Virno argues that the category of "multitude", elaborated by Spinoza, is a far better tool to analyse contemporary issues than the Hobbesian concept of "people", favoured by classical p

MCSE Windows XP Professional Training Kit

Tamworth Past and Present - The Changing Face of an Ancient Town

Birth of Time, The This is a tale of false leads, blind alleys and groping in the semi-dark, all of which lead to the discovery of the elusive evidence of the age of the universe. The author, as a research astronomer, was involved in the work with the Hubble Space Telescop

Little Miss Curious

Find Out About the Viking World Discover facts about the Viking way of life - the longships they sailed in, the distant lands they voyaged to and wars they waged. Fifteen step-by-step projects enable you to recreate the past.

Thief! Fleeing on to the moors when she is unfairly accused of theft, an unusual storm suddenly whirls 12-year-old Lydia into the future. But will it ever let her return?

Management and Organization Offering a radically critical perspective on the inextricably entwined subjects of management and organization, and keeping practice firmly in mind, this is a challenging yet accessible introduction for third-year undergraduate courses, MBAs and speciali

GCSE French

Basic Skills in NEAB GCSE English Prepares students for NEAB English papers 1 and 2. This text contains motivating texts and extracts accessibile to lower ability students with teach-yourself sections at the end of each unit.

Christmas Collection, The Curl up on the sofa with your new best friends and enjoy some festive fun with Mary-Kate and Ashley in "The Christmas Collection!"."

Concise Oxford Spanish Dictionary, The Containing 170,000 words and phrases, and over 240,000 translations, this dictionary has full coverage of Latin-American Spanish and American English. It offers example sentences selected to illustrate the full range of meanings.

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Introduction to Bessel Functions

AA Street by Street Central London Congestion Charging Zone This map covers all you need to know about the congestion charging scheme in central London. It tells you how to pay the congestion charge, with information on discounts and exemptions. Parking, rail and tube stations outside the "zone" are highlighted i

Briar King, The

Building Websites Using Macromedia Studio Showing how to use the power of Macromedia Studio MX to design and build attention-grabbing dynamic web sites on time and under budget, this text provides a one-stop approach to the use of the key features in each of the applications and clear instructio

Dancing with Demons This is the full story of the legendary pop icon Dusty Springfield. It tells her life story from a period of wilderness during the 1970s and 1980s to chart-topping success in the 1990s and her death from cancer. It also reveals a background that was schi

From Bismarck to Hitler This second edition has been thoroughly updated to provide comprehensive and accessible coverage of German history from the Kaiserreich through to the collapse of the Weimar Republic. Events and issues arising from the period are covered in depth.

Michael Rosen Travel Pack

Avid Editing This text is for beginning to intermediate users of Avid Xpress, Xpress DV or Media Composer. The chapters guide readers through an editing project, while the accompanying DVD provides narrative footage to download for immediate, hands-on practice.

Butterflies and Moths of Britain and Europe This illustrated guide to butterflies and moths enables quick and easy identification of 240 species found in Britain and Europe. The text includes information about distribution, habitat and reproduction. Photographs identify size, appearance and hibern

Midwinter Nightingale King Richard lies gravely ill and there are rumours that the Duchess of Burgandy, is preparing an imminent invasion. The ancient crown of Alfred must be found so King Richard can pass it to his successor. Is Simon next in line to the throne or will Baron

Viva Mallorca! "Winter spring" finds Peter, under the sharp eye of his long-suffering wife Ellie, struggling to shake off the relaxed Spanish tranquiloness that he has now mastered all too well. Old friendships have been established and new ones are found as the Kerrs

Edinburgh Easyfold Map To the scale of 4.2 inches to 1 mile, 1:15,000, this title has a handy full colour map of central Edinburgh with street level detail and a simple concertina style fold and durable lamination.

Intimacy A novel by the author of "The Buddha of Suburbia" and "My Beautiful Laundrette" which analyzes the agonies and joys of being connected to another person. Jay, who is leaving his partner and their two sons, reflects on the vicissitudes of his relationship

Brighton and Lewes,Haywards Heath This map is part of the Landranger (Pink) series and is designed for people who really want to get to know an area. It includes the following information: tourist information, camping and caravan sites, picnic areas and viewpoints, and selected places of

Butterflies and Moths of Britain and Europe Part of a series of illustrated nature guides, this book covers the most common and attractive species of butterfly and day-flying moth found in Britain and Europe. Each species is illustrated and described in detail, and covers the life cycle of butterf

Handbook of Modern Ferromagnetic Materials

Lines in the Sand A collection of new poetry and prose from some of the most prestigious and talented authors and illustrators. Ideal for use in schools to help educate children when dealing with the topic of war, each entry depicts a strong anti-war message and will serv

Waiting for the Wild Beasts to Vote The story of Koyanga, dictator and President of the Gulf Coast, an imaginary former French-African colony. It is told by Bingo, his "soronoma", part-storyteller, part-court-fool.

Object-oriented Software Construction This revised second edition of the text introduces new topics including client server and Internet, object-oriented databases, and design by contract. It aslo includes object-oriented methodology, encapsulation, dynamic binding, inheritance, memory manag

GCSE Applied ICT This student workbook offers case studies based on real organisations and differentiated classroom activities. The free CD-rom provides access to the databases, spreadsheets, images and web pages necessary for students, as well as "helpsheets" to support

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Intermediate Guide to Digital Photography, An

Buddha Book, The Based on the teachings of Lama Zopa Rinpoche, this text introduces over 50 of the most important and well-known Buddhist deities, presenting their characteristics, functions and histories, along with the prayers, meditations, visualizations and special r

Diving-bell and the Butterfly, The The diary of Jean-Dominique Bauby who, with his left eyelid (the only surviving muscle after a massive stroke) dictated a book about his experiences locked inside his body. It is a book about the triumph of the human spirit and the ability to invent a li

Bedtime Star

Complete Fairy Tales, The The tale of "Cinderella" is told wherever stories are still read aloud and everyone is familiar with "Rapunzel" and "The Golden Goose", but who has heard all the wonderful stories collected by the Brothers Grimm? This volume contains all 210 of their sto

Mysteries of the Mind

Teach Yourself Visually iLife Providing step-by-step examples, "Teach Yourself VISUALLY iLife" serves as a beginning to intermediate guide to iLife and functions like four tutorials and user manuals in one.

Collins Good Writing Skills

Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Updated to meet contemporary concerns, this second edition is aimed at those who want to do something practical about anorexia nervosa/bulimia. Its contribution is the widely acknowledged whirlpool theory which unifies the physiological and psychological

Last Chance Saloon Tara, Katherine and Fintan have been friends since they were teenagers in Knockaway, County Clare, in the days of legwarmers, pink stretch jeans and Duran Duran. Now in their early 30s, they live in London where they are still bound together. But fate is

Discovery of the Mind in Greek Philosophy and Literature, The

101 Poems to Help You Understand Men (and Women) An anthology of poems to help you through the battle of the sexes. Ditch "the rules", pop psychology, scented candles, life coaches and aromatherapy. If you want to win the battle of the sexes listen to the people who know - the poets who through the age

Solvent Abuse Providing information that does not patronize, over-simplify or judge, this series examines social phenomena that are difficult or harmful. Each book traces the history, prevalence and consequences of such phenomena and offers ways of finding help for th

Working with Texts This is a revised and updated version of this introductory language text book. Including a range of activities and projects, the book introduces the core areas of language structure and grammar through the analysis of real texts.

Down Under After tales from the USA and Britain, Bill Bryson turns his roving eye to Australia, the only island that is also a continent and the only continent that is also a country. He tries to find out why Aussies are so cool, digging up a past that reveals conv

World War I Day by Day

Sliced Iguana A journey into the heart of Mexico, travelling among five completely different, very colourful cultures. The author recounts taking part in Shamanic rituals in war-torn Chiapas; revelling with the transvestites and matriarchs of Juchitan; and spending Ea

Monthly Sky Guide, The This title is a fully revised and updated guide to the night sky, now in full colour.

Neurolinguistic Programming This guide to neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) helps the reader to: master techniques of persuasion and negotiation; eliminate fears, phobias and low self-esteem; and learn the success secrets of top achievers. A 21-day progamme provides skills for pea

Funny, Peculiar This is a biography of the international TV comedy icon, Benny Hill. Acclaimed in the 1950s as the first TV comedy superstar, loved for his pioneering ideas and mild "seaside-postcard" humour, but in the 1980s, just as he became a hit in more than 100 co

Composing Music with Computers This work focuses on the role of the computer as a tool for music composition. It introduces the most significant approaches to the systematization of music for composition purposes before the advent of the computer. It then examines the concept of algor

Sunday Telegraph Book of Nonograms This selection of nongram puzzles from "The Daily Telegraph" are designed to test powers of deduction to the utmost. Amusing tests of skill and logic, the objective is to complete the grid, filling in some squares as solids and the remainder with dots. W

Nurses and Politics This lively book is designed to inform all nurses, both student and professional, about the contemporary political issues affecting them and their work in the early 21st century. It covers both internal and external politics and includes information abou

Camberwell Beauty This volume of interconnected stories from Perrier Comedy Award-winning Jenny Eclair is a bitter-sweet collection. Each story focuses on the very different lives of a set of characters living in the same street, where happiness is a fragile thing and hai

Bugsy Malone This script, with 15 major parts, has been especially adapted for schools. It contains the song lyrics and stills from the film, as well as suggestions on lighting, staging and costumes.

Teach Yourself Visually Photoshop 5.5 This work takes readers through the next version of Photoshop, showing the steps involved in a typical image-editing project, from opening scanned photos and clip art, to manipulating selections and applying filters, to saving finished work for use in pr

Carrion Kisses It was only when Kate tried to leave Tim that she discovered how potentially dangerous he really was. This title is her memoir of a true romance that became a living nightmare and ended with the discovery of a Christie-style murder that rocked the North.

Representation This text outlines how visual images, language and discourse work as "systems of representation". It analyzes questions of meaning, truth, knowledge and power in representation, and the relations between representation, pleasure and fantasy.

Lord of the Rings, The This work has been labelled both a heroic romance and a classic of fantasy fiction. By turns comic and homely, epic and diabolic, the narrative moves through countless changes of scene and character in an imaginary world of great detail. This one-volume

Tom and the Island of Dinosaurs Tom finds a message in a bottle - from a girl explorer trapped on the Island of Monsters. He sets off to help, flying in a balloon through the moonlit skies to reach a volcanic island teeming with huge prehistoric creatures. By the author/illustrator of

1759 Although 1759 is not a date as well known in British history as 1215, 1588 or 1688, there is a strong case to be made that it is the most significant year since 1066, due to two great battles where Britain beat France for global supremacy and founded the

Back and Neck Pain In the USA and the UK, various medical bodies have published guidelines for the treatment and management of back and neck pain. This text translates these guidelines for sufferers, providing user-friendly and clear advice. It shows how to take control of

Dating Game, The A story of scientific opposition, financial hardship and personal tragedy in the search for the true Age of the Earth.

English Grammar for Students of French This grammar gives step-by-step explanations of concepts applying to English and French, illustrating similarities and differences between the languages. It has instructions on selecting the correct form, review exercises with an answer key and "study ti

Contract Law Addressing the specifications for AQA and OCR as an A2 option, this text provides students with comprehensive coverage of contract law and would also be of interest as an introductory text for students of other law courses.

Rhyming Cockney Slang A pocket glossary for easy reference explaining cockney idioms.

Windows 2000 Directory Services Design This study guide has been designed to help readers pass one of the four core design exams in the MCSE 2000 certification program.

Chambers Primary Rhyming Dictionary This rhyming dictionary provides resources for children to create their own rhymes and poems. The dictionary features 40 short verses specially written for the book by Benjamin Zephaniah which provide inspiration for the junior poet.

History of Political Thought, The An undergraduate-level thematic introduction to the history of Western political thought, reviewing the contributions of theorists to the themes of the ends of politics, the location and exercise of political authority, and the challenging of that author

Slipstream This revealing autobiography illuminates the literary world of the latter half of the 20th century, as well as giving a personal insight into the life of the novelist Elizabeth Jane Howard.

Collins-Robert French Dictionary Linguistic tool that gives you instant electronic access to over 300,000 words and phrases and 550,000 translations.

Three Men in a Boat, "Three Men in a Boat" describes a comic expedition by middle-class Victorians up the Thames to Oxford, and "Three Men on the Bummel" records a similar escapade - a break from the claustrophobia of suburban life some ten years later, as they take a cyclin

Collector, The From the author of THE MAGUS, a novel first published by Jonathan Cape in 1963. A withdrawn, unloved butterfly collector wins a fortune on the football pools, and this enables him to abduct a young art student and keep her in the cellar of his newly-boug

Collected Verse

Design Patterns C# Workbook

Olympic Conspiracy, The "Adventure and Magic in the Ancient World" is the fifth magical book in the "Seven Fabulous Wonders" series. In it, the statue of Zeus at Olympia provides the backdrop for another thrilling adventure.

Traditional Woodworking Handtools

Marrying Game, The The aristocratic Hasty sisters are astonishingly beautiful, irresistibly sexy and startlingly intelligent. They are also extremely poor, so if their faces are to be their only fortune, then they must put all thoughts of love out of their minds and marry

Geisha An illustrated study of the historical development of the geisha in Japanese culture and the role of the geisha in modern Japanese society.

Special Places to Stay British Holiday Homes

Arthurian Legends

Tales of Horror and Suspense

How to Do Everything with Your Digital Camera This work covers updates on new camera models, new software, new imaging technology, and new buying recommendations. It provides tips and techniques for editing digital photos using Photoshop Elements and Paint Shop Pro.

Multimedia Systems Discusses the basic characteristics of multimedia operating systems, networking and communication, and multimedia middleware systems. The aim is to provide a broad understanding of multimedia systems and applications in an integrated manner.

Doctor in Disguise

Mr. Cool

Sewing for Children A practical guide that provides instructions for sewing clothes and accessories for infants, toddlers and school-age children. It includes ideas to personalize clothing with fabric painting and other decorative techniques, as well as a section on sewing

Duchamp

Old and New Evidence on the Meaning of Life The Mystical World-view and Inner Contest

Green An information book for young learners, looking at the colour green as it is found in nature. It is part of a series designed to introduce children to basic colours and their differing shades and also to items that may or may not be familiar from the wor

Hills of Tuscany, The Ferenc Mate and his wife arrived in Tuscany in the late 1980s, knowing little Italian and with only weeks to find a new home. After many mishaps, they conclude the deal for their ancient farmhouse by drawing on the hood of a rusty tractor. This is the st

New Labour, New Language? This text is a critique of New Labour and its policies through an analysis of the language and rhetoric employed by Tony Blair and his spin doctors. Demonstrating the importance of language in politics, Fairclough examines various political speeches and

Traditional Chess

Chambers Pocket Thesaurus This updated edition features over 22,000 synonyms and antonyms and special panel entries which list related words for many different subjects in an A-Z format.

Roy Williams Plays

Plant Growth One of a series of books which explores plants, their structures, life processes, adaptation, classification and uses. It includes key science discoveries through time and project ideas to reinforce scientific concepts.

Nights at the Circus Haunted by Fevvers, child of a brothel, a journalist stumbles into a journey which takes him from London to Siberia via St Petersburg into an earthy, rich, turn-of-the-19th-century world which reeks of human and animal variety.

Nine Minutes, Twenty Seconds A testament to the resiliance of the human spirit, this book explores what it means to have your life turned upside down by the events of nine minutes and twenty seconds. This is the true story of the survivors of one of the most feared of catastrophes -

Gran Canaria

Alban Quest, The This book presents a portrait of the Albans, a seafaring tribe who originated in the country now known as Scotland. Battered by repeated Celtic, Norse and Roman invasions, the Albans fled west, first to Iceland, then to Greenland and finally across the A