| Author: | Kimberly Schlegel |
Author and entertaining expert, Kimberly Schlegel Whitman has written the ultimate wedding planning book, designed to take the mess and stress out of planning one of life's most important fetes! No matter the bride, where she lives, or how simple or extravagant she wants her big day to be, this workbook makes it easy to plan ... read more
| Author: | Rachel Best |
Excuse my French! arose out of a culture clash between a Frenchman and an English woman. Life together in a bi-lingual relationship for Rachel and Jean-Christophe created many miscomprehensions, amusing mistranslations and often sheer bewilderment. This book offers a way out of the conversational confusion and comprises of 70... read more
| Author: | Colin Batrouney |
'He took up the book and opened the battered cover. It had swollen with age, humidity and use, the pages rippled together like seaweed in a current, like billowing grasses, as if the story it contained could not be bound by the glue and stitch of the spine...' Joel, a charming drifter, finds his moorings in the world of books... read more
| Author: | Kingfisher |
With its warm and busy artworks scenes, "People Around the World" is the perfect interactive introduction to all kinds of people and places, from a bustling modern Asian city, to a rural African village, from the colour and glamour of India's Bollywood to the green calm of a small European farm. Gentle, friendly text takes yo... read more
| Author: | Patricia Scudamore |
Sunday: Understand the importance of first impressions and the common mistakes people make Monday: Ensure your application is taken seriously with a cover letter that is concise, complements your CV and is targeted to the job you have applied for Tuesday: Discover how to style and structure your cover letter with advice on fo... read more
| Author: | National Archives |
This is a new edition of the bestselling guide to this increasingly popular pursuit. Scotland has the best-maintained records and facilities of any country in the world for undertaking family research, and now that the National Archives of Scotland are available online they can be consulted by anyone from whatever country. "T... read more
| Author: | Sandra E. Lamb |
Do you dread writing notes to say "Thank you," "I'm sorry," or "Congratulations"? When's the last time you mailed a note to a far-away friend, just to catch up? What should you write to a grieving friend, or a colleague upon hearing of their divorce? As our lives get more and more hectic, the old-fashioned art of personal cor... read more
| Author: | Jovanka Vuckovic |
| Series: | Ilex Miscellany |
Stories, Facts, Tales & Trivia From Frankenstein and Dracula, to Night of the Living Dead and The Omen, this grisly grimoire conjures up ghouls, demons and all manner of things that go bump in the night. Crammed with endless facts, trivia and stories about every aspect of horror - from 1950's EC Comics and TV series The T... read more
| Author: | James Ball |
The History of the World, but not as you know it. A new type of history is here - all 13.7 billion years of it, exploded into a visually jaw-dropping feast of facts, trends and timelines that tell you everything you'd ever want to know about the history of the world. From the primordial soup to the technological revolution of... read more
Inside the covers of this little book lie the secrets of Britain's only ever Scrabble World Champion. Scrabble is played by millions but mastered by very few and unless you're a Scrabble player who likes to lose, this book is a must. In it Mark Nyman spells out the most useful two letter words, what to do when you have a case... read more
A vital reference that allows students to quickly and easily locate the words they need. Entries are listed under base words with suffixes and other terms which may be added, and clearly show the parts of words and words within words. The book is set out in alphabetical order, allowing students to practise skills used with ot... read more
Inside the covers of this little book lie the secrets of Britain's only ever Scrabble World Champion. Scrabble is played by millions but mastered by very few and unless you're a Scrabble player who likes to lose, this book is a must. In it Mark Nyman spells out the most useful two letter words, what to do when you have a case... read more
A vital reference that allows students to quickly and easily locate the words they need. Entries are listed under base words with suffixes and other terms which may be added, and clearly show the parts of words and words within words. The book is set out in alphabetical order, allowing students to practise skills used with ot... read more
| Author: | Christopher Hitchens |
"Hitchens presents a George Orwell fit for the 21st century. "-Boston Globe. In this widely acclaimed biographical essay, Christopher Hitchens assesses the life, the achievements, and the myth of the great political writer and participant George Orwell. In true emulative and contrarian style, Hitchens is both admiring and agg... read more
| Author: | William Shakespeare |
| Series: | No Fear Shakespeare |
No Fear Shakespeare gives you the complete text of "Romeo and Juliet" on the left-hand page, side-by-side with an easy-to-understand translation on the right. Each No Fear Shakespeare contains
| Author: | William Shakespeare |
| Series: | No Fear Shakespeare |
No Fear Shakespeare gives you the complete text of "Henry IV Part One and Two" on the left-hand page, side-by-side with an easy-to-understand translation on the right. Each No Fear Shakespeare contains
The complete text of the original play
A line-by-line translation that puts Shakespeare into everyday lang... read more
| Author: | William Shakespeare |
| Series: | No Fear Shakespeare |
"No Fear Shakespeare" gives you the complete text of "Hamlet" on the left-hand page, side-by-side with an easy-to-understand translation on the right. Each No Fear Shakespeare containsThe complete text of the original playA line-by-line translation that puts Shakespeare into everyday languageA complete list of characters with... read more
| Author: | John Curran |
Agatha Christie's life and career told through the decades, from the never-before-published original ending to her first book to the unused ideas for her last, complete with two unpublished Agatha Christie stories - including a lost Miss Marple.
In this follow-up volume to the acclaimed Agatha Christie's S... read more
