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| White Egret Hyaluronic Acid Intensive Hydrating Formula-8 oz Bottle |
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| "My Rag Doll : 11 Adorable Rag Dolls to Sew with Clothes & Accessories" |
| "Sew super cute rag dolls and their gorgeous clothes to make the perfect present for little girls Choose from 11 adorable dolls and a wide range of accessories such as hats bags and shoes Each doll has her own name and personality and will charm children and adults alike The dolls come with a variety of hair colours and styles and their own individual outfits Choose from Fleur who has pigtails and her own doll sized knitting bag; Jean who likes the outdoors with her red boots and dungarees; and Red who has gorgeous red hair and a fabulous red cloak to match There is a summer time doll with cute espadrilles and straw bonnet a ballerina doll with a tutu and tiara a wedding doll with a beautiful dress and veil and a bedtime dolly with her own nightdress and matching teddy And don't forget the delightful school girl doll with her own very special school satchel The basic doll pattern can be used to sew all the dolls and then altered according to hair and eye colour and hair style There are step by step instructions for all the clothes and accessories for each doll as well as suggestions for which fabrics to use and how to combine different prints and trims"
Price: 10.99 |
| "Crochet your Christmas Baubles : over 25 christmas decorations to make" |
| "A fun and festive collection of crocheted Christmas baubles and decorations from five talented designers presented in 5 different Christmassy themes Select one theme or mix and match to create your perfect Christmas tree decorations The designs are suitable for all levels of crocheters and are quick and simple to make Each theme offers five new patterns Choose from Santa's Grotto which includes the classic Santa Claus with his reindeer to traditional Christmas trees elves and a string of dancing gingerbread men; or why not crochet a delightful Frozen Winter Wonderland of snowflakes snowmen hearts and candy bows complete with a Snow Princess Our Fairy Tale theme is sure to appeal to children and features a fancy Christmas fairy with a jolly pair of Christmas birds red woodland toadstools and a characterful Christmas gnome If you are looking for something more sophisticated you will be inspired by the stylish collection of Scandinavian Christmas baubles in classic red & white complete with bunting or our stunning White Christmas theme featuring an amigurumi Christmas tree with mistletoe baubles snowflake bunting and Chinese lanterns with Christmas berries All the patterns and instructions you need to crochet your bauble collection are included"
Price: 5.49 |
| "How to Think More About Sex by The School of Life, Alain de Botton (Paperback, 2012)" |
| "In this rigorous and supremely honest book Alain de Botton helps us navigate the intimate and exciting - yet often confusing and difficult - experience that is sex Few of us tend to feel we're entirely normal when it comes to sex and what we're supposed to be feeling rarely matches up with the reality This book argues that 21st-century sex is ultimately fated to be a balancing act between love and desire and adventure and commitment Covering topics that include lust fetishism adultery and pornography Alain de Botton frankly articulates the dilemmas of modern sexuality offering insights and consolation to help us think more deeply and wisely about the sex we are or aren't having One in the new series of books from The School of Life launched May 2012 How to Stay Sane by Philippa Perry How to Find Fulfilling Work by Roman Krznaric How to Worry Less About Money by John Armstrong How to Change the World by John-Paul Flintoff How to Thrive in the Digital Age by Tom Chatfield How to Think More About Sex by Alain de Botton"
Price: 6.49 |
| "All Creatures Great and Small : The Classic Memoirs of a Yorkshire Country Vet" |
| "The first collection of memoirs from the author who inspired the BBC series All Creatures Great and Small Fresh out of Glasgow Veterinary College to the young James Herriot 1930s Yorkshire seems to offer an idyllic pocket of rural life in a rapidly changing world But from his erratic new colleagues brothers Siegfried and Tristan Farnon to incomprehensible farmers herds of semi-feral cattle a pig called Nugent and an overweight Pekingese called Tricki Woo James finds he is on a learning curve as steep as the hills around him And when he meets Helen the beautiful daughter of a local farmer all the training and experience in the world can't help him Since they were first published James Herriot's memoirs have sold millions of copies and entranced generations of animal lovers Charming funny and touching All Creatures Great and Small is a heart-warming story of determination love and companionship from one of Britain's best-loved authorsThis edition contains If Only They Could Talk and It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet 'I grew up reading James Herriot's books and I'm delighted that thirty years on they are still every bit as charming heartwarming and laugh-out-loud funny as they were then' Kate Humble"
Price: 8.49 |
| "Brilliant by Roddy Doyle (Paperback, 2015)" |
| "When Uncle Ben's Dublin business fails it's clear to Gloria and Raymond that something is wrong He just isn't his usual cheerful self So when the children overhear their granny saying that the Black Dog has settled on Ben's back and he won't be OK until it's gone they decide they're going to get rid of it Gathering all their courage the children set out on a midnight quest to hunt down the Black Dog and chase it away But they aren't the only kids on the mission Loads of other children are searching for it too because the Black Dog is hounding lots of Dublin's adults Together - and with the help of magical animals birds and rodents - the children manage to corner the Black Dog but will they have the courage and cleverness to destroy the frightening creature?"
Price: 5.49 |
| "You Are Dead by Peter James (Paperback, 2015)" |
| "You are Dead is the eleventh thrilling crime novel in Peter James' Detective Superintendent Roy Grace series They were marked for death The last words Jamie Ball hears from his fiancee Logan Somerville are in a terrified mobile phone call She has just driven into the underground car park beneath the block of flats where they live in Brighton Then she screams and the phone goes dead The police are on the scene within minutes but Logan has vanished leaving behind her neatly parked car and mobile phone That same afternoon workmen digging up a park in another part of the city unearth the remains of a woman in her early twenties who has been dead for thirty years At first to Detective Superintendent Roy Grace and his team these two events seem totally unconnected But then another young woman in Brighton goes missing - and yet another body from the past surfaces Meanwhile an eminent London psychiatrist meets with a man who claims to know information about Logan And Roy Grace has the chilling realization that this information holds the key to both the past and present crimes Does Brighton have its first serial killer in over eighty years?"
Price: 7.99 |
| "The Italian Girl by Lucinda Riley (Paperback, 2014)" |
| "Nothing sings as sweetly as love or burns quite like betrayalRosanna Menici is just a girl when she meets Roberto Rossini the man who will change her life In the years to come their destinies are bound together by their extraordinary talents as opera singers and by their enduring but obsessive love for each other - a love that will ultimately affect the lives of all those closest to them For as Rosanna slowly discovers their union is haunted by irreversible events from the past Rosanna's journey takes her from humble beginnings in the back streets of Naples to the glittering stages of the world's most prestigious opera houses Set against a memorable backdrop of Lucinda Riley's trademark evocative locations The Italian Girl unfolds into a poignant and unforgettable tale of love betrayal and self-discoveryFirst published as Aria under the name Lucinda Edmonds now extensively rewritten"
Price: 7.99 |
| "Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell (Paperback, 2014)" |
| "Tomorrow is another day Set against the dramatic backdrop of the American Civil War Margaret Mitchell&39;s magnificent historical epic is an unforgettable tale of love and loss of a nation mortally divided and a people forever changed Above all it is the story of beautiful ruthless Scarlett O&39;Hara and the dashing soldier of fortune Rhett Butler Since its first publication in 1936 Gone With The Wind has endured as a story for all our times"
Price: 8.99 |
| "Snake Bite by Andrew Lane (Paperback, 2014)" |
| "Kidnapped and taken to China Sherlock finds himself plunged into adventure How can three men be bitten by the same poisonous snake in different parts of Shanghai? Who wants them dead and why? The answer seems to lie in a message hidden in a diagram that looks like a spider's web But solving it leads to an even more urgent question what has all this got to do with a plot to blow up an American warship? Sherlock is about to brave terrors greater than any he has faced before Sherlock Holmes Think you know him? Think again"
Price: 5.49 |
| "Dial a Ghost by Eva Ibbotson (Paperback, 2015)" |
| "'Get me some ghosts' said Fulton Snodde-Brittle 'Frightful and dangerous ghosts!'Fulton has gone to the Dial a Ghost agency with an evil plan He wants to hire some truly terrifying ghosts to scare his nephew Oliver to death The Shriekers are the most violent and sickening spectres the agency has but a mix-up means the kind Wilkinson ghosts are sent in their place Now Oliver has some spooky allies to help him outwit the wicked Snodde-Brittles With beautiful cover illustration by Alex T Smith creator of the Claude series Dial a Ghost is a wonderfully spooky young-fiction title from the award-winning author of Journey to the River Sea Eva Ibbotson'You'll love this chain-rattling blood-oozingly hilarious story' Daily Telegraph"
Price: 5.99 |
| "Tidy by Emily Gravett (Paperback, 2017)" |
| "Winner of the Independent Bookshop Week Picture Book Award 2017From the creator of Meerkat Mail and Dogs comes a very funny rhyming woodland story about the perils of being too tidyPete the badger likes everything to be neat and tidy at all times but what starts as the collecting of one fallen leaf escalates and ends with the complete destruction of the forest! Will Pete realise the error of his ways and set things right?Lush foliage and delightful characters abound in this cautionary tale of overenthusiastic neatness that delivers its message of environmental preservation with subtlety and humour The freshness of the illustrations and the many comic details make this a very special book Once you enter this forest you'll never want to leaveEmily Gravett's engaging woodland creatures will appeal to fans of such classics as The Animals of Farthing Wood and The Wind in the Willows and the rhythmic rhyming text is perfect for reading aloud"
Price: 5.99 |
| "What the Jackdaw Saw by Julia Donaldson (Paperback, 2015)" |
| "The jackdaw wants all his friends to come to his party but when he calls out his invitation the animals just touch their heads Why won't they answer? And what do their actions mean? Luckily a brown owl can help him with the puzzle!This book about friendship and sign language was created by Julia Donaldson author of The Gruffalo with a group of deaf children in a workshop organised by the not-for-profit organisation Life & Deaf which helps deaf children to explore their identities through poetry film performance and artFeaturing Nick Sharratt's bright and accessible illustrations What the Jackdaw Saw is another beautiful picture book from the team behind Goat Goes to Playgroup and Toddle Waddle"
Price: 5.99 |
| "My First Gruffalo: Who Lives Here? Lift-the-Flap Book" |
| "Who's that behind the tree? Lift the flaps to find all your favourite characters from the Gruffalo My First Gruffalo Who Lives Here? by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler is from the My First Gruffalo pre-school and baby range A chunky board book with sturdy flaps - perfect for small paws Also included in this exciting range is My First Gruffalo Spot and Say a first words board book with handy tabs"
Price: 5.49 |
| "The Universe in Your Hand : A Journey Through Space, Time and Beyond" |
| "Imagine if The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy were a real practical book about the mysteries of the universeThe Universe In Your Hand takes us on a wonder-filled journey to the surface of our dying Sun shrinks us to the size of an atom and puts us in the deathly grip of distant Black Holes Along the way you might come to understand really understand the mind-bending science that underpins modern life from Quantum Mechanics to Einstein's theory of General RelativityThrough brilliant storytelling and humour rather than graphs and equations internationally renowned astrophysicist Christophe Galfard has written an instant classic that brings the astonishing beauty of the universe to life - and takes us deep into questions about the beginning of time and the future of humanity"
Price: 8.49 |
| "Just William" |
| "In Richmal Compton's Just William the Outlaws plan a day of non-stop adventure The only problem is that William is meant to be babysitting But William won't let that stop him having fun with his gang - he'll just bring the baby along!There is only one William This tousle-headed snub-nosed hearty loveable imp of mischief has been harassing his unfortunate family and delighting his hundreds of thousands of admirers since 1922 This delightful children's classic features a contemporary cover look illustrated by Chris Riddell along with the original inside illustrations by Thomas Henry which will bring the antics of the mischievous William Brown to a new generation of children"
Price: 5.99 |
| Revelation |
| "C J Sansom's bestselling adventures of MAtthew Shardlake continue in the fourth title of the series the haunting RevelationSpring 1543 King Henry VIII is wooing Lady Catherine Parr whom he wants for his sixth wife But this time the object of his affections is resisting Archbishop Cranmer and the embattled Protestant faction at court are watching keenly for Lady Catherine is known to have reformist sympathiesMatthew Shardlake meanwhile is working on the case of a teenage boy a religious maniac locked in the Bedlam hospital for the insane Should he be released to his parents when his terrifying actions could lead to him being burned as a heretic?When an old friend is horrifically murdered Shardlake promises his widow for whom he has long had complicated feelings to bring the killer to justice His search leads him to both Cranmer and Catherine Parr - and with the dark prophecies of the Book of RevelationAs London's Bishop Bonner prepares a purge of Protestants Shardlake together with his assistant Jack Barak and his friend Guy Malton follows the trail of a series of horrific murders that shake them to the core and which are already bringing frenzied talk of witchcraft and a demonic possession - for what else would the Tudor mind make of a serial killer ?"
Price: 7.99 |
| "Bridget Jones's Diary" |
| "The multi-million copy number one BestsellerA dazzlingly urban satire on modern relationships?An ironic tragic insight into the demise of the nuclear family?Or the confused ramblings of a pissed thirty-something?As Bridget documents her struggles through the social minefield of her thirties and tries to weigh up the eternal question (Daniel Cleaver or Mark Darcy?) she turns for support to four indispensable friends Shazzer Jude Tom and a bottle of chardonnayWelcome to Bridget's first diary mercilessly funny endlessly touching and utterly addictiveHelen Fielding's first Bridget Jones novel Bridget Jones's Diary sparked a phenomenon that has seen three books newspaper columns and the smash-hit film series Bridget Jones' Diary Bridget Jones The Edge of Reason and Bridget Jones's Baby"
Price: 6.99 |
| "Blood Meridian (Picador Classic) Paperback" |
| "With an introduction by Philipp Meyer The wrath of God lies sleeping It was hid a million years before men were and only men have power to wake it Hell aint half full Set in the anarchic world opened up by America&39;s westward expansion Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy is an epic and potent account of the barbarous violence that man visits upon man Through the hostile landscape of the Texas-Mexico border wanders the Kid a fourteen year-old Tennessean who is quickly swept-up in the relentless tide of blood But the apparent chaos is not without its order while Americans hunt Indians - collecting scalps as their bloody trophies - they too are stalked as prey Since its first publication in 1985 Blood Meridian has been read as both a brilliant subversion of the Western novel and a blazing example of that form Powerful and savagely beautiful it has emerged as one of the most important works in American fiction of the last century A truly mesmerising classic"
Price: 7.49 |
| "Think Bayes: Bayesian Statistics in Python by Allen Donwey (Paperback, 2013)" |
| "If you know how to program with Python and also know a little about probability you're ready to tackle Bayesian statistics With this book you'll learn how to solve statistical problems with Python code instead of mathematical notation and use discrete probability distributions instead of continuous mathematics Once you get the math out of the way the Bayesian fundamentals will become clearer and you'll begin to apply these techniques to real-world problems Bayesian statistical methods are becoming more common and more important but not many resources are available to help beginners Based on undergraduate classes taught by author Allen Downey this book's computational approach helps you get a solid start Use your existing programming skills to learn and understand Bayesian statistics Work with problems involving estimation prediction decision analysis evidence and hypothesis testing Get started with simple examples using coins M&Ms Dungeons & Dragons dice paintball and hockey Learn computational methods for solving real-world problems such as interpreting SAT scores simulating kidney tumors and modeling the human microbiome"
Price: 15.49 |
| "Diary of an 8-Bit Warrior (Book 1 8-Bit Warrior series) : An Unofficial Minecraft Adventure : 1" |
| "Minecraft meets Diary of a Wimpy Kid in book 1 of the very popular 8-Bit Warrior series of the journal of a young Minecraft villager who dares to dream of becoming a Minecraft warrior! THESE ARE THE REAL BOOKS BY CUBE KID! DIARY OF AN 8-BIT WARRIOR WAS ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED AS WIMPY VILLAGER KINDLES 1-4 The first volume of this best-selling unofficial Minecraft adventure series begins with Runt our 12-year-old hero about to choose his future vocation at the Minecraftia school His options are less than thrilling farmer crafter miner But what this noob really wants is to be a warrior like his hero Steve So when he learns that the five best students in school that year will get the chance to start warrior training it's ON MINECRAFT Minecraft books sell official or unofficial This is the best-selling and most-reviewed unofficial fiction series on Amazon BESTSELLER The self-published e-books sold 120000 copies before being picked up for paperback editions in French and English GENEROUSLY ILLUSTRATED full color production makes this series stand out from other Minecraft story books EDUCATIONAL Numerous recent media stories are reporting Minecraft's ascension as the new parent- and educator-approved creative toy that teaches problem-solving skills and supports interest in STEM subjects As with Lego before it Minecraft is being incorporated into school curriculum and activities"
Price: 5.49 |
| "The Universe of Us : 4" |
| "International best-selling author of Love & Misadventure Lullabies (Goodreads Readers Choice Award) and Memories Lang Leav presents a completely new collection of poetry with a celestial theme in The Universe of Us Planets stars and constellations feature prominently in this beautiful original poetry collection from Lang Leav Inspired by the wonders of the universe the best-selling poetess writes about love and loss hope and hurt being lost and found Lang's poetry encompasses the breadth of emotions we all experience and evokes universal feelings with her skillfully crafted words International Bestseller Over 26K copies sold in the UK of Love and MIsadventure (2013) 9781449456146 Hits the sweet spot of YAAdult crossover appeal - hitting both the teen fiction and love poetry bestseller lists at multiple online retailers This is the perfect keepsake book for fans of Haruki Murakami David Levithan John Green and Jenny Han Facebook 837K likes (August 2017) Instagram 374K followers (August 2017 Twitter 214K followers (August 2017)"
Price: 8.49 |
| "Hidden Nature : A Voyage of Discovery Paperback" |
| "&39;An emotional and compelling memoir that left me inspired both by her bravery in transforming her life and by the unexpected beauty she finds along the way&39; Countryfile Magazine &39;Fowler beautifully exposes her emotional fragility while also celebrating the unloved nature of buddleia herons and even the water rats who take refuge among the locks&39; i paper &39;Fowler captures the beauty of the canal&39;s dishevelled neglected condition&39; Times Literary Supplement &39;Thoughtful and heartbreakingly honest Beautiful&39; Press Association &39;An astounding memoir&39; Gay Star News &39;Hidden Nature is one of the most thrilling things I&39;ve read in a long time&39; Waterways World &39;She writes wonderfully about the species that have carved out a place for themselves amid the discarded shopping trolleys condom packets and industrial waste&39; Guardian &39;This candid book is as much about mapping the heart as it is about mapping the paths of waterways Lovely&39; Simple Things &39;A beautiful memoir&39; Good Housekeeping &39;Gentle brave and acutely observant&39; Woman&39;s Weekly Leaving her garden to the mercy of the slugs the Guardian&39;s award-winning writer Alys Fowler set out in an inflatable kayak to explore Birmingham&39;s canal network full of little-used waterways where huge pike skulk and kingfishers dart Her book is about noticing the wild everywhere and what it means to see beauty where you least expect it What happens when someone who has learned to observe her external world in such detail decides to examine her internal world with the same care? Beautifully written honest and very moving Hidden Nature is also the story of Alys Fowler&39;s emotional journey and her coming out as a gay woman above all this book is about losing and finding exploring familiar places and discovering unknown horizons"
Price: 7.49 |
| "The Arab of the Future : Volume 1: A Childhood in the Middle East, 1978-1984 - A Graphic Memoir" |
| "VOLUME 1 IN THE UNFORGETTABLE STORY OF AN EXTRAORDINARY CHILDHOODA GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 20152016 AN OBSERVER GRAPHIC BOOK OF THE YEAR 2016 A NEW YORK TIMES CRITICS' TOP BOOKS OF 2016 'EXUBERANTLY HERETICAL''I tore through it The most enjoyable graphic novel I've read in a while' Zadie Smith'I joyously recommend this book to you' Mark Haddon'Riad Sattouf is one of the great creators of our time' Alain De Botton'Beautifully-written and drawn witty sad fascinating Brilliant' Simon Sebag MontefioreThe Arab of the Future tells the unforgettable story of Riad Sattouf's childhood spent in the shadows of three dictators - Muammar Gaddafi Hafez al-Assad and his fatherIn striking virtuoso graphic style that captures both the immediacy of childhood and the fervor of political idealism Riad Sattouf recounts his nomadic childhood growing up in rural France Gaddafi's Libya and Assad's Syria - but always under the roof of his father a Syrian Pan-Arabist who drags his family along in his pursuit of grandiose dreams for the Arab nationRiad delicate and wide-eyed follows in the trail of his mismatched parents his mother a bookish French student is as modest as his father is flamboyant Venturing first to the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab State and then joining the family tribe in Homs Syria they hold fast to the vision of the paradise that always lies just around the corner And hold they do though food is scarce children kill dogs for sport and with locks banned the Sattoufs come home one day to discover another family occupying their apartment The ultimate outsider Riad with his flowing blond hair is called the ultimate insult Jewish And in no time at all his father has come up with yet another grand plan moving from building a new people to building his own great palaceBrimming with life and dark humour The Arab of the Future reveals the truth and texture of one eccentric family in an absurd Middle East and also introduces a master cartoonist in a work destined to stand alongside Maus and PersepolisTranslated by Sam TaylorWINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE FOR GRAPHIC NOVELSNOMINATED FOR 'BEST REALITY-BASED WORK' AT THE EISNER AWARDS'ENGROSSING' New York Times'A PAGE TURNER' Guardian'MARVELLOUS BEGS TO BE READ IN ONE LONG SITTING' Herald'AN OBJECT OF CONSENSUAL RAPTURE' New Yorker'ONE OF THE GREATEST CARTOONISTS OF HIS GENERATION' Le Monde"
Price: 12.49 |
| "The Book of Lost Things Illustrated Edition" |
| "'A brilliantly creepy coming of age novel' Daily Mirror'A moving fable brilliantly imagined about the agony of loss and the pain of young adulthood' The Times'This is no saccharine fairytale but an eerie fable that's perfect for long winter nights' Daily Mail This illustrated edition includes two new short stories - Cinderella A Version and The Rat King the latter introducing the Crooked Man who is central to the world of The Book of Lost Things - and an afterword from the author'Once upon a time there was a boy who lost his mother ' As twelve-year-old David takes refuge from his grief in the myths and fairytales so beloved of his dead mother he finds the real world and the fantasy world begin to blend That is when bad things start to happen That is when the Crooked Man comes And David is violently propelled into a land populated by heroes wolves and monsters in his quest to find the legendary Book of Lost Things"
Price: 7.99 |
| "Black Water Lilies : A stunning, twisty murder mystery" |
| "'Ends with one of the most reverberating shocks in modern crime fiction' Sunday TimesThis is the story of a mystery of thirteen days that begin with one murder and end with another Jerome Morval a man whose passion for art was matched only by his passion for women has been found dead in the stream that runs through the gardens at Giverny where Monet did his famous paintings In Jerome's pocket is a postcard of Monet's Water Lilies with the words Eleven years old Happy Birthday Entangled in the mystery are three women a young painting prodigy the seductive village schoolteacher and an old widow who watches over the village from a mill by the stream All three of them share a secret But what do they know about the discovery of Jerome Morval's corpse? And what is the connection to the mysterious Black Water Lilies a rumoured masterpiece by Monet that has never been found'This elegant crime mystery shimmers as delicately as the paintings of Claude Monet that lie at its heart A bestseller in France it is a dazzling unexpected and haunting masterpiece' Daily Mail'An enchanting tale that kept me absolutely hooked as Bussi cleverly breaks all the perceived rules of plotting in a story containing riddles within riddles stunning' Daily Express"
Price: 6.49 |
| "What's a Girl Gotta Do? : 03" |
| "HOW TO START A FEMINIST REVOLUTION 1 Call out anything that is unfair on one gender 2 Don't call out the same thing twice (so you can sleep and breathe) 3 Always try to keep it funny 4 Don't let anything slide Even when you start to breakLottie's determined to change the world with her Vagilante vlog Shame the trolls have other ideas"
Price: 7.49 |
| "Musical Nursery Rhymes" |
| "Press the buttons on the pages of this delightful book to hear the tunes for seven well-loved nursery rhymes including Humpty Dumpty Little Bo-peep Sing a Song of Sixpence and Hey Diddle Diddle Includes the words for each rhyme and delightful illustrations by Richard Johnson with fingertrails and cut-out shapes to discover"
Price: 8.99 |
| "Wipe-Clean Dinosaur Activities" |
| "Young children need plenty of practice when it comes to pen-control - an essential skill which they need to learn before they can write This book encourages children to solve mazes join the dots and trace the dotted lines using the special pen provided wipe clean and repeat; all the activities are themed around the popular subject of dinosaurs Illustrations Full colour throughoutWARNING! Not suitable for children under 36 months because of small parts Choking hazard Ink from pen may not be washable"
Price: 5.49 |
| "Advanced R by Hadley Wickham (Paperback, 2014)" |
| "An Essential Reference for Intermediate and Advanced R ProgrammersAdvanced R presents useful tools and techniques for attacking many types of R programming problems helping you avoid mistakes and dead ends With more than ten years of experience programming in R the author illustrates the elegance beauty and flexibility at the heart of R The book develops the necessary skills to produce quality code that can be used in a variety of circumstances You will learnThe fundamentals of R including standard data types and functionsFunctional programming as a useful framework for solving wide classes of problemsThe positives and negatives of metaprogramming How to write fast memory-efficient code This book not only helps current R users become R programmers but also shows existing programmers what's special about R Intermediate R programmers can dive deeper into R and learn new strategies for solving diverse problems while programmers from other languages can learn the details of R and understand why R works the way it does"
Price: 39.49 |
| "Boy on the Wooden Box by Leon Leyson (Paperback, 2014)" |
| "Leon Leyson (born Leib Lezjon) was only ten years old when the Nazis invaded Poland and his family was forced to relocate to the Krakow ghetto With incredible luck perseverance and grit Leyson was able to survive the sadism of the Nazis including that of the demonic Amon Goeth commandant of Plaszow the concentration camp outside Krakow Ultimately it was the generosity and cunning of one man a man named Oskar Schindler who saved Leon Leyson's life and the lives of his mother his father and two of his four siblings by adding their names to his list of workers in his factory - a list that became world renowned Schindler's List This the only memoir published by a former Schindler's List child perfectly captures the innocence of a small boy who goes through the unthinkable Most notable is the lack of rancour the lack of venom and the abundance of dignity in Mr Leyson's telling The Boy on the Wooden Boxis a legacy of hope a memoir unlike anything you've ever read"
Price: 6.99 |
