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A collection of favourite nursery rhymes, lullabies, poems and stories, featuring well-loved characters such as Eric Hill's Spot, Raymond Briggs' The Snowman and Beatrix Potter's Tom Kitten.

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With three husbands in her past, one in her present and a numberless army of children, Mrs Armitage is astonished to find herself collapsing one day in Harrods.

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When Megan and Ian got married, they wanted to start a family. And into their home one day came Emma, a puppy with whom they fell in love. However, Emma was given to someone in need. To get over their broken hearts, Megan and Ian took in another pup: Freddy ...only for Freddy to move on too. But then, one Christmas, little Traffy came along...

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Tells the story of Adam Jeffson: the first man to reach the North Pole and the last man left alive on earth.

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Brings to life one of the most extraordinary periods in European history - from the battered, introvert continent after the Thirty Years War to the dynamic one that experienced the French Revolution and the wars of Napoleon.

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Explaining the extraordinary course of Italian history, this book traces the history of the Italian peninsula and gives a clear-eyed view of the Risorgimento, the pivotal event in modern Italian history, debunking the influential myths which have grown up around it.

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Horatio Nelson was a shrewd political operator who charmed and impressed political leaders. He was a difficult subordinate, only happy when completely in command, and capable of great ruthlessness. This biography takes a look at Nelson's status as a hero, explaining how Nelson achieved such extraordinary success.

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The Pyramid Diet is a rewarding diet which has lifetime sustainability. It is also the most balanced diet: you can eat carbs and you can eat fruit. This title provides dieters with the structure they need and allows them to eat the food they love.

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Exchanging Buckingham Palace for a two-bedroomed semi in Hell Close, caviar for boiled eggs, servants for a social worker named Trish, the Queen and her family learn what it means to be poor among the great unwashed. But is their breeding sufficient to allow them to rise above their circumstance or deep down are they just like everyone else

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In a world so full of different beliefs and viewpoints, how can we find peace in our shared humanity In this title, the author explores universal ideas such as love, respect, truth and tolerance, and examines questions such as: How can men and women relate to each other What is the true nature of equality What does 'civilization' really mean

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Shows us how energy is the ultimate engine of global political and economic change, in a story that spans the old energies on which our civilization has been built, the new energies that are competing to replace them, and the battle over climate change. This book reveals the decisions, technologies, and individuals that are shaping our future.

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This 12th edition holds seven mini-dictionaries of two- to eight-letter words that aim to give quick answers to crossword clues. The text also features tables of listings, including: chemical elements; coins and monies; countries that have changed names; and world religions.

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A novel set in 19th century England that deals with the varying fortunes of young John Huffam and his mother.

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Presents the rules of conduct that remain fundamental to Muslims - the key Islamic values of prayer, fasting, pilgrimage and absolute faith in God, with spiritual guidance on matters of kinship, marriage and family, crime and punishment, rituals, food, warfare and charity.

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Grandfather, son and grandson are equally dependent on the empire: the first for his enoblement; the second for the civil virtues that make him a meticulous servant of an administration whose failure he can neither comprehend nor survive; the third for the family standards of conduct which he cannot attain but against which he is unable to rebel.

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Tells the story of a group of working men who are joined one day by Frank Owen, a journeyman-prophet with a vision of a just society.

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Rosamund lies dying in her remote Shropshire home. But before she does so, she has one last task: to put on tape not just her own story but the story of the young blind girl, her cousin's granddaughter, who turned up mysteriously at her party all those years ago.

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"The Ramayana" is the greatest of Indian epics - and one of the world's supreme masterpieces of storytelling. Telling the story, this work suggests that it can be enjoyed for its psychological insight, its spiritual depth and its wisdom - or as a tale of abduction, battle and courtship played out in a universe with heroes, deities and demons.

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The author was the greatest English poet of his age, whose acerbic insights into human nature have entered the language, and whose verse still astonishes with its energy and inventiveness centuries after his death. This book includes selections of his work that follows the path of his poetic genius over his lifetime.

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Presents a selection of author's writings that demonstrates the astonishing power and imagination with which he probed the darkest corners of the human mind. This title follows a man's terrifying descent into madness after the loss of a lover.