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How to Machine Sew: Techniques and Projects for the Complete Beginner - Susie Johns

If you've always wanted to learn to use a sewing machine but didn't know where to start, this guide for the absolute beginner is for you. This simple-to-follow project-based book takes you through the basic techniques of using a sewing machine. You'll learn everything you need to get started.

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Henry IV Part I everything you need to catch up, study and prepare for the 2025 and 2026 exams - Steve Longstaffe

York Notes Advanced have been written by acknowledged literature experts for the specific needs of advanced level and undergraduate students. They offer a fresh and accessible approach to the study of English literature.Building on the successful formula of York Notes, this Advanced series introduces students to more sophisticated analysis and wider critical perspectives. This enables students to appreciate contrasting interpretations of the text and to develop their own critical thinking. York Notes Advanced help to make the study of literature more fulfilling and lead to exam success. They will also be of interest to the general reader as they cover the widest range of popular literature titles.

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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings everything you need to catch up, study and prepare for the 2025 and 2026 exams - Imelda Pilgrim

Key features of this text: How to study the text Author and historical background General and detailed summaries Commentary on themes, structure, characters, language and style Glossaries Test questions and issues to consider Essay writing advice Cultural connections Literary terms Illustrations Colour design

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The Alchemist everything you need to catch up, study and prepare for the 2025 and 2026 exams - Chris Bailey

Key Features: Study methods Introduction to the text Summaries with critical notes Themes and techniques Textual analysis of key passages Author biography Historical and literary background Modern and historical critical approaches Chronology Glossary of literary terms

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Cider With Rosie everything you need to catch up, study and prepare for the 2025 and 2026 exams - A Other

Key features of this text: How to study the text Author and historical background General and detailed summaries Commentary on themes, structure, characters, language and style Glossaries Test questions and issues to consider Essay writing advice Cultural connections Literary terms Illustrations Colour design

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Beginner's Guide to Self Sufficiency Projects for the Home - Editors of Cool Springs Press

Build a self-sufficient life with these 40+ photo-illustrated projects for growing and preserving your own food, keeping animals, harnessing alternative energy, and more.Learning to do more things yourself is healthy, rewarding, and fulfilling, and benefits the environment. Whether you live in the suburbs or have 80 acres in the mountains, this new and affordable edition adapted from the best-selling Step-by-Step Projects for Self-Sufficiency guides your way with clear plan drawings, precise instructions, and detailed photos.Beginner’s Guide to Self-Sufficiency Projects for the Home is organized into the categories Chickens & Other Creatures, Nourishing Your Garden, Garden Projects, Food Preparation & Preservation, Homestead Amenities, and Outbuildings & Fences, with projects that include: A portable chicken arkTwo types of beehivesSolar cookersFirewood storageA potato-growing boxHoophouses and greenhousesRaised planting bedsRain barrelsA cider pressCompost binsDrying racksAnd moreWith these easy-to-follow projects, make progress, step by step, toward your goal of more independent living.

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The Complete Beginner's Guide to Drawing - Walter Foster Creative Team

The Complete Beginner’s Guide to Drawing contains more than 200 drawing techniques, tips, and lessons for budding artists looking to practice drawing a variety of subjects. This comprehensive, 240-page hardcover drawing guide covers a vast array of subjects, from landscapes, still lifes, and flowers to animals, portraits, and the human figure. Begin with a thorough introduction to the essential tools and materials you need to get started, including different types of pencils, sketchbooks, papers, and other tools. Then learn the fundamentals of drawing, as well as a variety of drawing techniques, including rendering realistic textures, creating volume, and capturing perspective. A series of easy-to-follow, step-by-step projects cover a variety of techniques, including:Developing formRendering textureDepth and distanceForeshorteningValues and shadingPerspectiveBalance and compositionCapturing realism and likenessDepicting figures in actionWith helpful tips and straightforward step-by-step lessons, The Complete Beginner’s Guide to Drawing is the perfect resource for beginning artists who want to improve their drawing skills. The Complete Book of ... series provides a comprehensive guide to drawing a vast array of subjects, from landscapes and flowers to animals and poses. Artists will learn the fundamentals of drawing, as well as a variety of techniques, including rendering realistic textures, capturing perspective, and creating dynamic ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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How to be a Complete and Utter F**k Up - McDermott Steve

How to be a Complete and Utter F**k Up is your ultimate ANTI life coach. Be warned: whatever you do, don’t do the opposite of what you learn here or else you’re in serious danger of making some positive changes and leading a more successful life. How to be a Complete and Utter F**k Up turns the concept of self-improvement on its head. It brings together 47 and a half leading ideas in personal and business development, and offers a total antidote to the motivational, gung-ho, over-enthused tone of all the usual self-improvement guides. Delivered in fast, easily digestible chunks, in a style that makes you laugh while you learn, this book offers tongue-in-cheek advice about what not to do to ensure certain failure in every aspect of your life. From not having any goals, to not getting advice from people you’ve never met or who are dead, to not taking personal responsibility for your life and results, every idea, strategy, suggestion and story is guaranteed to propel you into the slow lane of total inadequacy and has been tested with thousands of real people. How to be a Complete and Utter F**k Up comes with a warning – that ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Doomsday Clock: The Complete Collection - Geoff Johns

Dr. Manhattan, a near-omnipotent being from the Watchmen universe, has been using his powers to rewrite the DC Universe--reshaping some heroes' histories, erasing other heroes altogether, and playingwith the fates of the good and evil alike.But why? What does a godlike being from another worldstand to gain from the DC Universe? The mystery remains, but now that our heroes know they're being toyed with,what can they do to stop it? The clock is ticking...From Geoff Johns, Gary Frank, and Brad Anderson, the critically acclaimed team behind Shazam! and Batman: Earth One, this collection includes the full groundbreaking 12-issue miniseries.

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The The Complete Beginner's Guide to Quilting and Patchwork - Sona Books

First established in medieval times. quilting and patchwork have both grown in popularity from their re-emergence in the 1960s into a positive boom with today's crafters. This book, utilising Future Publishings extraordinary content, will show you everything required to start completing your own patchwork projects, from the basic tools you will need through all the best techniques and block patterns so you can create your very own quilt. Includes Step by Step Tutorials and Great starter projects, including: Ice-Cream Quilt for the beach, and Tote Bag – Ideal for Shopping. Contributors include Amy Best, Natalie Bullock, Jo Cole, Stacey Francis, Philippa Grafton, Callie Green, Rebecca Greig, Kristy Lea, Gill Neal, Poppy-Jay Palmer, Neo Phoenix, Sylvia Schaefer, Rachel Terizan, and Perry Wardell-Wicks.

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The Complete Beginner's Guide to Crystals - Jo Cole

Crystals have been enchanting the lives of millions of people for thousands of years. These stunning rocks are one of nature’s most prized possessions, and we go above and beyond to unearth them. Whether you are enticed by their mysticism and interested in the metaphysical properties of the stones or simply enjoy the beauty they provide, The Complete Beginner’s Guide to Crystals is a comprehensive guide to the history, science and myths surrounding gemstones. Learn how to identify them, which shapes best suit your intended uses and how our ancestors harnessed their ancient wisdom in order to enrich their everyday lives. Plus, put your new found knowledge into practice by following our step-by-step instructions to enrich your own life – from healing and self care rituals to gridding and spellwork.

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Project Execution of Mega-Projects for the Oil and Gas Industries - Soosaiya Anthreas

This book covers execution of mega industrial projects especially in oil and gas industries covering engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning and performance testing. It enumerates various tasks and deliverables under each discipline and sub-disciplines to define the detailed scope of work, supplies and services, as per level III of Prima Vera Schedule developed from the contract-based schedule. It gives an overall idea of how a project rolls out from commencement date to initial acceptance and executed practically with total contractor’s scope of work broken down into tasks/activities at level III platform, while highlighting that support for fool proof project execution.

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The Complete Beginner's Guide to Green Witchcraft

Long ago, when our ancestors lived much closer to the earth than we do now, their awareness of the seasons and stars and the tides that govern green growing things was vital to their way of life. The knowledge of when to plant and when to reap, the ability to predict the life-giving dance of wind and bee, enabled our forefathers and foremothers to nurture their crops and gardens, feed their kinfolk and create healing remedies for their sick, as well as bringing them closer to the mystical and magical energies that permeate the world around us. You too can reclaim and share in this ancient knowledge and power as you step onto the sunlit, verdant path of the green witch.

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The Complete Beginner's Guide to Japan - April Madden

In the beginning, the story goes, two gods conjured the islands out of primordial chaos with the tip of a sacred spear. The ‘Great Eight-Island Country’, Japan has always followed its own unique path, often alone through centuries of deliberate isolation. Contact and conflict with other nations has often taken the form of flashpoints of social and technological shock: firearms, trade ships electric light and atom bombs. Yet despite the challenges that have beset it from outside and from within, Japan has maintained and expanded its singular and compelling culture for thousands of years. Today, Japan is a key player on the world stage, a technological powerhouse, and an icon of non-aggressive international policy. Amid its hi-tech cities, ancient shrines call the faithful to venerate heavenly gods and the spirits of the land. Glittering technological marvels vie with traditional folklore; culinary practices and ceremonies to beguile visitors; and ancient buildings still hide in the shadows of the new. Take a journey into the history of this fascinating island nation and discover some of the people, events and beliefs that have shaped the Land of the Rising Sun.

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The Complete Beginner's Guide to China - Charlie Ginger

China is a nation like no other. Once a constellation of fractured states, today it reigns supreme as the greatest power in the Eastern Hemisphere. From the Great Wall and the Forbidden City to the Belt and Road Initiative and the unrelenting rollout of the electric vehicle industry, the scale and grandeur of ChinaÂ’ s enterprises have always staggered the Western world. From its ancient origins to the birth of the PeopleÂ’ s Republic, the rise of Xi Jinping and the race to dominate the world of tomorrow, China is an endlessly intriguing place, one whose past continues to shape its future. Take a journey into the history of this awe-inspiring and multifaceted nation and discover some of the people, events and beliefs that have shaped the Land of the Dragon.

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The Complete Beginner's Guide to Tarot - April Madden

Cut the deck and draw your first card. The Page of Swords – you are curious and bold. And the second? The Hermit. A seeker after truth, prepared to venture forth to find it. The third and final card? The World. You shall find the answers you seek, and your curiosity will be fulfilled. For centuries, tarot has offered its practitioners a resource to ask questions about their fate and that of the people and the world around them. For some it’s a meditative exercise, for others a magical tool. In this book you’ll discover its sometimes surprising history, and how it went from an ordinary card game to one of the world’s most famous divination tools. You’ll learn the occult secrets behind the imagery of the cards and discover who put them there, and why. Plus, you’ll find an in-depth guide to the meanings of the 22 cards of the Major Arcana and the 56 cards in the suits of the Minor Arcana, and easy-to-follow diagrams and guides to the most popular kinds of card readings, so that you too can interpret the mysteries of the tarot.

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Sustainable Crafts, Gifts and Projects for All Seasons - Becci Coombes

Take advantage of nature’s bounty and craft in time with the seasons! Whether potting up dandelion honey, cooking and crafting with rose petals or preserving autumn leaves and acorns, there are so many wonderful gifts, ornaments and treats that can be made from either a short walk in the woods or a rummage in your cupboard. With an emphasis on foraging and upcycling, Becci explores the ways we can create beautiful projects using materials readily available in the garden and home.Upcycled projects include gorgeous home textiles woven from bed linen, mini lampshade fairy lights for a summer’s evening and even a fabulous picnic table from an old suitcase. Capture the breeze of autumn with wind chimes made from old necklaces and cutlery and learn how to felt old sweaters, turning them into cosy wreaths, brooches and purses for winter. There is also a section on working with willow, with projects encompassing everything from woven bird-feeders (with home-made fat balls!) to festive ornaments.

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Watercolour for the Absolute Beginner - Matthew Palmer

This book is a comprehensive course in watercolour landscape painting by expert Society of All Artists tutor, Matthew Palmer. Matthew is renowned for his beautiful, detailed paintings and his ability to teach effective painting using simple techniques. He teaches over 150 pupils per week and also appears regularly on TV. The book begins with excellent advice for the beginner, including, easy drawing for painting, composition, easy perspective, light and shade, colour, and how to paint skies, tree, water and figures in watercolour. There are then six simple step by step painting exercises, and each exercise leads into a more developed step by step painting project, including a windmill, seascape, snow scene, mountains and lakes, bluebell stream and an all-rounder featuring a landscape with buildings and figures. The exercises are ideal for beginners and the main projects will also build skills for improving artists. A pull-out outline drawing is provided for every exercise and main project, and Matthew shows step by step how to transfer these onto watercolour paper. Like best-selling artist, Terry Harrison, Matthew has an accessible style, plenty of tips and tricks for beginners and his own range of brushes and colours to make things easier (though readers can ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Sketching for the Absolute Beginner - Peter Cronin

Learn how to sketch like a pro with this beginner-friendly crash course offering 5 step-by-step projects and essential technical guidance. Covers a variety of media, including sketching with pencil, pen and ink, charcoal, and more!Starting with a clear, simple method to bring all the senses into play, successful author and acclaimed artist Peter Cronin RSMA shows you how to bring artistry and economy to your sketching. Work your way toward more complex, rewarding artworks by following his simple, step-by-step demonstrations and completing 5 projects.Whether sketching as the basis for painting, or simply for pleasure, this is the ultimate course in sketching for beginners! You’ll find guidance on:• Getting started and understanding materials• Working with the eye, hand, and heart• Types of sketching and essential techniques• Mastering composition• Handling complex subject matter• And more!Most of the artworks are created using graphite pencil, but Peter also demonstrates how to use charcoal and pen and ink to broaden the possibilities; and encourages you to experiment with other media. By the end of the book, you’ll know how to take your sketching skills further and become an accomplished artist in your own right!

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Watercolour Animals for the Absolute Beginner - Matthew Palmer

The quick way to watercolor success is here! If you have ever wanted to learn to paint animals, then this is for you.Part of the bestselling Absolute Beginner Art series from Search Press.Packed easy-to-follow techniques, quick exercises and 9 outlines – so there’s no need to draw anything - let best-selling author, artist and teacher Matthew Palmer show you how to use watercolors with confidence to paint a range of animals in simple steps. Matthew expertly demonstrates how to paint realistic eyes, mouths, noses, fur markings and feathers in watercolor, and clearly explains all the techniques needed for the projects, including wet into wet, lifting out, adding shadows and the all-important dry-brush blending.Full-size, fold-out outline sketches are provided for all projects, allowing you to simply trace the sketches onto watercolor paper and start painting with ease. A clear and comprehensive color-mixing section is included to allow you to confidently choose and mix the colors you need.3 starter projects to start you off with a simple: Bird, Dolphin, Penguin - are the perfect introduction to the basic techniques before moving on to 6 larger projects, each set in a simple scene: Parrot, Cheetah, Panda, Giraffes, Sea turtle, Polar bear.Matthew includes many ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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CNC Woodworking for the Absolute Beginner - Ralph Bagnall

Learn all about using a Computer Numerical Control (CNC) router while woodworking. Written for the absolute beginner, the author, Ralph Bagnall, provides an introduction to CNC, how the machines work, and 5 CNC projects to get started successfully. Full colour photos enhance the readers'' understanding of the craft. Projects include a Tic-Tac-Toe game, a cup holder, a coaster, a garden sign to identify plants and a metric conversion chart for the shop. If you just bought a CNC woodworking machine or are thinking about buying one, start with this book for an easy introduction to using it.

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Pastels for the Absolute Beginner - Rebecca de Mendonça

Take a crash course in pastel drawing and painting with this beginner-friendly guidebook featuring step-by-step instructions and 8 projects for hard and soft pastels!Start your journey with pastel painting and drawing, and learn how to produce modern, lively, and colorful artwork with this exciting art medium. In this complete, beginner-friendly course, you’ll find guidance on:• Choosing and working with different materials• Setting up your workspace• Starting to draw—with confidence!• Pastel techniques (2 step-by-step exercises)• How to work with color (1 step-by-step exercises)• Painting landscapes (3 step-by-step exercises)• Adding life to your paintings (2 step-by-step exercises)• Mastering compositionThe step-by-step exercises and longer projects help you build essential pastel painting and drawing skills, allowing you to produce a range of subjects—from landscapes and animals to still life! Vital drawing skills, color theory, and other useful tips are demonstrated, offering beginner pastel artists a wealth of ideas and inspiration for their future works.

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Techniques and Tips for Covering Cakes - Claire Fitzsimons

With decorating techniques for all, from the novice to the expert decorator, this book includes: •An essential list of tools and equipment for cake decorating •A guide to different types of cakes suitable for covering •Comprehensive step-by-step illustrated instructions to the many techniques •Eighteen projects, three for each type of covering •Ideas and instructions for making cake decorations in various mediums •A useful list of suppliers for both ingredients and equipment •Ideas and instructions for final decorations

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Acrylics for the Absolute Beginner - Charles Evans

If you have ever wanted to learn to paint, but lacked the confidence to start, then Acrylics for the Absolute Beginner is the book for you.Take the first step to painting with acrylics with this easy-to-follow course on producing fantastic artworks using this highly versatile medium.Charles Evans'' friendly, practical advice and simple step-by-step approach will quickly get you painting. With notes on light and shade, buildings, water, skies, figures, animals, working from photographs, and colour mixing, this book guides you to six stunning projects, each accompanied by an outline to get you started quickly, which cover a variety of subjects.• An invaluable guide for any aspiring artist. • 12 versatile and reusable outline drawings provided • 6 stunning step-by-step projects  Â

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Watercolour for the Absolute Beginner - Alwyn Crawshaw, Trevor Waugh, Sharon Finmark

This popular book provides all the information you need to get started in watercolour painting. Full of clear, simple advice and more than 70 step-by-step demonstrations, Watercolour for the Absolute Beginner will teach even the least confident of beginners the skills and techniques needed to start painting.In this easy-to-follow, step-by-step guide, three professional artists explain all the basic watercolour techniques.Top TV artist Alwyn Crawshaw demonstrates the basic techniques including brushstrokes, colour mixing and depicting distance and foreground to get you started in watercolour.Lecturer and Artist Sharon Finmark explains how you can paint realistic figures, covering scale and proportion, mixing convincing skin colours and portraying movement and light effectively.Artist and teacher Trevor Waugh demonstrates techniques for painting animals – domestic, farmyard and wild. Starting with simple animal shapes, Trevor takes you through the rudiments of 3D shapes, tone and colour and the tricks of using foreshortening in your work.

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Florence & The Machine: Dance Fever (Deluxe Hardback Book) - CD (4545415)

Jedná se o páté studiové album skupiny Florence and the Machine vydané v roce 2022. Produkt je deluxe edice obsahující CD a knihu s pevnou vazbou. Album patří do žánru indie rocku.

  • Deluxe edice s pevnou vazbou knihy
  • Páté studiové album Florence and the Machine
  • Kolekční vydání pro fanoušky
  • Album z roku 2022 v kompletní verzi

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How to Draw The Gruffalo and Friends - Axel Scheffler, Julia Donaldsonová

Celebrate 30 years of stories with Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler as you learn how to draw ten of your favourite characters from their bestselling picture books - from The Gruffalo to The Snail and the Whale and much more!Have fun learning to draw the Gruffalo, the Witch or even George the Smartest Giant in the step-by-step guides. Then put the finishing touches on your art as you follow the tips for drawing expressions, creating movement and even using colour in your illustrations.With never-before-seen character sketches and step-by-step guides, plus top tips from Axel Scheffler on everything from character development to cover design, How to Draw the Gruffalo and Friends is the perfect gift for budding artists of all ages.Includes characters to draw, scenes to colour and activities to complete from the following books:The GruffaloThe Gruffalo's ChildRoom on the BroomThe Snail and the WhaleThe Smartest GiantA Squash and a SqueezeMonkey PuzzleCharlie Cook's Favourite Book

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The Art of Danish Living: How to Find Happiness In and Out of Work - Meik Wiking

From the author of the million-copy bestseller, The Little Book of Hygge, comes a beautifully designed guide on how to get more out of work and live like the happiest people in the world: the Danish. We often look to the Danish lifestyle as a utopia: they enjoy long summer holidays and the cosiest, hyggelig winters, but their happiness isn’t just limited to their free time. Almost two thirds report high job satisfaction, and 58% say they would continue working even if they won the lottery.But what exactly are the ingredients of happiness at work? And how can we live more like that? Meik Wiking, the world’s favourite happiness expert, is back with more of his wise yet simple snippets of inspiration from Danish culture, and shows us that nurturing a sense of purpose, trust between you and your manager and freedom within your role can mean more than any job title. Based on stats from his own research and designed with his trademark style, this book is sure to improve your happiness levels. We will spend around a third of our lives at work, so why not feel happier while we do it?

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Educaring from the Heart: How to Nurture Your Wellbeing and Re-discover Your Purpose in Education - Deirdre McGillicuddy

Inviting readers on a journey of self-reflection, Educaring from the Heart offers an approach to education which places care, empathy, and compassion at the core of the educator’s role.Within the book, the reader is introduced to the principles underpinning educaring from the heart and encouraged to consider their own positionality when reflecting on the role they play in supporting both the learning and wellbeing of their students. Practical exercises are woven throughout to allow the reader to critically engage with how they understand themselves and their values as educators, and how this then shapes their wellbeing and practices in the classroom.The book is divided into three distinct sections:The “I” as EducatorThe “Us” as Educator and StudentThe “We” as Cocreators for WellbeingWith a focus on nurturing wellbeing and learning within the classroom, as well as the power of co-creativity, this book is an essential read for any educator seeking to re/discover their purpose within education and to foster positive outcomes for their students.

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Small Pets and Pet Care, The Complete Practical Guide to - David Alderton

An essential family reference to keeping hamsters, gerbils, guinea pigs, rabbits, birds, reptiles and fish A newly-updated practical guide to pet-keeping, covering all aspects of choosing and caring for small mammals including rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters, gerbils and jirds, chinchillas, rats and mice – plus birds, herptiles, invertebrates and fish. Each chapter features the most popular breeds in each species, based on general availability and suitability. Find out how to choose the best pet for your lifestyle plus practical tips on buying a pet; housing and exercise; foods for a balanced diet; pet health and what to do when your pet is sick. This is a perfect reference book on petcare for any owner. Expert advice on choosing and buying a pet, the breeds, housing, feeding, handling, showing and health care. Helpful information and fascinating insights about every aspect of caring for the most popular pet species. How to select the right pet for your lifestyle, including choosing exotic species and the most suitable pets for young children and families. Maintaining a pet’s health, plus the equipment needed to house, feed and exercise pets correctly, and detailed advice on training, handling, showing and breeding pets.

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Small-Scale Woodworking Projects for the Home - Roshaan Ganief

This book is full of useful, stylish patterns woodworkers can cut on the scroll saw in very little time with the larger format bringing the photos of works in progress and larger patterns to life. From lamps to earrings and wall art to coasters and cupboards, Roshaan Ganiefs guide has everything woodworking artists need to build their woodworking skills and create stunning art for their home or to give away as gifts. The book features a beginners & Getting Started section along with 44 projects and patterns that have clean minimalism designs that artists can finish in their own style. It also includes step-by-step instructions and beautiful full-colour photography to help scrollers along the way. Personalize your home with your own creations with a minimal amount of money and time.

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The Complete Beginner's Photography Course - Ben Hawkins

The easy guide to taking better pictures with your cameraWhile digital cameras have made photography more accessible than ever, taking full creative control of your equipment should be every photographer''s aim. In this book, photography writer Ben Hawkins uses his extensive experience to deliver a unique modular system of learning. Covering all of the key genres, a range of diverse projects will teach every essential skill, technique and technical competency, while also offering inspiration and delivering a beautiful image for your first portfolio.-   Master every skill, technique and camera setting essential for great photography.-   Learn at your own pace through a difficulty-rated modular system that increases in challenge as your competency grows.-   Get to grips with every genre of photography from landscapes to portraits and nature to reportage.

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How to Win Friends and Influence People in the Digital Age - Dale Carnegie Training

Since its initial publication, How to Win Friends and Influence People has sold a total of 15 million copies. The book continues to sell briskly today, but Carnegie never anticipated the ways in which the digital age would provide new tools and challenges for winning friends and influencing people. The advent of social networking sites, the dominance of email, and the ways in which the Internet has supplanted face-to-face interactions have made Carnegie''s precepts all the more immediate and vital. Brent Cole, working in tandem with Dale Carnegie & Associates, Inc., has reimagined the original book for the digital age, updating and reframing Carnegie''s insights about communication, self expression, and leadership.

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How to Challenge the System and Become a Better Teacher - Scott Buckler

 This book empowers you to seek a deeper perspective on the education system and to develop as a critically informed teacher able to challenge the status quo appropriately – without losing your job!It focuses on the need to engage with research, to reflect critically and question your own teaching practice, so you don’t get stuck in bad or ineffective routines and can develop personally and professionally as a confident, versatile educator. Key topics include: ·       Understanding the pressure points in today’s education system·       Developing your own educational philosophy·       Reading and critiquing research to sharpen your thinking·       How to make change happen

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How to Win Friends and Influence People for Girls - Donna Dale Carnegie

It''s all about making friends! The teenage years can be tricky - especially if you''re a girl. Let''s face it, girls deal with pressures and dilemmas that boys couldn''t even dream of, let alone handle! In this indispensable guide teenage girls will learn the most powerful ways to influence others, defuse arguments, admit mistakes and make self-defining choices.Donna Dale Carnegie, daughter of the motivational author and teacher Dale Carnegie, offers concrete advice for girls on topics such as:- peer pressure- gossip- popularity- maintaining friendships with boys- commitment issues- break-upsCarnegie also provides solid advice for older teenagers beginning to explore their influence in the adult world, such as driving and handling interviews.Full of fun quizzes, ''reality check'' sections and real life examples, How to Win Friends and Influence People for Girls offers every teenage girl candid, insightful and timely advice on making friends and being a good friend.

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How to Fight a Bear...and Win - Bathroom Readers' Institute

From the world leader in fascinating facts and amusing true stories comes a book about how to feed, clothe, and protect yourself in the wilderness…and might even make you want to avoid anything resembling the wilderness forever.For more than 25 years, Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader has helped you learn amazing things you didn’t know. Now, Uncle John will show you how to do things you didn’t know how to do…and probably should never, never, never actually do, unless you’re in a survival situation and really, really, really need to do. It’s How to Fight a Bear...and Win. A new approach to survival guides and how-to books, this book provides step-by-step instructions for how to make do in any rugged terrain. But if you’re expecting “how to start a fire,” think again. This isn’t the kind of book that will tell you how to make a fire by rubbing two sticks together—it will tell you how to make a fire using a car battery. It will also tell you:How to swing from a vine like TarzanHow to land an airplane in an emergencyHow to fight a bear…and winHow to perform emergency surgery in the woodsHow to identify what insects you can--and ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Watercolour Landscapes for the Absolute Beginner - Matthew Palmer

WATERCOLOR FOR BEGINNERS: 6 full-size, pre-drawn tracings help you paint lush watercolor landscapes with world renowned artist Matthew Palmer!Bestselling author, artist, and teacher Matthew Palmer guides beginners through their first steps in watercolor and reveals the power of this exciting medium. Build your watercolor painting skills with:• Step-by-step exercises, mini projects, and 6 longer projects• Demonstrations of essential drawing skills• Demonstrations of watercolor techniques like color mixing, scratch-out, and moreLearn to apply natural-looking foliage to trees and woodlands . . . Use dry-brush techniques to depict intricate detail, and refer to Palmer’s finished paintings for even more inspiration! Featuring tons of easy-to-follow advice, this watercolor painting guide will help beginners produce landscape paintings they’re proud of.

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How To Write For Children And Get Published - Louise Jordan

Huge numbers of people want to write for children, but it is notoriously difficult to find a publisher in this increasingly comeptitive area. This inspiring and practical guide from acknowledged expert on children''s publishing Louise Jordan, will show you how to make your work stand out from the crowd and appeal to commissioning editors, and, of course, your intended audience.

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Heaven and Hell for the Tobacco Girls - Lizzie Lane

The next thrilling book in Lizzie Lane's superb, bestselling series The Tobacco GirlsLife for the Tobacco Girls isn’t getting any easier... Bristol, 1943Bridget Milligan has donned a uniform and joined the nursing services where she becomes intrigued with the miracles of modern medicine. She’s also torn between family loyalty, her new career and Lyndon O’Neill, the love of her life. Is it too impossible to hope that everything will come out right in the end?Phyllis Harvey is still serving in Malta where she sees the casualties of war first hand. Finally it seems like Phyllis is blessed with true in love, but fate can sometimes be a rocky road and nothing is that certain. Maisie Miles is left holding the home front at the tobacco factory but with the sudden death of her grandmother finds herself once more alone in the world. However, thanks to a substantial inheritance, she is able to extend a helping hand to a friend in desperate need. There are tears and laughter, goodbyes and new arrivals along with the hope that new beginnings are not far over the horizon. An atmospheric historical saga following the lives and loves of those who work in Bristol’s famous ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Questions and Answers for the Diploma in Occupational Medicine, second edition - Clare Fernandes

This new edition will help candidates prepare for the MCQ part of the Diploma in Occupational Medicine exam. The 240 questions are set out as three practice papers of 80 questions. The questions, along with their answers and explanations, are designed to help readers check understanding across all core subject areas:Clinical occupational healthEffects of work on healthEthics and the lawHealth and safety at workPrinciples of occupational healthAll questions follow the style of the latest version of the exam and will assist candidates by allowing them to develop an understanding of how the exam questions work. This book is therefore the ideal revision and practice guide for exam candidates.The author combines her expertise as an accredited specialist in occupational medicine with her passion for teaching. She developed the leading revision course for the Diploma in Occupational Medicine and this book encapsulates this wealth of knowledge and experience.Every question and answer has been fully checked for accuracy and appropriateness for the exam.From the Foreword by Dr Lanre Ogunyemi, President, Society of Occupational Medicine, UK and Academic Registrar (Chief Examiner), Faculty of Occupational Medicine of the RCP Ireland:"Whether used for independent study or as a supplement to formal training, this book remains an ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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How to Deliver Bad News and Get Away with It - Mahesh Guruswamy

A manager’s guide to those unavoidable uncomfortable discussions  Delivering bad news is never easy, but there are ways to do it that minimize the pain for everyone involved. How to Deliver Bad News and Get Away with It shows business managers how to navigate these inevitable tough conversations using the best possible approaches.  Drawing from software executive Mahesh Guruswamy’s personal experience, this practical guide walks you through delivering bad news to employees, stakeholders, customers, and even bosses. With humor and grace, it covers, among many other topics:  • How to talk to an employee about an improvement plan • How to tell a client a project is delayed • How to give your boss less-than-glowing feedback • How to admit that you have to break a promise  Although there are many books on the inspirational side of leadership and how to lead effectively in general, few tackle the less-fun but critical topic of having the unpopular but necessary conversations all managers must have, making this book essential for any leader’s library.

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How to Raise a Citizen (And Why It's Up to You to Do It) - Lindsey Cormack

An essential guide to nurturing the next generation of responsible, informed citizens Lindsey Cormack's book, How to Raise a Citizen (And Why It's Up to You to Do It), speaks directly to an America in which civic knowledge is alarmingly sparse and many people dread politics. It's a tool for parents, educators, and anyone eager to fill this gap. In the book, Cormack offers an engaging and practical approach to discussing political issues and the inner workings of the U.S. government with children. She explains why our schools can no longer be the sites of civic education that they used to be and provides parents with strategies and necessary know-how to be able to impart these lessons to their children. From the intricacies of the voting process to the foundational principles of democracy and the significance of key government documents like the Constitution, the author demystifies complex topics with clarity and insight. You'll also find: Data about the current state of the American citizenry, our educational approaches to civics, and the risks of civic disengagementA framework for starting important political discussions at homeComprehensive explanations of American federalism and how different branches of government are responsible for different functionsStrategies for navigating ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Fire and Fury for the Tobacco Girls - Lizzie Lane

Catch up on Lizzie Lane's gritty, historical saga series set in Bristol's Tobacco factories...As war rages, everyone has to do their bit... Bristol. 1941As the clouds of war grow bleaker both at home and abroad, the Tobacco Girls are determined to do their bit for King and Country. To that end Maisie Miles and Bridget Milligan become voluntary ambulance drivers. As well as coping with the frequent air raids, Maisie is kept on her toes with three new junior employees one of whom is particularly testing. Bridget’s heart becomes torn between family loyalty and American tobacco tycoon Lyndon O’Neill III, the man she loves. Meanwhile Phyllis Harvey has joined the WAAF, opting to serve overseas whilst trying to escape her past. Her letters home are upbeat and her friends are initially envious of descriptions of sunshine and blue sea. The truth she hides is that life on the island of Malta is fraught with extreme food shortages, daily air raids and the fear that tomorrow might never come. The future appears far less certain as the reality of war bites into The Tobacco Girls’ lives. An atmospheric historical saga following the lives and loves of those who work in Bristol’s ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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The Lone SENDCO: Questions and answers for the busy SENDCO - Gary Aubin

The SENDCO role can feel quite isolating. SENDCOs know more than anyone in their setting about SEND, so who do they go to when they need support? Especially when new to the role, who do you turn to when tackling a problem or looking for inspiration? The Lone SENDCO answers over 300 questions that SENDCOs grapple with, whether experienced or new: How should outcomes be worded? Do I get longer to respond if I receive a consultation in the holidays? How shall I structure my inclusion department? How do I assess SEND for a child with EAL? How should I be working with my school’s Careers Officer? How do I motivate disengaged learners? What do Ofsted look for in an inspection?Split helpfully into easily-workable sections, this reference book can be picked up and dipped into, whatever the priority. Whether it’s organising an annual review for the first time, taking your partnership with parents to the next level or linking your work in SEND to cognitive science, The Lone SENDCO tackles the questions you have and the answers you need.Sections include: EHCPs and annual reviews, working with parents/carers, statutory compliance and legislation, strategic thinking as a SENDCO, identification and assessment of ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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The "World's Wife" by Carol Ann Duffy: everything you need to catch up, study and prepare for 2025 assessments and 2026 exams - Carol Duffy

For more than 25 years, York Notes have been helping students throughout the UK to get the inside track on the written word. Firmly established as the nation’s favourite and most comprehensive range of literature study guides, each and every York Note has been carefully researched and written by experts to make sure that you get the most wide-ranging critical analysis, the most detailed commentary and the most helpful key points and checklists. York Notes Advanced offer a fresh and accessible approach to English Literature. Written by established literature experts, they introduce students to a more sophisticated analysis, a range of critical perspectives and wider contexts.

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Management and Administration for the OTA

This comprehensive resource is designed to equip occupational therapy assistant (OTA) students and new practitioners with the essential knowledge required for effective skills in management, administration, and leadership.Using the American Occupational Therapy AssociationÂ’s Occupational Therapy Practice Framework: Domain and Process 4th edition (OTPF-4) and aligned to the latest Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTA) Standards, this second edition provides invaluable guidance around the key areas, including:How changes in policy can impact upon the practice of occupational therapyThe importance of leadership and advocacy for being an agent of changeNational requirements for credentialing and for licensure, certification or registration under state laws.Reimbursement systemsThe role of the OTA in promoting the distinct value of occupational therapy to the public, as well as other professionals, service providers, consumers, third-party payers, and regulatory bodiesDocumentation and quality improvement to ensure the OTA provides the highest quality of serviceThe relationship between the OTA, the occupational therapist, and nonprofessional personnelThe role, criteria, and components of the OTA in fieldwork educationCommunication skills, particularly in relation to the concept of health literacy and how it can be used to better understand a client and their contextHow the OTA can maintain high standards of responsible, ethical practiceThe role of scholarship ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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How to be a Dragonfly (in association with the Royal Entomological Society) - DK

Shrink to the size of a garden bug and enter the world of dragonflies in this first graphic novel for children.This graphic novel of garden life, made in collaboration with the Royal Entomological Society, is a perfect introduction to dragonflies for bug-obsessed little ones aged 5-7.Follow a newly hatched dragonfly as he learns to navigate pond life, and meet plenty of fascinating bug characters along the way, in this first graphic novel. Narrated by a wise old grasshopper, offering tips and tricks on how to be a dragonfly and featuring laugh-out-loud moments, this tale of pond life is a perfect introduction to dragonflies for bug-obsessed kids.This bug book for children offers: A graphic novel format to engage children in non-fiction topics.Content made in partnership with the Royal Entomological Society, providing scientific information about insects.An engaging story about a newly hatched dragonfly as he learns how to navigate pond life.Chase thinks he''ll stay a nymph forever. And it''s not a bad life, in the pond he calls home. He''s mastered the art of jet propulsion, how many insects can say that? But still, it would be quite fun to be one of those big, shining blue and green dragonflies flying overhead, ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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How to Enjoy Your Life and Your Job

If you are not satisfied with your job and often struggle to achieve a work-life balance, you've picked the right book! “Count your blessings—not your troubles!” From ways to finding peace and happiness to insights on how to deal with people and make them like you at once, this book introduces good working habits and includes valuable advice on how to drive away fatigue-producing boredom. With suggestions on how to relax and churn out the most of oneself and bring a sense of fulfilment, harmony, and purpose, Dale Carnegie's classic bestseller, How to Enjoy Your Life and Your Job, continues to help people reassess their approach to life, people, and job and also helps them discover their strengths and talents.This self-help book is a must-read for all! •

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The Purpose Driven Life Selected Thoughts and Scriptures for the Graduate - Rick Warren

This beautiful keepsake book provides a priceless reminder of the bountiful life God has planned for your graduates, helping them uncover and understand His purpose for their life.Graduates have choices to make beyond what college to attend or what job to accept. What will they do with their lives? And for whom will they live?Based on the New York Times bestseller The Purpose Driven Life, the collection of thoughts and Scriptures inside these pages will help high school and college graduates develop deeper meaning for their life by embracing these key truths:You were planned for God''s pleasureYou were formed for a family and communityYou were created to become like ChristYou were shaped for serving GodYou were made for a missionMore than just a book, The Purpose Driven Life: Selected Thoughts and Scriptures for the Graduate, now updated and expanded, is a catalyst to embracing each graduate''s unique, God-given purpose.

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