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by Carolyn Denham, Roderick Field
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2014

Keep it simple and do it well. The Merchant & Mills Sewing Book contains fifteen step-by-step projects aimed at guiding you gently but firmly through the basics of sewing. Each project you make from this book will be stylish, but above all, useful. Part I of the book presents a fundamental overview...

How To Resolve Conflicts

Turn conflict into cooperation

by Wendy Grant
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2016

Conflict distorts relationships - whether it takes the form of international disputes between countries or cross words exchanged with friend, work colleagues or family members. All too often conflict can slip out of control, with tragic consequences - as seen, for example, in so-called ‘road rage’...
by Friends of the Earth
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2009

Don’t just sit there, do something. But what? How Can I Stop Climate Change? explains what climate change is and what you can do to stop it. Written by the experts at Friends of the Earth, it gives you the facts and figures and offers practical advice and simple solutions. What is happening and...
by Dr Phil Currie, Josh Young
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2011

With his groundbreaking findings and extensive research, palaeontologist and dino hunter Dr Phil Currie challenges the very foundations of traditional dinosaur theories. Seventy million years ago the Mongolian desert was home to the world's biggest, most dangerous carnivores – 5 meters tall, 12...
by Joshua Levine
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2010

An ambitious and powerful account of modern Irish history through the eyes of those who experienced it at first hand. Forty years after the Provisional IRA was formed and British troops arrived in Ireland, Peter Robinson and Martin McGuinness sit together as leaders of a devolved Northern Irish government,...

Easy to Make! Curtains & Blinds

Expert Advice, Techniques and Tips for Sewers

by Wendy Baker
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2014

Practical advice and step-by-step instructions for window dressing. Suitable for both beginners and experienced curtain-makersStunning designs and inspiration for every room in your home Making curtains needn't be left to the professionals - with Easy to Make! Curtains and Blinds you, too, can create...
by Stephen Moss
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2012

Springwatch British Wildlife is the perfect year-round countryside introduction to the much-loved wildlife of the popular BBC2 television series. The book guides you through Britain's rich and diverse natural heritage, allowing you to enjoy the nation's wildlife at its finest – learning how the...
by James Naughtie
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2012

The exciting tie-in to the major new series on Radio 4, written and presented by one of the UK’s leading commentators on social and political life - Jim Naughtie. The perfect read for anyone who wants to gauge the depth and spread of creativity and genius in the British Isles over the past sixty...
by UNESCO
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2012

From Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, priceless documentary heritage records the diversity of languages, peoples and knowledge that has influenced humanity from the early days of human history to the present. This heritage documents important events, discoveries or inventions that have transformed the world....

Havoc

The Auxiliaries in Ireland’s War of Independence

by Paul O'Brien
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2017

They were sent over here to break the people and they were a far more dangerous force than the Black and Tans. - Commandant Tom BarryIn 1919, Ireland was plunged into a brutal guerrilla war. Although unconventional warfare made the British government uncomfortable, senior politicians realised a specialist...

Ireland's Garden Birds

A Guide to Attracting and Identifying Garden Birds

by Oran O'Sullivan, Jim Wilson
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017

An essential companion for bird lovers and gardeners alike since it was first published, this highly successful guide to identifying garden birds has now been fully updated with the latest information and statistics. Highlighting a range of plants and planting schemes that support wildlife, it provides...
by Kazim Ali
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2015

Kazim Ali has become known for his careful attention to the architecture of a poem, his restless intellect and his musically driven line. In these eight poems and two diary entries, Ali draws on deep literary and cultural tradition to explore history, devotion, both spiritual and physical, and loss...
by J. A. Baker
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2011

J. A. Baker’s extraordinary classic of British nature writing Despite the association of peregrines with the wild, outer reaches of the British Isles, The Peregrine is set on the flat marshes of the Essex coast, where J A Baker spent a long winter looking and writing about the visitors from the...
by Maithili Rao
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2015

In the three decades since Smita Patil died-at the impossibly young age of thirty-one-she has unwaveringly been one of Indian cinema's biggest icons. That is unusual enough for a 'parallel cinema' actor, rendered more remarkable in a career that spanned a mere ten years. Patil, one of the leading...
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