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Where to Take Tea: A Guide to Over 50 of the Best Places from Victorian Tearooms to Grand Hotels

This guide to Britain's best tea rooms is truly a joy to browse. The first part covers this history and traditions of taking tea, the world's most popular drink. It covers reading the leaves, tea gardens and parties, afternoon tea, high tea and elegant tea dances at the Savoy. The second part of the book is a directory of where to take tea today, and reviews over fifty of the very best places to enjoy the experience, from small family run establishments to top city hotels such as the Lanesborough, the Ritz and the Savoy and the world famous Fortnum and Mason and Harrods department stores. Full details of each venue give you all the information you need to plan and partake of the perfect afternoon refreshment. A perfect gift for tea lovers everywhere.

 

 

Rose Elliot's Sumptuous Suppers: Veggie Food with Style

As a long time vegetarian I already have many of Rose Elliot's books and recipes and this new collection does not disappoint. The 100 mouth watering and stylish dishes are perfect for entertaining, although many will soon become family favourites too. Easy to follow recipes and gorgeous photograpy will soon tempt you into the kitchen ensuring wonderful starters, main courses and exquisite desserts for family and friends - vegetarians or not!

 

History Of 20th Century Fashion

Wonderful illustrations and photography complement the lively text of this fascinating book, taking you on a wonderful journey through the fashions of the last century. From the elegant silhouettes of Edwardian ladies through the changing times of two world wars to the hot pants and mini dresses of the sixties, to denim, punk and the street culture at the end of the century. More than just the eye candy of the fabulous outfits there is information on the social and commercial side of the industry with photographs of impoverished home workers earning a pittance while working on sumptous silk dresses to the production lines, celebrity models and designers we know today. A must for fashion students and designers, a joy for anyone who loves clothes.

 

 

 

Fresh Baked: Over 80 Tantalizing Recipes for Cakes, Pastries, Biscuits and Breads

Scrumptious collection of over 80 sweet and savoury recipes to tempt you to indulge in the pleasures of baking. As well as information on baking techniques, ingredients and equipment there are classic and new recipes for such delights as Plum Crumble Cake with Cinnamon Cream, Classic Shortbread, Rosewater and Cardamom Choux Buns, Danish Pastries, Caramelized Onion and Spinach Tart, Bacon and Beer Soda Bread, Rosemary and Olive Oil Focaccia and a selection of mouthwatering pizzas. Super photography completes a book that is destined for frequent use and will definitely not languish on the bookshelf.

 

Details Details: Embellishing Clothes and Accessories

A really gorgeous book full of ideas to give your clothes and accessories one of a kind designer style. Embellishing with beads, ribbons, lace or embroidery is the up to the minute way to a completely original look as the many superb photographs demonstrate. Whether you want to jazz up your jeans pocket with beads, add a funky corsage to your winter coat or wrap headbands or bangles with beautiful braids, you will find instructions and inspiration in this super book, which would make a great gift if you could bear to give it away.

 

 

The Fairtrade Everyday Cookbook

150 recipes using Fairtrade ingredients, contributed by celebrities such as Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Ruth Rogers, Rose Gray and Antony Worrall Thompson, and from producers of the ingredients and ordinary cooks who sent in their own recipes. Beautifully illustrated with easy to follow instructions, it also includes the stories of individual producers from around the world giving an insight into how their communities have benefited from Fairtrade. The featured Fairtrade ingredients are listed at the back of the book with a directory of retailers and supermarkets.

 

 

Simple Stylish Knits
Super collection of easy to make modern designs using fat needles and modern yarns that bring the newly fashionable craft of knitting bang up to date. Cuddly wraps, hooded cardigans, ponchos, boleros and lots more simple patterns will have you itching to get those needles clicking.

 

 

 

 

Modern Family Gardens
29 stylish gardens designed with real families in mind. Inspirational projects for a country garden, a wisteria garden, a sensory garden, a water garden, a roof garden, a sunken garden, an ecological garden, even a stainless steel and stone garden. Beautifully photographed and complete with suppliers, resources and a plant directory too.

 

Dinogami: 20 Prehistoric Origami Projects

This super book of 20 dinosaur origami projects is fun for adults or children. There is an explanation of the folding symbols to make learning origami easier and then step by step instructions to making a stegosaurus, a huge brachiosaurus, a tyrannosaurus rex, a mammoth and many more. It even includes palm trees, prehistoric ferns, prehistoric man and a volcano so that you can display your very own Jurassic Park and show off your handiwork. Lots of fun.

 

Green Babycare

Lots of practical advice for keeping your new baby's footprint on the planet as tiny as possible. The chapters suggest easily adopted greener habits such as eco-clothing solutions, eating organically and washing your baby using eco-friendly homemade baby wipes. There are also many tips for raising your children ethically, using alternatives to chemical products, recycling toys and reducing the landfill waste of the 42 disposable nappies used by the average baby per week. An important guide to the changes we need to consider to bring up healthy babies without further damage to the planet they will inherit.

 

Hip Knits
Everyone is knitting these days and this book has many modern designs for the home and to wear. There are simple patterns that even a beginner could feel confident with, yet are stylish enough to tempt more experienced knitters too. Clearly explained techniques and patterns for legwarmers, a cushion cover, a chunky throw, bed socks, hot water bottle cover, fingerless mittens, an evening scarf, even a shopping bag and a lampshade make this super book a fabulous gift or a real treat for yourself.

 

Knitted Babes: Five Dolls and Their Wardrobes to Knit and Stitch
Lots of fun for knitters of all ages and abilities. The five dolls each with their different personalities and fashion sense will encourage creative skills and imaginative play. As well as knitting and stitching know how sections, there are sewing templates to photocopy and advice on washing and caring for these fun to make and play with dolls.

 

Mummy and Me Cookbook

Child nutrition expert Annabel Karmel's new book encourages you to have fun with your children in the kitchen. Using easy to follow recipes with superb photographs, she explains how children as young as 3 can stir, measure with spoons, roll out dough and cut out shapes with cookie cutters. Making their own healthy food is a great way to get fussy eaters to try new foods too! There are also wonderful ideas for a cooking party including ideas for novel invitations, organising the event and games to play. Lots of fun with many opportunities to improve dexterity, vocabulary maths and science while making something delicious for the whole family.

 

 

 

Knitted and Felted Toys: 26 Easy-to-knit Patterns for Adorable Toys

Now that hand crafted items are being valued as they should be and enjoying something of a revival, the adorable hand knitted toys in this book are sure to be cuddled and loved as only soft toys can be. Beginning with basic knitting and felting instructions, you soon move on to the 26 colourful characters including Cool Cat, Maisie Moo, Fluffy Puppy, Funky Monkey, Magic Unicorn, Mummy Bunny (with baby bunny finger puppets) Ballerina, Mermaid, Teddy, Dylan Donkey, Leo Lion, and lots more.

 

 

Aromatherapy: Remedies and Inspirations for Well-being

Handbag sized guide to using essential oils to improve your health and well being using massage, baths, inhalations and vapourisation. The 20 most popular oils are grouped into those that relax, inspire, uplift and revitalise, and there are recipes and ideas for making your own blends too. Sprinkled with inspirational quotations this little book is a joy to read and would make an inexpensive treat for yourself or a lovely gift for a friend.


The Encyclopedia of New Medicine: Conventional and Alternative Medicine for All Ages

Fascinating and informative reference book guides readers through state of the art treatment programmes for more than 200 diseases and conditions. Using a holistic patient centred approach each health problem is linked to relevant alternative treatments from acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine to Zen meditation and herbal treatments, giving patients the knowledge they need to integrate alternative and conventional medical wisdom to find the best ways to to treat and prevent disease.

 

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Audiobooks
- the new way for busy people to enjoy classic drama, comedy, fiction and poetry while driving the car, decluttering the house, doing the ironing or spending half an hour in the garden. There are titles for children and teens too! Here are some of the newest releases:

Starring Tracy Beaker

Tracy Beaker is back and simply must get a part in the school play A Christmas Carol. When she is cast in the lead role as Ebenezer Scrooge, Tracy is delighted but troubled to know if her film star Mother will make it back from Hollywood for her big night. Awarded an OBE for her services to literature in schools, author Jacqueline Wilson's new story is both funny and heartbreaking. Read by Dani Harmer star of the Tracy Beaker tv show.

Secret Seven

For the first time on CD, three stories from the fabulous Secret Seven series by Enid Blyton, one of the best loved children's authors of all time. Read by Sarah Green.

Good Work, Secret Seven

Janet and Peter are resting in the back of their father's car when two strange men jump in and drive it away! They manage to stay hidden and then to escape and get the Secret Seven together to work out how to track down the theives. But then they begin to wonder if it was such a good idea....

Go Ahead, Secret Seven

The Secret Seven decide to make their club more exciting and go into town to practice their trailing and shadowing detective skills. When George gets caught his parents make him resign from the club and Scamper the spaniel is made a temporary member in his place. Soon though they are extremely glad of his protection as once again they find themselves in the middle of a dangerous adventure.

Secret Seven Win Through

Just as the Secret Seven find a new meeting place for the Summer, they are perturbed to find that someone else is using it too - at night! But who? And why? When Scamper finds a notebook in their hideaway what they read tells them there is no time to waste. So they decide to set a trap.......

 

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia)

In this second of the Narnia tales a forgotten wardrobe is the door to a land of adventure where four children are drawn into a fantastic realm populated by dwarves, fauns and giants. Where the evil White Witch holds the land in an endless winter before the Great Lion Aslan comes to make the ultimate sacrifice....

 

Eyewitness: The 1960s

The BBC has excelled itself with the Eyewitness series. The 1960's is a wonderful account of the days of The Beatles, feminism, hippies, Harold Wilson, the Aberfan disaster, the Moors murders, the Great Train Robbery and many more momentus events all brought to life with actual sound recordings mixed with a superb commentary by historian Joanna Bourke. Fascinating, informative and educational.

Gaudy Night

Superb crime mystery starring Ian Carmichael as Lord Peter Wimsey, set in Oxford at Harriet's college reunion known as the Gaudy. The highbrow nature of some of the threatening notes she receieves point to the writer being an academic and probably one of the dons of her college. Harriet asks for help from Lord Peter, but there is another complication, he has wanted to marry her for the last five years. Will asking for his help mean him asking for her hand again?

Dalziel and Pascoe: Secrets of the Dead

Shortly after attending the funeral of an ex-girlfriend Dalziel receives a letter from her in which she tells him he is the father of her child, who is now a DS in Andy's station. Reeling from the shock of this, he is later amazed when her name crops up again in an investigation into the death of a local solicitor. Meanwhile Peter is visiting his daughter in the USA and has flown right into the path of Hurricane Andy. Fast paced mystery with the original tv soundtrack and linking narration.