"Kingfisher Knowledge" is a comprehensive series for readers hungry for information on today's hot topics. Using lively, engaging text and state-of-the-art digital artwork the series covers an immense range of subjects in impressive depth and is a major educational resource."Rocks & Fossils" delves into the depths of the Earth to explore the make-up of the planet's outer layer, from its formation to the ongoing creation of rock in Earth's changing landscape today. Learn how to unravel the histories of rocks and identify the minerals that make them. Find out about the different uses of rocks from building materials to clay, and pigments for dye.

From the author of The Woman’s Comfort Book， A compendium of creative，comforting， and sometimes kinky ideas to keep your relationship supercharged with sex， love， and friendship。 A Resource for Romance at Your Fingertips。 “The perfect antidote for fast-paced lives！ With a wonderfully refreshing， upbeat style， each page gives clever ways to bring new life into any relationship。 This book is a ’must-read- for anyone who wants to live and love more fully。”--Victoria Felton-Collins， authors of Couples and Money “A wonderful， nurturing book for couples。 It can lift us out of the ruts that stagnate our love lives。 More importantly， it helps us to see anew our own self and our beloved。”--Pamela Butler， author of Self-Assertion for Women “Jennifer Louden provides insightful and spiritual techniques for renewing our natural abilities to nurture and love more freely。”--Larry A。 Bugen， Ph。D。， author of Love and Renewal ： A Co

Whether you are planning a traditional Christmas or a more contemporary celebration, this comprehensive guide will help to create a stylish, successful occasion for yourself, your friends and your familly. This book takes all the possible stress out of Christmas,and includes over 70 recipes to make scrumptious Christmas food, from luxurious starters to delicious desserts. With a section on creating stylish decorations and stationery and helpful advice to ensure that everything goes to plan, this is the ultimate guide for the perfect Christmas.

call a high-priced professional to solve these problems, or save money and time by doing it yourself. Paint or wallpaper? Tile or carpet? Do you hire a decorator or follow the simple steps included in this book? The normally daunting tasks of home repair and redecoration become easy, with the added bonus of providing the amateur repairperson with a sense of pride in a job well done. From carpentry to wallpapering, you can do it now, you can do it fast, you can do it right by doing it yourself!

This set will teach you all about the king of all board games: Chess. The guide book illustrates how to play this addictive game of skill using colour photographs and diagrams to explain the pieces, the moves and winning strategy. Inside you will find a full colour book, chess pieces and a chessboard.

A satire of modern life, by the author of "Poor Souls" and "This Is It". Emily's interior-design business is everything to her. Her clueless husband turns to young Milly, and Emily indulges in brief and carnal bouts with a perpetually furious PR man, who is much keener on her daughter.

Classic Motorbikes-a fascinating collection of the greatest machines in two-wheeled history. More than 150 examples of motorcyciing's finest models arecelebrated in these pages, with detailed analysis, performance specifications and spectacular full-coklour photography. Bikes featured inc[ucle pioneers from the early 20th century, legendary British classics, mighty American-built V-twins, exotic Italian sportsmachines and sophisticated Japanese superbikes - and many more.

The Complete Guide to Cigars offers a comprehensive exploration of the history of cigars，from the very first plantations to the modern—day cult of the cigar。It also has an extensive directory，listing the established brands from Cuba，the Dominican Republic and other cigar producing countries around the world。 The Complete Guide fo cigars shows how the history of the cigar is inextricably bound into the history of the slave trade and the lives of the settlers in the New World，and how this valuable commodity caused decades of conflict between nations。It also illuminates the intricate and highly skilled process of making a cigar from sowing tobacco to packing cigars for export。 There is also advice on how to choose and store cigars，how to be sure you are buying a genuine Havana and how to get the most enjoyment you can from your cigars。This is a book for all aspiring cigar aficionados，as well as people who enjoy a good smoke。

The world of dreams is a mysterious and fascinating place where the rules of reality do not apply In dreams we release our sub-cunsdous hopes and fears, our innermost desires and ambitions,in a cascade of images, .sounds, ideas and emotions which can manifest themselves in any number of different ways. Whether you dream of mundane, everyday things or weird and wonderful phenomena and supernatural beasts, your (]reams are entire]y personal and unique to you-a secret world to which only you have access. No other person has exactly your background, your emotions. or your experiences, so every dream is intimately" connected with your own existence. This means that when interpreting your dreams, it is important to draw from your personal lift, and experiences, This book will show you how to do this. In a series of themed chapters, A Pocket Guide ro Dreams explores the meaning of countless images, symbols and portents that occur regularly in people's dreams. Numerous colour photographs and illustrations are

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Author Vivian Peritts leads the way in taking the art of scrapbooking—using punches and decorative paper edgers—to new levels by applying the same principles to upscale home decorating projects. This book will open the creative door and let out all the secrets of the great decorating projects that can be accomplished using supplies a crafter already has on hand. Step-by-step photography shows crafters how to use scrapbooking tools to make an Asian lantern, create a personalized border for a teenager’s room, decorate furniture with an inlaid wood pattern, achieve a tin ceiling tile look, and complete 30 more exciting projects for the home. Peritts is a board member of the Society of Craft Designers and a regular guest on many craft television shows, including The Carol Duvall Show. She is also the author of Candle Creations: Creative Ideas for Embellishment. More than 30 exciting home décor projects made with scrapbooking tools using common craft supplies Detailed direction

Vibrant, vivacious and gorgeous, Wendy Shanker is a fat girl who has simply had enough enough of family, friends, co-workers, women's magazines, even strangers on the street all trying (and failing) to make her thin.With her mandate to change the world - and the humour and energy to do it - Wendy shows how media madness, corporate greed and even the most well-intentioned loved ones can chip away at a woman's confidence. She invites people of all sizes, shapes and dissatisfactionsto trade self-loathing for self-tolerance, celebrity worship for reality reverence, and a carb-free life for a guilt-free Krispy Kreme.Wendy explores dieting debacles, full-figured fashions an'd feminist philosoph while guiding you through exercise clubs, doctors' offices, shopping malls and the bedroom. In the process, she will convince you that you can be fit and fat, even as the weight loss industry conspires to make you think otherwise. The Fat Girl's Guide to Life invites you to step off the scales and weigh the iss