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Rum: More than 100 of the world’s best rums (Collins Little Books)
by Dominic RoskrowThis beautifully presented Little Book is an excellent introduction to the world of rum. It includes the very best product from the Caribbean, UK, and US as well as new and emerging markets. With a fascinating history of the product itself, how it’s made, and details of the world’s best rums, this is perfect for all rum lovers.
Why I Love Australia
by Daniel HowarthFeaturing children’s own words and heart-warming pictures, this board book, this is the perfect book for children living in, or visiting Australia.
How to Draw a Map
by Malcolm Swanston Alex SwanstonHow to Draw a Map is a fascinating meditation on the centuries-old art of map-making, from the first astronomical maps to the sophisticated GPS guides of today.
How to Live Like Your Cat
by Stéphane GarnierA fun present for cat lovers everywhere: a light-hearted self-help guide to help you live more like your cat
Windswept: Life, Nature And Deep Time In The Scottish Highlands
by Annie Worsley‘Windswept is a wonderful work, prose painted in bold, bright strokes like a Scottish Colourist's canvas’ ROBERT MACFARLANE ‘I have read pages and pages of this wonderful book, swept away by its beauty and understanding, its chromatic brilliance’ ADAM NICOLSON
Yeti: An Abominable History
by Graham HoylandWhat leads us to believe in monsters? What happens when we meet the brutal creatures of our nightmares?
National 4/5 Hospitality Course Notes (PDF)
by Edna Hepburn Smith Leckie Leckie StaffExam Board: SQA Level: N4/5 Subject: Maths The National 4 & 5 Hospitality Course Notes provide comprehensive guidance for the entire CfE programme. Course Notes give a practical, supportive approach to help deliver the new curriculum and offer an appropriate blend of sound teaching and learning with exam and assessment guidance. • Full coverage of National 4 and 5 course specifications with list of learning intentions • Attractive layout with clear text features • National 5 content clearly marked for differentiation • Key questions highlight crucial concepts and techniques that need to be grasped by students in order to progress to the next learning intention • What the examiner/assessor is looking for to help teachers & students feel secure • Exam-style questions with worked answers and examiners commentary, self-assessment • Keep your learning on track/Stretch yourself to encourage self evaluation and provide challenge for higher ability students • Active learning ideas: ‘You Should Already Know’, lists for student to check they are confident with before proceeding AND ‘Make the link’ highlights links between the topic and other areas of the course and/or across different subjects • Assessment questions, exemplar work, model answers, suggested topic work
National 4/5 Hospitality Course Notes (PDF)
by Edna Hepburn Smith Leckie Leckie StaffExam Board: SQA Level: N4/5 Subject: Maths The National 4 & 5 Hospitality Course Notes provide comprehensive guidance for the entire CfE programme. Course Notes give a practical, supportive approach to help deliver the new curriculum and offer an appropriate blend of sound teaching and learning with exam and assessment guidance. • Full coverage of National 4 and 5 course specifications with list of learning intentions • Attractive layout with clear text features • National 5 content clearly marked for differentiation • Key questions highlight crucial concepts and techniques that need to be grasped by students in order to progress to the next learning intention • What the examiner/assessor is looking for to help teachers & students feel secure • Exam-style questions with worked answers and examiners commentary, self-assessment • Keep your learning on track/Stretch yourself to encourage self evaluation and provide challenge for higher ability students • Active learning ideas: ‘You Should Already Know’, lists for student to check they are confident with before proceeding AND ‘Make the link’ highlights links between the topic and other areas of the course and/or across different subjects • Assessment questions, exemplar work, model answers, suggested topic work
Desert Solitaire: A Season In The Wilderness
by Edward Abbey‘My favourite book about the wilderness’ Cheryl Strayed, author of Wild In this shimmering masterpiece of American nature writing, Edward Abbey ventures alone into the canyonlands of Moab, Utah, to work as a seasonal ranger for the United States National Park Service.
Scots Dictionary: Collins Little Books (Collins Little Books)
by Collins DictionariesA highly popular and informative guide to the Scots language in an attractive format. Contains words and phrases from both literary and everyday language, this is the perfect wee dictionary of Scots for native and non-native speakers alike.
The End of the Road: A Journey Around Britain In Search Of The Dead
by Jack CookeA wonderfully quixotic, charming and surprisingly uplifting travelogue which sees Jack Cooke, author of the much-loved The Treeclimbers Guide, drive around the British Isles in a clapped-out forty-year old hearse in search of famous – and not so famous – tombs, graves and burial sites.
The White Ship: Conquest, Anarchy And The Wrecking Of Henry I's Dream
by Charles SpencerThe sinking of the White Ship on the 25th November 1120 is one of the greatest disasters that England has ever suffered. Its repercussions would change English and European history for ever.
English Cathedrals: England’s magnificent cathedrals and abbeys (Collins Little Books)
by Historic UKA handy guide to England’s most famous cathedrals and abbeys. Includes an eight-page map section showing the locations of cathedrals covered in the book.
English Castles: England’s most dramatic castles and strongholds (Collins Little Books)
by Historic UKA handy guide to England’s most dramatic castles and strongholds, many of which are open to visitors. Includes an eight-page map section showing the locations of castles covered in the book.
One More Croissant for the Road
by Felicity Cloake‘Joyful, life-affirming, greedy. I loved it’ – DIANA HENRY ‘Whether you are an avid cyclist, a Francophile, a greedy gut, or simply an appreciator of impeccable writing – this book will get you hooked’ – YOTAM OTTOLENGHI
English History: People, Places And Events That Built A Country (Collins Little Books)
by Robert PealA concise guide to key events, people and places in English history and how England has come to be what it is today. From prehistoric England, Stonehenge and the Romans to modern times.
Feast Days
by Ian MacKenzie‘Brilliant. Among the best novels I know about the fate of American innocence abroad’ Garth Greenwell
Beautiful Affair: A Journey In Music, Food And Friendship
by Mike HanrahanFrom the early days of his music with Stockton’s Wing to his time training at Ballymaloe Cookery School, food and music have been parallel lines that have kept Mike Hanrahan on track his entire life.
Card Games: Games For All Ages (Collins Little Books)
by Ian Brookes40 popular card games, with clear instructions and guidance on how to master each one.
The Lost Letter from Morocco
by Adrienne ChinnA forbidden love affair. A long-buried secret. A journey that will change everything.
Amelia Earhart: Level 2 (PDF)
by Caroline Crosson Gilpin National Geographic KidsNational Geographic Primary Readers is a high-interest series of beginning reading books that have been developed in consultation with education experts. The books pair magnificent National Geographic photographs with lively text by skilled children’s book authors across four reading levels. Find out the inspiring story of female pilot Amelia Earhart, and the mystery behind her disappearance, in this fascinating biography. Level 2: Becoming fluent: These books are a good match for kids who are developing reading stamina and enjoy a longer book. They are ideal for readers of Green, Orange and Turquoise books.
City and Country: Level 2 (National Geographic Readers Ser.)
by Jody Jensen Shaffer National Geographic KidsNational Geographic Primary Readers is a high-interest series of beginning reading books that have been developed in consultation with education experts. The books pair magnificent National Geographic photographs with lively text by skilled children’s book authors across four reading levels. Compare life in the city with life in the country in this fact-filled non-fiction book. Level 2: Becoming fluent: These books are a good match for kids who are developing reading stamina and enjoy a longer book. They are ideal for readers of Green, Orange and Turquoise books.
Up: My Life Journey To The Top Of Everest
by Ben Fogle Marina FogleMy eyes lifted to the horizon and the unmistakable snowy outline of Everest. Everest, the mountain of my childhood dreams. A mountain that has haunted me my whole life. A mountain I have seen hundreds of times in photographs and films but never in real life.
How Football (Nearly) Came Home (Nearly) Came Home (Nearly) Came Home (Nearly) Came Home: Adventures in Putin’s World Cup: Adventures In Putin's World Cup
by Barney RonayThe summer of 2018: England sweltered in the most sustained heatwave for 42 years, the government tore itself apart over deals and no deals, and hundreds of miles away, in a taciturn and strange state, the national football team did the unthinkable in the World Cup: they didn’t screw it up.
The Summer House in Santorini
by Samantha Parks‘Oh my gosh I LOVED IT! This was honestly one of the best books I've read in a long while’ Georgina, Goodreads One summer in Greece will change everything…