Written especially for parents, and accompanying the groundbreaking TV series, this practical book gives the inside track on how to identify and nurture your child’s individual gifts and talents, and how to help them to get the best out of their school years. With step-by-step guidance and quick and fun activities that you can do with your child, this book is full of positive, achievable goals.
Most of us are used to adding bicarb to our baking and splashing vinegar on our chips, but these handy books demonstrate that these two basic ingredients have many other uses. From treating stings and cleaning the oven to curing hiccups and hangovers, the remedies and recipes in these books will prove invaluable.
How does your surname influence your life? What does the way you walk say about your personality? What is the funniest joke in the world? For over 20 years, psychologist Richard Wiseman has examined the quirky science of everyday life. Here he describes his adventures in the backwaters of human behaviour and takes a fresh look at our lives. For just one example of his curious science, turn this page upside down and relook at this book’s front cover!
This immensely pleasurable new book is designed to teach us all life’s essential practicalities. Here you can learn how to tie knots to cover every eventuality; life-saving first aid techniques; eco-friendly cleaning methods; instant gourmet cooking recipes and amazing DIY tips. Clearly illustrated step-by-step instructions guide you through each lesson until you have mastered every skill you might ever need to be a fully functioning adult!
Walking is one of Britain’s favourite leisure activities, and this great pocket-sized walking guide to Warwickshire & West Midlands features a variety of mapped walks to suit all abilities. Contained within the guide are 50 walks of 2-10 miles and all the practical detail you need, accompanied by fascinating background reading on the history and wildlife of the area, and an introduction to each walk. All walks are annotated with local points of interest and places to stop for refreshments. And every walk is given a summary of distance, time, gradient, level of difficulty, type of surface and access, landscape, dog friendliness, parking and public toilets.
As everyone knows, there are three ways of doing things. The right way, the wrong way and the Top Gear way. The good news is that this third way of doing things can be applied to almost anything including general motoring. An essential guide, Top Gear’s alternative highway code contains advice on general driving, as well as specific tips on how to deal with common eventualities - such as a caravan airship that’s just crashed into a small bush. You know it makes sense…
Now in its 31st edition, Miller’s Antiques Handbook remains the essential and trusted guide to the antiques market. Completely updated with over 8,000 newly featured antiques, the book covers silver, ceramics, furniture, jewellery, clocks, watches and books as well as textiles, toys and modern classics. Whether you’re buying or selling, or just intrigued by what makes one piece more valuable than the next, this is the ultimate guide.
It can often seem easier to ditch a broken item than attempt to repair it despite efforts to reduce the amount of rubbish sent to landfill. With simple steps and lots of illustrations, Mend It! shows you how to tackle 400 easily achievable household repairs so you can save money by solving simple problems yourself and avoid waste by learning to repair, reuse and recycle.
Camping holidays are enjoying an enormous resurgence and this book has been compiled to help you get the very best out of the experience. With reviews of over 300 of the UK’s best sites, this full colour guide is packed with practical detail. It also includes helpful advice on camping equipment, cooking, festivals and wild camping.
From the Hummingbird Hawk Moth to the False Deathcap Fungi, this essential reference guide will help you to discover over 1,000 species of animals, plants and fungi found in Britain. The in-situ photographs and no nonsense notes in this unique guide will help you identify flora and fauna in the field quickly and accurately, while the maps will show you what creatures you can find in different places so you can plan your travels and head for the natural history hotspots!