Home & Garden Books

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If you are looking for a book to spirit you away, these have to be the ones to do it: 'Firelight and Woodsmoke' is the first book in the trilogy - a really lovely read that transforms you back onto the farm at Brive about the turn of the 20th century.

Continuing in a similar vein, how a lot of of us lost ourselves in the delightfully evocative story of Mary, Dickon and Colin and the magic that unfolds in 'The Secret Garden'? Properly, now there is a sequel, written by Susan Webb. The book relates the tale of what has happened to Mary, Dickon and Colin when they meet up ten years' later at Misselthwaite. The book is known as 'Till All the Seas Run Dry: A Sequel to "The Secret Garden" - if you enjoyed 'The Secret Garden' you will completely adore the sequel.

Animal Care & Pets
What do Rowberrow, Saska and Shantung have in prevalent with a chiffon gown and a teapot in the fridge? Doreen Tovey, that's what! You will get an array of these charming and really funny books in our Property and Garden section under Animal Care and Pets. Doreen, pretty sadly, passed away in January 2008 and I am confident her a number of readers who followed the tales avidly of her loved ones of Siamese cats miss her enormously. A number of a time I have laughed out loud at her antics, chasing one of her donkeys about although wearing a chiffon gown and looked forward to reading far more about Mrs Binney and Father Adams.

From 'Cats in the Belfry' to 'More Cats in the Belfry', 'Cats in May' and 'Donkey Work', Doreen Tovey undoubtedly kept her readers amused: you will come across all these titles in our Animal Care and Pets section. When Doreen Tovey wasn't busy writing and tending to her naughty felines, she was President of North Somerset RSPCA and President of the Siamese Cat Club and also the West of England Cat Club - a busy lady who will be very significantly missed.

Moving from England to America, Cesar Millan appears to be someone who inspires some quite powerful feelings in people today - they either adore him or hate him! Either way, he's popularly visible and a force to be reckoned with! Let us know what your own views are - meanwhile, we stock a superior range of books by Cesar Millan, such as 'Puppyhood: Via Puppyhood and Beyond' written by Cesar Millan and Melissa Jo Peltier and 'Be the Pack Leader: Use Cesar's Way to Transform Your Dog....and your Life'. These are exceptional books on animal care and pets concentrate on Cesar's way - and, regardless of considerably criticism levelled at his techniques, I have applied these strategies to train my own dogs from particularly young puppyhood and now, as they are approaching the 12 months' mark, I have a pack of charming, effectively-mannered dogs who show me respect and adore as their pack leader.

Antiques & Collectables
You may have a collection of vinyl record albums that you collected as a young adult and wonder whether or not your collection is worth anything. If so, you may be interested in the 'Rare Record Cost Guide 2010', collected from the Record Collector Magazine and edited by Ian Shirley. This collection of cost guides consists of 1400 pages containing 100,000 entries for you to check the value of every single of your cherished records against. You in no way know - you might be sitting on a fortune! Regardless of the wide assortment of entries, however, there does appear to be some missing that you would have believed should have been included, such as punk singles. You will also, no doubt, notice wide variations in the guide costs of diverse albums. Use this book as a guide only - but, it must give you some concept of the price of your precious record collection.

There are plenty of other antiques and collectables out there. 'Boys Toys: an Illustrated History of Little Factors that Pleased Large Minds' by Jed Novick is a different outstanding book inside this category. It features standard toys from the 60s, 70s and 80s that provided such pleasure at the time and which have now grow to be collectibles in their own right. A different book that you will come across interesting if watches and clocks are your thing is the book written by Anthony Whiten: 'Repairing Old Clocks and Watches'. Meanwhile, of interest to those celebrity watchers, take a appear at 'Secrets to Contacting Celebrities and Public Figures: 101 Techniques to Reach the Wealthy and Famous'. These books are just the tip of the iceberg - this section within the Residence and Garden category is rich in an remarkable diversity of subjects: just dive in and see what you come up with!

Obtaining & Creating Property
What far better way to start off this section that a book on how to clean and manage your household chores: you might possibly as properly how to do it prior to you get stuck into the job of buying and developing property! Written by Kim Woodburn, 'The Cleaning Bible: Kim and Aggie's Total Guide to Contemporary Household Management' provides you with all sorts of labour-saving suggestions on how to clean your house and marvellous methods with sodium bicarbonate and white vinegar! There is also a wealth of other subjects below a number of sections inside the category of Home and Garden - sections such as Carpentry and Woodwork Crafts DIY and Household Improvements Gardening and Interior Style and Decoration.

When you are purchasing and developing property, even so, every single of these sections are worth delving into - you in no way know when you are going to have to have ideas on colour schemes, supplied by Kevin McCloud in his book 'Kevin McCloud's Colour Now: An Expert Guide to Deciding upon Colours for Your Home' or learn how to carry out rather simple plumbing with RD Treloar's book 'Plumbing RD Treloar 3rd edition: Heating and Gas Installations'. There are books galore on our website that will help you when you are buying and creating property, with books to support you with decorating tips colour suggestions and even furnishing concepts - in fact, a lot to keep you occupied on all your projects from now onwards.