100 Family Adventures provides a valuable resource bank of tried & tested outdoor activities to enjoy with children, swapping `screen time` for `green time`. Particularly inspiring for people who want to get started, but don`t know how, the book shows how any family, anywhere in the country, can enjoy time together outdoors. The adventures in this book are designed to encourage families to get out, do things & spend quality time together. Activities are grouped into themes: Woodl&, Water, Close to Home, Hills & Mountains, Exploring, By the Sea, Extreme Weather. Within each section is a range in difficulty, from making a rope swing to scrambling up a stream, from spending a day without electricity to going on a charity bike ride, from exploring a rockpool to camping on an uninhabited isl&. Packed with inspiring photos, instructions from parents Tim & Kerry combined with remarks & advice (and jokes!) from children Amy & Ella. ...

The ideal first animal picture book for babies & toddlers. Build little ones` vocabulary with 100 important animals, all with bold photographs & beautiful illustrations. Bright & colourful themed pages cover pets, farm animals, big beasts, cute baby animals, & animal colours & patterns. 100 First Animals is a large board book with a padded cover & makes an ideal first gift for babies. Crystal-clear photos show the wonder of the animal world, while engaging illustrations tell simple stories that stimulate talking, from a swan with her cygnets to a fish being chased by a smiley shark! Word labels encourage pointing, naming, & picture-&-word association. Cleverly designed to inform & entertain, 100 First Animals makes learning an exciting adventure for your baby. ...

With lots to talk about, learn about, & smile about on every page, 100 First Words is a picture book for babies & toddlers that builds vocabulary, & is perfect for sharing.100 First Words covers all the familiar things little ones are interested in, from my body & my food, to animals, things that go, & bedtime. Crystal-clear photos show the wonder of the real world, while engaging illustrations tell simple stories that foster learning, from penguins playing in the snow & ice, to a mouse climbing a ladder to reach the height of a very tall giraffe! Word labels encourage pointing, naming, & talking while building vocabulary & language. Cleverly designed to inform & entertain, 100 First Words is the start of your baby`s learning adventure
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The Libraries of the Royal Horticultural Society hold the world`s finest collection of printed material on gardens & gardening & a selection of the best botanical paintings from this collection is featured here. One Hundred Flowers from the RHS gathers together the most striking images to create 100 different postcards to send, keep or frame. The earliest works of art date from the late 17th or early 18th century & are by an anonymous Italian artist & the latest are from the middle of the 20th century. The one hundred postcards are stored in a sturdy box with a lift up lid. ...

In an age when most parents are keen for their children to spend less time looking at a TV, mobile phone, or games console, this book is the perfect antidote, featuring the rules for one hundred games that can be played with little or no equipment, including memory games, traditional games like naughts & crosses, & action games to play outside. ...

100 Getaways Around the World is a lavishly illustrated set of two volumes of 718 & 358 pages, printed on high quality glossy paper & presenting specially selected, interesting & enticing accommodation options across the world. Rooms with a view. A hotel is a hotel is a hotel? Not in this collection of 100 heavenly hideaways. When travelling for business, modern man & woman often prefer hotel rooms of the same type in London, Paris, or Shanghai. It`s just more convenient. A different set of rules applies when they search for a place to celebrate a special family holiday, a weekend with a new lover, or a few days of blissful solitude with some great books. Suddenly a balcony with postcard-worthy views counts more than the number of TV channels, a sumptuous bed with a heavenly mattress & h&-ironed linens more than Wi-Fi connection in every nook & cranny of the hotel building. That`s where this new Taschen collection comes in. A compilation of 100 hotels on all continents, in countries from Argentina to Vietnam, the two volumes make it a breeze to choose where to relax next. The gamut runs from dream castles like Villa Feltrinelli on Lake Garda (right) to the glass-fronted hipster chic of Juvet Hotel in Norway; from Mediterranean pensiones with nostalgic flair & moderate rates to the pricy-yet-worthy desert glamour of Amangiri resort in Utah`s canyon county. Even dedicated web scouts will be tempted by this book to cuddle up on their sofa for a round of paper travelling. While fans of interior design might use it as an inspiring global selection of splendid sofas, beds, lights, & bathroom features.

Features: 100 very special hotels & guest houses all over the world; from bed & breakfast basic to six-star luxurious; selected by Taschen`s style & travel department according to criteria like stylistic harmony, location, service, & cost-performance ratio; each hotel comes with a reader-friendly chart listing the number of rooms, current prices, type of cuisine, amenities, plus the all important X-factor: the feature that makes staying there a truly unique experience; & the full scope of contemporary travel in two neat volumes, co eetable-sized & with countless glossy photographs.

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If there`s one chef who can create 100 chicken recipes, it is Ainsley Harriott. In his second book in the My Kitchen Table series, Ainsley showcases an incredible range of flavours, cooking styles & dishes using the nation`s favourite ingredient, chicken. From an oven-baked harissa chicken with cumin sweet potatoes to chilli chicken burgers & soy-poached chicken breasts with pak choi, who knew chicken could be so exciting? This is a must-have cookbook for everybody who likes chicken. ...

AA's 100 Great Wonders of the World is a reference guide to 100 spectacular buildings, monuments, natural wonders & triumphs of engineering from around the world. Visit the world's wonders from your armchair: the majesty of Niagara Falls & Yosemite National Park in North America, awe-inspiring mountains such as the Matterhorn or Mount Fuji & reminders of great civilisations such as the Colosseum in Rome or the Inca Trails in South America. Full of beautiful photographs, this volume is a tantalising invitation to travel to see these sights first hand as well as being a great read & an essential family reference book. ...

Cycling is Britain`s biggest boom sport & nowhere is the boom more evident than on the road: once seen as the preserve of serious racers, the road bike has recently found a new lease of life due to the popularity of challenge rides & Sportives. It is now possible for cyclists of all abilities to ride a well marked, well marshalled event just about any weekend of the year, usually based around one, two or sometimes as many as ten fearsome hills. For the first time, here is a pocket-sized guide to the 100 greatest climbs in the l&, the building blocks for these rides, written by a cyclist for cyclists. From lung busting city centre cobbles to leg breaking windswept mountain passes, this guide locates the roads that have tested riders for generations & worked their way into cycling folklore. Whether you`re a leisure cyclist looking for a challenge or an elite athlete trying to break records stick this book in your pocket & head for the hills. To watch a video of Simon Warren in action click here ...

Following the successful format of the 100 Greatest Cycling Climbs series, Simon Warren rides, photographs, describes, maps & profiles the 100 greatest climbs of the Tour de France. Simon`s previous three books have combined sales of over 35, 000 copies; this is the first of his books with truly global appeal. There is no bigger sporting event than the Tour de France & every cyclist around the world one day dreams of taking part or riding on the same roads the great event uses. Published in the same unique `cycling jersey pocket sized` format as Simon`s earlier books, this will be his longest book to date, with each climb given a full spread. There have been large format illustrated books on the hills of the tour published in the past, but none in such a portable format, & none which so vividly describes the experience of cycling these hills from the point of view of an amateur cyclist. ...