Help kids bring their holidays back home! This colourful & fun scrapbook provides a place for children to collect & store mementoes from their travels. There`s plenty of space to stick in tickets, photos & other souvenirs collected from any trip.

Includes:: a page of stickers & a pouch to keep memories safe. My Holiday Scrapbook has lots of room for kids to get creative on their own, as well as providing ideas & suggestions to help younger children get started. & with lots of stickers to add, it`s easy to personalise each journal & make it stand out. Highlights include: Create a city skyline with ticket stubs Fill a pirate`s treasure chest with super-shiny scrap Make an icky sticky food diary Complete a mosaic masterpiece Go leaf collecting & create a miniature park Record the weather. How sunny has it been? Create a zoo with pictures of animals you`ve seen Collect teeny tiny shells & fossils Design a flag for your holiday destination Make a self-portrait out of sticks & twigs

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How did Syria`s revolution lose its way? Drawing on the author`s firsthand knowledge of the country`s complex religious & ethnic communities, this book illuminates the darker recesses of Syria`s history, politics, & society. With the unique perspective of an Arabic-speaking British woman, Diana Darke became deeply embedded in all levels of Syrian society when she bought & restored a house in a mixed Sunni/ Shi`a neighborhood of the walled Old City of Damascus. In September 2012, as fighting intensified & millions were forced to flee their homes, she offered her house as a sanctuary to friends. By following her experiences & struggles with the realities of life on the ground inside Syria, the reader will arrive at a clearer understanding of why the country remains locked in conflict & why most ordinary Syrians are caught between a repressive government & a splintering opposition. ...

Since his rise to fame in 1967 when his work ” The Peregrine” was awarded the Duff Cooper Memorial Prize, J A Baker has captured the popular imagination with his vivid descriptions of British landscapes & native wildlife. Compelling, strange & at times both startlingly funny & cruel, Baker`s prose is at one with his image as a writer, which has, since the publication of his first work, been characterized as an obsessive recluse. Next to nothing was known about Baker, who died in 1987, until an archive of his materials & those related to him was gifted to the University of Essex in 2013. Only now has it been possible to piece together an accurate view of the life & unpublished work of the man whose writing has been described as ”the gold standard for all nature writing” (Mark Cocker), & whose work has influenced naturalists such as Richard Mabey & Simon King, as well as film-makers David Cobham & Werner Herzog. This new book showcases the most compelling parts of the Baker Archive, containing previously unknown elements of his life, many photographs & unpublished poems. It provides an invaluable new insight into both his sensitive & passionate character, & late twentieth century Britian, a country experiencing the throes of agricultural & environmental change. ...

My Ibiza & Formentera by Hjordis Fogelberg is a personal collection of recommendations gathered over the years through trial & error & offering an insight into the diverse isl&. Written in English with Spanish translations below, this guide is packed full of insider tips. The author’s parents arrived in Ibiza with the first wave of hippies in the 1960s so she grew up as the island has evolved into the much loved tourist destination it has become today. Her knowlege from the perspective of a local makes her the oracle on all things to do & see. It begins with a brief history of Ibiza & is followed by an agenda that shows a calendar of island events & parties at all the best clubs. Chapters are split into regions & then each chapter highlights where to eat, drink, shop & sleep. The chapters begin with a sketch of a street plan & end with a list of five things you should do. Information is arranged into columns so it is easy to flick through & find what interests you. Scattered throughout the book are useful pages that include helpful phrases, a list of important numbers & a number of columns with tips from the author on subjects ranging from parking, to food & cocktail recipes. As the co founder & art director of Pasha Magazine, Fogelberg has ensured this guide is suitably aesthetic with beautifully stylised sketched illustrations. This guide is an ideal discovery tool to help you get the best out of your holiday island experience. ...

My Nana loves to knit. She also loves to help... everybody & everything! Nana is never without her knitting needles & whenever she sees anything that needs a coat, hat, scarf or a blanket then out comes her bag of wool. The problem is... she never knows when to stop! After watching the news about the penguins in Antarctica, Nana worries that they are much too cold & knits them all woolly jumpers. This good intention soon escalates onto a global scale. But when it starts to rain, disaster strikes -everything begins to shrink & chaos descends! An entertaining story of how the best of intentions can sometimes have catastrophic consequences! ...

Wartime Italy is a place of sunshine & shadows. A country torn apart by the turbulent dictatorship of Mussolini & the horrors of Nazi occupation, struggling to repair itself during the Allied liberation. Yet, it is also the land of spaghetti & spumante, the shores of Lake Garda & the Dolomite mountains, & into this drops an English girl who is quickly enchanted by the Italian landscape & way of life. A woman`s memoir of wartime is very rare, but Lucy de Burgh writes a sparkling eyewitness account of her time in Italy serving with the Auxiliary Territorial Service
- Britain`s famous `girls in khaki`. Every day is a new adventure
- from receiving a landmine as a love token from a would-be admirer to midnight swimming in `a small black lake, reflecting in its passive waters the millions of twinkling stars, the blue-black sky like silk spotted with polka dots`. Although she sees the tragedy & cost of war first-h&, she also makes friends, finds beauty & civility wherever she goes & is moved by the love of life of those who have lost everything. My Italian Adventures is being published as a contribution to The Monte San Martino Trust, a charity dedicated to commemorating the bravery of those Italian who had sacrificed their lives for sheltering Allied soldiers escaping the Nazis.

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When writer Paul Stewart heads to the idyllic Italian town of Montalcino to finish his already late book, it seems like the perfect escape from stressful city life. Upon landing, however, things quickly take a turn for the worse when he discovers his hired car is nowhere to be found. With no record of any reservation & no other cars available it looks like Paul is stuck at the airport. That is, until an enterprising stranger offers him an unexpected alternative. While there may be no cars available there is something else on offer: a bulldozer. With little choice in the matter, Paul accepts & so begins a series of laugh out loud adventures through the Italian countryside, following in the wake of Paul & his Italian Bulldozer. A story of unexpected circumstance & lesson in making the best of what you have, My Italian Bulldozer is a warm holiday read guaranteed to put a smile on your face. ...

Join Vic Scerri from Vics Cucina & Bar in his Italian kitchen as he shows you how to make delicious & tasty Italian food at home. One of the most loved restaurants in Sunbury, Victoria, Vics is a bit of an institution. With recipes for his popular pizzas, great gnocchi & handmade pasta, you`ll soon be eating restaurant quality Italian food from your very own kitchen. So settle down with a strong espresso & take a bite out of ” My Italian Kitchen”. ...

Join Vic Scerri from Vic`s Cucina & Bar in his Italian kitchen as he shows you how to make delicious & flavourful Italian food at home. One of the most loved restaurants in Sunbury, Victoria, Vic`s is a bit of an institution. With recipes for his popular pizzas, great gnocchi & handmade pasta, you`ll soon be eating restaurant-quality Italian food from your very own kitchen. So settle down with a strong espresso & take a bite out of My Italian Kitchen. ...

Laura Cassai won our hearts on Masterchef with her wonderful ability to create & produce beautiful Italian dishes that spoke of an ingrained knowledge of food & cooking well beyond her years. Laura lives, breathes & dreams food: she is the real deal. Her early memories consist of standing on a chair at the kitchen table mixing pasta dough alongside her mum & nonna. When she turned six she travelled with her family to spend two years living in Tuscany. There gathering ingredients, communal cooking & sharing food was the order of the day. From her Italian heritage, to her Australian home, & the cooking adventures & challenges of Masterchef, My Italian Kitchen is the culmination of Laura`s experience in cooking thus far. Presented in a package accessible to both young & old, this is an offering of classic & modern Italian dishes. Chapters include: Antipasti, The Garden, The Sea, The L&, Sweets & The Pantry with around 75 recipes, including many of her famous Masterchef dishes such as Rolled gnocchi with porcini mushroom, caramelized onions & crispy sage; Grilled scampi with anchovy butter; & her modern take on tiramisu
- Chestnut forest. Laura`s accomplishments in the kitchen are an inspiration for young people nationwide, & her book -chock full of stunning photography, scrumptious recipes, & useful tips -means anyone can create beautiful, authentic Italian dishes in their own home!
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