Islam and Christianity are "kissing cousins." With common origins and some similar beliefs, the relationship between the two faiths should be one of mutual respect and understanding . . . right? Through the years, however, the two faiths have experienced serious conflicts, and current differences ar[...]
Cousins evaluates our present religious condition and reflects on the importance of tradition, spirituality, and mysticism in understanding ourselves and others.[...]
The diversity of horticulture and its machinery is catered for in this book by sections on two and four-wheeled tractors, cultivation, sowing, crop protection, and harvesting equipment. Further chapters cover grass cutting, turf care, grounds maintenance, irrigation, and glasshouse equipment.[...]
Elizabeth Woodville, The White Queen (2009), Margaret Beaufort, The Red Queen (2010), and Jacquetta, Lady Rivers, The Rivers Woman (2011) are the subjects of the first three novels in Philippa Gregory's Cousins' War series, and of the three biographical essays in this book. Philippa Gregory and two [...]
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When Theodore Roosevelt became president in 1901, his beautiful and flamboyant daughter was transformed into "Princess Alice," arguably the century's first global celebrity. Thirty-two years later, Alice's first cousin Eleanor moved into the White [...]
Louisa May Alcott was an American novelist best known as author of the novel Little Women and its sequels Little Men and Jo's Boys. Along with Elizabeth Stoddard, Rebecca Harding Davis, Anne Moncure Crane, and others, she was part of a group of female authors during the Gilded Age, who addressed wom[...]
In the years before the First World War, the great European powers were ruled by three first cousins: King George V of Britain, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany and Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. Together, they presided over the last years of dynastic Europe and the outbreak of the most destructive war the[...]
And there are more surprises in store for that bastion of tradition, Rosings Park, when the family gathers for their annual Easter visit. Georgiana Darcy, generally a shy model of propriety, decides to take a few lessons from her unconventional cousin. And Anne de Bourgh, encouraged to escape her 'k[...]
It's a perfect day for Maisy to go on a nature trail. Look! What pretty flowers! Crack! Crack! What's hatching out of the egg? And whose long ears are those?[...]
Help look for Maisy the mouse, every toddler's best friend, in this colourful lift-the-flap board book![...]
A sturdy shaped board book, in the shape of Maisy's bright yellow car, which features Maisy driving her train, tractor, car, fire engine, plane, tricycle and bus.[...]
Maisy's having a birthday party and there are lots of fun things to do. Lift the flaps, pull the tabs and watch her open her presents, play party games and blow out the candles on her cake.[...]
Maisy and her friends are out on the road, but the traffic is at a standstill. Whatever is the hold-up? Lift the flaps, then open and stretch out this book to see if you can unblock Maisy's traffic jam.[...]
When Maisy goes to the library, it seems like the perfect place to read her story in peace. But, Maisy finds the library full of noisy surprises.[...]
It's time for Maisy to go to bed. First she drinks her bedtime drink, then she has to brush her teeth, wash her hands, put on her pyjamas and read her book. There's lots to do. With tabs to pull and flaps to lift, this title lets children to help Maisy get ready to go to sleep.[...]
Pull the tabs, lift the flaps and help Maisy collect eggs, feed the baby lambs, drive a tractor, pick apples.[...]
Pull the tabs, lift the flaps and join Maisy as she slides down the slide, paddles in the paddling pool, swings on the swing, plays in the sand pit, rides the rocking horse, licks her Iolly, feeds the ducks and rides her tricycle all the way home.[...]
Maisy and her friends admire the beautiful sunset before Maisy goes home to settle down for bed. She reads Panda a story and then snuggles up in bed with her bear.[...]
Maisy and her friends find lots to enjoy on a fun trip to the museum! There's so much for Maisy and her friends to discover in the museum: collections of old toys, dinosaurs, cars, costumes... even a large mammoth - a favourite of Eddie's. "Now for the food collection!" says Charlie, as he leads the[...]
A small board book for toddlers that features Maisy who is celebrating Christmas with all her friends. It shows how after some exciting present-opening, they sing a Christmas carol to Maisy's new guitar and then sit down to a delicious feast.[...]