Product Description: For hundreds of years, barns have been a vital image of the American landscape. Barns evoke a sense of tradition, a feeling of security. They have provided shelter; a safe haven for animals of the family farm. Barns have become community landmarks...read more

Product Description: “There are many stories with which I bore my greedy visitors but there is one I never shall tell. Although it pleases me to confide this tale to my good friends quill and parchment, I have instructed the stout, dumpling-cheeked widow who sees to the comfort of my house to feed my writings to the flames the moment I breathe my last...read more

Product Description: Women’s historical fiction covers the works of Jane Austen, the Brontës, Margaret Mitchell, Catherine Cookson and Georgette Heyer, amongst others. These are the stories with the big characters and Kathy Martin has compiled them in an A-Z, recalling the likes of Mr Darcy, Lord Demerel and Rhett Butler...read more

Product Description: Grouse—an ecologically important group of birds that include capercaillie, prairie chickens, and ptarmigan—are distributed throughout the forests, grasslands, and tundra of Europe, Asia, and North America. Today, many grouse populations are in decline, and the conservation and management of these charismatic birds is becoming a global concern...read more

Product Description: The family firm of J K Farnell & Co Ltd occupies a position of unparalleled importance in British soft toy history, firstly because it was the very first British toy company to manufacture teddy bears, and also because it created the actual bear that inspired A A Milne to write the Winnie the Pooh stories...read more

Product Description: the teddy bear in history

Product Description: St Vincent was the last island in the Caribbean to evolve after a series of volcanic eruptions. Together with the Grenadine islands, this is one of the most beautiful regions of the Eastern Caribbean. Photographer Mike Toy has toured the islands, and here he provides a photographic collection...read more

Provides a collection of poems and activities about the seasons to help young children develop memory, creativity, and language skills.

An introduction to New World Cuisine--an exotic cooking style fusing Cuban, Jamaican, Peruvian, and other Caribbean tastes and featuring unique produce and seasonings--includes recipes ranging from soups to desserts, produce storing tips, and much more. 15,000 first printing.

Product Description: This is a catalogue of all the manuscript collections held in the Entomological Library of the Natural History Museum. Each entry includes brief biographical details of the author/collector, and a detailed list of the collection, including major correspondents where present...read more

Product Description: Living Well: Eight Fundamental Principles for Developing a Healthy Lifestyle

Includes suggested games, menus, and invitations for seventeen different theme parties.