France magazine brings you the very best of France. Featuring inspiring articles on weekend getaways, destinations and holiday ideas, an intriguing food and wine section for French foodies as well as articles steeped in history and culture it really is the next best thing to being there.
This nature magazine takes you deep into the British countryside, with fascinating features and interviews with a number of famous faces, plus handy guides on everything from how to take care of your ducks to maintaining listed buildings. You’ll also find plenty of essential gardening tips and an interesting look at making local British food, as well as great ideas for your next trip. There are also regular celebrity contributions, with previous guests including the likes of Raymond Blanc and Rosemary Shrager. A Countryside magazine subscription is the ideal monthly read for any rural dweller, and a great way to experience country life from the city.
Professional photography, award-winning design and insightful editorial help respected industry leaders share their talents and knowledge with a high-end group of consumers. At the same time, interviews with builders, architects, suppliers and interior designers give readers a chance to see firsthand the quality and commitment that goes into creating each “Cosmopolitan Home”.
Cancer Wellness emerges as a new, enlightened lifestyle magazine for those affected by cancer. Aimed at the millions of Americans touched by cancer, including patients, medical professionals, major research institutions, and support networks, Cancer Wellness delivers cutting-edge content and resources in one place.
Each week Autocar magazine brings readers the scoop on new makes, models, launches, designs, re-designs and concepts. From road to rally, practical to performance, functional to fantasy, Autocar provides the reviews on the cars of today and tomorrow. Thinking of buying new or used? Turn to Autocar classified to find your dream machine. Autocar also keeps you up to speed with the happenings in world motor sport. With Autocar you’ve got the knowledge on the car industry.
An elderly man reads the book “The Princess Bride” to his sick and thus currently bedridden adolescent grandson, the reading of the book which has been passed down within the family for generations. The grandson is sure he won’t like the story, with a romance at its core, he preferring something with lots of action and “no kissing”. But the grandson is powerless to stop his grandfather, whose feelings he doesn’t want to hurt. The story centers on Buttercup, a former farm girl who has been chosen as the princess bride to Prince Humperdinck of Florian. Buttercup does not love him, she who still laments the death of her one true love, Westley, five years ago. Westley was a hired hand on the farm, his stock answer of “as you wish” to any request she made of him which she came to understand was his way of saying that he loved her. But Westley went away to sea, only to be killed by the Dread Pirate Roberts. On a horse ride to clear her mind of her upcoming predicament of marriage, Buttercup…
Muppet Babies was a very successful cartoon series in its own right. This show basically featured Jim Henson’s famous Muppets as babies. Each episode, each of the Muppet Babies had adventures that their imaginations take them on. Often however, their imaginations would sometimes get the better of them, all for comic effect. The featured Muppets were Baby Kermit, Piggy, Fozzie, Gonzo, Rowlf, Animal, Scooter, and a new character, Skeeter, Scooter’s look-alike sister. Occasionally they had visits from Baby Bunsen and Beaker, and even Statler and Waldorf came to visit, and later we see a recurring appearance by a “baby” version of Bean Bunny from Tale of the Bunny Picnic. The moral glue that held these Muppets together was Nanny (voiced by Barbara Billingsley of Leave it to Beaver fame), a character whose body was only shown from the waist down and we all remember the green striped socks…
The Raspberry Pi is one of the most exciting things to happen to computers in recent years. As an educational tool, this tiny PC has reignited interest in bare-metal computing in schools. As a platform for open-source software, it has also inspired millions of people to try Linux – many for the irst time. Most exciting of all is the potential to incorporate the device into practical projects, as demonstrated by the tutorials in this newly revised edition of Raspberry Pi The Complete Manual. So grab your Pi and get creating!
