For many men middle age arrives too fast & without due warning. One day you are young free & single; the next you are bald fat & washed-up with weird tendrils of hair growing out of your ears. None of it seems fair. With age should come dignity & respect but instead everyone makes tired jokes about buying a motorbike. Marcus Berkmann isnt having it. Having marked his fiftieth birthday by hiding under the duvet for six weeks the author of the cricket classics Rain Men & Zimmer Men is now determined to find some light in the all-consuming darkness. Musing over birth death & all the messy stuff in between he concludes that however dreadful you look in the mirror today it will be much worse in ten years time. His brutally candid despatch from the frontline is not for the faint-hearted which is to say anyone under thirty-five. ...

In the 1950s Merseyside was a Mecca for steam enthusiasts; over 400 locomotives were allocated to the seven depots that serviced Liverpool & Birkenhead. Shed Side on Merseyside" provides a nostalgic look back over the steam locomotive depots of the area from the post-war years to the end of steam when it was the centre of commercial & maritime business. For the enthusiast these sheds were places of magic where giants of steam could be viewed at close range; for those who worked there the experience was somewhat different as poor equipment & long shifts were commonplace. Kenn Pearce spent his youth in Liverpool & nearby Widnes where a gift of an " Observers Book of Locomotives" aroused untapped interest in British Railways in the late 1950s. Together with like-minded schoolmates he explored the grimy sulphurous but enchanting steam sheds that serviced locomotives in & around Merseyside. In this book he combines first-hand accounts & contemporary photographs to evoke the grimy metal-clattering smoke-filled industry forever etched in our industrial heritage." ...

Eddie Straiton is the worlds outstanding communicator of veterinary procedures & animal care. He earned the title TV Vet from the long series of television programmes in which he brilliantly demonstrated animal husbandry to a wide audience. Following on from his television experience Eddie Straiton became a prolific author & more than half a million copies of his books have been sold around the world. Now in its seventh edition Sheep Ailments
- Recognition & Treatment covers all the essential information that a flock owner shepherd or student needs to know.
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This long awaited book aims to be the most comprehensive title on keeping sheep on a small scale. Whether the reader keeps sheep for pleasure or profit this key text covers all the essential information needed to wholly care for their flock. Chapters include selection the breeds housing feeding grass management stock management breeding lambing & obstetrics ailments slaughter butchering sales showing & shearing plus sections on sheepdog training & processing the fleece. Combined with an invaluable resource section & appendicies this book will be the ultimate sheepkeeper's companion & ideal for both the novice & more experienced sheepkeeper dealing with real things in a way that inspires ordinary people to believe that they really can do it. ...

This beginners guide to keeping a few sheep covers all you need to know from buying sheep to begin with to lambing. It is suitable for the small holder who wants to keep a few ewes but is not sure what they need to do. Chapters cover buying sheep equipment housing grass & hay shearing sales from sheep moving sheep breeding lambing records diseases & problems general information & good tips. ...

This comprehensive handbook covers how to acquire a healthy flock carry out routine procedures to keep them healthy recognise common diseases identify problems & deal with them & when to consult the vet. Written by two qualified veterinary surgeons each with experience of running their own flocks the book's easy-to-follow style should be useful to sheep keepers from novices or amateurs with small flocks to those with larger or pedigree flocks. ...

* A fascinating & practical guide to the sheep breeds of Britain. * Covers the hill lowland downland primitive & commercial breeds -- from the Beulah Speckled Face to the Friesl&. * Expert advice on every aspect of keeping sheep from sheltering grazing & feeding right through to lambing time. Britain has a wonderful tradition of keeping sheep from the Badger Face Welsh Mountain sheep & the Norfolk Horn to the Oxford Down & the Scottish Greyface. Whatever land you have available this book will help you to choose the right sheep for you. Whether you want to breed lustrous Soay sheep wool or delicious Herdwick lamb every stage of the sheep keeping process is covered here. Learn how to choose livestock graze your animals cope with lambing time & sell your lambs -- everything you need to know is covered here. ...

Read & Respond" provides teachers with all the resources they need to teach this classic children's story. Notes & activities reflect the way that teachers teach now & include shared texts guided reading notes reading activities speaking & listening activities writing projects & assessment guidance." ...

The Sheep-pig is one of Dick King-Smith's most famous tales. It shot to further fame when the film adaptation Babe was released in 1995. ' Why can't I learn to be a Sheep-Pig?' When Babe the little orphaned piglet is won at a fair by Farmer Hogget he is adopted by Fly the kind-hearted sheep-dog. Babe is determined to learn everything he can from Fly. He knows he can't be a sheep-dog. But maybe just maybe he might be a sheep-pig. An unexpectedly thrilling funny charmer of a book". (Guardian). " Dick King-Smith is a huge favourite with children". (Observer). Winner of the Guardian Fiction Award. Dick King-Smith served in the Grenadier Guards during the Second World War & afterwards spent twenty years as a farmer in Gloucestershire the country of his birth. Many of his stories are inspired by his farming experiences. He wrote a great number of children's books including The Sheep-Pig (winner of the Guardian Award & filmed as Babe) Harry's Mad Noah's Brother The Queen's Nose Martin's Mice Ace The Cuckoo Child & Harriet's Hare (winner of the Children's Book Award in 1995). In 2009 he was made an OBE for services to children's literature. Dick King-Smith died in 2011 at the age of eighty-eight." ...

The Sheep-pig is one of Dick King-Smiths most famous tales. It shot to further fame when the film adaptation Babe was released in 1995. Why cant I learn to be a Sheep-Pig? When Babe the little orphaned piglet is won at a fair by Farmer Hogget he is adopted by Fly the kind-hearted sheep-dog. Babe is determined to learn everything he can from Fly. He knows he cant be a sheep-dog. But maybe just maybe he might be a sheep-pig. An unexpectedly thrilling funny charmer of a book". (Guardian). " Dick King-Smith is a huge favourite with children". (Observer). Winner of the Guardian Fiction Award. Dick King-Smith served in the Grenadier Guards during the Second World War & afterwards spent twenty years as a farmer in Gloucestershire the country of his birth. Many of his stories are inspired by his farming experiences. He wrote a great number of childrens books including The Sheep-Pig (winner of the Guardian Award & filmed as Babe) Harrys Mad Noahs Brother The Queens Nose Martins Mice Ace The Cuckoo Child & Harriets Hare (winner of the Childrens Book Award in 1995). In 2009 he was made an OBE for services to childrens literature. Dick King-Smith died in 2011 at the age of eighty-eight." ...