The art of decorating an evergreen tree in one's home is as well established as the tradition of giving presents. But in recent years another trend has started – that of decorating the outside of the house and garden with lights and assorted decorations and it is becoming more popular with every passing year. This small format picture-based book will showcase the best (or rather the worst) in excessive decorations from around the world – from the greatest number of lights to the tallest inflatables – a delight for all connoisseurs of bad taste. Each of the entries features a caption from the proud homeowner. A short selection are listed below : “We have many beautiful homes in our area and unfortunately these homes are rarely decorated. My wife says its because people are not as 'fanatical' as my son and I. Also, the $500 light bill in January may be a deterrent to some… Ouch! But you have to do this from the heart and for no other reason...” Michael Wright, Fayetteville, Tennessee, USA “I’m on a balcony, so my display isn’t very big, but I can accomplish much brightness and computerized synchronicity. I do it to show off and provoke more tenants to decorate – I like to imagine the whole apartment block sprayed with lights. Overdecorated balconies are funny. I love lights - they seem to bring out the best in people. I also decorate my jackets and hats with LED lights to accessorise with my balcony. It gets the neighbors talking.What do my family and friends think about it? They try not to (only my husband enjoys it… to a point), they think I'm mental!” Llori Stein, Falls Church, Virginia, USA

Cut off from the Doctor, Roz is stranded ami d the New York Christmas cheer and random violence in the Ag e of Reason. Improbable forces are at work in the young Amer ica, spreading a strange brand of madness through the countr yside. '

There's trouble on the planet of Yule-1, the real home of Father Christmas... The Trubshaw family are flown back from Earth to help out! Once again Jake and Sadie are transported to a place where elves and reindeer are their friends and everything is about getting ready for Christmas, the best holiday of the year. Hysterically funny, wonderfully bonkers, it's Christmas like you've never seen it before. With knock-out illustrations throughout from Super Star, Neal Layton.

Learn to make beautiful, stylish Christmas decorations using eco-friendly materials that won't cost a fortune or harm the planet! If you love Christmas, you'll love this book! It's filled with lots of ideas to create your own stylishly beautiful, eco-friendly Christmas. All you need to do is save up some recyclable or foraged items such as cardboard, newspaper, wine bottle corks, twigs and pine cones. You can choose your own color scheme to match your home and, because the materials are recyclable, you could make new ones every year! Including all the things that make Christmas special, such as tree decorations, advent items, Christmas cards, table decorations, wreaths and many more, there are 30 fabulous projects to make, and ideas for many more. So start collecting and learn how to make gorgeous, professional-looking decorations cheaply, without harming the planet.

In 2013, a Dutch scientist unveiled the world’s first laboratory-created hamburger. Since then, the idea of producing meat, not from live animals but from carefully cultured tissues, has spread like wildfire through the media. Meanwhile, cultured meat researchers race against population growth and climate change in an effort to make sustainable protein. Meat Planet explores the quest to generate meat in the lab—a substance sometimes called “cultured meat”—and asks what it means to imagine that this is the future of food. Neither an advocate nor a critic of cultured meat, Benjamin Aldes Wurgaft spent five years researching the phenomenon. In Meat Planet, he reveals how debates about lab-grown meat reach beyond debates about food, examining the links between appetite, growth, and capitalism. Could satiating the growing appetite for meat actually lead to our undoing? Are we simply using one technology to undo the damage caused by another? Like all problems in our food system, the meat problem is not merely a problem of production. It is intrinsically social and political, and it demands that we examine questions of justice and desirable modes of living in a shared and finite world. Benjamin Wurgaft tells a story that could utterly transform the way we think of animals, the way we relate to farmland, the way we use water, and the way we think about population and our fragile ecosystem’s capacity to sustain life. He argues that even if cultured meat does not “succeed,” it functions—much like science fiction—as a crucial mirror that we can hold up to our contemporary fleshy dysfunctions.

The growing barbarian tribe is about to celebrate No-Poison Day, a time of love, laughter and gifts. But all Elly wants is for her mate to be at her side before the brutal season arrives. All Bek wants is a way to quickly return to his female despite the mountains between them. Thanks to the talents of a newcomer, they're both about to get their wish and celebrate the happiest of holidays together.

Say hello to today’s young & fun craft of macramé! Inside you’ll find thirteen contemporary projects that dramatically update this vintage art. With savvy designs for accessories and home decor, Hello! Macramé shows you how to make fabulous knotted creations using colorful macramé craft cords. Macramé is easy to learn and requires no elaborate equipment or expensive materials. All you need are your fingers, some cord, and this book to get started making stylish rugs, plant hangers, purses, and more. Step-by-step illustrations and instructions guide you through every stitch. So grab some cord and let’s get knotty!