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Many years ago I read a science fiction short story which was set on the planet Mercury and have forgotten the title and author and would like to read it again. The story was about a spaceship which...
anybody remember a christmas film where some children have to find their way to the top of a department store to find santa? i'm sure there was a witch in their somewhere, and a railway! I saw it in...
3 an american feminist,maiden name edwards,died 2009 6a comeback novel centres on woman who gets full time job as babysitter? 7b novel out in p/bk 2009 features (20 poet in kent lunatic asylum? 8a...
Does anyone know of an on-line Graphic Design Course please? My grandson has decided he would like to enhance his abilities but, still keep working at his day job! Anyone with informationor has...
Could any painter in acrylics out there tell me the colours to mix for the colour russet...I've forgotten or rather I can't see any more and I need to know the quantity of what colour to what? Ta...
I had a Waterstones token & bought 'Reminiscences of Manchester by Louis M Hayes.
Fascinating personal account of Manchester from the 1840s!
So, what have you bought/ been bought?...
Hi everyone. I'm trying to find a reference to a very famous illustration of a flying bed. I believe the bed is being towed by swans. As far as I can remember it's a pen and in line drawing, although...
Why is it that suddenly "yourself" and "myself" are being inappropriately substituted for "you" and "me" ?In this age where most words are being shortened for...
Please can anyone assist with these quiz questions - answer has some connection with wheels. Clue is - Two words Wystan's version of Major's spinster cyclist. Answer is two words initial letters M G....
my 10 year old son has just asked me for simon cowell's biography for christmas!! has anyone read this? and is it suitable for him to read? i.e no sex/language etc etc... i know i should read it...
Help !! Some years ago I read a book (novel) about a shooting competition in cowboy times, in which they shot at glass balls thrown into the air. If anybody has any idea, I would be very grateful. I...
1. Steps outside an upper window (8) * A * * * G * * 2. Offer the wrong type of inducement (6) E * * * * * 3. A round heavy-bodied port (6) * * * N * E 4. Case in which everyone is involved in the...
When I was fifteen I read a book at school that is a part of the teen historical romance genre, it was one in a collection of books produced by one publisher, like point romance, there was also a...
hello fellow ABers Can anyone help? I am trying to gat the words to a poem I think it is called '' In the land where the weary ones live'' It starts with the line '' We shall see them again in the...