Frankie Potts and the Postcard Puzzle (Book 3)
Frankie Potts and the Postcard Puzzle (Book 3)

Author: Juliet Jacka

Publisher: Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited

Published: 2017-01-30

Total Pages: 86

ISBN-13: 0143770225

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Book 3 in Juliet Jacka's addictive new Frankie Potts series for readers ages 7-10. Meet Frankie Potts, the village of Tring's number one girl detective. She has flaming red hair, a questioning mind and a very clever dog named Sparkplug. And she is REALLY good at solving mysteries. Frankie's list of mysteries to solve is getting longer by the day. Firstly, her mum is acting very strangely - she's tired, grumpy and feels sick all the time. And then there's Grandma M, who keeps dropping hints about expanding her troupe of performing greyhounds: Tinkerbell, Titania and Tiramisu. With her detective side-kick Mac, Frankie travels to Giggleswick to find out about the mysterious Gideon R. Best, Animal Trainer Extraordinaire, and why he sent a postcard - with kisses on it - to her mum. How can she work out what an overweight donkey, a cuddle-obsessed pig and a pooing parrot have to do with anything? And why has Tinkerbell started to waddle? Kaboom! Things are getting explosive in Frankie's family. She had better start solving ...

Frankie Potts and the Bikini Burglar (Book 2)
Frankie Potts and the Bikini Burglar (Book 2)

Author: Juliet Jacka

Publisher: Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited

Published: 2016-06-27

Total Pages: 83

ISBN-13: 1743487185

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Book 2 in Juliet Jacka's addictive new Frankie Potts series for readers ages 7–10. Meet Frankie Potts, the village of Tring's number one girl detective. She has flaming red hair, a questioning mind and a very clever dog named Sparkplug. And she is REALLY good at solving mysteries. Frankie is on the lookout for a human detective sidekick to share her caseload. Finding the right person isn't as easy as you'd think, and she's never had more to juggle. Right now she's having to contend with a new boy from Borneo, whose tales are taller and wilder than his wild black hair; the meanest school office lady in Tring; her arch-enemy Ralph Peter-McGee and his equally brutish ginger tomcat; and helping her Grandma M train a troupe of greyhounds. Meanwhile, Tring is on high alert — a burglar is on the loose. Random pink items, most notably a bikini belonging to Frankie's teacher, are disappearing from houses all over the village. An exhibition of bejewelled items is just about to open, with a pink, diamond-encrusted bikini as its showpiece. The temptation will be too great for any self-respecting burglar to stay away. And self-respecting solver of mysteries Frankie is determined to catch the burglar in the act . . . but in her efforts to tidy up her mystery list single-handed, is Frankie ignoring some very important clues?

Frankie Potts and the Wicked Wolves (Book 4)
Frankie Potts and the Wicked Wolves (Book 4)

Author: Juliet Jacka

Publisher: Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited

Published: 2017-01-30

Total Pages: 83

ISBN-13: 0143770462

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Book 4 in Juliet Jacka's addictive new Frankie Potts series for readers ages 7-10. Meet Frankie Potts, the village of Tring's number one girl detective. She has flaming red hair, a questioning mind and a very clever dog named Sparkplug. And she is REALLY good at solving mysteries. A band of dancers with bells and blue painted faces have come to Tring, and Frankie can smell a mystery. Who are these Wicked Wolves? How come Grandma M knows them, and wants to pick a fight with them? Meanwhile, Tinkerbell and Sparkplug's seven adorable puppies are causing chaos at Frankie's house. Grandma M is planning to give away four of them, and Frankie and Mac must make sure that they go to good homes. Ralph Peter-McGee, Frankie's arch-enemy, seems to have his eye on her favourite pup Kettle Thomson. Can Frankie stop Kettle going to the wrong home? And why are those Wicked Wolves sniffing around the puppies? The Inaugural Tring Talent Contest is rapidly approaching, and Frankie has some serious detecting to do. But maybe not all the clues are quite as they seem ...

Frankie Potts and the Sparkplug Mysteries (Book 1)
Frankie Potts and the Sparkplug Mysteries (Book 1)

Author: Juliet Jacka

Publisher: Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited

Published: 2016-06-27

Total Pages: 83

ISBN-13: 1743487177

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Book 1 in Juliet Jacka's addictive new Frankie Potts series for readers ages 7–10. Meet Frankie Potts, the village of Tring's number one girl detective. She has flaming red hair, a questioning mind and an addiction to gobstoppers. And she is REALLY good at solving mysteries. When Frankie is adopted by a dog at the window of her favourite sweetshop, there's detecting to be done. The dog, Sparkplug, is adorable. Even Frankie's formidable Grandma M goes all soft and goopy in his presence. Sparkplug can ride a skateboard like a pro, high-five, dance on his hind legs and sniff out a mystery two houses away. He's the ideal dog for a detective. Sparkplug wants to stay with Frankie, and Frankie would dearly love to keep him — but where is he from? There are other mysteries to solve, and they all seem to be linked: trails of ants; Grandma M's odd behaviour; her secret tattoo . . . What? When and WHY did cardy-wearing Grandma get a tattoo? A circus has just arrived in the village — it seems a good place to start looking for clues. But first, Frankie will have to get Sparkplug past Tring Dog Control and her arch-enemy, Ralph Peter-McGee.

Food and Beverage Management
Food and Beverage Management

Author: Bernard Davis

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-01-11

Total Pages: 412

ISBN-13: 1136001220

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This introductory textbook provides a thorough guide to the management of food and beverage outlets, from their day-to-day running through to the wider concerns of the hospitality industry. It explores the broad range of subject areas that encompass the food and beverage market and its five main sectors – fast food and popular catering, hotels and quality restaurants and functional, industrial, and welfare catering. New to this edition are case studies covering the latest industry developments, and coverage of contemporary environmental concerns, such as sourcing, sustainability and responsible farming. It is illustrated in full colour and contains end-of-chapter summaries and revision questions to test your knowledge as you progress. Written by authors with many years of industry practice and teaching experience, this book is the ideal guide to the subject for hospitality students and industry practitioners alike.

Always an Adventure
Always an Adventure

Author: Hugh Aylmer Dempsey

Publisher:

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781552385227

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Hugh Dempsey recounts his interesting and varied careers as journalist, historian, archivist and museum administrator.

Bluey: Easter
Bluey: Easter

Author: Bluey

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2023-02-16

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13: 0241569230

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Celebrate Easter with Bluey! It's Easter and Bingo is worried the Easter bunny has forgotten about her and Bluey like last year. But when they wake up to a series of clues, Bluey and Bingo are led on an exciting Easter egg treasure hunt around the house! Join Bluey and Bingo on this fun adventure around the Heelers' home. Want more Bluey? Also available: Bluey: Fun and Games Colouring Book Bluey: Meet Bluey! Sticker Activity Book Bluey: Bluey and Friends Sticker Activity Book

The Language of Jokes in the Digital Age
The Language of Jokes in the Digital Age

Author: Delia Chiaro

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-11-23

Total Pages: 245

ISBN-13: 135137995X

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In this accessible book, Delia Chiaro provides a fresh overview of the language of jokes in a globalized and digitalized world. The book shows how, while on the one hand the lingua-cultural nuts and bolts of jokes have remained unchanged over time, on the other, the time-space compression brought about by modern technology has generated new settings and new ways of joking and playing with language. The Language of Jokes in the Digital Age covers a wide range of settings from social networks, e-mails and memes, to more traditional fields of film and TV (especially sitcoms and game shows) and advertising. Chiaro’s consideration of the increasingly virtual context of jokes delights with both up-to-date examples and frequent reference to the most central theories of comedy. This lively book will be essential reading for any student or researcher working in the area of language and humour and will be of interest to those in language and media and sociolinguistics.

The Language of Jokes
The Language of Jokes

Author: Delia Chiaro

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2006-12-05

Total Pages: 198

ISBN-13: 1134970099

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In this highly readable and thought-provoking book, Delia Chiaro explores the pragmatics of word play, using frameworks normally adopted in descriptive linguistics. Using examples from personally recorded conversations, she examines the structure of jokes, quips, riddles and asides. Chiaro explores degrees of conformity to and deviation from established conventions; the `tellability' of jokes, and the interpretative role of the listener; the creative use of puns, word play and discourse. The emphasis in her analysis is on sociocultural contexts for the production and reception of jokes, and she examines the extent to which jokes are both universal in their appeal, and specific to a particular culture.

Night of the Perigee Moon
Night of the Perigee Moon

Author: Juliet Jacka

Publisher:

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 201

ISBN-13: 9781775432036

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All Tilly Angelica wants for her thirteenth birthday is to be normal! But with her changeover party looming and her mad, magical family gathering from near and far, Tilly is set to inherit a terrifying or tantalising talent of her own. As the enchanted Angelicas gather and Arial Manor becomes a madhouse, Tilly's troubles are tripled by her creepy cousin Prosper and his sinister plot to bewitch the family by harnessing the powers of the Perigee Moon. Can Tilly Angelica and her magical menagerie cause enough commotion to outwit her creepy cousin and save the family manor?