Good Housekeeping Book of British Food is a superb collection of imaginatively prepared, home-produced fare, using fresh ...

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Includes:: over 100 herbs * Practical advice on gardening techniques * Easy to follow know-how

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This is the beginner`s guide to starting your own vegetable patch however big or small. The basic section at the beginning of the book guides you through the things you need to think about including how you want to plan your vegetable garden, crop rotation, planting & sowing seeds, feeding & nurturing your plants, tools & equipment, avoiding pests & diseases & harvesting & storing. There is a vegetable directory that is helpfully divided into sections of vegetable groups such as roots & tubers, peas & beans & shoots & stems. For each vegetable essential information is given on when to plant them, germination, spacing, time to maturity & yield. The main varieties for each vegetable are included so you can be as adventurous as you like. Other books in this exciting new series include: Easy to Grow! Flowers (9781843405399), Easy to Grow! Herbs (9781843405405) & Easy to Grow! Pots & Containers (9781843405412). ...

Now it couldn`t be easier to transform a bowl of pasta or noodles into an inspired family meal. This book has every recipe you need to create a delicious & nutritious meal for any occasion, be it a simple lunch-time pasta salad, or a spicy noodle supper. With over 100 mouth-watering recipes, no kitchen shelf is complete without Easy to Make! Pasta & Noodles. Over 100 triple-tested recipes in a new full-colour cookery series, featuring the most popular recipes from the GH Institute Kitchens
- tried, tested, trusted recipes that are guaranteed to work first time every time. New Easy to Make! titles for 2012: Everyday Vegetarian (9781908449115), Curries & Spicy Meals (9781908449122) & Rice & Risottos (9781908449221). Other titles in the Easy to Make! series: ` Family Meals in Minutes` (9781843406556), ` Salads & Dressings` (9781843406563), ` Speedy Meals` (9781843406570), ` Everyday Family Meals` (9781843406464) & ` Wok & Stir Fry` (9781843406433).
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Generations of children & their parents have delighted in Arthur Ransome`s ` Swallows & Amazons` books, but one of them stands out from the rest as being of a different order altogether.” We Didn`t Mean to Go to Sea” is both larger of theme & tighter of plot; it is a rite-of-passage tale quite unlike the others, & in describing the experiences of its protagonist John it illuminates much of Ransome`s own psychology.” Good Little Ship” is a blend of literary criticism, maritime history & sheer celebration. Peter Willis combines an analysis of a classic of maritime literature (”a book of which Conrad would have been proud”
- Hugh Brogan) with the story of the ” Nancy Blackett”, Ransome`s own boat which appears as the ” Goblin” in his story. He describes her life, near-death & restoration, & her renaissance as an ambassador for Ransome & his tales.
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Lake Titikaka! Canterbury Cathedral! Elephants crossing the Zambezi! Baseball! The Atacama Desert! Goats! These are just some of the sights you can see from the comfort of a convenience! We`ve been flooded with toilet tip-offs, new loo leads & dozens of fantastic photographs from loo hunters around the world. In this astounding collection, chief loo hunter Luke Barclay has brought together the world`s most scenic cisterns & panoramic privies. From a Buddhist monastery in India to Mount Kilimanjaro, ” Good Loo Hunting” takes you to the most picturesque
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- loos with views on the planet.

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An unforgettable portrait of a woman bravely confronting loneliness & despair in her quest for self-determination, Jean Rhys` ” Good Morning Midnight”

Includes:: an introduction by A.L. Kennedy in ” Penguin Modern Classics”. In 1930s Paris, where one cheap hotel room is very like another, a young woman is teaching herself indifference. She has escaped personal tragedy & has come to France to find courage & seek independence. She tells herself to expect nothing, especially not kindness, least of all from men. Tomorrow, she resolves, she will dye her hair blonde. Jean Rhys was a talent before her time with an impressive ability to express the anguish of young, single women. In ” Good Morning, Midnight” Rhys created the powerfully modern portrait of Sophia Jansen, whose emancipation is far more painful & complicated than she could expect, but whose confession is flecked with triumph & elation. One of the most honest & distinctive British novelists of the twentieth century, Jean Rhys wrote about women with perception & sensitivity in an innovative & often controversial way. Jean Rhys (1894-1979) was born in Dominica. Coming to England aged 16, she drifted into various jobs before moving to Paris, where she began writing & was `discovered` by Ford Madox Ford. Her novels, often portraying women as underdogs out to exploit their sexualities, were ahead of their time & only modestly successful. From 1939 (when ” Good Morning, Midnight” was written) onwards she lived reclusively, & was largely forgotten when she made a sensational comeback with her account of Jane Eyre`s Bertha Rochester, ” Wide Sargasso Sea”, in 1966. If you enjoyed ” Good Morning Midnight”, you might like Rhys` ” Voyage in the Dark”, also available in ” Penguin Modern Classics”. ” Her eloquence in the language of human sexual transactions is chilling, cynical, & surprisingly moving”. (A.L. Kennedy).

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An inspiring international bestseller, Good Morning, Mr Mandela tells the story of Zelda la Grange`s incredible friendship with Nelson Mandela. Zelda la Grange grew up in South Africa as a white Afrikaner who supported the rules of segregation. Yet just a few years after the end of Apartheid she would become a most trusted assistant to Nelson Mandela, growing to respect & cherish the man she had been taught was the enemy. Good Morning, Mr Mandela tells the extraordinary story of how a young woman had her life, beliefs, prejudices & everything she once believed in utterly transformed by the greatest man of her time. It is the incredible journey of an awkward, terrified young typist in her twenties later chosen to become the President`s most loyal & devoted servants, spending most of her adult working life travelling with, supporting & caring for the man she would come to call ` Khulu`, or `grandfather`. Here Zelda la Grange pays tribute to Nelson Mandela as she knew him
- a teacher who gave her the most valuable lessons of her life. A man who refused to be defined by his past, who forgave & respected all, but who was also frank, teasing & direct. As he renewed his country, he also freed Zelda from a closed world of fear & mistrust, giving her life true meaning. Now she shares his lasting & inspiring gifts with the world. This is a book about love & second chances. It will touch your life & make you believe that every one of us, no matter who we are or what we have done, has the power to change. ” Uplifting...generally charming, occasionally faintly indiscreet, but always reverent. Surely no one but Mandela
- with the possible exception of the Duke of Edinburgh
- could have got away with greeting the Queen with a cheery: ` Oh Elizabeth, you`ve lost weight!” (Sunday Times). ” Compelling & ultimately heartbreaking...her unguarded honesty allows her to tell a remarkable story.” (Telegraph).


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“ Good Night & God Bless” is a superb guide to convent & monastery accommodation in Europe. Travellers & pilgrims seeking a ...

Good Night, Gorilla is a modern classic in the world of picture books
- the perfect read as a bedtime story. ` Good night, Gorilla,
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