Rosetta Costantino grew up in Calabria-the beautiful, mountainous region at the tip of Italy`s ”boot”-her father, a shepherd & wine maker, & her mother his tireless assistant. When her family emigrated to California, they recreated Calabria on their property, cooking with aubergines, tomatoes & peppers from their garden, fresh ricotta made from scratch & pasta fashioned by h&. A frugal people, Calabrians are master preservers, transforming figs into jam, canning tuna in oil & sun-drying peppers. The first cookbook of a little-known region, My Calabria celebrates the richness of the landscape & the allure of its cuisine. This is a cookbook for our time: a reminder of how ingenious & resourceful cooks can create a gorgeous local cuisine. ...

There is no world leader as beloved (or loooved) as Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Dynamic, smart, charismatic, compassionate, & sometimes sassy, he has quickly emerged as not only a dominant politician, but as a model-like role model to millions around the globe. This laugh-out-loud tribute to the head (and heart) of the Canadian government is filled with photos of Trudeau. Delivering speeches in finely tailored suits to boxing shirtless, from looking dashing while running the government to looking sexy while running in short shorts, & charming everyone from constituents to royalty with his sparkling eyes, wit, & smile. This book collects all the photos that prove he puts the prime in prime minister. Accompanied by the author s sweetly off-kilter thoughts about Trudeau s many remarkable physical & intellectual assets, philosophies, & actions, as well as her quirky observances about Canadian culture, this is the book for anyone who s ever thought O, Canada!. ...

No matter how much of a cat lover you are, you have to admit those loving feelings can feel pretty one-way. Whether it`s in the form of treasure hunts around the house with small dead animals as the `treasure`, biffing your face for attention in the middle of the night, or the endless indecision about being inside or outside, cats
- a lot of the time
- are dicks. Thankfully, we can laugh about it, because thankfully (as this book shows) we are far from alone. Featuring over 100 photos of cats in all sorts of interesting predicaments, MY CAT IS A DICK shows that even when they`re playing up, cats have an excellent sense of humour. It just often comes at human expense.

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`A strange, haunting, & utterly original exploration of displacement & desire & a world apart from anything you are likely to read this year` Tea Obreht, New York Times Book Review` Fearless, delicate, beautiful, sad, haunting, & wonderful. A brilliant novel` Jeff Vander Meer Yugoslavia, 1980s: a 16-year-old Muslim girl named Emine is married off to a man she hardly knows. But what was meant to be a happy match soon goes terribly wrong. Her country is torn apart by war & she flees with her family. Decades later Emine`s son, Bekim, has grown up a social outcast in Finland; both an immigrant in a country suspicious of foreigners, & a gay man in an unaccepting society. Aside from casual hookups, his only friend is a boa constrictor whom he lets roam his apartment
- even though he is terrified of snakes. But one night in a gay bar, Bekim meets a talking cat who moves in with him & his snake. This witty, charming, manipulative creature starts Bekim on a journey back to Kosovo to confront his demons & make sense of the remarkable, cruel history of his family. It is a journey that will eventually lead him to love.
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`A strange, haunting, & utterly original exploration of displacement & desire` -- Tea Obreht, author of The Tiger`s Wife, New York Times Book Review ` Fearless, delicate, beautiful, sad, haunting & wonderful. A brilliant novel that mesmerizes with both itshumanity & its utter uniqueness` -- Jeff Van der Meer In 1980s Yugoslavia, a young girl named Emine is married off to a man she hardly knows. But soon her country is torn apart by war, & she is forced to flee with her family. Decades later Emine`s son, Bekim, has grown up a social outcast in Finl&, a country suspicious of foreigners. Aside from casual hook-ups, his only companion is a pet boa constrictor
- until one night in a gay bar, Bekim meets a talking cat. It is this witty, charming, manipulative creature that starts him on a journey back to Kosovo to confront his demons & make sense of the remarkable, cruel history of his family. & soon he learns that love can be found in the most unexpected places.
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Coloured by poverty & horrifying brutality, Gorky`s childhood equipped him to understand
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`I could hear the frost crackling outside. Greenish moonbeams shone through windows covered with patterns of ice...` One of the most moving accounts of being a boy ever written, My Childhood is a both wonderful & harrowing memoir
- & one of the great works of Russian literature. This is a new series of twenty distinctive, unforgettable Penguin Classics in a beautiful new design & pocket-sized format, with coloured jackets echoing Penguin`s original covers.
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Bella is a teenage chocolate junkie
- fashion-mad & God-haunted
- who lives in the lakeside village of La Frisette in France

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An allotment is one of the best
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my cool bike celebrates a love affair with bikes & bike culture. The bicycle is the most popular form of transport on the planet. Cycling is simply ideal for many things & we are now at the dawn of a new golden age of this versatile machine. This book will appeal to all who have taken up cycling for sport, fun, health & wealth. As the individual stories in the book show, a bike is a way of seeking solitude
- a leisurely trip taken at one`s own pace, only relying on pedal power. For some the bike is much more than an accessory for the daily commute: there are the plucky few who have have embarked on life-changing momentous global journeys; while for others bike ownership offers the chance to be part of a loyal, passionate & strong-minded community of fellow enthusiasts embarking on club excursions. Among this collection of cool bikes are classic racing bikes, high-tech machines that use the latest in material science & aerodynamics, eccentric bikes designed for specific purposes, & rarities coveted by serious collectors. Themes include: Urban, Commercial, Touring & Sporting, Vintage & Eccentric, Custom bikes, Eco & community bikes, Workshops, shops & cafes & Accessories including fashion.
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