Why has inequality increased in the Western world
- & what can we do about it? In The Great Divide, Joseph E. Stiglitz argues
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Seasonal recipes & expert planting guides from Great Dixter, Christopher Lloyd`s quintessential English country garden The Great Dixter Cookbook features seventy simple & delicious seasonal recipes from the kitchen garden at Great Dixter, the historic house & garden located on the borders of Kent & Sussex. Dishes included range from English classics such as chicken & leek pie, apple crumble, & beetroot chutney, to contemporary recipes like crispy kale with sea salt & shakshuka. Dixter was home to the revered & highly influential gardener & writer, Christopher Lloyd, & a number of this book`s recipes have been taken from the Lloyd family`s personal kitchen notebooks. With growing guides to more than twenty varieties of vegetables & fruit to accompany the recipes, this practical, accessible book enriches the kitchens & lives of home cooks & gardeners worldwide. ...

Subdivided into hundreds of domaines, often family-run & sometimes covering no more than a few hectares, Burgundy can be offputtingly fragmented even to wine experts. In compiling this revised edition the authors revisited all the domaines that appeared in previous editions plus scores of `rising stars`, to select the very best & most interesting of them
- & remove those that no longer come up to scratch. They have spoken to winemakers about their grapes, their soil & their techniques
- &, of course, sampled their wines. Following on from the domaine-by-domaine guide are descriptions of the microclimates of the region, the most important grapes & wine styles, as well as tips on buying, storing & tasting wine & a rundown of recent vintages.

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At the Ferocious Dragon Academy, dragons-in-training learn the arts of bone crunching & teeth sharpening. But there is one dragon who harbours a passion for a most undragon-like pastime.. . Meet Flamie Oliver. To look at, Flamie is as terrifying as a dragon can get. But behind closed doors, Flamie is.. .a stupendously spectacular Star Baker! That`s right
- choux, rough, salty, sweet & puff
- Flamie loves it all. In fact, he loves baking so much that his studies at the Ferocious Dragon Academy are starting to suffer, & there`s a chance he won`t graduate! Flamie`s going to need a real showstopper to get out of this one. On your marks, get set.. .BAKE! Fabulously funny & perfect for fans of BBCs Great British Bake Off

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What can the ideas of history`s greatest economists tell us about the most important issues of our time?` The best place to start to learn about the very greatest economists of all time` Professor Tyler Cowen, author of The Complacent Class & The Great Stagnation Since the days of Adam Smith, economists have grappled with a series of familiar problems
- but often their ideas are hard to digest, before we even try to apply them to today`s issues. Linda Yueh is renowned for her combination of erudition, as an accomplished economist herself, & accessibility, as a leading writer & broadcaster in this field; & in The Great Economists she explains the key thoughts of history`s greatest economists, how their lives & times affected their ideas, how our lives have been influenced by their work, & how they could help with the policy challenges that we face today. In the light of current economic problems, & in particular economic growth, Yueh explores the thoughts of economists from Adam Smith & David Ricardo through Joan Robinson & Milton Friedman to Douglass North & Robert Solow. Along the way she asks, for example: what do the ideas of Karl Marx tell us about the likely future for the Chinese economy? How does the work of John Maynard Keynes, who argued for government spending to create full employment, help us think about state investment? & with globalization in trouble, what can we learn about handling Brexit & Trumpism? In one accessible volume, this expert new voice provides an overarching guide to the biggest questions of our time. The Great Economists
Includes:: Adam Smith, David Ricardo, Karl Marx, Alfred Marshall, Irving Fisher, John Maynard Keynes, Joseph Schumpeter, Friedrich Hayek, Joan Robinson, Milton Friedman, Douglass North, Robert Solow` Economics students, like others, can learn a lot from this book`
- Professor Paul Collier, author of The Bottom Billion` An extremely engaging survey of the lifetimes & ideas of the great thinkers of economic history.`
- Professor Kenneth Rogoff, author of The Curse of Cash & co-author of This Time is Different` This book is a very readable introduction to the lives & thinking of the greats.`
- Professor Raghuram Rajan, former Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, & author of I Do What I Do & Fault Lines` Read it not only to learn about the world`s great economists, but also to see how consequential thought innovations can be, & have been.`
- Mohamed el-Erian, Chief Economic Adviser at Allianz, former CEO of PIMCO





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Asian empires led the world economically, scientifically & culturally for hundreds of years, & posed a constant challenge to the countries of Europe. How & why did those empires gain such power, & lose it? What legacies did they leave? This major book brings together a team of distinguished historians & 200 illustrations to survey seven great Asian empires that rose & fell between 800 CE & the mid-20th century: the Mongol Empire, Ming Dynasty of China, Khmer Empire, Ottoman Empire, Safavid Empire of Persia, Mughal Empire of India & the Meiji Restoration in Japan. Splendidly illustrated & compellingly written, The Great Empires of Asia shows how those seven empires played a key role in forming today`s global civilization
- & how, with the renewed ascendancy of Asia, their legacies will help shape the continent`s future.
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A distinguished team of internationally renowned scholars surveys the great empires from 1600 bc to ad 500, from the ancient Mediterranean to China. In ten masterly chapters, the authors take in the empires of New Kingdom Egypt, the Hittites, Assyria & Babylonia, Achaemenid through to Sassanid Persia, Athens & Alexander, Rome, India & Qin & Han China. Superbly illustrated & underpinned by deep scholarship attractively conveyed, ” The Great Empires of the Ancient World” is an original & highly appealing work that makes these past societies resonate with, & fully relevant to, the modern age. ...

A diary of adventure in picturesque Sand Bay, The Great Escape: Adventures on the Wild West Coast takes readers on an extraordinary journey as writer & explorer Monty Halls follows his dream of becoming a crofter. With his gigantic (possibly insane) dog Reuben as his companion, Monty raises sheep, pigs & chickens, grows his own vegetables, explores the wildlife, meets the locals, & learns all about life on Scotland`s wild west coast. Living his dream is not without its challenges
- whether it`s renovating an ancient bothy, climbing a mountain called The Inaccessible Pinnacle, or surviving the daily onslaught of midges
- but it`s a life-changing experience, set in the most beautiful & dramatic landscape in Europe. The Great Escape is a book for anyone who has longed to leave the rat race behind.

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When a famous explorer goes missing in the North Pole, his son, Tom, decides he must find him. & so a daring adventure begins across the treacherous icy terrain of the North Pole. Will Tom be able overcome the many challenges ahead & find his father? ...

The Great Explorers profiles 40 of the world’s greatest explorers, from Europe, America, Asia & Australia. The man who has been hailed as the greatest explorer of the recent times, Robin Hanbury-Tenison presents us with the men & women who trod the paths never taken before & who changed our perception of the world through their courageous explorations, opening our eyes to the physical, natural & historical wealth around us. Hanbury-Tenison edits an international team of distinguished travel writers, broadcasters & historians who describe these great explorers’ lives, motives & passions in a series of penetrating biographies, illustrated throughout with beautiful paintings, photographs, engravings & maps. ...