Truly madly deadly! Kristin Cast & Alyson Noel head up this collection of 5 thrilling paranormal stories This irresistible collection features stories of love amidst vampires by five of today's hottest authors-Kristin Cast (Tempted) Richelle Mead (Vampire Academy) Alyson Noel (Evermore) Kelley Armstrong (The Summoning) & Francesca Lia Block (Pretty Dead). From a fugitive vampire forced to trust a boy who might work for the group bent on destroying her to the legendary romance of two immortals whose love compels them to risk everything this exciting heart-pounding collection brings new meaning to the words love you forever." Whether you're into romances that are dark & moody or light & fun these stories will quench that insatiable thirst for enchanting tales of the beautiful undead." ...

When you get there our mum said you find out your new address & you write it on the card. Then you post it at once. Now the code. Our secret code.. . You know how to write a kiss? Well put one kiss if its horrible & Ill come straight there & bring you back home. You put two kisses if its all right. & three kisses if its really nice. Dyou see? Then Ill know 13 June 1940. Carefully labelled & each clutching little brown suitcases Terry aged seven & his elder brother Jack eleven stand amid the throng of children which crowds the narrow platform at Welling station awaiting the steam engine which will pull them & their fellow evacuees across the country towards their unknown destination
- & their new lives... Warm-hearted & moving Kisses on a Postcard" is a vivid & intimate portrait of our wartime history; a compelling & uplifting memoir of growing up in an extraordinary time."
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This is a cool sexy YA romance novel from seventeen-year-old Wattpad sensation Beth Reekles. Meet Rochelle Evans: pretty popular
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Out of heartbreak comes a new life... Gussie Ned & Jannie are not quite siblings but they share a fiercely close & affectionate family bond. In their bohemian Cornish home with a famous & distinguished artist as their father figure they glory in their unusual upbringing & their unconventional loving family life... Until one day a terrible tragedy destroys the foundations of that family & they have to learn to cope on their own. Moving from Cornwall to New York & back again to the West Country Susan Sallis warm & powerful novel shows us love & sorrow & family life in all its guises. ...

When English soldier Hal strikes up a conversation with German Lieutenant Wilhelm during the ceasefire in no-mans-land on Christmas Day 1914 he has no idea the impact this chance meeting will have. Wilhelm is in love with an English woman Sam & presses a photograph into Hals hand
- if he makes it home Hal must promise to find Sam & give her this token of affection. Hal does make it home though the war rages on
- but the moment he sees Sam he is in trouble. With Wilhelms shadow looming over their relationship & his photograph never revealed Hal begins to live a life that was meant for someone else.. .

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Compendious informative & engaging Kitchen offers feel-good food for cooks & eaters that is comforting but always seductive nostalgic but with a modern twist
- whether express-way easy-exotic recipes for the weekday rush leisurely slow-cook dishes for weekends & special occasions or irresistible cakes & cookies in true domestic goddess" style. It answers everyday cooking quandaries
- what to give the kids for tea how to rustle up a meal for friends or an impromptu kitchen party in moments or what to do about those black bananas wrinkled apples & bullet-hard plums
- & since real cooking is so often about leftovers here one recipe can morph into another...from ham hocks to pea soup & pasties from braised chicken to Chinatown salad. This isnt just about being thrifty but about being creative & seeing how recipes evolve. As well as offering the reader a mouthwatering array of inspired new recipes
- from clams with chorizo to Guinness gingerbread from Asian braised beef to flourless chocolate lime cake from Pasta alla Genovese to Venetian carrot cake
- Nigella rounds up her kitchen kit must-haves (and crucially what isnt needed) in the way of equipment & magical standby ingredients. But above all she reminds the reader how much pleasure there is to be had in real food & in reclaiming the traditional rhythms of the kitchen as she cooks to the beat of the heart of the home creating simple delicious recipes to make life less complicated. The expansive lively narrative with its rich feast of food makes this new work a natural 21st-century successor to Nigellas classic How To Eat this time with a wealth of photographs from the instructive to the glorious & accompanied by a BBC TV series. 190 recipes including over 60 express-style at 30 minutes or under."




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Compendious informative & engaging Kitchen offers feel-good food for cooks & eaters that is comforting but always seductive nostalgic but with a modern twist
- whether express-way easy-exotic recipes for the weekday rush leisurely slow-cook dishes for weekends & special occasions or irresistible cakes & cookies in true domestic goddess" style. It answers everyday cooking quandaries
- what to give the kids for tea how to rustle up a meal for friends or an impromptu kitchen party in moments or what to do about those black bananas wrinkled apples & bullet-hard plums
- & since real cooking is so often about leftovers here one recipe can morph into another...from ham hocks to pea soup & pasties from braised chicken to Chinatown salad. This isnt just about being thrifty but about being creative & seeing how recipes evolve. As well as offering the reader a mouthwatering array of inspired new recipes
- from clams with chorizo to Guinness gingerbread from Asian braised beef to flourless chocolate lime cake from Pasta ala Genovese to Venetian carrot cake
- Nigella rounds up her kitchen kit must-haves (and crucially what isnt needed) in the way of equipment & magical standby ingredients. But above all she reminds the reader how much pleasure there is to be had in real food & in reclaiming the traditional rhythms of the kitchen as she cooks to the beat of the heart of the home creating simple delicious recipes to make life less complicated. The expansive lively narrative with its rich feast of food makes this new work a natural 21st-century successor to Nigellas classic How To Eat this time with a wealth of photographs from the instructive to the glorious & accompanied by a BBC TV series. 190 recipes including over 60 express-style at 30 minutes or under."




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They're the two biggest projects you're likely to tackle in your home: fitting a new kitchen & replacing your bathroom suite. Even if you just intend to spruce up what's already there you'll need practical information & creative inspiration to help you on your way. Let our clear & friendly advice guide you through the whole process from safely removing old fittings to designing a new layout installing the new cabinets fittings & appliances & adding the all-important finishing touches. ...

Eating is a multisensory experience yet chefs & scientists have only recently begun to deconstruct foods components setting the stage for science-based cooking. In this global collaboration of essays chefs & scientists advance culinary knowledge by testing hypotheses rooted in the physical & chemical properties of food. Using traditional & cutting-edge tools ingredients & techniques these pioneers create & sometimes revamp dishes that respond to specific desires & serve up an original encounter with gastronomic practice. From the seemingly mundane to the food fantastic -- from grilled cheese sandwiches pizzas & soft-boiled eggs to Turkish ice cream sugar glasses & jellified beads -- the essays in The Kitchen as Laboratory cover a range of creations & their history & culture. They consider the significance of an eaters background & dining atmosphere & the importance of a chefs methods as well as the strategies used to create a great diversity of foods & dishes. This collection will delight experts & amateurs alike especially as restaurants rely more on science-based cooking & recreational cooks increasingly explore the physics & chemistry behind their art. Contributors end each essay with their personal thoughts on food cooking & science offering rare insight into a professionals passion for playing with food. ...

After twenty-five years of sex drugs bad behaviour & haute cuisine chef & novelist Anthony Bourdain has decided to tell all. From his first oyster in the Gironde to his lowly position as a dishwasher in a honky-tonk fish restaurant in Provincetown; from the kitchen of the Rainbow Room atop the Rockefeller Center to drug dealers in the East Village from Tokyo to Paris & back to New York again Bourdains tales of the kitchen are as passionate as they are unpredictable as shocking as they are funny. ...