Contrary to what is often believed good food was valued highly in the Middle Ages
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The Medieval Tailor's Assistant is the standard work for both amateurs & professionals wishing to re-create the clothing of Medieval England for historical interpretation or drama This new edition extends its range with details of fitting different figures & many more patterns for main garments & accessories from 1100 to 1480 It

Includes:: simple instructions for plain garments as well as more complex patterns & adaptations for experienced sewers Advice on planning outfits & materials to use is given along with a range of projects & alternative designs from undergarments to outer wear Early & later tailoring methods are also covered within the period There are clear line drawings pattern diagrams & layouts & over eighty full-colour photographs that show the garments as working outfits

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From losing weight to helping prevent life-threatening illness & disease a Mediterranean diet isn't a fad but a healthy & beneficial way of life Hailing from the traditional lifestyles of the Italians French Greeks & Spaniards Mediterranean dishes involve using plently of vegetables oil fruits & beans as well as good carbohydrates such as wholegrain pasta bread & brown rice Combined with a great deal of fish & a careful selection of dairy products the user-friendly recipes in this book reflect the delicious tastes & healthy appetite of this much loved cuisene ...

Discover the joy of cooking & eating Mediterranean food with this tempting selection of 150 recipes full of sunshine flavours that will transport you to a summer holiday state of mind The only cookbook you will need this summer provides all the inspiration you need to create memorable occasions in the warmer months Mediterranean food is known for its punchy yet warm flavours of garlic fresh herbs chilli olive oil & lemon It is renowned for its naturally healthy ingredients & quick & easy methods
- from cured meat & fresh seafood to salty cheeses olives anchovies & roasted vegetables Whether you are having an impromptu picnic on the beach with the kids an al fresco lunch with a friend on a shaded verandah or a romantic dinner under a canopy of stars you will find just the recipe you need here Chapters include Snacks & Plates to Share
- a selection of Mediterranean-style small dishes to share
- perfect for serving with drinks on a warm evening In Salads & Summer Soups you'll find Courgette Feta & Mint Salad Chorizo & Squid Salad & Iced Gazpacho Best-Ever BBQ shows you how to get the best from cooking outdoors over charcoal Try Olive-infused Chicken with Charred Lemons or Sicilian-spiced Seabass with Grilled Tomatoes & Baby Fennel Sunshine Lunches features great ideas for light meals & picnics Al Fresco has simple yet stunning ideas for more substantial fare for feeding a crowd in the fresh air from simple pastas such as Penne with Melted Ricotta & Herb Sauce to Oven-roasted Peppers with Anchovies & Basil Finally a chapter of fresh ideas for Desserts & Drinks

Includes:: Blood Orange & Amaretto Ice Cream Caramelized Figs with Vanilla Mascarpone Cream & homemade Limoncello




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In a dazzling fusion of Quentin Fiore&s bold & inventive graphic design & Marshall Mc Luhan&s unique insight into technology advertising & mass-media The Medium is the Massage is a unique study of human communication in the twentieth century published in Penguin Modern Classics Marshall Mc Luhan is the man who predicted the all-pervasive rise of modern mass media Blending text image & photography his 1960 classic The Medium is the Massage illustrates how the growth of technology utterly reshapes society personal lives & sensory perceptions so that we are effectively transformed by the means we use to communicate His theories many of which are illustrated in this astonishing &inventory of effects& force us to question how modes of communication have shaped society This concept & his ideas such as rolling up-to-the-minute news broadcasts & the media & Global Village& have proved decades ahead of their time How do we see the world around us? The & Penguin on Design& series

Includes:: the works of creative thinkers whose writings on art design & the media have changed our vision forever Marshall Mc Luhan (1911-1980) was a Canadian educator philosopher & scholar
- a professor of English Literature a literary critic & a communications theorist Mc Luhan&s work is viewed as one of the cornerstones of the study of media theory Among his other works are The Mechanical Bride (1951) The Gutenberg Galaxy (1962) & Understanding Media (1964) Quentin Fiore (b 1920) is a graphic designer renowned for his collaborations with writers including the academic Marshall Mc Luhan & the futurist & engineer Buckminster Fuller If you enjoyed The Medium is the Massage you might like Bruno Munari&s Design as Art also available in Penguin Modern Classics & The media prophet of the 1960s& The New York Times& In the tumult of the digital revolution Mc Luhan is relevant anew& Wired


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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Novelist John Morlar (Richard Burton) is haunted by the belief that he can through the power of telekenesis cause fatal disasters to occur This obsession is reinforced when after Morlar is assaulted a moon mission crisis & jet crash occur in short order The police turn to Morlar&s mysterious therapist Zonfeld (Lee Remick) to try to get to the bottom of the case ...

'I could see that she was still terribly afraid but I didn't soften anything; instead seeing that she was afraid I deliberately intensified it' In this short story Dostoyevsky masterfully depicts desperation greed manipulation & suicide Introducing Little Black Classics 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range & diversity of Penguin Classics with books from around the world & across many centuries They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California & the Russian steppe Here are stories lyrical & savage; poems epic & intimate; essays satirical & inspirational; & ideas that have shaped the lives of millions Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821-1881) Dostoyevsky's works available in Penguin Classics are Crime & Punishment The Idiot The Double The Gambler & Other Stories The Grand Inquisitor Notes From The Underground Netochka Nezvanova The House of The Dead The Brothers Karamazov & The Village of Stepanchikovo ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play In the film a deep-sea submersible (part of an international undersea observation program) has been attacked by a massive creature previously thought to be extinct & now lies disabled at the bottom of the deepest trench in the Pacificwith its crew trapped inside With time running out expert deep sea rescue diver Jonas Taylor (Jason Statham) is recruited by a visionary Chinese oceanographer (Winston Chao) against the wishes of his daughter Suyin (Li Bingbing) to save the crew-and the ocean itself-from this unstoppable threat a pre-historic 75-foot-long shark known as the Megalodon What no one could have imagined is that years before Taylor had encountered this same terrifying creature Now teamed with Suyin he must confront his fears & risk his own life to save everyone trapped belowbringing him face to face once more with the greatest & largest predator of all time Extra Content Blu-ray Chomp on This Making The Meg Creating the Beast Shooting in New Zealand ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play In the film a deep-sea submersible (part of an international undersea observation program) has been attacked by a massive creature previously thought to be extinct & now lies disabled at the bottom of the deepest trench in the Pacificwith its crew trapped inside With time running out expert deep sea rescue diver Jonas Taylor (Jason Statham) is recruited by a visionary Chinese oceanographer (Winston Chao) against the wishes of his daughter Suyin (Li Bingbing) to save the crew-and the ocean itself-from this unstoppable threat a pre-historic 75-foot-long shark known as the Megalodon What no one could have imagined is that years before Taylor had encountered this same terrifying creature Now teamed with Suyin he must confront his fears & risk his own life to save everyone trapped belowbringing him face to face once more with the greatest & largest predator of all time Extra Content Blu-ray Chomp on This Making The Meg Creating the Beast Shooting in New Zealand ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Herein lies 7 of the funniest Mel Brooks comedies ever committed to film The Twelve Chairs Russian bureaucrat Ron Moody learns that his mother is dying & has hidden the family fortune in one of twelve dining chairs left in their ancestral home He rushes home only to find the chairs have gone to the Ministry of Housing to be relocated! Young Frankenstein Mel Brooks& monstrously crazy tribute to Mary Shelley&s classic pokes hilarious fun at just about every Frankenstein movie ever made Summoned by a will to his late grandfather&s castle in Transylvania young Dr Frankenstein (Wilder) soon discovers the scientist&s step-by-step manual explaining how to bring a corpse to life Assisted by the hunchback Igor (Feldman) he creates a monster (Boyle) who only wants to be loved Silent Movie Quiet please
- Action! is back on the big screen but this time it&s not quite as noisy The Silent Movie could be the picture that saves the studio! High Anxiety Dr Robert Thorndyke is the newly appointed director of the psychoneurosis institute but holding such a high position brings on vertigo! He soon realises he&s almost as unbalanced as the patients in his care! History Of The World
- Part 1 This overwhelming masterpiece is Mel Brooks& full frontal assault on how we got where we are today There is something wonderful to offend everyone! To Be Or Not To Be Actor Fred Bronski is onstage as Hamletbut his theatrical joys are shortlived when he finds himself & his band of bold thespians enlisted in a plot to outwit the Nazis! Life Stinks Director Mel Brooks stars as Goddard Bolt a billionaire developer who is challenged by business rival Vance Crasswell (Jeffrey Tambor) to live on the streets without money for one month among the homeless both men are trying to further displace by building on the property that is their only home Goddard is forced to dance for his money avoid turf wars develop survival tactics live in a cardboard box & more But along the way he makes valuable friends among the street people who teach him that life is not about owning material items but about the integrity of the human spirit One of these is bag lady Molly (Lesley Ann Warren) who in one of the most inspired moments of the film dances with Goddard in a dilapidated building to the strains of Cole Porter&s " Easy to Love"

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