From the cruel irony of &A member of the Family& to the fateful echoes of & The Go-Away Bird& & the unexpectedly sinister & The Girl I Left Behind Me& in settings that range from South Africa to the Portobello Road Muriel Spark probes the idiosyncrasies that lurk beneath the veneer of human respectability displaying the acerbic wit & wisdom that are the hallmarks of her unique talent The Complete Short Stories is a collection to be loved & cherished from one of the finest short story writers of the twentieth century ...

The complete short stories of the 20th century&s greatest visionary& Kafka is important to us because his predicament is the predicament of modern man& W H Auden This volume contains all of Kafka&s shorter fiction from fragments parables & sketches to longer tales Together they reveal the breadth of Kafka&s literary vision & the extraordinary imaginative depth of his thought Some are well known others are mere jottings observations of daily life given artistic form through Kafka&s unique perception of the world ...

First in a two volume collection of short stories by the acclaimed author of Empire of the Sun' Crash' & Super-Cannes' The new edition is introduced by Adam Thirwell With eighteen novels over four decades
- from The Drowned World' in 1962 to his final novel Kingdom Come' in 2006
- JG Ballard is known as one of Britain's most celebrated & original novelists However during his long career he was also a prolific writer of short stories; in fact many people consider that he is at his best in the short-story format These highly influential stories have appeared in magazines such as New Worlds Amazing Stories & Interzone & in several separate collections including The Terminal Beach' The Venus Hunters' Vermilion Sands' Low-Flying Aircraft' & Myths of the Near Future' Set out in the original order of publication & frequently the point of conception for ideas he further developed in his novels these stories provide an unprecedented opportunity to see the imagination of one of Britain's greatest writers at work This edition is part of a new commemorative series of Ballard's works featuring introductions from a number of his admirers (including Robert Macfarlane Iain Sinclair James Lever & Ali Smith) & br&-new cover designs from the artist Stanley Donwood

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The Complete Short Stories of Roald Dahl in the first of two unsettling & sinister volumes' They are brutal these stories & yet you finish reading each one with a smile or maybe even a hollow laugh certainly a shiver of gratification because the conclusion always seems so right' Charlie Higson from his introduction Roald Dahl is one of the most popular writers of the modern age effortlessly writing for children & adults alike In this the first of two volumes chronologically collecting all his published adult short stories we see how Dahl began by using his experiences in the war to write fiction but quickly turned to his powerful & dark imagination to pen some of the most unsettling & disquieting tales ever written In 27 stories written between 1944 & 1953 we encounter such classic tales as ' Man from the South' featuring a wager with appalling consequences; ' Lamb to the Slaughter' in which a wife murders her husband yet has a novel idea for throwing the police off the scent; & in ' The Sound Machine' the horrific truth about plants is revealed Enter the sinister twisted world of Roald Dahl whether you're young or old you'll never want to leave' Roald Dahl is one of the few writers I know whose work can accurately be described as addictive' Irish Times' The great magician' Spectator Look out for Volume Two introduced by Anthony Horowitz Roald Dahl the brilliant & worldwide acclaimed author of Charlie & the Chocolate Factory James & the Giant Peach Matilda & many more classics for children also wrote scores of short stories for adults These delightfully disturbing tales have often been filmed & were most recently the inspiration for the West End play Roald Dahl's Twisted Tales by Jeremy Dyson Roald Dahl's stories continue to make readers shiver today ...

The Complete Short Stories of Roald Dahl in the second of two unsettling & sinister volumes' Dahl finds the child in the adult & the adult in the child & with a little smile he sticks the knife in both' Anthony Horowitz from his introduction Roald Dahl is one of the world's most popular writers equally at home writing for both children & adults In this the second of two volumes chronologically collecting all his published adult short stories we experience Dahl's dark & powerful imagination in full flight in 28 stories written between 1954 & 1988 (including eight tales which are not available in any other printed edition) Here in ' Parson's Pleasure' a piece of furniture is the subject of a deceitful bargain; in ' William & Mary' a wife revenges herself on her dead husband; & in ' Royal Jelly' some new parents find an unusual & unsettling way to give their newborn its start in life Whether you're young or old once you've stepped into the brilliant troubling world of Roald Dahl you'll never be the same again ' One of the most widely read & influential writers of our generation' The Times ' The absolute master of the twist in the tale' Observer Look out for Volume One introduced by Charlie Higson Roald Dahl the brilliant & worldwide acclaimed author of Charlie & the Chocolate Factory James & the Giant Peach Matilda & many more classics for children also wrote scores of short stories for adults These delightfully disturbing tales have often been filmed & were most recently the inspiration for the West End play Roald Dahl's Twisted Tales by Jeremy Dyson Roald Dahl's stories continue to make readers shiver today ...

Sleep or rather the lack of it is the issue of paramount concern to the overwhelming majority of new parents Getting enough sleep is vital for the health of a growing baby or toddler & the sanity of mums & dads Yet striking the right balance between their differing needs can be hard to achieve Once sleep problems set in they can fast demoralise & exhaust parents undermining confidence in their ability to cope Gina Ford has come to the rescue with her answer the key to a good night's sleep for the whole family lies in teaching parents to understand the changing sleep needs of their growing baby This book informs & reassures parents dispelling many common myths & anxieties & offering practical solutions that work By creating a structure of regular feeding sleeping & playing times Gina explains how parents can help their baby to find a rhythm that will be comfortable for all concerned Whether parents want to establish good sleeping habits from the start or find they need to cure sleep problems & get their child back on track Gina has the answers ...

For the first time together in one volume the complete short story collection starring Sookie Stackhouse
- with new introductions
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Sous vide ('in a vacuum') cooking is the latest trend in home kitchens Because of their cost & size sous vide cooking devices were once found only in professional kitchens but that all changed when affordable models hit the retail market Home cooks are now embracing sous vide in record numbers In sous vide cooking food is sealed in plastic bags & submerged in hot (but not boiling) water for long & slow cooking The end result is food which is juicy & tender Cooking sous vide also means that temperatures can be maintained within tenths of a degree which is essential for certain cuts of meat The hot water also intensifies flavours & the resulting texture of the food is perfect Chris Mc Donald is a brilliant chef who has long used sous vide to create sublime dishes & he now brings this expertise to the home cook His recipes are spectacularly delicious yet easy to execute Eight pages of step-by-step photos provide all the necessary information to start sous vide cooking ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Rag & bones forever! Here are all 57 episodes of the classic BBC comedy series starring Wilfrid Brambell & Harry H Corbett as the father & son running a a junkyard & scrap metal business
Includes: every episode from Series 1-8 plus the two Christmas specials from 1973 & 1974
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Including a previously-unpublished story ' The Bargain' Truman Capote's The Complete Stories is the first ever complete collection stories from one of the masters of American literature & the author of Breakfast at Tiffany's This Penguin Classics edition

Includes:: an introduction by Reynolds Price Passionate perceptive & eloquent the short stories of Truman Capote are amon the greatest works of twentieth-century American fiction This new collection gathers them all together for the first time from early eerie Southern Gothic tales such as ' Miriam' & ' The Headless Hawk' to the brilliantly evocative ' Children On Their Birth-days' & the tenderly autobiographical 'A Christmas Memory'
- an affectionate portrayal of Capote's own Alabama upbringing Whether describing the Deep South of his childhood or considering city life with the penetrating gaze of an outsider
- as in ' Among the Paths to Eden' & the hitherto unpublished ' The Bargain'
- these stories rank among Capote's finest work acutely observed tales from a unique & brilliant mind Truman Capote (1924-84) was born in New Orleans He left school when he was fifteen & subsequently worked for The New Yorker which provided his first
- & last
- regular job He wrote both fiction & non-fiction
- short stories novels & novellas travel writing profiles reportage memoirs plays & films; his other works include In Cold Blood (1965) Music for Chameleons (1980) & Answered Prayers (1986) all of which are published in Penguin Modern Classics If you enjoyed The Complete Stories you might like Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's also available in Penguin Modern Classics' One of the century's greatest storytellers' Independent on Sunday







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