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Including a previously-unpublished story ' The Bargain' Truman Capote's The Complete Stories is the first ever complete collection stories from one of the masters of American literature & the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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It is more than a century since the ascetic gaunt & enigmatic detective Sherlock Holmes made his first appearance in A Study in Scarlet From 1891 beginning with The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes the now legendary & pioneering Strand Magazine began serialising Arthur Conan Doyle's matchless tales of detection featuring the incomparable sleuth patiently assisted by his doggedly loyal & lovably pedantic friend & companion Dr Watson The stories are illustrated by the remarkable Sydney Paget from whom our images of Sherlock Holmes & his world derive & who first equipped Holmes with his famous deerstalker hat The literary cult of Sherlock Holmes shows no sign of fading with time as each new generation comes to love & revere the penetrating mind & ruthless logic which were the undoing of so many Victorian master criminals ...

For the Superman completist a bumper collection of all five films in the Superman saga Superman The Movie
- Special Edition sees
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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 Superman The Movie The movie that makes a legend come to life You know the story The planet Krypton is doomed Only one man Jor-El knows it & rockets his infant son to refuge on a distant world called Earth As Jor-El´s son grows to manhood he learns he possesses super-powers he must hide from ordinary mortals around him It takes a big movie to contain the considerable talents of Marlon Brando Gene Hackman Jackie Cooper Glen Ford Margot Kidder Valerie Perrine & at its heart the most human portrayal of the Man of Steel Christopher Reeve Superman an Academy Award winner (1978) for special achievement in visual effects is more than big enough Directed by Richard Donner Superman The Movie makes us believe this epic story all over again Superman II A nuclear explosion in outer space has freed rebel General Zod & his evil cohorts from their captivity in a fragment of Kryptonite Having been banished from Krypton for their treachery against Jor-El they now plot revenge on his son
- Superman Arch villian Lex Luthor offers his services to Zod meanwhile Lois Lane has discovered Clark Kent´s identity Will Superman surrender his superhuman powers to marry her or will he save the city of Metropolis? Original cast members from Superman create a blend of thrills humour & humanity that makes this sequel great fun for the whole family Superman III After Superman The Movie&s epic storytelling & Superman II&s awesome battles how could the first two hits be topped? In Superman III meet Gus Gorman (Richard Pryor) a half-witted computer programming natural For him a keyboard is a weapon & Superman faces the microelectronic menace of his life Christopher Reeve reprises his most beloved role deepening his character&s human side as Clark Kent reunites with an old flame (Annette O& Toole) at a Smallville High class reunion & when Superman becomes his own worst enemy after Kryptonite exposure Reeve pulls off both roles with dazzling conviction Incredible visual effects abound
- but above all it has heart heroism & high-flying humor All in superabundance of course Superman IV Christopher Reeve not only dons the hero&s cape for the fourth time in Superman IV The Quest For Peace but also helped develop the film&s provocative theme nuclear disarmament " For me it&s the most personal of the entire series" Reeve says " It directly reflects what Superman should be & should be doing" Superman does a lot this time around To make the world safe for nuclear arms merchants archvillain Lex Luthor (Gene Hackman) creates a new being to challenge the Man of Steel the radiation-charged Nuclear Man (Mark Pillow) The two foes clash in an explosive extravaganza that sees Superman save the Statue of Liberty plug a volcanic eruption of Mount Etna & rebuild the demolished Great Wall of China Your quest for superheroic excitement is over! Special Features Superman Audio commentary by director RIchard Donner & creative consultant Tom Mankiewicz 10 added scenes 3 special effects documentaries &the Magic Behind The Cape& (23 minutes) & Making Of Superman Filming The Legend& (30 mins) & Taking Flight The Development of Superman& (30 mins) Screen tests with commentary by casting director Lynn Stalmaster TV spot Trailers Additional music cues Storyboard to screen (DVD rom only) Interactive menus Scene selection Superman IITheatrical trailer Superman IIITheatrical trailer Superman IV The Quest For Peace Theatrical trailer Actors Christopher Reeve Gene Hackman Marlon Brando Margot Kidder Ned Beatty Valerie Perrine Maria Schell Terence Stamp Susannah York Trevor Howard Jackie Cooper Glenn Ford Richard Pryor Robert Vaughn Jackie Cooper & Mark Pillow Director Richard Donner Richard Lester & Sidney J Furie Certificate PGYear 1978 ; 1980 ; 1983 ; 1987 Screen Widescreen 2351 Anamorphic Languages English
- Dolby Digital (51) Duration 6 hours 50 minutes (approx)


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The perfect gift for the Edgar Allan Poe fan The Complete Tales & Poems of Edgar Allan Poe is an elegant edition boasting the entire Poe catalog The next edition in the Knickerbocker Classic series is The Complete Tales & Poems of Edgar Allan Poe featuring works from the famous gothic American writer His works span the years from 1827 to his death in 1849 His often macabre & dark works included The Raven The Black Cat The Tell-Tale Heart & Annabelle Lee For Poe fans worldwide this stunning gift edition has a full cloth binding foil blocking on the spine ribbon marker & is packaged neatly in an elegant slipcase The Complete Tales & Poems of Edgar Allan Poe contains every known Poe tale ever written this deluxe edition boasts the entire Poe catalogue ...

TALES FROM THE CON is an uproarious take on the world of comic books & conventions Fanboys fangirls cosplayers retailers volunteers & pros collide on the convention floor (and beyond) to prove that comic conventions are one part festival two parts group therapy Wrapping up a mega-successful run of over four years online where it has entertained hundreds of thousands of fans THE COMPLETE TALES FROM THE CON collects every single strip ever published online along with some unpublished strips as well! Collects the complete FOUR-plus-year run of TALES FROM THE CON strips along with bonus material ...

This is the true story behind Wall Street legend Richard Dennis his disciples the Turtles & the trading techniques that made them millionaires What happens when ordinary people are taught a system to make extraordinary money? Richard Dennis made a fortune on Wall Street by investing according to a few simple rules Convinced that great trading was a skill that could be taught to anyone he made a bet with his partner & ran a classified ad in the Wall Street Journal looking for novices to train His recruits later known as the Turtles had anything but traditional Wall Street backgrounds; they included a professional blackjack player a pianist & a fantasy game designer For two weeks Dennis taught them his investment rules & philosophy & set them loose to start trading each with a million dollars of his money By the time the experiment ended Dennis had made a hundred million dollars from his Turtles & created one killer Wall Street legend In The Complete Turtle Trader Michael W Covel bestselling author of Trend Following & managing editor of Turtle Tradercom the leading website on the Turtles tells their riveting story with the first ever on the record interviews with individual Turtles He describes how Dennis interviewed & selected his students details their education & experiences while working for him & breaks down the Turtle system & rules in full He reveals how they made astounding fortunes & follows their lives from the original experiment to the present day Some have grown even wealthier than ever & include some of today's top hedge fund managers Equally important are those who passed along their approach to a second generation of Turtles proving that the Turtles' system truly is reproducible & that anyone with the discipline & the desire to succeed can do as well as-or even better than-Wall Street's top hedge fund wizards In an era full of slapdash investing advice & promises of hot stock tips for the next big thing as popularized by pundits like Jim Cramer of Mad Money the easy-to-follow objective rules of the Turtle Trader stand out as a sound guide for truly making the most out of your money These rules worked-and still work today-for the Turtles & any other investor with the desire & commitment to learn from one of the greatest investing stories of all time ...