' Read him at your peril avoid him at your loss' Sunday Times Captain Lannec has finally managed to buy his own ship with the financial help of his in-laws the Pitards
- & they've never let him forget it When his temperamental wife Mathilde insists on coming along on the ship's first voyage Lannec becomes increasingly unnerved by her presence especially when he receives an anonymous note saying he won't make it back to port As they hit a storm in the Atlantic jealousy spite snobbery & suspicion are churned up in the boat's stiflingly close quarters First published in 1935 The Pitards was one of the first novels Simenon wrote when he shelved his famous Maigret series in order to strike out in a new direction & make a name for himself as a literary writer This gripping evocation of life at sea revolves around class & the tense unravelling of relationships powerful themes that Simenon would return to throughout his writing career
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The Pixels of Paul Cezanne is a collection of essays by Wim Wenders which he presents his observations & reflections on the fellow artists who have influenced shaped & inspired him" How are they doing it?" is the key questions Wenders asks as he looks at the dance work of Pina Bausch the paintings of Cezanne Edward Hopper of Andrew Wyeth or the films of Ingmar Bergman Michelanelo Antonioni Ozu Anthony Mann Douglas Sirk & Sam Fuller He finds the answer by writing about them trying to understand their individual perspective & in the process revealing his own art of perception in texts of rare poignancy ...

Dr Myhill's tried-&-tested guide to following a paleo-ketogenic diet
- a nutritional approach that combines the benefits of paleo
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Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Written & directed by Derek Cianfrance (Blue Valentine) comes a gripping thriller with an all-star cast THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES Mysterious & mythical motorcycle racer Luke (Ryan Gosling) desperately tries to connect with a former lover Romina (Eva Mendes) who secretly gave birth to the stunt rider&s son In an attempt to provide for his new family Luke commits a series of bank robberies aided by his superior riding ability The stakes rise as Luke is put on a collision course with an ambitious police officer Avery Cross (Bradley Cooper) looking to quickly move up the ranks in a police department riddled with corruption Actors Ryan Gosling Bradley Cooper Eva Mendes Ray Liotta & Ben Mendelsohn Director Derek Cianfrance Certificate 15 years & over Year 2012 Screen Widescreen 2401 Languages English Subtitles English for the hearing impaired Closed Captions Yes ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play In Derek Cianfrance&s THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES Ryan Gosling plays Luke a drifter who makes a living doing stunt motorcycle riding in a traveling carnival Age Rating 15 ...

Rory Stewart's moving sparsely poetic account of his walk across Afghanistan in January 2002 has been immediately hailed as a classic Caught between hostile nations warring factions & competing ideologies at the time Afghanistan was in turmoil following the US invasion Travelling entirely on foot & following the inaccessible mountainous route once taken by the Mohgul Emperor Babur the Great Stewart was nearly defeated by the extreme hostile conditions Only due to the help of an unexpected companion & the generosity of the people he met on the way did he survive to report back with unique insight on a region closed to the world by twenty-four years of war ' This is traveling at its hardest & travel-writing at its best'
- David Gilmour 'an astonishing achievement a unique journey of great courage'
- Colin Thubron 'wise funny & marvelously humane'
- Michael Ignatieff 'this evocative book feels like a long lost relic of the great age of exploration'
- Guardian ' His encounters with Afghans are tragic touching & terrifying'
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One of the most inspiring spiritual teachers of our time offers simple practical advice for living with less fear less anxiety & a more open heart Bought in a hotly contested auction The Places That Scare You is now available in massmarket taking Pema Choedroen 's spiritual teachings to a wider audience We always have a choice Pema Choedroen teaches we can either let the circumstances of our lives harden us & make us increasingly resentful & afraid or we can let them soften us & make us kind This unique book shows us how to awaken our basic goodness & connect to others In her lively contemporary voice Choedroen translates the wisdom of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition for the layperson Her wisdom cuts across all traditions & religions
- appealing to everyone from the Dalai Lama's followers to ordinary people trying to make sense of their lives This title has gone straight onto the bestseller lists in the USA where it has just been published Recently profiled in Oprah's O magazine Pema Choedroen is a spiritual teacher for anyone
- whether they have a spiritual path or not Her heartfelt advice & wisdom (developed in her 20 years of practice as a Tibetan Buddhist nun as well as her years previously as a normal housewife & mother') give her a wide appeal Particularly in these difficult times this advice strikes just the right note offering us comfort & challenging us to live deeply & contribute to creating a more loving world

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I adore Meades's book I want more of his rule-breaking irreverence in my kitchen' New York Times The Plagiarist in the Kitchen is hilariously grumpy muttering at us Don't you bastards know anything? You can read it purely for literary pleasure but Jonathan Meades makes everything sound so delicious that the non-cook will be moved to cook & the bad cook will cook better' David Hare Guardian The Plagiarist in the Kitchen is an anti-cookbook Best known as a provocative novelist journalist & film-maker Jonathan Meades has also been called the best amateur chef in the world' by Marco Pierre White His contention here is that anyone who claims to have invented a dish is delusional dishonestly contributing to the myth of culinary originality Meades delivers a polemical but highly usable collection of 125 of his favourite recipes each one an example of the fine art of culinary plagiarism These are dishes & methods he has hijacked adapted enhanced upon & made his own Without assuming any special knowledge or skill the book is full of excellent advice He tells us why the British never got the hang of garlic That a purist would never dream of putting cheese in a Gratin Dauphinois That cooking brains in brown butter cannot be enhanced upon & why
- despite the advice of Martin Scorsese's mother
- he insists on frying his meatballs Adorned with his own abstract monochrome images (none of which illustrate' the stolen recipes they accompany) The Plagiarist in the Kitchen is a stylish object both useful & instructive In a world dominated by health fads food vloggers & over-priced kitchen gadgets it is timely reminder that when it comes to food it's almost always better to borrow than to invent

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The Plague is Albert Camus's world-renowned fable of fear & courage The townspeople of Oran are in the grip of a deadly plague which condemns its victims to a swift & horrifying death Fear isolation & claustrophobia follow as they are forced into quarantine Each person responds in their own way to the lethal disease some resign themselves to fate some seek blame & a few like Dr Rieux resist the terror An immediate triumph when it was published in 1947 The Plague is in part an allegory of France's suffering under the Nazi occupation & a story of bravery & determination against the precariousness of human existence'A matchless fable of fear courage & cowardice' Independent' Magnificent' The Times Albert Camus was born in Algeria in 1913 He studied philosophy in Algiers & then worked in Paris as a journalist He was one of the intellectual leaders of the Resistance movement & after the War established his international reputation as a writer His books include The Plague The Just & The Fall & he won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1957 Camus was killed in a road accident in 1960 ...

The Plague by Albert Camus is an extraordinary odyssey into the darkness & absurdity of human existence' On the morning of April 16 Dr Rieux emerged from his consulting-room & came across a dead rat in the middle of the landing' It starts with the rats Vomiting blood they die in their hundreds then in their thousands When the rats are all gone the citizens begin to fall sick Like the rats they too die in ever greater numbers The authorities quarantine the town Cut off the terrified townspeople must face this horror alone Some resign themselves to death or the whims of fate Others seek someone to blame or dream of revenge One is determined to escape But a few like stoic Dr Rieux stand together to fight the terror A monstrous evil has entered their lives but they will never surrender to it They will resist the plague'A matchless fable of fear courage & cowardice' Independent Albert Camus was born in Algeria in 1913 He studied philosophy in Algiers & then worked in Paris as a journalist He was one of the intellectual leaders of the Resistance movement & after the War established his international reputation as a writer His books include The Plague The Just & The Fall & he won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1957 Camus was killed in a road accident in 1960 ...