Jack (of the beanstalk fame) & his magical talking chicken Betsy have always been great at making new friends But when Jack spots Anansi the new kid in town talking to a troll in the Deep Dark Woods everything changes Everyone knows that trolls mean trouble & Jack will do anything to prove to the rest of his friends that Anansi is a troll spy Even if that means using stolen magic! The Spell Thief is the first book in this brilliant new highly-illustrated series by Tom Percival featuring all the fairy-tale characters you know & love having br&-new adventures! ...

The third book in the epic fantasy-adventure series from the Godmother of Fantasy' Diana Wynne Jones Now back in print! I had not seen how they hated us till I heard them shout It was terrible' Tanaqui & her family have always known they were somehow different from the other villagers But when the great floods come & they are driven from their home they begin to realise the part they must play in the destiny of the land As Tanaqui weaves the story of their frightening journey to the sea & the terrifying powerful evil of the mage Kankredin she realises the desperate need to understand the meaning of it all Can she fit the pieces of the puzzle together in time to halt Kankredin's destruction? ...

The new edition of the IACP award-winning book on spice Cooks everywhere use spices & herbs to enhance food flavours & to create new taste combinations & sensations From bay leaves to lemongrass to vanilla beans a well-stocked kitchen must have a wide selection of herbs & spices This expanded & completely revised new edition is the culmination of Ian Hemphill's lifelong experience in the spice industry It is a fascinating & authoritative guide Hemphill describes a wide range of global herbs & spices used in modern kitchens either alone or in wonderful blends He completely demystifies the art of combining herbs & spices & home cooks can meet & enjoy a world of flavours previously found only at internationally inspired restaurants He provides the 'inside story' based on his extensive experience in this ancient & stimulating industry The third edition features 6 new spice entries (for a total of 97) 102 new recipes 33 new curry spice blends & 17 new spice blends There is also a fascinating section ' Travels in the Spice Trade' that

Includes:: his personal anecdotes & travel stories The interior pages have been completely redesigned & reorganized with full colour throughout All the entries are listed alphabetically with a detailed colour photo of every herb & spice There are also comprehensive & handy storage suggestions with details for every herb & spice A full-circle culinary experience in the world of herbs & spices this new edition is still the definitive reference in its field

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The Spice Boys is the tale of four young men from Manchester who are homeless & addicted to the legal high spice' which has plagued the city The novel shows the harsh reality of the hardships politics & truths of modern day homelessness & how society manages those young people who have been through the care system prison system & are homeless The story revolves around Ricky Mo George & Vinnie & takes the reader on a twelve-month journey with these individuals from drugs the care system prison & life on the streets Peter Morgan's gritty & distinctly Mancunian novel is an astoundingly relevant & detailed depiction of the realities for those addicted to this horrific drug ...

Warm up the cold dark days with some Indian spices
- from the founder of Mowgli Nisha Katona as seen on Sunday Brunch & Channel
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The Spider a grim & relentless vigilante stalking the criminals of New York City faces a terrifying new threat! Who has the drive the intelligence & the means to destroy the Spider? The Fly a wealthy playboy with all the resources & power of Richard Wentworth's masked alter-ego! Dedicated to criminal perfection the Fly targets the outlaw hero & the city itself in the midst of a serial killer's rampage & corporate terrorist attacks! Will the Spider be pushed to the brink of human endurance? Or will he overcome the Fly's machinations & prevent the wholesale slaughter of every police officer in the Big Apple? ...

Arabella lands in the dreaded orphanage & discovers a monstrous spider is feeding on orphans' souls Stitch Head must help rescue her but he finds himself caught up in the spider's web of intrigue with no chance of escape 208 pages Bass Guy ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play There is an unseen world right outside your door The Spiderwick Chronicles Upon moving into the run-down Spiderwick Estate with their mother twin brothers Jared & Simon Grace along with their sister Mallory discover a guide to an alternate magical world in their great-uncle&s dilapidated house They soon find themselves pulled into an alternate world full of fairies & other creatures Actors Sarah Bolger Freddie Highmore David Strathairn Mary Louise Parker Nick Nolte Andrew Mc Carthy Martin Short Joan Plowright & Izabella Miko Director Mark Waters Certificate PGYear 2008 Screen Widescreen 2351 Anamorphic Languages English
- Dolby Digital (51) Additional Languages Region Region 2
- Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players

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An Autumn evening in 1937 A German engineer arrives at the Warsaw railway station Tonight he will be with his Polish mistress; tomorrow at a workers' bar in the city's factory district he will meet with the military attache from the French embassy Information will be exchanged for money So begins THE SPIES OF WARSAW with war coming to Europe & French & German operatives locked in a life-&-death struggle on the espionage battlefield At the French embassy the new military attache Colonel Jean-Francois Mercier a decorated hero of the 1914 war is drawn in to a world of abduction betrayal & intrigue in the diplomatic salons & back alleys of Warsaw At the same time the handsome aristocrat finds himself in a passionate love affair with a Parisian woman of Polish heritage a lawyer for the League of Nations Colonel Mercier must work in the shadows amidst an extraordinary cast of venal & dangerous characters
- Colonel Anton Vyborg of Polish military intelligence last seen in Furst's THE POLISH OFFICER; the mysterious & sophisticated Doctor Lapp senior German Abwehr officer in Warsaw; Malka & Viktor Rozen at work for the Russian secret service; & Mercier's brutal & vindictive opponent Major August Voss of SS counterintelligence & there are many more some known to Mercier as spies some never to be revealed
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In 1945 the Second World War was over & a shattered world faced the future For the men & women of the newly formed GCHQ however the next global conflict had already begun Following on from the enormous success of his bestseller The Secret Life of Bletchley Park renowned author Sinclair Mc Kay uncovers the story of what happened after the end of the Second World War Once victory was declared many of the individuals who had achieved the seemingly impossible at Bletchley Park by cracking the impenetrable Enigma codes & giving the Allies an invaluable insight directly into the Nazi war machine moved on to GCHQ This was the British government's new facility established to fight a different but no less formidable foe
- Stalin & the KGBFascinating & insightful revelations from deep within the archives of this secret organisation reveal the story of the tumultuous early years of GCHQ as it navigated its way through an era of double agents deception & betrayals From the defection of the Cambridge Five & the treachery of the atomic scientist Klaus Fuchs to the collapse of the British Empire the ascension of Chairman Mao & the emergence of the US as a superpower Mc Kay deftly explores the impact these events had on the fledgling organisation During the years of the Cold War the men & women of GCHQ penetrated Soviet encryptions & gathered crucial intelligence from all over the world The Spies of Winter tells the story of the codebreakers themselves & how they used new technology to expand the horizons of cryptography in order to defend the nation & maintain the fragile peace in a world now under the shadow of nuclear holocaust
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