Inspired by her childhood in Ireland & her frequent sojourns in France, Yvette van Boven has created a collection of recipes that will truly inspire you to step into the kitchen. Using seasonal ingredients such as freshly picked apples & berries, as well as delicate summer lettuces & fresh herbs, Yvette presents recipes for Breakfast, Brunch & Lunch, Snacks, Beverages, Appetizers & Dessert. The book

Includes:: savoury baked goods perfect for a weekend morning with friends, light salads to enjoy on a warm summer evening & hearty dinners that celebrate great flavour.

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This unique cushion by We Love Cushions features a 12-color reproduction of a wood painting by Martin Wiscombe, the contemporary artist who rediscovered the lost world of the 1950s. It would definitely be a sophisticated addition to your sofa or arm chair. This cushion is made with a super soft faux & machine washable suede & comes complete with the cushion pad. The print had been created using archival inks to get the brightest, saturated finish possible, which will bring life & style to any room setting. Fully machine washable at 30c ...

Now, fully revised & updated, the third edition of Banksy's Bristol

Includes:: never-before-published pictures

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Seagulls in the Attic left Tessa thrilled as Annie, her best friend from London, fell in love & married a local Cornishman. Alas the newlyweds decide to settle out of the county but Tessa & her husband are delighted when a new young couple arrive in the village fresh from the city. However what looks such a promising new friendship turns to a nightmare as these are people who think money can buy them acceptance
- & the village is soon in quiet revolt. Tessa finds herself in the thick of it
- & realises that she has grown very strong roots in the community in the two years she has been in Cornwall. Like so many in the country, she has to think about turning her house into a source of income in the summer months. Having finally got the place up to scratch, she & her family are wondering whether to camp for a couple of months when they are asked to take over a B&B owned by friends of friends. Tessa is bubbly, outgoing
- but quite inexperienced at being a landlady. She muddles through only with the generous help of the `customers` on her postal round. Written with her usual warmth & good humour, Tessa Hainsworth enchants us again with her stories of life as a newcomer to `deep` Cornwall & makes us dwell on the true value & meaning of `home`.


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Pippi & Burt are tired of sharing their crowded nest with eight noisy little siblings, so off they fly to see the big, wide world & find a new home. But when they encounter all sorts of big, scary, hungry creatures, Pippi & Burt realise their crowded old nest is the best home of all. Here is an ideal story for anyone who appreciates the riotous joys (and challenges) of a large, rowdy family. It`s a funny & warm tribute to both the thrill of adventure & the love of home. A gorgeously illustrated, colourful tale from the author of Lemur Dreamer. ...

There is nothing as satisfying as growing your own produce
- home-grown fruit & vegetables, picked & used at the height of freshness,
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In this second volume of home-made artifacts, Russian artist Vladimir Arkhipov has travelled across Europe to further his collection. The objects he has found are made by everyday people inspired to create something themselves, rather than buying manufactured goods. His archive

Includes:: hundreds of objects created with idiosyncratic functional qualities: an Austrian ski-bob made using an old bicycle frame, & a device from Germany that enables a musician to play three brass tubas at once. Featuring 230 individual artifacts from Albania, Austria, Czech Republic, Engl&, France, Germany, Irel&, Italy, Russia, Spain, Switzerl&, Ukraine & Wales, accompanied by a photograph of the creator, their story of how the object came about, its function & the materials used to create it. The book is an essential companion to the first volume by the same author, expanding its theme. Here the objects are more recent, suggesting that the home-made phenomenon transcends simple necessity. Many have been made in pursuit of a hobby, or because the maker had the time & inclination to construct something personal. But with others (in Albania for example) the objects feel like they might be more vital to the makers livelihood.

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Over the years Julie Andrews has been much interviewed in the press & on television, but she has never before revealed the true story of her childhood & upbringing. In HOME she vividly recreates the years before the movies. An idyllic early childhood in Surrey was cut short when her parents divorced & her mother remarried. The family moved to London, & there are vivid scenes of life during the Blitz. Her mother went into musical theatre with her stepfather, who encouraged Julie to have singing lessons which led to the discovery that her voice had phenomenal range & strength for someone her age. Before long she was appearing on stage with her parents. She soon realised how much she enjoyed looking out into the black auditorium with the spotlights on her. By the time she was a teenager, she was supporting her whole family with her singing. A London Palladium pantomime led to a leading role in THE BOYFRIEND on Broadway at 19. Parts in MY FAIR LADY opposite Rex Harrison & CAMELOT with Richard Burton soon followed, & there are wonderful anecdotes about the actors & actresses of her day. But this is far more than a collection of show stories (it`s not until the last page of the book that Julie gets the call from Disney for MARY POPPINS), HOME is an honest, touching & revealing memoir of the early life of a true icon. ...

In Home Francis Pryor, author of The Making of the British Landscape, archaeologist & broadcaster, takes us on his lifetime`s quest: to discover the origins of family life in prehistoric Britain. Francis Pryor`s search for the origins of our island story has been the quest of a lifetime. In Home, the Time Team expert explores the first nine thousand years of life in Britain, from the retreat of the glaciers to the Romans departure. Tracing the settlement of domestic communities, he shows how archaeology enables us to reconstruct the evolution of habits, traditions & customs. But this, too, is Francis Pryor`s own story: of his passion for unearthing our past, from Yorkshire to the west country, Lincolnshire to Wales, digging in freezing winters, arid summers, mud & hurricanes, through frustrated journeys & euphoric discoveries. Evocative & intimate, Home shows how, in going about their daily existence, our prehistoric ancestors created the institution that remains at the heart of the way we live now: the family. ” Under his gaze, the land starts to fill with tribes & clans wandering this way & that, leaving traces that can still be seen today... Pryor feels the land rather than simply knowing it.” (Guardian). ...

In Home: Recipes from Irel&, Trish Deseine re-visits classic recipes from her childhood which have shaped her tastes & her cookery, & invents many others, dismissing once & for all the cliches about Irish food. Accompanied by sumptuous photography reflecting the special atmosphere of the Emerald Isle, Home is an emotional culinary tour which takes a fresh look at traditional Irish ingredients like oats, kale, cream, apples, bacon & bread. Home presents a new generation of Irish food producers as well as some of Trish`s favourite Irish chefs who have entrusted to Trish some of their best recipes, including Robbie Krawcyzk, Derek Creagh, Jess Murphy, & Stevie Toman. ...