First published in 1932, ” Je sais cuisiner” has been a best-seller for three generations. It is a household must-have, & a well-thumbed copy can be found in kitchens throughout France. Its author, Ginette Mathiot, was the queen of French domestic cooking. During her long career she published more than 30 recipe books, & ” Je sais cuisiner” is her magnum opus. It is now available for the first time in English as ”I Know How to Cook”. With more than 1, 200 recipes for every occasion, ”I Know How to Cook” is an authoritative compendium of every classic French dish, from croque monsieur to cassoulet. Clear, practical & comprehensive, it is an essential guide to the best home cooking in the world: no cuisine is better than French at bringing the very best out of ingredients to create simple, comforting & delicious dishes. The recipes have been carefully updated to suit modern readers & their kitchens, while preserving the integrity of the original book & the authenticity of the recipes. The great reputation of ” Je sais cuisiner” has been built over three generations by the fact that it is a genuine cookbook: each recipe has been cooked many times, & because it is used by domestic cooks rather than chefs, ”I Know How to Cook” reveals how easy French cooking really is. ...

Maya Angelou`s six volumes of autobiography are a testament to the talents & resilience of this extraordinary writer. Loving the world, she also knows its cruelty. As a Black woman she has known discrimination & extreme poverty, but also hope, joy, achievement & celebration. In this first volume of her six books of autobiography, Maya Angelou beautifully evokes her childhood with her grandmother in the American south of the 1930s. She learns the power of the white folks at the other end of town & suffers the terrible trauma of rape by her mother`s lover. `I write about being a Black American woman, however, I am always talking about what it`s like to be a human being. This is how we are, what makes us laugh, & this is how we fall & how we somehow, amazingly, stand up again` Maya Angelou ...

It`s 1989, & Emma & her best friend Dee head to the USA to make their fortune. But completely inept & virtually unemployable, they discover that they can`t even get a job in Mc Donald`s. Forced to travel from California to New York with only pennies in their pockets, they bounce from scrape to scrape, surviving on their wits & the kindness of strangers. Bad luck & misfortune throw everything their way
- snakes, earthquakes, black magic & incontinent dogs. They even get kidnapped by a sex-crazed midget in a Ferrari. This never happened to Jack Kerouac. A startlingly honest & ridiculously funny book, I Left My Tent in San Francisco tells the miraculous story of how the hapless pair made it back alive to tell the disastrous tale.
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”I LEGO N.Y.” is a book of LEGO depictions of New York City created by designer & illustrator Christoph Niemann. One day, Niemann wrote the following on Abstract City, his ” New York Times” blog: ` During the cold & dark Berlin winter days, I spend alot of time with my boys in their room. & as I look at the toys scattered on the floor, my mind inevitably wanders back to New York`. What followed in the post were photographs of a series of miniature vignettes of New York constructed out of his sons` LEGO sets with Niemann`s handwritten captions. The creations are clever & minimalist, capturing both the iconic (Empire State Building) & the everyday (plastic bag caught in a tree branch) using fewer LEGO pieces than one might think possible. This book

Includes:: the best of the original images, plus thirteen new images, created exclusively for this book. The resulting collection is a delightful in its simplicity & moving in its ability to capture the spirit of life in New York in so few strokes.

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I like bees... but I don`t like honey!I like my imaginary friend... but I don`t like it when people say he`s not real. A beautifully illustrated, funny & thought-provoking book for building confidence & encouraging children to express their feelings
- about anything & everything. This book will help enable a much broader conversation about individuality, fear & hopes. All author royalties are being donated to the NSPCC.
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Champagne is an emperor of wines; refined, elegant & exclusive, a universal symbol of celebration & the good life. But with the rise of online & supermarket retailers good quality champagne has never been more accessible or affordable. Davy Zyw, the youngest-ever British sommelier at Le Gavroche, the world famous Roux brothers restaurant in London`s Mayfair, & a young man who once bought more Italian wine than any other human being on the planet, takes us on an extraordinary tour of the best champagne houses of France. With none of the pretensions of traditional wine writers, Davy offers a no-nonsense but fascinating, informative & highly rewarding guide to the history & production of champagne, its most famous houses & tasting notes on his 50 favourite champagnes.A brilliant way for the ordinary buyer & connoisseur alike to increase their knowledge & enjoyment of one of the greatest drinks in the world. ...

This gorgeous little gift book from The Very Hungry Caterpillar is the perfect way to say, `I Love You, Dad!` Dad...you`re easy to talk to...even when I am feeling prickly...you are always there...that`s why I love you, Dad! Join The Very Hungry Caterpillar for a celebration of love & all the ways to tell your dad how much you care. This lovely little book features Eric Carle`s colourful artwork of animal dads & babies, with the Hungry Caterpillar making an appearance alongside each one. The perfect gift for Father`s Day, or any day you want to say...I love you, Dad! ...

In this, her eighth book, Anjum Anand presents her absolute favourite dishes from all over India. This is her tribute to her homel&, to its extraordinary food culture, drawn from its diverse regions as well as from a host of traders, settlers & immigrants over the years. Anjum offers her personal collection of the most authentic recipes she has gathered over years of travelling throughout the regions of India. As vibrant as a Delhi spice market, the book reveals the vast range of flavours, cooking techniques & occasions that revolve around this popular style of cuisine, & the evocative chapters cover the times of day & celebrations that typify eating in India, such as Indian Summer, On High Days & Holidays, Sunset Bites, & Street-side Tiffin. There are also features on key ingredients to illustrate how versatile, vibrant & accessible Indian food really is. Anjum is the queen of Indian cooking, & her recipes are brilliantly easy to follow, as well as moreishly good. ...

Mum...you lift me up...and hold me close...even when I`m snappy...that`s why I love you, Mum! Join The Very Hungry Caterpillar for a celebration of love & all the ways to tell your mum how much you care. This delightful little book features Eric Carle`s bright & distinctive artwork of animal mums & babies
- from giraffes & crocodiles to bears & penguins
- with The Very Hungry Caterpillar making an appearance alongside each one. The perfect gift for Mother`s Day, or any day you want to say...I love you, Mum!

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I Love my Bike from the San Francisco-based Chronicle Books is an album with photos of hundreds of bike owners with their much-loved bikes taken by the authors during several cross-USA trips; some are accompanied by comments explaining the owners’ devotion to their much-treasured possessions & all highlight the enthusiasm for cycling among the younger generation of Americans. ...