First in the ground-breaking HUNGER GAMES trilogy. Set in a dark vision of the near future, a terrifying reality TV show is taking place. Twelve boys & twelve girls are forced to appear in a live event called The Hunger Games. There is only one rule: kill or be killed. When sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen steps forward to take her younger sister`s place in the games, she sees it as a death sentence. But Katniss has been close to death before. For her, survival is second nature. ...

First in the ground-breaking HUNGER GAMES trilogy, this new foiled edition of THE HUNGER GAMES is available for a limited period of time. Set in a dark vision of the near future, a terrifying reality TV show is taking place. Twelve boys & twelve girls are forced to appear in a live event called The Hunger Games. There is only one rule: kill or be killed. When sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen steps forward to take her younger sister`s place in the games, she sees it as a death sentence. But Katniss has been close to death before. For her, survival is second nature. ...

The sudden death of David Bryant, the charismatic owner of a rambling Derbyshire wildlife park, leaves an indelible mark on three very different people. David`s young widow, Maggie, struggles to preserve the park & to forge friendships untainted by the suspicions of others. His old friend Louisa, a falconer who lives on the grounds, just wants to be left alone with her hawks & the dark secret she has shared with David since their youth. Meanwhile, Christopher, David`s eccentric teenage son from an earlier marriage, strives for a life beyond the park & trawls the internet for a woman who shares his family values. With the arrival of a stranger, & unforeseen disaster amid the worst rains for a hundred years, the loyalties of Maggie, Louisa & Christopher will be stretched to breaking point, & each must face the decisions which will define them... ...

The morning after
- the drilling headache, the waves of nausea, the paranoia, the guilt, the shame
- yes, it`s the dreaded

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A camping cookbook like no other, The Hungry Camper not only gives more than 200 quick, cheap & delicious recipes that all the family will love, but also

Includes:: helpful checklists on what to bring along, how to prepare for big family meals, & invaluable camping tips for a stress-free trip. With chapters dedicated to making sure you have a hearty breakfast, making the most of a campfire with barbecue dishes, one pot simplicity & a host of salads, sides & snacks aplenty, camping food never has to be boring again. Including recipes from treacle & mustard beans, grilled sardines with salsa & goulash with caraway dumplings, to coconut dahl, hot barbecued fruit salad & creole pineapple wedges, each recipe is easy to make in a campsite for even the most novice cook, tired from a day`s adventure.

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`A wholly pleasing book, which offers a tasty side dish to anyone exploring the narrative history of the British Empire` Max Hastings, Sunday Times WINNER OF THE GUILD OF FOOD WRITERS BOOK AWARD 2018 The glamorous daughter of an African chief shares a pineapple with a slave trader… Surveyors in British Columbia eat tinned Australian rabbit… Diamond prospectors in Guyana prepare an iguana curry… In twenty meals The Hungry Empire tells the story of how the British created a global network of commerce & trade in foodstuffs that moved people & plants from one continent to another, reshaping landscapes & culinary tastes. The Empire allowed Britain to harness the globe’s edible resources from cod fish & salt beef to spices, tea & sugar. Lizzie Collingham takes us on a wide-ranging culinary journey, revealing how virtually every meal we eat still contains a taste of empire. ...

The glamorous daughter of an African chief shares a pineapple with a slave trader.. . Surveyors in British Columbia eat tinned Australian rabbit.. . Diamond prospectors in Guyana prepare an iguana curry... In twenty meals The Hungry Empire tells the story of how the British created a global network of commerce & trade in foodstuffs that moved people & plants from one continent to another, re-shaping landscapes & culinary tastes. To be Britishwas to eat the world. The Empire allowed Britain to harness the globe`s edible resources from cod fish & salt beef to spices, tea & sugar. By the twentieth century the wheat to make the working man`s loaf of bread was supplied by Canada & his Sunday leg of lamb had been fattened on New Zealand`s grasslands. Lizzie Collingham takes us on a wide-ranging culinary journey, charting the rise of sugar to its dominant position in our diets & locating the origins of the food industry in the imperial trade in provisions. Her innovative approach brings a fresh perspective to the making of the Empire, uncovering its decisive role in the shaping of the modern diet & revealing how virtually every meal we eat still contains a taste of empire. ...

A novel for those who loved Behind the Scenes at the Museum, The Poisonwood Bible & The Lovely Bones. Raped then murdered in Japanese-occupied Hong Kong in 1942, Lin Shui`s ` Hungry Ghost` clings tenaciously to life. Holing up in a hospital morgue, which is destined to become a school, just in time she finds a host off whom to feed. It is twelve-year-old Alice Safford, the deeply-troubled daughter of a leading figure in government. The parasitic ghost follows her to her home on the Peak. There, the lethal mix of the two, embroiled in the family`s web of dark secrets & desperate lies, unleashes chaos. All this unfolds against a background of colonial unrest, riots, extremes of weather & the countdown to the return of the colony to China. As successive tragedies engulf Alice, her ghostly entourage swells alarmingly. She flees to Engl&, then France, in a bid to escape the past, only to find her portable Hungry Ghosts have accompanied her. It seems the peace she longs for is to prove far more elusive that she could ever have imagined. The Hungry Ghosts is a remarkable tour de force of the imagination, full of instantly memorable characters whose lives intermesh & boil over in a cauldron of domestic mayhem, unleashing unworldly spirits into the troubled air. ...

At the funeral, several priests remarked how appropriate it was that Father Conroy should have returned on his last day to Rosnagree, the parish in which he was born. Father Tom Conroy
- a spiky, difficult man
- dies at a reunion of his seminary colleagues. As this masterly novel unfolds, we are taken through the years that formed this troublesome priest, who knew his life had been a failure. The Hungry Grass is a sharply witty & moving novel of a world on the cusp of change.

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With all the essays & exams, not to mention the enormous pressure of having to go out partying four nights on the trot, staying healthy & well-fed has never been more important, & The Hungry Student Vegan Cookbook will make sure you get all the essential nutrients to get you through from freshers` week to graduation, all while following a vegan diet. Alongside the recipes are helpful hints & tips for getting the most out of a tiny student budget, creating gourmet feasts out of what you can find in your storecupboard, & advice on what kind of equipment you might need to take to uni (read: steal from the kitchen at home). Carry the flag for the vegan revolution all the way to your student halls, & once your new friends get a whiff of the amazing food you`re cooking up, you`re bound to find more people are willing to join the healthy-eating & cruelty-free vegan revolt. Because this book isn`t just about cooking some truly delicious recipes; it`s also about reducing your carbon footprint & your impact on the environment by cutting out animal products, & improving your health with a plant-based diet. & ok, yes, it is also about cooking totally yummy recipes & scoffing the lot (and with a clear conscience too!). Whether you`re a committed vegan looking to branch out with some new recipe ideas, or you`re just getting started on the road to veganism & want to learn the ropes of vegan cooking, this is the perfect book to add to your student bookshelf. ...