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. ...

The Hungry Tide is a rich, exotic saga set in Calcutta & in the vast archipelago of islands in the Bay of Bengal. An Indian myth says that when the river Ganges first descended from the heavens, the force of the cascade was so great that the earth would have been destroyed if it had not been for the god Shiva, who tamed the torrent by catching it in his dreadlocks. It is only when the Ganges approaches the Bay of Bengal that it frees itself & separates into thousands of wandering strands. The result is the Sundarbans, an immense stretch of mangrove forest, a half-drowned land where the waters of the Himalayas merge with the incoming tides of the sea. It is this vast archipelago of islands that provides the setting for Amitav Ghosh`s new novel. In the Sundarbans the tides reach more than 100 miles inland & every day thousands of hectares of forest disappear only to re-emerge hours later. Dense as the mangrove forests are, from a human point of view it is only a little less barren than a desert. There is a terrible, vengeful beauty here, a place teeming with crocodiles, snakes, sharks & man-eating tigers. This is the only place on earth where man is more often prey than predator. & it is into this terrain that an eccentric, wealthy Scotsman named Daniel Hamilton tried to create a utopian society, of all races & religions, & conquer the might of the Sundarbans. In January 2001, a small ship arrives to conduct an ecological survey of this vast but little-known environment, & the scientists on board begin to trace the journeys of the descendants of this society. ...

Amsterdam has so much more to see than canals. To help you experience the Netherlands capital the way the locals do, The HUNT team has donned their curatorial colored glasses & carefully selected 100 or so unique, authentic local businesses that range from brand spankin new to deeply patinaed & way off the beaten path, funky & unexpected to chic & shiny. Over the last decade, our award-winning guides have become the go-to source for a worldwide community of locals & travelers who seek out genuine, intriguing independent businesses.” ...

Introducing the new HUNT guide to Austin Curated city guides to the most unique eating & shopping experiences around the world Instead of indiscriminately featuring everything & the kitchen sink, The HUNT team has donned their curatorial coloured glasses & carefully selected 100 or so unique, authentic local London businesses. They range from eye-popping & brand spankin` new; to deeply patinated & WAY off the beaten path; from funky & unexpected to chic & shiny. Over the last decade, our guides have become the go-to source for a worldwide community of locals & travellers who seek out genuine, intriguing independent businesses. ...

The sprawling metropolis of Bangkok has so much more to see than grand temples. To help you experience the Thai capital the way the locals do, The Hunt team have carefully selected 100 or so unique, authentic local businesses that range from brand spankin new to deeply patinaed & way off the beaten path, funky & unexpected to chic & shiny. ...

Instead of indiscriminately featuring everything & the kitchen sink, The HUNT team has donned our curatorial colored glasses & carefully selected 100 or so unique, authentic local Barcelona businesses that range from eye-popping & brand spankin new to deeply patinated & way off the beaten track, funky & unexpected to chic & shiny. We`ll show you the non-touristy side of this tapas-fueled, art-filled Catalonian city. Over the last decade, our guides have become the go-to source for a worldwide community of locals & travelers who seek out genuine, intriguing independent businesses.” ...

Rather than list the tourist traps & city cliches, The HUNT team has donned our curatorial-coloured glasses & carefully selected 100 or so unique, local Boston businesses that will show you the real city in all its charmingly historic & upbeat sporty glory. For the true Boston experience we can point you in the direction of the best food trucks, coffee shops, live music spots & comedy clubs, swanky cocktail joints & rowdy sports bars, as well as family-run restaurants for that clam chowder or lobster roll, & the pick of the shops. Arranged by neighbourhood, we walk you through Back Bay, Fenway & Kenmore; Beacon Hill & West End; South End & Bay Village; North End; Waterfront & Downtown; Southie & Seaport; Brookline, Allston, Brighton & Jamaica Plain; Cambridge & Somerville & Charlestown. Over the last decade, our guides have become the go-to source for a worldwide community of locals & travellers who seek out genuine, intriguing independent businesses ...