Liverpool, 1937. Jessica is married to Bertie, a mean, patronising man who she has stayed with purely for the sake of her two young children. To make up for the love & passion that is missing from her life, she spends the occasional afternoon at the local cinema, lost in romantic films. But when an unexpected glass of champagne is offered to her in a Liverpool hotel, the consequences turn out to be shattering. When Bertie discovers his wife's deceit, he is ruthless in his revenge. He sells their house & disappears with her beloved children, leaving Jessica devastated & alone. Then she is asked to visit Paris & help an old friend & her small daughters return to Liverpool before the onset of the war. But Jessica finds herself stranded in Paris under German occupation. With new friends & a small family to care for, she must find the courage that she never knew she possessed. ...

If Barack Obama is successful in his quest to become President of the United States, he will dramatically change the face that his country presents to the world. This book discusses the importance of empathy in politics, his hopes for a different America ...

Explains from a public law perspective the constitutional purpose & significance of audit. This book also describes & analyses the constitutional significance of the changes to the role of audit that are taking place as a result of ' New public management'. ...

Join Audrey Gordon, voted three times Britain's sternest chef, as she travels to the heart of Italy & shares the recipes, produce & memories of her Tuscan summer. Visit traditional farmhouses, local trattorias & sample the stunning range of local produce on offer as Audrey shares the sights, sounds & occasionally, smells, of regional Italy. Then sample these delights at home with the range of delicious & easy to make recipes that Audrey, inspired by Italian traditions, has created for the home cook. This book is not directed at celebrity super chefs or haute cuisine high flyers dazzling diners in their Michelin starred restaurants. It's written for you, the ordinary cook, stuck at home with insufficient bench space & a set of chipped mixing bowls. My fervent hope is that it will inspire you, give you the confidence to believe that you can be a wonderful cook or, at very least, an adequate one. This book is meant as a guide, not a set of strict instructions you may only deviate from at your peril! There's no need to slavishly follow my every measurement & step. Does a violinist playing Beethoven not occasionally add a few notes? Or an aircraft pilot about to take off sometimes skip a pre-flight safety check or two? Of course! & so should you. I'm a no nonsense chef. If a recipe calls for squash & I think thinly sliced zucchini will work just as well (not to mention add a peppery crunch) then I'll just do it. That's what cooking should be about. Going with one's impulses & to hell with the consequences! That said, I've had years of practice & I simply can't be held responsible for any inevitable disappointment that might arise from your attempts at improvisation. If you are a novice in the kitchen I'd strongly urge you to follow my recipes closely. &, no matter how experienced you might be, please pay careful attention to each instruction. You'd be amazed at the number of people who read gently simmer' & then proceed to simmer gently', or who think that there's no real difference between chopping tomatoes roughly & chopping them coarsely. At the end of each chapter I've left a page or two for notes. If you think you've got something to add that hasn't already been covered perfectly well then feel free to defile the book. But I suggest you think twice before doing so. Finally, this book is not meant to be a monologue. I want you to imagine I'm there in the kitchen with you, helping, guiding, prodding &
- only occasionally
- wrapping your knuckles with the handle of an egg whisk. XXX Audrey

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A biography of Audrey Hepburn. In addition to her illustrious film career, this book sheds light on the charity work she did for UNICEF, her personal fight against cancer, & the way in which she dedicated the last years of her life to bringing help & hope to the starving children of the world. ...

Story of Audrey Hepburn is a 52 minute DVD which charts the life of a true Hollywood Legend & style icon. Interspersed with clips from some of her film roles it tells the story of a young girl who rose quickly to fame & is remembered as much for her innate style & grace as for her impressive body of film work. ...

A gripping literary novel from a striking new voice in American fiction. New York City. By day, JT Savage is a labourer on the Upper East Side; by night an insomniac in an East Village tenement. His had been a superficially normal childhood in Yonkers, New York; a time of beers by the river, of working in his friend's father's garage, of studying to go to college. Then, one night, everything changed. ' August & then some' is a taut & gripping family drama, in which horrifying secrets kept between father & daughter, & mother & son, explode during one tragic night. Set over the course of two summers, it is a novel of revenge & the difficulty of repentance & forgiveness. Jaggedly beautiful & intensely realised, tightly plotted yet expansive, this debut novel is the coming-of-age of a striking new voice in American fiction. ...

New York City. JT Savage is labourer on the Upper East Side during the day, but at night he's an insomniac in an East Village tenement. He enjoyed a superficially normal childhood in Yonkers, New York; working in his friend's father's garage, beers by the river & studying to go to college. Then, one night, everything changed. ...

A biography of Augustine's life, as interpreted by the acclaimed church historian, the late Professor Henry Chadwick. Augustine's intellectual development is recounted with clarity & warmth, providing a characteristically rigorous yet sympathetic narrative of this central figure in the history of Christian thought. ...

According to a completely made up report, the average adult spends up to half an hour each day on the toilet. This time is often spent contemplating your diet, your toenails or the state of your underwear. This book deals with this smallest room of the ho ...