January, 1977. While the chief of the CIA’s Moscow station fills his gas tank, a stranger drops a note into the car.



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Details: Joe has a lot of reasons to be happy. About a billion of them, in fact. You see, Joe's rich. Really, really
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Bill Granger, hugely popular Australian food writer, television chef & restaurateur has worked his particular magic on over 100 of his favourite classic dishes, bringing them effortlessly into the twenty-first century. Bill's Basics is a cheat's guide to making the recipes that every home cook wants to master. Bill has simplified techniques, minimised fussy ingredient lists & given these core dishes a modern twist that's in tune with our busy lives & passion for fresh & healthy flavours. This is a one-stop manual of favourite dishes for every occasion, from lazy breakfasts to late-night suppers to lunch for a crowd. In choosing them, Bill has drawn on all his fondest food memories, including dishes from a variety of different countries. From lamb tagine to prawn laksa, Thai beef salad to chocolate brownies, chicken burritos to creme caramel, this is the repertoire that every home cook wants to master. Bill's Basics will quickly become the essential book that all home cooks turn to time & again. A modern classic, packed with irresistible photography, written with Bill's trademark friendly yet reassuring authority, it will have readers cooking their way through it from cover to cover. ...

Ever eaten at Bill's? If you haven't, then put it on your To Do list. If you have, then you'll know it's all about the atmosphere & the food
- it's delicious, it's different, it's full of fabulous flavours & textures; a unique celebration of eating. From breakfast to bedtime, from the first green shoots of spring to the frostiest of winter days, Bill picks & cooks his way through the seasons. Choosing favourites as he goes & bringing colour & energy to even the simplest dishes, this book is packed with recipes & ideas that will inspire you to cook, eat & smile every day of the year.
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The inside story of the one of the most successful British st&-up comedians, as told by the person best

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Details: Billy Bean doesn't expect his dream of building a rocket will ever get off the ground..until two eager yellow
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The Bones Family lives in a dark closet, guarding the secrets & lies (little white ones & big whoppers) that belong to the hideous Biglums. But Little Billy Bones craves the excitement of the big wide world outside. Then Millicent, a new friendly Biglum, arrives at the mansion. & when a skeleton-boy with a hidden history meets a no-nonsense orphan girl with a nose for mysery, the truth is bound to burst out of the Secrets Closet... ...

Billy Bragg remains a much-loved songwriter & performer, whose campaigning shows no sign of relenting. This is Billy's story with his thoughts on the London bombings & the BNP's success in his hometown of Barking in May 2006, both of which lead to debates on multiculturalism & Englishness, subjects increasingly close to Billy's heart. ...

By the time he was ten years old Billy Brown was running a successful little business on the black market: whatever you needed, from bricks & fire wood to condoms, dress material or machetes Billy Brown could get it
- or knew a man who could. &, for the right price, he would deliver it direct to your door in an old carriage pram. This is the highly entertaining & eye-opening memoir of a young boy growing up in 1950s post-war London. With energy & insight, Billy Brown paints a vivid & lively picture of Britain emerging from the ruins of the war, the hunger for opportunity, the growing pace of modernisation, & the pride & optimism that held communities together. Londoners were intent on getting themselves back on their feet & it provided the perfect opportunity for a boy with ambition & a lively imagination. Born in Brixton, south London, in 1942 Billy Brown was a loveable scamp with a nose for mischief. Left to his own devices whilst both his parents went out to work, if there was trouble to be had, Billy would be in the thick of it. Ignoring the shaking of fists from his neighbours, his mother's scoldings & the regular thwack of the cane on his bottom at school, Billy wheeled & dealed, charmed Woolies Girls, planned coronation celebrations, ran circles around circus performers & persuaded villains to work on his terms.
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The Second World War is over, & London is getting back on its feet. But rationing is not over, & for ten-year-old Billy Brown this means business. It's the perfect time for a mischievous boy with ambition & imagination? Left to his own devices with both his parents at work, Billy scours the bombsites & the markets, finds a Saturday job at a scrap metal yard, & sells everything from bricks to horse muck. Billy brings to life a multitude of wonderful characters, from barrow boys to the new West Indian immigrants, from spivs to gospel ministers. Billy knew them all & they all knew him. From charming the girls at Woolies, where his mother works, to causing mayhem when he gets into more scrapes than most, Billy paints a heart-warming & nostalgic picture of Britain emerging from the ruins of war. ...