Naughty Jack Frost never gets anything in his Christmas stocking, so this year he's decided nobody else will either! He's stolen the three magical objects that Natalie the Christmas Stocking Fairy needs to make sure children all over the world get their presents. Can Kirsty & Rachel find the precious items in time to keep Christmas magical? ...

She spent her life in the movies. Her childhood is still there to see in Miracle on 34th Street. Her adolescence in Rebel Without a Cause. Her coming of age? Still playing in the Splendour In The Grass & West Side Story. From the moment Natalie Wood made her debut aged seven in 1946, to her shocking, untimely death in 1981, the decades of her life are marked by movies that summed up America's dreams. Now Gavin Lambert, whose twenty-year friendship with Natalie Wood began when she wanted to star in the movie adaptation of his novel Inside Daisy Clover, tells her extraordinary story: her parents, her marriages & divorces & love affairs, her suicide attempt at twenty-six, the birth of her children, her friendships, her struggles as an actress, & her tragic death by drowning (she was always terrified of water) at forty-three. ...

Beyond her beauty & her unbroken success as a child star & mature actor, Natalie Wood possessed a star quality that entranced both women & men. This book presents her story, from exploited child star to troubled teen, through her years as a top international movie star & concludes with the revelations about her long unsolved drowning. ...

Please note this book contains content of an adult nature. Amidst the ferment of prerevolution Russia, a beautiful woman changes history by bringing the corrupt court to its knees. Beginning with her setting loose Countess Asinia's passion, to leather-costume masquerade balls, to aphrodisiacal gatherings at the palace of the Grand Duke Maxim, Princess Natasha exerts her indomitable will over others in an ever-varied version of the agony & the ecstasy. This book has 149 pages & is 17.5cm x 10.5cm x 1.1cm ...

1925, a damp wintry night in Berlin. Englishman Philip Gibson, in Germany to seek the answers to a tantalising mystery surrounding the Grand Duchess Anastasia, witnesses an attack on Natasha, a young woman who has fled from Russia. When Philip takes the fragile, lonely Natasha in to help her recuperate, she quickly falls for his kind & caring nature. But when further threats are made on her life, Philip finds himself at the heart of another mystery. What is it that links Natasha to this mysterious, damaged woman? & will her love for Philip survive the secrets that will be unearthed? ...

Join Nathan Outlaw as he takes you on a journey through his style of cooking... the essentially simple but clever with flavour combination!

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Recently awarded two coveted Michelin stars for his eponymous fish restaurant in Rock, Cornwall, Nathan Outlaw is one of the most exciting upcoming chefs in Britain today. British seafood is his passion. His style of cooking is unique & simple, allowing the individual flavours of the ingredients to shine through. Sourcing sustainable fish & local produce in season, he uses his considerable flair to take simple fish cooking to new heights. In Modern British Seafood Nathan shares the secrets of his unique approach & provides a tempting collection of original recipes. Beginning with a guide to sourcing & buying, followed by a step-by-step guide to preparing all types of fish & shellfish, he then explains cooking techniques, showing how to pan-fry, grill, bake, steam, barbecue & deep-fry fish to perfection, avoiding the pitfalls of overcooking. The core of the book is divided into the four main groups: flat, round, oily & shell fish, & within this structure 30 fish are dealt with individually. The descriptive text for each tells you the optimum size to buy & eat, the best cooking methods & which herbs, seasonings & sauces go with each fish, allowing you to create a dish quickly & simply. Then, for each fish, Nathan gives 2-3 recipes, ranging from everyday quick dishes he cooks at home, through recipes for leisurely lunches or dinners with family or friends, to signature dishes from his restaurant
- the sort you might cook for a dinner party. In all there are over 100 recipes, all easy to replicate at home. Photographed on location in Cornwall, this superb new fish bible also has a real sense of place.
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Mau is on his way home from the Boys' Isl&. Soon he will be a man. & then the wave comes
- a huge wave, dragging black night behind
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During World War 2, a small man with a lot of hate in his heart killed over fifty million people. Imagine what Iranian mullahs, filled with hate & armed with nukes, could do to the world. Adolf Hitler never had nukes, but the Iranian government will have them within one year, if not sooner. ...

This collection brings together a wealth of innovative poetry styles that have flourished in the 20th century, whether in the witty modern-day sonnets of Wendy Cope, the nonsense poems of Spike Milligan, the prose poems of T.S. Elliot, or the rhythmic & vibrant outpourings of Benjamin Zephaniah. ...