Secret venues. Inspired themes. Fabulous cakes. Across the UK & beyond, thousands of home bakers have been meeting covertly in hidden locations with the same simple mission: bake, eat & gossip about cake. These are the members of the phenomenally popular Clandestine Cake Club
- & now, for the first time, they share their baking secrets with you. The rules are quite clear: no cupcakes, no muffins, no brownies, pies or tarts. It's all about cake! With each event organised around a creative theme, the results are some of the most loved & inventive baked delights you'll ever eat. From classic teatime treats & chocolatey indulgences to global bakes & spectacular cake extravaganzas, you'll find inspiring recipes such as: Scrumptious Sticky Toffee Cake; Smoked Chilli Chocolate Cake; Blood Orange & Rosemary Loaf; Raspberry Cakewell; Rose, Rhubarb & Cardamom Cake; Chai-soaked Vanilla Sponge; a giant Lemon Fondant Fancy; & the unmissable five-tier Rainbow Cake; plus stunning photography & sneak-peek snaps from club events. At last, the secret is out & everyone is invited to join the Club.
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The Claret & Blue Book of West Ham United is packed with fascinating facts, figures, trivia, stats, stories, & anecdotes all relating to the history of the club. From memorable matches & favorite sons, the well-presented tome follows no set order, chronological or otherwise, but has plenty to keep any fanatic coming back for more.

Featuring some of the great legends of Upton Park such as Bobby Moore & Geoff Hurst, through to the unsung heroes. This book
- written by respected West Ham historian John Northcutt
- tells the tales which have shaped the football club into the force it is today.



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The ultimate book on records by The Clash. An album by album, track by track, examination of every song released by The Clash, from their first single White Riot to Combat Rock & beyond.

Includes:: sections on compilations, live recordings, films, & post-Clash work by Joe Strummer & Mick Jones. Features include a chronology of key events in the story of the Clash. An album by album, track by track analysis. Details of reissues & the state of the current Clash catalogue. 16 pages of pictures

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Books Children's Book Collections Paddington Bear has been delighting adults & children alike with his earnest good intentions & humorous misadventures for nearly sixty years. To celebrate his enduring popularity, 15 classic paperback novels are brought together in this special slipcase edition. Paddington is now a major movie star! Titles in this collection: • A Bear Called Paddington • More About Paddington • Paddington's Finest Hour • Love from Paddington • Paddington Here & Now • Paddington Races Ahead • Paddington Takes the Test • Paddington Takes the Air • Paddington at Work • Paddington Goes to Town • Paddington Helps Out • Paddington Abroad • Paddington at Large • Paddington Marches On • Paddington on Top Product Information: • ISBN: 9780007987795 • Author:   Michael Bond • Publisher: Harper Collins • Format: Book Collection • Dimensions: 11.5 x 15.5 x 18 cm ...

There probably wasn't much to laugh about before the 1380's. Then ' The Millers Tale' from Chaucer's ' Canterbury Tales' kicked off the long & venerable tradition in which British humour is rooted. The rise & rise of sauce & smut was most likely the general reaction to Puritan intolerance. Edward Lear & Lewis Carroll popularised nonsense while the traditional Christmas Panto launched social role reversal. So enormous was the contribution of Music Hall & Variety Theatre to the heritage of British Comedy that it defies classification. British Comedy's primary component has to be the richness of the English language & the endless scope it provides for word play. On this robust foundation is a magical mix of vital components that
Includes:: Puns (that rarely
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- translate, nonsense (Brits are full of it), black humour, eccentricity, satire, sarcasm, self-depreciation & understatement. Then there's disrespect for the establishment (Private Eye), the absurd (The Goon Show), the manic (Bottom), everyday unconscious humour (The Office), the class system (To The Manor Born), the lovable rogue (Andy Capp), the humiliation of social ineptitude (Mr. Bean), making fun of foreigners (' Allo ' Allo), bullying & harsh sarcasm (Blackadder), parodies of stereotypes (Beyond the Fringe), & affection for eccentricity (Heath-Robinson). That's the fertile background. But the single most vital component is undoubtedly matchless comedic talent. That's what makes classic comedy classic. Contains 3 CDs


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Delve into worlds of myth & magic in this beautiful collection of fairy & folk tales, presented in six clothbound volumes.

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The beautiful game as we know it today was founded at the end of the nineteenth century.

The history of football as a sport

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A sport popular in over 100 countries around the world!

Rugby is said to have originated when William Webb Ellis ‘with

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Details: This exciting new book provides readers with a detailed study of some of Europes most famous motor racing circuits,
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Robert Burns is one of the world's greatest poets. Known as ' The Ploughman Poet' or simply ' The Bard' in his native Scotl&, Burns translated a life of poverty & hardship into lines of verse which still touch everybody who reads them. This collection

Includes:: ' Tam o' Shanter', 'A Red Red Rose', ' To a Mouse', ' To a Haggis' & ' Auld Lang Syne'. ' The facility of address that makes Burns great relies on a skill that language & rhythm alone cannot manage: what he possesses, for all the perfection of accent & precision of speech, is a quality of empathy that radiates from everything touched by his imagination.

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