It doesnt matter where you are in the world to any chef worth their salt knives & ingredients are the most important things. Bought Borrowed & Stolen brings them together as they should be for the first time. This book is an authentic glimpse into food & cultures & is filled with Allegras favourite dishes eaten over 20 years of travelling tasting & scribbling. As a chef Allegra had developed a healthy admiration for the tools of her trade & searching for a knife that reflected the country she was currently eating in became her quest. Allegra tells the stories of her travels through the knives she has collected on the way from aesthetically-crafted filleting knives from Scandinavia to simple effective & impressive African tools &

Includes:: several recipes inspired by each country. From Spanish pea & ham croquetas & Malawian pumpkin curry to Brazilian breakfast juice & Cuban banana daiquiris
- these are straightforward & interesting recipes you will have never cooked before but will want to eat again & again.


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While the UK now has a good selection of guides to many local areas both in print & online there is nothing that covers the entire country. Boulder Britain changes that. The book gives selective coverage of the top problems at the best venues in the most popular areas. However it also goes far off the known map to seek out the obscure & the unknown finding bouldering in unlikely locations. Boulder Britain is relevant to anyone who climbs or boulders in the UK. For those new to the sport it will show where the best places to visit are. With these people in mind the problem coverage is perhaps the most beginner-friendly of any bouldering guide yet produced. For climbers looking for a quick hit at the end of a day on the crags it shows where the nearest bouldering is. For advanced climbers looking for the country's best problems to test themselves on it will lead straight to them. For people who travel the country it will show where to find some sport close to major cities. For families on holidays it will point out relaxing venues nearby. The book is laid out with clarity & inspiration in mind. Hundreds of maps will take the strain out of finding a venue for the first time. Clear photo-topos show every problem making location a breeze. Notes on the general character conditions approach & climbing style let the reader know what to expect. stunning action photos reveal areas in their true glory. ...

' Business is a jungle. But I love animals.' Francis Boulle. Venture Capitalist & CEO Francis Boulle has set out to conquer the world. Armed with strategies not seen since Sun Tzu philosophies to rival Aristotle a business head that makes Alan Sugar look like an amateur & thoughts about life that even Confucius would have found enlightening Francis is king of the new life-gurus. In this must-have little book of Boulleisms Francis shares his wry observations & indomitable views on business love sport art family politics & even pets. He offers expert guidance to help you live your life the Boulle way even if you've never set foot in Belgravia. Using clever typography illustrations & amusing diagrams this is the perfect gift for every budding entrepreneur. ...

Essential reading following an astounding summer of sport; if you've ever wondered what makes a champion Bounce has the answer. What are the real secrets of sporting success & what lessons do they offer about life? Why doesn't Tiger Woods choke"? Why are the best figure skaters those that have fallen over the most & why has one small street in Reading produced more top table tennis players than the rest of the country put together. Two-time Olympian & sports writer & broadcaster Matthew Syed draws on the latest in neuroscience & psychology to uncover the secrets of our top athletes & introduces us to an extraordinary cast of characters including the East German athlete who became a man & her husband
- & the three Hungarian sisters who are all chess grandmasters. Bounce is crammed with fascinating stories & statistics. Looking at controversial questions such as whether talent is more important than practice drugs in sport (and life) & whether black people really are faster runners the mind-bending Bounce is a must-read for the hardened sports nut or brand new convert."
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Barnes Wallis is best known as the 'boffin' behind the famous bouncing bomb used by 617 Squadron to breach the Ruhr dams in 1943 but his work covers a far wider canvas. It ranges from airships through novel aircraft structures & special weapons to long-range supersonic aircraft & an extensive patent portfolio. This book describes the huge breadth of Wallis's work showing how his genius brought totally new ideas into these various fields & revealing the science & engineering expertise that he deployed to make them work. Extensive use of illustrations
- both line artwork & photographs
- demonstrates the concepts involved.

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Saucy goings-on in the world of highbrow academia makes for a wildly entertaining sexy story... When university lecturer Hazel Jones takes in the most popular of her female students as a lodger she expects a procession of attractive men to follow. What she doesnt expect is Tiggys diary to be left out every day. Sharing her house with this shameless young woman encourages Hazel to realise whats missing in her own rather dull academic life. Knowing what Tiggy gets up to she is unable to resist reading it. Its not quite what she expects but the revelations in the diary quickly lead her down a path she never expected to take. ...

At a local vampire club someone is beheading the clientele & the peace the Guardians are meant to maintain is getting shaky. Human & vampire fatalities escalate & Riley Jenson
- a rare hybrid of werewolf & vampire
- finds herself struggling to make sense of the murders & in particular her main suspect: the club's owner Dante Starke & his powerful sexual aura. & if things weren't bad enough she's also torn between her love for Quinn & her connection with the unpredictable werewolf Kye
- her soulmate. With the city on the verge of all-out war Riley must not only capture the killer but choose between the man she loves & the man she's destined to be with.


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How does it feel to fall in love with a real-life Christian Grey? I was lovelorn & unsure of my path in life when I first met Sebastian. The chemistry was intense & immediate. I could feel all my defences breaking down when he first took my h&. But Sebastian was as beautiful on the outside as he was tormented on the inside. Through him I found myself drawn to the darkest of pleasures... Ours was a love story that proved impossible to resist. Darkly sensual & completely addictive BOUND TO YOU is a true story of obsession & possession that will leave you breathless for more. Fans of Fifty Shades of Grey & Bared to You will find themselves devouring BOUND TO YOU late into the night... ...

The full-size edition of this inspiring Zondervan title has sold nearly 1 million copies. The Gold Medallion award-winning Christian book by two psychologists whove written a number of self-help guides offers a realistic compassionate plan for setting healthy boundaries with family friends & co-workers. ...

With his sly little moustache broad gap-toothed grin garish waistcoats & ostentatious cigarette holder Terry-Thomas was known as an absolute bounder both onscreen & off. Graham Mc Canns hugely entertaining biography celebrates the life & career of a very English rascal. Born in 1911 into an ordinary suburban family Thomas Terry Hoar-Stevens set about transforming himself at a very early age into a dandy & a gadabout. But he did not put the finishing touches to his persona until the mid-1950s with his groundbreaking TV comedy series How Do You View? a forerunner of The Goon Show & Monty Python. Terry-Thomas went on to carve out a long & lucrative career in America appearing on TV alongside Judy Garland Bing Crosby & Lucille Ball & in Hollywood movies with Jack Lemmon Rock Hudson & Doris Day. He became every Americans idea of a mischievous English gent. After a long battle with Parkinsons disease he died in 1990 in comparative obscurity but his influence lives on. Basil Brush was a polyester tribute to Terry-Thomas & comedians including Vic Reeves & Paul Whitehouse hail T-T as a role model. Dandyism is the product of a bored society DAurevilly observed. Terry-Thomas cocked a snook at the dull sobriety of post-war Britain with his sly humour. As he would say himself: Good show! ...