Fed up with the credit crunch & doing everything on the cheap? Longing to have a really good meal out but cant afford it? Well heres a book to brighten up your evenings & give you some of the delicious gourmet food youve been missing
- & all for less than GBP5 a head for a two-course meal! Jason Atherton Michelin-starred chef & proprietor of Maze brings inexpensive accessible gourmet food into the home kitchen. His creative style & mastery of unique flavours makes his cooking exciting delicious & highly original. In Gourmet Food for a Fiver he shows how to create mouthwatering meals within a tight budget at home. Prepared from seasonal ingredients in their prime the recipes are enticing fun to make & delectable to eat
- perfect for entertaining friends & family or for a glamorous night in. Based on the idea of a two-course meal
- one savoury & one sweet
- there are more than 80 recipes to choose from. The savoury recipes
- veg fish & meat
- are designed to be flexible & many of them can be served either as a starter or main dish. The delectable collection of desserts features fruits from all seasons &

Includes:: irresistible chocolate concoctions. Jason also shows how to plate up every dish to make it look restaurant perfect. With its smart modern design & contemporary photography Gourmet Food for a Fiver will certainly put some fun back into our cash-strapped lives.







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Through her books columns & master-classes Denise Phillips has gained a reputation as the doyenne of Jewish cookery & her enticing & stylish recipes are an original blend of the old & the new. Now in her eagerly-awaited new book she presents over 200 of the best of them from around the world giving also the background & rich history of Jewish cuisine & customs over the centuries through which it has evolved. In this sense Jewish cookery is arguably the first example of fusion cooking being a melange of the various local food & cooking customs of the countries that Jews have lived in & travelled through that are then adapted for Jewish dietary laws holiday rituals & symbolism. Whether for entertaining with style cooking for the family or providing the traditional dishes for the Jewish festivals this book will prove indispensible...and you dont have to be Jewish to use & enjoy it! ...

Here’s a tasty treat for food lovers; a year’s worth of delicious restaurant discounts with annual membership of the Gourmet Society. As a Gourmet Society member you & your guests can enjoy 2 for 1 meals or 25% off the total bill at more than 5 500 restaurants throughout the UK & Irel&. There’s a huge range of restaurants to discover from award-winning independents to national chains. Treat a loved one to indulgent Michelin-starred cuisine visit a charming country gastro-pub spoil the kids at a family friendly venue or get together with friends at your favourite local eatery. Whatever the occasion you can dine out more & spend less with a Gourmet Society membership. ...

HER DESTINY MUST BE FULFILLED.. . Branwen refuses to take orders from anyone
- even the Shining Ones the ancient gods whose power
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Lavish spectacles such as the Beijing Olympics & Expo 2010 have raised Chinas global profile & echoed predictions of a rise to the position of a major world actor. Yet moves towards a market-based economy together with the global recession have exacerbated a number of political & social challenges for the Chinese government. The tensions between communist & capitalist identities continue to divide society. The Peoples Republic is now over sixty years old -- an appropriate juncture at which to reassess the state of contemporary Chinese politics. In this substantially revised third edition Saich delivers a thorough introduction to all aspects of politics & governance in post-Mao China taking full account of the changes of the Seventeenth Party Congress & Eleventh National Peoples Congress. Recent political economic & social developments are also examined. ...

From the acclaimed award-winning author of Dark Continent" & " Hitlers Empire" comes a visionary far-reaching history of two centuries of international government that also goes to the heart of current world crises. In 1815 the shocked & exhausted victors of the decades of fighting that had engulfed Europe for a generation agreed to a new system for keeping the peace. Instead of independent states changing sides doing deals & betraying one another a new collegial Concert of Europe would ensure that the brutal chaos of the Napoleonic Wars never happened again. Mark Mazowers remarkable new book recreates two centuries of international government
- the struggle to spread values & build institutions to bring order to an anarchic & dangerous state system. It shows how what started as a European story became the framework for todays world as free traders communists & nationalists all put forward their own radical visions of international harmony. Reviews: "A significant contribution to historical scholarship... Simply for giving us this lucid account Mazower deserves our gratitude. But Governing the World is also an intriguing read because of the strong argument he places within it... This new work certainly gave this reviewer an awful lot to think about
- to an author there may be no greater praise than that". (Paul Kennedy " Financial Times"). " This is a book that needed to be written...[ Governing the World] is truly illuminating... The story is a fascinating one & Mazower tells it with authority & verve". (Adam Zamoyski " Literary Review"). " Mazower has strengthened his claim to be the preeminent historian of a generation. Combining breathtaking originality with meticulous & gloriously eclectic research he offers the most convincing explanation yet articulated... On rare occasions a work of history emerges that not only fundamentally refashions our understanding of the past it enables us to reassess the present & with luck influence our future. I advise everyone who is concerned about our precarious situation to learn from & absorb Mazowers remarkable achievement". (Misha Glenny). " Bursting with ideas about present & future as well as past". (Stephen Howe " Independent" Books Of The Year). "A prodigious work: a master historians reconstruction of how individuals & nations since 1815 have sought to promote national interests in ever more complicated international settings. A dramatic novel account of ideas & institutions in collision with hard realities. Indispensable also for its full & subtle account of American policies since 1917 always with a fine touch for the hitherto neglected person or little noticed moment that illuminates historic processes. Profound relevant & morally instructive
- & a pleasure to read". (Fritz Stern). About the author: Mark Mazower is Ira D. Wallach Professor of World Order Studies & Professor of History Professor of History at Columbia University. He is the author of " Hitlers Greece: The Experience of Occupation 1941-44" " Dark Continent: Europes Twentieth Century" " The Balkans: A Short History" (which won the Wolfson Prize for History) " Salonica: City of Ghosts" (which won both the Duff Cooper Prize & the Runciman Award) & " Hitlers Empire: Nazi Rule in Occupied Europe". He has also taught at Birkbeck College University of London Sussex University & Princeton. He lives in New York."


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The compelling & provocative history of world government from acclaimed author Mark Mazower. In 1815 the shocked & exhausted victors of the decades of fighting that had engulfed Europe for a generation agreed to a new system for keeping the peace. Instead of independent states changing sides doing deals & betraying one another a new collegial ' Concert of Europe' would ensure that the brutal chaos of the Napoleonic Wars never happened again. Mark Mazower's remarkable new book recreates two centuries of international government
- the struggle to spread values & build institutions to bring order to an anarchic & dangerous state system.
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This book provides an engaging account of the development of democracy in Britain from the unreformed political system around 1815 to the parliamentary Reform Acts passed between 1832 & 1918. The author examines the impact that this period of constitutional change had upon the political life of the country including the extension of the franchise the limiting of the power of the House of Lords the introduction of the secret ballot & the elimination of corrupt practices. ...

Bumbling & inefficient town officials are thrown into a panic when they learn that a Government Inspector is coming perhaps incognito. When a well-dressed rogue arrives he realizes he is presumed to be the Inspector & takes advantage of the officials dinners bribes etc. When the officials realize their mistake -- just after the rogue leaves -- the real Inspector arrives. ...

Bode Bonner is the Republican governor of Texas. He has everything he ever wanted: money power influence. But something isnt right in his life
- everything feels too settled & easy. He longs for one more moment of excitement one more challenge. Lindsay Bonner is Bodes wife & shes bored too. Bored of Bodes womanising bored of the endless cocktail parties & receptions. She is desperate to break free of her bland wealthy Texan lifestyle. & that moment comes when she saves a poor Hispanic boys life. From that moment on nothing will be the same for Bode & Lindsay Bonner. Their lives are about to change in ways they could never have predicted... Filled with dramatic & ingenious twists & turns this is an addictively readable novel that delves deep into the dark heart of Texas.
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