A gratin is any dish that has a crispy topping such as cheese or breadcrumbs & in this handy book you'll find recipes for classic gratins such as macaroni cheese as well as new & inventive ideas. Bakes are another timelessly popular method of cooking producing delicious results such as lasagne pastitsio & moussaka. Both gratins & bakes are perfect both for entertaining & feeding a hungry family. ...

In this book Louise has gathered together the insights & wisdom of some of the most inspirational teachers & authors she knows people who have demonstrated the power of gratitude in their own lives. Renowned contributors include Wayne Dyer Bernie Siegel Doreen Virtue Shakti Gawain Alan Cohen & Dan Millman. All profits from this book will benefit Louises non-profit organization The Hay Foundation. ...

This is a biography of one of Welsh rugbys much-missed stars. Before Ray Gravells untimely death last year he was already in the process of writing his autobiography with Gomer Press. In the book Grav in his own words will draw upon a number of resources including the manuscript by Grav himself as well as a range of radio & television interviews over many years. The book is edited by experienced author & rugby commentator Alun Wyn Bevan who was a close friend to Grav. It contains full-colour photographs of various periods in his life. A percentage of the selling price of the book will be donated to the Ray Gravell Trust Fund to be distributed to various charities dear to him. The book will contain chapters on: Early life & family roots school the game: Grav on glories of rugby Stradey & the Scarlets precious family: Mari & the girls Wales
- playing for ones country acting performing & broadcasting seeing the world illness friendship & sustenance the National Eisteddfod & other honours.
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Memories hid in every cell of the body. Memories that my grave magic could unlock & give shape as a shade. Of course that depended on having enough of the body at my disposal for my magic to fill in the gaps". After a month spent recovering from a vicious fight with a sorcerer Grave Witch Alex Craft is ready to get back to solving murders by raising the dead. With her love life in turmoil thanks to the disappearance of FBI agent Falin Andrews & Deaths shocking L word confession Alex is eager for the distractions of work. But her new case turns out to be more of a challenge than she was expecting. The police hire Alex to consult on a particularly strange investigation in a nature preserve. The strange part? There are no bodies just leftover pieces. With a probable serial killer on the loose & no way to raise a shade without a body Alex will have to rely solely on her ability to sense the grave to lead her to the dead. But with the strain of overusing her magic this might be the last case Alex ever solves..." ...

Thea Osborne & her loyal spaniel Hepzie are still pursuing their occupation as house-sitters despite the disastrous incidents of the past. At the moment they are staying in the late Greta Simmonds' house which is currently between ownership. But when a body is discovered in a nearby field Thea finds herself embroiled in a murder investigation once again. After befriending undertaker Drew Slocombe she soon finds she's aligned herself with the police's only suspect. Believing him to be innocent Thea works together with Drew to clear his name although it slowly dawns on them that in a village simmering with secrets a means & a motive could be laid at anybody's door. ...

For fans of the contemporary urban fantasy series of Charlaine Harris Patricia Briggs Chloe Neill & Karen Chance Kalayna Price brings us Grave Memory" the third novel in the " Alex Craft" series about a kick-ass grave witch who can communicate with the dead. When the dead need to talk Alex Craft is always ready to listen... As a Grave Witch Alex solves murders by raising the dead
- an ability that comes at a cost & after her last few cases that cost is compounding. But her magic isnt the only thing causing havoc in her life. While shes always been on friendly terms with Death himself things have recently become a whole lot more close & personal. Then theres her sometime partner agent Falin Andrews who is under the glamour of the Winter Queen. To top everything off her best friend has been forever changed by her time spent captive in Faerie. But the personal takes a backseat to the professional when a string of suicides occur in Nekros City & Alex is hired to investigate. The shades have no memory of the days leading up to their brutal endings so despite the very public apparent suicides this is murder. But what kind of magic can overcome the human will to survive[unk] & why do the shades lack the memory of their deaths? Searching for the answer might mean Alex wont have a life to remember at all..." Grave Memory" is the devilishly brilliant sequel to " Grave Witch" & " Grave Dance" & not to be missed. Praise for Kalayna Price: " Yum. A rare treat intriguing & original. Dont miss this one". (" Patricia Briggs"). " Fascinating magic a delicious heart-throb & a fresh inventive world". (Chloe Neill). Kalayna Price is a writer a painter & a hula hoop dancer residing in the Carolinas USA. She draws ideas from the world around her her studies into ancient mythologies & her readings of classic folklore. Her previous books in the " Alex Craft" series " Grave Witch" & " Grave Dance" are also published by Penguin."
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Young beautiful & deadly. Trained as an assassin by the god of Death Ismae is sent to the court of Brittany where she finds herself under prepared
- not only for the games of intrigue & treason but for the impossible choices she must make. For how can she deliver Deaths vengeance upon a target who against her will has stolen her heart? This is a dangerous romance full of intrigue poison & ultimately finding ones way.
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All is not well in the kingdom of Waldberg.. . The orphan Hans is desperate to escape his master the grave robber Knobbe the Bent. The young countess Angela von Schwanenberg must rescue her parents from the mad archduke. But when fate flings them together they find themselves on a daring quest hurtling through haunted forests racing down mountains in a coffin & sneaking along underground passageways with a travelling circus. & at every turn the archdukes Necromancer is there to thwart their progress. Will Angela save her parents? Will Hans escape his past & find out who he truly is? Or will the evil Necromancer capture them first? ...

When the ancient Italian volcano Mount Vesuvius erupts right before their eyes djinn twins John & Philippa Gaunt know that a br&-new adventure has found them. Soon they learn that volcanoes all over the world are beginning to erupt & are spewing a strange golden lava. It quickly becomes clear that there is a peculiar
- & perhaps evil
- force at work causing these disasters. If the twins cant figure out who is responsible & stop him a environmental catastrophe of epic proportions will devastate the planet. Will John Philippa & their uncle Nimrod be able to use their powers to save the day once again?

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When she was 15 Harper Connelly was struck by a bolt of lightning which left her with a spiderweb of red over her body headaches & episodes of weakness. Sometimes her right hand shakes. & she can find dead people. Its taken a while but at last Harpers pretty happy with her life: shes making a living using her unique talent to help people & shes got a lover
- her stepbrother Tolliver. That creeps some people out but though they grew up together & got each other through the real bad times
- their parents drug-use the abuse the disappearance of Harpers elder sister Cameron
- theyre not blood relatives. Then Tollivers dad arrives on the scene seeking forgiveness for the sins of their youth & the police get a tip-off that after all these years Camerons been spotted in a mall. With all this going on Harper realises life is getting a little complicated but she doesnt expect those complications to include Tolliver getting shot or watching a cop die taking a bullet for her. Harper can find dead people but now its clear someone wants her dead.. .


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