Even to a girl from the slums of Bristol the streets of Glasgow were inhospitable & grey; the wealth & splendour of its mansions cold & heartless. But for Hester Dark there could be no turning back
- she would make this cruel city the home of her dreams. Everyone said that Hester was lucky. Lucky to have a wealthy uncle in Scotland who was willing to take her in. Lucky to have all the advantages that his money could buy. But Hesters new bright world held dark secrets jealousies & fears. & no one had spoken of the women who would despise her for her beauty & her independence
- & the men who would buy her soul & call it love.

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Celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal is the man who turned the world of cuisine on its head & became a national hero with three Michelin stars. This is the inspirational story of his enthusiastic self-taught genius. Heston is a gastronomic alchemist who sees the kitchen as a laboratory where he loves to experiment in ways to tantalise the taste-buds of diners at the Fat Duck restaurant & his newest restaurant Dinner. This biography traces his journey from a life-changing childhood holiday in France through to his brief apprenticeship in Raymond Blancs restaurant where he stood up to a kitchen bully. It then follows his as
- constantly pushing the boundaries of his work
- he reaches the top of his profession.

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Until now home cooking has remained stubbornly out of touch with technological development but Heston Blumenthal champion of the scientific kitchen is set to change all that with his radical new book. With meticulous precision he explains what the most effective techniques are & why they work. Heston's instructions are precise & easy to follow with lots of helpful tips & each chapter is introduced with an explanation of Heston's approach to 1) Stocks 2) Soups 3) Starters 4) Salads 5) Meat 6) Fish 7) Sous-vide 8) Pasta & grains 9) Cheese 10) Sides & condiments 11) Ices 12) Desserts & sweets 13) Biscuits snacks & drinks. Recipes include Green bean & radish salad; Prawn cocktail; Roast chicken; Shepherd's pie; Sea bass with vanilla butter; Liquorice poached salmon; Carbonara; The ultimate cheese toastie; Strawberry sundae; Liquid centre chocolate pudding & Raspberry sherbert. & of course Heston's famous Triple-cooked chips. Heston Blumenthal at Home will change the way you think about cooking forever
- prepare for a culinary revolution!
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Once upon a time there was a Chef called Heston who opened a small restaurant called the Fat Duck. At first he served only simple French classics but gradually as is the way of things the Chefs curiosity got the better of him & he began thinking up more unusual dishes such as Snail Porridge & Chocolate Wine. There was even talk of a meringue that made diners snort plumes of vapour like a dragon. Word spread & reached the ears of the Executives who ran a television channel & they summoned the Chef to their glass fortress. We command you to create six Fantastical Feasts they said. These must be based on history but you may draw on fairytales & legends. We should warn you that the Quest will involve journeys to Transylvania in search of the legendary Leech Recipe of Sibiu & to the Black Forest to eat the eyes of the Wild Boar of Munstertal. You must resist the temptations of the Burlesque Girls & you must turn chocolate cake into a raging fireball & chickens testicles into jelly beans. There will be hunting for hallucinogenic mushrooms & cooking with Play-Doh. Out of this you must create the most magical dishes imaginable. Well how about lickable wallpaper a savoury Zoom lolly a chocolate-covered iceberg a golden egg & an edible graveyard? offered the Chef. Its a start said the Executives. Oh & once you have achieved the Quest you must bring us proof in the form of a Book. But not just any Book. We want tales of extravagant ingredients of revolutionary techniques of familiar kitchen appliances put to unfamiliar uses. We want to see what you see. Taste what you taste. In short we want complete & unparalleled access to your fantastical world. ...

Heterotopia literally meaning 'other place' is a rich concept in urban design that describes a space that is on the margins of ordered or civil society & one that possesses multiple fragmented or even incompatible meanings. The term has had an impact on architectural & urban theory since it was coined by Foucault in the late 1960s but it has remained a source of confusion & debate since. Heterotopia & the City seeks to clarify this concept & investigates the heterotopias which exist throughout our contemporary world: in museums theme parks malls holiday resorts gated communities wellness hotels & festival markets. With theoretical contributions on the concept of heterotopia including a new translation of Foucault's influential 1967 text Of Other Space & essays by well-known scholars the book comprises a series of critical case studies from Beaubourg to Bilbao which probe a range of (post)urban transformations & which redirect the debate on the privatization of public space. Wastelands & terrains vagues are studied in detail in a section on urban activism & transgression & the reader gets a glimpse of the extremes of our dualized postcivil condition through case studies on Jakarta Dubai & Kinshasa. Heterotopia & the City provides a collective effort to reposition heterotopia as a crucial concept for contemporary urban theory. The book will be of interest to all those wishing to understand the city in the emerging postcivil society & post-historical era. Planners architects cultural theorists urbanists & academics will find this a valuable contribution to current critical argument. ...

Its London 1876. Hetty Feather is just a tiny baby when her mother leaves her at the Foundling Hospital. The Hospital cares for abandoned children
- but Hetty must live with a foster family until she is big enough to go to school. Life in the countryside is hard but she has brothers Jem & Gideon to play with & together they sneak off to visit the travelling circus. Hetty is mesmerised by the show especially Madame Adeline & her performing horses. When she is returned to the Foundling Hospital the new life of awful uniforms & terrible food is a struggle for Hetty. But now she has the chance to find her real mother. Could she really be the wonderful Madame Adeline? Or is the truth even more surprising?.. .read by the author herself with all the liveliness this most lively of stories demands
- Chichester Observer". A delightful & utterly original take on a historical novel this warm funny & moving story read by Jacqueline Wilson will thrill her many fans
- " Primary Times"."


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Xanthe Fox cant wait to turn thirteen but as the big day arrives her world starts to fall apart. Set-up at school for something she didnt do it seems her age-old enemy Kelly is making trouble for her...and as things escalate even her best friend Saul starts to doubt her innocence. With the school threatening to expel her & mysterious glowing Xs appearing in front of her eyes Xanthe turns to Grandma Alice for help. But what the old lady tells her will change Xanthes life for ever... ...

In the wake of a love spell gone horribly wrong Sophie Mercer a sixteen-year-old witch is shipped off to Hecate Hall a boarding school for witches shapeshifters & faeries. The traumas of mortal high school are nothing compared to the goings on at Freak High." Its bad enough that she has to deal with a trio of mean girls led by the glamorous Elodie but its even worse when she begins to fall for Elodies gorgeous boyfriend Archer Cross & frankly terrifying that the trio are an extremely powerful coven of dark witches. But when Sophie begins to learn the disturbing truth about her father she is forced to face demons both metaphorical & real & come to terms with her own growing power as a witch." ...