Leon Family & Friends shows you how to make the most of the time available to feed your family & celebrates the power of food to bring people together. It's divided into three sections: Today including great breakfasts & brunch ideas & post-school teas Tomorrow for those occasions where some planning is involved
- weekend lunches birthday parties Christmas & picnics
- & finally; Yesterday a culinary celebration of family food memories. With more than 200 recipes & ideas there are dishes to keep everyone happy. Children will love the snacks in Crunch! Squish! Slurp! Their parents will welcome the quick suppers in After Lights Out. While no teenager should fly the nest without 10 Things to Know How to Cook Before You Leave Home. A new Leon cookbook is something to celebrate & Family & Friends is destined to become a much-used classic on the kitchen bookshelf.

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Following the Leon principle that what tastes good can also do you good three-quarters of the recipes are sugar dairy wheat or gluten free
- so theres plenty to indulge in even if you have a food allergy an intolerance or one eye on your waistline. Co-authored by Henry Dimbleby & Claire Ptak it is a book of two halves. The first contains recipes for Every Day: granolas cakes breads pizzas & puddings to enjoy as often as you like. The second half
- Celebration
- contains recipes for all sorts of special occasions from Easter & Christmas to weddings & even funerals. Flourless chocolate fudge cake toffee apples caramelized onion & olive tart plum ice-cream
- there is something in here to tickle every fancy.



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Leon Naturally Fast Food is again a book of two halves. The first half is Fast Food which contains recipes for every occasion that take a maximum of 20 minutes to prepare: from a work day breakfast & children's meals to simple suppers & party food. The second half is Slow Fast Food which contains things that can be made in advance when you have time to enjoy when you don't have time. There is plenty in both halves for both the experienced cook & the culinary adventurer in search of inspiration. ...

' Winning X Factor was amazing. I didn't even think I'd get through the first audition so I just couldn't believe it when I kept getting further & further. I really didn't expect to win.I just feel so incredibly lucky. Sometimes I still can't believe it's all happening to me.' Leona's life is a real-life fairytale. Three years ago she was an ordinary girl with an incredible voice working as a daydreaming waitress & wondering if she would ever have a chance to sing. She then made the life-changing decision to audition for The X Factor & the show completely transformed her life. Leona has since become one of the biggest stars in the world with record-breaking hits countless awards under her belt & adored by her millions of fans. Now she will tell her story for the first time & share what it's really like to go from a normal girl to a global superstar. From growing up in Hackney discovering her remarkable talent the gruelling X Factor auditions working with Simon Cowell & coping with international success; Leona is a home-grown sensation & has an amazing story to share. Packed with exclusive behind-the-scenes photographs of the stunning star this book gives you a personal insight into life behind the headlines & reveals exactly what it feels like when all your dreams come true. ...

The Magical Animal Fairies look after seven young Magical Animals & train them to use their powers for the good of Fairyland & the human world. But all of the animals have been stolen by naughty Jack Frost! Can Rachel & Kirsty help Leona to find her Magical Unicorn before she's lost forever in the human world? ...

Walking into a video store or browsing on Netflix can be an overwhelming experience. How do you choose what to watch? Respected film historian Leonard Maltin is here to help recommending the best movies for a first date a cozy night in with your spouse or just a rainy day. Whether its a Scorsese drama or a Judd Apatow comedy all of your favorite movies are here. Listed alphabetically each movie entry
Includes:: date of release; running time; director & cast; MPAA rating; color or black & white; capsule review & Maltins own four-star-to-BOMB rating; & symbols for DVD video widescreen or Blu-Ray format Maltin also

Includes:: an index of actors & his personal recommendations for movie lovers & sources for buying & renting DVDs.


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This fascinating exploration of Leonardo da Vincis life & work identifies what it was that made him so unique & explains the phenomenon of the worlds most celebrated artistic genius who 500 years on still grips & inspires us. Martin Kemp offers us exceptional insights into what it was that made this Renaissance man so special & the real meaning behind such masterpieces as the Mona Lisa & the Last Supper. Tracing Leonardos career in all its variety we learn of his unfulfilled dreams relationships with powerful patrons & the truth about his views on God humans & nature. The famous notebooks are the key to understanding the secret of Leonardos success & genius as they clearly reveal the workings of his mind & display the true innovative & investigative nature of his creative vision. Over 20 000 pages of drawings & notes detail his incredible discoveries & inventions
- from the workings of the human eye to designs for flying machines & giant crossbows. Bringing the story up to the present day Martin Kemp considers what he means to us today investigates the Leonardo industry & speculates about what he would be doing if he were alive today. This updated edition of Martin Kemps best-seller is the first book on Leonardo to include two newly discovered works the most important such discoveries in over a hundred years.
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This title is a Taschen 25
- Special edition! It covers Leonardo: from art & anatomy to helicopters & submarines. One of the most
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Milan 1496 & forty-four-year-old Leonardo da Vinci has a reputation for taking on commissions & failing to complete them. He is in a state of professional uncertainty & financial difficulty. For eighteen months he has been painting murals in both the Sforza Castle in Milan & the refectory of the convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie. The latter project will become the Last Supper a complex mural that took a full three years to complete on a surface fifteen feet high by twenty feet wide. Not only had he never attempted a painting of such size but he had no experience whatsoever in painting in the physically demanding medium of fresco. For more than five centuries the Last Supper has been an artistic religious & cultural icon. The art historian Kenneth Clark has called it the keystone of European art & for a century after its creation it was regarded as nothing less than a miraculous image. Even today according to Clark we regard the painting as more a work of nature than a work of man. & yet there is a very human story behind this artistic miracle which was created against the backdrop of momentous events both in Milan & in the life of Leonardo himself. In Leonardo & the Last Supper Ross King tells the complete story of this creation of this mural: the adversities suffered by the artist during its execution; the experimental techniques he employed; the models for Christ & the Apostles that he used; & the numerous personalities involved
- everyone from the Leonardos young assistants to Ludovico Sforza the Duke of Milan who commissioned the work. Ross Kings new book is both a record of Leonardo da Vincis last five years in Milan & a biography of one of the most famous works of art ever painted.
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Leonardo Da Vinci is considered to be one of the greatest painters of all time & perhaps the most diversely talented person ever to have lived responsible for the Mona Lisa The Last Supper The Madonna of the Carnation & Vitruvian Man. Leonardo was an Italian Renaissance polymath: painter sculptor architect musician scientist mathematician engineer inventor anatomist geologist cartographer botanist & writer & this captivating book provides the reader with a unique insight into the life & work of one of history's most intriguing figures. All of Leonardo Da Vinci's work is presented in this compact volume
- from his paintings & frescos to detailed reproductions of his remarkable encrypted notebooks. As well as featuring each individual artwork sections of each are shown in isolation to reveal incredible details
- for example the different levels of perspective between the background sections of the Mona Lisa & the disembodied hand in The Last Supper. 640 pages of colour artworks & photographs of Da Vinci's original notebooks accompanied by fascinating biographical & historical details are here.

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