Dianne Page's collection of over 100 traditional family recipes for the slow cooker has been a bestseller for many years & is perfect for those who are buying (or thinking of buying) their first slow cooker as well as for the expert. Now updated to cover the latest developments in slow cooking her recipes prove that slow cookers not only produce tasty soups stews & casseroles but are also ideal for cooking fish fruit & vegetables. Slow cooking enables the food's flavors to blend & develop. It tenderizes even the toughest cheapest meats offers flexible meal times for busy families & produces no cooking smells & steam in the kitchen. ...

Many of the dishes are cooked as one-pot meals. Others require a simple accompaniment
- rice or pasta for instance. Preparation
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As much an entertaining armchair read as a practical guide this is a personal slow tour of Cornwall. Experience crashing waves & glorious beaches wild moorland & wooded valleys & the quiet & hitherto unsung byways of the Cornish landscape. Take time to savour the outstanding cuisine & seek out the lively arts scene. Interviews with locals
- from blacksmiths & bakers to artists & fishermen
- paint an intimate picture of the people of the region. Kirsty Fergusson enriches your stay with her local knowledge on where to stay eat & drink & what to see & do. Tips on where to paddle with the tide up wooded creeks to village pubs on where to discover lost varieties of Cornish apples & on riding a bike from standing stones to swimming holes provide an intimate picture of this popular tourist destination.

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When Queen Elizabeth II came to the throne in 1952 the talk was of a New Elizabethan Age of British economic & technological achievement founded on the fruits of ground-breaking wartime research & backed by the financial might of the City. Britain was about to launch the world's first jet airliner. She was on the verge of becoming the first nation to generate nuclear power. She was a close second to the United States in the development of the computer. Her factories were working flat out producing the cars ships buses lorries aircraft electrical goods clothes chemicals & construction materials demanded by a society on the verge of prosperity after the pain of rationing & post-war reconstruction. One half of the working population was employed in manufacturing from massive plants to tiny workshops; unemployment was negligible. Sixty years on the picture is unrecognisable. Most of our industries have disappeared while those of our competitors have flourished. Our British household names now thrive under foreign ownership. We have lost most of our export markets & many goods essential to our economy have to be imported. In The Slow Death of British Industry Nicholas Comfort looks at how this happened & illustrates a cautionary tale that is at once complex & dramatically simple. ...

This is one of three launch titles in the new Slow" series of regional UK guides from two of the UK's most distinctive travel publishers: Bradt & Alastair Sawday. Travel slowly & sustainably with Hilary Bradt founder of Bradt guides & a resident of Devon as she takes you on a personal 'slow' tour of Devon & Exmoor. Connect with the people places environment & heritage of this spectacular part of the country & discover for yourself the unsung delights well known sights wildlife coast & countryside
- not to mention the foibles of the locals
- in this truly unique guide. Topping it off is an enticing selection of accommodation from the inimitable collection of Alastair Sawday."

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Slow Learner is a compilation of early stories written between 1959 & 1964 before Pynchon achieved recognition as a prominent writer for his 1963 novel V & containing a revelatory essay on his early influences & writing. The collection consists of five short stories: ' The Small Rain' ' Lowlands' ' Entropy' ' Under the Rose' & ' The Secret Integration' as well as an introduction written by Pynchon himself for the 1984 publication. The five stories were originally published individually in various literary magazines but in 1984 after Pynchon had achieved greater recognition Slow Learner was published to collect & copyright the stories into one volume. The introduction also offers a rare insight into Pynchon's own views on his work & influences. ...

Slow Loris was a slow loris & he was very slow. He lived in a zoo. The visitors thought him boring. The other animals did too. It took Loris ten minutes to eat a satsuma.. .twenty minutes to get from one end of his branch to the other.. .and an hour to scratch his bottom. But Slow Loris didnt care. He had a secret... ...

Laurence Mitchell long-time resident of Norfolk invites travellers to the region to take a leisurely sojourn around both the well known sights & off-the-beaten track secrets in a personal tour that takes in the coast & villages remote marshes beaches shingle banks towns & cities of Norfolk & Suffolk. Conservation projects boat trips cycle & walking tours wildlife & bird watching & distinctive vernacular architecture are just some of the attractions which Laurence describes in his distinctive voice as well as all the practical details you need for an easy relaxing break. Whats more the unique accommodation descriptions from Alastair Sawday mean that you can be sure of a truly slow visit. ...

Travel & nature writer Mike Bagshaw has lived in Yorkshire for over 25 years & in this his unique guide to the area he brings to life the landscapes & wildlife of the region & indulges his interests in crafts architecture local history folklore & pubs. This personal guide
- a book to be read as well as used
- explores the nooks & crannies of this dramatic & diverse county & takes in all the well known sights as well as regional secrets including fossil hunting wild food foraging & the game of quoits. H&-picked accommodation from Alastair Sawday ensures a comfortable stay helping to get the most out of a slow visit to one of Britains most beautiful areas.

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Northumbria is home to the loneliest stretches of moorland & coast in the country. The region has much to offer the nature lover walking enthusiast history buff gastronome & gardener: rare wildlife Georgian architecture the Pennine hills Hadrian's Wall Alnwick Gardens & Alnwick Castle featured in the Harry Potter films. Gemma Hall shares her love of Northumberland Durham & Tyneside guiding visitors through historic towns cities & villages; across the Cheviot Hills & along Northumberland's Heritage Coast; to outdoor swimming spots high altitude flower meadows & the wooded gorges of the Durham coast. ...