Sweet Memories is a wonderful nostalgic journey through the development of British confectionery. Frys Five Boys Rowntrees Fruit Gums Bassetts Liquorice Allsorts Quality Street Murray Mints Dairy Milk Black Magic: these are a selection of the evocative names from more than a hundred years of our favourite confectionery. The book first published in 1988 is reissued after popular dem&. Leading popular culture writer Robert Opie discusses the principal companies involved their advertising marketing slogans & gimmicks
- all illustrated with the authors vast collection of packaging & advertising ephemera that will evoke great sweet memories
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Any Parisian will tell you that theirs is the city of romance light & delicious sweets that are like no others on earth. Take your tastebuds on a tour of Paris in this sumptuous collection of sweet pastries magnifique desserts & chocolates to die For. Michael Pauls stunning photography captures the real ambience & joie de vivre of this remarkable city. Saunter past traditional pattiseries sit with artists sipping chocolat chaud in Montmartre & savour the delights of the local chocolatier. With over 30 classic & modern recipes from comforting pains au chocolate to irresistible macaroons Sweet Paris is more than a cook book: its a sweet-toothed flaneurs guide to Paris; a city where even the desserts are chic. ...

It is August 1935 & the Duke of Mersham is hosting one of his influential parties bringing together public figures interested in improving Anglo-German relations. One of his guests is General Sir Alistair Craig VC who swallows poison in the dukes excellent port & dies just as latecomer Lord Edward Corinth & journalist Verity Browne arrive on the scene. The unlikely pair
- the younger son of a duke & a journalist committed to the Communist Party find common ground as they seek for the truth behind the generas murder & discover that everyone present
- including the duke himself
- had a motive for wanting Sir Alistair out of the way. First published in hardback in 2000 this classic detective story introducing Lord Edward Corinth & Verity Browne was much acclaimed.


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This book takes the guesswork out of making a sure-to-delight pie &

Includes:: handy recipes for super-fast

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An erotic & compelling tale of suspense from the New York Times ebook bestselling author of BECAUSE YOU ARE MINE. Chicago Special Agent Shane Dominic was in love with Laura Vasquez until the day she left him & married another man. Laura's never disappeared from his fantasies or destroyed his desire to learn the truth about why she left. When her husband the criminal mastermind behind an ring of thieves is murdered Shane knows this is his last chance. One look at Shane & Laura's own memories come back to haunt her but she'd never divulge her secrets
- a desperate vow that's compromised when Shane takes her as his captive to a secluded cabin. Here she will finally belong to him be subjected to his every torturously erotic whim & be forced to trust him with a shocking truth she's hidden for so long
- one that will expose them to a danger closing in on the both of them.

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Delving into backstage scandal tabloid rumour & the cut-throat worlds of music & television Tom Bower leaves no stone unturned in this must-read biography. Packed with juicy details exclusive interviews & sensational revelations Sweet Revenge" is an incredible portrait of a fascinating celebrity which also uncovers the real stories behind " The X Factor" " Britains Got Talent" & " American Idol"." ...

August 1939 the last hot days of a perfect English summer
- war is now certain this week next week.. .soon. Lord Edward Corinth
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A fascinating tale of a decade that produced some of the finest music ever. In a narrative that captures all the tumult & liberating energy of a country in division & transition Sweet Soul Music is the story of the birth of modern rhythm-&-blues. Guralnick records the rise & fall of Stax Records
- the Memphis powerhouse label that produced a string of classics from the likes of Otis Redding & Booker T. & the MGs
- & other labels such as Atlantic as well as profiling such major artists as Aretha Franklin Sam Cooke James Brown Solomon Burke & Al Green.

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Maddie's getting it from all sides. Her bitchy new boss at the radio station humiliates her live on air about her figure her glamour-puss mum keeps dropping not-so-subtle hints that Maddie should lose weight & her kids are embarrassed to be seen with her after the disastrous Mums' race at their school sports day. Something's got to change... Maddie joins the local weight-watching group expecting more humiliation but instead finds two unlikely allies -- bitter divorcee Lauren who despite running a dating agency has signed off romance for ever & shy Jess the beautician who's desperate to fit into a size 10 wedding dress for her Big Day. ...

An elaboration on John Steinbecks greatest theme
- the common bonds of humanity & love which make goodness & happiness possible
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