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Freda & Brenda spend their days working in an Italian-run wine-bottling factory. A work outing offers promise for Freda & terror from Brenda; passions run high on that chilly day of freedom & life after the outing never returns to normal. Beryl Bainbridge will dazzle readers in this offbeat haunting yet hilarious novel. ...

In this elegant & impassioned synthesis from one of the world's leading experts on Africa & poverty economist Paul Collier writes persuasively that although nearly five billion of the world's people are beginning to climb from desperate poverty & to benefit from globalization's reach to developing countries there is a bottom billion" of the world's poor whose countries largely immune to the forces of global economy are falling farther behind & are in danger of falling apart separating permanently & tragically from the rest of the world. Collier identifies & explains the four traps that prevent the homelands of the world's billion poorest people from growing & receiving the benefits of globalization
- civil war the discovery & export of natural resources in otherwise unstable economies being landlocked & therefore unable to participate in the global economy without great cost & finally ineffective governance. As he demonstrates that these billion people are quite likely in danger of being irretrievably left behind Collier argues that we cannot take a "headless heart" approach to these seemingly intractable problems; rather that we must harness our despair & our moral outrage at these inequities to a reasoned & thorough understanding of the complex & interconnected problems that the world's poorest people face."
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Presenting the finest in French bistro cookery the celebrated chef & author of The French Laundry Cookbook introduces nearly 150 recipes that emphasize a variety of emblematic bistro dishes including soupe l'oignon grantin e steamed mussels steak frites confit of duck country-style p t s & gigot d'agneau. ...

Bouchon Bakery" is co-authored by Sebastien Rouxel whose skills & craftsmanship make every page a new lesson: it could be a subtlety that ensures a professional finish or a flash of ingenuity that reveals a whole new way to heighten flavour & enhance texture. The deft twists perfectly written recipes & dazzling photographs make perfection inevitable whether you're making a doughnut or an eclair a croissant or a cream puff. The Candy & Confections chapter offers unimaginable treats: peppermint patties with creamy centres nut-laden nougat fruit jellies caramel popcorn Flavoured marshmallows & bonbons as well as holiday delights. Each recipe provides weights for ingredients as well as volume measures & directions for standard & convections ovens. The recipes here run the gamut from the very simple to the complex but all are readily doable with many doahead steps & brilliant guidance from three exceptional chefs: Thomas Keller Sebastien Rouxel & Matthew Mc Donald." ...

AD 57: much of Britannia has been under Roman occupation for over ten years with key areas in the south & east administered as vassal states where the tribes pay costly tithes to the Emperor in return for the right to continue living on their own lands. On the sacred isle of Mona the Boudica or Bringer of Victory as Breaca has long been hailed now knows for certain that her lover Caradoc
- betrayed captured & kept hostage in Rome
- will never return to her. She decides to leave Mona where she & her warriors have been waging a guerilla war & to take the fight to the Eceni heartland where it is needed most. With her are her children Cunomar & Grainne & her best friend from childhood ex-lover & dreamer Airmid. But the once proud Eceni are a downtrodden & defeated people who are forbidden on pain of death to worship their old gods & now scrape a living from the once fertile l&. Across the sea in Hibernia Breacas half-brother Ban is struggling to make peace with his fractured past. Soon provoked by Roman aggression he will sail to Britain to protect Mona & from there he will go to Camulodinum & united with his sister he & Breaca will face down the might of Rome in the bloodiest revolt the western world has ever known.

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In AD 60 Boudica war leader of the Eceni led her people in a final bloody revolt against the occupying armies of Rome. It was the culmination of nearly twenty years of resistance against an occupying force that sought to crush a vibrant complex civilization & replace it with the laws taxes & slavery of the Roman Empire. Gloriously imagined Boudica: Dreaming the Eagle recreates the beginnings of a story so powerful its impact has survived through the ages recounting the journey to adulthood of Breaca who at twelve kills her first warrior & her sensitive skilful half-brother Ban who carries with him a vision of the future that haunts his waking hours. In the company of a supreme storyteller the reader is plunged into the unforgettable world of tribal Britain in the years before the Romans came: a twilight world of Dreamers & the magic of the gods; a world where horses & dogs & the landscape itself become characters in their own right; where warriors fight for honour as much as victory. Above all it is a world of passion & courage & spectacular heart-felt heroism pitched against overwhelming odds. Manda Scotts Boudica will tell the extraordinary resounding story of Britains first & greatest warrior queen the woman who remains one of the great female icons
- to read it is to discover our history to learn about ourselves & our heritage.
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Following the death of her husband Boudica queen of the Iceni tribe is brutally attacked by the occupying Roman forces. Her home is pillaged her daughters abused & her land stolen from under her. Fearless intelligent & determined she manages to free her daughters & escape returning with the might of an angry supporting army. With a story packed full of bloody battles fierce fighting & brutal military tactics Boudica is an iconic figure of war & womanhood whose legendary life story still resonates today. ...

Britannia AD 60: The tribes of Britannia are ready to seek bloody vengeance. Twenty thousand warriors are poised to reclaim their land from their captors. Now is their chance: the Roman governor has marched his legions west leaving his capital & a vital port undefended. There is no going back. But to crush her enemies legions for all time Boudica must do more than lead her army in the greatest rebellion Britain has ever known. She must find healing for herself for the land
- & for Graine her eight-year-old daughter. Colchester is burning. London has been destroyed. Amidst fire & bloody revolution the Boudica & those around her must fight to keep what matters most
- now & for all time.

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When the Romans occupied the southern half of Britain in AD 43 the Iceni tribe quickly allied themselves with the invaders. Having paid tribute to Rome they continued to be ruled by their own kings. But 17 years later when Prasutagus the king of the Iceni died the Romans decided to incorporate his kingdom into the new province. When his widow Boudicca protested she was flogged & their daughters raped sparking one of the most famous rebellions in history. This book tells how Boudicca raised her people & other tribes in revolt & nearly took control of the fledgling Roman province before being finally brought to heel in a pitched battle at Mancetter. ...