One of the most successful entertainment figures of his time Robert Ripley's life is the stuff of a classic American fairy tale. Bucktoothed & hampered by shyness Ripley turned his sense of being an outsider into an appreciation of the weird & wonderful. He sold his first cartoon to Life magazine at eighteen but it was his wildly popular ' Believe It or Not!' radio shows that won him international fame & spurred him on to search the globe's farthest corners for bizarre facts human curiosities & shocking phenomena. Ripley delighted in making preposterous declarations that somehow turned out to be true
- such as that Charles Lindburgh was only the sixty-seventh man to fly across the Atlantic or that ' The Star Spangled Banner' was not the USA's national anthem. & he demanded respect for those who were labelled 'eccentrics' or 'freaks'
- whether it be E. L. Blystone who wrote 2 871 alphabet letters on a grain of rice or the man who could swallow his own nose. By the 1930s Ripley possessed a wide fortune a private yacht & a huge mansion stocked with such oddities as shrunken heads & medieval torture devices. His pioneering firsts in print radio & television tapped into something deep in the American consciousness
- a taste for the titillating & exotic & a fascination with the fastest biggest wackiest & weirdest
- & ensured a worldwide legacy that continues today. This compelling biography portrays a man who was dedicated to exalting the strange & unusual
- but who may have been the most amazing oddity of all.




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Montague Rhodes James
- M. R. James
- was an English academic & provost of Kings College & Eton. He started writing ghost stories

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Your plain-English guide to currency trading Forex markets can be one of the fastest & most volatile financial markets to trade. Money can be lost or made in a matter of seconds & forex markets are always moving. So how do you keep up? This hands-on friendly guide shows you how the forex market really works what moves it & how you can actively trade in it
- without losing your head! All the worlds a stage
- get an easy-to-follow introduction to the global forex market & understand its size scope & players Show me the money
- take a look at the major fundamental & economic drivers that influence currency values & get the know-how to interpret data & events like a pro Prepare for battle
- discover different types of trading styles & make a concrete strategy & game plan before you act on anything Pull the trigger
- establish a position in the market manage the trade while its open & close out on the most advantageous terms Open the book & find: Currency trading conventions & tools Key characteristics of successful traders Trading pitfalls to avoid & risk management rules to live by How major currencies typically trade Why its important to be organized & prepared The 411 on buying & selling simultaneously Tips for understanding rollovers & interest rates Learn to: Grasp currency"es Capitalize on the foreign exchange market Manage risk & reward Use the forces that drive currency movements Identify key traits of individual currency pairs




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Take-aways are a delicious
- but often costly
- family treat. Now it couldnt be easier to make your own mouth-watering curries

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Readers have praised Kris Dhillons The Curry Secret" for over twenty years. Now she shows how easily you can produce your favourite spicy & curry dishes in a slow cooker. Her collection of tasty recipes

Includes:: dishes from India Thailand Vietnam Indonesia Malaysia Burma Jamaica & North Africa all of which can be cooked in a slow cooker. Choose from Rogan Josh Goan Prawn Curry Tarka Dhal Thai Pork Curry Thai Green Curry Thai Spiced Beef Soup Tamarind Pork Malaysian Chicken Curry with Mango Indonesian Chicken Curry Curried Coconut Chicken Vegetable Tagine Moroccan Lamb Soup Real Chili Con Carne Slow Cooker Jambalaya & many more. It also

Includes:: a selection of easy to make accompaniments including rice dishes nans raitas puris chutneys & tortillas."



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This is a new edition of this ultimate cookbook for curry-lovers. Take your taste buds on a global curry adventure. Invite top chefs writers & cooks into your kitchen from Vivek Singh (The Cinnamon Club) Das Sreedharan (Rasa Restaurants) to David Thompson (Nahm) & they'll share their secrets for authentic taste-tingling curries that are easy to create at home. Learn how to make authentic dishes like Thai green jungle curry chicken makhani & South African bunny chow. You'll discover which ingredients make each dish special & follow step-by-step techniques that make every recipe clear. Tried & tested by experts using readily available ingredients & exquisite flavours
- red hot results are guaranteed every time.
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An I ? Curry card gets you unlimited two-for-one meals at over 1 000 great spice restaurants for a whole year. So whatever the occasion simply show your I ? Curry membership & save £££s every time you dine. Please allow 2 weeks to recieve your membership pack. ...

In this delicious collection of new recipes Madhur Jaffrey shows us that Indian food need not be complicated or involve hours in the kitchen. Take a few well chosen spices & readily available ingredients & in a few easy steps you can make a delicious prawn curry from Goa; succulent chicken baked in an almond & onion sauce; hearty Sri Lankan beef with coconut milk; a creamy potato & pea curry; tasty swiss chard stir fried with ginger & garlic; & a spicy dip with beans (canned of course) cumin chillies & lime. With over 175 clear simple & accessible recipes this mouthwatering cookbook is as beautifully written as her bestselling Ultimate Curry Bible" & is fully illustrated throughout with gorgeous colour photography. Whether you are cooking curry for the first time or have plenty of culinary experience & are looking for quick & easy ideas Madhur brings you all the tastes of India with the minimum of work." ...

There is truly no other curry book like this one. The recipes are not the traditional cuisine practised by Indians at home but the distinctive & well-loved variety served in Indian restaurants worldwide. Since its first publication nearly twenty years ago The Curry Secret" has been a bestseller. It has grown by word of mouth & reader recommendation into a cult classic
- it has even spawned internet forums where readers rave about the sauce. Following requests from those readers Kris Dhillon has now updated the book to include a wider choice of dishes & brand new recipes for even more mouthwatering curries as well as all the established favourites. From Chicken Tikka Masala to Onion Bhajee Aloo Gobi to Lamb Biryani everyone's favourite is here. Praise from readers: ' Truly an excellent book & one that any Indian restaurant fan who enjoys cooking should have'; ' The Holy Grail of curry cook books'; & ' This book is so good it's unbelievable'."
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' It's a curse because everyone connected to Brink's-Mat stands to get topped sooner or later' Legendary South London villain Georgie Francis shortly before he was shot dead by a hitman. The Brink's-Mat raid was the robbery of the century the stuff of legends in the criminal underworld. On November 26 1983 a group of robbers burst into the Brink's-Mat warehouse near Heathrow Airport expecting to find a decent-sized haul of cash
- but instead they stumbled upon nearly seven thousand gold bars worth GBP28 million. More than twenty-five years later GBP20 million of bullion remains unrecovered & it is thought that most people in possession of gold jewellery made in the UK after 1983 are wearing Brink's-Mat. Wensley Clarkson is the leading expert on the crime. In addition to having met & interviewed many of its most important figures on both sides of the law he has secured the co-operation of several members of the original gang to provide unprecedented insight into what happened. This is the definitive account not just of the robbery itself but of its aftermath its legacy in modern crime & the infamous 'curse' that has seen so many of those associated with the gold meet a violent end.
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