You meet someone. You fall in love. If all goes well that person falls in love with you & you live happily ever after. Yet is finding love really that straightforward? Andrew Trees draws from the latest studies in economics neuro-chemistry game theory evolutionary psychology & other fields to take on a topic we all think we understand
- how we fall in love
- & turn it on its head. Discover why: certain perfume fragrances make you appear slimmer; human testicle size is an indicator of our promiscuous past; & you need to date twelve people to find Mr or Mrs Right
- & the mathematical theory behind it. Page turning thought provoking & sparkling with wit Decoding Love" offers surprising new insights into the nature of attraction as well as an intimate look at the strange intersection of romance & the modern world of dating."


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In 1900 a group of sponge divers blown off course in the Mediterranean discovered an Ancient Greek shipwreck dating from around 70 BC. Lying unnoticed for months amongst their hard-won haul was what appeared to be a formless lump of corroded rock which turned out to be the most stunning scientific artefact we have from antiquity. For more than a century this Antikythera mechanism puzzled academics but now more than 2000 years after the device was lost at sea scientists have pieced together its intricate workings. In Decoding the Heavens" Jo Marchant tells for the first time the story of the 100-year quest to understand this ancient computer. Along the way she unearths a diverse cast of remarkable characters
- ranging from Archimedes to Jacques Cousteau
- & explores the deep roots of modern technology not only in Ancient Greece the Islamic world & medieval Europe."

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Whether you are designing a brand new home or simply updating one rooms interior Decorate is teeming with clever creative & quirky advice from the worlds best designers & architects. The likes of Jonathan Adler Kelly Hoppen Amy Neunsinger Rita Konig Amy Butler & Abigail Ahern reveal essential tools of the trade from where to put your furniture to how to dress a room with your own individual style. The book is a gorgeous source of essential expert guidance featuring both quick fixes for small budgets & indulgent ideas for more ambitious projects. The text is divided into sections each punctuated with top tips pearls of decorating wisdom & divine designer secrets: Space Matters has a blank-canvas approach showing you how best to assess a space & work out its specific decorating needs. A section on Setting Your Style profiles a huge range of different interior aesthetics from Natural & Fleamarket Style to Modern Glamour & Eclectic. Room By Room concentrates on each room of the house & tells you what you need to know to transform any area. Finally Attention to Detail reveals the smaller elements that can utterly transform a space without affecting the architecture or structure of a building. These final touches include hanging pictures arranging flowers cushions & lights. Decorates vast selection of styles boasting contributions from the industrys top designers makes it an essential book for anyone looking to transform their homes interior. ...

After the phenomenal success of Decorate Holly Becker offers a very personal approach to decorating advice in the Decorate Workshop. Taking the same friendly & approachable tone that has made her decor 8 blog so popular Holly draws her inspiration from beautiful homes in locations around the world including London Paris New York & Amsterdam to guide the reader through their own decorating projects. Filled with inspirational photographs & words of wisdom from Holly herself the Decorate Workshop is an invaluable guide to finding & filtering design information & the wealth of shopping choices that can engulf a novice decorator. Holly shows readers how to be inspired & stay inspired how to define & refine their own style how to tackle a project practically with the use of professional-style moodboards & ultimately how to apply all that new-found knowledge to their own homes. In Planning Holly takes you through the basics of starting out whether you are beginning from scratch with a new home adapting an existing room or looking for a small-scale makeover. In Decorating she explores a wealth of aesthetic choices from neutral palettes to exploring colour texture & pattern through to introducing personal touches such as artwork books collections & flowers. Furnishing your Home gets more specific with ideas for curating every room from buying a great table for your dining room to the best textiles to dress the bed. Part essential reference part jotter for notes lists & reminders the Decorate Workshop will be a covetable purchase for Holly's legions of fans. ...

Sugarcraft expert Frances Mc Naughton has created twenty different designs for decorating cup cakes & twenty fun alternatives. There are easy recipes for the cakes themselves & simple instructions for creating the decorations using readily available ingredients. Full of fun & inspiration this book will show you how to make cup cakes for all occasions. Features include: twenty designs & twenty alternatives; cup cake & icing recipes included; readily available ingredients; & cup cakes for all occasions. ...

This is a complete guide to cake decorating with over 100 projects from traditional classics to the latest in contemporary designs. It is an inspiring collection of classic cake recipes & a comprehensive instruction course in cake making & decorating skills in one easy-to-follow volume. It features 100 fantastic step-by-step cake decorating projects from traditional novelty & special occasion cakes to wedding christening birthday & Christmas cakes. You can learn the techniques for working with royal icing sugarpaste & fondant marzipan butter icing fudge frosting glace icing & chocolate icing. Cake recipes include One-stage Victoria Sandwich Madeira Cake Rich Fruit Cake Black Forest Gateau Gorgeous Chocolate Cake & Fresh Fruit Genoese. Techniques & projects are shown in 750 step-by-step photographs making the decorating stages easy to follow. This comprehensive book is the ultimate guide to making & decorating cakes. The first section covers the basics with recipes for a variety of classic sponge & fruit cakes & icings & frostings as well as stage-by-stage techniques for covering piping & decorating. There are plenty of ideas for embellishments from ribbons to home-made chocolate curls. The second half contains 100 projects each with detailed instructional photographs & a glorious picture of the finished cake. Recipes include Iced Fancies Trailing Orchid Wedding Cake Teddy Bear Christening Cake & even a Dinosaur Cake. With tips throughout & everything shown step by step it is simple to achieve stunning results with every cake. ...

Do you love baking & want to discover new ideas for decorating? Queen of bakes Annie Rigg is here to help with Decorating Cakes & Cookies. There are more than 40 ideas for decorating cakes cookies & cupcakes as well as step-by-step photography for those trickier bits. Even if you are not a confident baker & youve never made icing or handled a piping bag Annies fool-proof instructions will inspire you to get creative & whip up a batch of h&-crafted cookies to impress friends & family. There are treats for every occasion from Spring Flower Cupcakes for Mothers Day & Monogrammed Wedding Cookies to Snowman Cupcakes for Christmas & a Striped Chocolate Cake for a friends birthday. A Basics chapter gives you all the cookie doughs cake mixes & step-by step decorating techniques you need to achieve any of the recipes in the book. ...

Katrien loves chocolate & uses it in cake decorating because it not only tastes delicious but is so versatile. In this book she shows you how to create beautifully decorated cakes: fresh contemporary fun & irresistible. It is filled with techniques & ideas for everyone whether you just want to decorate a ready-made cake or use one of the scrumptious recipes in the book to bake it from scratch whether you only bake occasionally or do it for a living. Whether you buy a ready-made cake or take the time to lovingly bake your own cake from the luscious recipes at the end of this book whether you only bake occasionally or bake for profit I would like to teach you a few techniques which once mastered will give you the ability to decorate your cake quickly & easily to be a show-stopper on any occasion. ...

Forget perfection
- Decorating with Style gives you the confidence to take risks with interior design embrace what you love &
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Near the village of Helmthorpe Swainsdale the body of a well-liked local historian is found half-buried under a drystone wall. Harry Steadman has been brutally murdered. But who would want to kill such a thoughtful dedicated man? Chief Inspector Alan Banks is called in to investigate & soon discovers that disturbing secrets lie behind the apparently bucolic facade. It is clear that young Sally Lumb locked in her lover's arms on the night of the murder knows more than she is letting on. & her knowledge could lead to danger.. .' The novels of Peter Robinson are chilling evocative deeply nuanced works of art' Dennis Lehane ' Inspector Banks
- a man for all seasons he knows that often the answers to the clues are hidden in his own heart' Michael Connelly ' If you haven't encountered Chief Inspector Alan Banks before prepare for a crash course in taut clean writing & subtle psychology. & watch for those twists
- they'll get you every time' Ian Rankin

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