For over 300 years Fortnum & Mason has been internationally renowned for its style elegance English charm & above all as a purveyor of foods of the finest top quality including a distinguished range of honey & preserves. This beautiful pocket book celebrates Fortnum's outstanding heritage in preserving. From the fascinating history of its preserves & why Fortnum & Mason continues to use time-honoured methods in their manufacture to how the store came to house a colony of bees on its rooftop this is a charming collection of anecdotes & stories alongside over 50 delicious recipes using honey & preserves. From Scallops with Honey Soy & Chilli Beef & Stout Puff Pastry Pie & a Marmalade-glazed Ham to delicate teatime treats & elegant puddings there is a something for every occasion & every time of the day. Beautifully illustrated with colour photography & line illustrations throughout you can now enjoy a taste of Fortnum's at home. ...

It had been the wish of her whole life to flee from all the Herries but Walter Herries had challenged her & she had taken up the challenge. Judith Paris now middle aged returns to the Lakes to deal with the bitter feud between the two branches of the family. A feud culminating in the construction by one branch of a huge house known as The Fortress which will dominate the land of the others. But within this conflict the children of the two families have important roles to play. ...

The Great Reawakening did not come quietly. Suddenly people from all corners of the globe began to develop terrifying powers
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Israel six decades after its founding remains a nation in thrall to an original martial impulse. Born of idealism under David Ben Gurion & his proteges Dayan Sharon & Peres Israel came to prioritize security at all costs & to seize land & water whenever opportunity arose. The security state erected around the nation is the most efficient ruthless intelligent & skilful in the region. & it is very little understood. Patrick Tyler believes that the way to understand it is to understand the men & women who have created sustained & directed it. Less an anatomy of institutions & administrations than a searching biographical study of the outsize personalities who headed its operations & in consequence steered Israels course since its foundation this book is a landmark in the revelation of the inner workings of the Israeli nation-state. ...

In March & April 1942 more explosives were dropped on the tiny Mediterranean island of Malta ' smaller than the Isle of Wight ' than on the whole of Britain during the first year of the Blitz. Malta had become one of the most strategically important places in the world. From there the Allies could attack Axis supply lines to North Africa; without it Rommel would be able to march unchecked into Egypt Suez & the Middle East. For the Allies this would have catastrophic. As Churchill said Malta had to be held 'at all costs.' FORTRESS MALTA follows the story through the eyes of those who were there: young men such as twenty-year-old fighter pilot Raoul Daddo-Langlois anti-aircraft gunner Ken Griffiths American Art Roscoe & submariner Tubby Crawford
- who served on the most successful Allied submarine of the Second World War; cabaret dancer-turned RAF plotter Christina Ratcliffe & her lover the brilliant & irrepressible reconnaissance pilot Adrian Warburton. Their stories & others provide extraordinary first-hand accounts of heroism resilience love & loss highlighting one of the most remarkable stories of World War II.
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The Romans have vanquished the rebel alliance; Calgus Lord of the Northern Tribes is the prisoner of the chieftains he once led. & the Roman leader has an audacious plan to capture Dinpaladyr the barbarians' fortress of spears. Marcus Aquila
- burning for revenge on an enemy that has killed one of his best friends
- rides north with the Petriana cavalry. He believes his disguise as Centurion Corvus of the 2nd Tungrians is still holding. But he is just a few days ahead of two of the emperor's agents sent from Rome to kill him. Pitiless assassins who know his real name & too much about his friends.

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Paddy Ashdowns autobiography was hailed as one of the most readable & exciting political life stories ever written of all
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This is a classic tale of the loves crimes & struggles confronted by one family of immigrants living in New York City. From the barren farms of Italy to the cramped tenements of New York Lucia Santa
- wife widow & mother of two families
- must steer them through the Depression & the early years of war as they adapt to life in a strange l&. However she cannot prevent the conflict between Italian & American values
- nor the violence & bloodshed which must surely follow...


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Step into the world of the mega-rich...and the mega-bitches. Three girls. One life-changing fortune... Madison is so over New York. Her mom won't let her have botox & she can't leave the city because her step-father is sick. Snoresville. So when she gets a mysterious invitation to a private party in Capri held by billionaire music mogul Brad Masters she's determined to go. Simonetta wants her mamma off her back. Of course she's not going to give up modelling in Rome to go back to her fusty little village. When she gets her invitation she sees the chance to lose her roots forever. Sapphire just wants to write songs & hang out in the London record shop where she works. When she's invited to Brad's party she doesn't even want to go
- but her mum seems strangely excited about it. Madison Simonetta & Sapphire: three girls from different worlds who are about to find out they have more in common than they think.
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The seventh gripping adventure in this exciting pony-club series. With gymkhanas to win rivals to defeat mysteries to solve & ponies in danger to save
- these books are perfect for all girls who love ponies. Issie & friends are surprised when Natasha Tucker's dad is made pony club president & unveils the Tucker Trophy competition. Issie's facing her biggest training challenge yet
- Fortune a dozy piebald Blackthorn Pony she must work into winning form. That is if she can keep him awake! Meanwhile someone is doing their best to wreck relations between the riders & a nearby golf course... Could Pony Club itself be under threat?

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