The Kerr family say goodbye to their orange farm in Mallorca & put it up for sale after three years of hard work. The Mallorcan experience comes to an end with a farewell fiesta for neighbours & friends full of comic shenanigans but tinged with sadness. But now begins the return-to-Scotland adventure & what a cultural shock is in store. Welcomed back by family the Kerrs make plans to start a deer farm on a remote hillside the beginning of a period of challenges & change of buying & restoring houses in the lovely Scottish countryside. Meanwhile Peter explores Scotland with fresh eyes visiting such places as the Biarritz of the North where Robert Louis Stevenson used to holiday & giving us an insiders view of the world-famous Edinburgh Military Tattoo. Theres never a dull moment in the Kerr household. ...

As a new generation of school-leavers leaves home either to university or to seek their fortunes in the outside world many face the daunting prospect of cooking for themselves for the first time. Rather than resort to a diet of expensive takeaways or anything-on-toast this great book by 22-year old newcomer Tiffany Goodall shows first-timers how to cook everything they might want to eat. Whilst at university last year Tiffany wrote From Pasta to Pancakes with a student budget firmly in mind. It covers key basic skills such as how to cook pasta pizza pancakes couscous rice or bake a jacket potato each with many variations & moves on to explain how to whip up delicious breakfasts filling lunches proper dinners & delicious treats. With recipes ranging from Minestrone Soup to perfect Roast Chicken from Spanish Omelette to Thai Green Curry & from Chocolate Brownies to Vodka Watermelon this book will set young adults up for a lifetime of enjoyable cooking. With its brilliant cartoon-strip design more than 750 photographs & over 90 recipes From Pasta to Pancakes makes it easy to learn to cook. It explains the things other books assume you know & crucially

Includes:: photographs to illustrate every step. So if you need to know what simmering water really looks like whether your sauce is the right consistency or how to check whether chicken is properly cooked youll find clear instructions next to some handy pictures. Designed with a comic strip twist & with a photograph of every key step From Pasta to Pancakes is packed with recipes colour & helpful tips. It is an ideal partner for those taking their first steps in the kitchen.

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As a new generation of school-leavers leaves home either to university or to seek their fortunes in the outside world many face the daunting prospect of cooking for themselves for the first time. Rather than resort to a diet of expensive takeaways or anything-on-toast this great book by Tiffany Goodall shows first-timers how to cook everything they might want to eat. Tiffany wrote From Pasta to Pancakes with a student budget firmly in mind. It covers key basic skills such as how to cook pasta pizza pancakes couscous rice or bake a jacket potato each with many variations & moves on to explain how to whip up delicious breakfasts filling lunches proper dinners & delicious treats. With recipes ranging from Minestrone Soup to perfect Roast Chicken from Spanish Omelette to Thai Green Curry & from Chocolate Brownies to Vodka Watermelon this book will set young adults up for a lifetime of enjoyable cooking. With its brilliant cartoon-strip design more than 750 photographs & over 90 recipes From Pasta to Pancakes makes it easy to learn to cook. It explains the things other books assume you know & crucially

Includes:: photographs to illustrate every step. So if you need to know what simmering water really looks like whether your sauce is the right consistency or how to check whether chicken is properly cooked youll find clear instructions next to some handy pictures. Designed with a comic strip twist & with a photograph of every key step From Pasta to Pancakes is packed with recipes colour & helpful tips. It is an ideal partner for those taking their first steps in the kitchen.

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This is the insiders guide to getting published sucessfully. The secret to making money from your fiction writing is not only in the quality of your work but your approach to the publishing process: in this book an industry professional shows how to make the system work for you. Advice is here from almost the moment you pick up the pen
- identifying the market for your work
- to working constuctively with your author or agent safeguarding your rights negotiating & understanding contracts & understanding how you book will actually be sold. From Pitch to Publication" is the complete guide to presenting yourself effectively to publishers & navigating the periods before & after publication for continuing success."

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Christmas had never been a particularly good time for Dr Kay Scarpetta. Although a holiday for most it always seem to heighten the alienation felt by society's violent fringe; & that usually means more work for Scarpetta Virginia's Chief Medical Examiner I. The body was naked female & found propped against a fountain in a bleak area of New York's Central Park. Her apparent manner of death points to a modus operandi that is chillingly familiar: the gunshot wound to the head the sections of skin excised from the body the displayed corpse
- all suggest that Temple Brooks Gault Scarpetta's nemesis is back at work. Calling on all her reserves of courage & skill & the able assistance of colleagues Marino & Wesley Scarpetta must track this most dangerous of killers in pursuit of survival as well as justice
- heading inexorably to an electrifying climax amid the dark menacing labyrinths of the New York subway. For more about Patricia Cornwell & her books visit her website at www.patricia-cornwell.com

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For this edition of her classic study of the feminine role in film Molly Haskell has written a new chapter addressing recent developments in the appearance & perception of women in the movies. An incisive exceedingly thoughtful look at the distorted lens through which Hollywood has historically viewed women. It is a valuable contribution not just of film criticism but to a society in which the vital role of women is just beginning to emerge."--" Christian Science Monitor" " Haskell is interested in women--how they are used in movies how they use movies & how the parts they play function as projections & verifications of our myths about women's lot & woman's psyche & even lately women's lib."--Jane Kramer " Village Voice" " In examining the goddesses worshipped by an entire nation Molly Haskell reveals a good deal about our national character & our most cherished sexual myths.... Concerned with the deeply ingrained belief of women's inferiority she analyzes movies as a social product as well as a social arbiter & she effectively demonstrates how women are encouraged to impose limitations on themselves by fashioning those selves after flickering shadows in a darkened auditorium--sexual creatures who possess neither ability nor ambition beyond their bodies.... Both as an examination of film & as sociology " From Reverence to Rape" is excellent."--Harriet Kriegel " The Nation"" ...

' We are here to find a target who will fulfil our requirements. Someone who is admired & whose ignominious destruction would cause dismay' A beautiful Soviet spy. A br&-new Spektor cipher machine. Smersh has set an irresistible trap that threatens the entire Secret Service. In Fleming's fifth 007" novel Bond finds himself enmeshed in a deadly game of cross & double cross." ...

SMERSH the Russian intelligence unit is hell-bent on destroying Special Agent James Bond. His death would deal a hammer blow to the heart of The British Secret Service. The lure? The chance for 007 to bring the Spektor decoding machine from Istanbul to London & for the British to take the upper hand in a chilling new front of the Cold War. So begins a deadly game of bluff & double bluff with Bond a marked man as he enters the murky world of Balkan espionage. ...

From SAS To Blood Diamond Wars is the story of an outstanding warrior even by SAS standards. On the point of being demobbed from the SAS Fred Marafono was recruited by David Stirling for his private security company. After Stirling's death Fred found himself in the midst of Sierra Leone's Blood Diamond wars & formed an unbreakable bonding with the country's champion of democracy Chief Hinga Norman whose leadership & tragic death are integral to the story. Fred was recruited by Simon Mann for the finest of all private military companies in Africa Executive Outcomes. Fewer than two hundred of them defeated the rebels in their strongholds. Through political weakness Executive Outcomes were made to leave the country & chaos ensued. Committed men like Hinga Norman & British High Commissioner Peter Penfold saw that in the absence of military commitment from the west only highly professional former soldiers could spearhead the fight to restore democracy. Three of these veterans kept a vital air bridge open. Fred's final action was supporting the SAS in their brilliant hostage release Operation Barras. Peter Penfold sums it all up in the book's foreword writing of the 'confidence trust & admiration I have for this remarkable man. ' ...

Continuing where her hugely successful Voluptuous Delights left off best selling author Sophie Dahl offers up a seasonal almanac of bountiful dishes alongside warm food-filled memories & musings. Taking a gastronomic journey through the seasons from the Victorian Beeton era to a recent sodden Parisian evening Dahl captures the smoke filled days of Autumn with a nostalgic Squash & Parmesan soup the blooming warmth of an English garden in high summer with Grilled Peaches with Pistachios & Ricotta; & the burgeoning beginnings of Spring with a Butter Lettuce Lobster & Crayfish Salad. Bursting with moreish yet nutritious recipes for budding foodies & seasoned gourmets alike stunning photography & Sophie's delightfully quirky illustrations this latest offering promises pleasure indulgence & of course simple good food. ...