Frozen Planet" is the exciting successor to the ground-breaking " Planet Earth" & " Blue Planet" series & has been created by the same award-winning team. Most of us will never travel to these great wildernesses & even for those lucky enough to have gone this portrait of our polar regions will surprise & astound. Take a journey to the last truly great wilderness regions. From the Great Melt in Spring to the 24-hour summer the beginning of the Big Freeze & long dark winter this epic series will follow the dramatic landscapes & the emotional life stories of the animals that live there. Following the stories of the polar bear & wolf in the North Pole & the adelie penguin & killer whale in the South Pole we see how they survive these extremes how they feed mate & rear their young. Using the latest hi-tech cameras the series will reveal animal behaviour as weve never seen before
- the long tender mating ritual of the polar bears the vast penguin colonies the Arctics most impressive hunter the wolf as well as eider ducks gentle seals & sociable ravens. But the real star of this series is the ice & " Frozen Planet" will tell its story from its formation to its movement & its beauty. & of course what the future holds for it. This is the last chance to explore our Frozen Planet before it changes forever."
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' The question that haunts us all. Just what is it that drives someone to kill?' In Ravenbank a remote community in the Lake District Hallowe'en is particularly chilling. It is a time for telling the story of the Faceless Woman a young housemaid brutally murdered in a nearby lane her corpse discovered with a makeshift shroud frozen to her battered face. & five years ago the tale became even more unsettling when another woman was murdered in exactly the same grisly manner. Daniel Kind a specialist in the history of murder becomes fascinated by the old cases & begins to wonder whether the obvious suspects really did commit the crimes. While Daniel attends a Hallowe'en party in Ravenbank death returns for a third time to the beautiful but eerily isolated spot. Once more the victim is a woman
- & once more her damaged face is shrouded from view. The latest horrifying murder presents DCI Hannah Scarlett head of the Cold Case Review Team with the toughest challenge of her career. Is the case linked to the two earlier killings
- & if so how? Hannah & Daniel join forces in an attempt to solve the puzzling mystery. But in doing so both may be forced to confront ghosts from their own pasts.. .

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Growing fruit at home is a delicious & altogether more enjoyable alternative to buying it in the shops. Mark Diacono offers a practical & accessible guide to making the most of your garden & what it has to offer. The first part of the book is an A-Z of the different varieties of fruit with old favourites like apples cherries plums blackcurrants white currants redcurrants strawberries blueberries gooseberries raspberries & rhubarb as well as more exotic species like figs grapes cranberries Japanese wine berries & apricots. Each is accompanied by a photograph with detailed advice on when & how to grow & harvest. In the second part of the book Mark gives straightforward guidelines on techniques like pruning & training as well as how to deal with problems or pests. There is a section dedicated to growing under covers & in containers. Introduced by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall & with 30 delicious recipes beautiful full-colour photographs & a directory of useful addresses this is the ideal reference for any aspiring fruit grower. ...

This is a new edition of a classic of early 17th-century food writing. The book was written by the Italian refugee educator & humanist Giacomo Castelvetro who had been saved from the clutches of the Inquisition in Venice by the English ambassador Sir Dudley Carleton in 1611. When he came to England he was horrified by our preference for large helpings of meat masses of sugar & very little greenstuff. The Italians were both good gardeners & had a familiarity with many varieties of vegetable & fruit that were as yet little known in Engl&. He circulated his Italian manuscript among his supporters dedicating it to Lucy Countess of Bedford herself a keen gardener & patron of literature. Gillian Riley's translation of this hitherto unpublished document has been recognised as being fluent entertaining & accurate from its first appearance in 1989. Castelvetro takes us through the gardener's year listing the fruit & vegetables as they come into season with simple & elegant ways of preparing them. Practical instructions are interspersed with tender vignettes of his life in his native city of Modena memories of his years in Venice & reminiscences of his travels in Europe. He writes of children learning to swim in the canals of the Brenta strapped to huge dried pumpkins to keep them afloat; Venetian ladies ogling passers-by from behind screens of verdant beanstalks; sultry German wenches jealously hoarding their grape harvest; & his intimate chats with Scandinavian royalty about the best way to graft pear cuttings & discomfort the Pope. English cooking was on a cusp. It had yet to absorb the new ways of Europe although some of the best practice of Dutch & French gardening was having its effect on our diet. But there were still many new styles of cooking & recipes to absorb as well as new plants to enjoy (for instance broccoli) & new ways to set them out on the table. This treatise anticipates many of the changes that were to come about over the next one hundred years. Castelvetro urges that we should eat more salads with the same enthusiasm that was evinced by John Evelyn in his book on salad-stuff of 1699. This edition is printed in two colours has a graceful typography (using the Galliard typeface) & generous layout & is equipped with a knowledgeable & informative introduction by the translator. ...

GARDEN MEDIA GUILD PRACTICAL BOOK OF THE YEAR 2012 Fruit & vegetables have formed a fundamental part of the Scottish diet for thousands of years. This fascinating & practical book explores the history of fruit vegetable & herb growing in Scotland & provides a contemporary guide to the best techniques for growing produce whether in a garden allotment patio or window box. Packed with hundreds of colour photographs drawings & descriptive diagrams this is a detailed & comprehensive bible for the gardener. In addition to advice on climate & soil conditions it has contacts for organisations specialist societies nurseries & suppliers as well as a detailed bibliography & list of useful websites. This is an essential reference book for anyone aiming to get the best possible results from their garden produce north of the border. ...

The essential guide to growing all types of fruit. Everything you need to know about: Choosing the best apples pears & plums for your garden. Planting & caring for tree fruit. Buying & growing soft fruit. Getting the best taste from your fruit. How to prune. Dealing with fruit problems & pests. Shop-bought fruit. Reliable easy-to-follow advice & information from EXPERT books
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A unique novel full of humour wit & passion from Andrea Levy critically acclaimed author of the Orange Prize winning SMALL ISLAND & the Man Booker shortlisted THE LONG SONG. Faith Jackson fixes herself up with a great job in TV & the perfect flatshare. But neither is that perfect
- & nor are her relations with her overbearing though always loving family. Furious & perplexed when her parents announce their intention to retire back home to Jamaica Faith makes her own journey there where she is immediately welcomed by her Aunt Coral keeper of a rich cargo of family history. Through the weave of her aunt's storytelling a cast of characters unfolds stretching back to Cuba & Panama Harlem & Scotland a story that passes through London & sweeps through continents.
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Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels from Starter to Advanced this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every students capabilities. Five entertaining stories about the power of discovery set in countries across the globe. A perfume made from some very unusual ingredients becomes more effective than expected. A remarkable change in a womans life leaves her family to make a decision. The secret & danger of high intelligence are revealed to a university student. A teacher discovers a way of making time stand still. & a book tells a young manager more than he wants to know. Contains a paperback & 2 Audio CDs with complete text recordings from the book. ...

Spanning 1979-1987 The Fry Chronicles" charts Stephen Frys arrival at Cambridge up to his thirtieth birthday. " Heartbreaking a delight a lovely comfy book". (" The Times"). " Perfect prose & excruciating honesty. A grand reminiscence of college & theatre & comedyland in the 1980s with tone-perfect anecdotes & genuine readerly excitement. What Fry does essentially is tell us who he really is. Above all else a thoughtful book. & namedroppy too & funny & marbled with melancholy". (" Observer"). " Arguably the greatest living Englishman". (" Independent on Sunday"). " Extremely enjoyable". (" Sunday Times"). " Frys linguistic facility remains one of the Wildean wonders of the new media age. The patron saint of British intelligence". (" Daily Telegraph"). Welcome to Stephen Frys " The Fry Chronicles" one of the boldest bravest most revealing & heartfelt accounts of a mans formative years that you will ever have the exquisite pleasure of reading. Stephen Frys film stage radio & television credits are so numerous & wide-ranging that there is not space here to do them justice. It is enough to say that he has written produced directed acted in or presented productions as varied as " Wilde" the TV series " Blackadder" & " Jeeves & Wooster" the sketch show "A Bit of Fry & Laurie" the panel game "QI" the radio series " Frys English Delight" & documentaries on subjects as varied as manic depression disappearing animals & the United States of America. Hes also the bestselling author of four novels
- " The Stars Tennis Balls" " Making History" " The Hippopotamus" & " The Liar"
- as well as a volume of autobiography " Moab is My Washpot" & sundry works of non-fiction."

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