It starts with the phone call late at night. The mysterious boy says he is dying. Dusty doesnt want to get involved
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1956 Freddy & Polly are used to helping their father with his experiments. So they don't mind being put into cryonic suspension
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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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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. ...

Fruit & Vegetable Carving: Food Craft at Your Fingertips" is a treasure trove of unusual ideas for vegetable garnishes with step-by-step instructions on how to make them. Within the shape of a cucumber the author visualizes a boat a bird or a lily & shows you how to reveal that shape. All you need is a small sharp knife
- no fancy equipment is required. Lets Have a Party offers recipes presented with a flair
- a Peacock crafted from carrots & spring onions flaunts the Pinwheel Sandwiches in his tail
- a feast for the eyes as well as the taste buds. In Vegetable Sculpture onions are reborn as Chrysanthemums; Swans fly out of radishes & Goldfish emerge from carrots. There are Coconut Palms & Carts
- but most of all there is inspiration to let your own imagination take over. Table Celebrations transform your table with lively tableaux
- an apple-red Santa sits on a Reindeer-drawn pumpkin Sleigh for Christmas waving to a jolly turnip Snowman... Snow White in a cabbage leaf skirt with her loyal Seven Dwarfs gather in front of their charming cucumber Cottage... Chinatown introduces the elegant Corn Doll who is Entertained by three Musicians with a banjo trumpet & drum near a Pagoda that is Intricately sculpted from a single carrot. Create a stamp of distinction an aura of excitement a mood of mellowness... Strike magic on your table & turn your next party into an unforgettable event."




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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
- the world's best-selling gardening series.
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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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