After his first two cookbooks Sam Stern wanted a new challenge. & since theres nobody harder to please than your mates he asked seven of his friends to choose their favourite ingredients so he could make dishes using the food they liked most. The result? One cracking cookbook with eight sections (including one food chosen from Sam himself) full of great tasting meals & snacks to impress anyone. Whether its chocolate or cheese tomatoes or pasta theres something here to suit all. ...

This is a delightful series for the very young with simple humorous stories encouraging good behaviour & good manners. Max & Millie love dressing up but are not nearly so keen to get dressed by themselves. Can Millie's daddy find a fun way to prompt them to put on their clothes? Simple but engaging text makes these titles easy & enjoyable to read to very young children. ...

Time is what our lives are made from. Failure to use it properly is disastrous. Yet most books on time management don't work because they take little account of human psychology or the unexpected. This book written for everyone who has to juggle different demands in a busy schedule

Includes:: lots of help & advice in finding a system that works effectively & leads to more enjoyment of work & leisure. 'I left Mark Forster's time management workshop a changed woman. Yesterday I used his system for a whole day. It was stress-free & fun. I felt energised & satisfied at the end of it.' Sarah Litvinoff

...

Judy Garland the girl with the pigtails in THE WIZARD OF OZ was an entertainer of almost magical power. The woman of half a dozen comebacks & a hundred heartbreaks. To tell her story Gerald Clarke took ten years travelled thousands of miles across two continents conducted hundreds of interviews & combed through mountains of documents many of which were unavailable to other biographers. Combining a novelists skill & a movie directors eye Clarke re-creates the golden age of Hollywood with cinematic urgency: Louis B Mayer the patriarch of MGM; sexy Lana Turner Judys friend & idol who had a habit of trying to snatch away any man Judy expressed interest in; clarinettist Artie Shaw handsome Tyrone Power; boy genius Orson Welles & brilliant director Vincente Minnelli who fathered her first child Liza. Towards the end of her life Garland tried to tell her own story. With access to her tape recordings
- & her revelatory unfinished manuscript
- Clarke is able to tell Judys story as she herself might have told it.

...

This is the first physician-authored vegan cookbook featuring 125 recipes for reversing diabetes improving cholesterol & blood pressure & permanent weight loss. In Dr. Neal Barnards Get Healthy Go Vegan Cookbook" the countrys leading diabetes team weighs in on Americas most popular dietary trend: veganism. The cookbook is based on a two-year study conducted by Dr. Barnard which showed that a vegan diet more effectively controls type-2 diabetes. In fact its also beneficial for weight loss reversing heart disease & many other conditions. Now Dr. Barnard & nutritionist Robyn Webb offer easy delicious vegan meals to improve your health. With the new dietary programme not only does diabetes come under better control than ever-sometimes even disappearing altogether-weight falls too. Cholesterol plummets & long lost energy returns. All this with a culinary approach that is quick easy & delicious. Featuring 125 flavourful recipes readers will find all-occasion dishes that use ordinary ingredients & take little effort. Theres plenty of familiar dishes emphasising vegetables fruits pasta beans & whole grains. Mediterranean influences will be strongly in evidence while meats dairy products & oils will be noticeably absent. All recipes are free of animal products are low fat & have a low-to-moderate glycemic index. There are recipes for breakfasts lunches dinners snacks desserts & entertaining. Recipes include: On-the-Go Breakfast Sandwiches Cinnamon Swirl Oatmeal Hummus Pizzas Pretty Stuffed Peppers Creamy White Bean & Artichoke Dip Sweet Potato Fries & Black Bean Cakes with Mango Salsa." ...

With over 400 BMAT practice questions & explanations this book constitutes an ideal preparation tool for the BMAT in 2012 (2013 entry) helping candidates save time retain focus & optimise their score. The book offers a substantial amount of material to practice all three sections of the BMAT & helps candidates familiarise themselves with the various styles of questions they may encounter at the exam & all the potential traps that can be laid by the examiners. The overwhelming range of exercises that it contains will enable all BMAT candidates to refine & optimise their technique to answer questions under strict time constraints. This book replicates the breadth & depth of the different types of questions that can be asked in the live BMAT test & the spectrum of difficulties that it covers (from normal to stretching) which makes it an ideal preparation tool for all those who want to achieve a high score & maximise their chances of getting into the medical school or veterinary school of their choice. ...

With over 600 UKCAT practice questions (including a full mock exam) in-depth explanations & comprehensive tips & techniques spanning over 400 pages this book constitutes an ideal preparation tool for the UKCAT in 2013 (2014 entry) helping candidates save time retain focus & optimise their score. The book shows how to approach each type of question (abstract verbal & quantitative reasoning together with decision analysis) & helps candidates familiarise themselves with all the potential traps that can be laid by the examiners. The overwhelming range of exercises that it contains will enable all UKCAT candidates to refine & optimise their technique to answer questions under strict time constraints. This book replicates the breadth & depth of the different types of questions that can be asked in the live UKCAT test & the spectrum of difficulties that it covers (from normal to stretching) which makes it an ideal preparation tool for all those who want to achieve a high score & maximise their chances of getting into the medical school of their choice. ...

This book is a helpful companion for those hoping to become nurses or midwives. Applications to nursing & midwifery courses are on the rise & with limited university places available competition is high. This accessible guide packed with up to date & practical information will guide you through all stages of the admissions process & maximise your likelihood of success. ...

For years I have watched people in their millions inflict more illness & suffering on themselves than any war has ever done. What is this biblical plague this monstrosity of suffering? Self inflicted illness. The fat guy smoking a cigarette. The thin woman flayed raw by alcohol. The kid jamming another fat laden time bomb into its face. The millions & millions of couch potatoes who havent done a minutes decent exercise since they passed puberty. & what happens to all these millions upon millions of people? Nothing for most of the time. But then. But then it all changes. Sometimes suddenly
- a heart attack a stroke cancer. Life changing irrevocable events that stuff their lives & the lives of everyone around them. Or not so suddenly
- the slow suffocation of emphysema the long autumn of health related unemployment the desperate loneliness of congestive cardiac failure. & that doesnt half wreck the lives of everyone around them. Is it preventable? Not all of it no. Some diseases just happen even with the best will in the world. But is most of it preventable? Yes absolutely yes. If you dont like plain English dont read it. If you arent prepared to apply it to yourself & take responsibility for your own health dont read it. It isnt a book full of references & science. Its just a book about being healthy!

...

Teenagers are tough & anyone who has their own needs help. Here it is: a witty enjoyable & genuinely helpful guide that breaks the mould. Get Out Of My Life" offers practical alternatives to anger nagging & frustration & specific recommendations for developing better relationships with even the most difficult teenagers. This is the best survival manual for parents who find themselves marooned among volatile & incomprehensible aliens on Planet Teen. It looks at all the difficult issues of bringing up teenagers
- school sex drugs & even suicide. But it's the title of the second chapter ' What They Do & Why' that best captures the book's spirit & technique explaining how to translate teenage behaviour into its true often less complicated meaning. One key mistake for instance is getting involved in no-win conflicts instead of having the wisdom to shut up when shutting up would be the most effective
- albeit least satisfying
- thing to do."


...