All expecting mothers have an innate capacity to give birth safely & naturally but its easy to be distracted by stories of traumatic births & a deep anxiety that you wont be in control. Experienced doula & Active Birth Associate Nicole Croft takes the fear out of labour & birth in this empowering & practical guide. Full of wise advice & simple skills to prepare you mentally & physically Nicole tells you everything you need to know to ensure you have a very positive experience giving birth whether you labour naturally or require medical intervention. It teaches to: be calm relaxed & prepared for birth; feel less pain during labour & help your birth progress naturally; remain confident & in control throughout the birth; feel very positive about your birth with or without medical intervention; & flourish with your baby in the first weeks after birth. Warm wise & incredibly reassuring The Good Birth Companion" will give you all the information resources you need to give birth safely to your baby." ...

These wise & witty writings home in on Shakespeare tree stumps ecological disasters bodies (male & female) & theology amongst other matters. We hear Gertrudes version of what really happened in Hamlet; an ugly sister & a wicked stepmother put in a good word for themselves & a reincarnated bat explains how Bram Stoker got Dracula hopelessly wrong. Good Bones is pure distilled Atwood
- deliciously strong & bittersweet. A marvellous miniature sample case of Atwoods sensuous & sardonic talents TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT
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Good Boss Bad Boss was inspired by the thousands of emails calls & conversations that Robert Sutton received after publishing his bestseller The No Asshole Rule
- he found that most of the stories & cries for help he received revolved around one central figure in every workplace: THE BOSS. Sutton's subsequent research showed that the success of every boss depended heavily on how well (or badly) they managed those they worked with & in Good Boss Bad Boss he demonstrates this by weaving together the best psychological & management secrets with true stories to reveal the mindset & moves of the best bosses & contrasts them with the behaviour of the worst. If you want to understand how the best bosses think & act so that you can get better at your job or find a better boss to work for Good Boss Bad Boss has all the answers.
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The br&-new edition of the Good Bottled Beer Guide is completely updated to comprehensively cover the growth of British brewing. The British brewing industry has seen unprecedented growth in the last decade with over 1000 breweries in operation in the UK. Inside this new edition bottled beer expert Jeff Evans showcases 500 of the very best real ales available in a bottle & where to get them around the country. Plus a comprehensive listing of ever bottle-conditioned beer on sale in the UK today. The book is also packed with tasting notes ingredients brewery details & a glossary to help the reader understand more about the beers as they enjoy them. ...

North Africa 1942. Dust heat thirst flies. A good clean fight for those who like that sort of thing & some do. From an advanced landing field striking hard & escaping fast our old friends from Hornet Squadron (Piece of Cake) play Russian roulette flying their clapped-out Tomahawks on ground-strafing forays. Meanwhile on the ground the men of Captain Lampards S.A.S. patrol drive hundreds of miles behind enemy lines to plant bombs on German aircraft. This is the story of a war of no glamour & few heroes in a setting often more lethal than the enemy. ...

With this one word Lili had finally understood many things: that no matter what she promised or sacrificed or gave she would always be broken to her daughter. When Jasmin Darznik finds a photo among her fathers possessions shortly after his death she recognises the child in the veil & brides clothes as her mother but the groom is unfamiliar. Who had her mother married all those years before? A few months later packages begin to arrive
- her mother reluctant to talk face to face sends Jasmin ten cassette tapes that year & together those tapes reveal the secret history of Jasmins family. Gradually she learns the truth about the man her mother married when she was just a girl & about the other daughter the Good Daughter who she had had to leave behind in Iran when Jasmins family moved to the States. As well as giving a fascinating insight into life in Iran this is an unforgettable story of womens lives lived unknowingly in parallel of secrets lies betrayal & exile & of the insufferable mother-daughter bond.
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Ex-cop Dennis Milne is intent on revenge. His best friend has been brutally executed & Milne wants to know who did it
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When O-lan a servant girl marries the peasant Wang Lung she toils tirelessly through four pregnancies for their family's survival. Reward at first is meagre but there is sustenance in the land
- until the famine comes. Half-starved the family joins thousands of peasants to beg on the city streets. It seems that all is lost until O-lan's desperate will to survive returns them home with undreamt of wealth. But they have betrayed the earth from which true wealth springs & the family's money breeds only mistrust deception
- & heartbreak for the woman who had saved them. THE GOOD EARTH is a riveting family saga & story of female sacrifice
- a classic of twentieth-century literature.


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This is a two-volume tie-in to the Peabody Award-winning TV show Good Eats" created & hosted by Alton Brown. The books will include all 200 episodes of the programmes complete with all the information recipes jokes & food history that have made " Good Eats" so popular. Book 2 will be published in Autumn 2010. Alton Brown is a foodie phenomenon: a great cook a very funny guy &
- underneath it all
- a science geek whos as interested in the chemistry of cooking as he is in eating. (Well almost.) Here finally are the books that Browns legion of fans have been salivating for
- two volumes that together will provide an unexpurgated record of his long-running award-winning Food Network TV series " Good Eats". From Pork Fiction (on baby back ribs) to Citizen Cane (on caramel sauce) to Oat Cuisine (on oatmeal) every hilarious episode is represented. Each book
- the second will be published in fall 2010
- is illustrated with behind-the-scenes photos taken on the " Good Eats" set. Each contains more than 150 recipes & close to 1 000 photographs & illustrations along with explanations of techniques lots of food-science information (of course!) & more food puns food jokes & food trivia than you can shake a wooden spoon at."




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An egg is the simplest & most versatile of ingredients. Nutritious rich in protein low in fat perfect for a quick brunch essential for baking & key to so many starters main courses & puddings there is something magical about the humble egg. Eggs are cheap & available to us all
- particularly to those who keep chickens. Inspired to find the most imaginative ways to make the best use of her hens' steady supply & at the same time use as much fruit & vegetables from her garden as possible Genevieve Taylor has created a year's worth of recipes that are shaped by the changing seasons & are spontaneous unfussy & joyful. Her passion for food that tastes & looks gorgeous whether for every day or for parties shines through each & every recipe & photograph in this wonderfully handy book. Move over omelette & custard here are tortillas & tarts pasta & pies sauces & ice-creams curries & clafouti & a couple of cakes for every month of the year.
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