Simon Hopkinson loves food & he knows how to cook it. The Good Cook is the result of over 40 years' experience & is based on Simon's belief that a good cook loves eating as much as cooking. How the ingredients you choose & the way you cook them will turn a good recipe into a great dish. That a cheap cut of meat cooked with care can taste as nice as a choice cut prepared by indifferent hands. Structured around Simon's passion for good ingredients (Anchovy & Aubergine Cheese & Wine Smoked & Salted Fish Ham Bacon & A Little Pig) & written with Simon's trademark perfectionism & precision this is a cookbook that you will cherish for life. ...

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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Lecturers why waste time waiting for the post to arrive? Click on the above icon & receive your e-inspection copy today! This book sets out proven approaches & techniques which can help everyone write good essays. Extensively revised & updated in this fourth edition Good Essay Writing"

Includes:: new material such as: a chapter on essay planning focusing on literature searching (using online materials) note-taking & formulating an argument; a comparison of essay writing to exam writing; the use of academic language vocabulary & register & its accuracy & appropriateness; & more exemplar material used throughout the chapters. The authors focus on answering key questions students face when preparing essays
- What do tutors look for when marking my essay? What kind of skills do I need as I progress through my course? How can I avoid inadvertent plagiarism? What are the protocols for referencing? Encapsulated in easy to digest summaries this new edition shows you how to approach different types of essay questions addresses common worries & provides extensive use of worked examples including complete essays which are fully analysed & discussed. Each chapter also

Includes:: suggested further reading & there is an extensive glossary. " Good Essay Writing" is highly recommended for anyone studying social sciences who wants to brush up on their essay writing skills & achieve excellent grades. Peter Redman has been teaching social science at The Open University for over 15 years. During this time he has worked closely with numerous students helping them reflect on & improve their writing skills. He is currently a Lecturer in Sociology. Wendy Maples is a Senior Lecturer in Geography at The Open University. She has been teaching Social Science at the OU for nearly 20 years during which time she has worked on a number of interdisciplinary courses writing course texts in Social Science research methods & Environment as well as learning development materials for students & teaching development materials for lecturers."




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Dr Paul Allen is a well-respected man. He lives a happy comfortable life with his second wife & their family. Until the night when a knock at the door blows his world apart: a hugely popular presidential candidate has been shot & they say the young man who pulled the trigger is Paul's son. Daniel the only child from his first failed marriage was always a good kid & Paul is convinced his quiet boy is not capable of murder. Overwhelmed by a vortex of feelings Paul embarks on a mission to understand what happened & why. Following the trail of his son's journey across America he is forced to re-examine his life as a husband & a parent & every decision he ever made. What follows is a powerfully emotional & suspense-filled quest that keeps you guessing to the very end.' Monsters don't just become monsters after all.' ...

A little girl all alone with a note that reads 'please look after me'. What would you do? Four years ago nineteen-year-old Travis Brown made a choice: to raise his newborn daughter on his own. While most of his friends were out partying & meeting girls Travis was at home worrying about keeping food on the table. But so far he's kept her safe. & never regretted his decision for a second. But now he's lost his job his home & the money in his wallet is all he has. As things spiral out of control Travis is offered a lifeline. A onetime offer to commit a crime for his daughter's sake. Even if it means leaving her behind. Even if it means losing her. What would a good father do? ...

An ordinary boy with an ordinary life stands accused of killing the next president of the United States.WHAT HAPPENED? Dr Paul Allen is a well-respected man. He lives a happy comfortable life with his second wife & their family. Until the night when a knock at the door blows his world apart: a hugely popular presidential candidate has been shot & they say the young man who pulled the trigger is Pauls son. Daniel the only child from his first failed marriage was always a good kid & Paul is convinced his quiet boy is not capable of murder. Overwhelmed by a vortex of feelings Paul embarks on a mission to understand what happened & why. Following the trail of his sons journey across America he is forced to re-examine his life as a husband & a parent & every decision he ever made. What follows is a powerfully emotional & suspense-filled quest that keeps you guessing to the very end. Monsters dont just become monsters after all. See Judys Review See Richards Review Download A Sample Chapter Of The Good Father See Noah Hawley talk about his book Exclusive Bonus Content Write a Review for The Good Father Judys Review Daniel is the product of his fathers first failed marriage. He spent his childhood & adolescence flying between his mothers home in California & his fathers in New York. Dr Allen always told himself that his sons early years were a broadly positive experience. The boy didnt have to grow up in a home driven by parental arguments; the frequent flying from coast to was a maturing broadening exercise; & after all Daniel still had two parents who loved him even if they no longer loved each other. But now as the doctor delves into his sons past & events surrounding the senators slaying he is not so sure. He cannot accept that Daniel has what it takes to be a cold-blooded killer but how well does he really know his boy? The Good Father is a hugely emotional almost unbearably tense journey into the meaning of fatherhood & the power of truth. It also takes a bleak unsparing look at the seething mass of contradictions at the heart of American gun culture & how conspiracy theories are spawned & nurtured. The parts of the book that examine the murder of president Kennedys brother Robert are both absorbing & surprising. But ultimately this is a story of love & trust & acceptance wrapped beautifully inside an old-fashioned thriller. It will keep you reading long into the night & leave you haunted by its central characters long after you have turned the last page. A mini-masterpiece. ...

An ordinary boy with an ordinary life stands accused of killing the next president of the United States. WHAT HAPPENED? Dr Paul Allen is a well-respected man. He lives a happy comfortable life with his second wife & their family. Until the night when a knock at the door blows his world apart: a hugely popular presidential candidate has been shot & they say the young man who pulled the trigger is Paul's son. Daniel the only child from his first failed marriage was always a good kid & Paul is convinced his quiet boy is not capable of murder. Overwhelmed by a vortex of feelings Paul embarks on a mission to understand what happened & why. Following the trail of his son's journey across America he is forced to re-examine his life as a husband & a parent & every decision he ever made. What follows is a powerfully emotional & suspense-filled quest that keeps you guessing to the very end. ' Monsters don't just become monsters after all.' ...