Maya Angelou's six volumes of autobiography are a testament to the talents & resilience of this extraordinary writer. Loving the world she also knows its cruelty. As a Black woman she has known discrimination & extreme poverty but also hope joy achievement & celebration. In this first volume of her six books of autobiography Maya Angelou beautifully evokes her childhood with her grandmother in the American south of the 1930s. She learns the power of the white folks at the other end of town & suffers the terrible trauma of rape by her mother's lover. 'I write about being a Black American woman however I am always talking about what it's like to be a human being. This is how we are what makes us laugh & this is how we fall & how we somehow amazingly stand up again' Maya Angelou ...

In I Know You Got Soul" Jeremy Clarkson writes about the machines that he believes have soul. It will come as no surprise to anyone that Jeremy Clarkson loves machines. But its not just any old bucket of blots cogs & bearings that rings his bell. In fact hes scoured the length & breadth of the land plunged into the oceans & taken to the skies in search of machines with that elusive certain something. & along the way hes discovered: the safest place to be in the event of nuclear war; who would win if Superman James Bond & The Terminator had a fight; the stupidest person hes ever met; what an old Cornish institution called Arthur has to do with 0898 chat lines; & how jean-Claude Van Damme might get eaten by a lion. In "I Know You Got Soul: Machines with a Certain Something" Jeremy Clarkson tells stories of the geniuses innovators & crackpots who put the ghost in the machine. From Brunels SS Great Britain to the awesome Blackbird spy-plane & from the woeful
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- Graf Zeppelin to Han Solos Millennium Falcon they cant help but love them in return. Praise for Jeremy Clarkson: " Brilliant.. .laugh-out-loud". (" Daily Telegraph"). " Outrageously funny.. .will have you in stitches". (" Time Out"). Number-one bestseller Jeremy Clarkson writes on cars current affairs & anything else that annoys him in his sharp & funny collections. " Born To Be Riled" " Clarkson On Cars" " Dont Stop Me Now" " Driven To Distraction" " Round the Bend" & " Motorworld" are also available as Penguin paperbacks; the Penguin App i Clarkson: The Book of Cars can be downloaded on the App Store. Jeremy Clarkson because his writing career on the Rotherham Advertiser. Since then he has written for the " Sun" & the " Sunday Times". Today he is the tallest person working in British television & is the presenter of the hugely popular " Top Gear"."

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They married at St Mary Abbots Kensington in September 1948 the groom the ambitious son of the editor of the Express; the bride the beautiful somewhat rebellious daughter of blamelessly upstanding family of the provincial middle-middle class. A young man who was pushed forward by family expectation a young woman pulled back... In this poignant & perceptive portrait of his parents catastrophically acrimonious divorce Rupert Christiansen tells the story of a generation. With the narrative power of the likes of The Ice Storm & Revolutionary Road he chronicles the experience not just of one particular class but of an era when the loosening of the stays on middle-class marriage precipitated a rollercoaster decade of heartbreak & loss. ...

Its 1989 & Emma & her best friend Dee head to the USA to make their fortune. But completely inept & virtually unemployable they discover that they cant even get a job in Mc Donalds. Forced to travel from California to New York with only pennies in their pockets they bounce from scrape to scrape surviving on their wits & the kindness of strangers. Bad luck & misfortune throw everything their way
- snakes earthquakes black magic & incontinent dogs. They even get kidnapped by a sex-crazed midget in a Ferrari. This never happened to Jack Kerouac. Startlingly honest & ridiculously funny I Left My Tent in San Francisco" is the miraculous story of how the hapless pair made it back alive to tell the disastrous tale."
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I Like This Poem is a classic collection of children's poems from Puffin Books. Highwaymen & naughty children sharks & baboons the Snitterjipe & the Jabberwocky all have their part to play. Each & every poem in this treasure chest of family favourites was chosen by a child for other children. With poems from William Wordsworth & Christina Rosetti to Roald Dahl & Michael Rosen there really is something for everyone. Classics to savour & new favourites to discover! This is a classic anthology to treasure forever. Kaye Webb became Editor of Puffin Books in 1961. During the 1960s & 1970s her instinct & flair resulted in the addition of many outstanding titles to the Puffin list & in 1967 she launched the highly successful Puffin Club now the Puffin Book Club. She was widely known for her remarkable contribution to children's books & was awarded the MBE in 1974. She retired from Puffin 1979 but continued her involvement with children's books. Kaye Webb died in January 1996. ...

In India a curry is any dish whose sauce is flavoured with a harmonious blend of spices. In this deliciously spicy book Anjum Anand recently voted Personality of the Year at the British Curry Awards presents an eclectic choice of her favourite curries. These include regional dishes favourite restaurant classics & many original creations
- in all 50 great curries & 25 accompanying dishes. As with all Anjums recipes they are written to suit a lighter healthier way of eating; but every dish bursts with the flavours of India. Some are hot some are mild although all can be adjusted to taste. Some are simple one-pot curries while others recreate the multilayered flavours of restaurant classics. Divided into chapters on Fish & Seafood Poultry & Game Meat & Vegetable curries there is a final chapter featuring the usual accompaniments: vegetable side dishes breads rice chutneys & raitas. This will be the essential book for all lovers of Indian food whether they are confident cooks or novice enthusiasts.
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Kawaii is a recognizable art form practiced by artists all over the world & covers the visual gamut from commercial art (stickers clothing calendars pens pencils erasers & video games) to high-brow contemporary art (e.g. Takashi Murakami & Yoshitomo Nara). Presented primarily through full page images Charuca (a Kawaii artist herself) has curated an international collection of the most popular adorable hilarious & sometimes dark Kawaii art being made today. Charuca begins each chapter with a small description of the artist & her feelings towards his or her work creating an artistic dialogue spoken mainly through the loud brightly full-colored images that flood each page. ...

I Love Macarons" is a step-by-step guide to making macarons with photographs that accompany each step. Macarons are increasing in popularity as more & more bakeries offer them in the US Europe & Japan. The white pink yellow green & various other color combinations & their round domelike shape make macarons charming. The sweet crispy texture of the puffs & the thick cream between them add a rich harmony to this delicate pastry. It is the type of pastry that makes you so happy when you receive it as a gift that you are bound to say ' Wow how cute they are!'. The author of "I Love Macarons" has created recipes for making superb macarons at home. After going through many trials
- such as trying to figure out how to make the pied (the little foot of the macaron) or how not to crack the pastries
- she came up with recipes that anyone can make. Using ordinary equipment & utensils for preparing the ingredients such as simple cookware & a regular oven anyone can give the recipes a try."

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I love my daddy yes I do Hes very kind
- & funny too. Award-winning author/illustrator team Giles Andreae & Emma Dodd celebrate
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I love my mummy very much She's great to cuddle soft to touch! Bestselling author Giles Andreae & popular illustrator Emma Dodd celebrate the special bond between mother & child in this joyful rhyming text. Portrayed with humour & charm this is a book to be loved & shared time & again. ...