Despite his reputation for intricate & impressive restaurant cooking Gary Rhodes believes that the best way to cook something is often the most simple. In his latest book he strips out complicated techniques & fiddly instructions in search of the very easiest way to get maximum flavour out of familiar ingredients from chicken to squid & beetroot to rhubarb. In over 200 simple recipes he demonstrates the fundamentals of cooking & explains how to get stunning results by doing as little as possible. But this is not just a brilliant cookbook for beginners & an essential bible for busy people it is also a tribute to simplicity & flavour & an invaluable book of simply delicious ideas for cooks of every level. ...

At 3am I was startled awake by the opening of the stairgate. Leaping out of bed I found Mum clothes on over her pyjamas grumbling she was fed up of being moved from pillar to post & was going home. When her mum was diagnosed with Alzheimers disease Marianne Talbot decided she couldnt put her into a care home. Instead for five years she looked after her mum in her own home. For nearly three of those years she chronicled for the readers of Saga Magazine Online" the fears & frustrations the love & the laughter & the tears & the traumas of caring. Now in this heart warming book you too can meet Marianne Mum & the appalling Fatcat. You will also find plenty of practical tips for caring for someone with dementia & on staying sane whilst doing so a resources & useful contacts section & Mariannes reflections on caring from a distance & on when caring comes to an end. Written for anyone anywhere who has anything to do with dementia or with caring; in reading it you will know you are not alone." ...

Justin Langer is not just the greatest Australian first class run scorer in cricketing history-he overtook Don Bradman in 2009-but someone who writes & talks about the game with great insight experience & wit. In this eagerly anticipated account Langer looks back on the mateship locker-room antics & on-field triumphs which made up his Australian Test career & his Somerset captaincy. Peer behind the scenes to relive the night the Australians soaked the English changing rooms at Lords in beer the midnight frolic around the SCG in their underpants & baggy green caps & the Caribbean dinner which cost the Australian Cricket Board GBP10 000. What was it like to face the barrage of the West Indies & Pakistan attacks at their peak who was the best bowler Langer ever faced & how did an Adelaide pool table help Shane Warne hone his flipper? Langer also expands on his infamous 2009 Ashes dossier as he shares his thoughts on the current crop of English cricketers & his years in the UK. He writes with great humour & candour of his cricketing friends foes & heroes & his career highs & lows encompassing everything from Test centuries & Ashes tussles to a rather unfairly matched eating competition with Mike Gatting. ...

When one of their number is kidnapped Elspeth & the Misfits are forced to use their extraordinary mind powers to help the rebels in their struggle to overthrow the oppressive Council. But Elspeth has another problem to solve
- she is still on her quest to destroy the Beforetime weaponmachines. To find a clue hidden deep in the past Elspeth must travel the Dreamtrails but her journeys are fraught with danger as she battles a terrifying winged beast intent on destroying her. Gradually Elspeth realises that her quest will take her back to Obernewytn & it is here in its past as well as its future that the answers lie.
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In this title Simon Sheridan traces the history of the British sex film from its beginnings in coy nudist camp films such as Some Like It Cool" (directed by Michael Winner in 1960) through the boom years of the Confessions films to its demise in the early 1980s. This expanded new edition

Includes:: an updated filmography & previously unpublished interview material & stills."

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Bursting with ingenious inspiring refreshingly different ideas that parents will enjoy as much as their kids! Does the idea of making a crocodile out of an egg box or fairy cakes with smiley faces leave you cold? Does the thought of another trip to the soft play centre or the swimming pool with a wave machine make you groan? Then this is the book for you! With 50 unique ideas for parents of children age 3 to 13 (and way beyond!) this book will energize your family life & engage your childrens heads hands & hearts. Take them on a Straight Line Walk or set them a Supermarket challenge. Try Lucky Dip Cookery or Pin in a Map Sketching. Turn even everyday routines like hair washing or laying the table into mini-adventures. Tried & tested on real children these ideas encourage a sense of exploration accomplishment challenge creativity boldness & ouside-the-box thinking. Theyll cost you nothing
- or next-to-nothing. All you need is a playful attitude a sense of adventure & perhaps just a tiny hint of mischief here & there!
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Lost found stolen strayed sold fought over... This engrossing beautifully crafted novel follows the fictional adventures over a hundred years of an early 20th-century painting & the women whose lives it touches. It opens with bold passionate Gwen struggling to be an artist leaving for Paris where she becomes Rodin's lover & paints a small intimate picture of a quiet corner of her attic room. Then there's Charlotte a dreamy intellectual Edwardian girl & Stella Lucasta Ailsa & finally young Gillian who share an unspoken desire to have for themselves a tranquil golden place like that in the painting. Quintessential Forster this is a novel about women's lives about what it means & what it costs to be both a woman & an artist & an unusual compelling look at a beautiful painting & its imagined afterlife. ...

Although the current economic crisis creates a sense of urgency we have always had & will always have a large number of people who are unemployed. For many it is the most difficult time that they have ever faced. Without help the unemployed face an increased risk of binge drinking depression anxiety & suicide. For many there is a decreased quality of mental health life satisfaction & objective physical wellbeing. Most feel alone & helpless. Dr Robert Leahy has worked with many unemployed people over the years examining the psychological consequences of unemployment & exploring ways to help people cope with the emotional fallout of losing their job. This book gives readers psychological tools to handle their period of unemployment & simple self-help strategies that can be used immediately to help them feel better & act better. The book draws on cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) as well as practices such as mindfulness to help readers boost their self-esteem & confidence decrease anxiety & feelings of helplessness & develop resiliance & strength going forward. ...

A real Hollywood blockbuster is filming in Kirsty's village & the girls have parts as extras! Everything goes like a dream until Jack Frost's goblins steal Keira the Film Star Fairy's three magical items. Unless Kirsty & Rachel can get the Silver Script the Magical Megaphone & the Enchanted Clapperboard back work on a movie set will never go right again. ...

As you can tell Im a good looking guy & quite a hit with the ladies...some proper bang tidy lasses too. Ive been honing my game for a few years now & now I reveal all. In my book I reveal the 69 rules of being a succ-sex. Clever right? So why not slip into something a little more comfortable take my hand & Ill guide you through the rules of attraction chat-up lines first dates & relationships Lemon-style. With rules for men & women no-one should be without it. Especially not the flarey-nostrelled bird from Celebrity Juice. She needs all the help she can get. Lemonise your life. Its as simple as that...shaaaa-ting! ...