The fourth book in the seventh series of the exciting adventure stories that are as gripping as a computer game! Great for boys with a huge collectability factor bolstered by the collectors' cards in the back of the books & links to an excellent interactive website. A ravenous Beast terrorises the windswept plains of Tavania: Madara the Midnight Warrior is on the prowl! If Tom cannot defeat her the dark portals over the land will continue to destroy the kingdom... Don't miss CONVOL THE COLD-BLOODED BRUTE HELLION THE FIERY FOE KRESTOR THE CRUSHING TERROR ELLIK THE LIGHTNING HORROR CARNIVORA THE WINGED SCAVENGER ...

Rachel & Kirsty are thrilled to be spending the week at Golden Palace
- where real kings & queens once lived! Whilst they are settling
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Curing & smoking are two of the best ways to preserve & enjoy meat fish & even dairy products. From salami & ham to bresaola & smoked salmon cured meat & fish can be expensive to buy & cook with; & often the quality is questionable. So take control & do it yourself. Nothing could be better than sitting down to dine on luxury made at home grub. With very little effort you can create your own cures hot & cold smoke with wood chippings & even smoke delicate meats & seafood on your stovetop with scented teas & rice. Whether youre an urbanite or country lover its easy to have a go at the Good Life. With a how-to guide on every technique featuring step-by-step practical instruction tips & advice & dozens of delicious recipes to inspire you youll be making your own salt beef dry-cured hams salamis smoked cheeses gravadlax & smoked oysters in no time. ...

Eggs & Poultry is the perfect book for anyone intending to embrace the Good Life. Whether you have a large country garden or a small city enclosure keeping a couple of hens is essential. What could be better than fresh eggs every day? Everything you need to raise chickens ducks geese & turkeys for eggs & for eating is here. From housing to feeding & breeding weve got it covered alongside a closer peek at some of the more adventurous aspects such as seasonal turkey & green geese. Then enjoy the fruits of your labours: perfect your poached eggs enjoy smoked eggs with beetroot or pizza alla duck egg try braised duck with peas or goose liver with cider & indulge in south-western fried chicken. ...

Made by Dad" is chock full of 67 extraordinary custom-designed how-to projects for DIY parents everywhere. The projects range from full-length artfully illustrated creations to smaller Mac Gyver-like challenges that can be whipped out at the coffee shop plus "DIY Dad" tips sprinkled throughout & illustration templates to boost your project's artistic appeal. All chapters categorized by theme
- Dangerous Decor Gross Gadgets Covert Creations Crafty Disasters Home Hacks & more
- include step-by-step project illustrations complete with visual "status checks" (to help you keep up) & clever playful games to incorporate the finished project. Dads will love to create stealthy contraptions like the Bunk Bed Communicator & the whole family will be impressed with the endless entertainment that can be gleaned from the " Steampunk"-Inspired Balancing Robot. While the projects have a decidedly made-scientist-in-his-laboratory feel the book's charm & richness of material will appeal to mummies too-especially when she flips to the whole chapter of projects dedicated to showing Mum-appreciation
- like the I Love You THIS MUCH Pop-up Card (with Go-Go-Gadget-style arms that extend to give Mum a virtual hug!)."


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Bill Bryson turns away from the highways & byways of middle America so hilariously depicted in his bestselling The Lost Continent for a fast exhilarating ride along the Route 66 of American language & popular culture. In Made in America Bryson de-mythologizes his native land
- explaining how a dusty desert hamlet with neither woods nor holly became Hollywood how the Wild West wasnt won why Americans say lootenant & Toosday how Americans were eating junk food long before the word itself was cooked up
- as well as exposing the true origins of the G-string the original $64 000 question & Dr Kellogg of cornflakes fame. Buy this book at once & have a nice day!

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What are countries famous for making? For Japan the answer might be electronic goods. For Germany automobiles. For France perhaps a Louis Vuitton bag. But what about Britain? Here Evan Davis sets himself the task of finding out. Offering a fascinating look at our manufacturing industries & revealing the various companies that might not be household names but are very much world leaders in their fields he shows how we have learnt to specialise in high end & niche areas that are the envy of the world. Taking in our disappointments & successes Made in Britain is a brilliantly readable tour of our economic history exploring the curious blend of resilience innovation & economic free-thinking that makes us who we are. ...

An exquisitely designed volume of innovative restaurant dishes & old family favourites from Giorgio Locatelli Britain's best-loved Italian chef & restaurateur. Opening with an extensive guide to preparing antipasti & culminating in a mouth-watering selection of desserts
- via soups risotto pasta fish & meat dishes
- Giorgio Locatelli's masterpiece is the must-have contemporary Italian food bible seamlessly combining the historical insight of a food writer with the hands-on expertise of a top chef. Peppered with evocative anecdotes & outspoken observations on the state of modern food Giorgio Locatelli's definitive & universally celebrated compendium is a delight to read & cook from.

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Of the wide range & diversity of British products that are now household names both at home & abroad the Scots can take pride in the fact that many of them began in Scotl&. When people first spread Robertson's Golden Shred Marmalade on their toast it was by courtesy of a Paisley man James Robertson. How would the housewife have thickened her sauce without cornflour first produced in Paisley by Brown & Polson in 1854? Pringle of Hawick gave the world the first knitted twin-set; J & P Coats of Paisley whose origins go back to 1830 grew into the largest thread manufacturer in the world & the UK's number one comic The Beano was born in Dundee. This new edition of Made in Scotland" features the stories behind a wide number of the best-known household names that originated in Scotl&. It is a fascinating & nostalgic journey into the past & a wonderful celebration of Scottish industry. It

Includes:: a huge number of photographs of old advertisements slogans & trademarks of all the products featured."

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In the follow-up to his acclaimed Made in Italy Britain's favourite Italian chef embarks on a gastronomic tour of Sicily a beautiful sun-drenched isle with a rich & unique culture. When Giorgio Locatelli was about ten years old & had scarcely holidayed outside his native northern Italy he was captivated by tales of beautiful seas idyllic beaches & a different way of life recounted by the few intrepid local friends who had been to Sicily. Some twenty years later he finally visited the island for the first time & seeing it through the eyes of a chef he recalls 'I was completely blown away. It was so green & gorgeous the whole island was a garden of wheat & vegetable fields orange & lemon groves olive groves & vineyards...' Now he is producing his own olive oil on the island & the Locatelli family spend a part of every summer there. ' Sicily has had a big influence on the way I cook ' says Giorgio. 'I have always loved simplicity but there you have true simplicity. You have no preconceptions you have a knife & some salt & pepper & then you go out & see what is in the market. It is such a natural way of cooking that makes you feel so free.' This follow-up book to Made in Italy explores the ingredients & history & introduces you to some of the cooks fishermen & growers that make Sicily what it is with regional recipes ranging from insalata di rinforzo a famous island salad made with cauliflower to four kinds of caponata pasta with anchovies & breadcrumbs Sicilian couscous & the celebrated dessert cassata. ' When people talk about Sicilian cooking ' says Giorgio 'they always speak about the influences from the Greeks the Arabs the Spanish...but I really believe the biggest influence is the land & the sea. They determine the produce which has stayed the same throughout all the cultural changes. What grows together goes together as my grandmother used to say & it is the simple combinations of beautiful ingredients that makes Sicilian food special.' ...