Laugh in the face of global economic meltdown & double dip recession with Desperate Business the hilarious new book by cult animators & cartoonists Modern Toss. Sixty-four pages of laugh-out-loud cutting edge gags plucked fresh from their regular slot in Britains greatest magazine Private Eye. Celebrate our national entrepreneurial spirit with this years must have humour title. Perfect to flick through while youre hanging round the job centre. Look learn & laugh as Desperate Business uncovers the grizzly truth about the state of play in our tits up economy & the antics of the many Del boys of our time. What does it mean if you went to Cambridge? Can you get RSI from punching a filing cabinet? What qualifications do you need to be a Santa? Do you need a dinghy to start an off-shore tax haven? Can your ballsed-up business actually add to national happiness levels? Does child labour pay in the modern economy? How do you get into opportunist pedigree dog breeding? Learn how to turnaround an Undertakers with modern retail practices. ...

This is food that will stop you in your tracks. Maria Elia has created recipes full of sensational flavours colours & textures
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This practical guide to the control of vermin defines which animals may be legally controlled & shows methods of trapping or killing them. It also covers prevention & the law relating to vermin control. There is a list of suppliers & useful addresses. ...

A stunning survey of modern illustration that uses older styles of artistic expression to evoke a sense of another time & place. ...

The Modern Welsh Dictionary is intended for the growing number of learners of Welsh in all walks of life & is designed with your needs in mind. It contains hundreds of example phrases of spoken & written Welsh so that you can see the language in context. Excellent grammar notes on tricky words & important topics mean that help is always on hand whether you are working in Welsh or in English. The handy paperback format & superior coverage of vocabulary makes the Modern Welsh Dictionary the first choice for beginner- & intermediate-level learners of the language as well as those who want a quick-reference dictionary that can be carried easily. Native Welsh speakers will also find the Modern Welsh Dictionary a useful resource in clarifying questions of vocabulary grammar & usage. You won't need to resort to English to say that you are sending an email or using the Internet as the Modern Welsh Dictionary has comprehensive coverage of contemporary Welsh. Bydd Cymry Cymraeg hefyd yn darganfod bod y Geiriadur Cymraeg Cyfoes yn adnodd defnyddiol i ateb cwestiynau ar eirfa gramadeg a defnydd. Mae'r Geiriadur Cymraeg Cyfoes yn cynnwys triniaeth gyflawn o'r iaith gyfoes
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A range of textbooks covering many of the options available on GCSE history specifications. This book provides a complete package for centres following the revised GCSE OCR Modern World History Specifications. The book comprises three sections: International Relations 1919
- 1989; the new compulsory core unit British History 1906
- 1918; & the most popular depth study option Germany 1918
- 1945. This lively & accessible text is based around lead questions which match those in the OCR Specifications. Essential knowledge is provided through background briefings analysis of issues through investigations & review sections to provide opportunities for revision.


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Designed specifically for the Modern World History for OCR

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This is a new edition of this comprehensive summary & revision text for the revised Modern World History specifications at GCSE. The book covers the core content of all the major boards & also

Includes:: four depth studies: Germany the USSR the USA & a new depth study on Britain 1905-51 focusing on Britain in the First & Second World Wars. There is also additional material on women & Irel&. A new exam preparation section is provided at the back of the book to help students understand how to improve their exam grades as well as a glossary of key historical terms. This is an indispensable text for presenting topics in class & an ideal revision aid for students working on their own.

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Critical introductions to a range of literary topics & genres. Modernism & After focuses on those writers working in English between 1910 & 1939 whose work signalled a dramatic change in the sense of what art could & should be. An overview of Modernism is provided but the book recognises that the term should not become a strait-jacket into which we try to fit a writers individual distinctiveness. Rather siginificant poetry & prose works are explored in the light both of the events of the time & of other modernist developments in areas such as music architecture & the visual arts. ...

A revolution is underway in the art of cooking. Just as French Impressionists upended centuries of tradition Modernist cuisine has in recent years blown through the boundaries of the culinary arts. Borrowing techniques from the laboratory pioneering chefs at world-renowned restaurants such as el Bulli The Fat Duck Alinea & wd~50 have incorporated a deeper understanding of science & advances in cooking technology into their culinary art. The authors & their 20-person team at The Cooking Lab
- scientists inventors & accomplished cooks in their own right
- have achieved astounding new flavors & textures by using tools such as water baths homogenizers & centrifuges & ingredients such as hydrocolloids emulsifiers & enzymes. Modernist Cuisine" is a work destined to reinvent cooking. How do you make an omelet light & tender on the outside but rich & creamy inside? Or French fries with a light & fluffy interior & a delicate crisp crust that doesnt go soggy? Imagine being able to encase a mussel in a gelled sphere of its own sweet & briny juice. Or to create a silky-smooth pistachio cream made from nothing more than the nuts themselves. " Modernist Cuisine" offers step-by-step illustrated instructions as well as clear explanations of how these techniques work. Through thousands of original photographs & diagrams the lavishly illustrated books make the science & technology of the culinary arts clear & engaging. stunning new photographic techniques take the reader inside the food to see cooking in action all the way from microscopic meat fibers to an entire Weber grill in cross-section. You will view cooking-and eating-in a whole new light. It

Includes:: topics such as: why plunging food in ice water doesnt stop the cooking process; when boiling cooks faster than steaming; why raising the grill doesnt lower the heat; how low-cost pots & pans can perform better than expensive ones; why baking is mostly a drying process; why deep-fried food tastes best & browns better when the oil is older; & how modern cooking techniques can achieve ideal results without the perfect timing or good luck that traditional methods dem&. It offers insights into the surprising science behind traditional food preparation methods such as grilling smoking & stir-frying. It is the most comprehensive guide yet published on cooking sous vide including the best options for water baths packaging materials & sealing equipment; cooking strategies; & troubleshooting tips. It features more than 250 pages on meat & seafood & 144 pages on fruits vegetables & grains including dozens of parametric recipes & step-by-step techniques. There are extensive chapters explaining how to achieve amazing results by using modern thickeners gels emulsions & foams including example recipes & many formulas. It also contains some 300 pages of new recipes for plated dishes suitable for service at top-tier restaurants plus recipes adapted from master chefs including Grant Achatz Ferran Adria Heston Blumenthal David Chang Wylie Dufresne David Kinch & many others. It
Includes:: " Volume 1: History & Fundamentals"; " Volume 2: Techniques & Equipment"; " Volume 3: Animals & Plants"; " Volume 4: Ingredients & Preparations"; " Volume 5: Plated-Dish Recipes"; " Volume 6: Kitchen Manual" with example recipes & extensive reference tables printed on washable paper; Modernist Cuisine.com; Modernist Cuisine Brochure (pdf); Modernist Cuisine Press Release (pdf); New Yorker. com; NYTimes.com; NY1.com; & Charlie Rose.com."




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