Designed specifically for the Modern World History for OCR

Specification 1937 this series concentrates on improving

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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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Modernity's break with the Middle Ages is distinguished by a comprehensive turn to a world of individual empirical experience a turn that was a repudiation of Plato's idea that there is a reality of rationality & intellect. Yet already in the Renaissance it was no longer thought necessary to seriously confront the old" concept of rationality that emanates from Plato. Arbogast Schmitt's book sets itself this until-now-unfulfilled task comparing the arguments for a life based on theory & one based on praxis in order to provide a balance sheet of profit & loss. Showing that the Enlightenment did not as often assumed discover rationality but instead a different concept of rationality the book opens one's view to other forms of rationality & new possibilities of reconciliation with one's own
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- history. Modernity & Plato was hailed upon its publication in Germany (2003 revised 2008) as "one of the most important philosophy books of the past few years " as "a book that belongs without any doubt in the great tradition of German philosophy " & as "a provocative thesis on the antiquity-modernity debate." It is a major contribution to synthetic philosophy & philosophical historiography in English for the first time. Arbogast Schmitt is Honorary Professor at the Institute for Greek & Latin Philology at Free University Berlin & Emeritus Professor of Classical Philology & Greek at the University of Marburg Germany. Vishwa Adluri teaches in the Departments of Religion & Philosophy at Hunter College City University of New York."

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Features the classic stories The Wild Boar Kalis Disciples & The Double Agent
- in which the head of French intelligence is kidnapped;
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This title features the classic stories Butch Cassidy Rides Again" " Million Dollar Game" & " The Vampire of Malvescu"
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As dangerous as she is desirable Modesty Blaise the cult creation of best-selling writer Peter ODonnell returns in three devastating adventures! In Willie the Djinn Modesty & Willie Garvin face political intrigue in the Middle East while in The Green Eyed Monster Modesty must deal with a prissy love rival & ruthless kidnappers. & in Death of a Jester Modesty & Willie get caught up in a bizarre medieval jousting tournament! Featuring brand new story introductions by Modesty creator Peter ODonnell revealing the creative process behind the tales this latest addition to Titans Modesty Blaise library is not to be missed! ...

Modigliani. Unarguably one of the greatest artists who ever lived. Modigliani's women. Those elongated haunting figures as eternally provocative as the Mona Lisa. Adn Modigliani's missing masterpiece. A priceless lost treasure
- or a chillingly dangerous game? Up & coming artist Peter Usher has still to exhibit anywhere still to make even the most modest mark on the London art scene. But as rumour turns to reality Usher finds himself caught up in a race to uncover the shadowy figures behind a breathtaking scam. Will art genius ever be rewarded? Will the brush prove more deadly than the gun?
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Spanning several decades & three continents Modoc" is one of the most amazing true animal stories ever told. Raised together in a small German circus town a boy & an elephant formed a bond that would last their entire lives & would be tested time & again; through a near-fatal shipwreck in the Indian Ocean an apprenticeship with the legendary Mahout elephant trainers in the Indian teak forests & their eventual rise to circus stardom in 1940s New York City. " Modoc" is a captivating true story of loyalty friendship & high adventure to be treasured by animal lovers everywhere." ...