A Northerner in exile Stuart Maconie goes on a journey in search of the North attempting to discover where the cliches end & the truth begins. He travels from Wigan Pier to Blackpool Tower & Newcastles Bigg Market to the Lake District to find his own Northern Soul encountering along the way an exotic cast of chippy Scousers pie-eating woollybacks topless Geordies mad-for-it Mancs Yorkshire nationalists & brothers in southern exile. The bestselling Pies & Prejudice is a hugely enjoyable journey around the north of Engl&. ...

Piet Oudolf one of world's most visionary & influential landscape gardeners is at the forefront of the New Perennial planting movement. This glorious full-colour volume features twenty-three of Oudolf's most beautiful public & private gardens. Noel Kingsbury's accessible text places Oudolf's work in context & explains how each garden & the plants selected for it fit the specific environment while Oudolf's detailed plans provide inspiration & insight for all those interested in small personal gardens & the design of large-scale public landscapes alike. ...

The pork on your fork is a truly succulent meat able to hold its own against any red-meat rival. Words like rashers gammon chops belly & bacon have a poetry savoured by all who know this wonderful animal well. Yet pork can be a tricky meat to cook: it can easily become tough & dry
- & achieving the perfect crackling is even harder! But when you know the experts secrets you realise that pork is a fantastic meat. Its healthy inexpensive & incredibly versatile
- & the various types of pork offer up wonderfully diverse flavours aromas & textures. In Pig charismatic chef Johnnie Mountain demystifies cooking with pork. With more than 100 delicious recipes as well as information tips & QR codes for your smart phone that take you to how-to video footage throughout this book shows you how to cook pork brilliantly. Pig is divided into four chapters. Chapter One Home Favourites gives you simple recipes for the whole family
- for example Grilled Garlic & Sage Pork Chops & Pork & Apricot Tagine. In Chapter Two Cured Dried Preserved & Smoked youll find amazing tastes & textures such as Pea & Ham Terrine & Ham Steaks with Caramelized Apple. Chapter Three Aromatic & Spicy shows you how to infuse fiery flavours into dishes like Vietnamese Pork Salad & Char Siu Pork. & Chapter Four Slow-Cooked reveals the secret to truly succulent pork with recipes such as Slow-Roast Belly of Pork & Pork Loin in a Fennel-Salt Crust. Special practical features throughout the book explain the different cuts of meat & how to smoke preserve cure & braise. This book celebrates the pig in all its glory!


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This clearly written non-technical book is essential reading for all those who own or care for pigs. It covers all the principal diseases & abnormalities that occur in pigs. Written by an experienced veterinary surgeon & acknowledged specialist in pig medicine Covers all the principal diseases of breeding animals both male & female Examines all major pig ailments & considers their clinical signs & diagnosis as well as their treatment prevention & control Discusses those aspects of pig management that have an impact on the incidence of disease & which lead to a reduction in the productivity of the breeding herd ...

What was Pig City? thought Laura. Soon it would be something that everyone wanted to be part of Laura Sibbie is trying to find the perfect pigs for her new club Pig City: classmates who can keep the biggest secret ever! But to make sure that none of them tells anyone else about the club each one must give an insurance
- something totally embarrassing
- to be hidden unless they break the most important law of Pig City. As Pig City grows & the pigs rule the school the insurances get more daring & when hotshot Gabriel finds out about the club life gets more risky for the pigs & more complicated for Laura. Is something terrible going to happen? Now there is a new club around Monkey Town & they are going to turn Pig City upside down.

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What happens when a man wonders aloud if a pig would make a good pet? A great deal
- once his wife discovers a kind the size of
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One day Neligans pig sits by the pond watching the ducks & geese play on the cool water. The pig gets hotter & hotter; the ducks & the geese get louder & louder. Then Neligans pig does something quite unheard of
- she jumps in the pond.
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Although he was watching closely when the mummer was poisoned it took Gil Cunningham several days & three more poisonings to work out how it was done. Danny Gibson & Nanty Bothwell rivals for the affections of Agnes Renfrew the apothecarys pretty daughter are also good friends. When they both take part in the festive play at the house of Gils sister Kate it ends in Dannys death apparently by poison from his friends flask. So was it deliberate & if not why wont Nanty defend himself? Why is Agnes eccentric brother Nicol so insistent that Nanty had the wrong flask & why do none of the apothecaries in Glasgow recognize the poison it held? Gil convinced Nanty is innocent sets out to answer these questions & finds himself enmeshed in the tensions of the Renfrew household & the tangled relationships among the apothecary houses. & then a second & third death confuse matters further still & bring Gils wife Alys into the investigation. Praise for Pat Mc Intosh: Mc Intoshs characterisations & period detail are first rate". (" Publishers Weekly"). " The next Cunningham adventure is to be welcomed". (" Historical Novels Review"). " Will do for Glasgow in the 15th century what Ellis Peters & her Brother Cadfael did for Shrewsbury in the 12th". (" Mystery Readers Journal"). " Lots of dramatic characterisation & detail on medieval Glasgow". (" Glasgow Herald"). " Mc Intosh does a solid job of blending plot & period detail". (" Publishers Weekly" starred review)." ...

I know" thought the pig. "I shall become an EXTRAORDINARY pig. I shall see the BEST in EVERYONE & EVERYTHING. I shall become THE PIG of HAPPINESS!" A charmingly illustrated allegory about a pig who got extremely happy & decided to spread joy after years of wallowing! The Pig of Happiness is a story about the metamorphosis of a grumbling farmyard animal into a beautiful smiling pig who spread happiness to all his farmyard friends. Positively oozing with the delight of being joyful this gently reminds us all to get happy. Featuring animals as well as distinctly animalistic humans Edward Monkton books are highly collectable & stylish gift books -- at home on a coffee table in the bathroom in quiet places & perfect for giving to a loved one or for keeping for yourself. Each book in this new series is an original fable charmingly illustrated & created especially for this br&-new series of gift books. H&-lettered in the same style as the Edward Monkton cards by the Really Good company the books are wonderfully packaged with the utmost style & attention to detail to make these hugely desirable objects & perfect gifts for special occasions. These creations prove there is a universal & enduring audience for tales that inspire & touch hearts. Their philosophy is to heal unite amuse & delight in equal measures. May his JOYFUL SMILE remind us how much there is to be happy about." ...

Julian Baggini presents 100 thought experiments
- short scenarios which pose a problem in a vivid & concrete way
- & invites

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