' Real Food' is Nigel Slater's ground-breaking classic a much-loved introduction to his inimitable easy style. Reissued alongside his forthcoming memoir its focus is on the food that Nigel is passionate about & these recipes are inspiring & accessible ideal for the home cook. Since it's publication in 1998 which tied in with his first TV series stylish & innovative ' Real Food' has become the essential food book to have both on the kitchen shelf & (qualified by his fanmail) on the bedside table. From sausages to ice cream potatoes to garlic the book covers Slater's indispensable signature dishes
- the ones you wouldn't be without for love or money. Based on Nigel Slater's absolute favourite food whether it be The Stickiest Ever Chicken Wings or Baked Goat's Cheese & Pesto in Filo Pastry Smoked Mackerel Dauphinoise or the classic Bacon Butty this classic has gone a long way in at last creating a nation of food lovers. In typically unpretentious style Nigel finds good things to make using mass produced white bread to the finest Italian loaves or with standard English confectionery to real chocolate made from cocoa solids. These recipes are still up-to-the-minute accessible & inspiring. With Nigel's unerring understanding of flavours irresistible simple recipes & passionate lively writing this attractive reissue edition proves that 'REAL FOOD' deserves its place on everyone's kitchen shelf.
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Theres always time for a champion eat. Find the timetag that suits & bring on the quality with this brilliant new cookbook especially designed to suit teenagers hectic lifestyles! Only got 5 minutes to whisk up a quick snack? 15 minutes for a main course to impress the girls? Or maybe a luxurious 30 minutes for a full-on feast? Then this is the book for you! Fifteen-year-old Sam Stern with a little help from his mum Susan shares loads of tasty healthy recipes which you can get on your plate in 5 10 15 20 & 30 minutes. Remember: fast food doesnt have to be junk food. There are recipes for lush time-cheat pizzas home-style kebabs & kievs belting burgers Tex-Mex souffles chocolate pud risottos fruit steak stir-fry tortillas curries smoothies soups mash salads & veg. Over 170 delicious food ideas using real ingredients & simple techniques for veggies meat-eaters & everything in between! Packed with essential cooking time- tricks tips for what to do with leftovers & suggestions for making shopping simple Real Food Real Fast" has got it sorted! So choose your recipe using the coloured timetags slap on some music & get cooking!" ...

Unorthodox scientists Peter Venkman Ray Stantz & Egon Spengler decided to go into business forming a company specialising in paranormal investigations. Now along with Winston Zeddemore & their pet" ghost Slimer they protect the world from the realm of the supernatural
- as the Ghostbusters! Theres something strange afoot in this latest volume of comic tales as the gang charge their proton packs once again to take on the worlds most ghastly ghouls foolish phantoms & diabolical demons! This fantastic collection based on the smash-hit cartoon series is jam-packed with exciting strips & stories that you simply wont want to read in the dark!"
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Booker focuses his attention on the mother of all environmental scares: global warming. This original book considers one of the most extraordinary scientific & political stories of our time: how in the 1980s a handful of scientists came to believe that mankind faced catastrophe from runaway global warming & how today this has persuaded politicians to land us with what promises to be the biggest bill in history. Christopher Booker interweaves the science of global warming with that of its growing political consequences showing how just when the politicians are threatening to change our Western way of life beyond recognition the scientific evidence behind the global warming theory is being challenged like never before. The book exposes the myth that the global warming theory is supported by a 'consensus of the world's top climate scientists'. It shows how the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is run by a small group of 'global warming' zealots who have repeatedly rigged evidence to support their theory. But the politicians pushed by the media have so fallen for its propaganda that short of dramatic change our Western world now faces an unprecedented disaster. ...

In early 1942 the Germans opened a top-security prisoner-of-war camp in Lower Silesia for captured Allied airmen. Called Stalag Luft III the camp soon came to contain some of the most inventive escapers ever known. They were led by Squadron Leader Roger Bushell code-named ' Big X' who masterminded an attempt to smuggle hundreds of POWs down a tunnel built right under the noses of their guards. The escape would come to be immortalised in the famous film The Great Escape in which the ingenuity & bravery of the men was rightly celebrated. The plan involved multiple tunnels hundreds of forged documents as well as specially made German uniforms & civilian clothing. In this book Guy Walters takes a fresh look at this remarkable event & asks the question what was the true story not the movie version? He also examines what the escape really achieved & the complex nature of the man who led it. The result is an authoritative & ground-breaking re-evaluation of the most iconic escape story of the Second World War. ...

The Civil War is shrouded in legend & mythology
- but this new entry in the Real History" series provides a clear fresh view
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First published in 1997 this timely release offers a comprehensive & engaging account of the life & times of this great naval Admiral. Ever since C.S. Forester's fictional hero Horatio Hornblower began to delight & enthral readers there has been speculation as to whether his adventures were based on the career of a real naval officer. Several names were suggested; the general conclusion was that Hornblower was a composite character. However while researching the campaign that resulted in the burning of Washington's public buildings Bryan Perret consulted Forester's Naval War of 1812 & was surprised to discover that the author had been deliberately reticent regarding a Captain James Alexander Gordon RN who had led his squadron up the Potomac. Further inspection of naval records revealed a startling number of parallels between the careers of Gordon & Hornblower. Subsequent research spanning a period of ten years uncovered yet more similarities
- too many in fact to be a matter of simple coincidence. It became apparent that while Forester certainly included other episodes in the Hornblower cycle he was aware of Gordon when the first of his books were written & that when he decided to expand the series he chose Gordon's career as the framework on which his hero's life would be based. As a professional author it was neither surprising that he should conceal the fact nor that he should choose Gordon as his model. Gordon had entered the Royal Navy as a semi-literate eleven-year-old & rose to become Admiral of the Fleet. He took part in major sea battles frigate actions single-ship duels & operations far behind enemy lines. It was the fire of his ships directed against Fort Mc Henry Baltimore that inspired the National Anthem. He was the last Governor of the Royal Naval Hospital at Greenwich & when he died having served for more than seventy five years in the Navy The Times commented that he was' the last of Nelson's captains'. That he should have attracted Forster's attention is not therefore surprising. In telling the largely unknown story of Admiral Gordon's active service career Bryan Perrett has produced a book that will be appreciated by the thousands of readers who have enjoyed the adventures of Horatio Hornblower & his successors. It will also be welcomed by anyone with an interest in the naval warfare of the Napoleonic era while those who take pleasure in biography will find that they have the added bonus of an absorbing literary & historical detective story.
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There are so many myths about the extraordinary presence & political life of Margaret Thatcher but what was it really like to work for her? In this remarkable collection Gillian Shephard
- who herself served as a minister under Margaret Thatcher
- has brought together a group of contributors with experience of working with the Iron Lady at all sorts of levels: members of her Cabinets such as Douglas Hurd & Tom King; other MPs & peers; & people who had worked for her at Conservative Central Office or in her constituency or behind the scenes at 10 Downing Street. The result is a revealing record of the way that Britain's only female Prime Minister approached her job
- her thoroughness her extraordinary capacity for hard work her rare ability to combine attention to detail with a grasp of strategic issues. There are plenty of clashes
- some with the contributor in the direct firing line others observed from a safe distance
- but there are also many acts of kindness & thoughtfulness toward the people with whom she worked. A unique insight into the working life of the real Iron Lady.




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After qualifying as a vet in 1939 Alf Wight aka James Herriot moved to a veterinary practice in Thirsk. He was over fifty when his first book of stories about life as a Yorkshire vet was published giving birth to some of Yorkshires most famous & much-loved literary characters. Although he brought fame & fortune to himself & those around him Alf Wight remained an intensely private person respected & trusted by those whose animals he cared for & adored by millions of fans. This illuminating biography reveals the real man behind the title The Worlds Most Famous Vet. ...

Who was the real Jane Austen? Overturning the traditional portrait of the author as conventional & genteel bestseller Paula Byrne's landmark biography reveals the real woman behind the books. In this new biography bestselling author Paula Byrne (author of Perdita Mad World) explores the forces that shaped the interior life of Britain's most beloved novelist: her father's religious faith her mother's aristocratic pedigree her eldest brother's adoption her other brothers' naval & military experiences her relatives in the East & West Indies her cousin who lived through the trauma of the French Revolution the family's amateur theatricals the female novelists she admired her residence in Bath her love of the seaside her travels around England & her long struggle to become a published author. Byrne uses a highly innovative technique whereby each chapter begins from an object that conjures up a key moment or theme in Austen's life & work-a silhouette a vellum notebook a topaz cross a laptop writing box a royalty cheque a bathing machine & many more. The woman who emerges in this biography is far tougher more socially & politically aware & altogether more modern than the conventional picture of 'dear Aunt Jane' would allow. Published to coincide with the bicentenary of Pride & Prejudice this lively & scholarly biography brings Austen dazzlingly into the twenty-first century. ...