Prue Leith describes herself as greedy in all senses of the word. Cook caterer restaurateur food writer journalist novelist businesswoman teacher television presenter charity worker lover wife & mother she has certainly been greedy for life. Prue came to London in the early 1960s & not long afterwards opened Leith's Restaurant. By the mid-seventies she was a food columnist on the Daily Mail had published several cookbooks & opened Leith's School of Food & Wine. But it wasn't all work. Prue writes with honesty of her affairs her longing for children the birth of her son the adoption of her daughter & many other things besides. Prue's down-to-earth attitude is an inspiration. Relish reflects one lucky woman's incredible appetite for life. ...

Prue Leith describes herself as greedy in all senses of the word. Cook caterer restaurateur food writer journalist novelist businesswoman teacher television presenter charity worker lover wife & mother she has certainly been greedy for life. Born in South Africa the daughter of a well-known actress Prue came to London in the early 1960s set up a successful catering company & later opened Leiths Restaurant a food lovers oasis in Londons then gastronomic desert. By the mid-seventies she was a regular food columnist on the Daily Mail had published several cookbooks & opened Leiths School of Food & Wine. But it wasnt all work. For thirteen years she had a secret affair with the married man who was to be her husband for another twenty-five years. She writes movingly of the anguish for both families; of her longing for children; the birth of her son Daniel & the adoption of her daughter Li-Da. Prue writes with relish humour & honesty. Whether she is running her own businesses or sitting on the boards of public companies; founding charities or leading institutions her down-to-earth attitude to triumph & disaster is an inspiration. She is forthright about her love life; her mothers senility; her husbands smoking himself to death; the theft of her savings & falling in love at sixty-six with a manic-depressive. Above all Relish reflects one lucky womans incredible zest for life. ...

This book is about Buddhism & the pursuit of happiness. The author takes us on an intensely personal journey into the practice of Nichiren Buddhism which has now been embraced by many millions of people around the world. It is not in any way about a remote abstract inaccessible philosophy. It is about Buddhism in daily life; about learning in a wholly practical way how to build a better & happier life for yourself & for those whom your life touches no matter what the circumstances. You dont have to conform to a specific lifestyle. You dont have to be especially knowledgeable or dedicated or indeed religious in any way. Nichiren Buddhism teaches the extraordinary truth that happiness is not a matter of chance or accident but essentially a matter of choice & that we can all learn how to make that choice. ...

The Reluctant Fundamentalist" is Mohsin Hamid's thrillingly provocative international bestseller. It is shortlisted for the Man Booker prize in 2007. Now a major film directed by Mira Nair & starring Kate Hudson & Kiefer Sutherl&. ' Excuse me sir but may I be of assistance? Ah I see I have alarmed you. Do not be frightened by my beard. I am a lover of America...' So speaks the mysterious stranger at a Lahore cafe as dusk settles. Invited to join him for tea you learn his name & what led this speaker of immaculate English to seek you out. For he is more worldy than you might expect; better travelled & better educated. He knows the West better than you do. & as he tells you his story of how he embraced the Western dream
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- & how both betrayed him so the night darkens. Then the true reason for your meeting becomes abundantly clear... Challenging mysterious & thrillingly tense Mohsin Hamid's masterly " The Reluctant Fundamentalist" is a vital read teeming with questions & ideas about some of the most pressing issues of today's globalised fractured world. " Masterful...A multi-layered & thoroughly gripping book which works as a poignant love story a powerful dissection of how US imperialist machinations have turned so many people against the world's superpower
- & as a thriller that subtly ratchets up the nerve-jangling tension towards an explosive ending". (" Metro"). " Beautifully written.. .more exciting than any thriller I've read for a long time". (Philip Pullman). "A brilliant book". (Kiran Desai). " Admirably spare & amazingly exciting". (Rachel Cooke " New Statesman"). Mohsin Hamid is the author of " The Reluctant Fundamentalist" " Moth Smoke" & " How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia". His fiction has been translated into over 30 languages received numerous awards & been shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. He has contributed essays & short stories to publications such as the " Guardian" " The New York Times" " Financial Times" " Granta" & " Paris Review". Born & mostly raised in Lahore he spent part of his childhood in California studied at Princeton University & Harvard Law School & has since lived between Lahore London & New York."


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The Reluctant Fundamentalist" is the award-winning international bestseller by Mohsin Hamid. Now a major motion picture starring Kate Hudson & Kiefer Sutherland shortlisted for the man booker prize 2007. Excuse me sir but may I be of assistance? Ah I see I have alarmed you. Do not be frightened by my beard. I am a lover of America... So speaks the mysterious stranger at a Lahore cafe as dusk settles. Invited to join him for tea you learn his name & what led this speaker of immaculate English to seek you out. For her is more worldy than you might expect; better travelled & better educated. He knows the West better than you do. & as he tells you his story of how he embraced the Western dream
- & a Western woman
- & how both betrayed him so the night darkens. Then the true reason for your meeting becomes abundantly clear... Praise for " The Reluctant Fundamentalist": " Beautifully written.. .more exciting than any thriller Ive read for a long time". (Philip Pullman). " Admirably spare & amazingly exciting". (Rachel Cooke " New Statesman"). " Sharp relevant impressively intelligent.. .entertains at the same time as it makes you think". (" Daily Telegraph"). "A cleverly constructed fable of infatuation & disenchantment... Intelligent & highly engaging genuinely provocative". (" Guardian"). "A brilliant book". (Kiran Desai). " Prods the intellect quickens the pace & captures the imagination". (" Sunday Times"). Mohsin Hamid is the author of three novels: " The Reluctant Fundamentalist" " Moth Smoke" & " How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia". His fiction has been translated into over 30 languages received numerous awards & been shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. He has contributed essays & short stories to publications such as the " Guardian" " The New York Times" " Financial Times" " Granta" & " Paris Review". Born & mostly raised in Lahore he spent part of his childhood in California studied at Princeton University & Harvard Law School & has since lived between Lahore London & New York."

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When Harry Jones discovers that former friend Zac Kravitzs life is in danger a debt of honour sends him on a perilous rescue mission to Taargistan a mountainous & landlocked former Soviet republic bordering Russia China & Afghanistan. Muscling his way onto a delegation of MPs who happen to be paying the state a visit Harry finds an unlikely ally in the stubbornly independent Martha & together they devise a plan to break Zac out of the grim prison Bodima. But when the attempt backfires & he finds himself stuck in prison in Zacs place little by little Harry realises that all is not as it seemed & that he has been lured into a web of international conspiracy. ...

A Reluctant Hero is the first biography of Captain Robert Ryder V.C. Royal Navy (1908-1986) one of the greatest naval heroes of the Second World War. Ryder led the audacious raid on St Nazaire in March 1942 which completely destroyed the ports dry dock depriving the Germans mighty pocket battleships of its use for the remainder of the war. The raid was one of the most brilliantly-executed combined operations of the war much of the credit for which must go to Ryders outstanding planning & courageous leadership. He received one of five Victoria Crosses awarded for the operation. Although Ryders name will be forever linked with the raid on St Nazaire the rest of his war service was no less distinguished. Torpedoed in a Q ship in 1940 he was rescued after clinging to a piece of wreckage for four days. After St Nazaire he was heavily involved in the planning of combined operations & took part in the ill-fated raid on Dieppe. On D Day he lead a naval assault party in the first wave of the invasion. For the rest of the war Ryder commanded a destroyer on the Arctic convoys. Ryders naval career before the war was as The Times put it on his death unorthodox. In 1933-34 he as captain & four other young naval officers sailed the Tal-Mo-Shan a 54 food ketch from Hong Kong to England via the Panama Canal in a voyage lasting exactly a year an outstanding achievement. Recently there has been press speculation that the voyage was a cover for naval espionage in Japanese waters. The Tal-Mo-Shan herself has now acquired international celebrity as a result of her sail-on part in the Abba film Mamma Mia. Between 1934 & 1937 Ryder served in the Antarctic as captain of the Penola the base ship of the British Graham Lane Expedition. His formidable navigation & seamanship was largely responsible for the Penola which was ill-adapted to polar conditions surviving her ordeal intact. Ryder also took part in some of the earliest ocean yacht races including the second Fastnet race in 1926. ...

It's been months since Rafel ventured over Barl's Mountains into the unknown in a desperate bid to seek help. With his father's Weather Magic exhausted & Lur ravaged by polluting magics there seemed no other hope. Now this too has died. Only Deenie believes Rafel still lives sensing her brother in tortured dreams. She also knows she must try to find him as only Rafel's talents could heal their l&. The prospect terrifies Deenie yet she sees no other choice. But she finds the lands beyond Lur blighted with lawlessness & chaos
- & here Deenie & her companion Charis find the dark sorcerer Morg's deadly legacy. As they travel they learn of a dangerous new power in the l&. Deenie comes to suspect that not only is her brother involved but that the evil their father destroyed is somehow reborn. & if she can't save Rafel then through him Morg's vast power could once again command their world. THE RELUCTANT MAGE is the sequel to THE PRODIGAL MAGE & set in the same world as Karen Miller's bestselling debut THE INNOCENT MAGE. With her cast of unforgettable characters & masterful storytelling Karen Miller has once again created an irresistible drama of political intrigue & magical adventure.
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Harper lost his lifemate Jenny during her turn & has blamed himself for her death ever since so hes rather happy for the distraction when Tiny & Mirabeau arrive with a young immortal in tow. Stephanie Mc Gill is a young newly turned immortal who is being hunted by a mad no-fanger named Leonius. When Anders & Drina Argenis (Argeneau) arrive to help Harper finds himself working with the beautiful young Spanish woman. But things get interesting when Stephanie decides to take on the role of cupid & bring Drina & a reluctant Harper together. How much trouble could a newly turned teenage vamp be? ...

Stepping into the wrong carriage at a Sussex village Elinor Rochdale is swept up in a thrilling & dangerous adventure. Overnight the would-be governess becomes mistress of a ruined estate & partner in a secret conspiracy to save a family's name. By midnight she is a bride by dawn a widow. A typically thrilling & sweeping tale of romance & tragedy The Reluctant Widow is Georgette Heyer at her best
- the undisputed queen of historical romance.
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