From Willy Wonka's Nutty Crunch Surprise to the mound of mysterious spare ribs consumed by Hansel & Gretel in RHYME STEW food has always been an essential ingredient in Roald Dahl's writing for children. Now there's a unique cook book which Dahl fans will devour. His wife Felicity Dahl has created a practical guide to making some of the scrumptious & wonderfully disgusting dishes which appear in Roald Dahl's books. In ROALD DAHL'S REVOLTING RECIPES there's something intriguing for every occasion from a simple lunch to a birthday feast. Everyone will relish cooking & eating these amazing recipes whether it be Stink Bugs' Eggs The Enormous Crocodile or Bruce Bogtrotter's sensational chocolate cake! Quentin Blake's wickedly funny illustrations capture Dahl's sense of fun perfectly & Jan Baldwin's photographs offer a tantalizing promise of the treats in store. ROALD DAHL'S REVOLTING RECIPES is a unique book which Dahl fans of all ages will devour. It is the ULTIMATE treat. ...

From Jack in the Beanstalk Goldilocks & the Three Bears to Little Red Riding Hood & the Three Little Pigs wicked beasts brazen crooks & a ghastly giant star in these hilarious nursery rhymes with Bite now brilliantly adapted for listening pleasure. ...

The small girl smiles. One eyelid flickers. She whips a pistol from her knickers." Fairytales as you've never seen them before! Gruesome & grisly dastardly & daring these Revolting Rhymes turn familiar stories topsy-turvy. Maybe Cinderella decides against her prince? Perhaps Jack outwits the giant in an unexpected way? No-one is safe
- not Snow-White nor Goldilocks & the Big Bad Wolf better watch out because Little Red Riding Hood won't go down without a fight..."
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An engaging range of period texts & theme books for AS & A Level history. The years between the rise of William Pitt in the early 1780s & the repeal of the Corn Laws in 1846 saw Britain struggle with political & social tensions caused by the economic changes that began in the mid-eighteenth century. Changes in attitudes towards who could vote how the poor should be treated how towns should be governed & how popular protest should be conducted led to confrontations between different segments of society. Yet Britain escaped revolution. Resistance radicalism & reform. Richard Brown explores key issues which help explain these developments of the period. ...

For more than 40 years after the Second World War the Iron Curtain divided Europe physically with 300 km of walls & barbed wire fences; ideologically between communism & capitalism; psychologically between people imprisoned under totalitarian dictatorships & their neighbours enjoying democratic freedoms; & militarily by two mighty distrustful power blocs still fighting the cold war. At the start of 1989 ten European nations were still Soviet vassal states. By the end of the year one after another they had thrown off communism declared national independence & embarked on the road to democracy. One of historys most brutal empires was on its knees. Poets who had been languishing in jails became vice presidents. When the Berlin Wall fell on a chilly November night it seemed as though the open wounds of the cruel twentieth century would at last begin to heal. The Year of Revolutions appeared as a beacon of hope for oppressed people elsewhere who dared to dream that they too could free themselves. In a dizzying few months of almost entirely peaceful revolutions the peoples will triumphed over tyranny. An entire way of life was swept away. Now twenty years on Victor Sebestyen reassesses this decisive moment in modern history. ...

As dazzling as the decade they dominated The Beatles almost single-handedly created pop music as we know it. Today their songs are cited as seminal influences by stars like Oasis Blur & Kula Shaker. Eloquently giving voice to their time The Beatles quite simply changed the world. Fully updated to include material from The Beatles Live at the BBC" & the Anthology series this acclaimed book goes back to the heart of The Beatles
- their records. Drawing on a unique resource of knowledge & experience to read their 241 tracks
- chronologically from their first amateur efforts in 1957 to Real Love their final reunion recording in 1995
- Ian Mac Donald has created an engrossing classic of popular criticism in which the extraordinary songs of The Beatles remain a central & continually surprising presence."


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There is more information in the world than ever before
- but whos in control? At the centre sits the Establishment: governments
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Fuchsia Dunlop is the author of the much-loved & critically acclaimed Sichuan Cookery which won the British Guild of Food Writers Jeremy Round Award for best first book & prompted John Lanchester of the Daily Telegraph to call her as exciting as Elizabeth David. Now with The Revolutionary Chinese Cookbook she introduces us to the delicious tastes of Hunan Chairman Maos home province. The southern Chinese province of Hunan is renowned for its beautiful scenery its hearty peasant cooking & the revolutionary spirit of its people. It is a region of bold spicy tastes where the chilli reigns supreme but also of soothing tonic stews & delicate steamed dishes. In this selection of classic recipes interwoven with a wealth of history legend & anecdote Fuchsia brings to life this vibrant culinary region. Look out for late imperial dishes like numbing-&-hot chicken Chairman Maos favourite red-braised pork steamed fish with brilliant red chillies & a myriad of colourful vegetable stir-fries. With food photographs by the award-winning photographer Georgia Glynn Smith & pictures from Fuchsias own travels around Hunan this book will revolutionise your understanding of Chinese regional cookery. ...

This is a major new & definitive work by the author of Iran: Empire of the Mind. Ayatollah Khomeinis return to Tehran in February 1979 was a key moment in post-War international politics. A large well-populated & wealthy state suddenly committed itself to a quite new path: a revolution based on the supremacy of Islam & contempt for both superpowers. For over 30 years the Islamic Republic has resisted widespread condemnation sanctions & sustained attacks by Iraq in an eight-year war. Many policy-makers today share a weary wish that Iran would somehow just disappear as a problem. But with Irans continuing commitment to a nuclear programme & its reputation as a trouble-maker in Afghanistan Lebanon & elsewhere this is unlikely any time soon. The slow demise of the 2009 Green Revolution shows that Revolutionary Irans institutions are still formidable. About the author: Michael Axworthys Iran: Empire of the Mind established him as one of the worlds principal experts on this extraordinary country & in his new book Revolutionary Iran he has written the definitive history of this subject one which takes full account of Irans unique history & makes sense of events often misunderstood by outsiders. Reviews: Balances scholarly precision with narrative flair.. . Axworthy does the best job so far of describing the Iran-Iraq war.. . He revisits & convincingly reinterprets defining moments of the Islamic republic.. .[with] scholarly rigour & first-class analysis. Anyone interested in this most complex of revolutions would do well to read [this book]". (Economist). " An impressive exploration of Irans development since 1979 into an unpredictable pseudo-democracy.. .[a] calm & literate portrait of the Islamic Republic". (Guardian). " If you were to read only one book on present-day Iran you could not do better than this.. . Axworthy revokes the sound & fury of the revolution itself". (Ervand Abrahamian Times Higher Education). " Packed with gobbets of information & policy advice on how to deal with Iran". (Telegraph). "[A] meticulously fair & scholarly work.. .passages from Iranian authors little known in the west as well as references to both popular & arthouse cinema bring depth [and] richness.. .moving & vivid.. .a very fine work that deserves to be read by anyone interested in the Middle East". (Jason Burke Observer). " Axworthy is a true Iranophile learned in history & literature ancient & modern.. .[A] subtle lucid & well-proportioned history.. .his method casts theocracy in a refreshingly cold light & embosses the Islamic Republics well-established subordination of faith to power". (Spectator)." ...

THIS ORANGE INHERITANCE EDITION OF Revolutionary Road IS PUBLISHED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE ORANGE PRIZE FOR FICTION. Books shape our lives & transform the way we see ourselves & each other. The best books are timeless & continue to be relevant generation after generation. Vintage Classics asked the winners of The Orange Prize for Fiction which books they would pass onto the next generation & why. Lionel Shriver chose Revolutionary Road. This is the story of Frank & April Wheeler a bright beautiful & talented couple whose empty suburban life is held together by the dream that greatness is only just round the corner. With heartbreaking compassion & clarity Richard Yates shows how Frank & April mortgage their hopes & ideals betraying in the end not only each other but their own best selves. I cant think of a better novel to hand on to readers growing up today than Revolutionary Road
- Lionel Shriver.
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