Revisiting Waterbirth" is an essential text for midwifery practice by an internationally renowned author. This revised version of Garland's previous book " Waterbirth" gives clear & structured guidance on the use of water in labour through clinical scenarios research summaries & evidence-based advice for both students & practitioners." ...

A YA romance with a twist. As romantic as Shiver.. .as intense as Before I Fall. Revived is unmissable. The world fades to nothing & before I have the chance to think another thought.. .I'm dead. My name is Daisy West & my whole life is a lie. I have died five times. I've been Revived five times. With each revival comes a new name a new town.. .a new life. But this time I won't let myself die. This time I've found a love that I can't let go of. This time I'm going to make my life my own. ...

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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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 world attention focuses on the economic development & massive cultural upheavals of China all of which are embodied in the transformation of Beijing prior to the 2008 Olympics Chinese artists have emerged after years of containment by the strictures of the national ideology. The Western art world hungry for new spectacle has consumed the new art with an appetite but the art is changing so fast the Western viewer has little means of assessing or understanding the background to these extraordinary developments. The Revolution Continues" provides a link between the rebellious spirit of the current generation of Chinese artists & the mood of rebellion that was so explicitly evident during the years of the Cultural Revolution that ran from 1966 to the death of Mao & the fall of the Gang of Four in 1976. In his text Jiang Jiehong argues that the widespread destruction of traditional Chinese treasures by the Red Guards especially in the early period of 1966 overshadows the entire period. Todays rebellious artistic spirit is in fact an extension of Maos legacy. The extensive Saatchi collection of new Chinese art is presented in conjunction with Joshua Jiangs examination of the use of the colour red the iconography of Mao the sense of the collective & the use of textual language that derives from the calligraphy of the propaganda poster. This dramatic material will be published to coincide with one of the opening exhibitions at the new Saatchi Gallery." ...

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. ...