Here is Douglas Adamss indispensable guide to life the universe & everything. This sublime collection dips into the wit & wisdom of the man behind THE HITCHHIKERS GUIDE TO THE GALAXY uncovering his unique comic musings on everything from his school-trousers to malt whisky & from the letter Y through to his own nose via atheism hangovers & fried eggs. Including short stories & eleven chapters of a Dirk Gently novel that Douglas Adams was working on at the time of his death THE SALMON OF DOUBT is for fans & new readers alike. These hilarious collected writings reveal the warmth enthusiasm & ferocious intelligence behind this most English of comic writers; a man who was virtually an unofficial member of the Monty Python team. Douglas Adams on his passion for P. G. Wodehouse The Beatles & the perfect cup of tea alone make this a must-have collection & a remarkable sign-off from one of the best loved writers of all time. One of the worlds sanest smartest kindest funniest voices INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY Sheer delight THE TIMES Magical.. .read this book SUNDAY EXPRESS ...

After 19 years of teaching his pupils to emigrate Alford George elitist schoolteacher turned populist politician is forced to work out a welcome for the diverse races of Trinidad to their own island & how to liberate those who despite emancipation are still struggling under old captivities. ...

These were the nights when the German bombers growled through the sky their bellies full with steel & cordite. When the moon was low their dark shapes & still darker shadows came over the coast. Several hours later theyd return again wearily lighter in weight fewer in number dropping the occasional bomb on the forgotten land of creeks & channels beneath them. On one of those nights it all began for me
- war after all starts many things & even though I wasnt born for another twenty-five years my story began there. It is May 1945 & as church bells ring out Victory in Europe over the Norfolk saltmarshes Gooses daughter Lil is born. But as Lil enters Gooses world her father leaves it in a makeshift boat bound
- or so the story goes
- for Germany his home. Forty years later it is Lils son Pip who begins to make sense of his familys fragmented history. Who was his grandfather who fell from the sky into Gooses life & then disappeared as suddenly as he came? What was the truth of his mother Lil who lived & lost her way between the creeks & the samphire? & what does it all mean for Pip whose heritage of flood fireworks fish & clouds has left him ill-prepared for life beyond the marshes?


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The No.1 New York Times Bestseller. In China for the first time the people who weigh too much now outnumber those who weigh too little. In Mexico the obesity rate has tripled in the past three decades. In the UK over 60 per cent of adults & 30 per cent of children are overweight while the United States remains the most obese country in the world. We are hooked on salt sugar & fat. These three simple ingredients are used by the major food companies to achieve the greatest allure for the lowest possible cost. Here Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Michael Moss exposes the practices of some of the most recognisable (and profitable) companies & brands of the last half century. He takes us inside the labs where food scientists use cutting-edge technology to calculate the 'bliss point' of sugary drinks. He unearths marketing campaigns designed
- in a technique adapted from the tobacco industry
- to redirect concerns about the health risks of their products & reveals how the makers of processed foods have chosen time & again to increase consumption & profits while gambling with our health. Are you ready for the truth about what's in your shopping basket?

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