Most British travel writers head south for a destination that is hot exotic dangerous or all three. Harry Pearson chose to head in the opposite direction for a country which is damp safe & of legendary banality: Belgium. But can any nation whose most famous monument is a statue of a small boy urinating really be that dull? Pearson lived there for several months burying himself in the local culture. He drank many of the 800 different beers the Belgians produce; ate local delicacies such as kip kap (jellied pig cheeks) & a mighty tonnage of chicory & chips. In one restaurant the house speciality was Hare in the style of grandmother. I didnt order it. I quite like hare but had no wish to see one wearing zip-up boots & a blue beret. A TALL MAN IN A LOW LAND commemorates strange events such as The Festival of Shrimps at Oostduinkerke & laments the passing of the Underpant Museum in Brussels. No reader will go away from A TALL MAN IN A LOW LAND without being able to name at least ten famous Belgians. Mixing evocative description & low-grade buffoonery Harry Pearson paints a portrait of Belgium that is more rounded than a Smurf after a night on the mussels. ...

Everyman Map Guides" are guidebooks whose pages open out to reveal beautifully designed clear large-scale maps. With a selection of 60 sites not to be missed & details of more than 100 restaurants bars shops markets hotels plus all the practical advice needed
- this little guide is the indispensable companion for your trip to Tallinn."
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WOW! The noise was deafening as the audience roared their approval. Tallulah Gosh lead singer with Tallulah & the Teenstars stepped forward to the microphone. But as she went to announce the bands next song & brand new single Baby I Dont Bebo she was interrupted
- Teresa hurry up your teas on the table shouted her always busy mum from downstairs. Tallulah Gosh is Teresa Gordon
- an ordinary girl living in an ordinary street. In fact she feels almost invisible to the world. Except of course when shes in her bedroom. There she becomes lead singer with the biggest & best band in the world. But things are about to change
- Tallulah is about to step out of her imagination & her bedroom & into the real world. She & her brilliant band are about to take the school talent contest & more by storm. A feat all the more surprising when you know that Tallulah & her bandmates feature pretty highly in the schools Least Likely To Succeed list. But can they all remain friends when overnight success propels them beyond their wildest bedroom dreams & ordinary becomes a thing of the past. Tallulah & the Teenstars" are about to find out."


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A sweeping new epic fantasy series from worldwide bestselling author Raymond E Feist marking the 20th year since the first publication of his first novel Magician. Featuring one of the most fascinating characters & scenarios ever created in the genre The Conclave of Shadows promises to become one of the great all-time classics in the field. Among the Orosini tribe every boy must undergo the traditional manhood ritual in order to understand his place in the universe & discover his manhood name. Kielianapuna must survive on the remote mountain peak of Shatana Higo until the gods grant him his vision. But Kieli has already waited for four days & nights & now he is cold lonely despairing & very very tired... When he is woken by the terrifying sensation of sharp claws piercing his skin & finds a rare silver hawk upon his arm it is such a disorientating moment that he is not sure whether it has even happened or whether it was a vision. Returning to his home nameless & still a child Kieli stumbles upon devastation. His village is being burned his people slaughtered. Although it means certain death Kieli throws himself into the battle... Against all the odds he survives alone of all the Orosini who have been cut down where they stand: every last man woman & child. A distant voice echoes in his mind: Rise up & be a talon for your people... The visitation of the bird on Shatana Higo was indeed his naming vision. He is a boy called Kielianapuna no more. Now he is Talon of the Silver Hawk a man who must avenge the murder of his people whatever that may take... ...

TALULLA DEMETRIOU YOU HAVE BEEN A VERY.. .BAD.. .GIRL Talulla Demetriou is the last living werewolf. Now she is pregnant. Pursued by enemies & racked by the need to kill she flees to an Alaskan hunting lodge to have her child in secret. There with her infant son in her arms it looks as if the worst is over. Until the door bursts open
- & she discovers that the worst is only just beginning.. .
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When Jack Frost steals her magic items in an attempt to ward off toothache Tamara the Tooth Fairy is no longer able to collect teeth from beneath childrens pillows! But as ever Kirsty & Rachel are eager to help. Can they find all three missing objects
- & persuade Jack Frost to go to the dentist?
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Become captivated by Claudia Roden's middle eastern delights in Tamarind & Saffron". "I don't think there's a recipe I don't want to cook in " Tamarind & Saffron". (Nigella Lawson). It
Includes:: Aubergines in a spicy honey sauce; baby onions in tamarind; sweet jewelled rice; & saffron caramel cream. These are just some of the sumptuous recipes in Claudia Roden's collection of new & updated recipes suffused with all the heat spice & sensual aromatics of the Middle East. Claudia Roden's " Book of Middle Eastern Food" (1968) was written for readers who had never eaten an aubergine let alone cooked one. Today Middle Eastern foods are enjoying amazing popularity largely thanks to Roden's books. In " Tamarind & Saffron" Claudia Roden has brought together a fresh collection of recipes for this new generation of cooks illustrated throughout with luscious photography. Praise for Claudia Roden: " Claudia Roden is no more a simple cookbook writer than Marcel Proust was a biscuit baker. She is rather memorialist historian ethnographer anthropologist essayist poet.. .". (Simon Schama). " Every one of Claudia's books introduced us to a delicious new world". (Sam & Sam Clarke). " Roden's great gift is to conjure up not just a cuisine but the culture from which it springs". (Nigella Lawson). " Claudia Roden's writing has the fascination of her conversation. Her books are treasure-houses of information & mines of literary pleasures". (" Observer"). As well as writing cookbooks & presenting cooking shows on the BBC Claudia Roden is also a cultural anthropologist based in the United Kingdom. Born & brought up in Cairo she finished her education in Paris before moving to London to study art. With the publication of her bestselling classic "A Book of Middle Eastern Food" in 1968 Claudia Roden revolutionized Western attitudes to the cuisines of the Middle East. Since then she has published nine other books including the award winning classic " The Book of Jewish Food" & has won no fewer than six Glenfiddich awards for her writing. Her other books include " Arabesque" "A Book of Middle Eastern Food" " The Food of Italy" " Mediterranean Cookery" & " The Food of Spain"."
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A powerful account of the life of Tamerlane the Great (1336-1405) the last master nomadic power one of historys most extreme tyrants & the subject of Marlowes famous play. Marozzi travelled in the footsteps of the great Mogul Emperor of Samarkland to write this wonderful combination of history & travelogue. The name of the last great warlord conjures up images of mystery & romance: medieval warfare on desert plains; the clash of swords on snow-clad mountains; the charge of elephants across the steppes of Asia; the legendary opulence & cruelty of the illiterate chess-playing nemesis of Asia. He ranks alongside Alexander as one of the worlds great conquerors yet the details of his life are scarcely known in the West. He was not born to a distinguished family nor did he find his apprenticeship easy
- at one point his mobile army consisted only of himself his wife seven companions & four horses
- but his dominion grew with astonishing rapidity. In the last two decades of the fourteenth century & the beginning of the fifteenth he blazed through Asia. Cities were razed to the ground inhabitants tortured without mercy sometimes enemies were buried alive
- more commonly they were decapitated. On the ruins of Baghdad Tamerlane had his princes erect a pyramid of 90 000 heads. During his lifetime he sought to foster a personal myth exaggerating the difficulties of his youth laying claim to supernatural powers & a connection to Genghis Khan. This myth was maintained after his death in legend folklore poetry drama & even opera nowhere more powerfully than in Marlowes play
- he is now as much a literary construct as a historical figure. Justin Marozzi follows in his path & evokes his legacy in telling the tale of this fabulously cruel magnificent & romantic warrior.



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One year ago Lady Camille Pryce left her haughty fiance at the altar
- for good reason. Not only was the marriage arranged before
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The first time Spencer Kimball set eyes on Natasha Stanislaki he was floored by her exotic beauty. But the former ballet dancer had a fiery temperament that could keep men safely at bay. Sensing an open wound Spence & his little girl joined forces to find a way into her closely guarded heart. For Spence realized hed do anything to tame Natashas fears & show her how to love. ...