Heres some advice. Stay alive." --Haymitch Abernathy When it comes to The Hunger Games staying alive means finding food any way possible. Katniss & Gale hunt live game Peetas family survives on the bread they make & the inhabitants of the Seam work twelve-hour days for a few handfuls of grain--all while the residents of the Capitol gorge themselves on delicacies & desserts to the hearts desire. For the first time you will be able to create delicious recipes from the humble District 12 to the extravagant Capital including: French Bread from the Mellark Family Bakery Katnisss Favorite Lamb Stew with Dried Plums Rues Roasted Parsnips Gales Bone-Pickin Big Game Soup Capitol-Grade Dark Chocolate Cake If youre starving for more from Katniss Peeta & Gale this cookbook is sure to whet your appetite!" ...

The LEGO (r) MINDSTORMS (r) NXT 2.0 set offers hundreds of building elements programming software & powerful electronics that you can use to create amazing robots. But where do you begin? This eagerly awaited second edition of the bestselling Unofficial LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT Inventors Guide is your key to designing building & programming robots with the NXT 2.0 set. Youll learn practical building techniques like how to build sturdy structures & use gears & gain a solid understanding of the sets NXT-G programming language. A series of projects new to this edition offers step-by-step instructions for building & programming six robots each of which can be built with just one NXT 2.0 set including: * Inventor-Bot a fast simple modular vehicle with treads * Sentry-Bot a robot guard that shoots balls at intruders * Table-Bot a vehicle that uses its antennae to avoid falling off a tabletop * The Jeep a four-wheeled vehicle that avoids obstacles & follows lines * The Lizard a large walking robot that uses the color sensor to detect & respond to different colored balls * The Printer a stationary robot that uses a pen or marker to draw letters words & shapes on paper Additional resources include the Piece Library which contains basic information on the more than 80 types of LEGO pieces in the NXT 2. 0 set & the Quick Reference which lists the 34 types of standard programming blocks. So go ahead. Grab your NXT 2.0 set fire up your imagination & see what you can invent with The Unofficial LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT 2.0 Inventors Guide. ...

The LEGO (r) Technic system opens a new realm of building possibilities. Using motors gears pneumatics pulleys linkages & more you can design LEGO models that really move. The Unofficial LEGO Technic Builders Guide is filled with building tips for creating strong yet elegant machines & mechanisms with the Technic system. Author Pawel Sairel" Kmiec will teach you the foundations of LEGO Technic building from simple machines to advanced mechanics even explaining how to create realistic to-scale models. Sariel a world-renowned LEGO Technic expert offers unique insight into mechanical principles like torque power translation & gear ratios all using Technic bricks. Youll learn how to: * Create sturdy connections that can withstand serious stress * Re-create specialized LEGO pieces like casings & u-joints & build solutions like Schmidt & Oldham couplings when no standard piece will do * Build custom differentials suspensions transmissions & steering systems * Pick the right motor for the job-and transform its properties to suit your needs * Combine studfull & studless building styles for a stunning look * Create remote-controlled vehicles lighting systems motorized compressors & pneumatic engines This beautifully illustrated full-color book will inspire you with ideas for building amazing machines like tanks with suspended treads supercars cranes bulldozers & much more. Your Technic adventure starts now!" ...

Sixty million people died in the Second World War & still they tell us it was the Peoples War. The official history of the Second World War is Victors History. This is the history of the Second World War without the patriotic whitewash. The Second World War was not fought to stop fascism or to liberate Europe. It was a war between imperialist powers to decide which among them would rule over the world a division of the spoils of empire & an iron cage for working people enslaved to the war production drive. The unpatriotic history of the Second World War explains why the Great Powers fought most of their war not in their own countries but in colonies in North Africa in the Far East & in Germanys hoped-for Empire in the East. Find out how wildcat strikes partisans in Europe & Asia & soldiers mutinies came close to ending the war. & find out how the Allies invaded Europe & the Far East to save capitalism from being overthrown. James Heartfield challenges the received wisdom of the Second World War. ...

The Cold Case crime department of Derby Constabulary feels like a morgue to DI Damen Brook. As a maverick cop his bosses think it's the best place for him. But Brook isn't going to go down without a fight. Applying his instincts & razor sharp intelligence he sees a pattern in a series of murders that seem to begin in 1963. How could a killer go undetected for so long? & why are his superiors so keen to drive him down blind alleys? Brook delves deep into the past of both suspects & colleagues unsure where the hunt will lead him. What he does know for sure is that a significant date is approaching fast & the killer is certain to strike again... ...

The Cold Case crime department of Derby Constabulary feels like a morgue to DI Damen Brook. As a maverick cop his bosses think it's the best place for him. But Brook isn't going to go down without a fight. Applying his instincts & razor sharp intelligence he sees a pattern in a series of murders that seem to begin in 1963. How could a killer go undetected for so long? & why are his superiors so keen to drive him down blind alleys? Brook delves deep into the past of both suspects & colleagues unsure where the hunt will lead him. What he does know for sure is that a significant date is approaching fast & the killer is certain to strike again... ...

Danny Mc Rae private detective scraping a living in ration-card London. Eve Copeland crime reporter looking for new angles to save her career. Its an alliance made in heaven. Until Eve disappears a contact dies violently & an old adversary presents Danny with some unpalatable truths. His desperate search for his lover draws him into a web of black marketeers double agents & assassins & hurls him into the shattered remains of Berlin where terrorism & espionage foreshadow the bleakness of the Cold War. & Danny begins to lose sight of the thin line between good & evil... ...

Dr Kay Redfield Jamison is one of the foremost authorities on manic-depressive illness. She has also experienced it first-h&. For even while she was pursuing her career in academic medicine she was affected by the same exhilarating highs & catastrophic depressions that afflicted many of her patients. An Unquiet Mind" is a memoir of enormous candour courage wit & wisdom which examines manic depression from the dual perspectives of the healer & the healed revealing both its terrors & its cruel allure. First published fifteen years ago it remains the definitive book on manic depression. " It stands alone in the literature of manic depression for its bravery brilliance & beauty" (Oliver Sacks). " Affecting honest touching". (Will Self)." ...

24 meets the X Files in the biggest teen blockbuster of the summer...STOP THE COUNTDOWN. SAVE THE WORLD... Leaving the beach seventeen-year-old Janelle Tenner is hit head on by a pickup truck. & killed. Then Ben Michaels resident stoner is leaning over her. & even though it isnt possible she knows Ben somehow brought her back to life... Meanwhile Janelles father a special agent for the FBI starts working on a case that seems strangely connected to Ben. Digging in his files Janelle finds a mysterious device
- one that seems to be counting down to something that will happen in 23 days & 10 hours time. That something? It might just be the end of the world. & if Janelle wants to stop it shes going to need to uncover Bens secrets
- & keep from falling in love with him in the process...

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