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Kim Davies 10,000 Cocktails ENEnjoying cocktails remains a timeless pleasure. With so many classics already on the menu, though, it can be hard to come up with new ideas. 10,000 Cocktails will satisfy anyones thirst. Its pages are split into three sectionsflick through to select your spirit, browse the bottom section to add your mixers, then add a flourish at the top. With over 10,000 possible cocktails to serve up, whether you combine carefully…
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Lisa K. Weber 10,000 Ghost Stories EN10,000 Ghost Stories places a legion of terrifying tales at your fingertips. Choose your story’s beginning, middle and end, and summon the matching head, body and legs of your spectre from the haunting illustrations. There are over 10,000 mix-and-match combinations from which to create your own unique tale of the supernatural plus a guide to the greatest ghosts in literature.
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Susanna Tee 10,000 Pasta ENWhen youre hungry, and time is tight, pasta is almost always the answer. But sometimes youd like a fresh take on its time-honoured theme. And when you want to ring the changes, you need 10,000 Pasta. The pages are split into three sections: pastas on the bottom, sauces in the middle, and toppings ... well, on the top. Flip the strips to and fro until you hit on the magical formula thats exactly what youve been…
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Susanna Tee 10,000 Salads ENToday's salads are a long way away from the tired greens and hard-boiled eggs or dull tuna mixes that the word used to mean. In the modern mix, fresh, vibrant leaves, and substantial legumes and grains such as quinoa, farro, and wild rice are joined by nuts and seeds, roasted vegetables, and every kind of meat, cheese and spicy beancurd, and topped of by dressings as sumptuous or as spartan as you want them to be.…
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Gary Raymond, John Howe 3-Minute J.R.R. Tolkien ENA visual biography of the worlds most revered fantasy writer As Peter Jacksons cinematic hobbits set forth, 3-Minute J.R.R. Tolkien celebrates the enduring influence of the worlds most revered fantasy writer. It offers a readable, absorbing structure, dividing J.R.R. Tolkiens life and cultural contribution into 60 neat portions, every one digestible in a mere three minutes: 20 mini-sections each on Life, Work and…
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Rachel Aronin 30-Second Ancient Egypt ENWeve all heard of pyramids, hieroglyphs and Cleopatra, but how much do you really know about ancient Egypt? Why was the Nile integral to the unification of Egypt? What is the mystery surrounding Queen Hetepheres tomb? What did the Amarna Letters reveal? What did the ancient Egyptians eat and drink? 30-Second Ancient Egypt presents a unique insight into one of the most brilliant and beguiling civilizations, where…
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Matthew Nicholls 30-Second Ancient Rome ENYou know that Rome wasn't built in a day, but just how did a cluster of small hilltop villages expand to become one of the greatest empires in history? Why did Romulus kill his brother Remus? How was a legion organized? Did people really speak Latin? What entertainment could you see at the Colosseum? And what was daily life like for a Roman citizen? This book takes a novel approach to answering all these questions…
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Marina Wallace, Martin Kemp 30-Second Leonardo da Vinci ENThe bestselling 30-Second... series takes a revolutionary approach to learning about those subjects you feel you should really understand. Each title selects a popular topic and dissects it into the 50 most significant ideas at its heart. Every idea, no matter how complex, is explained in 300 words and one picture, all digestible in 30 seconds. 30-Second Leonardo da Vinci uses this unique approach to grapple with…
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Adam Ford Art of Mindful Walking ENAs an Anglican priest and former Priest-in-Ordinary to the Queen, a lecturer in Buddhism, and a devoted walker, Adam Ford is an inspiring guide with a refreshingly eclectic viewpoint. Contemplating the concept of a purposeful walking, he applies the notion of mindfulness to walks ranging from a simple journey to work to a personal odyssey in the Australian outback. Exploring the idea of the walk as both medium and…
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Selena Ahmed, Ashley Duval, Rachel Meyer Botany at the BarBotany at the Bar is a bitters-making handbook with a beautiful, botanical difference - three scientists present the back-stories and exciting flavours of plants from around the globe and all in a range of tasty, healthy tinctures....
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David Foy Cherish Madonna Like an Icon ENCherish presents a wealth of rare archive and up-to-the-moment images in an adoring year-by-year homage to Madonna's breath-taking career. This authoritative and lovingly-crafted publication takes the reader on a nostalgic visual journey from Madonna's arrival in New York int he late 1970s to the lead-up to her latest album release, MDNA, in 2012, covering all her albums, tours, plays and films, and the occasional…
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Lydia Crook Christmas Paper Play ENThis beautiful papercraft title is packed with fun festive things to make and do, from Christmas decorations, to mini-crackers. Every page can be used as the basis of an activity, craft, or game, and all you need is a pair of scissors, some colouring pencils and the odd dab of glue. Illustrated with artist and paper engineer Lydia Crooks delightful artwork, it is a perfect present to keep kids entertained over the…
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Anouck Boisrobert Cut and Colour Playbook: SeasonsCreate beautiful, layered paper dioramas with this clever art activity book. With a combination of drawing, colouring and craft skills, children are taken page-by-page through creating four seasonal landscape scenes....
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Ben Irvine Einstein and the Art of Mindful Cycling ENEinstein and the Art of Mindful Cycling shines new light onto one of the great scientific icons, and explores how pushing that pedal can nurture mindfulness in a spiritually stressful age. The author steers us through his own perspective on cycling - weaving the philosophical, practical and personal into an elegant balance. Add in a sprinkling of meditative insights, and we can all learn how to experience Einstein's…
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Melissa Leventon Fashion Details ENCombining the works of the classic nineteenth-century illustrators Auguste Racinet and Friedrich Hottenroth with an authoritative modern text, this book is a study of the rich vocabulary of style through the ages. Subjects are presented first by chronology and then by subject, so that illustrators, historians and students alike can choose to follow the development of fashion through the centuries, or study…
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Happiness and How it Happens ENHappiness and How It Happens reveals how happiness is a state of being we all want and can have, because happiness is our true nature! Suryacitta, aka The Happy Buddha, explores what happiness actually is and how we all can achieve it through the transformational practice of mindfulness meditation.
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Lani Kingston How to Make Coffee: The science behind the beanIvy Press: Caffeine is the most widely consumed mind-altering molecule in the world; we cannot get enough of it, and drinking good coffee is our delivery system. How is it that coffee has such a hold? It’s all in the chemistry; the molecular structure of caffeine and the flavour-making phenols and fats that can be lured out from the bean by roasting, grinding and brewing. Making good coffee depends on understanding…
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Rebecca Smith Jane Austen's Guide to Modern Life's Dilemmas ENJane Austen is more of a celebrity and media queen now than she was in her lifetime. If Jane were with us today, as well as being a world class novelist, she might have had her own column in an upmarket glossy - a smart-cookie agony aunt. Jane Austen's Guide to Modern Life's Dilemmas is a look at work, domestic and romantic dilemmas, answered using Jane's clear-eyed, witty, unsentimental view of life, love and money…