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Anita Desai, through her short stories and novels, two of which, Clear Light of Day and In Custody, have been shortlisted for the Booker Prize, is one of the most accomplished and admired chroniclers of middle-class India. In this, her latest novel, she tells the story of plain and lumpish Uma and the cherished, late-born Arun, daughter and son of strict and conventional parents--"MamaPapa" in Uma's mind, so united are they in their unyielding views and dictums. Desai perfectly matc... less info

Anita Desai, through her short stories and novels, two of which, Clear Light of Day and In Custody, have been shortlisted for the Booker Prize, is one of the most accomplished and admired chronicle... more info

Nigella Lawson has long been among the most realistic as well as the most readable of writers on food. Her description of a three-star dinner really is a good second best to actually eating it yourself. But equally she knows the inestimable value of a bacon sandwich on sliced white. This wonderful book combines both of these talents as she sets out on the ambitious task to impart no less than "the Pleasures and Principles of Good Food". The book is neatly divided into categories--co... less info

Nigella Lawson has long been among the most realistic as well as the most readable of writers on food. Her description of a three-star dinner really is a good second best to actually eating it your... more info

Pages: 160, Paperback, New Holland Publishers less info

Pages: 160, Paperback, New Holland Publishers

Pages: 96, Paperback, Lulu.com less info

Pages: 96, Paperback, Lulu.com

Pages: 288, Paperback, Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group less info

Pages: 288, Paperback, Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group

Another TV series, another book. The energetic Ainsley Harriott rides back into our kitchens on board the Gourmet Express, fizzing as always with ideas and enthusiasm. His mission this time is to persuade us away from the freezer, the microwave and the telephone at the end of a long day, when we're tired, stressed and hungry. He wants to show us how we can eat well and imaginatively, with little more effort and at considerably less expense, by cooking for ourselves instead of reaching for a r... less info

Another TV series, another book. The energetic Ainsley Harriott rides back into our kitchens on board the Gourmet Express, fizzing as always with ideas and enthusiasm. His mission this time is to p... more info

Pages: 30, Paperback, C&T Publishing less info

Pages: 30, Paperback, C&T Publishing

Larry is a polar bear who, as we discover in Young Larry, falls asleep on a chunk of ice in Baffin Bay and wakes up in Bayonne, New Jersey. Stranded on a beach, what else can he do but become a lifeguard to earn money to buy the blueberry muffins he loves? Fortunately, just as he is about to be fired for being a polar bear, he saves the life of Martin Frobisher, who is so grateful to his new hero that he promises to buy a hotel with a swimming pool where Larry can be a lifeguard for the rest ... less info

Larry is a polar bear who, as we discover in Young Larry, falls asleep on a chunk of ice in Baffin Bay and wakes up in Bayonne, New Jersey. Stranded on a beach, what else can he do but become a lif... more info

Edition: Unbnd, Paperback, C&T Publishing less info

Edition: Unbnd, Paperback, C&T Publishing

Pages: 256, Paperback, W Foulsham & Co Ltd less info

Pages: 256, Paperback, W Foulsham & Co Ltd

Pages: 56, Edition: New edition, Paperback, OUP Oxford less info

Pages: 56, Edition: New edition, Paperback, OUP Oxford

There's something exceptionally comforting about a short story collection like Girls' Night Out, Boys' Night In. Firstly, there's the choice--this is a truly bumper package, with more than 30 stories by some of contemporary fiction's most familiar names including Kathy Lette, Matt Beaumont, Mike Gayle, Josie Lloyd and Emlyn Rees. Not only is there some superb writing on offer but you're guaranteed there'll be a story for every mood you're in--be it optimism, anger, revenge, love or hatred. An... less info

There's something exceptionally comforting about a short story collection like Girls' Night Out, Boys' Night In. Firstly, there's the choice--this is a truly bumper package, with more than 30 stori... more info

Pages: 240, Paperback, Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group less info

Pages: 240, Paperback, Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group

Pages: 152, Paperback, AuthorHouse less info

Pages: 152, Paperback, AuthorHouse

Pages: 223, Hardcover, Ebury Press less info

Pages: 223, Hardcover, Ebury Press

Pages: 160, Paperback, New Holland Publishers less info

Pages: 160, Paperback, New Holland Publishers

Pages: 144, Edition: 5, Paperback, 30 Day Gourmet Press less info

Pages: 144, Edition: 5, Paperback, 30 Day Gourmet Press

Age range: 9-11 Debi Gliori may be better known for her superb picture books, ranging from the undeniable love-in of No Matter What to the satisfying bedtime book, The Very Small, but this time the lady takes on new literary life with the superb (not to mention downright dotty!) Pure Dead Magic--an unforgettable first novel that will leave the reader at once exhausted and exhilarated. Imagine, if you will, the family home of the Strega-Borgia family, StregaSchloss. Here we meet young Titus St... less info

Age range: 9-11 Debi Gliori may be better known for her superb picture books, ranging from the undeniable love-in of No Matter What to the satisfying bedtime book, The Very Small, but this time the... more info

Pages: 304, Edition: Spi, Spiral-bound, Perseus Books less info

Pages: 304, Edition: Spi, Spiral-bound, Perseus Books

Pages: 208, Paperback, Robert Rose Inc less info

Pages: 208, Paperback, Robert Rose Inc