PRE-ORDER THE ESSENTIAL VEGETARIAN SLOW COOKER COOKBOOK---The slow cooker is the ultimate one-pot, hands-off way to make everyday delicious. Whatever the time of year, there is nothing more satisfying than knowing mealtimes are sorted. From pot to table, cooking in the slow cooker is minimal effort for maximum flavour with all ingredients thrown together in one pot and cooked low and slow..Eating more vegetables all year round has never been so easy. From light and bright Thai Green Curry to fresh and fragrant Stuffed Aubergines to comforting and earthy Miso Ramen to warming and hearty Mac and Cheese with Butternut Squash, there is a slow cooker recipe inside for anyone who wants to eat vegetarian and vegan meals that fit around their busy lives.
The next fantastical and cosy instalment to India Holton's new series . . .
A collection of delightful short stories from one of Ireland's greatest ever writers, Brian FrielA fake! A quack! A charlatan! Get a grip on yourself, woman! We'll say another rosary and then I'll leave you home.'Stories of Ireland is a brilliant, colourful compendium of mid-century Irish experience from one of Ireland's greatest ever writers, Brian Friel. Demonstrating all of Friel's peerless instinct for voice, scene, and the uncanny mystery found in the everyday, these tales tell of beauty, struggle and discovery: from the drowning of a man in the bog-black waters of Lough Keeragh, to the camaraderie of teenage potato gathers in County Tyrone, and from the careful work of the German War Graves Commission in Glenn na fuiseog, to trawlermen's talk of sunken gold off the coast of Donegal.'Some of the best stories ever written. They are everything short stories should be - deft, skilfully written, funny and quite often breathlessly sad' Edna O'Brien
PRE-ORDER THE NEW SPICY ROMANCE FROM INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF NIGHT SHIFT, ANNIE CROWN!Nora is determined to land a summer internship with her favorite entrepreneurial professor. It's her ticket to a brighter future. But one person stands in her way: Callum, the confident and well-liked swim captain who's set to be the co-president of their business fraternity next year... and who keeps showing up in her not so PG dreams. Not only are these two about to put their academic rivalry to the test, they're about to test their will power to the extreme. But as the saying goes, keep your friends close but your enemies closer... Perfect for fans of ICEBREAKER, COLLIDE and Elsie SilverTropes: Academic rivalsCollege romanceBlack cat x sunshineOnly one bedForced proximity
It is spring, moonless night in the small town, starless and bible-black, the cobblestreets silent...In the Welsh seaside town of Llaggerub, night is moving in the streets. Its inhabitants are lost in the land of dreams: old Captain Cat catches up with his drowned shipmates, Mog Edwards the draper is consumed by mad love for Miss Price the dressmaker, and Mrs Ogmore-Pritchard whips the ghosts of her two late husbands into shape. As the sun rises, the 'dismays and rainbows' of each character are played out within the cycle of one day, intertwining voices and lives, dreams and reality. By turns tender, hilarious and beautifully lyrical, Dylan Thomas's 'play for voices' is his most beloved work and a landmark of Welsh literature.
Hudson Wilde is just as fun as he is fierce. The wild card of the Redville Saints, that runs through women, leaving a pile of broken hearts in his wake. His best friend's little sister is completely off limits.From the moment they meet, Hudson and Molly clash. She doesn't appreciate his partying ways, and he's annoyed by how much she's around, constantly looking down on him. What does she care about the things he does?Forced to spend time together while on the road, Hudson and Molly's hatred soon morphs into something unexpected. A spark ignites and one drunken night changes everything.Hudson sees Molly in a new light. A forbidden fruit he wants to taste. A line he's willing to cross. A challenge he wants to accept.Because one thing is for certain, Dane would never approve. Engaging in a secret relationship with your best friend's sister will undoubtedly lead to trouble.
No sex. No kids. No future? When Tom Feiling moved to Tokyo as a student in the early nineties, Japan was a beacon of the future: a rising superpower, a technology giant, a global symbol of prosperity, civility and success. When he returned twenty-four years later, the country was still a sign of things to come-but, he began to realize, it was no longer a beacon. It was a warning. This is a unique account of contemporary Japan, which travels from the quiet of its furthest flung villages to the aspiration and dynamism of its cities. It tells the story of how, from the mid-seventies onwards, Japanese society unknowingly embarked on a vast, silent process of transformation that is still unfolding today. It is still peaceful; it is still prosperous. But the Japanese population is dwindling at an alarming rate. As things stand, Japan's populace will shrink by a third with each new generation; by 2070 it will have lost the equivalent of the entire population outside of Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya. Travelling through shrines and bars, rice fields and mango farms, coffee shops and old peoples' homes, Feiling meets with those affected by, and driving, this transformation. Through countless interviews and extensive research, he weaves together a powerful account of how and why men and women are ceasing to pair off and have kids. He reveals how sexual appetites and behaviours are both shaped by, and reshaping the evolving economy, and he considers both the dangers and the opportunities of the rise in solo living in Japan-and beyond. For although this is a Japanese story, it will soon be playing out all around the world. A low birth rate, an ageing society, and a shrinking population are visible everywhere from Spain to South Korea. Japan is simply further down the line. So this really is a journey to the future: sex robots and herbivorous men are now Japanese phenomena, but they may soon be coming for us all.
Renée, aged 33 and divorced from her serially unfaithful husband, reinvents herself as a dancer in France's music halls. When a wealthy suitor appears promising marriage and stability, Renée must choose between the security he represents and her hard-won life as an artist.Colette's great novel of the stage was based on her experiences as a struggling music hall performer following her own divorce. By turns melancholy and funny, it is a pioneering work of autofiction and a vivid portrayal of one woman's quest for freedom.
'Fine teeth, my girl. With teeth like that I'd have gobbled up Paris and the rest of the world.'Gigi, a teenage girl in fin-de-siècle Paris, is being groomed by her family to become a high-class courtesan, just like her aunt and grandmother before her. But despite their best efforts, their timid protégée may have other ideas for her future...Colette's famous novella is a sly and delicate depiction of exploitation and resistance, and is paired here with the wonderful short story 'The Cat'.
Chéri: spoiled, petulant, beautiful, aged twenty-five. Léa: magnificent, brilliant, remorseless, aged forty-nine. They are in love, but their relationship exists beyond the bounds of social acceptability and must one day come to an end, no matter the cost.A succès de scandale on publication for its depiction of transgressive love, Colette's celebrated novella is also a profound and compelling exploration of the passage of time, the body and ageing, mirrors, self-perception, self-knowledge and the tragedy of mortality.
'I was an independent, stray dog who answered to no one...'Claudine lives in a large house with a rose-filled garden and a vegetable patch smelling of tomato leaves and apricots. Beyond her house is the village, where travelling performers stop for the night and wedding feasts take place under a bright summer moon. Inside her house are Mama, who loves animals, and Papa, who lost his leg in the war, and a library full of forbidden and irresistible books...Based on Colette's own early life, Claudine's House is a rich and enchanting depiction of childhood, animals, flowers, trees, books, families and love in late-nineteenth-century France.
The Achilles Trap masterfully untangles the people, ploys of power and geopolitics that led to America's disastrous war with Iraq and, for the first time, details America's fundamental miscalculations during its ruinous, decades-long relationship with Saddam Hussein.Beginning with Saddam's rise to power in 1979 and the birth of Iraq's secret nuclear weapons programme, Steve Coll traces Saddam's motives through understanding his inner circle. He brings to life the diplomats, scientists, family members and generals who had no choice but to defer to their leader - a leader directly responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Iraqis, as well as the torture or imprisonment of many more. This was a man whose reasoning was impossible to reduce to a simple explanation, and the CIA and successive presidential administrations failed to grasp critical nuances in his paranoia, resentments and inconsistencies - even when the stakes were incredibly high.Using unpublished and underreported sources, interviews with surviving participants, and Saddam's own transcripts and audio files, The Achilles Trap is a remarkable picture of a dictator who was convinced the world was out to get him and acted accordingly. A work of great historical significance, it is the definitive account of how corruptions of power, lies of diplomacy and vanity - on both sides - led to avoidable errors of statecraft: ones that would enact immeasurable human suffering and forever change our political landscape.
A series of interviews with Noam Chomsky, the world's greatest living public intellectual, about the pressing issues of our timeThe interviews in this volume with the world's greatest public intellectual alive, and one of the most cited scholars in modern history, are a sequel to the collection of interviews that appeared in Illegitimate Authority- Facing the Challenges of Our Time . They extend and update discussions on some of the most pressing world problems, such as the climate crisis, the consequences of the ongoing war in Ukraine and the rising nuclear risk, while exploring at the same time the features of the emerging new world order and looking at the dangerous new hot zones around the globe. The fascist threat in the United States and Biden's foreign policy add to concerns both about the future of whatever is left of American democracy and that of the world at large. However, 'optimism over despair' has always been one of Noam Chomsky's mottos, and thus he contends that humanity can avert a climate catastrophe and a nuclear holocaust. He is 95 years old and still stresses with the same firm conviction that has characterized his entire extraordinary life that activism is key to building a better world.
Charlotte Walker's life had always been a well-scripted story, until she took an unexpected detour. Pressing pause on her academic journey, she moves to London in an attempt to figure out what the hell she wants out of life. Just when she thought her path couldn't get any more uncertain, an intriguing offer comes her way from an unlikely source-her brother's best friend and driving partner. Lucas Adler, AlphaVite Racing's star driver, understands all too well that Charlotte Walker is a temptation he should avoid at all costs. Not only is she the younger sister of his best friend, but he's learned the hard way how meddling with the forbidden can ruin relationships. Yet, the charismatic Aussie challenges his resolve at every turn and as a secret relationship blossoms, Charlotte and Lucas must decide whether some risks are worth the reward of a happily ever after.
Martha grew up getting her hands dirty in her mum's bountiful garden and when she moved to a flat in London with no outdoor space she quickly signed up for an allotment so that she could tend to her own slice of nature. She started sharing her gardening projects on social media and quickly gained over 200k followers who loved watching her love for nature, the wildlife that flocked to her allotment, and the imperfect art of growing things.Now, inspired by her adventures, Martha shares simple projects for readers to get outside, feel inspired, and give it a grow themselves. This isn't about sculpting the perfect garden, it's about letting go of perfection, getting your hands dirty and feeling more connected to the natural world right outside your back door.
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