When did we lose the knack of looking after our own homes? We have become dependent on 5-in-1 chemical cleaners; we can\'t seem to wield a Hoover anymore; and descaling the kettle is a task to be indefinitely delayed. Somewhere along the way we have lost the domestic tradition that was simple, quick and effective. The Home Handbook seeks to redress the balance and celebrates the art of caring for your

Meet Jessica Jones. Once upon a time, she was a costumed super hero...but not a very good one. Her powers were unremarkable compared to the amazing abilities of the costumed icons that populate the Marvel Universe. In a city of Marvels, Jessica Jones never found her niche. Now a chain-smoking, self-destructive alcoholic with a mean inferiority complex, Jones is the owner and sole employee of Alias

Terrine presents a selection of recipes that bring together Stéphane Reynaud’s passion for rural French cooking and his enthusiasm for modern cuisine. The book offers some well-loved favourites as well as some more surprising dishes that reflect contemporary tastes. Illustrated with beautiful photographs and providing a broad range of recipes, from meat to fish and vegetables, and even desserts.

Raina just wanted to be a normal girl, but one night after Girl Scouts she trips and falls severely injuring her two front teeth. What follows is a long and frustrating journey with on-again, off-again braces, surgery, embarrassing headgear and even a retainer with fake teeth attached. And on top of all that, there\'s still more to deal with: a major earthquake, boy confusion and friends who turn out

In Boston, there\'s a killer on the loose. A killer who targets lone women, who breaks into their apartments and performs terrifying ritualistic acts of torture on them before finishing them off. His surgical skills lead police to suspect he is a physician - a physician who, instead of saving lives, takes them. But as homicide detective Thomas Moore and his partner Jane Rizzoli begin their investigation,

Vitale combines principles of spiritual self-discovery with proven marketing principles to show how anyone can live a happy life in and outside of business. This updated second edition provides worksheets, tip sheets, suggestions, and goal planning i deas, all to help readers achieve their dreams.

Down by the river bank, where the wind whispers through the willow trees, is a very pleasant place to have a lunch party with a few friends. But life is not always so peaceful for the Mole and the Water Rat. There is the time, for example, when Toad gets interested in motor-cars - goes mad about them in fact ...The story of the adventures of Mole, Rat, Badger, and Toad has been loved by young and old

Spinning directly out of X-MEN: SCHISM, the X-Men are split in two. In the oversized debut issue of the new ongoing flagship X-series, Wolverine takes one half of the X-Men back to Westchester to start over again with a new school, a new student body and a lot of surprises up his sleeve. But when the new Hellfire Club decides they don\'t like what the ol\' Canucklehead has started, and decide to burn

Late October, Cardiff. A human leg is discovered in a woman\'s freezer. The hunt for the rest of the corpse soon turns up body parts in kitchens, garages and potting sheds.The police conclude that the victim was a teenage girl killed some ten years earlier. But then other body parts start appearing, this time discarded carelessly, shortly after the victim - a man - was killed. Investigating the double

This title will appeal to both boys and girls of 12 to 13 years. This haunting ghost story set in London is combined with ten pages of \"Fact Files\" which provide a useful supplement to any cultural studies syllabus.

One of the top women jockeys in world has been kidnapped and Detective Andrew Douglas is sent to negotiate her release. As more kidnappings follow, the Italian police bungle the case, and the victims\' families begin to worry about their loved ones\' safety.

Nick Hornby\'s internationally bestselling first novel, available as a Penguin Essential for the first time. Do you know your desert-island, all-time, top five most memorable split-ups? Rob does. He keeps a list, in fact. But Laura isn\'t on it - even though she\'s just become his latest ex. He\'s got his life back, you see. He can just do what he wants when he wants: like listen to whatever music

\'Of what a mistake were you guilty in marrying a Man of his age! - just old enough to be formal, ungovernable and to have the Gout - too old to be agreable, and too young to die.\' The scheming and unscrupulous Lady Susan is unlike any Austen heroine you\'ve met in this fascinating early novella. It is one of 46 new bookbest-sellingstselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever

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The rediscovery of the city that has been evident recently has by no means superseded the human desire for nature. On the contrary, the goal has been finding urban solutions that do justice to these growing needs and do so in ways that meet the requi rements for design, ecology, sociology, and economy. This publication addresses the subject of designing inner-city spaces. It documents twenty recently

All the Pretty Horses, the first novel of the Border Trilogy, published in 1992, was an international bestseller, winning both the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award. It tells the tale of John Grady Cole, who at sixteen finds himself the last bewildered survivor of generations of Texas ranchers, cut off from the only life he ever imagined. With two companions, he sets off

Are there tried and true principles that are always certain to help a person grow? John Maxwell says the answer is yes. He has been passionate about personal development for over fifty years, and here, he teaches everything he has gleaned about what it takes to reach our potential. In the way that only he can communicate, John teaches . . . The Law of the Mirror: You Must See Value in Yourself to Add