Carti 2009

Telegraph Group Limited

Daily Telegraph Book of Large Print Quick Crosswords

Editura: Pan Macmillan

Anul aparitiei: 2009

These puzzles are designed to test word power and are an ideal way to fill a spare moment. Perfect for travel and holidays, this handy series has proved enduringly popular. Now presented in a bigger format with large print and expanded crossword grids, so that the only challenge will be pitting your wits against the Telegraph 's crossword setters! As ever, if inspiration fails, answers can be found at the back of the book.

Cawthorne Nigel

The Mammoth Book of the Mafia

Editura: Little, Brown Book Group

Anul aparitiei: 2009

Here is a large collection of true accounts of life in the Mob direct from prominent former mafiosi, plus others who have infiltrated their world.

Burk Kathleen

Old World, New World The Story of Britain and America

Editura: Little, Brown Book Group

Anul aparitiei: 2009

This is the definitive book on the history of Anglo-American relations by the one of the world's leading authorities on the subject. Burk examines the cultural, religious and even romantic connections as well as the more obviously important political ones.

The Times KenKen Book 3 The New Brain-Training Puzzle Phenomenon

Editura: HarperCollins Publishers

Anul aparitiei: 2009

KenKen is the brilliant successor to Su Doku that's taken Japan by storm. In collaboration with The Times, Collins - the no 1 puzzle publisher - are proud to publish it in the UK. KenKen is a brain-training puzzle based on logic and simple arithmetic. Perfect for all ages and highly addictive, KenKen puzzles challenge and entertain in an entirely new way. The puzzle was invented by a charismatic Japanese maths teacher, Tetsuya Miyamoto in 2004. The name comes from 'Ken' which is the Japanese word for clever and KenKen translates as'square wisdom'. It's based on simple arithmetic and each puzzle involves some or all of the following skills: addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. As with Su Doku there are clearly defined levels for each type of puzzle from beginner and intermediate to advanced and the puzzles can be on any size grid, from 3 x 3 up to 9 x 9. The puzzles improve numeracy, logical thinking, concentration and perseverance. Can you KenKen?

Szirtes George

The Burning of the Books and Other Poems

Editura: Bloodaxe Books Ltd

Anul aparitiei: 2009

The title-poem of George Szirtes' "The Burning of the Books and Other Poems" is the core of this collection of narrative sequences by a writer who came to Britain as a child refugee after the Hungarian Uprising. Book burning is associated with the Nazis' burning of what they considered to be subversive books in 1933, but the practice has a long history, right down to our own day. In this particular case the burning refers to the library of Kien, the scholar, in Elias Canetti's novel "Auto Da Fé". The poems follow and expand from the events of Canetti's book in a variety of forms not previously used by Szirtes. Two further sequences are concerned with history and documentary, one about the discovery of small snippets of film recording the liberation of Penig concentration camp where Szirtes' mother was imprisoned, and another of songs concerning war and documentary photography. There are also prose poems, monologues, a series of canzoni, a group of poems exploring the origins of love in childhood, and another based on the mythical travels of Sir John Mandeville about the Hungarian Uprising of 1956. The book, as a whole, constitutes an exploration of the range and flexibility of a ...

Foulston Jill

The Joy Of Eating The Virago Book of Food

Editura: Little, Brown Book Group

Anul aparitiei: 2009

A richly imaginative anthology of the best writing about food from women around the world and throughout history. Includes well-known and surprising names: Elizabeth David, J.K. Rowling, Claudia Roden and more.Beatrix Potter wove one of her most malicious tales around the roly-poly pudding. Colette counted the nuts she would pick before falling asleep in the French countryside. Dorothy Wordsworth noted her pie-making sessions in her diary and Anne Frank observed the eating habits of her companions in hiding.Food is a constant in our lives, and it has always been a basic ingredient of women's writing - in household books, cookbooks, diaries, letters and fiction. In this, the first anthology to concentrate on international food writing by women, you can go on a picnic with Monica Ali, learn about Frida Kahlo's wedding feast and indulge your appetites with Edwidge Danticat and Barbara Pym. Try making Elisabeth Luard's Afghan Betrothal Custard, Martha Washington's marzipan birds or Nigella Lawson's favourite comfort food. And why not sneak into the literary kitchens of Banana Yoshimoto, Emily Brontë and Angela Carter?Something's cooking . . . ...

The Times Mind Games

The Times Su Doku Book 9 150 Challenging Puzzles from the Times

Editura: HarperCollins Publishers

Anul aparitiei: 2009

Quiz your family at home with crosswords, puzzles and games. This ninth instalment of the best-selling Times Su Doku series to feed the nation's desire for yet more Su Doku puzzles. Su Doku is the biggest craze to hit The Times since the first crossword was published in 1930. From obscure origins, the wordless puzzle is now the hottest challenge to readers of The Times and has generated huge interest. The Times Su Doku Book 9 contains 150 mind-bending variations ranging from mercifully Mild to the uber challenging Super fiendish: 20 Mild puzzles 50 Difficult puzzles 50 Fiendish puzzles 30 Super fiendish The Times continue to offer superior Su Doku puzzles from their suppliers, Sudoku Syndication, that will put your logic to the ultimate test.

Alberdi Lita de

Channelling What it is and how to do it

Editura: Little, Brown Book Group

Anul aparitiei: 2009

Lita de Alberdi has taught hundreds of people to channel, and this book is the result of her experiences as a channel and teacher of channelling. She provides easy to follow exercises and meditations to use at home.

The Sun

The Sun Two-Speed Crossword Book 10 80 Two-in-One Cryptic and Coffee Time Crosswords

Editura: HarperCollins Publishers

Anul aparitiei: 2009

Quiz your family at home with crosswords, puzzles and games. The Sun two-speed crossword is Britain's bestselling crossword puzzle. If you fancy a brainteaser, dare to try the cryptic clues. For an easier ride, enjoy the definition-only clues. The cunning twist is that both types of clue lead to the same solution. Find out for yourself what all the fuss is about in this corker of a collection. There are two sets of clues for each crossword, one set cryptic and the other definition only, but the answers for both are the same. Challenge yourself with the cryptic clues, or if you are in a hurry, you can just use the simpler coffee-time clues to help you complete the puzzle. The Sun Two-Speed Crossword Books are clearly laid out with both sets of clues adjacent to the grid across a double-page spread, with all the solutions available at the back of the book. With its clever two-in-one format, The Sun Two Speed Crossword Book 10 will appeal both as a break from work or household chores, or as a more stimulating challenge.

Erskine Barbara

Child of the Phoenix

Editura: HarperCollins Publishers

Anul aparitiei: 2009

Beautiful repackage of this Barbara Erskine classic, the story of a remarkable mediaeval noblewoman whose life shaped the history of three crownsThe child whose hands would hold three crowns is born in fire.In 1218 an extraordinary princess is born. Her mystical powers and unquenchable spirit will alter the course of history.Raised by her fiercely Welsh nurse to support the Celtic cause against the predatory English king, Princess Eleyne is taught to worship the old gods and to look into the future and the past. However, unable to identify time and place in her terrifying visions, she is powerless to avert forthcoming tragedy...Despite impassioned resistance, Eleyne's world is shaped by powerful men - but her tempestuous life and loves tie her to the destinies of England, Scotland and Wales... Readers LOVE Barbara Erskine: 'Atmospheric' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Enthralling' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Spellbinding' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Another fabulous read from the mistress of the genre' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Immensely and deeply immersive fiction' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'I loved every minute' ...

Galloway Janice

This Is Not About Me

Editura: Granta Books

Anul aparitiei: 2009

'My mother thought I was the menopause' - one of Britain's greatest contemporary novelists turns her focus, in luminous, powerful prose, to her eccentric childhood in the 1950s and '60s. Page dim. 196 x 130 x 23 Weight: 262 grams

Davies Tom Kevill

The Hungry Cyclist Pedalling the Americas in Search of the Perfect Meal

Editura: HarperCollins Publishers

Anul aparitiei: 2009

Over 100,000 miles to cover, one man, one bike and one hungry stomach. Having created his alter-ego, the Hungry Cyclist and with thousands of pedal-powered miles before him, Tom Kevill-Davies pushed off from New York City on one of the most ambitious gastronomic adventures ever undertaken. A ballsy travel memoir The Hungry Cyclist follows Tom's adventure into the hearts and minds of the people he meets. Revealing the diverse cultures of the Americas, Tom's journey from over the Rockies to Baja California, through Central America down all the way to Brazil via Colombia, gives the real flavour of this truly extraordinary landmass. This is a tale of death-battles with squadrons of mosquitoes, malodorous public toilets, of galloping dysentery one day, to drowning your sorrows with cowboys and dining with beauty queens the next. But above all it is an ambitious story of getting to where you want to be - even if you have to endure cactus-induced punctures, unforgiving desert heat, uphill struggles through never-ending cocaine plantations, or artfully dodge hungry bears, neurotic RV-driving Americans, angry rabid dogs and run-ins with local law authorities in the process. An amazing tale ...

Katsoulis Melissa

Telling Tales A History of Literary Hoaxes

Editura: Little, Brown Book Group

Anul aparitiei: 2009

The ultimate readers' guide to the works that fooled publishers, readers and critics the world over Page dim. 197 x 129 x 22 Weight: 276 grams

Shehadeh Raja

Strangers in the House

Editura: Profile Books Ltd

Anul aparitiei: 2009

Raja Shehadeh was born into a successful Palestinian family with a beautiful house overlooking the Mediterranean. When the state of Israel was formed in 1948 the family were driven out to the provincial town of Ramallah. There Shehadeh grew up in the shadow of his father, a leading civil rights lawyer. He vowed not to become involved in politics or law but inevitably did so and became an important activist himself. In 1985 his father was stabbed to death. The Israeli police failed to investigate the murder properly and Shehadeh, by then a lawyer, set about solving the crime that destroyed his family. In Strangers in the House , Shehadeh recounts his troubled and complex relationship with his father and his experience of exile - of being a stranger in his own land. It is a remarkable memoir that combines the personal and political to devastating effect.

Bunting Michael

A Fair Cop

Editura: HarperCollins Publishers

Anul aparitiei: 2009

The true story of a young police officer's imprisonment for a crime he did not commit Page dim. 196 x 129 x 23 Weight: 250 grams

Berry-Dee Christopher, Morris Steve

Born Killers Childhood Secrets of the World's Deadliest Serial Killers

Editura: John Blake Publishing Ltd

Anul aparitiei: 2009

But no matter how many people they have killed, no matter how many lives they have ruined and whatever the nature of their sickening crimes, serial killers are still human. Analysing the early years of the lives of men like Jeffrey Dahmer, who abused and killed 17 young men, offers a fascinating insight into the effects of a dysfunctional or abusive childhood. Criminologists Christopher Berry-Dee and Steven Morris have spoken and corresponded with killers all over the world in a quest to discover what made them the way they are. For the first time, the inner workings of the minds of the most destructive individuals on the planet are revealed in shocking detail. Born Killers shows, through a sophisticated system of psychological profiling, how the potential serial killer develops. Read it and you too may be able to spot the signs...

Truss Lynne

Talk to the Hand

Editura: HarperCollins Publishers

Anul aparitiei: 2009

A battle-cry for civilised behaviour from the author of the multi-million selling Eats, Shoots and Leaves. "Talk to the hand 'cause the face ain't listening," the saying goes. When did the world get to be so rude? When did society become so inconsiderate? It's a topic that has been simmering for years, and Lynne Truss says that it has now reached boiling point. Taking on the boorish behaviour that has become a point of pride for some, Talk to the Hand is a rallying cry for courtesy. Like Eats, Shoots and Leaves, Talk to the Hand is a spirited conversation, not a stuffy guidebook. It is not about forks, for a start. Why hasn't your nephew ever thanked you for that perfect Christmas present? What makes your builder think he can treat you like dirt in your own home? When you phone a utility with a complaint (and have negotiated the switchboard), why can't you ever speak to a person who is authorised to apologise? What accounts for the appalling treatment you receive in shops? Most important, what will it take to roll back a culture that applauds rudeness and finds it so amusing? For anyone who's fed up with the brutality inflicted by modern manners (and is naturally too scared to ...

Clarkson Wensley

Billy Hill Godfather of London

Editura: John Blake Publishing Ltd

Anul aparitiei: 2009

Billy Hill was Britain's first celebrity gangster. Born in London's King's Cross, Hill was a charming character with a deadly edge who elevated himself to the top of the pantheon of organised crime. By the early 50's he had control of the city's gambling rackets & masterminded a heist that set the template for the Great Train Robbery.

Herbert Emily

Lady Gaga Queen of Pop

Editura: John Blake Publishing Ltd

Anul aparitiei: 2010

Lifting the lid on Lady Gaga aka Stefani Germanotta, find out all you ever wanted to know about the eccentric star. After being signed to and quickly dropped from Def Jam Records at age 19, Lady Gaga began performing in the rock music scene of New York City's Lower East Side. During this time, she was also working at Interscope Records as a songwriter. While at Interscope Records, Akon, after hearing Gaga sing, convinced Interscope chairman Jimmy Iovine to sign her to a joint deal with the label and Akon's Kon Live Distribution label. Her debut album The Fame was released in August 2008 and was a huge success that went to number one in four countries. The album's first two singles, "Just Dance" and "Poker Face", have become international number-one hits, and the former was nominated for Best Dance Recording at the 51st Grammy Awards. In 2009, after having opened for New Kids on the Block and the Pussycat Dolls, Lady Gaga embarked on her first headlining tour, The Fame Ball Tour, which has had countless rave reviews. Lady Gaga is inspired by glam rockers such as David Bowie and Queen, as well as pop singers such as Madonna and Michael Jackson. She is also inspired by fashion, which ...

Gilbert Prof Paul

Beating Depression Inspirational Stories of Hope and Recovery

Editura: Little, Brown Book Group

Anul aparitiei: 2009

Distressing & painful, depression can impact on almost every area of a person's life, from relationships & family life, to work & physical health. The first person accounts contained in this collection will motivate, inspire & reassure. Most importantly, they remind the reader that even during the darkest moments, there is always hope.