The Book of Tea describes all aspects of the Japanese tea ceremony and explains how its rituals blend seamlessly with traditional Japanese life. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library - a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition has an introduction by Anna Sherman and delightful illustrations by Sayuri Romei. This short book, written in English by a Japanese scholar and artist, was first published in 1906 at a time when Japan was opening up to Western Culture. In response ... |
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Dine like the lords and ladies and bring the high society meals and treats home with these 100 delicious recipes inspired by Netflix's most-watched series of all time - Bridgerton . Blue satin ball gowns, chocolates and high tea, five course meals with family, scandal, and romance. Welcome to the dashing world of Bridgerton. Grosvenor Square is buzzing with ladies and lords dressed to the nines, promenading in the park, and sharing lemonade at the evening's ball. And while you might not be able to score the jewels and frocks of the Bridgertons and the Featheringtons, you can still eat like them with "The ... |
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According to The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Which - world's only totally reliable guide to the future, written in 1655, before she exposed - the world will end on a Saturday. Next Saturday, in fact. Just after tea... People have been pretending the end of the world almost from its very beginning, so it's only natural to be sceptical when a new date is set for Judgement Day. This time, though, the armies of God and Evil realy do appear to be missing. The Four Bikers of the Apocalypse are hitting the road. But both angels and demons - well, one first-living demon and a samowhat fussy angel - ... |
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"A Cook's Book" is the story of Nigel Slater's life in the kitchen. From the first jam tart Nigel made with his mum standing on a chair trying to reach the Aga, through to what he is cooking now, this is the ultimate Nigel Slater collection brimming with over 200 recipes. He writes about how his cooking has changed from discovering the best way to roast a chicken to the trick to smoky, smooth aubergine mash. He gives the tales behind the recipes and recalls the first time he ate a baguette in Paris, his love of jewel-bright Japanese pickled radishes and his initial slice of buttercream-topped ... |
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The UK and US No. 1 bestseller. Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions. ... From the creator of the wildly popular xkcd.com, hilarious and informative answers to important questions you probably never thought to ask. Millions visit xkcd.com each week to read Randall Munroe's iconic webcomic. Fans ask him a lot of strange questions: How fast can you hit a speed bump, driving, and live? When (if ever) did the sun go down on the British Empire? When will Facebook contain more profiles of dead people than living? How many humans would a T Rex rampaging through New York need to eat a day? In pursuit ... |
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This beautiful gift book presents 100 poems, organised by theme to encourage the discovery of new favourites. Bright, colourful illustrations are packed with charm and detail to capture the imaginations of young children. Poems include classics from Robert Burns , William Wordsworth, Christina Rossetti, Louisa M Alcott and Edward Lear. ... |
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Продължението на романа "Вчера" ... Всеки има своето "вчера". Там е първата любов, първото разочарование, първото приятелство и първото предателство. Първата среща със смъртта и първите стъпки по загадъчния, пълен с неизвестности път, който по-късно ще наречем "свой живот". После идва зрелостта. Праймтаймът на нашите дни. Най-силните ни години, отредени от безмилостно изтичащото време за осъществяване на мечтите, за реализация на намеренията, за себедоказване и реална защита на принципите ни, на разбиранията ни за смисъла на човешкото присъствие, за морал, чест, достойнство, лична и ... |
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Winner of The 2023 International Booker Prize. ... In Time Shelter, an enigmatic flaneur named Gaustine opens a clinic for the past that offers a promising treatment for Alzheimer's sufferers: each floor reproduces a decade in minute detail, transporting patients back in time. As Gaustine's assistant, the unnamed narrator is tasked with collecting the flotsam and jetsam of the past, from 1960s furniture and 1940s shirt buttons to scents and even afternoon light. But as the rooms become more convincing, an increasing number of healthy people seek out the clinic as a time shelter, hoping to escape from the horrors ... |
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Illustrated by Kim Barnes. ... The timeless tale of Rapunzel has been beautifully captured in Kim Barnes' gorgeous illustration style. Every page showcases full-bled artwork that is packed with charm and detail to enthrall children. The story has been simply retold to appeal to young readers and listeners alike. ... |
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Терапевтични приказки за деца и възрастни. Отвъд думите, в света на чувствата - приключенията на Питкин и Бръм. В първата книжка от поредицата за приключенията на Питкин и Бръм се запознаваме с тях - те са странна двойка приятели - Питкин е хлапе, с червени, леко набрашнени бузи, с нещо ни прилича на оживяла скитаща питка и Бръм - много едра, мъхеста пчела, която често бяга от кошера. Търсенето на зимен пуловер на Бръм ги вкарва в напрегнато разследване на завъртяна история за изчезнали любими приятели щурци, техния затворен магазин за пчелни аксесоари и банда агресивни стършели. Странно намесена в историята се оказва и ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... In this hugely influential, groundbreaking work of science fiction, a brilliant scientist constructs a machine, which, with the pull of a lever, propels him to the year AD 802,701. The Time Traveller finds himself in a verdant, seemingly idyllic landscape where he is greeted by the diminutive Eloi people. The Eloi are beautiful, but weak and indolent, and the explorer is perplexed by their fear of the dark. He soon discovers the reason for their fear - the Eloi are not the only race to have inherited the earth. When his time machine disappears, the Time ... |
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A gripping new romance from the team that brought you New York Times bestseller "Five Feet Apart". Can you find true love after losing everything? Kyle and Kimberly have been the perfect couple all through high school, but when Kimberly breaks up with him on the night of their graduation party, Kyle's entire world upends - literally. Their car crashes and when he awakes, he has a brain injury. Kimberly is dead. And no one in his life could possibly understand. Until Marley. Marley is suffering from her own loss, a loss she thinks was her fault. As Kyle and Marley work to heal each other's wounds, ... |
