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Book SynopsisSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 ANDRE SIMON BEST COOKBOOK AWARD _______________ The BBC Radio 4 Food Programme Books of the Year 2022 The Observer New Review Books of the Year 2022 The Telegraph Top Cookbooks of 2022 The Financial Times Top 5 Cookbooks of 2022 The Week Best food books of 2022 Delicious Magazine Best Cook Books of 2022 _______________ 'Melissa captures her love of food and its roots deliciously' - Ainsley Harriott Motherland is a cookbook that charts the history of the people, influences and ingredients that uniquely united to create the wonderful patchwork cuisine that is Jamaican food today. There are recipes for the classics, like saltfish fritters, curry goat and patties, as well as Melissa’s own twists and family favourites, such as: Oxtail nuggets with pepper sauce mayo Ginger beer prawns Smoky aubergine rundown Sticky rum and tamarind wings Grapefruit cassava cake Guinness punch pie. Running through the recipes are essays charting the origins and evolution of Jamaica’s famous dishes, from the contribution of indigenous Jamaicans, the Redware and Taíno peoples; the impact of the Spanish and British colonisation; the inspiration and cooking techniques brought from West and Central Africa by enslaved men and women; and the influence of Indian and Chinese indentured workers who came to the island. Motherland does not shy away from the brutality of the colonial periods, but takes us on a journey through more than 500 years of history to give context to the beloved island and its cuisine. 'Visually stunning with wonderful writing and recipes, it’s a love song to the people, food and history of Jamaica and is sure to be a classic' Sarah Winman 'A masterful work and a must for any lover of the food of Jamaica and the Caribbean region or simply anyone who loves good food' - Dr Jessica B. HarrisTrade Review‘A beautifully personal love letter to the glorious food of Jamaica, and the people and their history which has shaped it. This fabulous book will keep me very busy’ * Jay Rayner *‘In Motherland, Melissa Thompson gives us a different view of Jamaican cooking: one from the other side of the Atlantic. She gives us a vivid history of the country and of her connections to it. Alongside the mouth-watering recipes, there’s family history and anecdote and a glossary to aid novices. It is a masterful work and a must for any lover of the food of Jamaica and the Caribbean region or simply anyone who loves good food’ * Dr Jessica Harris, author of High on the Hog *‘Melissa captures her love of food and its roots deliciously’ * Ainsley Harriott *‘Recipes that draw you to the kitchen and a story that expands your world’ * Sheila Dillon *'Melissa Thompson’s Motherland is a truly exceptional book, telling the story of Jamaica through its food, which cannot be separated from its history. About this Thompson is direct and — rightly — unsparing, and yet she manages to bring such joy at the same time: this is a true celebration of Jamaican food and Jamaica, not an airbrushed, whitewashed version. I marvel at this book, a beautiful product itself: it manages to combine a matter-of-fact honesty and illuminating attention to detail with such warmth and joy and — this is, after all a cookbook — deep deliciousness' * Nigella Lawson *‘The story of Jamaica, its people and the culinary influences it has absorbed, flows through and around the recipes’ * Diana Henry *‘A beautifully eclectic collection of recipes that reflect the African, Asian, Indigenous and European roots of Jamaican food’ * Delicious Magazine *‘Tracing the history of Jamaican food in a delicious fashion’ * The Glasgow Herald *‘A standout cookbook’ * The Daily Telegraph *

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Book SynopsisBestselling artist Joy Laforme expertly applies her unique sense of color, texture, and whimsy to a magnolia-filled residential block on the Spring Terrace 1000 Piece Puzzle. • 1000 pieces, Ribbon Cut • Box: 8 x 8 x 2.5”, 203 x 203 x 64mm • Puzzle: 27 x 20', 686 x 508 mm • Includes Puzzle Insert with Puzzle Image • Puzzle greyboard contains 90% recycled paper. Packaging contains 70% recycled paper and is made responsibly from FSC-certified material. Printed with nontoxic inks.

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Book SynopsisThis game set includes everything you need to get uncomfortably competitive with your friends and family. Seriously, we all know grandma is cheating. Why do we let her get away with it? WHAT''S THE POINT OF EVEN PLAYING THEN!? Ahem, anyway...this game set by Brass Monkey is the perfect gift for casual and serious card players alike. You''re just more likely to lose money to one those two.• Features two uniquely designed decks of playing cards.• Includes an instruction book, explaining 30 different games in detail.• Useful scorepad and pencil to keep track of (and rub in) your wins.• Giftable box measures 9 wide by 4.25 deep (and 2.3 thick btw).• We''re not responsible for lost wages and/or friends.

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Book SynopsisDiscover the vivid beauty of the world around you with this collection of 100 postcards from Patterns of Portugal and Patterns of India author Christine Chitnis.From lush florals and fresh produce to stunning architectural wonders, intricate textiles, and detailed interiors, this collection features 50 gorgeous photographs, each repeating once, that spotlight a myriad of patterns and hues that color our everyday lives. Whether you send them as inspiration to a friend or display them in your home, these postcards offer 100 vibrant reminders that there is beauty to be found everywhere.

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Book SynopsisFUN AND RELAXING QUALITY PUZZLING TIME. Enjoy piecing together beautiful artwork whilst also getting some time away from the busy digital world. Enhance your problem solving and motor skills in a relaxing way.

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Book Synopsis An accessible tool for teaching children about world cultures, seasonal special events, and festivals for school and public library collections School Library Journal Lyrical, sensory nonfiction text and vibrant illustrations invite readers to experience a child's-eye view of 13 holidays around the world, such as the Spring Festival in China, Inti Raymi in Peru, Eid al-Fitr in Egypt, Día de Muertos in Mexico and the New Yam Festival in Nigeria. Includes pronunciation guides, a global festival calendar and educational notes about why we celebrate.

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Book SynopsisTap into the magic and wisdom of Ancient Egypt in this attractive box kit, containing a 50-card oracle deck and accompanying full-color guide based on The Egyptian Book of the Dead. The Egyptian Book of the Dead is an ancient collection of spells, prayers and incantations, designed to guide the departed through the perils of the underworld and ensure eternal life. This oracle deck is based on these spiritual beliefs, with 50 cards representing gods, goddesses, funerary elements and aspects of ancient Egyptian mythology. Explore the tombs of the pharaohs and the concepts of heaven and hell, as seen by the ancient Egyptians. Created by bestselling spirituality author Marie Bruce, this new oracle deck and accompanying guide will show the reader will discover how to apply the ideas from Ancient Egypt to divination and guidance for their daily lives. ABOUT THE SERIES: Arcturus Oracle Kits contain everything you need to get started in a

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Book SynopsisLinear and progressive views of history have dominated the popular imagination for the past seventy years in a worldview wedded to the inexorable rise of globalisation and GDP-growth at any cost. However, the end of the Cold War failed to produce the end of history as hoped, a fact brought home to many by Russia''s invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Material wealth and ''Progress' in the name of social justice' have not made people happier or more united but quite the opposite. Anxiety, depression, fearfulness, sadness, loneliness and anger have all massively increased since 1970 with the male suicide rate at an all-time high. Western society seems to be divided against itself across every line conceivable: left versus right, women versus men, non-whites' versus whites', globalists versus populists, the elites' versus the people', people who think that men can be women and vice versa versus those who insist that they cannot, and so on. Seventy-three percent of Americans believe their country is on the wrong track', with similar views reflected in Britain and across Europe. The Prophets of Doom explores eleven thinkers who not only dared to contradict the dominant linear and progressive view of history, but also predicted many of the political and social maladies through which we are living.

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Book SynopsisWOMEN DO IT BETTER  Take your lover on a Joyride. Dip into Priscilla’s Punchbowl, Tongue and Groove, and Toast Her Oven like never before. Discover 101 ways to caress, rub, lick, suck, grind, and slip inside with this groundbreaking collection of lovemaking positions for women who love women.  Exploring the possibilities of every erogenous zone, this lesbian Kama Sutra offers deliciously inventive ideas for women to pleasure themselves and each other, including Gilding the Lily, Peach Gobbler, Hanky Spanky, Girl Wrap, Velvet Rope, and many more. One position will tease and delight her, another will intensify or prolong arousal, and still another will culminate in mind-blowing—and even dual—orgasms. Illustrated throughout with tantalizing, sensual photography, Lesbian Sex brings lovemaking to new heights of daring, intimacy, and ecstasy.

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Book SynopsisNakoshi faced the robot yakuza and the high school girl made of symbols head on - and in doing so, rid them of their monstrous traits. But now those twisted attributes have transferred to Nakoshi! To get closer to the truth about himself and his new, disturbing reality, he confronts the homunculus of the med student who started it all... Ito. From the creator of Ichi the Killer and Voyeur, the hit supernatural horror tale that inspired a live-action film on Netflix.

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Book SynopsisHave you ever thought of citrus fruits as celestial bodies, angelically suspended in the sky? Perhaps not, but J. C. Volkamer (1644-1720) did-commissioning an extravagant and breathtaking series of large-sized copperplates representing citrons, lemons, and bitter oranges in surreal scenes of majesty and wonder. Ordering plants by post mostly from Italy, Germany, North Africa, and even the Cape of Good Hope, the Nuremberg merchant Volkamer was a devotee of the fragrant and exotic citrus at a time when such fruits were still largely unknown north of the Alps. His garden came to contain a wide variety of specimens, and he became so obsessed with the fruits that he commissioned a team of copperplate engravers to create 256 plates of 170 varieties of citrus fruits, many depicted life size, published in a two-volume work. The first volume appeared in 1708, with the impressively lengthy title The Nuremberg Hesperides, or: A detailed description of the noble fruits of the citron, lemon and bitter orange; how these may be correctly planted, cared for and propagated in that and neighboring regions. In both volumes, Volkamer draws on years of hands-on experience to present a far-reaching account of citrus fruits and how to tend them-from a meticulous walk-through of how to construct temporary orangeries, glasshouses, and hothouses for growing pineapples to commentary on each fruit variety, including its size, shape, color, scent, tree or shrub, leaves, and country of origin. In each plate, Volkamer pays tribute to the verdant landscapes of Northern Italy, his native Nuremberg, and other sites that captured his imagination. From Genovese sea views to the Schoenbrunn Palace, each locale is depicted in the same exceptional detail as the fruit that overhangs it. We witness branches heavy with grapefruits arching across a sun-bathed yard in Bologna and marvel at a huge pineapple plant sprouting from a South American town. The result is at once a fantastical line-up of botanical beauty and a highly poetic tour through the lush gardens and places where these fruits grew.Few colored sets of Volkamer's work are still in existence today. This publication draws on the two recently discovered hand-colored volumes in the city of Furth's municipal archive in Schloss Burgfarrnbach. The reprint also includes 56 newly discovered illustrations that Volkamer intended to present in a third volume.Trade Review"It was a longing for warmth and the Mediterranean which people craved, and Volkamer created exactly the stuff that dreams of this kind are made of." * Philographikon Gallery *

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Book SynopsisFrom #1 New York Times bestselling author J.R. Ward comes an unforgettable story of passion and vengeance in the world of the Black Dagger Brotherhood.When Ahmare’s brother is abducted, there is nothing she won’t do to get him back safely. She is unprepared, however, for the lengths she will have to go to save his life. Paired with a dangerous but enticing prisoner, she embarks on an odyssey into another world. Duran, betrayed by his father, imprisoned in a dungeon for decades, has survived only because of his thirst for vengeance. He has been biding his time to escape and is shocked to find an unlikely and temporary freedom in the form of a determined young female. Battling against deadly forces and facing unforeseen peril, the pair are in a race to save Ahmare’s brother. As time runs out, and the unthinkable looms, even true love may not be enough to carry them through.

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Book SynopsisRevisit one of Studio Ghibli’s most beloved classics with the My Neighbor Totoro film comics, collected for the first time into one large deluxe hardcover edition!Eleven-year-old Satsuki and her sassy little sister Mei have moved to the country to be closer to their ailing mother. Soon, in the woods behind their spooky old house, Satsuki and Mei discover a forest spirit named Totoro. When Mei goes missing, it’s up to Satsuki to find her sister, and she’ll need help from some new—and magical—friends. Revisit one of Studio Ghibli’s most beloved classics with the My Neighbor Totoro film comics, collected into a deluxe hardcover edition!

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Book SynopsisA key figure in the international avant-garde, Piet Mondrian (1872–1944) was at once an extraordinary painter and leading art theoretician whose influence resonates to this day. Coining the term “Neo-plasticism”, he pursued a style of painting composed only of primary colors against a grid of black vertical and horizontal lines and a white base background. Mondrian’s vision was that this essential painting would help to achieve a society in which art as such has no place, but rather exists for the total realization of “beauty.” With stints in Amsterdam, Paris, London, and New York, Mondrian drew upon the modern metropolis and modern music, especially jazz, as points of inspiration. In 1917, he cofounded De Stijl, originally a publication, and subsequently a circle of practitioners, committed to a strictly geometrical art of horizontals and verticals. With key works and succinct texts, this introductory book presents Mondrian's distinctive and pioneering oeuvre, an abiding inspiration for fashion, art, architecture, and design, from White Stripes album covers to Yves Saint Laurent dresses. 2016 © US Mondrian/Holtzman Trust

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Book SynopsisEliezer Yudkowsky (Author) Eliezer Yudkowsky is a founding researcher of the field of AI alignment, with influential work spanning more than twenty years. As co-founder of the non-profit Machine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI), Yudkowsky sparked early scientific research on the problem and has played a major role in shaping the public conversation about smarter-than-human AI. He appeared on Time magazine's 2023 list of the 100 Most Influential People In AI, and has been discussed or interviewed in the New York Times, New Yorker, Newsweek, Forbes, Wired, Bloomberg, The Atlantic, The Economist, Washington Post, and elsewhere.Nate Soares (Author) Nate Soares is the president of the non-profit Machine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI). He has been working in the field for over a decade, after previous experience at Microsoft and Google. Soares is the author of a large body of technical and semi-technical writing on AI alignment, including foundational work on value learning, decision theory, and power-seeking incentives in smarter-than-human AIs.

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Book SynopsisCelebrate the beauty and creativity of the world's greatest contemporary gardens through this stunning survey highlighting the leading designers of todayThe Contemporary Garden showcases 300 outstanding gardens in more than forty countries across the globe. Curated in collaboration with an international team of horticultural experts, this wide-ranging collection includes iconic public gardens such as the High Line and Changi Airport Garden, as well as private gems, such as a dreamy hillside garden in Morocco by Umberto Pasti and Anna Wintour's elegant garden in upstate New York by Miranda Brooks.Beautifully designed and illustrated, The Contemporary Garden celebrates each garden with a gorgeous large-format image and insightful description. Readers will discover the work of renowned garden designers and landscape architects, such as Fiona Brockhoff, Dan Pearson, Sarah Price, and Bernard Trainor, alongside projects by rising stars and owner-makers.Organized alphabetically by designer or studio name, the book's pages reveal a striking range of contemporary garden styles naturalistic, community, wild, urban, botanical, dry, topiary, minimalist, edible, flower, and more demonstrating how our evolving stylistic and horticultural aesthetic fosters an increasingly strong connection with the natural world.Both an inspirational resource and an authoritative reference, The Contemporary Garden will delight professional, recreational, and armchair gardeners of all ages.Garden designers featured include: Marian Boswell, Sam Cox, Erik Dhont, Isabel Duprat, Luciano Giubbilei, Olin, Piet Oudolf, Reed Hilderbrand, Amalia Robredo, and Tom Stuart-SmithGardens featured include: African Ancestors Memorial Garden, Chihuly Garden & Glass, Gardens by the Bay, High Line, Hunting Brook Gardens, Jardins d'Étretat, The Native Plant Garden at New York Botanical Garden, The Opera Park, and numerous private gardensAdvisors and contributors include: Richard Aitken, Matthew Biggs, Matt Collins, Sorrel Everton, Joanna Fortnum, Clare Foster, Noel Kingsbury, Stephanie Mahon, Tovah Martin, Michael McCoy, Colleen Morris, Paul Redman, and Tony Spencer

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