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Cooked
By Michael Pollan
Hardback
Published 23-Apr-2013
| RRP: | £20.00 |
| Our price: | £16.00 |
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Recreates the transformative fundamentals of how we cook, building from the most basic principles: cooking with fire, cooking with water, cooking with air and cooking with earth.
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Clampdown
By Rhian Jones
Paperback
Published 29-Mar-2013
| RRP: | £9.99 |
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Political and media policing of female social and sexual autonomy, through the neglected but significant gendered dimensions of the discourse surrounding 'chavs', has been accompanied by a similar restriction and regulation of the expression of working-class femininity in music. This book charts the progress of this cultural clampdown.
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1913: The Last Year
By Charles Emmerson
Hardback
Published 25-Apr-2013
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A title that presents a panoramic view of a world crackling with possibilities, from St Petersburg to Shanghai and from Los Angeles to Jerusalem.
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Vader's Little Princess
By Jeffrey Brown
Hardback
Published 01-May-2013
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The hilarious sequel to the international bestseller Darth Vader and Son, following the parenting adventures of Darth Vader as he raises his teenage daughter, Princess Leia.
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Wilder Mann
By Charles Freger
Hardback
Published 02-Aug-2012
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The transformation of man to beast is a central aspect of traditional pagan rituals that are centuries old and which celebrate the seasonal cycle, fertility, life and death. In this fascinating book, photographer Charles Freger visits 18 European countries to explore this aspect of European folk culture.
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Greedy Man in a Hungry World
By Jay Rayner
Paperback
Published 23-May-2013
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The UK's most influential food and drink journalist shoots a few of the sacred cows of the food world.
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Consider the Fork
By Bee Wilson
Hardback
Published 25-Oct-2012
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It took countless inventions to get to the well-equipped kitchens we have now, where our old low-tech spoon is joined by mixers, freezers and microwaves, but the story of human invention in the kitchen is largely unseen. This book explores how the implements we use in the kitchen have shaped the way we cook and live.
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History of the World in 100 Objects
By Neil MacGregor
Paperback
Published 28-Jun-2012
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Encompassing a sweep of human history, this title begins with one of the earliest surviving objects made by human hands, a chopping tool from the Olduvai gorge in Africa, and ends with objects which characterise the world we live in today.
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Streetlife
By Leif Jerram
Paperback
Published 18-Apr-2013
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A completely new look at the history of Europe over the last one hundred years, showing how the fabric of everyday life and the major political upheavals of the twentieth century were fundamentally shaped by the culture and environment of the city.
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New Kind of Bleak
By Owen Hatherley
Paperback
Published 01-Apr-2013
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The urban state of the nation - from Olympic dreams to broken Britain
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