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Hula your way into the kitchen and create a feast that’s hotter than the tropics

Don your flowery apron and straw skirt and get ready to cook up a tropical storm with this exotic recipe book filled with colourful surprises. Whether you want to find your wings with Flamingo Cupcakes, make Tropical Island Jelly Bites, bake Pineapple Pancakes or rustle up a Monkey Milkshake, The Tropical Cookbook is packed with recipes perfect for parties and times when you want to show your guests a slice of food paradise.

Did you know…?
– Russia sold Alaska to the US for just $7.2 million in 1867
– Alexander the Great failed to name an heir to his vast empire before he died, which subsequently led to its fall
– J. K. Rowling received several rejections from publishers before her first Harry Potter book hit the shelves

We all do stupid things in our lives, but the events in this book are next-level ridiculous! Packed with trivia and information on the world’s biggest fails in history, this book will leave you shocked and a little smug as you discover the true meaning of the word ‘cock-up’.

If you have a household to run, you know what anendless uphill struggle it can be to keep things undercontrol. If you seem to spend your whole life cleaning the house or attempting to keep your house in order, this is the book you have been waiting for.

Don’t let preparing for your driving test drive you up the wall! With tips from instructors and new drivers alike for both before and during the exam, this little book is jam-packed with helpful advice to make sure that you feel in fine form for the open road . and that you lose your L-plates and not your cool.

This volume is designed to introduce people of all ages to the kitchen, show them around that somewhat unfamiliar room and transform them, with minimal pain, into competent cooks. Alastair Williams offers over 150 simple recipes interspersed with witty anecdotes.

If you have trouble getting up in the morning, if you find that you lack motivation in your work, if you find that you really can’t be bothered with your family and friends anymore, this book provides you with some of the world’s finest cynical and defeatist thoughts.

It’s time to break up with booze

There’s life beyond alcohol. Drinking less or stopping completely can revitalize your world, from health and mood to money and relationships. It may seem tricky if drinking is currently your go-to for stress relief or recreation, but there are dozens of ways to stay on the wagon and feel the benefits. This practical book has all the facts, advice and ideas you need to start your journey and refresh your life.

Paul William Roberts’s journeys through India span 20 years, and in this volume he creates a mosaic, by turns tragic and comic, of the subcontinent and its people. From the crumbling palaces of maharajas to the slums of Calcutta; from the ashrams of holy men to a millionaire drug dealer’s heavily guarded fortress on India’s border with China; Roberts seeks to capture the lure of this enigmatic land – this empire of the soul.

There is nothing better than basking in the summer sun or relaxing on a long summer’s evening with delicious food and drink, whilst being serenaded by the Bard. Food, drink and Shakespeare go happily hand in hand, and there is no shortage of references to mankind’s favourite pastimes in his plays. A Midsummer Night’s Dream conjures up images of secluded lover’s picnics in forested glades, of dancing and merriment throughout balmy nights, and feasts of sweet and savoury delicacies fit for a (fairy) King. So, in summertime, and with Shakespeare’s blessing, “How shall we beguile/The lazy time if not with some delight?”

If the most useful French you learnt at school was “un, deux, trois”, when all you really wanted was “soixante-neuf”, then save room in your luggage for this tongue-in-cheek phrasebook and you may score more than just a suntan.

So you’ve found yourself young, free and single again. This is a guide to getting your own back. From hoaxes to hit-and-run, these humorous ideas should inspire you to wreak havoc on the one so stupid as to think they could live without you, and to get the revenge you deserve.

Learn to pack a powerful punch with this illustrated manual that includes all the necessary moves and techniques to become competent in the punching arts.

The realities on kicking in the street scenario are unveiled once and for all in this concise, professional and down-to-earth book. All the moves and techniques neede to become competent in the kicking arts are included in this illustrated manual.

Teaching a wide variety of fighting skills, this guide covers the use of head, knees and elbows in self-defence and combat.

Grappling (wrestling) is probably the oldest genre of combat known to man. Throughout the world, wrestling and grappling have been a part of every culture, probably due to the fact that pulling, holding, lifting and carrying are far more natural to us as living and working human beings than punching or striking.

Ground fighting is one of the most underestimated yet devastatingly ferocious of all the Martial Arts. Ninety-nine per cent of all street fights that are not finished within the first three seconds end up on the floor. The books in the “Ground Fighting” series prepare you with the very best of wrestling, ju-jitsu, judo etc., covering ground control, bars, locks, chokes, strangles, cranks, butts, reintroducing many of the illegal and banned techniques from the beginning of the century.

This guide is designed to introduce men of all ages to the kitchen and to transform them with minimal pain into competent cooks. Recipe 21: The male cook. This is becoming more popular, but has been a rarity in the past. Ingredients: this book, a man, a kitchen. First of all, show the man where the kitchen is, and sit him in a quiet corner with a copy of this book. Leave for 15 minutes, then explain to him that it really is his turn to do the cooking. Argue briefly, then hand him a saucepan and some ingredients, read the recipe to him very slowly, and hope for the best.

For all those who haven’t gone blind already, this is intended as an outrageous self help manual for the single man, written in the best tradition of smutty schoolboy humour.

Learn how to say “I love you” in 100 different languages from Gaelic to Greek, from Eskimo to Esperanto and from Latin to Latvian.

This book is designed to help you in many ways. While its main objective is to save you money, precisely how much you wish to save depends on you. There are ways to save a little and other ways to make greater savings. Some require very little in the way of effort, others are not possible without a certain degree of sacrifice or compromise in your life. Most of us do not earn as much as we think we need, and are constantly left wishing for that little bit extra. This book will not necessarily make you money, which is a different area altogether, but it will help you to utilise what money you do have more efficiently. The book contains valuable advice such as how to make more efficient use of your central heating system, and useful tips such as the secrets of getting a bargain, plus general hints on other areas of life that can save you money. You may be familiar with many of the ideas mentioned in this book, but do you practice them? Saving money is a little like a régime or diet, it has to be followed strictly for any effect to be noticed. It will take a little while of following this book’s advice before you reap the rewards, but it will be worth it in the end when you find you have more money (or fewer debts) than usual.