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English Battlefields
'Fascinating' - The Sunday TelegraphEngland has been fought over for centuries, by invaders and in civil wars. The sites of these desperate struggles are as varied as the reasons they were fought over, be they fields, towns or fortresses, by land, sea or air. These haunted acres are places of commemoration, memory and, above all, history. These are the places where history was made, and as such they form a crucial part of the historic environment.By ‘reading’ them like any other form of historical evidence, much can be learned about the events which took place there. Through stripping away later features and land use with an eye for the ground, the battlefield historian can, with the use of contemporary accounts, archaeology and military history, reconstruct the events which have shaped the present.In this fully updated, ground-breaking volume, covering over 500 battlefields, Michael Rayner unravels these various strands and weaves them back together to give clear, concise accounts of the battles that shaped England.
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Better Placed Elsewhere: the Living with the Past Anthology
"It's not for us I'm afraid!" various: For the very first time, fresh from the Isle of Wight, Mark brings you a collection of stories that simply weren't considered good enough - from the slush piles sent toppling across the world to the 15 minute theatre rejected twice by radio four...Mark has collected together the unsung hero's of his archives - the one's that might have made it; nearly made it and could have made it...The story too complex for interzone; the classic he was inspired to write while a rat was chewing through boiler cables at his home . A|nd a host of re-worked last ditch internet friendly sagas...Finally placed in a nice book that takes up less space than a hard-drive..stories that were considered: better placed elsewhere!
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Ten (Food) Commandments
Britain's culinary Moses brings us the new foodie rules to live by, celebrating what and how we eatThe Ten Commandments may have had a lot going for them, but they don't offer those of us located in the 21st Century much in the way of guidance when it comes to our relationship with our food. And Lord knows we need it.Enter our new culinary Moses, the legendary restaurant critic Jay Rayner, with a new set of hand-tooled commandments for this food-obsessed age. He deals once and for all with questions like whether it is ever okay to covet thy neighbour's oxen (it is), eating with your hands (very important indeed) and if you should cut off the fat (no). Combining reportage and anecdotes with recipes worthy of adoration, Jay Rayner brings us the new foodie rules to live by.
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Augustus and His Smile
This remarkable, stunning board book celebrates the beauty of the world we live in, and the simple happiness it brings us when we open our eyes to it, from the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal winner Catherine Rayner.Augustus is sad because he has lost his smile. After a HUGE tigery stretch, he sets off to find it, travelling over deserts and mountains - from the tops of the trees to the bottom of the ocean. Can he find his missing smile among the wonders of the world around him? Where on Earth could it be?Featuring gorgeous, richly-textured watercolour illustrations and a heartwarming text, this wonderful tale is the perfect addition to any child's nursery. Now available in a chunky board book format, little hands will love to turn the pages during story time to discover where Augustus' smile might be hiding.
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Wasted Calories and Ruined Nights
Includes Le Cinq, Beast and Farm Girl Café, and a new introduction by the author.Jay Rayner isn't just a trifle irritated. He is eye-gougingly, bone-crunchingly, teeth-grindingly angry. And admit it, that's why you picked up this book, isn't it? Because you aren't really interested in glorious prose poems celebrating the finest dining experiences known to humanity, are you? You want him to suffer abysmal cooking, preferably at eye-watering prices, so you can gorge on the details and luxuriate in vicarious displeasure.You're in luck. Revel in Jay's misfortune as he is subjected to dreadful meat cookery with animals that died in vain, gravies full of casual violence and service that redefines the word 'incompetent'. He hopes you enjoy reading his reviews of these twenty miserable meals a damn sight more than he didn't enjoy experiencing them.
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Epiphany
Epiphany is the continuing story, as seen through the variegated lens of psychotropic drugs and weed, of the misadventures (during the turbulent '60s) of young Joe Kemp. After having led "the life of a young dog," JK, begins to explore a smorgasbord of esoteric techniques to achieve self-transcendence, "all that stuff," as JK's Granny calls it. He becomes a seeker of esoteric knowledge, a sampler of spiritual practices; and finally ventures into madness. Esoteric techniques can be wonderfully appealing to the heart and mind. But the question for JK is: What do you do when "all that stuff" becomes excruciatingly real and agonizingly personal, and you're holding the 'hanged man' card in your hand? The action takes place in Texas, NYC, Mexico and The Big Island.
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Nights Out in the Kitchen
‘It’s time to share a little more of my love for home cooking and the merry dance of appetite and technique that lies behind the dishes I make, to bring to the table more of the home cook that I have become.’Following his bestselling Nights Out at Home, Jay Rayner returns to the kitchen to offer more inspiration to roll up your sleeves and reach for your favourite knife.Nights Out in the Kitchen features an irresistible combination of recipes sparked by the dishes that Jay has fallen for during more than a quarter of a century as a restaurant critic, alongside 20 of his very own recipes; family favourites refined in his kitchen at home. From meatballs with braised spaghetti, to shaved fennel and lemon zest salad, tartiflette tart and slow cooked tandoori lamb shoulder.There are accessible, home-cooked versions of Little Dumpling King’s haggis dumplings with crispy chilli oil, a take on Jacuzzi’s vitello tonnato croquettes, Claro’s squash three ways and a whole section dedicated to the joys of good things on toast, all created with the blessing, and often the help, of the chefs who inspired them.As well as delicious recipes, Nights Out in the Kitchen is seasoned with stories which walk both sides of the ‘home’ and ‘away’ line in Jay’s life. From the problem with dinner parties and the route to a less painful Christmas lunch, through the lexicographical challenges facing a restaurant critic who wants to describe flavour without resorting to ‘mouth-watering’, ‘moist’ and ‘sumptuous’, to the burning question of whether, given the large number of wretchedly negative reviews he’s written, Jay might actually be a total scumbag.Jay’s love of restaurants and his passion for great home cooking spill off every page of this beautifully written, warmly inspirational cookbook.
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Independent Mind in British Psychoanalysis
Arguably the most informative and readable account of the development of British independent psychoanalysis, Eric Rayner’s The Independent Mind in British Psychoanalysis offers a coherent account of the core concepts that influence the clinical practice. Covering the main themes and theorists with rigour and clarity, it has rightly found a central place on the reading lists of psychoanalytic and psychotherapy trainings, both in the UK and worldwide. Republished with a new foreword from Maurice Whelan, the book begins with a philosophical and historical background, describing the establishment of the ‘Middle Group’ (later called the Independents) following the controversial discussions between the supporters of Melanie Klein and Anna Freud. The succeeding chapters detail the contributions by Independent psychoanalysts including Fairbairn, Balint, Rickman, Winnicott, Bowlby, and Khan, to themes such as emotions, object relations, sexuality, aggression, perversion, regression, symbolisation, creativity, art, and dreams. Rayner relays the ethos of the Independent psychoanalytic ‘mind’ as tolerant, creative and respectful, with an understanding of the developmental roots of pathology in early relationships and with balanced thinking about the impact of the real environment as well as the internal world on a person’s character.Providing a thorough exploration of the development of thinking within the tradition of the British Independent school of psychoanalysis, this book will be of great interest to psychoanalysts, psychotherapists, counsellors, social workers, students, and even non-clinicians interested in the history of psychoanalysis.
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Until the Fall of '19
March 2008. Having put the heartache and loss of seven years ago behind him, 62-year-old artist Alex Morgan lives comfortably behind high walls in his Venice Beach compound. With a devoted housekeeper, a loyal studio assistant, a compliant male lover and a badly behaved dog, his life is totally under control ... apart from the dog. But a heart attack during his morning swim shatters his pleasant existence. The brush with death raises ghosts of repressed grief, unresolved hurts and self-doubt. During a period of enforced recuperation, Alex discovers not everyone in his little kingdom is as content as he thought. The palm trees, fiery sunsets and clack of skateboards on concrete may be the sights and sounds of home to him, but he suspects his lover's heart lies elsewhere. And when the re-emergence of a familiar nemesis pressurizes the crack in his long-term relationship into a split, should Alex let go of the past and pursue a new love in LA, or venture to a place he vowed never to tread and fight for an old one? We re-join the well-loved characters from That Summer of '74 as they negotiate reality TV, gay marriage, a Presidential election and an unfolding financial crisis during a very different summer - the summer of 2008. Moving between LA, New York and Italy, Until the Fall of '19 is a seductive, warm-hearted, gay romantic drama about addressing your faults, embracing your dreams and never being afraid to shout 'I love you' right out loud - no matter what age you are.
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Augustus and His Smile
Augustus the tiger was sad. He had lost his smile. So he did a HUGE tigery stretch, and set off to find it.This stunning, remarkable book celebrates the beauty of the world and the simple happiness it brings us when we open our eyes to it.
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