TLC’s beloved Buddy Valastro is not only a master baker and the Cake Boss, he’s also a great cook and star of the hit show, Kitchen Boss. Now he shares 100 delicious, essential Italian-American recipes—from his grandmother’s secret dishes to his personal favorites—with his own signature touches that..
This is the ultimate book on pasta, imagined, created and cooked by the master of Italian cookery. Antonio Carluccio's Pasta combines his inimitable knowledge with his expert taste buds to provide over 100 original and irresistible pasta recipes in this definitive book. The book begins with an instr..
Over 100 of the most popular cats are featured in this superbly illustrated book, with detailed annotations for each animal that highlight the breed's defining characteristics...
Saving time is all about streamlining your life - In the home, at work, in the garden, or getting out and about. Inside 10,001 Time Saving Ideas you'll learn all the clever tips and tricks that enable you to spend less time organising and maintaining your life, and more time enjoying it!..
Jamie Oliver's bestselling The Return of the Naked Chef is filled with all the techniques and tips you'll need to become a pro in the kitchen and produce delicious, healthy foodThe Return of the Naked Chef guides you through basic techniques for making a variety of breads and pasta, and shares some ..
Home is where the heart is . . . This book is very close to my heart. It's about no-nonsense, simple cooking with great flavors all year round. When I began writing it, I didn't really know what recipes I would come up with, but something began to inspire me very quickly . . . my vegetable patch! I ..
An essential at-a-glance reference book containing yarn swatches and detailed information about the most widely used types of yarns available to today's knittersThe Handknitter's Yarn Guide collects all the facts, figures and details that knitters need to know about yarns and gives visual comparison..
Fascinating and informative - advice to inspire budding writers as well as entertaining Maeve Binchy fans the world over.'The most important thing to realise is that everyone is capable of telling a story. It doesn't matter where we were born or how we grew up' Maeve BinchyTHE MAEVE BINCHY WRITERS' ..
Mark Di Vincenzo, the New York Times bestselling author of Buy Ketchup in May and Fly at Noon, brings us another book of fascinating, eminently useful facts certain to make you healthier, wealthier, and wiser. Readers of Schott's Miscellany and other compendiums of helpful information will delight--..
"The best thing about dreaming is that you don’t really need to wait for it to come true, just go through life imaging it, hoping it, wanting it.Quite free.Quite happy.Isn’t that good enough?"..
A funny, touching, endearing romp towards happiness by one of New Zealand's best-loved writers. 'In 1997 I wrote my first book about always being on a diet but never being thin. I wanted to call it Screw You Dolores after an anecdote that I felt summed up the attitude I wanted to promote, but my pub..
The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Puppies covers everything new pet owners need to know to care for and bond with a new puppy, which will prevent future problems and ensure a great relationship with the new pet. Readers will discover how to find the right puppy, the basic dog breeds, positive dog traini..
Andy Miller is a sports athiest. The beautiful game, the roar of the crowd, winning, losing, taking part - these mean nothing to him. But at thirty he is worried. He thinks he's turning into a bit of a crank. So Andy decides that he must try to lovesport - and just maybe it will love him back.He shi..
Not only is it the world's largest and most watched sporting event, but also the most fearsome physical challenge ever conceived by man, demanding every last ounce of will and strength, every last drop of blood, sweat, and tears. If ever there was an athletic exploit specifically not for the faint o..
By far the leading speech textbook of our time, "The Art of Public Speaking" has defined the art of being the best for more than 10 million students and instructors. Whether a novice or an experienced speaker, every student will learn how to be a better public speaker through Lucas' clear explanatio..
What are we eating?Where does it come from?And how much does it really cost?Farmageddon in Pictures is the infographic edition of 2015's best-selling Farmageddon - delivered in handy, bite-sized pieces. Stuffed full of interesting infographics and facts, it asks all the important questions. Because ..
Shortlisted for the CMI's Management Book of the Year Award 2018 and the Business Book Awards 2018Twenty-five years after the arrival of the Internet, we are drowning in data and deadlines. Humans and machines are in fully connected overdrive - and becoming entwined as never before. In this Age of O..
Madman, tyrant, animal—history has given Adolf Hitler many names. In Mein Kampf (My Struggle), often called the Nazi bible, Hitler describes his life, frustrations, ideals, and dreams. Born to an impoverished couple in a small town in Austria, the young Adolf grew up with the fervent desire to becom..
Most global citizens are well aware of the explosive growth of the Chinese economy. Indeed, China has famously become the "workshop of the world." Yet, while China watchers have shed much light on the country's internal dynamics--China's politics, its vast social changes, and its economic developmen..
China's future is arguably the most consequential question in global affairs. Having enjoyed unprecedented levels of growth, China is at a critical juncture in the development of its economy, society, polity, national security, and international relations. The direction the nation takes at this turn..
“An insightful study of a president who listened to even his harshest critics with grace and humility.”—The Washington PostNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY GLAMOUREvery evening for eight years, at his request, President Obama was given ten handpicked letters written by ordinary American ci..
Dato' Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has often spoken of the need to get the citizens involved in the affairs of governing the nation through his administration's policy of inclusiveness by empowering the people. This book points the way for us to move ahead...
This book is an ethnographic study of migrants, refugees and ‘temporary’ people in Malaysia, incorporating narratives, personal stories, and observations of everyday life in Kuala Lumpur and Georgetown, Penang. Rather than focusing on specific migrant communities or refugee ‘camps’, the book takes ..
Malaysia Today believes in a free media and freedom of the media. In Bahasa Malaysia this would media bebas dan kebebasan media 'Free media or independent media here means a media not owned by any vested interest (without favour) while 'freedom of the media' means a media that is not shackled or sti..
Malaysia's foremost challenges are the fragmentation of its society and deterioration of its institutions. Social stability is a prerequisite for economic growth, and effective institutions for optimizing it. The deepening polarization of Malays poses a far greater threat than the more readily recog..
Dunia sedang mengalami perubahan besar yang dikenali sebagai keruntuhan orde antarabangsa liberal. Kewibawaan sistem antarabangsa yang dibina oleh Amerika Syarikat sejak tahun 1945 berdasarkan demokrasi liberal, ekonomi pasaran dan hak asasi manusia kini menerima cabaran hebat daripada kebangkitan p..
Sebagai rakyat biasa, saya hanya mengenali Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor sebagai isteri Perdana Menteri Malaysia. Dengan membaca buku ini, akan terurai beberapa persoalan yang mungkin orang ramai tertanya-tanya. Betulkah begitu, betulkah begini tentang Rosmah Mansor. Dalam bab pandangan kenalan, pembaca ..
The terrorist attacks of September 11 have created an unprecedented public discussion about the uses and meanings of the central area of lower Manhattan that was once the World Trade Center. While the city sifts through the debris, contrary forces shaping its future are at work. Developers jockey to..
Cities are more important as cultural entities than their mere function as dormitories and industrial sites. Yet, the understanding of what makes a city ′alive′ and appealing in cultural terms is still hotly contested - why are some cities so much more interesting, popular and successful than others..
Predicting economic challenges that the author believes will occur as a result of China's growing ability to produce U.S. products more cheaply, an economic analysis draws on hundreds of interviews with Chinese, American, and European workers and businesspeople that draw conclusions about China's fu..
One of Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2015An epic, multigenerational story of courage and sacrifice set in a tropical dictatorship, The Rebel of Rangoon captures a gripping moment of possibility in Burma (Myanmar)Once the shining promise of Southeast Asia, Burma in May 2009 ranks among the world's mos..
A high-level of analysis of the relativity of deviance in a short, clearly-written primer intended for use alongside all of the major core deviance textbooks on the market. It answers such questions as: What is Deviant? What is deviant behavior? How should the deviant be treated? Why is the same a..
Every day we make countless decisions, from the small, mundane things to tackling life’s big questions, but we don’t always make the right choices.Behavioural scientist Dr David Halpern heads up Number 10’s ‘Nudge Unit’, the world’s first government institution that uses behavioural economics to exa..
How much do we know about why we buy? What truly influences our decisions in today’s message-cluttered world? An eye-grabbing advertisement, a catchy slogan, an infectious jingle? Or do our buying decisions take place below the surface, so deep within our subconscious minds, we’re barely aware of th..
Sociologists in Action will provide vivid examples of how sociologists are using sociological tools to make a positive impact on our society. In each chapter, four or five public sociologists will describe, in vivid detail, how they have used sociology to understand and influence the world around th..
"Whenever the people are well informed," Thomas Jefferson wrote, "they can be trusted with their own government."But what happens in a world dominated by complex science? Are the people still well-enough informed to be trusted with their own government? And with less than 2 percent of Congress with ..