Alex's bookshelf: all en-US Sun, 30 Mar 2025 14:46:57 -0700 60 Alex's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg E-mail: A Love Story 2154017 256 Stephanie D. Fletcher 155611477X Alex 0 currently-reading 2.86 1996 E-mail: A Love Story
author: Stephanie D. Fletcher
name: Alex
average rating: 2.86
book published: 1996
rating: 0
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The Underwater Welder 13602241
Equal parts blue-collar character study and mind-bending mystery, The Underwater Welder is a graphic novel about fathers and sons, birth and death, memory and reality, and the treasures we all bury deep below the surface.]]>
224 Jeff Lemire 1603090746 Alex 4 4.08 2012 The Underwater Welder
author: Jeff Lemire
name: Alex
average rating: 4.08
book published: 2012
rating: 4
read at: 2025/03/26
date added: 2025/03/26
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<![CDATA[From Salt to Jam: Make Kitchen Magic With Sauces, Seasonings And More Flavour Sensations]]> 123012546 From Salt To Jamoffers foolproof recipes for hardworking condiments � pastes, dressings, sauces, seasonings and jams � that unlock 100 just-plain-delicious meals for the whole family.

Cook, mum, and straight-talking kitchen superstar Katrina Meynink knows how hard it can be to get dinner on the table. Thecolumnist for popular Australian websiteGood Food has mastered the art of ‘throw in a bowl and call it a meal� wizardry.

Discover delicious hacks and time-saving tips to get off the culinary treadmill and make memorable dishes from midweek to Saturday night. Use the ultimate ranch dressing to make slow roasted spiced brisket, or perfect caramel sauceto whip up smoky no-churn ice cream. Tahini dressing powers a Middle Eastern-inspired lasagne, while olive tapenade transforms savoury French toast.

With everything from chicken salt to jalapeno jam, lemon curd to spicy harissa, this brilliant book is your guide to sauce-laden, cook-it-again success.]]>
251 Katrina Meynink 1761440128 Alex 0 to-read 4.18 From Salt to Jam: Make Kitchen Magic With Sauces, Seasonings And More Flavour Sensations
author: Katrina Meynink
name: Alex
average rating: 4.18
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<![CDATA[Kitchen Keepers: Real-life Recipes to Make on Repeat]]> 227377754 Kitchen Keepers is a celebration of all that is excellent and delicious in home cooking.

Coming from a kitchen maximalist who knows how to dazzle when it comes to putting dinner on the table and to feeding loved ones with generosity and abundance, this is real food for the demands of a full, busy life. Food that is clear and uncomplicated yet bursting with flavour. Food that is not time- or cost-prohibitive, and food that you'll want to make again. And again. And again.]]>
Katrina Meynink 1761443518 Alex 0 to-read 0.0 Kitchen Keepers: Real-life Recipes to Make on Repeat
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<![CDATA[The Beauty Chef Gut Guide: With 90+ Delicious Recipes and Weekly Meal Plans]]> 41214323
In addition to recipes and information about repairing your gut, it covers broader advice for wellbeing, from the importance of cleaning products to mindfulness and yoga. It is photographed and designed in the distinct style established by the The Beauty Chef cookbook.

Recipes � across breakfast, lunch and dinner � include: Coconut Crêpes; Chicken, Flaked Almond & Sage Buckwheat Risotto; Lemongrass & Kaffir Lime Salmon Cakes; Panfried Cauliflower Gnocchi; Swedish Meatballs; Tamarind Fish Curry; and Vanilla & Cardamom Chia Puddings.]]>
224 Carla Oates 1743795009 Alex 0 to-read 3.71 The Beauty Chef Gut Guide: With 90+ Delicious Recipes and Weekly Meal Plans
author: Carla Oates
name: Alex
average rating: 3.71
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<![CDATA[Curry Guy Chicken: Deliciously Spiced Recipes From South And Southeast Asia]]> 209112036 Dan Toombs a.k.a The Curry Guy has spent the last two decades travelling and researching the best curries the world has to offer. In Curry Guy Chicken he celebrates flavourful chicken dishes from around South and Southeast Asia.

Because chicken is such a versatile ingredient, Dan showcases different techniques � from stir-fried and deep-fried to braised grilled and roasted � all in his accessible and straightforward style. Create Punjabi Chicken Samosas to snack on, enjoy Spicy Sri Lankan Chicken Curry for a Friday night, make Stuffed Chicken Legs for the BBQ or perfect your Korean Spicy Ramen to impress guests. Including traditional karahi dishes from India and Pakistan, some inspirational BBQ recipes and of course basic gravies and curries, there is a recipe for every occasion.

Packed with vibrant recipes and beautiful photography, Curry Guy Chicken will inspire any spice lover to get into the kitchen.
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176 Dan Toombs 1837831041 Alex 0 to-read 4.75 Curry Guy Chicken: Deliciously Spiced Recipes From South And Southeast Asia
author: Dan Toombs
name: Alex
average rating: 4.75
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<![CDATA[Thomas & Friends Annual 2017 (Egmont Annuals)]]> 33024931 72 Egmont Publishing UK 1405283483 Alex 3 kids-books, used-to-own 3.00 Thomas & Friends Annual 2017 (Egmont Annuals)
author: Egmont Publishing UK
name: Alex
average rating: 3.00
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2024/11/22
date added: 2025/03/14
shelves: kids-books, used-to-own
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<![CDATA[A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian]]> 828387 A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian was bestselling author Marina Lewycka's bestselling debut novel which has sold over one million copies worldwide. Lewycka tells the side-splittingly funny story of two feuding sisters, Vera and Nadezhda, who join forces against their father's new, gold-digging girlfriend.

Two years after my mother died, my father fell in love with a glamorous blonde Ukrainian divorcée. He was eighty-four and she was thirty-six. She exploded into our lives like a fluffy pink grenade, churning up the murky water, bringing to the surface a sludge of sloughed-off memories, giving the family ghosts a kick up the backside.

Sisters Vera and Nadezhda must set aside a lifetime of feuding to save their émigré engineer father from voluptuous gold-digger Valentina. With her proclivity for green satin underwear and boil-in-the-bag cuisine, she will stop at nothing in her pursuit of Western wealth.

But the sisters' campaign to oust Valentina unearths family secrets, uncovers fifty years of Europe's darkest history and sends them back to roots they'd much rather forget . . . .]]>
326 Marina Lewycka 0141020520 Alex 3 comedy 3.44 2005 A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian
author: Marina Lewycka
name: Alex
average rating: 3.44
book published: 2005
rating: 3
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Revelations Graphic Novel 826249 96 Clive Barker 0061050067 Alex 3 3.78 1993 Revelations Graphic Novel
author: Clive Barker
name: Alex
average rating: 3.78
book published: 1993
rating: 3
read at: 2025/03/14
date added: 2025/03/14
shelves: comics-graphic-novels-read, crime, ebooks-read, horror
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Star of The North 39808461 'Extraordinary...smart, sophisticated, suspenseful - and important. If you try one new thing this year, make it Star of the North.' LEE CHILD

‘Tense and compelling.� James Swallow, Sunday Times bestselling author of NOMAD

North Korea and the USA are on the brink of war

A young American woman disappears without trace from a South Korean island.

The CIA recruits her twin sister to uncover the truth.

Now, she must go undercover in the world’s most deadly state.

Only by infiltrating the dark heart of the terrifying regime will she be able to save her sister…and herself.

Star of the North is the most explosive thriller of the year - you won't be able to put it down.

‘A superior thriller…steeped in the intrigue, culture and family of a closed regime� Andrew Gross, New York Times bestselling author

'Not only brilliantly plotted, with espionage, secrecy, and obsession, it’s a story about survivors, told by three complex and fully realised characters, each battling their own personal demons.' Chevy Stevens, bestselling author of Never Let You Go

‘Brims with marvellous characters and delivers heart-in-your-throat action� Steve Berry, New York Times bestselling author

‘The timeliest thriller of 2018. An intricately constructed puzzle box of spies and tradecraft� Matthew Fitzsimmons, bestselling author of The Short Drop]]>
448 John D.B. 1784708186 Alex 3 4.04 2018 Star of The North
author: John D.B.
name: Alex
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2018
rating: 3
read at: 2025/03/04
date added: 2025/03/04
shelves: vintage-publishing, used-to-own, crime
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<![CDATA[The Italian Deli Cookbook: 100 Glorious Recipes Celebrating the Best of Italian Ingredients]]> 54503960
From biscotti to limoncello, the world's love affair with Italian delis goes back many years.

The Italians have taken the very best of Italian produce all over the world. From Hong Kong to London, Sydney to Brooklyn, people everywhere have access to a treasure trove of ingredients through Italian delicatessens.

Theo Randall's Italian Deli Cookbook showcases delicious family recipes using favorite ingredients. Easily accessible in supermarkets now too, and worth paying a little extra for the very best, these are transformative ingredients that can make for easy lunches and suppers, or dinner party centerpieces. With 100 recipes using cured meats, smoked fish, jarred vegetables, vinegars, olives, pasta, pulses, cheeses and wine, stunning photography throughout, and original, simple recipes, as well as a directory of classic delicatessens worldwide, elevate your cooking the easy way with the expert guidance of world-renowned chef Theo Randall.]]>
256 Theo Randall 1787135969 Alex 0 currently-reading 4.07 The Italian Deli Cookbook: 100 Glorious Recipes Celebrating the Best of Italian Ingredients
author: Theo Randall
name: Alex
average rating: 4.07
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<![CDATA[The R. Crumb Coffee Table Art Book]]> 657497 256 Robert Crumb 0316163333 Alex 5 4.35 1997 The R. Crumb Coffee Table Art Book
author: Robert Crumb
name: Alex
average rating: 4.35
book published: 1997
rating: 5
read at: 2025/02/23
date added: 2025/02/23
shelves: art-books, comics-graphic-novels-read, ebooks-read
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The River Cottage Meat Book 501229

•Already a sensation in the United Kingdom, this groundbreaking treatise on choosing and preparing meat is now available in the United States for the first time.
•Includes more than 100 recipes and more than 200 full-color photographs.
•Thoughtfully Americanized, with complete information about assorted cuts (including illustrations), production standards, and sources for buying and learning about meats in the United States.
•British edition has sold 150,000 copies.]]>
544 Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall 1580088430 Alex 0 to-read 4.34 2004 The River Cottage Meat Book
author: Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
name: Alex
average rating: 4.34
book published: 2004
rating: 0
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The Fat Duck Cookbook 6955120 532 Heston Blumenthal 160819020X Alex 0 to-read 4.30 2009 The Fat Duck Cookbook
author: Heston Blumenthal
name: Alex
average rating: 4.30
book published: 2009
rating: 0
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<![CDATA[Nature: Simple, Healthy, and Good]]> 12080335
The book features charming line drawings and mouthwatering food photography by one of France’s most acclaimed food photographers. Sidebars and asides containing useful snippets of Ducasse’s experience and advice are peppered throughout.

With over 190 simple yet sublime dishes, Ducasse highlights a wide range of flavor combinations in which vegetables, fruits, and grains take pride of place, while animal protein is used sparingly for flavor. Ducasse casts aside preconceived notions of French food to reveal its essence—seasonal produce, fresh flavors, and hearty, healthy dishes meant to be shared with friends and family.]]>
360 Alain Ducasse 0847838404 Alex 0 to-read 3.69 2009 Nature: Simple, Healthy, and Good
author: Alain Ducasse
name: Alex
average rating: 3.69
book published: 2009
rating: 0
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<![CDATA[The Complete Robuchon: French Home Cooking for the Way We Live Now with More than 800 Recipes: A Cookbook]]> 3143668
Joël Robuchon’s restaurant empire stretches from Paris to New York, Las Vegas to Tokyo, London to Hong Kong. He holds more Michelin stars than any other chef. Now this great master gives us his supremely authoritative renditions of virtually the entire French culinary repertoire, adapted for the home cook and the contemporary palate.

Here are more than 800 precise, easy-to-follow, step-by-step recipes, including Robuchon’s updated versions of great classics—Pot-au-Feu, Sole Meunière, Cherry Custard Tart—as well as dozens of less well-known but equally scrumptious salads, roasts, gratins, and stews. Here, too, are a surprising variety of regional specialties (star turns like Aristide Couteaux’s variation on Hare Royale) and such essential favorites as scrambled eggs. Emphasizing quality ingredients and the brilliant but simple marriage of candid flavors—the genius for which he is rightly celebrated—Robuchon encourages the beginner with jargon-free, impeccable instructions in technique, while offering the practiced cook exciting paths for experimentation.

The Complete Robuchon is a book to be consulted again and again, a magnificent resource no kitchen should be without.]]>
832 Joël Robuchon 0307267199 Alex 4 4.38 2008 The Complete Robuchon: French Home Cooking for the Way We Live Now with More than 800 Recipes: A Cookbook
author: Joël Robuchon
name: Alex
average rating: 4.38
book published: 2008
rating: 4
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<![CDATA[Dennis Hopper (Movie Top Tens)]]> 20543976 192 Jack Hunter 1908694742 Alex 4
This book was also published by Creation Books in 1999 under the title - Dennis Hopper: Movie Top Tens.]]>
4.00 1999 Dennis Hopper (Movie Top Tens)
author: Jack Hunter
name: Alex
average rating: 4.00
book published: 1999
rating: 4
read at: 2018/01/09
date added: 2025/02/16
shelves: film-tv-books-read, ebooks-read, creation-books
review:
Excellent collection of interviews detailing the madness and method of Dennis Hopper.

This book was also published by Creation Books in 1999 under the title - Dennis Hopper: Movie Top Tens.
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Tom of Finland XXL 5368423 664 Tom of Finland 3822826073 Alex 4 4.68 2009 Tom of Finland XXL
author: Tom of Finland
name: Alex
average rating: 4.68
book published: 2009
rating: 4
read at: 2025/02/14
date added: 2025/02/14
shelves: art-books, ebooks-read, taschen
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Earthling 20613754
Earthling unveils a narrative rich with surrealist twists and turns, where the peas on the dinner plate and the ads on television can both literally and figuratively speak to the most private strife and deepest hopes in a person''s life. As the sisters begin to come to terms with their sexuality, they are confronted by harsh realities and a world that has few escape routes for young women.

Drawn in deep gray pencil, the claustrophobia of Franz''s crosshatching and smudging matches the tone of the book perfectly. Earthling is an atmospheric and haunting account of the inevitability of losing the dream worlds of childhood.]]>
208 Aisha Franz 1770461663 Alex 0 3.48 2010 Earthling
author: Aisha Franz
name: Alex
average rating: 3.48
book published: 2010
rating: 0
read at: 2025/02/12
date added: 2025/02/12
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Greenfeast: Spring, Summer 43925777
From roast spring vegetables with peanut sauce to rice, broad beans and asparagus, or peaches with blackberries and ice cream, this green follow-up to the bestsellingEatis for everyone who wants daily inspiration for quick plant-based suppers. autumn, winter will follow in October 2019.]]>
370 Nigel Slater 0008336628 Alex 3 cookery-books, ebooks-read 4.25 2019 Greenfeast: Spring, Summer
author: Nigel Slater
name: Alex
average rating: 4.25
book published: 2019
rating: 3
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date added: 2025/02/07
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Greenfeast: Autumn, Winter 42762543 The second in a pair of fast, season-led vegetable books from beloved author and cook Nigel Slater.

‘Much of my weekday eating contains neither meat nor fish � It is simply the way my eating has grown to be over the last few years.�

From the start of autumn, we crave food that nourishes, food that sets us up for going out in the cold and wet.ҰԴڱ𲹲 has over 110 gently sustaining recipes from milk, mushrooms and rice � as comforting as a cashmere blanket � big soups like tahini, sesame and butternut and crumbles made with leeks, tomato and pecorino. With puddings like ginger cake, cardamom and maple syrup, these spirit-lifting recipes are a varied and glorious celebration of simple, plant-based cooking. Highlights include:

Simple filo pastry filled with cheese and greens
A savoury tart of shallots, apples and Parmesan
Soothing polenta with garlic and mushrooms
Fiery udon noodles with tomato and chillies
Creamy pudding rice with rosewater and apricots]]>
320 Nigel Slater 0008213771 Alex 3 cookery-books, ebooks-read 4.23 2019 Greenfeast: Autumn, Winter
author: Nigel Slater
name: Alex
average rating: 4.23
book published: 2019
rating: 3
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<![CDATA[Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles Annual]]> 21066987 64 Angus Allen 0862277795 Alex 4 3.75 1990 Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles Annual
author: Angus Allen
name: Alex
average rating: 3.75
book published: 1990
rating: 4
read at: 1990/04/05
date added: 2025/02/07
shelves: comics-graphic-novels-read, kids-books, used-to-own
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Bunny (Bunny, #1) 53285047 We were just these innocent girls in the night trying to make something beautiful. We nearly died. We very nearly did, didn't we?

Samantha Heather Mackey couldn't be more of an outsider in her small, highly selective MFA program at New England's Warren University. A scholarship student who prefers the company of her dark imagination to that of most people, she is utterly repelled by the rest of her fiction writing cohort--a clique of unbearably twee rich girls who call each other Bunny, and seem to move and speak as one.

But everything changes when Samantha receives an invitation to the Bunnies' fabled Smut Salon, and finds herself inexplicably drawn to their front door--ditching her only friend, Ava, in the process. As Samantha plunges deeper and deeper into the Bunnies' sinister yet saccharine world, beginning to take part in the ritualistic off-campus Workshop where they conjure their monstrous creations, the edges of reality begin to blur. Soon, her friendships with Ava and the Bunnies will be brought into deadly collision.

The spellbinding new novel from one of our most fearless chroniclers of the female experience, Bunny is a down-the-rabbit-hole tale of loneliness and belonging, friendship and desire, and the fantastic and terrible power of the imagination.

Named a Best Book of 2019 by TIME, Vogue, Electric Literature, and The New York Public Library]]>
305 Mona Awad 0525559752 Alex 0 to-read 3.43 2019 Bunny (Bunny, #1)
author: Mona Awad
name: Alex
average rating: 3.43
book published: 2019
rating: 0
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They Live In Me 34961329
Published by Hollow Press in April 2017 first printing - limited at only:
500 copies (english edition) + 500 copies (italian edition)
off-set print
printed in an A4 format on 170g paper
32 pages + B/W cover (soft spine + hard frontcover and backcover)
stitched paperback binding]]>
32 Jesse Jacobs Alex 3 4.26 2017 They Live In Me
author: Jesse Jacobs
name: Alex
average rating: 4.26
book published: 2017
rating: 3
read at: 2025/02/07
date added: 2025/02/07
shelves: comedy, comics-graphic-novels-read, ebooks-read
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Band For Life 29069380 250 Anya Davidson 1606999540 Alex 0 to-read 4.03 2016 Band For Life
author: Anya Davidson
name: Alex
average rating: 4.03
book published: 2016
rating: 0
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Night Business 34445190 240 Benjamin Marra 168396070X Alex 0 to-read 3.78 2017 Night Business
author: Benjamin Marra
name: Alex
average rating: 3.78
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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date added: 2025/02/01
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Junkwaffel no. 1 22024858 34 Vaughn Bodē Alex 3 4.33 1971 Junkwaffel no. 1
author: Vaughn Bodē
name: Alex
average rating: 4.33
book published: 1971
rating: 3
read at: 2025/02/01
date added: 2025/02/01
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Bezimena 42010088 224 Nina Bunjevac 8858694163 Alex 4 4.14 2018 Bezimena
author: Nina Bunjevac
name: Alex
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2018
rating: 4
read at: 2025/02/01
date added: 2025/02/01
shelves: comics-graphic-novels-read, crime, ebooks-read, sex-sexuality
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Real Fast Puddings 609062 Nigel Slater 0140232834 Alex 3 cookery-books, ebooks-read 3.83 1993 Real Fast Puddings
author: Nigel Slater
name: Alex
average rating: 3.83
book published: 1993
rating: 3
read at: 2025/01/31
date added: 2025/01/31
shelves: cookery-books, ebooks-read
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ANSWER Me! (Issue 4) 25245340 132 Jim Goad Alex 4 4.60 1994 ANSWER Me! (Issue 4)
author: Jim Goad
name: Alex
average rating: 4.60
book published: 1994
rating: 4
read at: 2025/01/27
date added: 2025/01/27
shelves: ebooks-read, sex-sexuality, true-crime
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<![CDATA[AA Driving Test Theory The Official Questions & Answers (AA Driving Test Series)]]> 17258919 160 AA Publishing 0749551615 Alex 3 used-to-own 4.00 1996 AA Driving Test Theory The Official Questions & Answers (AA Driving Test Series)
author: AA Publishing
name: Alex
average rating: 4.00
book published: 1996
rating: 3
read at: 2017/09/25
date added: 2025/01/16
shelves: used-to-own
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The Mahé Circle 19220946
'In Porquerolles, things were hostile to him. He had tried in vain to tame them. Back there, all the time, he had felt as if there was a tremendous chaos around him, a kind of life that was too vivid, so that the slightest contact with it made his blood pulse more quickly, and prompted a rising fever inside him.'

Nobody could understand why Dr. Mahé continued to drag his family to Porquerolles for the summer. Had he really become obsessed with the girl dressed in red? Or was it a longing to go fishing and play boules with the locals? Or maybe there was something even more powerful that drew him back to the island.]]>
151 Georges Simenon 0141394161 Alex 0 to-read 3.54 1946 The Mahé Circle
author: Georges Simenon
name: Alex
average rating: 3.54
book published: 1946
rating: 0
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Caliban Shrieks 221499837
Born and bred in the Midlands, Mr. Hilton seemed destined to be a cotton operative for life. But the war and its aftermath have made him what he describes in the book. You will find men like him in any industrial town, except that he cultivated his love of language and literature (and especially Shakespeare) with an unsophisticated relish which is equally rare among the masses as among the expensively educated few. (inside front cover)]]>
192 Jack Hilton 1784878766 Alex 0 to-read 0.0 1935 Caliban Shrieks
author: Jack Hilton
name: Alex
average rating: 0.0
book published: 1935
rating: 0
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The Magic Barrel 14084 Winner of the National Book Award for Fiction

Bernard Malamud's first book of short stories, The Magic Barrel, has been recognized as a classic from the time it was published in 1959. The stories are set in New York and in Italy (where Malamud's alter ego, the struggling New York Jewish painter, Arthur Fidelman, roams amid the ruins of old Europe in search of his artistic patrimony); they tell of egg candlers and shoemakers, matchmakers, and rabbis, in a voice that blends vigorous urban realism, Yiddish idiom, and a dash of artistic magic.

The Magic Barrel is a book about New York and about the immigrant experience, and it is high point in the modern American short story. Few books of any kind have managed to depict struggle and frustration and heartbreak with such delight, or such artistry.]]>
240 Bernard Malamud 0374525862 Alex 0 to-read 3.97 1950 The Magic Barrel
author: Bernard Malamud
name: Alex
average rating: 3.97
book published: 1950
rating: 0
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No One Gets Out Alive 22935767 628 Adam L.G. Nevill 0230772099 Alex 3 crime, ebooks-read, horror 3.64 2014 No One Gets Out Alive
author: Adam L.G. Nevill
name: Alex
average rating: 3.64
book published: 2014
rating: 3
read at: 2024/11/29
date added: 2024/11/29
shelves: crime, ebooks-read, horror
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Terrine 2698165 160 Stéphane Reynaud 0714848484 Alex 3 3.88 2005 Terrine
author: Stéphane Reynaud
name: Alex
average rating: 3.88
book published: 2005
rating: 3
read at: 2024/11/26
date added: 2024/11/26
shelves: cookery-books, ebooks-read, phaidon, digital-cookery-book-keepers
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<![CDATA[Uncommon People: The Rise and Fall of the Rock Stars 1955-1994]]> 30965762
What did we see in them? Swagger. Recklessness. Sexual charisma. Damn-the-torpedoes self-belief. A certain way of carrying themselves. Good hair. Interesting shoes. Talent we wished we had.

What did we want of them? To be larger than life but also like us. To live out their songs. To stay young forever. No wonder many didn’t stay the course.

In Uncommon People, David Hepworth zeroes in on defining moments and turning points in the lives of forty rock stars from 1955 to 1995, taking us on a journey to burst a hundred myths and create a hundred more.

As this tribe of uniquely motivated nobodies went about turning themselves into the ultimate somebodies, they also shaped us, our real lives and our fantasies. Uncommon People isn’t just their story. It’s ours as well.]]>
0 David Hepworth 147354176X Alex 0 to-read 3.93 2017 Uncommon People: The Rise and Fall of the Rock Stars 1955-1994
author: David Hepworth
name: Alex
average rating: 3.93
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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Acid Casuals 1202116 230 Nicholas Blincoe 1852427086 Alex 0 to-read 3.49 1997 Acid Casuals
author: Nicholas Blincoe
name: Alex
average rating: 3.49
book published: 1997
rating: 0
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The complete book of fruit 4339847 309 Leslie Johns 0207143374 Alex 4 cookery-books, ebooks-read 4.00 The complete book of fruit
author: Leslie Johns
name: Alex
average rating: 4.00
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2024/11/24
date added: 2024/11/23
shelves: cookery-books, ebooks-read
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The Irish Cookbook 53077235 The Irish Cookbook showcases the true depth of Irish cuisine, its ingredientsand its fascinating history, as never before

Ireland's remarkably rich food heritage dates back millenia and, in The Irish Cookbook, acclaimed chef Jp McMahon captures its unique culinary origins and varied influences. Irish food is the summation of what the land and sea gives; the book's 480 home-cooking recipes celebrate the range and quality of Ireland's bounty, from oysters and seaweed on its west coast to beef and lamb from its lush green pastures, to produce and forage from throughout the island. Presenting best-loved traditional dishes together with many lesser-known gems, this book vividly evokes the warmth, hospitality and culinary spirit of the Emerald Isle.]]>
432 Jp McMahon 1838660569 Alex 4 cookery-books, ebooks-read 4.35 The Irish Cookbook
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The E. Before Christmas 140066 129 Matt Beaumont 0007115830 Alex 3 comedy, ebooks-read 3.96 2000 The E. Before Christmas
author: Matt Beaumont
name: Alex
average rating: 3.96
book published: 2000
rating: 3
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My Friend Whale 11309648 32 Simon James 0744598052 Alex 4 ebooks-read, kids-books 3.57 1991 My Friend Whale
author: Simon James
name: Alex
average rating: 3.57
book published: 1991
rating: 4
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Swung 1284882 Ewan Morrison 0224078763 Alex 0 to-read 3.04 2007 Swung
author: Ewan Morrison
name: Alex
average rating: 3.04
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<![CDATA[New Kitchen Basics: 10 Essential Ingredients, 120 Recipes—Revolutionize the Way You Cook, Every Day]]> 44298774 "Claire is a clever cook who writes recipes, which are useful, affordable and practical (not as easy as it sounds). This is a book filled with recipes which you WILL cook, new ideas and twists on old friends. Bravo Claire, a lovely book in every way." � Anna Jones

Most of us buy the same ingredients week in, week out, and cook the same old recipes. Cookery writer Claire Thomson wants to encourage people to ditch the boring chicken stir-fry, the all-too-predictable spag bol and dreary fish pie, and enliven their cooking and eating.

Claire takes our 10 favourite supermarket ingredients and reinvents them as modern classics. With sections on chicken, tomatoes, eggs, cheese, minced meat, pasta, potatoes, salad, lemon and chocolate, each chapter covers the basics about that ingredient, then offers recipes using each in ways that will brighten up mealtimes. Claire's cooking is simple yet imaginative, and her kitchen expertise and knowledge of flavour combinations mean that these dishes will become your new standby meals.

This is the new essential cookbook, a modern solution to the eternal "What shall I cook tonight?"]]>
422 Claire Thomson 1787133303 Alex 0 to-read 4.16 New Kitchen Basics: 10 Essential Ingredients, 120 Recipes—Revolutionize the Way You Cook, Every Day
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Trullo 30965697 288 Tim Siadatan 1910931136 Alex 0 to-read 3.76 Trullo
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<![CDATA[Sift: The Elements of Great Baking]]> 201541354 SIFT, she takes the fear out of failure and offers up an inspiring collection of over 100 delicious bakes.

In the first half of the book, Nicola breaks down the key elements and techniques with boundless enthusiasm and beautiful illustrations. Explore every how and why of baking and move forward with complete confidence � you'll never again wonder why your custard has curdled, why your sponge didn't rise or why your panna cotta didn't set.

Nicola's recipes are divided into the time it takes to make a bake, ranging from gooey cookies and airy cakes that you can whip up in an afternoon to fabulous showstoppers you can devote a weekend to. These

Bake in an Roasted Strawberry Victoria Sponge, Miso Walnut Double-Thick Chocolate-Chip Cookies and Bread-and-Butter Pudding with Caramel Mandarins
Bake in a Salted Vanilla and Pistachio Layer Cake, Fancy Rhubarb Tart and Olive Oil Brie-oche with Roasted Grapes
Bake in a Mocha Passionfruit Opera Cake, Pain au Chocolat and Tiramichoux]]>
270 Nicola Lamb 1529906237 Alex 0 to-read 4.62 2024 Sift: The Elements of Great Baking
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name: Alex
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<![CDATA[Brutto: A (Simple) Florentine Cookbook]]> 174157665 'Brutto is actually bellissimo. A perfect cookbook for lovers of true Tuscan food.
Simply brilliant.'
- STANLEY TUCCI

Brutto ma buono - ugly but good. This is the food of Florence - rigorously simple, few ingredients, exceptionally good.

Anchovy with cold butter and sourdough
Penne with tomato and vodka
Sausages with braised lentils and mustard
Roasted squash with borlotti bean and salsa verde
Country-style bread and tomato salad
3-ingredient meringue hazelnut cookies

The food of Florence rests on humble ingredients - not many - brought together in the rough-and-ready style of everyday cooking with flavour at its heart.

This stunning brand-new cookbook offers outstanding recipes from Russell Norman's acclaimed new restaurant, Trattoria Brutto, alongside an ode to one of Italy's most beloved cities, Florence, and specifically the bohemian district of Santo Spirito.

Including Russell's captivating stories and insider advice, Brutto is a proudly fuss-free recipe book to use every day, wherever you are, and an joyous tribute to Italy's greatest rustic cuisine.]]>
0 Russell Norman 1529197155 Alex 0 to-read 4.58 2023 Brutto: A (Simple) Florentine Cookbook
author: Russell Norman
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average rating: 4.58
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NOPI: The Cookbook 25241521
Pandan leaves meet pomegranate seeds, star anise meets sumac, and miso meets molasses in this collection of 120 new recipes from Yotam Ottolenghi's restaurant.

In collaboration with Nopi's head chef Ramael Scully, Yotam's journey from the Middle East to the Far East is one of big and bold flavors, with surprising twists along the way.]]>
331 Yotam Ottolenghi 0449016323 Alex 0 to-read 4.11 2015 NOPI: The Cookbook
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name: Alex
average rating: 4.11
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<![CDATA[Salt, Butter, Bones: Mastering the art of great cooking]]> 41723339 'Nicole is smart and generally brilliant' - Yottam Ottolenghi -Nicole Pisani - head chef at Ottolenghi's Nopi turned head chef at a London primary school - is one of the most exciting food talents around today. In this vibrant and beautiful cookbook she shares a treasured collection of recipes influenced by the many countries she's cooked in and the many chefs she's cooked with.Salt. Butter. Bones celebrates what each of these ingredients taste, flavour and the essence of everything. Every recipe explores bold flavours and innovative pairings and yet retains an elegant simplicity - by treating each ingredient with the reverence it deserves.On top of chapters on fridge and larder staples; breakfast with friends; what to cook at the end of the day; and feasts to share with loved ones, Nicole explains some of the most innovative techniques in cooking today, ones that she developed during her many years as a chef in London's top restaurants, making them adaptable for home-cooking.Innovative and evocative, Salt. Butter. Bones is a is a celebratory cookbook that captures the elegance of simple ingredients, written by one of the most dynamic, inquisitive chefs around.]]> 224 Nicole Pisani 0297608878 Alex 0 to-read 3.67 Salt, Butter, Bones: Mastering the art of great cooking
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<![CDATA[Sirocco: Fabulous Flavours from the East]]> 27226779 240 Sabrina Ghayour 178472047X Alex 0 to-read 4.18 2016 Sirocco: Fabulous Flavours from the East
author: Sabrina Ghayour
name: Alex
average rating: 4.18
book published: 2016
rating: 0
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<![CDATA[Mastering the Art of French Cooking: Vol. 2]]> 132692
Working from the principle that “mastering any art is a continuing process,� Julia Child and Simone Beck gathered together a brilliant selection of new dishes to bring you to a yet higher level of culinary mastery.

They have searched out more of the classic dishes and regional specialties of France, and adapted them so that Americans, working with American ingredients, in American kitchens, can achieve the incomparable flavors and aromas that bring up a rush of memories—of lunch at a country inn in Provence, of an evening at a great Paris restaurant, of the essential cooking of France.

From French bread to salted goose, from peasant ragoûts to royal Napoleons, recipes are written with the same detail, exactness, and clarity that are the soul of Mastering the Art of French Cooking .]]>
648 Julia Child 0394721772 Alex 0 to-read 4.42 1970 Mastering the Art of French Cooking: Vol. 2
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name: Alex
average rating: 4.42
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<![CDATA[Rintaro: Japanese Food from an Izakaya in California]]> 103521455 304 Sylvan Mishima Brackett 1958417009 Alex 0 to-read 4.25 Rintaro: Japanese Food from an Izakaya in California
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name: Alex
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<![CDATA[Strudel, Noodles and Dumplings: The New Taste of German Cooking]]> 39965259
Strudel, Noodles and Dumplings is a cook book about Germany’s varied culinary heritage seen through the eyes of Anja Dunk’s family recipes, most of which have been given a new life in her young family kitchen.

From recipes such as Vollkorn-Buttermilch Waffeln (Wholewheat buttermilk waffles) to Schweinebraten mit Kummel (Caraway roast pork) and Zucchini und Gruener Paprika Salat in Joghurt Sosse (Courgette and green pepper salad with yogurt dressing) home-cooked German food is gently spiced, smoky, buttery and deeply savoury, yet sweet and sour. Anja’s way of cooking is vibrant, honest and deeply intertwined with the seasons and the weather. Featuring over 200 simple recipes for the everyday family table, as well as a handful for special occasions, Anja’s cook book will be an essential guide for all the basics of German cuisine, at the same time as providing inspiration and encouragement for cooking through the year.]]>
Anja Dunk Alex 0 to-read 4.26 2018 Strudel, Noodles and Dumplings: The New Taste of German Cooking
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average rating: 4.26
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Chaise Longue 58645145
When punk rock star Ian Dury disappeared to make films in the late 80s, he left his teenage son in the care of his roadie, in a rundown flat in Hammersmith. But this was no ordinary roadie; this was the Sulphate Strangler. The Strangler, having taken a lot of LSD in the 60s, was prone to depression, anger and hallucinations. He was also, as the name suggests, a drug dealer. What could possibly go wrong?

In a period that we can now only imagine, a young Baxter ricocheted from one adventure to another, narrowly swerving one disaster only immediately to collide with another. At times, his situation was perilous in the extreme - the world is lucky to have him at all. CHAISE LONGUE is an intimate account of those escapades, evocatively illuminating a bohemian west London populated with feverishly grubby characters. Narrated in Dury's candid tone, both sad and funny, this moving story will leave an indelible imprint on its readers.]]>
244 Baxter Dury 1405551615 Alex 0 to-read 3.73 2021 Chaise Longue
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<![CDATA[Forecast Form: Art in the Caribbean Diaspora, 1990s–Today]]> 80348010 This volume features scholarly essays alongside richly illustrated plate sections and texts focused on an intergenerational group of 37 artists working across the Americas and Europe. A radical rethinking of contemporary art in the Caribbean, Forecast Form reveals the region as a place where the past, the present and the future meet―where continuous exchanges forecast what is to come while remaining grounded in the histories that shape the present.
Artists include : Candida Alvarez, Firelei Báez, Álvaro Barrios, Frank Bowling, Sandra Brewster, María Magdalena Campos-Pons, Donna Conlon and Jonathan Harker, Christopher Cozier, Julien Creuzet, Maksaens Denis, Peter Doig, Jeannette Ehlers, Tomm El-Saieh, Alia Farid, Teresita Fernández, Rafael Ferrer, Denzil Forrester, Joscelyn Gardner, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Deborah Jack, Engel Leonardo, Daniel Lind-Ramos, Suchitra Mattai, David Medalla, Ana Mendieta, Lorraine O'Grady, Ebony G. Patterson, Keith Piper, Marton Robinson, Donald Rodney, Freddy Rodríguez, Tavares Strachan, Zilia Sánchez, Rubem Valentim, Adán Vallecillo, Cosmo Whyte and Didier William.]]>
288 Madeleine Grynsztejn 1636810616 Alex 0 to-read 0.0 Forecast Form: Art in the Caribbean Diaspora, 1990s–Today
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<![CDATA[Out of my Tree: Midsummer House by Daniel Clifford]]> 41831984 416 Daniel Clifford 1910863297 Alex 0 to-read 4.86 Out of my Tree: Midsummer House by Daniel Clifford
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average rating: 4.86
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<![CDATA[Because I Don't Know What You Mean and What You Don't]]> 74956299
Three teenagers believe they are witches. A woman defaces a local billboard. A bored landlord tries to influence his son's best friend. A cul-de-sac WhatsApp group discusses eggs at length. A heavily pregnant woman finds a way to time travel and a girl discovers joy on a stolen bicycle...

Each tale paints a life in miniature and offers an escape chute from the catastrophes of modern life.]]>
256 Josie Long 1838856080 Alex 2 3.49 2023 Because I Don't Know What You Mean and What You Don't
author: Josie Long
name: Alex
average rating: 3.49
book published: 2023
rating: 2
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Paris Trance 14874408 The New Yorker

Paris Trance is the story of two expatriates, Luke and Alex, who meet in Paris and become inseparable. Each falls in love, and the two couples travel the city together in a fever of indulgence and self-discovery.

“Entrancing� I can’t think of a recent novel that better describes the scarily charged beginning of a love affair.� The New York Times Book Review

“Four things that get under your skin: shards of glass, splinters of wood, sharp needles, and books by Geoff Dyer. Where most writers barely nick the flesh of human feeling, Dyer somehow manages to dig deeper� Unusually for a contemporary English novelist Dyer is as interested in asking big, difficult questions about the meaning of life as he is in developing motifs, displaying his learning, making points, making you laugh, shocking, soothing, or being cool, all of which he manages to do with unnatural ease.� Guardian

“Witty, erotic and melancholy, a beautifully written tale.� The Times

“Charming books tend to wither as fashion moves on or as we grow older. The Catcher in the Rye, and maybe Ginger and Pickles, seem to be exceptions. Then there are books, such as The Great Gatsby, whose callowness itself profound, whose charm is persistingly, enduringly transient. Geoff Dyer has written such a book� a book about being thoughtless, young and in love� The irresistible quality of the book steals up, like sun through a plain curtain.� Candia McWilliam, New Statesman]]>
280 Geoff Dyer 085786405X Alex 3
A large part of the novel seems fairly sparse and coldly written, I suspect it was maybe over-edited. The novel also indulges in a lot of meaningless clichés such as:
"She watched him unscrew a bottle of orange and gulp it down as if he were pouring sun down his throat"
Why not an Orangina, given it is to the French, what Irn Bru is to the Scottish? Who would want to pour sun down their throat? If it is based on the colour of orange juice, it's just obvious.

The romantic aspects of the novel are interesting and to his credit the author can write a good, detailed sex scene; no "we made love" nonsense. But the characters aren't credible or varied enough to tell them apart. Towards the end of the novel I had difficulty telling who was who. And as with most novels the dialogue was too stiff,formal and unconvincing.

Worth a read, but not astounding, especially given the fact it's not cheap to buy.]]>
3.68 1998 Paris Trance
author: Geoff Dyer
name: Alex
average rating: 3.68
book published: 1998
rating: 3
read at: 2015/06/30
date added: 2024/10/23
shelves: used-to-own, contemporary-fiction, rebel-inc-and-canongate
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Bit of a mixed bag. It is well-written, but I was expecting something comparable to Irvine Welsh's Ecstasy. The novel is very light on drug tales and humour, and no mention of trance music. Obviously the trance refers to a lover's trance.

A large part of the novel seems fairly sparse and coldly written, I suspect it was maybe over-edited. The novel also indulges in a lot of meaningless clichés such as:
"She watched him unscrew a bottle of orange and gulp it down as if he were pouring sun down his throat"
Why not an Orangina, given it is to the French, what Irn Bru is to the Scottish? Who would want to pour sun down their throat? If it is based on the colour of orange juice, it's just obvious.

The romantic aspects of the novel are interesting and to his credit the author can write a good, detailed sex scene; no "we made love" nonsense. But the characters aren't credible or varied enough to tell them apart. Towards the end of the novel I had difficulty telling who was who. And as with most novels the dialogue was too stiff,formal and unconvincing.

Worth a read, but not astounding, especially given the fact it's not cheap to buy.
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1000 Game Heroes 1837053 David Choquet 608 Julius Wiedmann 3822816337 Alex 0 currently-reading 3.62 2002 1000 Game Heroes
author: Julius Wiedmann
name: Alex
average rating: 3.62
book published: 2002
rating: 0
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<![CDATA[Larousse Patisserie and Baking: The ultimate expert guide, with more than 200 recipes and step-by-step techniques and produced as a hardback book in a beautiful slipcase]]> 55081503 514 Larousse Alex 3 cookery-books, ebooks-read 4.20 Larousse Patisserie and Baking: The ultimate expert guide, with more than 200 recipes and step-by-step techniques and produced as a hardback book in a beautiful slipcase
author: Larousse
name: Alex
average rating: 4.20
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Terryworld 2560424 288 Terry Richardson 3836501910 Alex 4 3.91 2004 Terryworld
author: Terry Richardson
name: Alex
average rating: 3.91
book published: 2004
rating: 4
read at: 2024/10/18
date added: 2024/10/18
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Lady Chatterley's Lover 10636175
Written in 1928 and subsequently banned, Lady Chatterley's Lover is one of the most subversive novels in English Literature.]]>
278 D.H. Lawrence 0099541653 Alex 4 3.45 1928 Lady Chatterley's Lover
author: D.H. Lawrence
name: Alex
average rating: 3.45
book published: 1928
rating: 4
read at: 2024/10/18
date added: 2024/10/18
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Story of My Life 25075 208 Jay McInerney 0747541574 Alex 0 to-read 3.68 1988 Story of My Life
author: Jay McInerney
name: Alex
average rating: 3.68
book published: 1988
rating: 0
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<![CDATA[Institut Paul Bocuse Gastronomique: The Definitive Step-By-Step Guide to Culinary Excellence]]> 29467403
The perfect guide for professional chefs in training and aspiring amateurs, this fully illustrated, comprehensive step-by-step manual covers all aspects of preparing, cooking and serving delicious, high-end food.

An authoritative, unique reference book, it covers 250 core techniques in extensive, ultra-clear step-by-step photographs. These techniques are then put into practice in 70 classic and contemporary recipes, designed by chefs.

With over 1,800 photographs in total, this astonishing reference work is the essential culinary bible for any serious cook, professional or amateur.

The Institut Paul Bocuse is a world-renowned center of culinary excellence, based in France. Founded by 'Chef of the Century' Paul Bocuse, the school has provided the very best cookery and hospitality education for twenty-five years.]]>
720 Institut Paul Bocuse 0600634175 Alex 4 cookery-books, ebooks-read 4.57 Institut Paul Bocuse Gastronomique: The Definitive Step-By-Step Guide to Culinary Excellence
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name: Alex
average rating: 4.57
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rating: 4
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I Feel Sad 1054176 Brian Moses 0750214066 Alex 4 ebooks-read, kids-books 3.89 1994 I Feel Sad
author: Brian Moses
name: Alex
average rating: 3.89
book published: 1994
rating: 4
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<![CDATA[The Complete Nose to Tail: A Kind of British Cooking]]> 16117851 416 Fergus Henderson 1408809168 Alex 3 cookery-books, ebooks-read
The recipes themselves are easy enough to understand, but could be broken down into bullet points or be less flowery written.

Loses a point from me for two reasons; first is due to the unfunny jokes in each heading. Fruit Fool accompanied with "who are you calling a fool?" is groan worthy, but others are just plain odd. Second is due to the photography. I wonder if they were going for a White Heat vibe of showing life in a kitchen and didn't really achieve the same excitement and accuracy of White Heat. Then there's weird pictures of staff posing with offal and more unfunny jokey ones. A few more pictures of the recipes themselves would be welcome as they are not always easy to visualise from the text.

There is however a generous amount of ice cream recipe and sauces and preserves.]]>
4.48 2012 The Complete Nose to Tail: A Kind of British Cooking
author: Fergus Henderson
name: Alex
average rating: 4.48
book published: 2012
rating: 3
read at: 2024/10/12
date added: 2024/10/12
shelves: cookery-books, ebooks-read
review:
This book regularly features in the top cookery books lists. Practical reasons will make many of these recipes difficult for most readers, mainly due to sourcing ingredients like pigs trotters, brawn, woodcock and foraging ingredients.

The recipes themselves are easy enough to understand, but could be broken down into bullet points or be less flowery written.

Loses a point from me for two reasons; first is due to the unfunny jokes in each heading. Fruit Fool accompanied with "who are you calling a fool?" is groan worthy, but others are just plain odd. Second is due to the photography. I wonder if they were going for a White Heat vibe of showing life in a kitchen and didn't really achieve the same excitement and accuracy of White Heat. Then there's weird pictures of staff posing with offal and more unfunny jokey ones. A few more pictures of the recipes themselves would be welcome as they are not always easy to visualise from the text.

There is however a generous amount of ice cream recipe and sauces and preserves.
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<![CDATA[Hugless Douglas Goes to Little School]]> 28357886
Hello, Hugless Douglas! was a World Book Day picture book in 2014.]]>
32 David Melling 1444915614 Alex 3 ebooks-read, kids-books 4.00 2015 Hugless Douglas Goes to Little School
author: David Melling
name: Alex
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2015
rating: 3
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Birds of Maine 58772752
Birds roam freely around the Moon complete with fruitful trees, sophisticated fungal networks, and an enviable socialist order. The universal worm feeds all, there are no weekends, and economics is as fantastical a study as unicorn psychology. No concept of money or wealth plagues the thoughts of these free-minded birds. Instead, there are angsty teens who form bands to show off their best bird song and other youngsters who yearn to become clothing designers even though clothes are only necessary during war. (The truly honourable professions for most birds are historian and/or librarian.) These birds are free to crush on hot pelicans and live their best lives until a crash-landed human from Earth threatens to change everything.

Michael DeForge’s post-apocalyptic reality brings together the author’s quintessential deadpan humour, surrealist imagination, and undeniable socio-political insight. Appearing originally as a webcomic, Birds of Maine follows DeForge’s prolific trajectory of astounding graphic novels that reimagine and question the world as we know it. His latest comic captures the optimistic glow of utopian imagination with a late-capitalism sting of irony.]]>
464 Michael DeForge 1770465669 Alex 3 4.26 2022 Birds of Maine
author: Michael DeForge
name: Alex
average rating: 4.26
book published: 2022
rating: 3
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<![CDATA[Naked Lunch: The Restored Text]]> 7439
WELCOME TO INTERZONE! Say hello to Bradley the Buyer, the best narcotics agent in the business. Check yourself into the hospital where Dr Benway works - but don't expect adrenalin if you need it (the night porter shot it up for kicks). Meet Dr 'Fingers' Schafer, the Lobotomy Kid, and his greatest creation, 'The Complete American De-anxietized Man', a marvel of invasive psychiatry who has been reduced to nothing but a spinal cord. Told by an Ivy League-educated narcotics addict, Naked Lunch juxtaposes two journeys: the narrator's physical progress from America to North Africa, via Mexico, and a terrifying descent into his own altered consciousness. In this "Interzone", loosely based on Burroughs' temporary home Tangier, sex, drugs and murder are the most basic of commodities, and the basest desires have become completely banal.

Provocative, influential, morbidly fascinating and mordantly funny, Naked Lunch takes us on an exhilarating ride through the darkest recesses of the human psyche - a ride which stunned the literary world when first published in the repressed 1950s, and is still guaranteed to epater more than a few bourgeois. Over forty years after first publication, Burroughs scholar Barry Miles and Burroughs' longtime editor James Grauerholz have compiled this definitive restored text, correcting numerous errors that have accumulated over the years, and incorporating all of Burroughs' notes and accompanying essays. Most exciting of all, this edition includes an appendix of newly discovered, never before seen material - including alternate drafts from the original manuscript and letters from Burrough's private correspondence.]]>
310 William S. Burroughs 0007204442 Alex 4 3.34 1959 Naked Lunch: The Restored Text
author: William S. Burroughs
name: Alex
average rating: 3.34
book published: 1959
rating: 4
read at: 2005/01/01
date added: 2024/10/06
shelves: used-to-own, contemporary-fiction, classics
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A Man at War 63279510 Hangover Square has there ever been a singular protagonist as compelling. As sickly. As sick.

From the creator of Dead Funny: Horror Stories by Comedians comes a stunning novel that re-invents the tale of the empty man.]]>
258 Johnny Mains Alex 0 to-read 4.67 A Man at War
author: Johnny Mains
name: Alex
average rating: 4.67
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<![CDATA[French Cooking in Ten Minutes: Adapting to the Rhythm of Modern Life]]> 329417 176 Edouard de Pomiane 086547480X Alex 4 cookery-books, ebooks-read 4.18 1930 French Cooking in Ten Minutes: Adapting to the Rhythm of Modern Life
author: Edouard de Pomiane
name: Alex
average rating: 4.18
book published: 1930
rating: 4
read at: 2024/10/06
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Memoirs Of A Fruitcake 8855086
Continuing the story of the hugely successful television and radio broadcaster, this sequel documents the remaining journey of self-discovery undertaken by Chris Evans. Picking up after the host’s purchase of the immensely popular Virgin Radio, the account depicts how Evans had become a media mogul in his own right, until his life took a darker turn. The end of his career at his own station is covered, followed by the ensuing bitter court case and his bout with alcoholism. Highlighting his discovery of singer Billie Piper and his second chance at fame, this biography captures Chris Evans as he rose phoenix-like from the ashes again, regaining his popularity and professional reputation. Told with wit, verve, and startling honesty, this is the final part of one man’s quest in which he learns what holds the most importance in life.
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352 Chris Evans 0007345682 Alex 4 3.86 2010 Memoirs Of A Fruitcake
author: Chris Evans
name: Alex
average rating: 3.86
book published: 2010
rating: 4
read at: 2024/10/05
date added: 2024/10/05
shelves: biography, ebooks-read, film-tv-books-read
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<![CDATA[Hello, My Name Is Ice Cream: The Art and Science of the Scoop: A Cookbook]]> 31019608
Hello, My Name is Ice Cream is a combination of three books every ice cream lover needs to make delicious 1) an approchable, quick-start manual to making your own ice cream, 2) a guide to help you think about how flavors work together, and 3) a dive into the science of ice cream with explanations of how it forms, how air and sugars affect texture and flavor, and how you can manipulate all of these factors to create the ice cream of your dreams.

The recipes begin with the basics—super chocolately chocolate and Tahitian vanilla—then evolve into more adventurous infusions, custards, sherbets, and frozen yogurt styles. And then there are the mix-ins, simple treats elevated by Cree's pastry chef mind, including chocolate chips designed to melt on contact once you bite them and brownie bits that crunch.]]>
240 Dana Cree 0451495373 Alex 0 to-read 4.42 Hello, My Name Is Ice Cream: The Art and Science of the Scoop: A Cookbook
author: Dana Cree
name: Alex
average rating: 4.42
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<![CDATA[Humphry Slocombe Ice Cream Book]]> 13343145 144 Jake Godby 1452104689 Alex 0 to-read 4.00 2012 Humphry Slocombe Ice Cream Book
author: Jake Godby
name: Alex
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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<![CDATA[The Perfect Scoop: Ice Creams, Sorbets, Granitas, and Sweet Accompaniments]]> 261821
With an emphasis on intense and sophisticated flavors and a bountiful helping of the author’s expert techniques, this collection of frozen treats ranges from classic (Chocolate Sorbet) to comforting (Tin Roof Ice Cream), contemporary (Mojito Granita) to cutting edge (Pear-Pecorino Ice Cream), and features an arsenal of sauces, toppings, mix-ins, and accompaniments (such as Lemon Caramel Sauce, Peanut Brittle, and Profiteroles) capable of turning simple ice cream into perfect scoops of pure delight.]]>
256 David Lebovitz 1580088082 Alex 0 to-read 4.17 2007 The Perfect Scoop: Ice Creams, Sorbets, Granitas, and Sweet Accompaniments
author: David Lebovitz
name: Alex
average rating: 4.17
book published: 2007
rating: 0
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<![CDATA[The Wanderlust Creamery Presents: The World of Ice Cream]]> 195660472
With a family background in ice-cream making and a degree in food science, the flavor chemist behind LA-based Wanderlust Creamery, Adrienne Borlongan, turned her interest in recipe development and travel into a successful ice cream business. She and her husband, JP Lopez, started Wanderlust in 2017, and they now have seven stores that feature a rotating selection of around 400 different seasonal/regional flavors throughout the year. From reinvented classics with Asian flair like macadamia kona latte to bestselling Wanderlust flavors like oolong pineapple cake to “rice creams� like sticky rice mango and more, fans just can’t seem to get enough of their unique concoctions.

And with The Wanderlust Creamery The World of Ice Cream , ice cream enthusiasts will be able to learn the basics of ice-cream making and the science behind creating balanced flavor profiles. Featuring 80 deeply researched and developed ice cream flavors, this ultimate ice cream guide is full of recipes that celebrate the flavors, ingredients, and cultures from around the world. Making mouthwatering, one-of-a-kind global flavors from the comfort of your own home—no matter your skill level—has never been easier.

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304 Adrienne Borlongan 1419769936 Alex 0 to-read 3.53 The Wanderlust Creamery Presents: The World of Ice Cream
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name: Alex
average rating: 3.53
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<![CDATA[Sweet Cream and Sugar Cones: 90 Recipes for Making Your Own Ice Cream and Frozen Treats from Bi-Rite Creamery[A Cookbook]]]> 12666439
San Francisco’s Bi-Rite Creamery is as well known for its small-batch, handcrafted, show-stoppingly inventive ice cream as it is for the long line that snakes around the block. Guests young and old flock to the destination ice cream shop, craving a toasty banana split, a jewel-toned ice pop, a scoop of cooling sorbet, a mouthwatering ice cream sandwich, or one of the best ice cream cakes around.

Lucky for ice cream lovers, Bi-Rite Creamery’s secret is in plain their irresistible goods are all made using top quality, farm-fresh, seasonal ingredients—locally sourced, whenever possible—and now you can bring their legendary creations into your home. This essential guide to making your own delicious ice cream and treats covers all the classic flavors and delectable variations, plus creative combinations like Orange-Cardamom , Chai-Spiced Milk Chocolate , Balsamic Strawberry , Malted Vanilla with Peanut Brittle and Milk Chocolate , and Honey Lavender .

Driven by the Creamery’s most popular flavors, each chapter in Sweet Cream and Sugar Cones serves as a meditation on a particular ingredient. Featuring recipes for Bi-Rite’s famed cakes, frostings, pie crusts, and cookies, you can easily mix and match to create an infinite array of delicious custom frozen treats. Filled with step-by-step techniques and insider’s secrets, this lavishly illustrated cookbook will turn your kitchen into a personal Bi-Rite Creamery ( without the long line).]]>
224 Kris Hoogerhyde 1607741849 Alex 0 to-read 4.36 2012 Sweet Cream and Sugar Cones: 90 Recipes for Making Your Own Ice Cream and Frozen Treats from Bi-Rite Creamery[A Cookbook]
author: Kris Hoogerhyde
name: Alex
average rating: 4.36
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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<![CDATA[DIY Projects for the Self-Sufficient Homeowner: 25 Ways to Build a Self-Reliant Lifestyle]]> 18882147 407 Betsy Matheson Symanietz 1610597524 Alex 4 ebooks-read 3.78 2011 DIY Projects for the Self-Sufficient Homeowner: 25 Ways to Build a Self-Reliant Lifestyle
author: Betsy Matheson Symanietz
name: Alex
average rating: 3.78
book published: 2011
rating: 4
read at: 2016/06/03
date added: 2024/09/29
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<![CDATA[The Bulletproof Coffin: Disinterred #6 (of 6)]]> 128095442 31 David Hine Alex 3 3.00 The Bulletproof Coffin: Disinterred #6 (of 6)
author: David Hine
name: Alex
average rating: 3.00
book published:
rating: 3
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shelves: comics-graphic-novels-read, ebooks-read
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Shomei Tomatsu (Phaidon 55s) 755989 128 Ian Jeffrey 071484019X Alex 4 art-books, phaidon 3.93 2001 Shomei Tomatsu (Phaidon 55s)
author: Ian Jeffrey
name: Alex
average rating: 3.93
book published: 2001
rating: 4
read at: 2003/02/01
date added: 2024/09/24
shelves: art-books, phaidon
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The Photo Book 197201
An accessible, informative and easy-to-use guide, The Photography Book brings together an overview of this incredibly rich and diverse medium. A simple system of cross-referencing offers easy access to photographers working with a similar approach or using different means to capture the same subject. Glossaries of technical terms and movements and a directory of museums and galleries where photography is permanently exhibited are also included to provide a fully comprehensive volume.]]>
512 Phaidon Press 0714836346 Alex 4 art-books, phaidon 3.93 1997 The Photo Book
author: Phaidon Press
name: Alex
average rating: 3.93
book published: 1997
rating: 4
read at: 2003/01/01
date added: 2024/09/24
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<![CDATA[Robots, Spaceships & Other Tin Toys]]> 87293 This book will be of special interest to anyone fascinated by early space travel and technology, those who simply want to wax nostalgic about a bygone era of their youth, and of course to collectors and fans of 50s and 60s tin toys. The roots of today's toys can be seen in these precursors, notably in the early transformer robots. Taken from collector Teruhisa Kitahara's vast collection, which is on display in many museums in Japan, the tin toys featured here are quite rare and give a wonderful overview of this era in the history of toys. A must for any toy lover!

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352 Yukio Shimizu 3822850624 Alex 3 4.08 2006 Robots, Spaceships & Other Tin Toys
author: Yukio Shimizu
name: Alex
average rating: 4.08
book published: 2006
rating: 3
read at: 2010/01/01
date added: 2024/09/24
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<![CDATA[Paperwork: The Potential of Paper in Graphic Design]]> 2011420 paperwork is the only book on paper to address all the special needs and interests of the print and design industries. It features sections on paper qualities, print effects, embossing, die-cutting, binding, pop-up effects, sculptures and paper products; and a comprehensive glossary of terms and techniques with practical advice on types of paper suitable for various print and finishing processes.
Selecting graphic design work from around the world which is outstanding for its originality and attention to detail, the author surveys innovative uses of paper in corporate brochure, packaging, poster and invitation design, and more. The result is a revealing and inspirational reminder of the 'craft' aspects and potential of graphic design, whether using traditional skills or the latest technology.]]>
160 Nancy Williams 0714828025 Alex 3 3.00 1993 Paperwork: The Potential of Paper in Graphic Design
author: Nancy Williams
name: Alex
average rating: 3.00
book published: 1993
rating: 3
read at: 2016/06/11
date added: 2024/09/24
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Cheap Hotels 587038 192 Daisann McLane 3822814407 Alex 3 3.96 2002 Cheap Hotels
author: Daisann McLane
name: Alex
average rating: 3.96
book published: 2002
rating: 3
read at: 2005/09/01
date added: 2024/09/24
shelves: used-to-own, art-books, taschen, travel
review:
This book is basically a series of photographs of cheap hotels the author has stayed in. There is a little bit of text about the prices paid and location etc, but not much more. The paper and printing is of a very high quality, the kind you would expect from Taschen. It is a quirky and original book, but it is nothing more than a coffee table book.
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<![CDATA[The Little Big Book of Breasts]]> 27989123
Starting with the World War II bosom-mania that spawned Russ Meyer, Howard Hughes's The Outlaw, and Frederick's of Hollywood, Dian guides you over, around, and in between the dangerous curves of infamous models including Michelle Angelo, Candy Barr, Virginia Bell, Joan Brinkman, Lorraine Burnett, Lisa De Leeuw, Uschi Digard, Candye Kane, Jennie Lee, Sylvia McFarland, Margaret Middleton, Paula Page, June Palmer, Roberta Pedon, Rosina Revelle, Candy Samples, Tempest Storm, Linda West, June Wilkinson, Julie Wills, and dozens more, including Guinness World Record holder Norma Stitz, possessor of the World's Largest Natural Breasts.

This new portable edition contains all the same beautiful and provocative photos, plus the nine original interviews, including rare conversations with Tempest Storm and Uschi Digard, and the last interview with Candy Barr before her untimely death in 2005. In a world where silicone is now the norm, these spectacular real women stand as testament that nature knows best, while this new affordable edition shows TASCHEN knows what you want.]]>
488 Dian Hanson 3836555719 Alex 4 4.11 2012 The Little Big Book of Breasts
author: Dian Hanson
name: Alex
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2012
rating: 4
read at: 2023/08/01
date added: 2024/09/24
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Dian Hanson's Butt Book 40210298 500 Taschen 3836566877 Alex 3 3.80 2010 Dian Hanson's Butt Book
author: Taschen
name: Alex
average rating: 3.80
book published: 2010
rating: 3
read at: 2023/08/01
date added: 2024/09/24
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The Little Big Book of Pussy 54999879 From the time The Big Penis Book was published, readers anticipated The Big Book of Pussy. Granted, perhaps not the same readers, but the seed had been planted and the calls and letters began flowing in. Once they had that long-awaited book, some found themselves overwhelmed by the variety and abundance, as well as the sheer size of the book. As one reviewer wrote, "let’s give credit to Amazon for…the strength of its packaging. Who wants a 2-ton pussy book being ’exposed� for the mailman�?"

For those who worry that there can be too much of a good thing, we’ve made a pared down, "best of" edition of The Big Book of Pussy, a petite little kitten of a book that puts those in-your-face photos in proper perspective. Now you can follow the evolution of genital exposure with ease, through 100 years of photos with one thing in common: the exhibitionistic pleasure with which the models present their feminine pulchritude. And with over 150 photos - 36 new to this book - of the pet we love to pet, no bothersome text to interrupt the flow, all in a package that won’t stress the mailman’s back, we just may have produced the perfect self-gifter of the year.]]>
192 Dian Hanson 383657893X Alex 3 2.84 2011 The Little Big Book of Pussy
author: Dian Hanson
name: Alex
average rating: 2.84
book published: 2011
rating: 3
read at: 2023/08/01
date added: 2024/09/24
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Starck 7249054
Philippe Starck wants to bring love and happiness into your life by designing objects, environments, and appliances that will brighten your days. He spent his childhood under his father's drawing boards, sawing, cutting, gluing, and sanding, dismantling bikes, motorcycles and other objects. Several years and several prototypes later, he has changed life at the French presidential palace, the Italians have asked him to renew the notion of furniture, and he has turned the Royalton and Paramount in New York into the first classics of the new hotel world.

Starck's overwhelming international success and cult-star status are proof that people everywhere are receptive to his kindhearted philosophy and distinctive aesthetic sensibility. The democratic design projects that he has undertaken with Target (USA) and j/ii (Japan), as well as the TASCHEN bookshops in Paris and Los Angeles and the Bon restaurant chain, are among the projects included in this volume that traces the entire career of today's foremost design superhero.
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350 Simone Philippi 3836521083 Alex 4 3.96 Starck
author: Simone Philippi
name: Alex
average rating: 3.96
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rating: 4
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Z for Zachariah 69477 This is an alternate cover edition for ISBN 0435122118

Is anyone out there?

Ann Burden is sixteen years old and completely alone. The world as she once knew it is gone, ravaged by a nuclear war that has taken everyone from her. For the past year, she has lived in a remote valley with no evidence of any other survivors.

But the smoke from a distant campfire shatters Ann's solitude. Someone else is still alive and making his way toward the valley. Who is this man? What does he want? Can he be trusted? Both excited and terrified, Ann soon realizes there may be worse things than being the last person on Earth.]]>
249 Robert C. O'Brien Alex 3 3.69 1974 Z for Zachariah
author: Robert C. O'Brien
name: Alex
average rating: 3.69
book published: 1974
rating: 3
read at: 1998/01/01
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<![CDATA[Dead Babies (Vintage International)]]> 13356803
“Amis is a born comic novelist in the tradition that ranges from Dickens to Waugh.... [His] mercurial style…can rise to Joycean brilliance”� Newsweek

"Amis's version of the bleak and wrecky future that awaits a sex-and-drug-addicted society is...fizzing with style, [and] busy with verbal inventiveness."—Julian Barnes,best-selling author of The Sense of an Ending

The residents of Appleseed Rectory have primed themselves both for a visit from a triad of Americans and a weekend of copious drug taking and sexual gymnastics. There's even a heifer to be slugged and a pair of doddering tenants to be ingeniously harassed. But none of these variously bright and dull young things has counted on the intrusion of "dead babies"—dreary spasms of reality. Or on the uninvited presence of a mysterious prankster named Johnny, whose sinister idea of fun makes theirs look like a game of backgammon.]]>
219 Martin Amis 030777774X Alex 2 3.04 1975 Dead Babies (Vintage International)
author: Martin Amis
name: Alex
average rating: 3.04
book published: 1975
rating: 2
read at: 2013/03/14
date added: 2024/09/24
shelves: contemporary-fiction, ebooks-read
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<![CDATA[Collins Life-Size Birds: The Only Guide to Show British Birds at their Actual Size]]> 31307552 448 Paul Sterry 0008218730 Alex 4 4.50 Collins Life-Size Birds: The Only Guide to Show British Birds at their Actual Size
author: Paul Sterry
name: Alex
average rating: 4.50
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2022/06/26
date added: 2024/09/24
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Starck 469097 192 Ed Mae Cooper 3822838586 Alex 5 art-books, taschen 3.46 2004 Starck
author: Ed Mae Cooper
name: Alex
average rating: 3.46
book published: 2004
rating: 5
read at: 2021/04/01
date added: 2024/09/24
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<![CDATA[The Silver Spoon Quick and Easy Italian Recipes]]> 25744579 � Simple, fast recipes from the bestselling Italian cookbook of all time
� Over 100 recipes from the world's most popular cuisine
� Every recipe can be cooked in 30 minutes or less and is suitable for cooks of all levels
� Each recipe has been thoroughly tested and is accompanied by a beautiful photograph
� This is the cookbook to make the daily family meal easy and delicious with dishes that can be cooked in half an hour or less]]>
240 The Silver Spoon Kitchen 0714870587 Alex 4 4.16 2015 The Silver Spoon Quick and Easy Italian Recipes
author: The Silver Spoon Kitchen
name: Alex
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2015
rating: 4
read at: 2024/07/20
date added: 2024/09/24
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<![CDATA[Taschen The Complete Collector's Editions 1991-2015]]> 63896797 Taschen 9000062691 Alex 4 4.00 Taschen The Complete Collector's Editions 1991-2015
author: Taschen
name: Alex
average rating: 4.00
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The Silver Spoon 136599 The Silver Spoon was conceived and published by Domus, the design and architectural magazine famously directed by Giò Ponti from the 1920's to the 1970's.

A group of cooking experts was commissioned to collect hundreds of traditional recipes from the different Italian regions and make them available for the first time to a wider audience. In the process, they updated ingredients, quantities and methods to suit contemporary tastes and customs, at the same time preserving the memory of ancient recipes for future generations. They also included modern recipes from some of the most famous Italian chefs, resulting in a style of cooking that appeals to the gourmet as well as the occasional cook

A comprehensive and lively book, its simple and user-friendly format makes it both accessible and a pleasure to read. It provides an introduction to every course, and an explanation of the main type of ingredients. Never translated before, The Silver Spoon has now been adapted to an international market, with every recipe checked for suitability, measurements converted and methods rewritten to accommodate cultural differences, yet maintaining the authenticity of real Italian cooking.

The new layout emphasizes its contemporary appeal and the colour coding of each section simplifies the process of cross-referencing ingredients and methods. A section with original menus from the 15 most famous Italian chefs of the last 50 years has been expanded to include original menus from Italian celebrity chefs working outside Italy.

This is a substantial and prestigious cookbook that will share the bookshelves with other titles such as The Joy of Cooking and Larousse Gastronomique, another classic of national cuisine. With over 2,000 recipes illustrated with specially commissioned artwork and photography, the book is destined to become a classic in the Italian cooking booklist for the international market.

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1264 Clelia D'Onofrio 0714845310 Alex 5 4.08 1950 The Silver Spoon
author: Clelia D'Onofrio
name: Alex
average rating: 4.08
book published: 1950
rating: 5
read at: 2024/07/21
date added: 2024/09/24
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Eeeee Eee Eeee 10656830 --Miranda July, author of No One Belongs Here More Than You"Tao Lin is the most distinctive young writer I've come upon in a long the most intrepid, the funniest, the strangest. He is completely unlike anyone else."--Brian Morton, author of Starting Out in the Evening"Eeeee Eee Eeee is an un-self-conscious yet commanding tour de force."--Powells.com"Stimulating and exciting...It doesn't often happen that a debuting writer displays not only irrepressible talent but also the ability to undermine the conventions of fiction and set off in new directions. Tao Lin, who is 24, does it."--San Francisco Bay Guardian"Later one day looking back at this review I'll know I wrote it after reading the novel twice straight through because it's hard to not want to write like Tao Lin but it's even harder to actually do it. I know people who don't read very often who should read this book because like Denis Johnson it's funny and addictive and talks straight into your ear instead of from somewhere far gone. I know people who read constantly who should read this because Tao Lin's sentences are so good they sometimes make me shudder. While doing so, or immediately after, or occasionally a long time after, they make me laugh. It's very hard to make someone shudder and then laugh. Tao Lin persists."--Blake Butler, Bookslut"Tao Lin's fiction will kick your ass and say thank you afterwards!"--Amy Fusselman, author of The Pharmacist's Mate]]> 214 Tao Lin 161219026X Alex 3 3.27 2007 Eeeee Eee Eeee
author: Tao Lin
name: Alex
average rating: 3.27
book published: 2007
rating: 3
read at: 2018/01/17
date added: 2024/09/23
shelves: contemporary-fiction, ebooks-read
review:
Very weird takes a bit of Easton-Ellis and makes it a bit surreal and existential. Unfortunately like most of Easton-Ellis' books it lacks the emotional impetus to make it truly engaging and the characters likeable.
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<![CDATA[Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus: The Classic Guide to Understanding the Opposite Sex]]> 23273120 New York Times bestseller Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus is now available for the first time ever as an ebook. In this classic guide to understanding the opposite sex, Dr. John Gray provides a practical and proven way for men and women to improve their communication by acknowledging the differences between their needs, desires, and behaviors. No other relationship guide on the market will give you the same level of evidence-based insight sure to help you strengthen and nurture your relationships for years to come.]]> 320 John Gray 0061793361 Alex 3 3.99 1992 Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus: The Classic Guide to Understanding the Opposite Sex
author: John Gray
name: Alex
average rating: 3.99
book published: 1992
rating: 3
read at: 2016/01/06
date added: 2024/09/22
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<![CDATA[Crosstown Traffic: Jimi Hendrix and Post-War Pop]]> 19021179 488 Charles Shaar Murray 0857868012 Alex 0 to-read 4.28 1989 Crosstown Traffic: Jimi Hendrix and Post-War Pop
author: Charles Shaar Murray
name: Alex
average rating: 4.28
book published: 1989
rating: 0
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<![CDATA[Spanish Highs: Sex, Drugs and Excess in Ibiza]]> 2996281 188 Wayne. Anthony 0753503026 Alex 0 to-read 3.69 1999 Spanish Highs: Sex, Drugs and Excess in Ibiza
author: Wayne. Anthony
name: Alex
average rating: 3.69
book published: 1999
rating: 0
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date added: 2024/09/19
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<![CDATA[Mr Pikes: The Story Behind The Ibiza Legend]]> 36415232 395 Tony Pike 191647845X Alex 0 to-read 4.03 Mr Pikes: The Story Behind The Ibiza Legend
author: Tony Pike
name: Alex
average rating: 4.03
book published:
rating: 0
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date added: 2024/09/19
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