As a highly experienced dinner lady, Jeanette has long been at the heart of Jamie Oliver’s revolution to change the bad eating habits of our children both in and outside school. As part of her campaign to improve children’s diets, she has written a unique family cookbook full of tasty, healthy, inexpensive and appealing recipes that are easy to make and can be enjoyed whatever age you are! She believes in simple, traditional dishes with a modern twist, made with the freshest local and – where possible – organic ingredients. All the recipes are big hits from Jeanette’s kitchen and are accompanied by personal anecdotes and comments from the children at St Peter’s, the school in which she worked for years as a dinner lady. They include Pasta with Peas and Bacon, Meatballs in Tomato Sauce, Real Chicken Nuggets, Cowboy Stew, Toffee Cream Tart, Apple Cobbler and Muffins.

This beautifully illustrated book also tells the inspirational story of how Jeanette became Britain’s most vocal campaigner for good food for our kids. It includes her advice (after years of experience)on cooking for children at home, ideas for getting (even the fussiest!) children interested in and excited by food. Also practical tips for busy parents to make life in the kitchen easier with notes on nutrition and advice for making meal times an enjoyable occasion. Plus a list of resources and suppliers.

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‘A definitive guide for a generation navigating the murky waters of modern love’ Esther Perel

A funny and practical guide to help you find, build, and keep the relationship of your dreams.

Have you ever looked around and wondered, “Why has everyone found love except me?” You’re not the only one. Great relationships don’t just appear in our lives – they’re the culmination of a series of decisions, including who to date, how to end it with the wrong person, and when to commit to the right one. But our brains often get in the way. We make poor decisions, which thwart us on our quest to find lasting love.

Drawing from years of research, behavioral scientist turned dating coach Logan Ury reveals the hidden forces that cause those mistakes. But awareness on its own doesn’t lead to results. You have to actually change your behavior. Ury shows you how.

This book focuses on a different decision in each chapter, incorporating insights from behavioral science, original research, and real-life stories. You’ll learn:

– What’s holding you back in dating (and how to break the pattern)
– What really matters in a long-term partner (and what really doesn’t)
– How to overcome the perils of online dating (and make the apps work for you)
– How to meet more people in real life (while doing activities you love)
– How to make dates fun again (so they stop feeling like job interviews)
– Why “the spark” is a myth (but you’ll find love anyway)

This data-driven, step-by-step guide to relationships, complete with hands-on exercises, is designed to transform your life. How to Not Die Alone will help you find, build, and keep the relationship of your dreams.

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Reduce your weight, your cholesterol, and your blood pressure

Get the facts about carbs and get serious about improving your health

Curious about going low-carb? This plain-English guide explains the latest research behind reduced-carbohydrate diets, dispelling the myths and revealing how to navigate your way through the good and bad carbs to create a diet plan that works! You get delicious recipes and lots of tips to make your low-carb diet a success.

Discover ho to:

• Stock a low-carb kitchen
• Prepare 75 tasty low-carb recipes
• Eat right while dining out
• Create both meat and vegetarian dishes
• Incorporate exercise into your day
• Maintain a low-carb lifestyle

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Blackx27s Medical Dictionary has been the best-selling medical dictionary for over 100 years. It is invaluable as a home reference and for all who need clear explanation of medical terms: nurses, health care professionals, students, health service management, actuaries, lawyers and journalists. It contains over 5000 definitions and descriptions of medical terms and concepts with over 1000 diagrams, drawings and colour illustrations. It also provides helpful appendices on common medical tests and procedures, travel and health, measurements in medicine, health economics, complementary and alternative medicine, and an address list of supporting professional organisations.
This new edition contains new material on: – HPV vaccine: the vaccine now given to all young girls to protect against cervical cancer
– Monoclonal Antibodies: the `designerx27 drugs of the future
– The new guidelines for fibroid treatment
– Endoscopy and laparoscopy – the more and more widely used types of keyhole surgery
– Coronary angioplasty: the emergency treatment of heart attacks
– The latest on MRSA and stem cell research

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LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2021

‘A WORD-OF-MOUTH HIT’ Evening Standard

‘A very fine book… It’s witty and sharp and reads like something by Barbara Pym or Anita Brookner, without ever feeling like a pastiche’
David Nicholls

‘Perfect’
India Knight

‘Beautiful’
Jessie Burton

‘Wonderful’
Richard Osman

‘Miraculous’
Tracy Chevalier

‘A wonderful novel. I loved it’
Nina Stibbe

‘Effortless to read, but every sentence lingers in the mind’
Lissa Evans

‘This is one of the most beautiful books I have ever read. I honestly don’t want you to be without it’
Lucy Mangan

‘Gorgeous… If you’re looking for something escapist and bittersweet, I could not recommend more’
Pandora Sykes

‘Remarkable… Small Pleasures is no small pleasure’
The Times

‘An irresistible novel – wry, perceptive and quietly devastating’
Mail on Sunday

‘Chambers’ eye for undemonstrative details achieves a Larkin-esque lucidity’
Guardian

‘An almost flawlessly written tale of genuine, grown-up romantic anguish’
The Sunday Times

1957, the suburbs of South East London. Jean Swinney is a journalist on a local paper, trapped in a life of duty and disappointment from which there is no likelihood of escape.

When a young woman, Gretchen Tilbury, contacts the paper to claim that her daughter is the result of a virgin birth, it is down to Jean to discover whether she is a miracle or a fraud.

As the investigation turns her quiet life inside out, Jean is suddenly given an unexpected chance at friendship, love and – possibly – happiness.

But there will, inevitably, be a price to pay.

Book of the Year for: The Times, Daily Telegraph, Evening Standard, Daily Express, Metro, Spectator, Red Magazine and Good Housekeeping

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Digitalis purpurea. The common foxglove. Vision blurs as blood pressure drops precipitously. The heartbeat slows until, finally, it stops.

Atropa belladonna. Deadly nightshade. Eyes darken as strange shapes flutter across your vision. The heart begins to race and soon the entire body is overcome with convulsions.

Papaver somniferum. The opium poppy. Pupils constrict to a pinprick as the senses dull. Gradually, breathing shudders to a halt.

Scratch the surface of a coffee bean, a chilli flake or an apple seed and find a bevy of strange chemicals – biological weapons in a war raging unseen. Here, beetles, birds, bats and butterflies must navigate a minefield of specialised chemicals and biotoxins, each designed to maim and kill.

And yet these chemicals, evolved to repel marauding insects and animals, have now become an integral part of our everyday lives. Some we use to greet our days (caffeine) and titillate our tongues (capsaicin), others to bend our minds (psilocybin) and take away our pains (opioids).

Inspired by his father’s love of the natural world and his eventual spiral into the depths of addiction, evolutionary biologist Noah Whiteman explores how we came to use – and abuse – these chemicals. Delving into the mysterious origins of plant and fungal toxins, and their unique human history, Most Delicious Poison provides a kaleidoscopic tour of nature’s most delectable and dangerous poisons.

*****

‘Deeply researched and fascinating.’ —JENNIFER DOUDNA, WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN CHEMISTRY

‘Magisterial, fascinating and gripping.’ —NEIL SHUBIN, AUTHOR OF YOUR INNER FISH

‘Exuberant, poignant and mind-blowing.’ —DANIEL E. LIEBERMAN, AUTHOR OF EXERCISED

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Everything new and experienced parents need to know about their baby’s first 12 months to give them the best start in life

Each year, more than 4 million babies are born in the United States-and the first year of a baby’s life is a joyous, challenging, and sometimes overwhelming time. Your Baby’s First Year For Dummies serves as a complete guide for baby’s first twelve months, from what to do when arriving home from the hospital to handling feeding, bathing, and sleeping routines to providing the right stimuli for optimal progress.

This comprehensive yet no-nonsense guide can help new or even seasoned moms and dads looking for tips and advice to help with every aspect of their baby’s development. During Baby’s first year, at times things will go well: Baby’s sleeping and eating well, she’s hitting milestones on time, and you’re balancing childcare with work or with housekeeping. Then again, there are times when things aren’t great. This jargon-free book takes a realistic look at what Baby’s first year might be like, month by month. You’ll find it helpful if you’re pregnant and wondering what Baby’s first year will be like; you have given birth and want to know what the months ahead hold; you have given birth and need advice from a book that doesn’t talk down to you or make you feel as though there’s something wrong with you (because there’s not) if you’re having a hard time making the adjustment to parenthood.

Packed with tips on every aspect of baby’s physical, emotional, and social development, Your Baby’s First Year For Dummies gives you advice on topics like the following:

• Bonding with Baby
• Breastfeeding vs. bottle-feeding
• Baby’s first checkup
• Baby’s checkups at two months, four months, six months, nine months, and twelve months
• Sleeping habits
• Teething
• Baby toy safety and preventing injuries
• Food preparation and food allergies
• Traveling with your baby
• Signs of common illnesses
• Planning Baby’s 1-year party
• And much more

Additionally, Your Baby’s First Year For Dummies provides tips for surviving the first few weeks, Daddy survival tips, and advice on when to call your pediatrician (and when not to). If Baby has arrived or you expect her soon, get your copy to make every moment count.

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⚡️ Have you, or someone you know, recently been diagnosed with diverticulitis?

⚡️ Would you like to learn new healthy and easy-to-follow eating habits specific for people who suffer from diverticulitis, to ease the symptoms and avoid surgery?

If the answer is “YES”, keep reading because this book is what you were looking for.

Diverticulitis is a very debilitating condition for many people, and taking care of your health becomes mandatory after discovering it.

The internet is filled with a massive amount of information on how to eat well after being diagnosed with diverticulitis, so it’s easy to get confused and overwhelmed, and it’s also easier to follow bad eating habits and actually worsen your condition.

This is why I’ve decided to write this book, which is much more than just a cookbook: it will be your companion and your reference point for a stress-free, healthy life after diverticulitis.

By reading this book, you’ll discover:

• An In-Depth Overview On Diverticulitis, so you can understand what it is, what are its symptoms and possible causes, what are the various stages of the disease, and how you can ease the discomfort that comes with it

• Remedies For Diverticulitis Flare-Ups, so you can have different alternatives to manage your attacks and reduce the pain, bloating, nausea, and all the problems that come with it

• 300 Delicious, Safe-To-Eat Mediterranean Diet Recipes, which were specifically selected to be safe to consume during every stage of the disease. All the recipes come with detailed instructions on how to prepare them in less than 30 minutes, even if you are a beginner and don’t have much experience in the kitchen

• 100 Bonus Recipes For The Whole Family, so you will be able to enjoy delicious, homemade, healthy meals with your loved ones while being completely sure to prevent any worsening of your disease

• 90-Days Meal Plans For Each Stage Of The Illness, so you will never feel worried about what you’re eating and always consume the right foods in proper amounts, to transition smoothly through every stage of your condition

• A Super Useful Weekly Shopping List, combined with a blueprint that will help you reduce to a minimum the time you spend in the kitchen,so you can avoid those time-consuming shopping sprees and shorten the preparation time of every recipe

• … & Much More!

This cookbook will help you on your way to recovery, and it will show you how to easily change your eating habits so you can avoid any future troubles with this painful problem.

…What are you waiting for?

Scroll to the top of the page, click the “BUY NOW” button, and grab your copy right away!

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