Taking a vacation in order to ride out the storm of a broken engagement, Constable Hamish Macbeth visits a bed-and-breakfast at coastal Skay, where he meets an annoying array of characters and finds himself the prime suspect in a murder. Views: 22
Some simple math: One + One + One = One too many! From the day we were born, Mary Ann and I have been best friends. We've always been a two-some. But now, there's a new girl in town, and what used to be just us two has turned into three. If you ask me, things just don't add up! Views: 22
For Donia Bijan's family, food has been the language they use to tell their stories and to communicate their love. In 1978, when the Islamic revolution in Iran threatened their safety, they fled to California's Bay Area, where the familiar flavors of Bijan's mother's cooking formed a bridge to the life they left behind. Now, through the prism of food, award-winning chef Donia Bijan unwinds her own story, finding that at the heart of it all is her mother, whose love and support enabled Bijan to realize her dreams.From the Persian world of her youth to the American life she embraced as a teenager to her years at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris (studying under the infamous Madame Brassart) to apprenticeships in France's three-star kitchens and finally back to San Francisco, where she opened her own celebrated bistro, Bijan evokes a vibrant kaleidoscope of cultures and cuisines. And she shares thirty inspired recipes from her childhood (Saffron Yogurt Rice with Chicken and Eggplant and... Views: 22
Victoria, Jim, Brian, Jillian, Rob, Laura and Caroline are back with more eye-opening revelations, steamy triangles and sexy surprises in the third book in the Friends With… series. Views: 22
Mickey Rourke: Wrestling With Demons is an intimate and revealing portrait of a complex man who happens to be one of the most intriguing actors of our time. Written with passion, insight and expertise by respected entertainment journalist Sandro Monetti, this is the compelling story of how Mickey Rourke wrestled his demons and won.Diner, Rumble Fish, 9½ Weeks, The Pope of Greenwich Village, Angel Heart— Mickey Rourke ignited movie screens throughout the 1980s in a series of scorching performances that brought the most coveted scripts and the hottest directors in Tinseltown to his door. The heir to Brando, the critics called him, the next De Niro. But the quixotic actor turned down the choicest roles. Indulging a taste for hot women and fast motorcycles, he partied all night, showed up late on set, fought with his producers, and made a string of bad decisions that derailed the career of the most promising actor since James Dean. Disillusioned ... Views: 22
When a tennis passionate divorcee meets the tennis-obsessed roommate and best friend of her son, their shared interest quickly develops into an intense mutual attraction, which they try desperately to fight. While under the influence (of something more than just the perfect Miami night) they hatch a plan to be Friends With Partial Benefits complete with rules to define the boundaries. Views: 22
Gallipoli is one of the most famous battles in history. It began as a bold move led by the British to knock Turkey out of the conflict, but this definitive new history explains that from the initial landings – which ended with so much blood in the sea it could be seen from aircraft overhead – to the desperate attacks of early summer and the battle of attrition that followed, it was a lunacy that was never going to succeed. Drawing on unpublished personal accounts by individuals at all levels and from all sides – not only from Britain, Australia and New Zealand, but unusually from Turkey and France too – Peter Hart combines his trademark eye for vivid personal stories with a strong narrative to bring a modern view of this war to a popular audience. Views: 22
