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Dating tips from the Regency period

Advantages: straightforward tips and advice on dating
Disadvantages: might not be everyone's cup of tea

Is it possible for Jane Austen to give dating tips to girls in today's society? This book is based on the characters in Jane Austen's books and the author has taken each character such as Elizabeth Bennett and Elinor Dashwood and their personalities and gives a summary as to how each behaved whilst in love. The book is split into various chapters starting with making it clear that you like a man, and gives examples using hypothetical couples of how ...
...test to find out which Jane Austen character you are and an analysis of that character's personality and suggestions as to the type of men you should look out for, again based on the characters in Jane Austen's books. I do not read self help books on dating but I have read Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus but gave up part way through as I found it too confusing and in my opinion, thought it spouted a lot of mumbo jumbo. The layout of this ...

Yorkiebee 08.07.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Jane Austen's Guide to Dating - Lauren Henderson

A cooking journal

Advantages: Personalise it to you!
Disadvantages: heavy if you're posting!

Cook's Recipe Collection - Henrietta Heald This is a great item to buy as a present or even for yourself. I bought this for a present for Mrs B and she loves it. I wasn't sure at first as to what she'd think of it but I thought it would come in useful as she was always jotting down recipes from the tv or offline or what people told her and then losing them or moaning that they got torn/stained so I thought this would br an ideal place for ...
...recipe book, it is a place for you to store your own recipes that you collect over time. So if you have a family member who makes an amazing shortbread you can write down the recipe in this journal and keep it safe. The contents of this book include: * Introduction * Pantry Essentials * Soups and Sauces * Vegetables and Salads * Pasta, rice and noddles * Meat and fish * Eggs and cheese * Baking and sweet things * Party food * Preserving ...

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Review of Cook's Recipe Collection - Henrietta Heald

Christmas with the Domestic Goddess

Advantages: Offers a wide-range of ideas for use all year round
Disadvantages: Expensive, and if you follow it to a tee, you'll have a very stressed and expensive Christmas

...delicious, whether Lawson is in them or not. At £25, I would not have bought this book, but was pleased to receive it as a gift. Regardless, whether you have a traditional Christmas or a Nigella Christmas, I would like to wish you all best wishes for the festive season. ...

kevindye 16.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Nigella Christmas - Nigella Lawson

Delia is the reincarnated Mrs Beeton

Advantages: Wonderful cookery course that can teach even a seasoned cook a trick or two
Disadvantages: Not enough on special dietary needs

...as it covers almost everything that you would ever need. There are various Delia books on Amazon (I have the Cheat book, which I recommend also) but this Complete Cookery Course is still selling, and the hardback copy is on there at £16.25. Well worth it!! ...

orlando 13.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Complete Illustrated Cookery Course - Delia Smith

Charlie Brooker's War

Advantages: Funny, entertaining, well-written
Disadvantages: Repetitive, occasionally meandering

In Dawn of the Dumb, Charlie Brooker makes it very clear that he is angry. About television, about celebrity culture, about politics, about your children and, frankly, about you. His anger is not remarkable in and of itself; every third blogger on the Internet is attempting to rail against the world for various reasons. Brooker's distinctive streak is that he is genuinely laugh out loud hilarious in the expression of his rage. Dawn of the ...
...rage and scorn at humanity into a single volume so trenchant that it must be kept open at all times. If its covers were to be closed too tightly, it could collapse under the weight of its own compressed wit and suck your bookshelves into a black hole of rude words and pithy observations about contestants on Big Brother and The Apprentice. Covering 2004 - 2007, the book moves in chronological order. That is the only order on display in the book, ...

Olly_Plimsoll 11.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Dawn of the Dumb - Charlie Brooker