James May
1) Oh Cook!
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Oh Cook! is a foolproof manual packed with practical information and delicious recipes for even the most basic of home cooks. If, like James May, the sight of the kitchen strikes fear into your very heart and you can't identify a spatula from a fish slice — this is the book for you. **Accompanying a major Amazon Prime TV Series ** 'The silent millions of reluctant home chefs have been waiting for decades for Oh Cook! the cookbook that, finally,...
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"Solovetsky occupies the island site of a former monastery in the White Sea. Here, hundreds of miles from civilization, and with a skeleton crew of secret-policemen in charge, some prisoners are consigned to all kinds of forced labor and others sit at comfortable desks in administrative or cultural positions. With the brutal winter fast approaching, Tolya Bogomolov, a young mathematician serving a three-year sentence, hopes an acquaintance he's been...
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By its very nature, the art of oratory involves character. Verbal persuasion entails the presentation of a persona by the speaker that affects an audience for good or ill. In this book, James May explores the role and extent of Cicero's use of ethos and demonstrates its persuasive effect. May discusses the importance of ethos, not just in classical rhetorical theory but also in the social, political, and judicial milieu of ancient Rome, and then...
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Pavilion Books
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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Oh Cook! is a foolproof manual packed with practical information and delicious recipes for even the most basic of home cooks. If, like James May, the sight of the kitchen strikes fear into your very heart and you can't identify a spatula from a fish slice - this is the book for you.
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This spellbinding fictional story spins a web of linked mysteries about a beautiful young woman, Marisa, who is found almost lifeless on the bank of the East River in New York City. The Investigating Detective's preliminary conclusion -- she "must have fallen out of the sky."
Chris, grieving the loss of his fiancé Theresa, meets the enigmatic Arielle on the beach and agrees to meet her at a party. However, when he arrives at the party, he finds no...
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Top Gear volume 6
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English
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Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May hit Donington in three stripped out track cars - the KTM X-Bow, the Morgan Three Wheeler and the Caterham R500. Back at the Top Gear airfield, Jeremy recreates the battle of Britain in an insane aero-engined Bentley and a flame spitting retro BMW. Plus Blur bassist and professional cheese maker Alex James is the star in the Reasonably Priced Car.
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Top Gear volume 4
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English
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Can you buy a decent mid-engined Italian supercar for under £10,000? There's a race between a mountain bike and a car through the streets of Lisbon, the Marcos TSO-GT takes to the track, and record-breaking yachtswoman Ellen MacArthur navigates the Top Gear track in the Liana as the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car.
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Top Gear volume 7
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English
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Richard drives a Formula 1 Renault as James and Jeremy visit the National Motor Museum in search of the first car with the control layout we know today. The Vauxhall VXR8 grunts around the test track. There's a review of a BMW that can drive itself, singer James Blunt is the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car, and Formula 1 star Lewis Hamilton is a very special guest in the studio.
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Top Gear volume 1
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English
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Jeremy drives the new Swedish super - the Koenigsegg CCX, RIchard drives the new Nissan Micra convertible and James drives the new Honda Civic. They all make the first convertible people carrier and host a celebrity coffee morning on the Top Gear track with the new Top Gear car, the Chevrolet Lacetti.
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Top Gear volume 6
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English
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James, Richard and Jeremy take a break from blowing up caravans to go on holiday in one instead. Our star in the reasonably priced car is actor Brian Cox. And Richard sets a deeply unimpressive new world record with an F1 car.
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Top Gear volume 3
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English
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The credit crunch is confronted head on as the boys attempt to find three sensibly priced small cars that won't make you miserable, a process that involves haranguing bankers, harnessing large dogs, and almost getting arrested. Plus, James meets American stunt driving legend Ken Block, Jeremy tests the mildly insane Mercedes SL Black on the track, and comedian Michael McIntyre is the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car.
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Top Gear volume 2
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English
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On the test track, Jeremy drives the new supercar from Maserati - the MC12. Jeremy, Richard and James find out if you can buy a stylish two-door coupé for less than £1,500 and subject them to a season of tests. And the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car is comedian Jack Dee.
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Top Gear volume 4
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English
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The Ferrari FF and Bentley Continental V8 are put through their paces at a unique test track on the edge of the Arctic Circle while May is in Florida where he meets up with AC/DC front man Brian Johnson.
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Top Gear volume 4
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English
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It's epic race time again as Jeremy Clarkson attempts to drive the Nissan GT-R across Japan faster than Richard Hammond and James May can make the same journey on the country's legendary 'bullet' train. Jeremy also tests the beautiful new Alfa Romeo 8C on the Top Gear track, and Fiona Bruce and Kate Silverton leave their news desks to become the Stars in a Reasonably Priced Car.
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Top Gear volume 4
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English
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In one of our most spectacular challenges yet, Richard Hammond travels to Cyprus where he pits the new Porshe Cayenne Turbo S against the RAF's freefall parachute display team, The Red Devils. Jeremy Clarkson employs a top interior designer to convert a Mercedes S Class into the ultimate luxury car - with suprising results. The BMW Z4M flexes its muscles when the Stig power tests it on the track and the star in the reasonably priced car is Hollywood...
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Top Gear volume 7
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English
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James and Richard test-drive three people carriers. Jeremy test-drives the new Lamborghini Gallardo. James races the new Peugeot 207 against two free runners in Liverpool. Jeremy, Richard and James race against the Stig - he is driving a Caterham from Surrey to Edinburgh and they are building a Caterham in Edinburgh. BAFTA-winning actor-comedian Steve Coogan (Tropic Thunder, Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story, I'm Alan Partridge) is the star in...
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Top Gear volume 1
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English
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Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May set out to discover what Top Gear might have been like 60 years ago in a race from London to Edinburgh. James grabs himself a gorgeous old Jaguar XK120 whilst Richard chooses the brutal but rather fantastically named Vincent Black Shadow motorbike. Meanwhile, in an almost unprecedented move, Jeremy takes the train.
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Top Gear volume 3
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English
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James May goes back to the 1970s with the Maserati Bora supercar. Germany and Russia give us their interpretations of the classic British sports car with the Weismann MF3 and TVR Tuscan 2. Richard Hammond finds out what happens when you take the roof off an Aston Martin DB9 with the new DB9 Volante. Elsewhere, Jeremy makes a splash when he opens a local swimming pool, and the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car is actor Christopher Eccleston.
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Top Gear volume 6
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English
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Is a car faster than a boat? Top Gear decides to find out, via an epic race from London to Oslo with Jeremy in the Mercedes McLaren SLR and Richard and James on a boat. Elsewhere, the Stig takes the DBR9, Aston Martin's racing car, around the test track, and broadcaster David Dimbleby is the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car.
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Top Gear volume 2
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English
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What's faster - a rock climber or Audi's new RS4? Jeremy finds out. Plus Richard and James's take on the radio-controlled car, a look at new Porsche model the Cayman S and a trip down memory lane in the story of British Racing Green. And footballer Ian Wright is the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car.