"Which one of you bitches is my mother?"
Four elegant, successful, and sophisticated women in their forties are called to New York's Pierre Hotel to meet Lili -- a beautiful, young, and notoriously temperamental Hollywood movie star. None of the women knows exactly why she is there; each has a reason to hate Lili and each of them is astonished to see the others. They are old friends who share a guilty secret and who have for years been doing their best to keep that secret quiet. Their lives are changed forever, however, when Lili suddenly confronts them. When the women refuse to answer her, Lili proceeds to travel around the world through the playgrounds of the rich and famous, seeking to answer the question that has obsessed and almost destroyed her.
From Paris to London, from the boardroom to the bedroom, "Lace" takes the reader into the rarified world of five unforgettable women who are as beautiful, as complex and as strong as...lace.

A special edition of Savages by Shirley Conran reissued with a bright retro design to celebrate Pan's 70th anniversary. Five pampered wives accompany their high-powered husbands to an exotic island, expecting to stay aboard their luxury yacht whilst a lucrative mining deal is struck inland. But when a coup breaks out and their spouses are captured by terrorists the women are forced ashore, and left to fend for themselves in the jungle ...As misfortune rains down on the castaways they must battle jungle, cannibalistic natives and their own frightening desires in order to survive. But can this group of spoilt women summon the wits, strength and courage to make it alone? Desperate Housewives meets Lord of the Flies in this riveting bestseller by the author of Lace.

Languedoc-Roussillion (not forgetting the Midi-Pyrenees and Aquitaine) are the regions of France most settled by English expatriate colonists. Caroline Conran has spent much time there since the early 1970s and her collection of recipes reflect years of travel, conversation, cooking, eating and drinking. She has shared her knowledge with English readers in a previous book, Under the Sun: Caroline Conran's French Country Cooking, but here she concentrates upon this single region of Languedoc which curls up from the Spanish border along the Mediterranean coast as far as the Rhone valley. This is not polite France, this is 'in your face' France; it's history buried amidst the Crusades and Cathars, its towns and cities - Nimes, Toulouse, Carcassonne, Narbonne, Perpignan, Montpellier, Beziers - making up a fiecely independent region. Its people are passionate about rugby, about hunting and foraging, with a cuisine of their own, more Southern, simpler, more earthy, and less influence by the Michelin style of cooking than the rest of France. There will be information on the particular specialities such as chestnuts, sweet onions, Bouzigues mussels and oysters, salt cod, poufres (baby octopus), charcuterie, salades sauvages (salads of wild plants), the rose-coloured garlic of Lautrec, wild asparagus and local mushrooms. There are descriptions of places where oysters, truffles chestnuts or calcots - a giant spring onion, eaten roasted on a fire of vine-prunings - are the obsession of everyone in the community.

WHICH ONE OF YOU BITCHES IS MY MOTHER? 1980. In Manhattan's most exclusive hotel, four friends come face to face with a young, mega-watt film star. She has a question for them that has brought her from the streets of Paris to the playgrounds of the rich and famous - and it has almost destroyed her. . . Kate, Maxine, Judy and Pagan have soared to the top in fashion, PR and interior design. Now they are forced to look back at their lives: their wicked behaviour at school, the building of careers and the breaking of hearts. These women have never questioned their friendship, but now they must answer to Lili. Lace is the book that every mother kept hidden from her daughter. Originally published in 1982, it is the debut novel from the million-copy bestselling author of Superwoman.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The authors wish to thank all those manufaeturers and designers who answered queries and I:MACHINES AND searehed through thei r areh ives, the supportive and professional APPLIANCES 23 staff at Conran Octopus and Si r Terence Conran for his personal interest and guidance. NOTE TO READER Names of objects and designers pnnted in roman or bald type denote that a photograph of the 2:UTENSllS AND obJeet or a biography of the designer can be found elsewhere in the book. GADGETS 35 3:POTS AND PANS 47 4:KETTlES AND COFFEEPOTS 57 BIOGRAPHIES 72 INDEX 80 6 KITCHENWARE THE SPECIALIZED WORLD OF THE KITCHEN Ever since orchoeologists found 0 frYlng pan amid the ruins of Pompeii, the utensils ond godgets thot people hove used to prepore food hove been on importont meosure of how for society hos progressed. Todoy's kitchen equipment hos 0 lineoge stretching bock In time to Jericho 4000 yeors Be, the eorliest recorded use of cooking utensils. The Romans mode doi Iy use of kettles, pots, sieves, knives ond spoons, ond in mony coses our modern-doy eqU/volents hove not been much updoted. Techniques ond tools from Roman times - for exomple, their bronze ohd metol colanders (colare is the Lotin word for 'to stroin') - hove remoined port of our batterie de cuisi ne throughout the twentieth century.

trace the copyright holders and we apologize in advance for any unintentional omission and would be pleased to insert the I:TABLE LAMPS 23 appropriate acknowledgment In any subsequent edition of this publ,cat Ion. AUTHORS' ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The authors wish to thank all those manufacturers and designers who answered queries and searched through their archives. 2:CEILING LAMPS 35 the supportive and professional staff at Conran Octopus and Sir Terence Conran for his personal interest and guidance. NOTE TO READER Names of objects and designers printed In roman or bold type denote that a photograph of the object or a bography i of the designer can be found elsewhere in 3:DESK LAMPS 47 the book. 4:WALL AND FLOOR LAMPS 59 BIOGRAPHIES 72 INDEX 80 6 LAMPS AND LIGHTING THE IMPORTANCE Of LIGHTING DESIGN Light fascinated artists, architects and engineers long before the invention of modern electric lighting gave them a new, unrivalled technological palette to explore in the twentieth century. Awe-struck appreciation of light's ability to define colour, texture and form, and its capacity to shape emotional response can be found in the great art, and literature, of even the earliest civilizations. From shooting stars, volcanoes and lighting to fireworks, wax candles and gas lamps - the central role of light in visual perception can be traced through the culture of centuries.

'A handsome yet joyful manual for easy, stylish living.' - Architectural Digest Terence Conran always believed that objects - and surroundings - that are plain, simple and useful are the key to easy living. By being practical and performing well over time, they are as much the antidote to superficial styling as they are to the shoddy and second-rate. Applied to the home as a whole, this discerning approach results in interiors that are effortlessly stylish, confident and timeless, with plenty of room for the expression of personal taste. Plain Simple Useful is organized according to the main activities that take place at home. Inspirational interiors, many of which were Conran's own, provide all the guidance you need to tailor-make your own storage. The book also features iconic examples of classic designs that will enhance any home, as well as a peek behind the closed doors of those well-ordered cupboards, larders and other stowing spaces that contribute so much to easy living. This updated edition of the book features a new chapter on plain, simple, useful style outdoors with elegant contemporary ideas for eating and relaxing spaces outside.

Terence Conran has always believed that objects - and surroundings - that are plain, simple and useful are the key to easy living. By being practical and performing well over time, they are as much the antidote to superficial styling as they are to the shoddy and second-rate. Applied to the home as a whole, this discerning approach results in interiors that are effortlessly stylish, confident and timeless, with plenty of room for the expression of personal taste. Plain Simple Useful is organized according to the main activities that take place at home. Inspirational interiors, many of which are Conran's own, and a number of projects designed by him exclusively for this book, provide all the guidance you need to tailor-make your own storage. The book also features iconic examples of classic designs that will enhance any home, as well as a peek behind the closed doors of those well-ordered cupboards, larders and other stowing spaces that contribute so much to easy living.

Robbie is lonely at home with his parents in the Port of Arlen, his father is strict, his school is brutal and he lives in a world of his own, an imaginary place in which he is a detective, finding out secrets. When he gets a pair of binoculars, this world expands to show him a place full of shadows, of mysteries and of menace. He has to face difficult challenges, fight for what he thinks is right and stay loyal to those he loves.

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taken specially for Conran Octopus by S, mon Lee: 5 top. 22-23. 29 below. 30-31. 43 I: CHINA 23 above. 53 left. 58. 71 We would like to thank the following for their cooperation: The Conran Shop Design Museum Rosenthal Sasaki Every effort has been made to trace the copyright holders and we apologize In advance for any 2: METALWARE 37 unintentional omission and would be pleased to Insert the appropriate acknowledgment In any subsequent edition of thIS publication. AUTHORS' ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The authors wish to thank all those manufacturers and designers 3: GLASS 49 who answered queries and searched through their archives. the supportive and professional staff at Conran Octopus and Sir Terence Conran for his personal interest and guidance. NOTE TO READER Names of objects and deSigners printed In roman or bold type denote that a photograph of the 4: CUTLERY AND object or a biography of the designer can be found elsewhere in PLASTICS 61 the book. BIOGRAPHIES 72 INDEX 80 6 TABLEWARE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF TABLEWARE DESIGN The way we eat and entertain, and the objects we put on our tables relate to the most fundamental cultural rituals of our society. Over centuries the rite of dining has evolved into a complex social activity in which rules are obeyed and customs observed. Table manners and table objects say a lot about us - the cultures to which we belong, the economic systems to which we adhere and our sense of our own style and status."

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