Beer is the world`s most popular alcoholic drink
- a joygiving, convivial, nutritious & delicious gift from nature & possibly
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Fans of craft beer will love this unique journal to record the characteristics of their favourite brews. The recent explosion of outstanding beers made by exceptionally talented brewers has been a dream come true for anyone who appreciates a well-balanced beverage. But with thousands of new beers coming out every year, it`s hard to keep track of what you`ve been drinking & what you thought about it
- especially if you`ve drunk quite a few! That`s where this journal containing the following comes in: Specially designed pages to record the key characteristics of over 100 beers A section for home brewers to plan their recipes A craft-paper envelope to store the labels, bottle caps or beer mats of any particularly good ales
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Do you know why Kind William IV appears more frequently on Britain`s pub signs than any other monarch, why the German beer purity laws were introduced, or how a beer can widget works? This book answers these questions & innumerable others about beer & brewing. Much more complex than wine, beer is often a better accompaniement to food, & there are more than two thous&-year history, & explains how different styles emerged through the use of different ingredients & processing methods. The story is brought up to date with an insider`s expose of the modern brewing process, & an account of which additives are employed & why. ...

Topographical survey of Belgium at 1:20, 000 from Nationaal Geografisch Instituut / Institut Géographique National, the country’s national survey organization. Each 20K map covers one quarter of the corresponding 1:50, 000 map (with adjustments in the border & coastal areas). The maps provide all the information expected of topographic mapping at this scale & in addition have an unusually large amount of vegetation and/or land use information (different types of woodlands, gardens, orchards, heath, etc). The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, with margin ticks for latitude & longitude at intervals of 1`. Map legend & a glossary of terms used on the maps include English. Stanfords keeps as regular stock 20K maps for the World War I battlefields around the Ypres, Messines & Passchendaele, & for the area of the Battle of Waterloo. The 1:20, 000 survey covers the whole of Belgium & maps for other regions can be supplied as special orders. To see the list of titles in this series please click on the series link.PLEASE NOTE: the Long-Distance Footpaths Map of Belgium at 1:300, 000 which shows the division of Belgium into the 50K survey sheets can also be used to see in more detail coverage by the 20K maps. ...

Beeston in 1913 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. In this title: the map covers the town of Beeston, south-west of Nottingham. Features include town, St John's church, Anglo-Scotian Mills, lace factories, iron foundry, small portion of railway but not station, schools, Beeston Fields, etc. On the reverse is a selection of trade directory entries from Wright's 1902 directory. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25 ...

Beeston & Beeston Hill in 1905 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. The map covers the Beeston area of south Leeds. The right hand third of the map is very built up with the terraces & back-to-back houses of Beeston Hill, extending south to Cross Flatts Park. Coverage then extends west along Elland Road
- with the original football ground
- & Beeston Road, the latter leading to the village of Beeston itself. Here features include Beeston Hall, St Mary`s church, St Anthony`s Padua chapel, station (on the GNR West Yorkshire Railway), Windmill Hill, Crow Nest Farm, Beeston Near Royds, Beeston Royds Mill, Crow Nest Tannery, Manor Pit, Islington, Beggars Hill, Brick & Tile Works, Cross Flats, tramways, Holbeck Cemetery, Baron Close Brick Works, etc. On the reverse are street directory entries for Beeston Road, Cambrian Road, Malvern Road & Tempest Road. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series: Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK.

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This rich story collection will be a reminder to Nadine Gordimer`s countless admirers, & a taster for the uninitiated, of her enduring imaginative power. A woman gauges the state of her marriage by the tone of her husband`s cello; a wife reads her husband`s mood by the scent in the nape of his neck; a newly emigrated couple are divided by visual obsession, he with his native Budapest, she with South African suburbia. With consummate artistry, Gordimer illustrates the show downs, standoffs & highlights of human intimacy while penetrating the nuances of immigration, national identity & race. ...

Darkus is miserable. His dad has disappeared, & now he is living next door to the most disgusting neighbours ever. A giant beetle called Baxter comes to his rescue. But can the two solve the mystery of his dad`s disappearance, especially when links emerge to cruel Lucretia Cutter & her penchant for beetle jewellery? A coffee-mug mountain, home to a million insects, could provide the answer
- if Darkus & Baxter are brave enough to find it.
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” Jaw-droppingly gorgeous”
- The Bookseller Beetle mania is spreading, thanks to M.G. Leonard`s bestselling Beetle Boy trilogy.
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Cruel beetle fashionista, Lucretia Cutter, is at large with her yellow ladybird spies. When Darkus, Virginia & Bertolt discover further evidence of her evil, they`re determined to stop her. But the three friends are in trouble. Darkus` dad has forbidden them to investigate any further
- & disgusting crooks Humphrey & Pickering are out of prison. Hope rests on Novak, Lucretia`s daughter & a Hollywood actress, but the beetle diva is always one scuttle ahead.. .
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