Real ale & other craft beers have become increasingly popular over the past few years, & as a result more people have been compelled to try making their own homebrew. However, while the concept behind making beer is simple, the execution can at times seem complex & confusing. The key to bridging the gap between brewing in theory & practise is being able to spot the signs of trouble & know how to respond. CAMRA`s Home-Brewing Problem Solver provides the information you need to nip problems in the bud
- &, better still, to avoid them in the first place.
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This is a pocket-sized, traveller`s guide to some of the best walking & best pubs in the Lake District. The walks are grouped geographically around tourist hubs with plenty of accommodation, making the book ideal for a visitor to the Lakes. ” Lake District Pub Walks” also explores some of the region`s fascinating historical & literary heritage as well as its thriving brewing scene, & has useful information about local transport & accommodation. This is a companion volume to CAMRA`s popular ” Edinburgh Pub Walks”, ” Peak District Pub Walks” & ” London Pub Walks”. ...

From the bucolic charms of Hampstead Heath to the bustle of Marylebone, this pocket-sized guide will lead the serious rambler & more casual walker on voyages of discovery, each with great pubs at its heart. The walks are clearly mapped & illustrated, with detailed information on how to link multiple walks together. Over 160 pubs are featured on 30 walks & 3 special city tours by bus, tram & riverbus. Detailed pub listings are accompanied by notes on cultural & historic items of interest to be discovered along each route. ...

CAMRA`s South East Pub Walks is a practical, pocket-sized guide to some of the best pubs & walking in the south eastern corner of Engl&. This guide features walks throughout the English Home Counties which are aimed at both casual walkers & serious hikers, along with details of the region`s heritage & geography. Each route has been selected for its interesting & varied landscape, & its beer
- with the walks taking you on a tour of the best real ale pubs the area has to offer. Full-colour maps & detailed route information, plus pub listings with opening hours, contact information & details of draught beers, make this the essential guide for anyone wanting to see
- & taste
- the very best of South East Engl&.


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This is a pocket-sized, traveller`s guide to some of the best walking & finest pubs in God`s own county. The walks are grouped geographically & explore some of the region`s fascinating historical & literary heritage as well as its thriving brewing scene. The book contains essential information about local transport & accommodation. The walks include: Settle & Upper Ribblesdale; Whitby to Robin Hood`s Bay; Bronte country: Haworth & Ponden; Sheffield: Kelham Island & the `valley of beer` & Hull`s old town: a fishy trail. ...

Rory Stewart & Gerald Knaus distil their remarkable firsthand experiences of political & military interventions into a potent examination of what we can & cannot achieve in a new era of ”nation building”. As they delve into the massive, military-driven efforts in Iraq, Afghanistan & the Balkans, the expansion of the EU, & the bloodless ”colour” revolutions in the former Soviet states, the authors reveal each effort`s enormous consequences for international relations, human rights & our understanding of state-building. Stewart & Knaus carefully parse the philosophies that have informed interventionism
- from neoconservative to liberal imperialist
- & draw on their diverse experiences in the military, non-governmental organisations & the Iraqi provincial government to reveal what we can ultimately expect from large-scale interventions & how they might best realise positive change in the world.

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Topographic coverage of the Balearic Islands at 1:25, 000 published by the Instituto Geográfico Nacional – Centro Nacional de Información Geografica, the country’s civilian survey organization. The maps have contours at 10m intervals & colouring and/or graphics to show different types of vegetation or land use. Boundaries of national parks & other protected areas are marked. In addition to all the usual information shown on topographic mapping at this scale: detailed presentation of the road & rail networks, rural tracks & paths, etc, the maps also show campsites. The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, plus margin ticks for latitude & longitude at 1` intervals. The majority of the titles have been published since late 1990s. Map legend is in Spanish only.COVERAGE: each 25K map covers one quarter of the corresponding 1:50, 000 map, with the numbering system: I = NW quarter, II = NE quarter, III = SW quarter, & IV = SE quarter. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

A lighted-hearted scientific look at the rituals & icons of Christmas. How does snow form? Why are we always depressed after Christmas? How does Santa manage to deliver all those presents in one night? (He has, in fact, little over two ten-thousandths of a second to get between each of the 842 million households he must visit.) This book contains information on how drugs might make us see flying reindeer, how pollution is affecting the shape of Christmas trees & the intriguing correlation between the length of our Christmas card list & brain size. ...

Last week, I was sitting in seven layers (two of them thermal) next to a fire, with a blanket wrapped around me. Now, I am sleeping in kickers & a vest under a fan. Let the mosquitoes bite me. They can have me.. . Can we live here? If I don`t become a road kill in the next few days, I`ll let you know my thoughts.` In 2009, Sarah & John Alderson quit their full-time jobs in London & headed off, with Alula, their three-year-old daughter, on a global adventure to find a new home. For eight months, they travelled through Australia, the US & Asia
- navigating India with a toddler in a tutu, battling black magic curses in Indonesia & encountering bears in North America
- asking themselves one defining question: ` Can We Live Here?` Inspirational, hilarious & fascinating
- this is an unforgettable travel memoir & a unique guide to quitting your job, following your dreams & finding your home in a far-flung paradise.


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` Utterly gripped me from beginning to end` Victoria Hislop ` Move over Ferrante, there`s a new Elena in town` Independent ` There is much beauty & sadness in this slim novel` The Times `A novel of crime & darkness that eschews straightforward domestic noir` Guardian In the August of 1978, the summer I met Anna Trabuio, my father took a girl into the woods...I was sixteen. He had been gone a long time already, but that was it
- not even a year after he lost his job & that boy disappeared
- that was when everything broke.1978. Ponte, a small community in Northern Italy. An unbearably hot summer like many others. Elia Furenti is sixteen, living an unremarkable life of moderate unhappiness, until the day the beautiful, damaged Anna returns to Ponte & firmly propels Elia to the edge of adulthood. But then everything starts to unravel. Elia`s father, Ettore, is let go from his job & loses himself in the darkest corners of his mind.A young boy is murdered. And a girl climbs into a van & vanishes in the deep, dark woods... Translated by Alex Valente Winner of an English PEN Award

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