` Hard not to hate Rachel Mc Cormack who bags the best gig of the year & then writes a brilliant book` Val Mc Dermid Whisky is Scotland`s national drink & has been for over five hundred years, since then becoming a global phenomenon. It is a drink that is a profound & important part of Scottish life & culture but, unlike other countries & their national libations, it has hardly been used in food. Rachel Mc Cormack is going to change that with this book. Limiting whisky to a drink, she believes, is similar to the traditional Presbyterian attitude to sex; it should only be done with the lights off & in the missionary position. Rachel believes that there is an entire Karma Sutra of whisky use out there & she has put it in this book. Interspersing an engaging mix of anecdotes, history & information on distillers & recipes, this book will appeal to everyone from the cooking whisky connoisseur, to the novice whisky learner looking for some guidance on what to eat & cook. Rachel travels the length & breadth of Scotl&, discovering a myriad of unique & interesting people & facts about this remarkable drink, with interviews with the key people who create it around the country, as she visits the famous distilleries of her country, as well as the more home-grown variety. ...

Whisky is Scotland`s national drink & has been for over five hundred years, since then becoming a global phenomenon. It is a drink that is a profound & important part of Scottish life & culture but, unlike other countries & their national libations, it has hardly been used in food. Rachel Mc Cormack is going to change that with this book. Limiting whisky to a drink, she believes, is similar to the traditional Presbyterian attitude to sex; it should only be done with the lights off & in the missionary position. Rachel believes that there is an entire Karma Sutraof whisky use out there & she has put it in this book. Interspersing an engaging mix of anecdotes, history & information on distillers & recipes, this book will appeal to everyone from the cooking whisky connoisseur, to the novice whisky learner looking for some guidance on what to eat & cook. Rachel travels the length & breadth of Scotl&, discovering a myriad of unique & interesting people & facts about this remarkable drink, with interviews with the key people who create it around the country, as she visits the famous distilleries of her country, as well as the more home-grown variety. ...

Being in the right place at the right time is critical when Scottish Winter Climbing. This guide will help you make the right choices
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Join renowned naturalist Peter Marren on an exciting quest to see every species of wild plant native to Britain. The mysterious Ghost Orchid blooms in near darkness among rotting leaves on the forest floor. It blends into the background to the point of invisibility, yet glows, pale & ghostly. The ultimate grail of flower hunters, it has been spotted only once in the past twenty-five years. Its few flowers have a deathly pallor & are said to smell of over-ripe bananas. Peter Marren has been a devoted flower finder all his life. While the Ghost Orchid offers the toughest challenge of any wild plant, there were fifty more British species Peter had yet to see, having ticked off the first 1, 400 rummaging in hedges, slipping down gullies & peering in peat bogs. But he set himself the goal of finding the remaining fifty in a single summer. As it turned out, the wettest summer in years. This expert & emotional journey takes Peter the length & the breadth of the British Isles, from the dripping ancient woods of the New Forest to the storm-lashed cliffs of Sutherl&. He paddles in lakes, clambers up cliffs in mist & rain, & walks several hundred miles, but does he manage to find them all? Partly about plants, partly autobiography, Chasing the Ghost is also a reminder that to engage with wild flowers, all we need to do is look around us & enjoy what we see. ...

A fictional recounting of the little-known true story of the first woman to ever set foot on Antarctica, & her extraordinary fight to get there. A fictional recounting of the little-known true story of the first woman to ever set foot on Antarctica, & her extraordinary fight to get there. It`s the early 1930s. Antarctic open-sea whaling is booming & a territorial race for the mysterious continent between Norwegian & British-Australian interests is in full swing. Aboard a ship setting sail from Cape Town carrying the Norwegian whaling magnate Lars Christensen are three women: Lillemor Rachlew, who tricked her way on to the ship & will stop at nothing to be the first woman to land on Antarctica; Mathilde Wegger, a grieving widow who`s been forced to join the trip by her calculating parents-in-law; & Lars`s wife, Ingrid Christensen, who has longed to travel to Antarctica since she was a girl & has made a daunting bargain with Lars to convince him to take her. Loyalties shift & melt & conflicts increase as they pass through the Southern Ocean & reach the whaling grounds. None of the women is prepared for the reality of meeting the whaling fleet & experiencing firsthand the brutality of the icy world. As they head for the continent itself, the race is on for the first woman to land on Antarctica. None of them expect the outcome & none of them know how they will be changed by their arrival. Based on the little-known true story of the first woman to ever set foot on Antarctica, Jesse Blackadder has captured the drama, danger & magnetic pull of exploring uncharted places in our world & our minds. ...

Eduard Fischer takes us on an exploration of myth, art, science, & the sacred space of high mountains. This is an account of adventure & deep reflection. After first visiting the Trans-Himalayan region of Ladakh in 1985, he returned again & again, seeking to catch a glimpse of the phantom of the Himalayas
- the elusive snow leopard. During these visits he became enthralled with the unique culture of this ancient mountain kingdom, one of the oldest enclaves of Buddhism. The phantom cat itself becomes, at turns, Eduard`s quarry, nemesis, obsession, & finally, in a surprising twist of destiny, his teacher.
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For the first time, Chasing the Rainbow tells the history of both the men`s & women`s road cycling`s World Championships. Chasing the Rainbow recounts the famous routes, momentous victories & the characters, climbs, & of course, the riders behind the infamous pursuit for one of road cycling`s greatest prizes: the Rainbow Jersey. Giles Belbin has conducted exclusive interviews with a whole host of Champions from the Tour`s illustrious past, including: Oscar Frieire; Marianne Vos; Marcel Kint; Nicole Cooke; Yvonne Reynders; Keetie Van Oosten-Hage; Barry Hoban; Felice Gimondi; Mandy Jones; Stephen Roche; Catharine Marsal & Cadel Evans. ...

The Sun is so powerful, so much bigger than us, that it is a terrifying subject. Yet though we depend on it, we take it for granted. Amazingly the first book of its kind, CHASING THE SUN is a cultural & scientific history of our relationship with the star that gives us life. Richard Cohen, applying the same mix of wide-ranging reference & intimate detail that won outstanding reviews for By the Sword, travels from the ancient Greek astronomers to modern-day solar scientists, from Stonehenge to Antarctica (site of the solar eclipse of 2003, when penguins were said to sing), Mexico`s Aztecs to the Norwegian city of Tromso, where for two months of the year there is no Sun at all. He introduces us to the crucial `sunspot cycle` in modern economics, the religious dances of Indian tribesmen, the histories of sundials & calendars, the plight of migrating birds, the latest theories of global warming, & Galileo recording his discoveries in code, for fear of persecution. & throughout, there is the rich Sun literature -- from the writings of Homer through Dante & Nietzsche to Keats, Shelley & beyond. Blindingly impressive & hugely readable, this is a tour de force of narrative non-fiction. ...

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- Vue des Alpes area at 1:33, 333 on light, waterproof & tear-resistant map No. 3315T published by Swisstopo in cooperation
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