The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards are back & this time they`re bigger, better & even more hilarious than before! When the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards announced a contest for the funniest animal photo, they received thousands of entries from photographers the world over. From a harvest mouse on stilts, to a Japanese Macaque taking a dip in a hot spring, the Awards celebrate animals in their natural habitats & with the backing of global conservation charity Born Free, applaud the tireless effort made by some of the most talented wildlife photographers on the planet. Following the runaway success of 2017`s Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards, Award founders Paul Joynson-Hicks & Tom Sullam return with the best
- as well as some never-before-seen
- photographs of wildlife ever printed. Penguins going to church; monkeys riding a motorcycle; a wide-eyed, outraged seal
- this is a must-have Xmas gift & a toadly perfect book for animal lovers of all stripes.


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Special collectors` hardback editions lovingly restored to original designs`I love these editions
- so beautifully produced, so
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Full-flavoured, generous & easy to reproduce recipes have won food blogger Niamh Shields a huge following as well as critical acclaim (The Times included her in its top ten food bloggers from around the world). Now for the first time her adventurous though frugal food & warm, bright writing style is collected in a book. Niamh`s gastronomic curiosity has gathered together the cookery of her native Irel&, in such dishes as the Cork speciality spiced beef, exotically greedy but delicious Asian chicken skin skewers, & elegant raspberry & ricotta tarts, in dishes that embrace the passing of the seasons, the foods of the world, & both the intimate & celebratory occasions of a modern life.. .not forgetting what to do with leftovers. Comfort & Spice is also sprinkled with Niamh`s passions, such as making your own butter & cheese (easy!), slow-cooked pork in all its forms, & the delights of edible flowers. Always keen to produce spectacular meals on a budget, Niamh reveals how to treat just six or seven jars of spices as a palette to accent each dish you cook. This is a book both to read in bed & to splatter with sauce next to the stove, whether you`re a nervous novice
- a group of potential cooks very close to Niamh`s heart
- or simply someone who wants to make their food sing.

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Icelandic literary culture was one of the richest & most important in the medieval world. Texts that were written in Iceland during this period include ” Njal`s Saga”, ” Egil`s Saga”, ” The Vinland Sagas”, as well as the ” Comic Sagas & Tales” collected in this volume. ” Comic Sagas & Tales” brings together the finest comic stories from medieval Icel&. With feuding families & moments of grotesque violence, the sagas see such classic mythological figures as murdered fathers, disguised beggars, corrupt chieftains & avenging sons do battle with axes, words & cunning. The tales, meanwhile, follow heroes & comical fools through dreams, voyages & religious conversions in Iceland & beyond. Shaped by Iceland`s oral culture & their conversion to Christianity, these stories are works of ironic humour & stylistic innovation. In the introduction to these new translations, Vidar Hreinsson examines how the stories satirised old-style sagas while exploiting their classic themes of quests & revenge. This edition also

Includes:: a map, glossary, index of characters, suggested further reading & notes.

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It reveals life`s (often avoidable) daily perils such as the woman who poisoned her dinner guests, then died, having forgotten she`d used the same saucepan just days before to boil arsenic for the purpose of eradicating vermin (1830), & a drunk carter in charge of a ton of gunpowder on his horse-drawn cart, found careering through wet, slippery streets, while also carrying a number of ” Lucifer” matches (1875). Scandal & gossip also highlight social mores of the times
- stories include opening Empress Maria Theresa`s body to find death ”due to a great quantity of fat & viscous matter, Her Majesty having accustomed herself never to spit” (1781), a marriage between a corpse & his living Spiritualist bride (1856), & the formation of the ” No-Nose Club” for people with no noses due to syphilis (1873). The author has also (possibly) discovered the man to blame for the adding of service charges to bills (1768), as well as (possibly) the most pretentious, pseudo-intellectual description of Tennyson`s death: ” Soft beams of light played upon the features of the dying poet like a halo of Rembrandt`s” (1892).
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It may come as a surprise that comics offer much more than meets the eye. Of course we all have happy memories of favourite childhood reading (Beano, Dandy, Eagle, Mad, Viz
- the list is endless). But how aware are we that there is something inherently anarchic about comics? A huge variety have been produced over the centuries by British creators. It is a strong tradition that continues today. Some of the biggest names in comics
- Alan Moore (Watchmen, V for Vendetta), Neil Gaiman (Sandman), Mark Millar (Kick-Ass) & Grant Morrison (Batman: Arkham Asylum)
- are featured in this visually stimulating book (which accompanies a major exhibition at the British Library). But there are many, many more. & it is the diversity of content & form, as well as comics` ongoing relevance, which is a main focus. The seditious aspects of the comics tradition
- adult, underground & `alternative` material
- is highlighted, alongside the superheroes who still dominate the scene. There is anarchy everywhere that you look!




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In her debut book, Mi Comida Latina, Marcella Kriebel created a new type of cookbook. It combined vivid watercolors with the culinary traditions of Mexico, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, & Puerto Rico. Now, Marcella returns with a new collection of recipes that span the country of Cuba from coast to coast. Travel the island & discover the Cuban take on classic dishes like empanadas as well as unique Cuban recipes like Bacán (plantain & crab steamed in banana leaves) Calaú (traditional greens stew), & Pastelitos de Guayaba (puff pastries with guava paste). Learn about the country’s food culture & ingredients through interviews & local stories, then complete the experience with an authentic Cuban cocktail or a post-meal café con leche. ...

Topographic coverage of mainland Spain at 1:50, 000 in the MTN50 (Mapa Topográfico Nacional) series from the Centro Nacional de Información Geografica, the country’s civilian survey organization. The maps have contours at 20m intervals, enhanced by relief shading, plus colouring and/or graphics to show different types of terrain, vegetation or land use. Boundaries of national parks & other protected areas are marked. In addition to all the usual information featured on topographic mapping at this scale, detailed presentation of the road & rail networks, rural tracks & paths, etc, the maps also show campsites & mountain refuges. On more recent editions some GRs, the official long-distance hiking routes, are also marked (although not as clearly as on hiking maps from other publishers). Each map covers 29.5x 18.5 km (with adjustments in the border or coastal areas). The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, plus margin ticks for latitude & longitude at 1` intervals. Map legend is in Spanish only.HOW TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT 50K MAP: all the titles in CNIG’s 200K Provincial Road Maps series at 1:200, 000 are overprinted with the grid for the 1:50, 000 maps & can be used to see the area covered by each 50K title. TO SEE THE LIST OF TITLES IN THIS SERIES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK.PLEASE NOTE
- MAP TITLES: the grids shown on our website serve both the civilian & the military 1:50, 000 topographic series. Although the areas covered by maps in both series are identical (apart from some border or coastal sheets), occasionally map titles differ – only one title is shown on the grid, usually the military one. In Galicia, the Basque country & in the Catalan speaking areas the tendency now is to use local place names rather than the often better known Castilian ones. Where possible, both versions are included in our titles. Map titles listed on our website are based on information received by us at the time of publication, but sometimes maps arrive showing a completely different title! As long as the map number is as ordered, the correct map has been supplied.
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Susan Hitchcock felt that her family of four was drifting apart, & to reconnect as a family, she decided that they should take to the sea. Sailing for nine months & 3500 miles around the Caribbean, they met formidable challenges, from the volatile moods of nature & the mighty ocean, to cultural barriers on distant islands & their own innermost fears. Though a novice sailor, Susan soon developed an affinity for the water & through both the rigours & the serenity of sailing, her family discovered a new-found intimacy & joy in the adventure of a lifetime. This volume presents her chronicle of life at sea, as well as a meditation on marriage, family & the fulfilment of dreams. ...

A few years ago, the author went to live in Horden, a mining village on the bleak east coast of Durham. Horden had been the biggest colliery in Britain, & among the men who had worked there were Hudson's great-grandfather & grandfather. The pit is now closed, & remains alive only in the memories of its old people. In search of his forebears, Hudson listened to the tales of how it once was, of the hardships & traditions of the miner's life, & of the struggles & triumphs of trade unionism. He also heard tales of his ancestors, although these tales flicker & fluctuate; the only certainty is the pit. In this book, Hudson portrays a world that has gone for ever, & offers an angry indictment of what has taken its place. The author won the Thomas Cook Award & the Somerset Maugham Award for Our Grandmothers' Drums. ...