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. ...

One of the Europe`s most celebrated rivers, the Seine stretches from the fertile plains of Burgundy to the English Channel at Le Havre. Starting at its source near Dijon, writer & engraver Robert Gibbings follows the river`s 400-mile course as it develops from a tranquil stream into the mighty waterway that links Rouen to the sea. The journey takes different forms: on foot, in a tiny boat `hardly more than a coracle`, on a barge, & on a boat used for transporting books. Throughout this leisurely voyage during one summer Gibbings records his impressions, visual & verbal, of places & people as well as explaining how the river has played a vital role in French history. In part an evocation of the Seine`s changing landscapes & rural beauty, this is also an account of towns & cities-Troyes, Rouen, Paris-and their relationship with the river. Looking at writers & painters as well as historic figures who have left their mark on the Seine, Gibbings presents an affectionate picture of this great river & the people who live & work on its banks. Discussing the vineyards of Champagne, the paintings of Sisley & Utrillo, the rituals of Parisian cafe life, the author conveys an irresistible enthusiasm not just for boats & river life, but for all things French. First published in 1953, Coming Down the Seine is illustrated with more than fifty of Gibbings` delightful engravings. ...

It is a story about Case Vecchie, the most notable cooking school in Sicily, the foods it produces & the loyal staff. It



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Andy Fanshawe begins & ends this book on a winter climb in the Alps. Between come two contrasting & successful expeditions, to Chogolisa & to Menlungtse. In the summer of 1986 & newly appointed National Officer of the British Mountaineering Council, he led a five-man team on the first traverse of the twin summits of Chogolisa & Bride Peak, at 7654 metres one of the most elegant of the summits rising above the Baltoro Glacier on the route to K2. He describes the world of the Karakoram & revels in the challenge of new climbing as well as in the mountaineering history that is all around them. It is the summer of disaster on K2. But for them the weather is kind & they reach their summit on its razor-edge ridge. The traverse is accomplished. Tragedy only strikes later, in a mirror image of the death of Hermann Buhl, when the three Scottish members of the team go on to attempt Broad peak. Coming to terms with the death of a friend in the mountains is something Andy Fanshawe has to attempt again for himself before his next expedition, this time to Menlungtse, a hard unclimbed peak of 7180 metres just over the Tibetan border in the Rolwaling Himalaya. In the expedition organized by Chris Bonington the climbing would be serious, but the media are mainly interested in the incidental yeti-hunting. With Alan Hinkes, Andy Fanshawe reaches the 7023-metre summit of Menlungtse West. Reaching summits & knowing when to give up on them, leads to some closing reflections as he retreats from Makalu, but he ends his climbing odyssey with a successful winter ascent of the North Face of the Eiger. ...

A twentieth-anniversary edition of Floella Benjamin`s classic memoir.

Includes:: a new foreword by the author

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Years in insurance & marriage to the joyless Hilda have been no more than death in life to George Bowling. This & fear of another war take his mind back to the peace of his childhood in a small country town. But his return journey to Lower Binfield brings complete disillusionment. ...

Topographic survey of France at 1:25, 000 in IGN`s excellent TOP25 / Série Bleue series. All the maps are GPS compatible, with a 1km UTM grid plus latitude & longitude lines at 5’ intervals. Contours are at 5m intervals except for mountainous areas where the maps have contours at 10m intervals, vividly enhanced by hill shading & graphics for rocky terrain. Colouring with graphics indicates different types of vegetation or land use (deciduous or coniferous forests, moors, orchards, vineyards, etc). PLEASE NOTE: coverage of France at this scale is currently being revised – the format & the presentation of each title are indicated by the letters at the end of its Sheet Reference number (e.g. 0416ET, 3531ETR, 1923SB, etc.)MAPS WITH FULL TOURIST OVERPRINT & AN ENGLISH MAP LEGEND: all TOP25 maps & the SB editions of Série Bleue have an overprint highlighting waymarked walking trails including long-distance GR routes &, where appropriate, ski routes. Symbols indicate campsites, gîtes d’etape, refuges, equestrian centres & other recreational facilities or sites, tourist information centres, cultural heritage, etc. Towns & locations of particular interest are highlighted.- ET or OT = single-sided TOP25 map covering approx. 29x 21 km / 18x 13 miles.- ETR or OTR = waterproof & tear resistant TOP25 map covering the same area as the corresponding ET or OT number, but double-sided, printed on a smaller size sheet with a good overlap between the sides.- SB = Série Bleue map with full tourist overprint; these maps, first introduced in summer 2014, each cover approx. 29x 24km / 18x 15 miles.SÉRIE BLEUE maps with numbers ending in E (Est) or O (Ouest): most editions now indicate the GR routes, but do not show any other tourist information. Map legend is in French only. Each map covers approx. 14x 20km / 9x 12 miles. ...