Discovering Wine has been hailed by new & experienced wine lovers everywhere as the classic, approachable introduction to the luscious world of wine. In this revised & updated edition, Simon addresses the latest wine trends & provides br&-new information on vintages recently established in countries & continents around the globe.

More than 250 full-color photographs, maps, & charts beautifully complement Simon's effervescent approach to the fascinating world of wine, & help to dispel the mystique that so often surrounds the subject. She provides the crucial hints that will help you to become a wine aficionado -- virtually overnight. You will learn how to

Taste & judge wine like an expert

Correctly match food & wine

Follow the newest guidelines for serving & storing your wines

Discern classic wines from those that emulate them

Understand the importance & role of grapes

Know when a particular wine is ready to drink

In addition to demystifying wine, Simon explores famous vineyards & explains how the winemakers use grapes to their most delicious advantage. & after a concise but thorough roundup of today's wine styles, Simon conducts a tour through the wine regions of the world -- from Chianti to Coonawarra, from Medoc to Moldova, & everywhere in between.

As entertaining as it is informative, Discovering Wine is destined to remain the definitive beginner's guide to wine.

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Every family has a history. Most people in Britain & Ireland are able to trace their ancestry back through a dozen generations (or more) discovering along the way a pageant of forebears
- rich & poor; heroic & tragic; bad & ugly. In this new enlarged & updated edition, the authors describe how, step by step, the history of a family may be discovered & a pedigree drawn up. This book shows how the framework of a family three may be constructed from the accessible official records of birth, batptism, adoption, marriage, divorce, death & burial. From these bare branches the family tree blossoms into life with biographical information gleaned from the archives of church, state & local administration.
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The life story of a house is told by the stones, bricks, timber, tiles & thatch that make up its walls, floors & roof. This book describes how different structural techniques adopted by house builders down the centuries may provide clues to the date of construction. An unfolding story of alteration, improvement, extension (and occasional dilapidation) may be read in the layout f rooms or the style of features, fixtures & fittings. The history of an old house is also discovered in manuscripts & printed books, in archives & public libraries. These crucial sources are described & explained with the help of apt"ations & old documents & reproductions of maps, plans & pictures. Separate chapters unravel the intricacies of old title deeds, place-names & on-site survey methods. ...

A build your own set, the globe comes with everything you need to construct your own stand & axis, plus two different globe maps representing day & night for you to fix & slot into place. The `day` map features a standard map of the Earth, with all the world`s major landmarks labelled. The `night` map is based on the night sky, & features the major star constellations accurately portrayed & labelled. Both maps are easy to assemble, with double sided tape & instructions provided. ...

Pocket magnifying glass. Solid bronze surround with durable glass. Our Discovery Glass allows detailed examination of maps, coins, & other wonders. If we do not have this item in stock we will order it for you from our supplier. Delivery generally takes 3 weeks within the UK. For overseas delivery queries please email sales@stanfords.co.uk ...

It begins with absence & desire. It begins with blood & fear. It begins with a discovery of witches. When historian Diana Bishop opens an alchemical manuscript in the Bodleian Library, it`s an unwelcome intrusion of magic into her carefully ordered life. Though Diana is a witch of impeccable lineage, the violent death of her parents while she was still a child convinced her that human fear is more potent than any witchcraft. Now Diana has unwittingly exposed herself to a world she`s kept at bay for years; one of powerful witches, creative, destructive daemons & long-lived vampires. Sensing the significance of Diana`s discovery, the creatures gather in Oxford, among them the enigmatic Matthew Clairmont, a vampire genticist. Diana is inexplicably drawn to Matthew &, in a shadowy world of half-truths & old enmities, ties herself to him without fully understanding the ancient line they are crossing. As they begin to unlock the secrets of the manuscript & their feelings for each other deepen, so the fragile balance of peace unravels... ...

I am going to cycle around the world. For something so major the words came out surprisingly easily. Time is ticking away. I have to do something now before my spirit is sucked out of me entirely. Discovery Road tells the story of Tim Garratt & Andy Brown s attempt to be the first people to mountain bike unsupported across the three southern continents in one year. They cross the vast deserts of Australia, the dangerous bush lands of Africa & finally the awesome Andes of South America, the continent where they had been assured they would meet their doom. It is a fast-moving, inspirational tale of self-discovery, full of adventure, conflict, humour, danger & a multitude of colourful characters. Much more than a travelogue, it proves that ordinary people can chase great dreams & has acted as inspiration for many searching for their adventure. ...

Discovery Walking Guides’ guide books cover day walks & long distance trails, with a depth of information giving you all you need for your walk, including map extracts, difficulty ratings & full-colour photos or illustrations. Most guides include GPS waymarked walking points, an extensive introduction provides information on the routes themselves, when to go, flora & fauna, tourist sites, & more. There is also useful guidance about map & walking information including details of walk location regional maps & using GPS. Each walk uses colour keys indicating difficulty, times, total distance, vertigo risks, ascents & descents & if refreshments are available on route. Appendices provide walkers with a summary of GPS Waypoints Lists (also available for download from the publishers` website), useful telephone numbers & addresses, transport timetables & relevant websites. Thorough walk descriptions are accompanied by detailed map extracts mapping the route & GPS waypoints at every key point on the walk as well as colour photographs illustrating some of the highlights of each walk covered in each guide. ...

About this series Circular walks along the less well-trodden paths of a county. The route of each walk is clearly shown on a sketch map & cross-referenced to Ordnance Survey maps. Black & white photographs are included & the descriptions clearly separate the background information from the directions. ...

In the seventeenth century, a map of the plague suggested a radical idea-that the disease was carried & spread by humans. In the nineteenth century, maps of cholera cases were used to prove its waterborne nature. More recently, maps charting the swine flu pandemic caused worldwide panic & sent shockwaves through the medical community. In ” Disease Maps”, Tom Koch contends that to understand epidemics & their history we need to think about maps of varying scale, from the individual body to shared symptoms evidenced across cities, nations, & the world. ” Disease Maps” begins with a brief review of epidemic mapping today & a detailed example of its power. Koch then traces the early history of medical cartography, including pandemics such as European plague & yellow fever, & the advancements in anatomy, printing, & world atlases that paved the way for their mapping. Moving on to the scourge of the nineteenth century-cholera-Koch considers the many choleras argued into existence by the maps of the day, including a new perspective on John Snow`s science & legacy. Finally, Koch addresses contemporary outbreaks such as AIDS, cancer, & H1N1, & reaches into the future, toward the coming epidemics. Ultimately, ” Disease Maps” redefines conventional medical history with new surgical precision, revealing that only in maps do patterns emerge that allow disease theories to be proposed, hypotheses tested, & treatments advanced. ...