`I can identify the exact moment when things began to change. It was a cold winter afternoon. I had just turned three.` Emerging shyly from her hiding place, Mineko encounters Madam Oima, the formidable proprietress of a prolific geisha house in Gion. Madam Oima is mesmerized by the child`s black hair & black eyes: she has found her successor. & so Mineko is gently, but firmly, prised away from her parents to embark on an extraordinary career, of which she will become the best. But even if you are exquisitely beautiful & the darling of the okiya, the life of a geisha is one of gruelling professional demands. & Mineko must first contend with her bitterly jealous sister who is determined to sabotage her success.. . Captivating & poignant, GEISHA OF GION tells of Mineko`s ascendancy to fame & her ultimate decision to leave the profession she found so constricting. ...

Gelato is not simply the Italian word for ice cream. `A good gelato should be rich in flavour but you shouldn`t feel full even after you`ve eaten a pint of it. Trust me!` So says Adriano di Petrillo, owner of Dri Dri, the fashionable London-based gelateria. authentic Italian gelato is made with milk rather than cream, so it`s much lighter & significantly lower in fat. Gelato is made by a process called `mantecazione`, where it is frozen & churned very slowly so it doesn`t absorb too much air. This achieves a creamy texture without the fat. Gelato is surprisingly easy to make at home with a domestic ice cream maker. Try Adriano`s simple recipes for Vanilla, Coffee, Bitter Chocolate, Cookies & Cream, & Tiramis A`. Also included are recipes for fresh & fruity sorbets & granitas, including Green Apple & Mixed Berries. Suggestions for delicious ways to serve your creations include Bitter Chocolate Gelato with Cherry Compote; Lemon Gelato with Brioche; & Almond Gelato drowned with hot espresso. Ideas for gelato-based drinks include Italian classics such as a Rossini (strawberry sorbet with Prosecco) & Sgroppino (lemon gelato blended with vodka or Prosecco). ...

This handy ANWB map full of great cycling routes, spread across the province & neighboring regions. Each guide contains 14 separate routes, printed on a card in A4 format. The route map contains clear route descriptions, sights, current cycling junctions long-distance routes, street names & all ANWB Hospitable Points. There is also a sheet with ANWB Node Cards & a brochure with the user manual & tips for each route map. With a scale of 1: 100, 000 (1 cm = 1 km) the cards are very readable. The ANWB Fietsgids is available in a series of 11 parts, in which all provinces are described in detail. ...

Gelderse Valley on a waterproof, tear-resistant, GPS compatible walking map at 1:25, 000 from Trage Paden, in a series of maps with extensive overprint for long-distance & local walking routes. GPS waypoints & route profiles are available for download from the publisher’s website. Contours used in this map series vary between 2, 5 to 5m according to the terrain, with 5m interval predominantly used for hilly areas. Varied colouring show different types of landscape: woods, vineyards, fields etc. An overprint highlights both the national long-distance walking routes & the shorter local circular trails, each clearly identified by a code and/or an abbreviation of its name. Recommended starting points for walks are designated by a symbol. Cycle lanes are visibly marked with a bike symbol; roads with heavy traffic are clearly indicated. Symbols indicate various facilities, such as railway & bus stations, coffee shops, campsites, country restaurants/bars, sport & leisure facilities. Maps have the lines of the Dutch National Grid for measuring distances & for determining location using GPS device & they are printed on weather resistant & tear-resistant paper. Each map covers an area of Approx. 25 x 26 km & the map legend is in Dutch only. The map is presented in an elegant cardboard case. To see all the titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

Bob Geldof first visited Africa in 1984. The following year, Live Aid inspired a generation to raise millions for the starving in Africa. Over twenty years on, passion undiminished, Geldof returns to what he calls the Luminous Continent. This is his personal diary. Unflinchingly honest, & stunningly illustrated with his own photographs, ” Geldof in Africa” paints a unique picture of this extraordinary & beautiful l&. ...

ADAC, Germany's equivalent of the British Automobile Association publishes an extensive series of street plans which provide detailed high-quality mapping of all the major towns & cities, including their outer suburbs. The plans name all the individual streets & indicate all the main landmarks & public buildings. All public transport facilities are shown: buses, trams, underground & overland rail lines. One way streets & car parks are indicated. Plans of larger cities include an enlargement for the city centre. The plans also show the administrative & postal divisions & have an extensive street index which, where appropriate, shows individual postal codes for each street. On the reverse, each plan has a road map at 1:100, 000, covering a very wide area around the city. Map legend

Includes:: English.

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Gelsenkirchen & Herne in 1943 in the Alan Godfrey series of reproductions of British War Office survey maps first published in 1945 prior to the Allied occupation of the area. The map covers an area from Gelsenkirchen eastward to Herne, & from Hochlarmark southward to Dahlhauser. Wanne-Eickel is in the centre of the map with its great marshalling yard. Other areas shown include Röhlinghausen, Crange, Riemke, Holsterhausen, Bismarck, Buer-Erle, Unser Fritz, Friedgras, Uckendorf, Eickelerfeld, Dorneburg, etc. At least a dozen collieries are shown, including Hannover mine, Pluto mine, Hibernia mine, Shamrock mine, Friedrich der Grosse mine, Consolidation Mine, Graf Bismarck mine. Other features include Rhein-Herne Canal, railways with marshalling yards, tramways (though close inspection required!), Schloss Strunkede, etc. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link. This series of reproductions from Alan Godfrey covers the major industrial area east of the Rhine that

Includes:: Bochum, Cologne, Dortmund, Duisburg, Düsseldorf, Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Oberhausen & other towns, with their great network of railways & industries. The maps are taken from the British War Office 1:12, 500 plans & reduced at Approx. 1:19, 000. Published in 1945, prior to the Allied occupation of the area, the maps are especially good at showing industry, collieries & transport. They are not bombing maps
- indeed, they make clear that allowance is not made for bomb damage
- but show the areas with all their industrial sites & railways largely as they were before the bombing raids of 1943-44. The maps have additional information added by British intelligence. This is normally accurate but allowance must be made for the `fog of war` & occasional spelling mistakes, etc. Each title has on the reverse a specially written introduction to the area in English, with a shorter text in German. Map legend is in English only.



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Falk, one of Germany`s leading publishers of street plans, produce their town plans in two different formats. Falk Extra plans are folded in a standard way, where the whole map can be opened to view the entire area it covers. For larger cities, the same mapping is also published with a special folding system designed to show only a small section of the map at one time. The whole map can be opened but it will be cut in several places. Many find these street plans very user-friendly & easier to handle than conventional maps. The plans, which cover towns with their outer suburbs, indicate main landmarks & public buildings & show all the public transport facilities, one way streets & car parks. Plans of lager cities include a separate map of the town centre at a more detailed scale & a diagram of the underground & the suburban rail network. The plans also show the postal divisions & have an extensive street index which, where appropriate, shows individual postal codes for each street. Map legend

Includes:: English. Falk Extra plans also include on the reverse a road map of the surrounding area.

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The world`s best-selling mini dictionary. This new edition, in colour, is fully up-to-date, including the most popular new words to enter the English language. The ideal portable companion for all. This handy little dictionary gives you practical, applied knowledge in your pocket. It contains clear definitions for all the words you need on a daily basis & provides tips on spelling, & help with difficult pronunciations. The clear colour layout makes the content easily accessible & suitable for immediate use.

Includes:: an up-to-date supplement tackling problems of style & etiquette in everything from letters to emails to social media sites. 85, 000 words, meanings, & phrases

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The latest edition of the Collins Gem Portuguese Dictionary has been fully revised to reflect the latest changes in Portuguese & English. It also comes with a newly updated Phrasefinder supplement making it the perfect choice for anyone needing a portable, up-to-the-minute Portuguese dictionary. Features include: * All the latest words in both languages, such as carbon footprint, social networking, credit crunch, & with Portuguese updated in line with the new Portuguese spelling reform * User-friendly Phrasefinder supplement for travellers, including a new menu-reader section * Clear colour layout, useful examples, language & cultural notes The Collins Gem Portuguese Dictionary has been designed to give travellers, students, business people & the general user alike all the information they need in a handy format.

Includes:: all the latest words reflecting changes in modern lifestyle, as well as: an easy-to-read colour layout, special treatment of difficult words such as get, some, estar, por, & notes about life in Portuguese-speaking countries. The Phrasefinder section has been developed to give travellers on business & leisure trips all the essential phrases they need. Divided into sections such as Getting Around, Accommodation & Complaints, this is an instant reference available when you need it most. Also, new to this edition, is a menu-reader section
- a quick guide to the most common words & phrases you will find in Portuguese & Brazilian cafes & restaurants.


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