If you`re looking for a phrase book that goes way beyond textbook French, this best-seller will fit the bill. It`s packed full of the language really spoken by young people today
- & it`s definitely not the French you learned in school. Learn the lingo on: Love, Sex, Extreme Sports, Video Games, Fashion, Body & Gross Bodily Functions, Internet, Text Messaging, Gossip, Entertainment, & Partying. Also exposed in Hide This French Book are hilarious language mishaps, social trends, & cultural idiosyncrasies. Icons indicate how ”hot” language is, so you know when an expression is totally offensive, completely inappropriate, but really worth knowing! Listen to the foreign language online, or download the audio to your iPod[registered] or MP3 player. Entertaining as well as enlightening, this is one French book users will want to read from cover to cover!
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This ultra-hip illustrated phrase book is a must-have language tool for the cool traveller. It

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In Esther Freud`s Hideous Kinky, two little girls are taken by their feckless young mother to Morocco on a `60s pilgrimage of self-discovery. & while she immerses herself in the Sufi religion, her children seek something more solid & stable amidst the shifting desert sands? Bea insists on going to school while the five-year-old narrator dreams of mashed potato. The girl`s explorations & discoveries of Marrakech vividly describe the sights, smells & sounds of Morocco. Their perception & understanding of the different culture, local rituals & customs, diverging from their mother`s quest for personal fulfilment & flight from the grinding conventions of English life. Esther Freud`s vocabulary & tone veer easily from the childlike to the more sophisticated, particularly when she recounts speeches or circumstances beyond a child`s comprehension, & she escapes sentimentality through simplicity. Hideous Kinky is a cheerful autobiographical novel as much about family as about an exotic country seen through an innocent`s eyes. & while the author may not have invented her subject, she has re-created it with a light touch & delicate irony. ...

We are all so familiar with the picture-postcard, well-known beauty spots dotted around the coastline that we often ignore the most eye-catching hideaways. Robin Whitcomb`s new guide to England & Wales` hidden gems unearths more stunning locations, some of which he first glimpsed while putting together his last book, Home Sweet Home. Travelling through Cornwall with his excitable chocolate Labrador Coco, Robin found himself in the diminutive Porthgwarra, a remote fishing cove used as one of the main locations in the TV series Poldark. The South West coastline supplies several of the most picturesque hidey holes at the beginning of the book, as Robin, his dog & his motorhome wander unknown havens in one of Britain`s most popular holiday destinations. Hidey Holes takes in North Devon, Pembrokeshire, & the castles that line the rugged Northumbrian coastline, before Robin heads back to South Devon to visit Agatha Christie`s home at Greenway House. Robin`s photography & light-hearted account of his journey, accompanied by landscapes by local painters, will delight readers who love local history, art & the British coast. ...

Hierro, map No. 1105/1108 in the topographic coverage of the Canary Islands at 1:50, 000 from the Instituto Geográfico Nacional
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This anthology, devoted to climbing on the world's two highest mountains, spans the years 1933 through 1996. It describes the development of climbing these two peaks, reminds us that Everest & K2 are among the world most dangerous places, & explains why the world's best climbers cannot stay away from them. The book

Includes:: prose about mountaineering's ultimate challenges by writers such as Jon Krakauer, David Roberts & Chris Bonington. Matt Dickinson tells what it is like for an amateur to climb a swaying aluminium ladder on Everest's North Col route; Jim Haberl waits high on K2's Abruzzi Ridge for sunrise over China to warm his extremities; Maria Coffey mourns the loss of her beloved who died on Everest's unclimbed Northeast Ridge; & Doug Scott summits Everest via the difficult Southwest face.

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Allowing us to travel mid-air through London, High Above London leads us to a thoroughly new appreciation of a city that has always been foremost in people's imagination. These splendid aerial photographs reveal a complex city of contrasts. An urban cluster without regular order, the city is actually a collection of villages that grew up around Roman Londinium, & today each has its own history, character, architecture, & even rhythm
- & all are illustrated in the beautiful photographs. The sky offers a perfect vantage point to view & understand this city of contrasts with its cultural diversity & multi cultural nature.
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Featuring hundreds of birds-eye photographs, this volume expands our perceptions of a city that already looms large in our mind's eye. Taking readers on an aerial adventure above this ever-fascinating city & its surrounding, the images in High Above Venice depict a city that is as breathtakingly beautiful in reality as it is in our imagination. A wide variety of panoramas depict the sights that are distinctly Venetian: the emerald-green Lagoon with its picturesque islands of Burano, Torcello, & Murano, the brightly-coloured homes of Burano, the network of canals branching out from the 'S' shaped Grand Canal, the venerable palaces, centuries-old homes, & world-famous monuments which are all the more compelling when viewed from above. For anyone who has experienced the magic of Venice, this volume is a souvenir to be cherished. & for anyone who hopes to travel to this city, it will serve as inspiration. ...

All courageous attempts by man to reach the summit of Everest by heading up the northern side from Tibet had failed. The southern approach through Nepal had never before been climbed, due to its impossibly steep ice-covered slopes & the country� s policies. In 1951 Edmund Hillary joined an expedition to find a new route up Everest from the south, which led to a new chapter in mountaineering history. This is a classic memoir, originally published in 1955, & is illustrated with drawings, maps & photographs which capture this incredible achievement. ...

Pack up your hiking gear & skis because we`re heading to the mountains. Marla Meridith, celebrity food & lifestyle blogger, travels the world looking for the best of the mountains. Inspired by Marla`s travels to the mountains of the Swiss Alps, Austria, Utah & Colorado, these recipes are perfect for stick-to-your-ribs comfort food that will fuel your active day at the same time it transports you to high culture resorts & panoramic mountain vistas. Warm up after a frosty day on the slopes, or cool down after a day of hiking with recipes such as Chamonix Onion Soup Gratinee, Alper Macaroni, Elk Spaghetti Bolognese, Pizokel, Krautfleckrl & Ski Chalet Bison Sliders. Featuring real ingredients, cured meats, game meats like bison, pheasant & fish, & local finds from hiking & easy foraging (like berries & mushrooms), you can create a hunter-gatherer meal bound to satisfy any adventurer. This book will have 75 recipes & 75 photographs. ...