While walking in South-west France, cook & journalist Orlando Murrin dreamed up the adventure of a lifetime: why not wave goodbye to the rat race & come to live in this rural paradise, where the only traffic is the boulangerie van delivering baguettes? His book tells the story of how he set up a boutique b&b &

Includes:: 100 amazing recipes. The story of the Manoir de Raynaudes begins on New Year`s Eve 2001 when Orlando & his partner first glimpse the ruined manoir at dusk. Set in 13 acres of lush meadow, woodl&, lakes & garden, they set about transforming the dignified old manor house into a phenomenally successful boutique b&b with its own magnificent kitchen garden. A Table in the Tarn charts the discovery, acquisition & renovation of the property. Along the way, we learn about the local food scene, with its astonishingly rich heritage of ingredients & dishes, about working in France & coping with the famous French bureaucracy, & about the unforeseen delight of working with the locals. Four years on, with countless plaudits & a coveted entry in the classy Mr & Mrs Smith directory, the business attracts visitors from around the world & continues to be a gastronomic destination for anyone seeking peace, tranquillity & above all fantastic food. Everything at the Manoir is home made, from breakfast breads to after-dinner chocolates, & the book

Includes:: 100 recipes. From the sublime Roquefort Brioche via Savoury Mini Clafoutis & Roast Pigeon Breasts in Armagnac to the unparalleled Chocolate Nirvana with Creme Anglaise, this collection of recipes offers a vivid experience of life in rural France. Cooks everywhere will devour the descriptions of country cooking as mastered by generations of French cooks. Not only will you learn the insider secrets of making acclaimed dishes from the Manoir, but find out what it`s like to make a dream come true.



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About this series Guides geared toward the practicalities of day-to-day living abroad. While there are introductory overviews on issues of employment, the bulk of each volume consists of chapters concentrating on accommodation, health, education, insurance, finance, leisure, sport & shopping. ...

Pairing a conventional look & traditional styling, the 30cm (12) Livingston is suitable for any setting. A two-way, raised-relief map design provides a standard view of the physical world or an illuminated display of the political world. A sumptuous hardwood base & die-cast semi-meridian complement the timeless classic look. ...

Livingston street map from Nicolson Maps; coverage

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David Livingstone (1813-1873) is revered as one of history`s greatest explorers & missionaries, the first European to cross Africa, & the first to find Victoria Falls & the source of the Congo River. In this exciting new edition, Jeal draws on fresh sources & archival discoveries to provide the most fully rounded portrait of this complicated man
- dogged by failure throughout his life despite his full share of success. Using Livingstone`s original field notebooks, Jeal finds that the explorer`s problems with his African followers were far graver than previously understood. From recently discovered letters he elaborates on the explorer`s decision to send his wife Mary back home to Engl&. He also uncovers fascinating information about Livingstone`s importance to the British Empire & about his relationship with the journalist-adventurer Henry Morton Stanley. In addition Jeal here evokes the full pathos of the explorer`s final journey. This masterful, updated biography also features an excellent selection of new maps & illustrations.
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Taylor travels from east to southern Africa uncovering vestiges of the continent's colonial past through its landscape, peoples & their stories. This is a journey to discover the identity of Livingstone's tribe, that is, the whites who have stayed on in post-independence Africa. From the vicar of Zanzibar to a man named Delicious, the author meets & talks to an incredible spectrum of people. ...

An extraordinary, passionate & personal journey into Africa`s past. ` The most enthralling account out of Africa for years.` Daily Mail. `” Livingstone`s Tribe” is excellent... Taylor is an intelligent & stimulating companion.` Financial Times ` At the book`s heart is a riveting examination of Livingstone`s tribe...the whites of post-independence Africa.` Independent on Sunday ` Taylor`s expedition into the interior of the continent`s colonial past has got everything that such a book should have.` Guardian ` Stephen Taylor, a third-generation emigre of British descent, finds a melancholy collection of white misfits & failures...as well as a heroic, dwindling clutch of missionaries still holding the line. The catalogue of theft, corruption, murder & superstition that Taylor chronicles makes appalling, fascinating reading. Yet Taylor is no Colonel Blimp, rather an anti-apartheid liberal who fled the old South Africa & welcomed independence for Mugabe`s Zimbabwe.` Daily Mail ` Sights & travel experiences are vividly described & people both from Livingstone`s & from the other tribes are handled particularly well.` Sunday Times ...

The 1:50 000 topographic map gives a more general picture of the ground features than a basic map. It shows settlements, houses, roads, cultivated areas, waterways, cutting areas, mires, rock exposures, & relief. One map sheet covers an area of 30 x 40 km & one centimetre corresponds to 500 metres on the ground. The 1:50, 000 topographic map is also an ideal complement to nautical charts as it provides useful information about the land areas adjacent to waterways. For example, all Finnish sea areas are covered by 1:50 000 topographic map sheets. ...

Livorno on an indexed street plan at 1:11, 000 from Litografia Artistica Cartografica in their Globalmap imprint, with a detailed enlargement of the city’s historic centre at 1:7, 000. 48 monuments including historic buildings & churches, cultural or educational institutions, & important municipal buildings or facilities are numbered & listed next to the plan. Litografia Artistica Cartografica (LAC) are Italy’s leading publishers of street plans with an extensive range of titles. Where appropriate, the plans include an enlargement showing the historic centre in greater detail. On each plan monuments including historic buildings & churches, archaeological sites, cultural or educational institutions, & important municipal buildings or facilities are numbered & listed next to the plan. Unless indicated to the contrary in the individual description, one way streets are not marked. Street index is on the reverse. ...

Livorno Province at 1:100, 000 in a series of handy size provincial road maps from Litografia Artistica Cartografica (LAC) with more minor local roads & country tracks than can be found on most regional maps from other publishers. This title is now available in a digitally produced edition.LAC’s provincial series is gradually being changed to a new style of digitally derived cartography, so presentation of adjoining titles may vary. All the maps have hill shading to represent the general relief with spot heights for selected peaks, & show a few more local roads & rough tracks than the other road map series. Intermediate road distances are indicated. Regional, provincial & communal borders are marked, & railways, funiculars, airports, sea ferry links & campsites are shown. The legend is in Italian only. The new, digitally produced editions are indexed & have enhanced, more finely drawn cartography: the hill-shading is less bold, motorway service areas are marked, natural parks are highlighted & an expanded range of symbols indicates various landmarks & sites, e.g. antiquities, churches, etc. Two styles of the new cartography are produced, differing only in the colour of the predominant background shading: grey or yellow/green. Some of the new editions include geographical coordinates for the map corners. The index of localities is on the reverse. To see all the titles in this series please click on the series link. ...