” An Omelette & a Glass of Wine”, offers 62 articles originally written by Elizabeth David between 1955 & 1984 for numerous publications including ” The Spectator”, ” Gourmet” magazine, ” Vogue”, & ” The Sunday Times”. This revered classic volume contains delightful explorations of food & cooking, among which are the collection`s namesake essay & other such gems as Syllabubs & Fruit Fools, Sweet Vegetables, Soft Wine, Pleasing Cheeses, & Whisky in the Kitchen. Her subjects range from the story of how her own cookery writing began to accounts of some restaurants in provincial France, of white truffles in Piedmont, wild risottos on the islands of the Venetian lagoon & odd happenings during rain-drenched seaside holidays in the British Isles. Here we can share her appreciation of books, people who influenced her, places she loved & the delicious meals she enjoyed. Some of the best essays are those about others who wrote about food such as Norman Douglas & Mrs Beeton. She writes so vividly that we can see, taste & even smell the dishes she describes. Many of these pieces, such as ”I`ll Be with You in the Squeezing of a Lemon”, from 1969
- about cooking with lemons
- barely show their age. But even if they did, you wouldn`t care, because of the rich store of information that David shares & the literary grace with which she imparts it. Some articles include recipes, but for the most part this is a volume nicely sized to curl up with or to take on a trip. Articles, book reviews & travel pieces, they will be new to many of her readers & a delight to all for their highly personal flavor. Jane Grigson praised it for including all the dishes most closely associated with her, Spiced Beef, Salted Welsh Duck & Syllabub. Her many admirers will cherish this new hardback edition for its 320 high quality pages casually interspersed with charming black & white illustrations & some photographs. It is a book sure to appeal to the ` Elizabeth David` book collector & readers coming to know Ms. David for the first time will marvel at her wisdom & grace.

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Omiška Dinara Mountains on the Adriatic coast of Croatia on a contoured & GPS compatible, double-sided map at 1:25, 000 from the Croatian Mountain Rescue Service. Coverage extends from Dugi Rat & Omiš to just beyond Vruja & inland beyond the A1 motorway to the hill along the Cetina River. Contours at 20m intervals enhanced by relief shading provide excellent presentation of the terrain, with markings for various topographic features. On the reverse the same area of the Omiška Dinara Mountains but with coverage extending less far inland is shown with contours at 10m intervals & additional altitude colouring. Both maps highlight waymarked hiking paths & indicate which local roads & tracks are suitable for cycling. Symbols show various facilities & places of interest, including different types of tourist accommodations (hotels, campsites, mountain refuges), restaurants, etc. Both maps have a 1km UTM grid. Also provided are notes about the Omiška Dinara Mountains. Map legend & the notes include English. This map is printed on dem&, & if it`s out of stock it could take 3
- 4 months waiting time. To see the list of titles in this series please click on the series link.
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This book is a comprehensive social history of how the London bus has worked in, & for, the capital for the last century & a half. It discusses the design, development & operations of buses in the city & its surrounding countryside & considers how the bus has served Londoners from all over the world & shaped London. Contributions from a number of recognised authorities on bus history, complement beautiful images from the London Transport Museum` archives & other private collections. Omnibus celebrates the rich & diverse story of how city, suburban & country life have all been made easier by the London bus, its operating staff & excellent design. Throughout this story the message is clear, every journey matters. ...

Following the commercial & critical success of Typee, Herman Melville continued his series of South Sea adventure-romances with Omoo. Named after the Polynesian term for a rover, or someone who roams from island to isl&, Omoo chronicles the tumultuous events aboard a South Sea whaling vessel & is based on Melville's personal experiences as a crew member on a ship sailing the Pacific. From recruiting among the natives for sailors to handling deserters & even mutiny, Melville gives a first-person account of life as a sailor during the nineteenth century filled with colourful characters & vivid descriptions of the far-flung locales of Polynesia. ...

The main map covers the whole of metropolitan Omsk at a scale of 1:20, 000. An enlargement of the town centre is shown at 1:10, 000. On the reverse is an index of place names, a map of the surrounds of Omsk, a chronology & an introduction to the town history. All text is in Russian.IMPOTRANT
- PLEASE NOTE: Deliveries from Russia are highly irregular & we are unable to guarantee delivery dates for maps or atlases that are not currently in stock. Specifications of maps supplied, particularly street plans, may also differ to those described on the website.
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Maugham spent the winter months of 1919-20 travelling 1500 miles up the Yangtze river. Always more interested in people than places he gave full rein to a sensitive & philosophical nature: ON A CHINESE SCREEN is the refined accumulation of the countless scraps of paper on which he had taken notes. A series of acute & finely crafted sketches of Westerners who are culturally out of their depth in the immensity of the Chinese civilisation. Within the narrow confines of their colonial milieu, missionaries, consuls, army officers & company managers are all gently ridiculed as they persist obliviously with the life they know ...

This is the first travel book that tested the idea that a five-year-old daughter makes for a useful international travelling companion. Together Dervla Murphy & her daughter Rachel with little money, no taste for luxury & few concrete plans meander their way slowly south from Bombay to the southernmost point of India, Cape Comorin. Interested in everything they see, but only truly enchanted by people, they stay in fisherman`s huts & no-star hotels, travelling in packed-out buses, on foot & by local boats. Instead of pressing ever onwards, like so many travellers, they double back to the place they liked most, the hill province of Coorg & settle down to live there for two months. Anchored by her daughter`s delight in the company of her Indian neighbours, Dervla Murphy creates an extraordinarily affectionate portrait of these cardamon-scented, spiritually & agriculturally self- sufficient Highlands. If travel is underwritten by an unwitting search for a lost paradise, this is a quest that was achieved
- made possible with the right sort of travelling companion.
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When writer & intrepid traveller Sarah Woods set about discovering the jungles of Central & South America, her quest
- to catch
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In On Anarchism, Noam Chomsky
- author, activist & anarchist
- offers a vital overview of the meanings of anarchism & the

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One cold Christmas night, a shepherd recounts the magical story of how he came to be the first visitor to the newborn Christ child
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