Elisabeth Luard, one of the food world`s most entertaining & evocative writers, has travelled extensively throughout her life, meeting fascinating people, observing different cultures & uncovering extraordinary ingredients in unusual places. In this enchanting food memoir, she shares tales & dishes gathered from her global ramblings. With refreshing honesty & warmth, she recounts anecdotes of the many places she has visited: scouring for snails in Crete, sampling exotic spices in Ethiopia & tasting pampered oysters in Tasmania. She describes encounters with a cellarer-in-chief & a mushroom-king, & explains why stress is good news for fruit & vegetables, & how to spot a truffle lurking under an oak tree. Divided into four landscapes
- rivers, islands, deserts & forests
- Elisabeth`s stories are coupled with more than fifty authentic recipes, each one a reflection of its unique place of origin, including Boston bean-pot, Hawaiian poke, Cretan bouboutie, mung-bean roti, roasted buttered coffee beans, Anzac biscuits & Sardinian lemon macaroons. Illustrated with Elisabeth`s own sketches, Squirrel Pie will appeal to anyone with a taste for travel, & an affinity for that most universal of languages, food.

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Shortlisted for the Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year at the Edward Stanfords Travel Writing Awards 2016.` Sacrilegious to say it but Elizabeth Luard even beats Elizabeth David. Exquisite writing & wonderful food, & funny too` Prue Leith ` Elisabeth Luard proves that no matter where you are, there is food to be gathered, or hunted, or found. Squirrel Pie is a beautifully written tribute to food that has all but vanished from our everyday lives` Alice Waters Elisabeth Luard, one of the food world`s most entertaining & evocative writers, has travelled extensively throughout her life, meeting fascinating people, observing different cultures & uncovering extraordinary ingredients in unusual places. In this enchanting food memoir, she shares tales & dishes gathered from her global ramblings. With refreshing honesty & warmth, she recounts anecdotes of the many places she has visited: scouring for snails in Crete, sampling exotic spices in Ethiopia & tasting pampered oysters in Tasmania. She describes encounters with a cellarer-in-chief & a mushroom-king, & explains why stress is good news for fruit & vegetables, & how to spot a truffle lurking under an oak tree. Divided into four landscapes
- rivers, islands, deserts & forests
- Elisabeth`s stories are coupled with more than fifty authentic recipes, each one a reflection of its unique place of origin, including Boston bean-pot, Hawaiian poke, Cretan bouboutie, mung-bean roti, roasted buttered coffee beans, Anzac biscuits & Sardinian lemon macaroons. Illustrated with Elisabeth`s own sketches, Squirrel Pie will appeal to anyone with a taste for travel, & an affinity for that most universal of languages, food.

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On the cusp of middle age, Simon Fenton leaves Britain in search of adventure & finds Senegal, love, fatherhood, witch doctors & a piece of land that could make a perfect guest house, if only he knew how to build one. The Casamance is an undiscovered paradise where mystic Africa governs life, people walk to the beat of the djembe, when it rains it pours & the mangos are free. But the fact that his name translates to vampire & he has had a curse placed on him via the medium of eggs could mean Simon`s new life may not be so easy. ...

Squish Squash Squeeze! is the brilliant new picture book from talented author/illustrator team Tracey Corderoy & Jane Chapman (The Little White Owl & The Magical Snow Garden). Packed full of surprises, this funny tale about unexpected friendships will delight small children, as they discover the tiger, crocodile & bear hidden in Mouse`s house. With a fantastic pop-up, pull-out ending, it`s just the book to squish-squash-squeeze into your bookshelves. Mouse`s new house seems perfect, with just enough room for his things. But who`s that growling by the piano? & who`s that sliding down the banister? Uh-oh! There are some VERY BIG animals living in the house. What a squish-squash-squeeze! ...

Squish Squash Squeeze! is the brilliant new picture book from talented author/illustrator team Tracey Corderoy & Jane Chapman (The Little White Owl & The Magical Snow Garden). Packed full of surprises, this funny tale about unexpected friendships will delight small children, as they discover the tiger, crocodile & bear hidden in Mouse`s house. With a fantastic pop-up, pull-out ending, it`s just the book to squish-squash-squeeze into your bookshelves. Mouse`s new house seems perfect, with just enough room for his things. But who`s that growling by the piano? & who`s that sliding down the banister? Uh-oh! There are some VERY BIG animals living in the house. What a squish-squash-squeeze! ...

Ava & Squishy are back & this time their adorable chaos hits Christmas preparations for Mum, Dad, baby Roo, the local Christmas fete & much, much more. In her letter to Santa, Ava only has one wish. Will she get what her heart desires on Christmas day? Rising star Pip Jones continues to give her quirky twist to everyday experiences in this warm & humorous series. The jaunty rhyming text is perfect for reading aloud, & Ella Okstad`s gorgeous, distinctive illustrations will help more confident readers learn to read by themselves for the first time. ...

Squishy Mc Fluff has been blow-dried & primped to perfection. He must win the Country Fair prettiest pet competition
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Can you see him? My kitten? Close your eyes tight. His fur is so soft & all silvery white Imagine him quick! Have you imagined enough? Oh, good, you can see him! It`s Squishy Mc Fluff! When Ava discovers an imaginary cat in the cabbage patch, she knows she`s found a new best friend. Together, Ava & Squishy Mc Fluff get up to all kinds of mischief... Bright new talent Pip Jones gives a hilarious, quirky twist to everyday experiences for readers aged 5+. ...

Sredna Gora on a contoured & GPS compatible map from Domino showing local hiking trails & highlighting various interesting sites. Most place names are in both Latin & Cyrillic alphabet; map legend

Includes:: English. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link. Maps in the Domino series have contours (interval in most titles is 20m or 50m), enhanced by relief shading plus plenty of peak names & additional spot heights. Boundaries of national parks & other protected areas are marked. An overprint highlights both waymarked routes & unmaintained hiking trails. Although not specifically named on them, the maps can be used to follow local sections of the E3, E4 & E8 trans-European long-distance routes. Road network is graded according to width, indicates locations of petrol stations, &

Includes:: local country tracks & paths. Railway lines are shown with stations. Symbols mark locations of hotels & holiday homes, campsites, mountain refuges, shepherd’s huts & hunting lodges, as well as various places of interest & natural sites. Names of towns, villages & main topographic features are in both Cyrillic & Latin alphabet; smaller peaks or rivers & streams are in Cyrillic only. The maps have latitude & longitude grid at intervals of 5’. Map legend

Includes:: English. Most titles also include a list of local mountain refuges with contact details.





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Sri Lanka at 1:450, 000 from Nelles Verlag, with its smaller map size offering a convenient format for use when travelling. The map

Includes:: a large street plan of Colombo & several insets with other street plans & enlargements of popular tourist areas. On one side is a map of Sri Lanka, with relief shading, spot heights & names of mountain ranges & peaks presenting the topography. Road network indicated partly surfaced roads &

Includes:: minor local roads & tracks. Driving distances are marked on main routes. Railway lines & local airports are included, & the map also shows internal administrative boundaries with names of the provinces. National parks or protected areas & various other places of interest, including numerous beaches, are prominently highlighted. Latitude & longitude lines are drawn at intervals of 30



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