The Cambridge Planetary Handbook is a comprehensive reference text on the planets for students, teachers, academic researchers & astronomy enthusiasts. The book is arranged in two parts. Part one presents planetary data, such as atmospheric pressure, composition, & future conjunctions & transits. Part two contains a summary on each planet, including its moons. These summaries cover cloud & atmospheric conditions, surface features, historical early ideas about each planet, & recent discoveries from the Hubble Space Telescope & other data. The planetary information is supplemented by historical photographs, illustrations, & portraits. Appendixes provide very brief biographies of selected astronomers & a glossary. The handbook is well suited for amateur astronomers & students of astronomy. Readers with less technical background may need to refer to a scientific dictionary, & professional astronomers may find the coverage too popular. ...

CELEBRATE THE REGION`S VIBRANT FOOD & DRINK SCENE WITH THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE COOK BOOKThe Cambridgeshire Cook Book is a 192-page full colour book, featuring over 40 stunning recipes from some of the finest independent restaurants, cafes, delicatessens, pubs, farm shops, producers & suppliers in Cambridgeshire. It also features guest recipes from ` The Medicinal Chef` Dale Pinnock, Jin Yee Chung (Winner of Cambridge Bake Off 2015) & Daniel Clifford of two Michelin-starred restaurant, Midsummer House. Highlighting the region`s ever-growing vibrant independent food scene, the book focuses upon the quality local produce on offer from some of the best suppliers in the area, including Barker Bros Butchers, Croxton Park Estate, Burwash Manor, Sedgwick`s Charcuterie, Cheese+, The OOO Company & more. The focus for many local chefs & business owners is to make the most of the food & drink on offer, to champion local suppliers & make innovative delicious dishes from their produce. Cambridgeshire also plays host to fantastic foodie ventures such as Cambridge Food Tour & Cambridge Cookery School, who both work to bring the region`s gourmet wares to the wider public. The book offers recipes, stories & anecdotes from well-established businesses, newcomers & the personalities behind the Cambridgeshire food & drink scene. Featuring the likes of Aromi, The Cambridge Distillery, The Free Press, Midsummer House, Nanna Mexico, Shelford Delicatessen, The Urban Shed, The Merry Monk, Chocolat Chocolat & many, many more
- readers will be sure to spot one or two of their favourite eateries, as well as find a few new haunts. With a collection of diverse recipes from Elder Street Cafe & Deli`s organic buffalo burgers to The Red Lion`s poppy seed crusted fillet of venison, Clare College`s vanilla confit salmon, Inder`s Kitchen`s Keralan chicken curry, Cambridge distillery`s basil smash, Jack`s Gelato`s rhubarb sorbet & Norfolk Street Bakery`s blueberry cake, there`s something to whet everybody`s appetite. There`s also an exclusive food & drink pairing from the experts at Cambridge Wine Merchants, who have carefully selected specific a wine or beer to accompany each dish.-- Ends --Notes to editor For further information please contact: Rachel Heward 0114 275 7709 rachel@mezepublishing.co.uk The official launch event: About Meze Publishing: Meze Publishing is the brainchild of specialist cook book designer, Paul Cocker & experienced publisher Phil Turner. The firm specialises in publishing cook books & has already published books for Masterchef finalist & Scottish Chef of the Year Adam Handling, Great British Menu`s Colin Mc Gurran as well as creating a series of regional cook books throughout the UK.
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The arresting cover of this A-Z book tells us much about London's workhouse, Camden Town. It pictures part of the depot for the Birmingham to Euston Railway
- the two chimneys relate to machinery which pulled carriages up by cable from Euston for connection to the early steam engines at Camden. Camden Town's history exemplifies inner London areas: a settlement transformed in the 19th century by railways & industry leading to overcrowded dereliction, but revamped by late 20th century gentrification. Camden now sports flourishing markets. A vivid, fascinating area brought to life in this book.
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Ansel Adams produced some of the century`s truly memorable photographic images & helped nurture the art of photography through his creative innovations & peerless technical mastery. This handbook
- the first volume in Adam`s celebrated series of books on photographic techniques
- has taught a generation of photographers how to harness the camera`s artistic potential. It remains as vital today as when it was first published. Along with visualization, image management, Adams` famous Zone System, & other keys to photographic artistry, The Camera covers 35mm, medium-format, & large-format view cameras & offers detailed advice on camera components such as lenses, shutters, & light meters. Beautifully illustrated with photographs as well as instructive line drawings, this classic manual belongs on every serious photographer`s bookshelf.

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In the late nineteenth century & early twentieth, hundreds of amateur photographers took part in the photographic survey movement in Engl&. They sought to record the material remains of the English past so that it might be preserved for future generations. In The Camera as Historian, the groundbreaking historical & visual anthropologist Elizabeth Edwards works with an archive of nearly 55, 000 photographs taken by 1, 000 photographers, mostly unknown until now. She approaches the survey movement & its social & material practices ethnographically. Considering how the amateur photographers understood the value of their project, Edwards links the surveys to the rise of popular photography, concepts of leisure, & understandings of the local & the national. Her examination of how the photographers negotiated between scientific objectivity & aesthetic responses to the past leads her to argue that the survey movement was as concerned with the conditions of its own modernity & the creation of an archive for an anticipated future as it was nostalgic about the imagined past. Including more than 120 duotone images, The Camera as Historian offers new perspectives on the forces that shaped Victorian & Edwardian Britain, as well as contemporary debates about cultural identity, nationality, empire, material practices, & art. ...

Guidebook describing the Camino Portugues (Portuguese Way) from Lisbon in Portugal to Santiago in Spain. At over 600km this is a long walk requiring good general fitness, but no specialist equipment is required. This guidebook covers the Central Camino, starting from Lisbon, Porto or Tui, the Coastal Camino between Porto or Vigo, & the Spiritual Variant scenic route from Pontevedra to Redondela. It also describes link routes that can be used to swap from one route to another. Since 1211 Santiago de Compostela has been a place of holy pilgrimage, & the Camino Portugues is the second most travelled pilgrim route after the Camino Francés. It is a journey that takes in four UNESCO World Heritage Areas: the Knights Templar Castle at Tomar, Portugal`s oldest University at Coimbra, & the old towns of Porto & Santiago. It culminates at the famous cathedral at Santiago de Compostela. The book contains detailed route guidance & maps, & information about historic & religious sites passed along the way. It is packed with essential information for pilgrims, with advice on getting there, when to go, accommodation & equipment. There are also background notes on St James, the beginnings of Santiago de Compostela, & the history of the Camino itself. An indispensable facilities table showing the availability of accommodation, refreshment, supermarkets, ATMs & pharmacies along the route, & a handy glossary make this the complete guide to the Camino. ...

Oliver is just back from the Spanish Civil War & world-weary at only nineteen. Calypso is gorgeous, utterly selfish & determined to marry for money. Polly & Walter, brother & sister, play their cards close to their chests. Then there`s little Sophie, who nobody loves. Soon the world will be swept into war again & the five cousins will enter a whirligig of sex, infidelity, love & loss, but for now they have one last, gaspingly hot summer at the house by the cliffs with the camomile lawn. A beloved best-seller from an author ahead of her time, The Camomile Lawn is a waspishly witty, devil-may-care delight. ...

When it`s time to head out for a camping weekend, there`s no reason to compromise on great food. It`s easy to whip up delicious meals with the recipes in this book: instructions include supply lists & prep work that can be done ahead of time & options for cooking both out- & indoors. The Camp & Cabin Cookbook is a feast for the eyes, with gorgeous photographs of every dish, from breakfast to snacks to dinner. Don`t leave home without it! ...

This classic book has been republished here as part of Penguin`s Great Food series. Firmly of the belief that a home should be run as an efficient military campaign, Mrs Beeton, the doyenne of English cookery, offers timeless tips on selecting cuts of meat, throwing a grand party & hosting a dinner, as well as giving suggestions on staff wages & the cost of each recipe. With such delicious English classics as rabbit pie, carrot soup, baked apple custard, & fresh lemonade
- as well as invalid`s jelly for those days when stewed eels may be a little too much
- this is a wonderful collection of food writing from the matriarch of modern housekeeping.

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The Camper Van Bible is THE definitive glovebox bible for anyone who owns or `would die for` a camper van. In this book Martin Dorey, acknowledged camper van expert & presenter of BBC2`s ` One Man & His Campervan`, delves headfirst into the nitty gritty of camping & camper vans. The book covers all aspects of the camper van life, including:
- Owning & living day to day with a camper van (LIVE)
- Cooking & eating in your camper (EAT)
- Sleeping in your camper (SLEEP)
- Keeping you & your van going (REPEAT) Packed with stunning photography, & oodles of vital, definitive & authoritative information, plus some tasty recipes too, this book will be essential for both dreamers & do-ers alike. It will appeal to all areas of the market, from the Classic VW owners & the owners of modern VWs to owners of all makes of camper vans, smaller motorhomes, & the tented camper markets too. Heed the advice, drool over the pictures. Then go & do it.



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