When the photographer Enzo Barracco decided to mount a photographic expedition to Antarctica, inspired by the example of Sir Ernest Shackleton, he had much more than simple cold to contend with. As the world`s last empty continent, the snowy lands of the South Pole are a challenge for the most seasoned explorer, with their merciless winds, treacherous seas & vast sheets of ice. Even to arrive on the continent itself involves a perilous journey by sea from southern Argentina through the notoriously rough Drake Passage. THE NOISE OF ICE: ANTARCTICA explores what drove Barracco to embark on his journey, & tells the story of the expedition in words & astonishing photographs, all of them captured during the trip & many obtained in hazardous conditions. In his gripping text, Barracco explains how even his journey to Antarctica itself was undertaken with the essential help of an ice pilot, to spot & avoid icebergs that ship`s radar can miss. He tells of how the waves on that first journey threw him to the deck & brought home how hostile such an environment is, & of his constant battle to protect his photographic equipment & all-important memory cards from the extreme cold. Most importantly, he explains that in capturing these beautiful landscapes, his intention is to remind us all of the precarious position in which this part of the world finds itself. As the explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes puts it in his foreword to THE NOISE OF ICE, ”witnessed by only a few, Antarctica should be enjoyed by many & protected by all”. ...

In May 1937 a man in his early thirties waits by the lift of a Leningrad apartment block. He waits all through the night, expecting to be taken away to the Big House. Any celebrity he has known in the previous decade is no use to him now. & few who are taken to the Big House ever return. ...

From Margaret Wise Brown-author of the childhood favorite Goodnight Moon-and Caldecott-winning illustrator Leonard Weisgard comes The Noisy Book, now back in print in a sturdy board book! The little dog, Muffin, hears a noise. Squeak squeak squeak. What could it be? Originally published in 1939, the classic story of the little dog, Muffin, accompanied by big & bright illustrations will introduce children to the sounds around them. ...

At noma
- four times named the world`s best restaurant
- every dish

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The Manga is one of Africa`s most wild & remote regions: a hostile & unforgiving landscape inhabited by nomads. Situated in south-eastern Niger, in the shadow of the Old Salt Road, it has been mislaid by the modern world; no westerner had been seen there in living memory. The Nomad`s Path is a beautifully-rendered account of a journey across this inhospitable region at a time of Tuareg insurgency in 2004 & 2008. Carr sets out to explore the centuries-old link between the Barbary Coast & the Sahel along the Old Salt Road, while conjuring to life a lost wilderness & those who survive within it. At its heart is the story of a daring journey across the Sahel with the Tubu nomads. With tales of rebellion, lost civilisations, explorers
- both intrepid & eccentric
- & an epic seventeenth-century odyssey, Carr captures a sense of the intangible nature of the Sahel & delivers an evocative portrait of the Tubu
- a people living on the tide-line of the Sahara & the edge of the world.


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From the award-winning author of Red Dust, comes a virtuoso piece of `red humour`
- a darkly funny novel about the absurdities
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For over half a century, noodlemaker Gyalo Thondup has been a familiar figure in the Himalayan hill town of Kalimpong. But it was not until 2010 that the townsfolk discovered his true identity: Gyalo Thondup is none other than the older brother of the Dalai Lama & his special envoy, a trusted interlocutor between Tibet & foreign leaders from Chiang Kai-shek to Jawaharlal Nehru, Zhou Enlai to Deng Xiaoping. Indeed, only the Dalai Lama himself has played a more important role in the political history of modern, tragedy-ridden Tibet. Now, for the first time, Gyalo Thondup is prepared to tell his story. His remarkable account offers an intimate, personal look at the Dalai Lama & his immediate family, as well as an insider`s view of the vicious & sometimes deadly struggles within the Potala Palace
- the seat of power in Tibet. His is a story of the `real` Tibet
- a country that is secular as well as sacred, where the source of conflict is not just with China but between Tibetans themselves. Candid & insightful, this long-awaited account reveals Gyalo Thondup to have been a key figure in the great game played out by China, India, Russia & the United States over the strategically important Tibetan plateau.

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For over half a century, noodlemaker Gyalo Thondup has been a familiar figure in the Himalayan hill town of Kalimpong. But it was not until 2010 that the townsfolk discovered his true identity: Gyalo Thondup is none other than the older brother of the Dalai Lama & his special envoy, a trusted interlocutor between Tibet & foreign leaders from Chiang Kai-shek to Jawaharlal Nehru, Zhou Enlai to Deng Xiaoping. Indeed, only the Dalai Lama himself has played a more important role in the political history of modern, tragedy-ridden Tibet. Now, for the first time, Gyalo Thondup is prepared to tell his story. His remarkable account offers an intimate, personal look at the Dalai Lama & his immediate family, as well as an insider`s view of the vicious & sometimes deadly struggles within the Potala Palace
- the seat of power in Tibet. His is a story of the `real` Tibet
- a country that is secular as well as sacred, where the source of conflict is not just with China but between Tibetans themselves. Candid & insightful, this long-awaited account reveals Gyalo Thondup to have been a key figure in the great game played out by China, India, Russia & the United States over the strategically important Tibetan plateau.

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The acclaimed chef featured in the Emmy-Award winning US PBS series The Mind of a Chef & the Netflix docuseries Chef`s Table explores the rich baking tradition of the Nordic region, with 450 tempting recipes for home bakers Nordic culture is renowned for its love of baking & baked goods: hot coffee is paired with cinnamon buns spiced with cardamom, & cold winter nights are made cozier with the warmth of the oven. No one is better equipped to explore this subject than acclaimed chef Magnus Nilsson. In The Nordic Baking Book, Nilsson delves into all aspects of Nordic home baking
- modern & traditional, sweet & savory
- with recipes for everything from breads & pastries to cakes, cookies, & holiday treats. No other book on Nordic baking is as comprehensive & informative. Nilsson travelled extensively throughout the Nordic region
- Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Finl&, Greenl&, Icel&, Norway, & Sweden
- collecting recipes & documenting the landscape. The 100 photographs in the book have been shot by Nilsson
- now an established photographer, following his successful exhibitions in the US. From the pubisher of Nilsson`s influential & internationally bestselling Faviken & The Nordic Cookbook.




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The Nordic Cookbook offers an unprecedented look at the rich culinary offerings of the Nordic region with 700 recipes collected by the acclaimed Swedish chef Magnus Nilsson. While traveling extensively throughout the Nordic countries
- Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Finl&, Greenl&, Icel&, Norway & Sweden, Magnus collected recipes & photographed the finished dishes, as well as the landscape & its people. This beautiful volume, richly illustrated with Magnus Nilsson`s personal photography, unravels the mysteries of Nordic ingredients & introduces Nordic culinary history & cooking techniques. With Magnus as a guide, everyone can cook their favorite Nordic dishes & explore new ones, introducing you to the familiar (smoked salmon, meatballs & lingonberry jam) & less familiar (rose-hip soup, pork roasted with prunes, & juniper & honey beer) aspects of Nordic cuisine. The Nordic Cookbook joins Phaidon`s Mexico the Cookbook, India, Thail&, & others as the definitive cookbook on home cooking from the Nordic countries, including Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Finl&, Greenl&, Icel&, Norway & Sweden.
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