Discover one of the world`s most famous palaces with this exquisite cut-paper pocket guide. Unfolding to a length of 1.5 metres & presented in a beautiful slipcase, the guide features sumptuous rooms & magnificent treasures such as the Hall of Mirrors, the King`s Room, the Grand Trianon & the Queen`s Hamlet. Each illustration is accompanied by a short description, making this the perfect souvenir. ...

` Throughout Versatile, traditional recipes are presented with optional ingredients to be added or removed according to the various palates & tastes of family & friends, an approach that reflects the heart of Italian cuisine...it is this book`s legacy of recipes that most evocatively encapsulates the Italian philosophy of food as nourishment for both body & the spirit.` Grazia Giuliani In Italy, one cooks a family meal & everyone in the family eats that meal. Variations to the original recipe may be added or taken away
- cheese, pepper, spices, herbs are optional
- but the basic ingredients & the way of preparing the meal are the same for everyone, young & old. With chapters dedicated to the journeys that have been experienced by her family, ` Versatile` captures the discovery of seasonal variety, & the colours & scents of dishes that they enjoyed together. Italian cuisine is regional rather than national & often there are several interpretations of a single recipe, each developed according to local traditions & the availability of regional ingredients. In Italy, everybody has always something to say or to add! Throughout the book, the theme of versatility is further enhanced when a family adopt a recipe, they take the destiny of a recipe into their own hands, shaping & serving yet more versions of a classic dish across the generations. ` Versatile: Cooking & Living Italian` features the journey of a Mother, eating & cooking throughout her lifetime. The recipes in this book are ones that Grazia Giuliani has been enjoying & cooking since she was a child, she has grown up with these herself, held onto them throughout her childhood & has now given, as a gift, to her own Bambini. Growing up with homemade jams, preserves, pickles, fresh pasta & cakes, as well as shopping at local markets & handling fruit & vegetables, learning about which to choose, looking at their colour, feeling their consistency, smelling their scent, are all part of a knowledge that Grazia gradually picked up by doing the same things with her mother. It was family time that would develop into them enjoying cooking together & culminated a meal eaten together. This book is her way of suggesting that creating awareness in children about what they put in their mouths could be the start of a more adventurous &, in the future, educated palate. As well as simple recipes that children can prepare for the family, the book features an entire chapter dedicated to the many celebrated special occasions that see Italians gather around large tables with family & friends. Le Feste (special occasions) are another wonderful `excuse` to rejoice with plenty of delicious food, fine wine & delightful company. In addition to her own recipes & those handed down to her by her mother, this book also

Includes:: recipes passed on by other members of Grazia`s family & who share her love for food.



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Detailed road & walking map covering the Versilia (the Tuscan coast from Marina di Carrara in the north & Torre del Lago in the south) & almost all of the Alpi Apuane National Park with hill-shading, pick heights & bathymetric information. Road detail

Includes:: five kinds of roads, tracks & trails, with names & intermediate driving distances in km on major roads. Administrative boundaries, railways, mountain refuges, campsites & thermal baths are also indicated. Interesting areas, the Alpi Apuane Trekking path & 188 other footpaths are highlighted, alongside 4 major tourist itineraries also described through a vertical profile diagram.A small section gives the numbers of Alpine Aid Stations over the areas. Not indexed, & printed on paper with a hard cover.

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Versilia
- Parco delle Alpi Apuane at 1:50, 000 in a series of hiking maps from Edizioni Multigraphic covering Tuscany, parts
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Versilia region of northern Tuscany on a light, waterproof & tear resistant map at 1:175, 000 from the Touring Club Italiano, with a street plan of central Viareggio, plus extensive text, all in Italian only, on recommended sights, etc. The map covers the coastline from La Spezia & the western part of the Cinque Terre to south of Livorno, extending inland to Pistoia & Empoli, including several of Tuscany’s most visited locations: Pisa, Lucca, Massa, Carrara, etc. Cartography is an enlargement of TCI’s excellent regional series at 1:200, 000, enlarged here to 1:175, 000 & with an additional overprint to highlight various places of interest including beaches, natural sites, etc, & the publishers’ choices of 10 best sights in the region. Also provided is a street plan of central Viareggio. The reverse side provides extensive notes about the region, its cultural & historical heritage, gastronomy, landscape, leisure activities, etc. Also provided is more information & a map of the waterfront cycle route from Massa to Viareggio, with an enlargement of Forte dei Marmi. Map legend & all the text are in ITALIAN only. To see the list of titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

Photoluminescent Vinyl
- 150mm x 150mm. Stanfords is an official distributor of Maritime Progress safety signs. We are able to
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In Vertical Mind, Don Mc Grath & Jeff Elison teach rock climbers how to improve their mental game so they can climb better & have more fun. They teach how the latest research in brain science & psychology can help you retrain your mind & body for higher levels of rock climbing performance, while also demonstrating how to train & overcome fears & anxiety that hold you back. Finally, they teach climbing partners how to engage in co-creative coaching & help each other improve as climbers. With numerous & practical step-by-step drills & exercises, in a simple to follow training framework, your path to harder climbing has never been clearer. If you are a climber who wants to climb harder & have more fun climbing, then Vertical Mind is required reading. Well, what`s stopping you? Pick it up & get training today! ...

Today we live in a world that can no longer be read as a two-dimensional map, but must now be understood as a series of vertical strata that reach from the satellites that encircle our planet to the tunnels deep within the ground. In Vertical, Stephen Graham rewrites the city at every level: how the geography of inequality, politics, & identity is determined in terms of above & below. Starting at the edge of earth`s atmosphere &, in a series of riveting studies, descending through each layer, Graham explores the world of drones, the city from the viewpoint of an aerial bomber, the design of sidewalks & the hidden depths of underground bunkers. He asks: why was Dubai built to be seen from Google Earth? How do the super-rich in Sao Paulo live in their penthouses far above the street? Why do London billionaires build vast subterranean basements? & how do the technology of elevators & subversive urban explorers shape life on the surface & subsurface of the earth? Vertical will make you look at the world around you anew: this is a revolution in understanding your place in the world. ...

Over the last fifteen years, Moscow has undergone vast & radical transformations, which have turned it into an extraordinary urban laboratory. This photographic project by Gabriele Basilico was inspired by a desire to document this metamorphosis, & takes as its focal point the city`s seven Stalinist towers, known in Russian as the vysotnye zdania, or high buildings. Basilicos images use the towers as a privileged viewpoint for exploration & contemplation of the changing fabric of Moscow. After half a century of history, his work allows these striking buildings to be re-evaluated in the context of the new urban landscape of the 21st century. ...

Part fiction, part travelogue, the narrator of this compelling masterpiece pursues his solitary, eccentric course from England to Italy & beyond, succumbing to the vertiginous unreliability of memory itself. What could possibly connect Stendhal`s unrequited love, the artistry of Pisanello, a series of murders by a clandestine organisation, a missing passport, Casanova, the suicide of a dinner companion, stale apple cake, the Great Fire of London, a story by Kafka about a doomed huntsman & a closed-down pizzeria in Verona? ...