' Not everyone can keep a cow but everyone can make cheese.' This book shows you the very basic equipment needed to make your own cheese: the ingredients including different milks herbs & flavours; how to make a simple cheese; & how to produce some of the worlds speciality cheeses such as Roquefort Brie & Edam. You will find recipes for making many cheeses at home. Whether you are making a cheese cake a ricotta-based pudding or a stonking salty blue this book is a cheese lover's guide to making their own favourite food
- & there are some recipes for the biscuits to go with it too.
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This is an inspirational self-improvement guide from a leader in personal & organizational accountability. Every day we are faced with decisions from the moment we wake up until the moment we go to bed. Decisions about our families our business our futures. We are accountable for making decision big & small the cast the paths of our lives. So why do we spend so much time finger-pointing & blaming others? Mark Samuel is a master of accountability. In his book teaches us how to go from victim to accountable & how to actually do what we say we are going to do. Taking ownership of the power of personal choice regardless of the obstacles means not only walking the talk but knowing what talk you are going to walk. Faced with fear of blame fear of failure & fear of success Samuel provides inspiration & strategy for impacting the world by achieving your goals. One of Samuels main arguments in owning accountability is recognizing your current reality. He challenges readers to embrace certain tools" that can place us in the right frame of mind to accept responsibility & accomplish all of our set goals both individually & as team members including: Compassion: in taking accountability also creating solutions that consider the welfare of all parties involved & for the entire organization in general. Openness: let each member of the team regardless of rank have a chance to speak up & share their perspective in problem-solving; Sincerity: acknowledge the current reality with honesty yet without judgment. Call it what it is without criticizing at this stage. From identifying the common roadblocks to accountability to focusing on the factor of forgiveness in taking responsibility Samuel shows readers how to effectively stop the cycle of victimhood & blaming & shows us how to engage in the "accountability loop " a process of pragmatic self-examination recognition & owning & action. Using examples from the worlds of business sports parables & his own life story Samuel highly-praised accountability lessons are now available for anyone to learn from." ...

Sample some of Andalucia's finest seafood admire an ancient Roman theatre & enjoy a beer in a crusty old-fashioned bar. Malaga is best known for the legions of sun worshipers that visit each year but there is much more to this cosmopolitan province. Gaze in to the dizzying depths of El Tajo gorge when you visit Ronda enjoy the charm of white-washed villages where time has stood still & admire the surreal rocks of the inland mountain ranges which have been twisted into odd shapes & sizes. Footprintfocus Malaga covers all the little-known gems that are often overlooked in this popular province as well as popular destinations.

Includes:: detailed information on sights & attractions & fascinating insights into the history & culture of the province. * Essentials section with practical advice on getting around. * Highlights map so you know what not to miss. * Comprehensive listings including where to have fun sleep & eat the best tapas. * Detailed street maps for Malaga & other important towns. * Slim enough to fit in your pocket. Loaded with advice & information this concise Footprintfocus guide will help you get the most out of Malaga without weighing you down. The content of Footprintfocus Malaga guide has been extracted from Footprint's Andalucia Handbook.

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Malagasy the national language of Madagascar has over 10 million speakers. This dictionary & phrasebook provides the traveller to this beautiful island with the means for basic communication as well as an introduction to the country's culture. The compact guide

Includes:: a two-way bilingual dictionary with over 2 000 entries & a phrasebook containing all of the essential topics from introductions & common phrases to accommodations food & drink weather & health among many others.

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Brook High is a great grey concrete ants' nest of a school. John Malarkey is the new kid thrown in at the deep end of Year 11. He's the wrong person in the wrong place at the wrong time. Through what at first appears to be a random meeting he helps a girl called Mary Chase out of a tricky situation but is subsequently accused of stealing report cards to sell to students so they can write their own bogus reports. He quickly realises it was all a set-up & that he's been used to take the fall. The teacher who accuses him of the crime gives him one day to prove his innocence. Malarkey tries to track down Mary Chase but it's difficult in such a huge place. He does however discover strange goings-on beneath the surface of the normal school day. The more questions he asks the deeper he becomes involved in the corrupt under-belly of the school. He's also noticed the peculiar fact that so many kids at Brook wear Adidas trainers
- black with the three white stripes. He realises that these are the badge of membership worn by those involved in the school's 'mafia'. He discovers that the name of the organisation's leader is Freddie Cloth & Mary Chase turns out to be Cloth's girlfriend. Malarkey is soon noticed for asking so many questions & receives warnings & then threats to back down. But with time quickly running out for him he still has to prove his innocence. & the only way to do this is to get to Freddie Cloth.
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Flat on your back on the hotel bed you ponder the arrow on the ceiling. Does it point past the minarets to the babbling pasar malam " fragrant with fruit & loud with language? Will it lead you to the shadowy artists of "wayang kulit " or to your guide through underwater paradise? Does it prophesy a meeting with orang-utans in the unrivalled jungle beauty of Borneo? If you meet them what on this lonely planet will you say? Our phrasebooks give you a comprehensive mix of practical & social words & phrases in more than 120 languages. Chat with the locals & discover their culture
- a guaranteed way to enrich your travel experience."
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An intrepid explorer who earned his living by collecting bird skins Wallace also catalogued the vast number of plant & animal species that inhabited this unique geographical area. In addition he

Includes:: numerous observations on the people their languages & ways of living & social organisation as well as geological insights into the nature & activity of volcanoes & the destructive force of nature. Colourful personal anecdotes based on experiences during his travels also pepper the text. First published in 1869 The Malay Archipelago provided some of the initial evidence of the modern theory of evolution. Discursive captivating occasionally offensive but always wonderfully descriptive it remains one of the most extensive works of natural history ever compiled. ABOUT STANFORDS TRAVEL CLASSICS Hailing from both sides of the Atlantic the authors included are as diverse as Edith Wharton Henry James Ernest Shackleton & Alfred Russel Wallace. Every title has been reset in a contemporary typeface & has been printed to a high-quality production

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The struggle with Communist terrorists in Malaya known as The Emergency became a textbook example of how to fight a guerrilla war based on political as much as military means. This book deals with both the campaign fought by British Commonwealth & other security forces in Malaya against Communist insurgents between 1948 & 1960 & also the security action in North Borneo during the period of Confrontation with Indonesia from 1962 to 1966. Both campaigns provided invaluable experience in the development of anti-guerrilla tactics & are relevant to the conduct of similar actions which have been fought against insurgent elements since then. The book written with the full co-operation of various departments of the UK Ministry of Defence contains material that untilrecently remained classified. This is the first full study to cover the role of airpower in these conflicts. It will be of relevance to students at military colleges & those studying military history as well as having a more general appeal particularly to those servicemen & women who were involved in both campaigns. ...

He shot them then dispatched others who were still frozen in their places. When the magazine of the sub-machine gun was empty he put it aside & calmly unholstered a. 38 revolver. He picked off the remainder with carefully aimed shots. When they were all down he holstered the revolver picked up the sub-machine gun & left the building. Inside it all the pilots were either dead or dying. When Japan withdrew its occupying troops at the end of the Second World War the Malayan communists who had fought against the invader felt themselves betrayed by their government their politics outlawed & their sacrifices unrewarded. They returned to the jungle as guerrillas launching a successful campaign against the symbols of colonial power the mines & plantations. In desperation the British Army resurrected a force that had been disbanded after the Second World War: the SAS. Reformed as the Malayan Scouts their task was to succeed where normal soldiering had failed & take the fight to the insurgents in the jungle operating as guerrillas themselves. The Malayan Scouts SAS is one soldiers account of operations during the Malayan Emergency fighting a ruthless enemy in a hostile environment. It is the story of a regiment often despised by its own army perceived as ill-disciplined & uncontrollable & yet fiercely effective against an enemy that traditional units could not best. ...

Marco Polo maps feature completely up-to-date digitally generated mapping. The high quality cartography with distance indicators & scale converters aid route planning. The extensive coverage of the maps enables travellers to cross country boundaries with the same map. A fold-out overview map is ideal for route planning & 7 self-adhesive Marco Polo mark-it stickers can be used to pin-point a destination or route for future reference. Scenic routes & places of interest are highlighted
- ideal for touring holidays. The maps also contain a comprehensive index & inset street plans of major cities. Scale: 1: 2 Million.
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