Hugo Latymer reveals the rich diversity of trees shrubs flowering plants & cacti that flourish in regions where summers are hot & dry winters mild & wet. His knowledge & enthusiasm are communicated in descriptions of more than 300 plants most of them readily obtainable: Chinaberry trees with fragrant lilac flowers in spring dark green twisted carobs beautiful red-flowered climbing lilies. Many of the subjects are illustrated in superb colour photographs. Coded information at the head of each entry enables gardeners to make the best choices when confronted with the bewildering array of plants on offer. Whether your garden is a patio of a few square metres or several hectares on a terraced hillside you will find a wealth of ideas for colourful & interesting plants & a variety of garden designs. The author draws on 20 years experience of gardening on the island of Mallorca. ...

Explaining how to meet the particular challenges of growing edible plants in the hot dry Mediterranean climate this book brings the expertise of Spains top organic gardener to an English-speaking audience. As well as outlining the principles of gardening organically it provides full practical information on how to grow vegetables fruit & herbs in Mediterranean conditions. It advises on matters such as irrigation climatic factors & inherent characteristics of the region & describes the kitchen garden through the gardening year. ...

Following on from the success of The Best Slow Cooker Cookbook Ever Diane Phillips unveils a new compendium of minimal-effort maximum deliciousness slow cooker recipes this time with a Mediterranean twist. The Mediterranean region spans a vast geographical area & this cookbook encompasses all of it with recipes representing Portugal Spain France Italy Greece & the North African & Middle Easter coasts making up an array of menus as diverse at the terrain they cover. Because many Mediterranean dishes traditionally rely on slow-cooked methods to bring about foods flavours these recipes remain authentic carrying in each flavour packed bite the historical agricultural & societal influences of their respective regions. & the best part is any home with an electric slow-cooker can create these authentic tastes with ease; just get the dish started leave the house go about your business & return hours later to a perfectly cooked dinner. Though these recipes are easy enough to whip up any night of the week theyre specifically designed to have a higher level of sophistication than most slow-cooker books adding new & exciting flavours to the average home cooks repertoire & introducing classic Merdeterranean dishes like Greek Pastitsio & Egyptian game hens stuffed with savory aromatic rice. The Mediterranean Slow Cooker

Includes:: sections of soup meats poultry grains & vegetables as well as streamlined techniques history & explanations of the various regions covered.

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Mediterranean vegetarian food is one of the healthiest & most delicious in the world. Based on simple home-style cooking this mouth-watering collection of over 200 dishes truly evokes the spirit of the region & makes it easy to reap the benefits of eating a Mediterranean diet. Based on fresh produce & readily-available ingredients the recipes range form starters & salads to a wide variety of healthy main courses rice pasta & desserts as well as all kinds of delicious ways to prepare vegetables. This book

Includes:: traditional fare from every country around the Mediterranean such as potato & spinach croquettes from Albania Catalan split pea soup Sardinian aubergine ravioli Provencal onion quiche Tunisian couscous with sweet & hot peppers & Dalmatian cream caramel. The recipes are simple & easy to prepare with plenty of room for improvisation & flexibility. Much more than simply a cookery book Mediterranean Vegetarian Cooking" is also a guide to this beautiful & diverse region outlining the cultural & historical foundations of culinary specialities & traditions. Food writer Paola Gavin reveals how the pleasures of cooking & eating the Mediterranean way will be treasured by cooks & food-lovers alike."

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Well known for coining the term Global Village Marshall Mc Luhans thinking was & still is revolutionary. His theories many of which are illustrated in this astonishing inventory of effects force us to question how modes of communication have shaped society. This is an astonishing work by a truly astonishing man. The Penguin on Design" series

Includes:: the works of creative thinkers whose writings on art design & the media have changed our vision forever. This is one of four books in that series."

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Medjugorje
- What It Means to Me is a collection of testimonies from Irish people
- some well known some not so well known

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Medusa" is Clive Cussler's eighth "NUMA" files novel featuring hero Kurt Austin. In the Micronesian Islands a top-secret US undersea lab vanishes... At the same time off Bermuda a bathysphere operated by NUMA & overseen by Kurt Austin is attacked & becomes stranded half a mile below the surface. Only quick thinking & bold action will save the crew
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Includes:: the head of a certain now-missing undersea lab
- from a watery grave. Austin is convinced both events are connected & he puts NUMA on the case. Soon he's uncovering some hideous medical experiments & evidence of a terrifying virus that could be used to create a worldwide pandemic. Behind it all lies an ambitious Chinese criminal organization prepared to commit mass murder to achieve its ends. Now Austin must put his life on the line in order that millions will be saved from death... Clive Cussler author of the best-selling " Dirk Pitt" novels " Arctic Drift" & " Trojan Odyssey" & co-author Paul Kemprecos put their hero Kurt Austin at the forefront of a battle against time & global pandemic in " Medusa" the eighth novel of the action-packed "NUMA Files" series. Praise for Clive Cussler: " Cussler is hard to beat". (" Daily Mail"). " The guy I read". (Tom Clancy). Bestselling author Clive Cussler has kept millions of readers hooked with adventures at sea exotic locations cutting-edge science & page-turning pace for four decades. As well as the "NUMA Files" series there are also the " Oregon Files" the " Dirk Pitt" stories (which started it all) the " Isaac Bell" adventures & the " Fargo" series. The other titles in the "NUMA" files series are: " Serpent" " Blue Gold" " Fire Ice" " White Death" " Lost City" " Polar Shift" " The Navigator" " Devil's Gate" & " The Storm"."



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When a group of Austrian cavers exploring a network of abandoned military tunnels in the Italian alps come across human remains at the bottom of a deep shaft everyone assumes the death was accidental
- until the still unidentified body is stolen from the morgue & the Defence Ministry puts a news blackout on the case. & is the recent car bombing in Campione DItalia a tiny tax haven surrounded on all sides by Switzerland somehow related? The whole affair has the whiff of political intrigue. Thats enough to interest Aurelio Zens boss at the Interior Ministry who wants to know who is hiding what from who & why. The search for the truth leads Zen back into the murky history of post-war Italy & obscure corners of modern-day society to uncover the truth about a crime that everyone thought was as dead & buried as the victim.
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When a group of Austrian cavers exploring in the Italian alps comes across human remains at the bottom of a deep shaft everyone assumes the death was accidental. But then the body is stolen from the morgue & the Defence Ministry puts a news blackout on the case. & is the recent car bombing in Campione DItalia a tiny tax haven somehow related? The search for the truth leads Zen back into the murky history of post-war Italy & obscure corners of modern-day society to uncover the truth about a crime that everyone had forgotten. ...

In 1550 Rochester was the only Medway town. It dominated the river estuary & an agricultural hinterland in which Strood Chatham & Gillingham were nearby villages reliant on fishing & farming for their livelihood. By the beginning of the twentieth century these four towns had become an urban conurbation. The key factor in this dramatic change was the growth of the Royal Naval Dockyards at CA--A--hatham home to the English fleet from the mid-sixteenth to the mid-eighteenth century & subsequently the foremost shipbuilding & repair docks in Engl&. The yards at Chatham soon became the largest industrial complex in the south of Engl&. Over the course of the next 350 years Rochester Chatham Gillingham & Strood grew. They merged physically but developed distinct characteristics. Chatham became the dockyard town whilst Rochester retained a more genteel air. Gillingham gained a military presence & covered agricultural land with terraced housing. Strood on the opposite bank of the river abandoned fishing & farming for brick & cement manufacture & engineering. This book explores the impact of these changes on the people who lived & worked in the Medway Towns the transformation of the political & economic scene & of the built environment. ...