Approach the Mediterranean Sea from any direction & you know you've entered a different world. Rick Stein's culinary odyssey takes in both the islands & coast of this remarkable region. Travelling often by public ferry boat & encountering extraodinary people along the way Rick has sought out the very best of the region's food. This is a land where culinary trends are looked down upon. What matters is how good the lemons are this year & who is pressing the best olive oil. Rick's pick of more than 100 recipes

Includes:: Catalan Grilled Stuffed Mussels Feta & Mint Pastries Puglian Fava Bean Puree Corsican Oysters with a Pernod & Tarragon Dressing Moroccan Chicken with Preserved Lemon & Olives Sicilian Orange Cake & Corfiot Rice Pudding. Fully illustrated with beautiful food photography by Earl Carter & landscape photography by Craig Easton Rick Stein's Mediterranean is a fascinating journey into a rich & varied culinary heritage.

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Over the years through his television programmes & books Rick Stein has done much to inform us about fish & to encourage us to cook it for ourselves. However many of us still feel nervous about cooking it at home. Rick Stein's Seafood brings together his knowledge & expertise &

Includes:: 200 of his tried-&-tested recipes. It is divided into three separate sections: Techniques; Recipes & finally an A to Z of Fish. The techniques section covers all the main preparation & cooking methods for each type of fish (round flat shellfish etc) while the A-Z of fish is a comprehensive encyclopedia of fish & seafood including US Australian & European fish. The recipe section

Includes:: all the essential basic recipes such as stocks sauces batters etc. Useful cross references link all sections. Rick Stein's Seafood has been an international bestseller & was awarded the highly coveted James Beard Foundation Cookbook of the Year Award in 2005.



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In this guide Rick Steves focuses on some of the grandest sights in Europe. As always he has a plan to help you have a meaningful cultural experience while you're there--even with just a few hours in port. Rick Steves' Mediterranean Cruise Ports" explains how to get into town from the cruise terminal shares sightseeing tips &

Includes:: self-guided walks & tours. You'll learn which destinations are best for an excursion--and which you can confidently visit on your own. You'll also get tips on booking a cruise plus hints for saving time & money on the ship & in port. You can count on Rick Steves to tell you what you "really" need to know when cruising the Mediterranean. Inside you'll find one-day itineraries for sightseeing at or near the major Mediterranean ports of call including: Barcelona Marseille Toulon Nice Villefranche-sur-Mer & Monaco Florence Rome Naples & Venice Dubrovnik Split Athens Mykonos & Santorini Istanbul & Ephesus"

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' If there is a better written less pretentious book by an actor then I have yet to read it. Undoubtedly the showbusiness book of the year' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY Famous as the lovable couch potato Jim Royle of The Royle Family Ricky Tomlinson has entertained millions without ever leaving his armchair. Now in his long-awaited autobiography he surprises yet again with a remarkable story of love hardship humour injustice & triumph. His mother used to tell him that he had lived three lives but even she miscounted. He has been a plasterer banjo player st&-up comic union agitator political activist film extra award-winning actor & unwilling guest of Her Majesty's prison service. Renowned & respected for his honesty wit & integrity Ricky brings all of these qualities to his extraordinary moving & inspiring story. ...

Fresh seasonal recipes that perfectly evoke the relaxed luxury of the Hamptons Combining food with her memories of raising ...

The decoding of Linear B is one of the world's greatest stories: from the discovery of a cache of ancient tablets recording a lost prehistoric language to the dramatic solution of the riddle nearly seventy years later it exerts a mesmerizing pull on the imagination. But captivating as it is this story is missing a crucial piece. Two men have dominated Linear B in popular history: Arthur Evans the intrepid Victorian archaeologist who unearthed Linear B at Knossos & Michael Ventris the dashing young amateur who produced a solution. But there was a third figure: Alice Kober without whose painstaking work recorded on pieces of paper clipped from hymn-sheets & magazines & stored in cigarette boxes in her Brooklyn loft Linear B might still remain a mystery. Drawing on Kober's own papers
- only made available recently
- Margalit Fox provides the final piece of the enigma & along the way reveals how you decipher a language when you know neither its grammar nor its alphabet as well as the stories behind other ancient languages like the dancing-man Rongorongo of Easter Isl&.

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Loosely based on the authors own experiences The Riddle of the Sands" takes readers back to the early days of the twentieth century when Britain shared a tense rivalry with the Kaisers Germany. Tempted by the idea of duck shooting Carruthers is lured by his friend Davies into a yachting expedition in the Baltic only to discover that the itinerary involves more than killing fowl. Soon theyre on a wild journey of intrigue meeting danger at every turn & ultimately unraveling Germanys secret plans to invade Engl&. Tautly written & full of unexpected twists this is a timeless work of espionage fiction." ...

The thought suddenly occurred to Morse that this would be a marvellous time to murder a few of the doddery old bachelor dons. No wives to worry about their whereabouts; no landladies to whine about the unpaid rents. In fact nobody would miss most of them at all.. . By the 16th of July the Master of Lonsdale was concerned but not yet worried. Dr Browne-Smith had passed through the porter's lodge at Approx. 8.15 a.m. on the morning of Friday 11th July. & nobody had heard from him since. Plenty of time to disappear thought Morse. & plenty of time too for someone to commit murder... ...

This is the second book in the epic Pellinor" series
- four books telling an extraordinary tale of another world. Maerad is
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The Tour de France is one of the best-known & most challenging athletic events in the world. In the first three weeks of July every year the pros pit their strength wit & skill against each other over the gruelling 3 500km route. & every year amateur riders the world over dream of tackling one of the Tours legendary stages themselves. Ride a Stage of the Tour de France is the first book that allows non-professional cyclists to do just that. A thorough how to guide it covers forty of the Tours classic ascents including Mount Ventoux Galibier & Tourmalet. Each route is described in detail by an author who has ridden them all. Theres information to help you prepare train & choose the right stage & each route comes with a map & vital statistics like altitude length & difficulty. From where to park to when to go from what to wear to the characteristics of the road Riding a Stage of the Tour de France has all you need to complete the challenge safely & successfully. ...