Ten years ago Whisky Classified revolutionized our appreciation of single malt whisky. David Wishart cut through the confusing jargon often used to describe single malts & replaced it with an objective & easily applied guide to taste using a new flavour profile. Twelve

Dimensions to the aroma & taste of a single malt whisky were identified: body sweetness smoky medicinal tobacco honey spicy winey nutty malty fruity floral. Single malt whisky is the fastest expanding sector of the booming whisky market. In this revised & updated anniversary edition Dr Wishart has included all the new UK & Irish producers of single malt whisky that have emerged in the last 10 years. The author has also updated the taste profiles for each selected malt & reviewed previous entries to ensure that this book remains the definitive guide to tasting malt whisky. Each entry

Includes:: a short description of the distillery information for visitors the author's own tasting notes & his flavour profiles according to this innovative classification. The history of whisky-making & production methods are clearly explained & Dr Wishart also reveals how to organize a whisky tasting. Whisky Classified is for all whisky drinkers from the novice to the connoisseur.



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Its 1943 & the war has brought rationing to the Hebridean islands of Great & Little Todday. When food is in short supply it is bad enough but when the whisky runs out it looks like the end of the world. Morale is at rock bottom. George Campbell needs a wee dram to give him the courage to stand up to is mother & marry Catriona. The priest the doctor & of course the landlord at the inn are all having a very thin time of it. Theres no conversation no jollity no fun
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This is the ultimate guide to the worlds whiskies. From Banffshire to Bangalore take a look at the expanding world of whisky with The Whisky Opus". Find out all about the major whisky-producing countries & 175 of the worlds best distilleries. Explore every whisky style from single malt to poteen their history & the fascinating stories behind the distilleries that make them plus learn how to train your palate with the help of 500 evocative tasting notes. Whether new to the wonders of whisky or on the road to becoming a connoisseur whisky fans will find this book tells them everything they want to know. Elegant classy & written by 3 renowned whisky writers make " The Whisky Opus" your tipple of choice." ...

The Whisky Rocks Pack" is the perfect gift for any lover of whisky. Not only does the pack contain a book informing the whisky-lover about hundreds of whisky brands & distillers in Britain Ireland & North America there is a guide to the process of distillation & tasting notes. In addition to this the pack contains eight soapstone cubes which can be placed in a freezer & dropped into a glass & used as a replacement for ice one that doesn't dilute the golden liquid. The author Jim Murray is one of the most respected men in whisky on both sides of the Atlantic & his passionate views about Scotch Irish Rye & Bourbon are respected by those in the know. He writes in a unique style with his passion coming through as he explains why a distillery is different to its neighbour maybe only a few miles away & showing how a slight variation in the distillation and/or storage process makes for an entirely different tasting experience. If you are already a connoisseur of whisky want to become one or just enjoy the occasional tipple " The Whisky Rocks Pack" is as welcome as your favourite dram." ...

Fifteen-year-old Demis world is shattered when she is left profoundly deaf by a sudden illness. Everything is different now & Demi must learn to adapt to a new school new friends & even learn a whole new language. Whisper is a coming-of-age tale about discovering who you are & where you fit in life. About friendships & first love & more of all learning to love the person you are. ...

To keep quiet about something so important.. .well its almost a lie wouldnt you say? When Father Anselm meets Kate Seymour in the cemetery at Larkwood he is dismayed to hear her allegation. Herbert Moore had been one of the founding fathers of the Priory revered by all who met him a man whod shaped Anselms own vocation. The idea that someone could look on his grave & speak of a lie is inconceivable. But Anselm soon learns that Herbert did indeed have secrets in his past that he kept hidden all his life. In 1917 during the terrible slaughter of the Passchendaele campaign a soldier faced a court martial for desertion. Herbert charged with a responsibility that would change the course of his life sat upon the panel that judged him. In coming to understand the court martial Anselm discovers its true significance: a secret victory that transformed the young Captain Moore & shone a light upon the horror of war. ...

Six severed arms are discovered buried in a forest clearing. They are arranged in a mysterious circle & appear to belong to missing girls between the ages of eight & thirteen. But the rest of the bodies are nowhere to be found. Criminologist Goran Gavila is given the case. A dishevelled instinctively rebellious man he is forced to work with young female police officer Mila Vasquez. Lithe boyish answering to no one Mila has a reputation as a specialist in missing children. She also has a tragic history of her own that has left her damaged unable to feel or to relate to others. Theirs is a fiery but strangely affecting working relationship
- & as they uncover more secrets about the dark secrets in the forest their lives are increasingly in each others hands...A gripping literary thriller that has taken Italy by storm The Whisperer has been as sensational a bestseller in Europe as the Stieg Larsson novels. It is that rare creation: a thought-provoking intelligent literary novel that is also utterly unputdownable.
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Orlando Figes' The Whisperers" is a groundbreaking account of daily life in the chaotic & paranoid atmosphere of Stalinist Russia. Exploring the inner life of a Russia where everyone was afraid to talk & society spoke in whispers whether to protect friends & family
- or to betray them
- Orlando Figes tells the story of how Russians tried to endure life under Stalin's Terror. Where a junior worker might inform on their superior to get their job; a husband to get rid of a lover; a neighbour out of petty jealousy. Where living a double life became the norm & yet somehow a few defied the state. Those who shaped the political system became very frequently its victims. Those who were its victims were frequently quite blameless. Drawing on hundreds of family archives from across the whole spectrum of Russian society The Whisperers recreates the sort of maze in which Russians found themselves where an unwitting wrong turn could either destroy a family or perversely later save it: a society in which everyone spoke in whispers
- whether to protect themselves their families neighbours or friends
- or to inform on them. " Wonderful.. .an amazing panoramic view.. .I 've rarely read anything like it". (Claire Tomalin). " Awesome.. .one of the most unforgettable books I have ever read. I defy anyone to read it without weeping at its human suffering cruelty & courage". (Simon Sebag Montefiore " Mail on Sunday"). " This is a heart-rending book.. .its importance cannot be overestimated... This book should be made compulsory reading in Russia today". (Antony Beevor author Of " Stalingrad"). "A masterful account of lost & stolen lives". (" Sunday Times"). Orlando Figes is Professor of History at Birkbeck College University of London. He is the author of " Peasant Russia" " Civil War" "A Peoples Tragedy" " Natasha's Dance" & " The Whisperers". He lives in Cambridge & London. His books have been translated into over twenty languages."



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Charlie Parker returns in the chilling new thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of THE LOVERS. The border between Maine & Canada is porous. Anything can be smuggled across it: drugs cash weapons people. Now a group of disenchanted former soldiers has begun its own smuggling operation & what is being moved is infinitely stranger & more terrifying than anyone can imagine. Anyone that is except private detective Charlie Parker who has his own intimate knowledge of the darkness in mens hearts. But the soldiers actions have attracted the attention of the reclusive Herod a man with a taste for the strange. & where Herod goes so too does the shadowy figure that he calls the Captain. To defeat them Parker must form an uneasy alliance with a man he fears more than any other the killer known as the Collector.. . ...

This book features the worldly wise DI Brock & his wry sidekick DS Poole. When Jimmy Spotter Gould is shot dead within seconds of emerging from Londons Stone Mill Prison at the end of an eight-year sentence for armed robbery DCI Brock & DS Poole are faced with yet another baffling crime. As enquiries continue an embezzling solicitors clerk a dodgy undertaker & a dubious motor trader all come into the frame. Added to which a Bosnian doctor & Her Majestys Revenue & Customs also feature in a tale that eventually culminates in the uncovering of a complex smuggling operation & the arrest of the murderers of Spotter Gould & two other players in the scam. ...