Do you love wine but not know much about it? Do wine lists (and wine snobs) make you nervous? Is your default order at a bar or restaurant, Gee, I guess I'll have a glass of Chardonnay? Well then, it's time you learn your ABC--Anything but Chardonnay!--and join the other budding oenophiles who are discovering that there's a whole wide wonderful world of wine beyond that mundane old standby.
Wine & food journalist Laura Holmes Haddad guides your exploration of scores of other well-known & not-so-well-known varieties of wine grapes: albarino & falanghina, riesling & tempranillo, carbernet franc & malbec (and many, many more). Haddad recognizes that gaining knowledge about wine can be an intimidating prospect, & so she's written her timely new guide in a style that's smart, lively, & very accessible to the non-expert reader.
Anything But Chardonnay is organized by the basic types of wine: red, white, bubbly, & dessert. In addition to her clear descriptions of each grape & the typical characteristics of the wines made from it, Haddad provides valuable information on wine regions, producers, prices, & pairing wines with food--all enlivened with splashes of fascinating wine trivia & lovely illustrations.

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Character assassination in presidential politics is as American as apple pie. Anything for a Vote is a whimsical look at 200+ years of dirty tricks & bad behavior in presidential elections
- from John Adams to present day. In the tradition of our popular Secret Lives of the U.S. Presidents, this book is another rollicking ride through American history. It's also a valuable reminder that history does repeat itself, that lessons can be learned from the past (though usually aren't), & that even some iconic American figures are not above reproach when it comes to the dirtiest game of all
- presidential politics.

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An unforgettable cast of small-town characters copes with love & loss from the No. 1 New York Times bestselling & Man Booker long-listed author of My Name is Lucy Barton Recalling Olive Kitteridge in its richness, structure, & complexity, Anything Is Possible explores the whole range of human emotion through the intimate dramas of people struggling to understand themselves & others. Anything is Possible tells the story of the inhabitants of rural, dusty Amgash, Illinois, the hometown of Lucy Barton, a successful New York writer who finally returns, after seventeen years of absence, to visit the siblings she left behind. Reverberating with the deep bonds of family, & the hope that comes with reconciliation, Anything Is Possible again underscores Elizabeth Strout`s place as one of America`s most respected & cherished authors. ...

An unforgettable cast of small-town characters copes with love & loss from the No. 1 New York Times bestselling & Man Booker long-listed author of My Name is Lucy Barton Recalling Olive Kitteridge in its richness, structure, & complexity, Anything Is Possible explores the whole range of human emotion through the intimate dramas of people struggling to understand themselves & others. Anything is Possible tells the story of the inhabitants of rural, dusty Amgash, Illinois, the hometown of Lucy Barton, a successful New York writer who finally returns, after seventeen years of absence, to visit the siblings she left behind. Reverberating with the deep bonds of family, & the hope that comes with reconciliation, Anything Is Possible again underscores Elizabeth Strout`s place as one of America`s most respected & cherished authors. ...

In more than twenty years, Jon Frost has worked with the mad, the bad, the brave, the stupid, the spectacular & the heroic. In Jon`s time as a uniformed officer he seized presidential aircraft, a working tank, cars, lorries, boats & coffins; & uncovered wild animals, killer snakes, bush meat, animal porn, poisonous vodka, dodgy medicine, bootleg prescriptions, pirated pills, toxic alcohol, firearms, side-arms, swords, explosives, stolen gold, dirty money, blood diamonds, child pornography & every drug known to man & a few as yet unknown ones. & the dead? He searched them too. When you`ve confiscated everything from a suitcase full human hair to a live monkey hidden in the lining of someone`s overcoat, you know you can never return to a normal line of work. But then Jon went into plain clothes & undercover customs work & things became really interesting... ...

A travel guide for anywhere near or far, this handy deck of cards

Includes:: 75 unique prompts to inspire

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Anza-Borrego Desert Region in California at 1:72, 000 approx in a series of detailed, contoured maps from Earthwalk Press with cartography based on the USGS topographic survey of the country plus additional information for visitors, printed on light, waterproof & tear-resistant synthetic paper. Coverage

Includes:: Cuyamaca Rancho State Parks, Laguna Mountain & Pine Creek Wilderness in Cleveland National Forest, Ocotillo Wells S.V.R.A., southern section of Pacific Crest Trail, etc. Maps in this series have contours usually at 40 feet & all heights are also given in feet. Colouring shows forested areas, plus, where necessary, additional graphics indicate other important topographic features such as marshland/swamps, moraine, etc. Hiking trails are highlighted, showing where appropriate their trail numbers and/or names. Icons highlight locations of trailheads, campgrounds, picnic areas, ranger stations, plus where available other recreational facilities. Local road network indicates light duty & unimproved dirt roads. GPS coordinates are given as margin ticks. Each title

Includes:: comprehensive additional text with useful information, including weather & water warning, regulations, etc, usually prepared by local summer rangers with good knowledge of the area.



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Anzio Landings: Operation Shingle & the Battle for Rome shown on a detailed map at 1:100, 000 based on the Italian topographic survey, with overprint showing front lines, coastal defences, names of army units on both sides, military museums, etc. The map covers an area from the coastal defences south of Latina to just beyond Rome, & inland to show the main attack lines of Operation Diadem. The overprint shows coastal defences & the direction of the landing forces, different front lines, positions of different army units with dates & directions of assaults, directions of various offensives, locations of tank battles, cemeteries of various combatant forces, military museums, etc. On the reverse there are numerous contemporary photos & notes on the Battle for Rome, as well as addresses of local military museums & cemeteries. Map legend & all the text are in Italian & English. ...

Topographic coverage of mainland Spain at 1:50, 000 in the MTN50 (Mapa Topográfico Nacional) series from the Centro Nacional de Información Geografica, the country’s civilian survey organization. The maps have contours at 20m intervals, enhanced by relief shading, plus colouring and/or graphics to show different types of terrain, vegetation or land use. Boundaries of national parks & other protected areas are marked. In addition to all the usual information featured on topographic mapping at this scale, detailed presentation of the road & rail networks, rural tracks & paths, etc, the maps also show campsites & mountain refuges. On more recent editions some GRs, the official long-distance hiking routes, are also marked (although not as clearly as on hiking maps from other publishers). Each map covers 29.5x 18.5 km (with adjustments in the border or coastal areas). The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, plus margin ticks for latitude & longitude at 1` intervals. Map legend is in Spanish only.HOW TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT 50K MAP: all the titles in CNIG’s 200K Provincial Road Maps series at 1:200, 000 are overprinted with the grid for the 1:50, 000 maps & can be used to see the area covered by each 50K title. TO SEE THE LIST OF TITLES IN THIS SERIES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK.PLEASE NOTE
- MAP TITLES: the grids shown on our website serve both the civilian & the military 1:50, 000 topographic series. Although the areas covered by maps in both series are identical (apart from some border or coastal sheets), occasionally map titles differ – only one title is shown on the grid, usually the military one. In Galicia, the Basque country & in the Catalan speaking areas the tendency now is to use local place names rather than the often better known Castilian ones. Where possible, both versions are included in our titles. Map titles listed on our website are based on information received by us at the time of publication, but sometimes maps arrive showing a completely different title! As long as the map number is as ordered, the correct map has been supplied.
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One of the titles in a series of topographic maps of popular walking & recreational areas of New Zealand with contours at 20m intervals & relief shading. Perennial snow & ice contours are marked in blue & terrain information

Includes:: cliffs, saddles, moraine, scree, forest, scrub, etc. The maps show tracks & footpaths, with some paths indicating walking distances between marked points. A range of symbols depict campsites, huts, shelters, toilets & parking areas, fuel supplies, places of interest, etc. Latitude & longitude margin ticks are at 1' intervals, & the New Zealand Map Grid is printed over the map. In this title: detailed topographic mapping of Mount Cook & adjacent ranges. The map is centred on the Tasman Glacier & extends out to the towns of Fox Glacier & Aoraki in the north & south, & to the Liebig Range & the Sierra Range in the east & west respectively.

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