My Belgium by Hallwag is an inspiring illustrated introduction to Belgium, its culture, people & landscape. The book opens with a map of Belgium divided in 10 different regions including Luxembourg. Each region is explored in separate small chapters. At the beginning of each, a small map of the area with numbers references the amazing pictures which follow (about a dozen for each region). Prepare for an exciting tour, from city architecture & attractions, horseback shrimp fishing, sea views to local specialities & traditions & much more. There is no text in this book apart from the photograph captions, grouped & page referenced at the end of the book & translated in English, German, French, Italian, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, Turkish, Polish, Russian, Japanese & Chinese. With such an interesting country & awe inspiring pictures there is no need for words. If you are planning a trip or want to see what Belgium has to offer, this book will give you more than just an idea, it will reveal Belgium’s compelling beauty & rich life. ...

Chocolate & Zucchini. 101 Cookbooks. The Julie/ Julia Project. In the early days of food blogs, these were the pioneers whose warmth & recipes turned their creators` kitchens into beloved web destinations. Luisa Weiss was working in New York when she decided to cook her way through her massive recipe collection. The Wednesday Chef, the cooking blog she launched to document her adventures, charmed readers around the world. But Luisa never stopped longing to return to her childhood home in Berlin. A food memoir with recipes, My Berlin Kitchen deliciously chronicles how she finally took the plunge & went across the ocean in search of happiness
- only to find love waiting where she least expected it.
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DK`s My Best-Ever Pop-Up Space Book is the perfect introduction to space for your child. Find out about the sun, moon, stars, space travel, astronauts, planet earth & the other planets too! With dramatic pop-ups on every space, a fold-out solar system & a fun sound to count-down with, little ones will love learning all about space! The unique blend of photography, adorable illustrated robots & simple text, will both educate & entertain your child. ...

This set of cards & its accompanying book form a lively art-exhibition game for children aged eight & over. Each card represents a work of art. As well as key information, such as artist & date, the cards also use symbols & colours to indicate which Movement & Theme the work represents. There are twelve Movements Renaissance, Baroque, Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Realism, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Expressionism, Cubism, Futurism, Surrealism & Pop Art & six Themes People, Places, Objects, Animals, Story & Religion. The main card game resembles Rummy, & the aim is to be the first to put on a show (i.e. collect three & four of a kind). The game encourages children to become familiar with great art works & movements from the last five centuries, & helps them recognize the styles & themes that paintings share. The cards show reproductions of over fifty major works of art, & children collect these cards in the game to curate their own art show. The book supports the game by providing further information on the artworks & artists, answers to questions on the cards & alternative games to play. ...

Follow Steve Bloom as he travels across continents taking photographs. Find out how big-cat predators survive in tough conditions; how they live, grow up, hunt & have babies. Blooms in-the-field account makes a compelling narrative in the same way that the voiceover on a natural-history television programme is both informative & pacy. The photographs are full of drama. They are sharp & clear, & bring the subject to life for children. At the back of the book there is a brief section on how to take photographs of animals in the wild. Here, children will also find helpful tips about taking photographs of animals at home. ...

What`s the longest bike in the world? Who cycled down a volcano at 107 mph? How did the penny-farthing get its name? What is a peloton? Packed full of these & other fascinating cycle facts, My Book of Bike Activities is practically spinning with colourful puzzles to solve practical tips on mending a puncture & pages of cycle-friendly activities. This is a perfect activity book to entertain young cyclists
- girls & boys
- when they`re not out enjoying themselves on their bikes.

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My Book of Birds is packed full of stunning illustrations & incredible facts. From majestic golden eagles & snowy owls to brilliant ...

First published in 1901, this Australian classic recounts the live of 16-year-old Sybylla Melvyn. Trapped on her parents` outback farm, she simultaneously loves bush life & hates the physical burdens it imposes. For Sybylla longs for a more refined, aesthetic lifestyle -- to read, to think, to sing -- but most of all to do great things. Suddenly her life is transformed. Whisked away to live on her grandmother`s gracious property, she falls under the eye of the rich & handsome Harry Beecham. & soon she finds herself choosing between everything a conventional life offers & her own plans for a `brilliant career`. ...

My Brilliant Friend is a rich, intense & generous hearted story about two friends, Elena & Lila. Ferrante`s inimitable style lends itself perfectly to a meticulous portrait of these two women that is also the story of a nation & a touching meditation on the nature of friendship. Through the lives of these two women, Ferrante tells the story of a neighbourhood, a city & a country as it is transformed in ways that, in turn, also transform the relationship between her two protagonists. ...

What do ` Abu Sindi`, ` Timothy Sean Mc Cormack`, ` Saro`, & ` Commander Avo` all have in common? They were all aliases for Monte Melkonian. But who was Monte Melkonian? In his native California he was once a kid in cut-off jeans, playing baseball & eating snow cones. Europe denounced him as an international terrorist. His adopted homeland of Armenia decorated him as a national hero who led a force of 4000 men to victory in the Armenian enclave of Mountainous Karabagh in Azerbaijan. Why Armenia? Why adopt the cause of a remote corner of the Caucasus whose peoples had scattered throughout the world after the early twentieth century Ottoman genocides? Markar Melkonian spent seven years unravelling the mystery of his brother`s road: a journey which began in his ancestors` town in Turkey & leading to a blood-splattered square in Tehran, the Kurdish mountains, the bomb-pocked streets of Beirut, & finally, to the windswept heights of Mountainous Karabagh. Monte`s life embodied the agony & the follies bedevelling the end of the Cold War & the unravelling of the Soviet Union. Yet, who really was this man? A terrorist or a hero?” My Brother`s Road” is not just the story of a long journey & a short life, it is an attempt to understand what happens when one man decides that terrible actions speak louder than words. ...