Tying in with Luke`s immensely popular SBS TV show, Luke Nguyen`s Vietnam, this book follows his trip from southern Vietnam up to the north, through the marketplaces, backyards & kitchens of strangers & family alike. In addition to the stunning location photography & mouth-watering food shots, Luke`s records of his experiences with the people he meets & the places he visits along the way pepper the pages of this book, breathing life into the classic recipes of Vietnam, from pho to banh mi & everything in between. ...

In this beautifully illustrated handbook, food expert Mark Price shines the spotlight on 40 of the most popular foods
- from everyday
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LONG, LONG AGO, when kings ruled the l&, dragons filled the sky & magic still existed, two small children stumbled upon the game of chess. This is your chancee to discover it with them.. . Join PIP & HOLLY on a magical fairy-tale adventure & become a CHESS MASTER. Packed with INTERACTIVE PUZZLES & GAMES, & clear instructions & tips on how to improveyour technique, this book is a must have. ...

Long, Long ago when kings ruled the l&, dragons filled the sky & magic still existed, two children stumbled upon the game of chess. This is your chance to play it with them.. . Packed with interactive puzzles & games, join Pip & Holly on a magical fairy-tale adventure & become a chess master. ...

Discover the world`s best teams & biggest competitions with the ultimate visual guide to football, fully updated for the 2018 World Cup. Are you a keen player, a lifelong supporter, or simply an armchair football manager? The Football Book has something for everyone, packed with stats & facts. From the history of football to the most recent tournaments, The Football Book reveals the story behind the game. Profiling more than 65 of the world`s best sporting nations, including the winners of the 2014 World Cup, Germany, the biggest names in club football, & looking at techniques from free-kicks to block tackling, this is the ultimate guide to the beautiful game. Previous ISBN: 9780241202333 ...

At any time, in any place, food is there for the taking
- if only we knew how & where to look. Miles Irving makes his living
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In The Forager`s Kitchen, expert forager & cook Fiona Bird shares the knowledge she has gained from years of gathering food from the l&. Whether you live in a large city, in open countryside or by the coast, if you open your eyes & follow Fiona`s advice, you will find more ingredients growing in the wild than you could imagine. & once you have brought your bounty home, there are more than 100 recipes for you to try. If you love baking, try the carrot & clover cake, wild hazelnut shortbread or sea lettuce madeleines. Make the most of a hedgerow glut by making honeysuckle jelly or quince & wild thyme sorbet. Try a food-for-free main course of chanterelle puffs or wild mussels steamed with dandelions, or a quick snack of garlic mustard, chickweed & tomato bruschetta. Or indulge your tastebuds with wild berry & herb marshmallows or a wild cherry panna cotta. The Forager`s Kitchen will change the way you cook
- rather than shopping in the aisles of your grocery store, head off to the great outdoors & you will be amazed by the sheer quantity of food that available for free.
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The Forbidden City is located in the heart of Beijing/ Peking. It has been the focus of authority in imperial China for over 6 centuries. A city within a city, its high red walls enclosed the centre of government, the imperial palace. Also enclosed within are huge lakes dotted with islands & pleasure-boats, workshops producing clothing, furniture & fittings & luxury items for the court & a zoo with horses, cats, elephants &, occasionally, a giraffe. For hundreds of years, thousands of eunuchs served their imperial masters within the Forbidden City, taking control of the flow of administrative documents & all the daily needs of emperors & women of the palace. This lively book introduces the colourful characters who inhabited the Forbidden City & vividly evokes the strictly prescribed rituals that made up life behind its walls. In the 16th & 17th centuries, a tiny number of foreign envoys, from the Persian Gulf & from Holl&, described the discomforts of waiting for hours in the freezing cold to catch a glimpse of the Emperor in his yellow silk sedan chair but it was not until the very end of the 19th century that westerners managed to penetrate the Forbidden City. This book means that you can do just that, under the guidance of one of its most learned & enthusiastic admirers. ...

Built by the Ming emperor in the fifteenth century as the earthly reflection of the realm of the Jade Emperor
- whose court was
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The Forbidden City in Beijing is one of the greatest royal palaces in the world: & was the sacred centre of the Chinese empire. Despite political upheaval & social change in the rest of China, the life of rigid protocol & ritual in the Forbidden City remained unaltered, frozen in time, until the day when the modern world entered its long-closed gates & changed it for ever. This account is an insight into five centuries of Chinese history, from the beginnings of the palace in 1405 to its modern function as a museum. ...