Looking beyond the familiar fruits Adam Gollner enters the underworld of inaccessible, obscure, even forbidden fruits. In this Willy Wonka-like world of mangos that taste like pina colados, ice cream beans, peanut butter fruits & the miracle fruit that makes sour taste sweet we meet a cast of bizarre characters
- fruitarians who believe that a fruit diet is instrumental in achieving enlightenment, fruit smugglers, obsessed horticulturalists & the fanatical fruit detective who has turned himself orange because he has eaten so many apricots. Revealing the extraordinary universe of fruit
- from the jungles of Borneo to the forests of Bali & vast fruit warehouses in New York
- Gollner explains the scientific, economic & aesthetic reasons why we eat particular fruits. Fruit has held as powerful a sway over man as gold or myrrh. Fruit has led nations into war, inspired religious worship & fuelled dictatorships. It has been the motive behind exploration. Although nature contains hundreds of thousands of varieties of exotic fruits, only a few dozen varieties are available in supermarkets. Gollner describes the political & economic interests behind the mass-produced fruits we all eat. Discover that there is more to the world of fruit than the bland shelves of a supermarket, travel the world with Adam Gollner in search of fruits few have ever heard of (and even fewer have actually tasted).


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Commuting is hell -- this is your survival guide Delays, price rises, leaves on the line, rail replacement bus services, snowflakes, sunshine, rain, the list of excuses is endless. Forget enjoyment, commuting is about survival. This is your guide to getting to work & back again with your sanity intact. Packed with quizzes (what kind of commuter are you?), trivia (the dirtiest seats on the Underground), tips & techniques (seat etiquette, armpit dodging), a commuter`s lexicon (Comfort paradox, Seat remorse), complaint letter templates & more, this is everything you need to channel your fury & make the best of the journey to work. This book is a call to arms & a sign of solidarity amongst commuters. Whenever you see a fellow traveller with a copy, give them the secret sign of the commuter: ignore them completely. But inside you both will know that you are part of a silent army. We are commuters. We are coming. But we will probably be at least half an hour late. ...

In a remote corner of a Latin American rainforest, Father Thomas, a Catholic priest, comes across a badly wounded soldier & takes him to his church in an Indian village. The Indians, whose traditional way of life is under threat from outsiders, are wary of this latest new arrival. Venustiano, the proud young head of the village, is determined to protect his people, but feels powerless against the forces around him
- & can trust nobody, not even Father Thomas. But his immediate problem is the bloodthirsty jaguar prowling around the village: for Venustiano is the only Indian with a gun, & he means to use it.
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The Fulda Cycle Route, a 245-km long cycle route along the Fulda from the Rhön Natural Park to the Weser, presented by the Verlag Esterbauer in a guide with maps at 1:50, 000 showing the route & its variants. Extensive information is conveyed by symbols, indicating road surface, campsites & other accommodation, repair workshops, recreational facilities, places of interest, etc. A list of various types of accommodation facilities is included.IMPORTANT
- PLEASE NOTE BEFORE ORDERING
- ALL THE TEXT IN THIS TITLE IS GERMAN ONLY. MAP LEGEND

Includes:: ENGLISH (please see our sample image) & the information provided on the maps is sufficient to use this title without any knowledge of German.ABOUT THE BIKELINE SERIES: all the titles have been meticulously researched & are highly regarded in their native Germany. Most titles, as indicated in their individual descriptions, also include a separate section listing selected accommodation, from hotels to campsites, youth hostels & rooms in private houses, all with addresses, telephone numbers & price range. Information on towns along each route

Includes:: a list of places of interest, with opening hours, etc. Several of the guides also have street plans. To see the list of other titles in the Bikeline series please click on the series link.





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Greece has always been celebrated for its classical past, whitewashed villages & cerulean seas, but in recent years the country has been at the centre of a debt crisis that has sown economic ruin, spurred panic in international markets, & tested Europe`s decades-old project of forging a closer union. With vivid character-driven narratives & engaging reporting that offers an immersive sense of place, this comprehensive account brings to life the causes of the country`s financial collapse & examines the changes emerging in its aftermath. A rebellion against tax authorities breaks out on a normally serene Aegean isl&. A mayor from a bucolic, northern Greek village is gunned down by the municipal treasurer. An ageing, leftist hero of the Second World War fights to win compensation from Germany for the wartime occupation. A once marginal group of neo-Nazis rises to political prominence out of a ramshackle Athens neighborhood. THE FULL CATASTROPHE goes beyond the transient coverage in the daily headlines to deliver an enduring & absorbing portrait of modern Greece. ...

Richard Mabey began experimenting with cooking as soon as he was big enough to clamber to the cupboard where the powdered chocolate was kept. At scout camp he learned how to cook a Sussex Pond Pudding in a billy-can, & thirty years ago he permanently broadened the nation`s palate with his guide to edible wild plants, Food For Free. His new book is a joyous exploration of local ingredients, broadening your horizons by travelling, vernacular heritage, & making use of everything except, as the saying goes, `the pig`s squeal`. It
Includes:: Collecting Corsican chestnut receipes & American mushroom ideas, & meditating on what a forest-food culture would have been like; Cooking eggs in nothing but the sun; Making bread the prehistoric way
- with old beer; Exploring the outer limits of apple cusine (i.e. the outer limit is making leather out of apples); ` Cooking against the grain`
- if we didn`t have access to wheat, what could we make with nuts? How to deal with gluts
- those autumn mountains of beans & courgettes; Making-do the wartime way
- canny tricks his mother taught him; re-introducing his father`s passion for offals.




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The Full Montezuma follows Peter Moore’s trip around Central America with the GND (Girl Next Door). What more romantic sojourn could he possibly have dreamt up than a journey through Central America?
- A part of the world racked by decades of civil war, poverty, disease & plagued by natural disasters. Over the next six months, the pair battle hurricanes, mosquitoes, uncooperative border officials & over-sexed Mexican commuters, learning rather more about each other than they ever really wanted to!
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Juice Master to the stars & number 1 best-selling author Jason Vale has squeezed over 100 funky `n` fresh juice & smoothie recipes into this latest book. There`s something for Gym Bunnies & a Kids Corner, as well as a Dr. Juice section covering various health conditions & giving specific juices & smoothies for: high blood pressure, asthma, hay fever, psoriasis, arthritis, diabetes, digestion &, many more. Warm up your juicer, dust off your blender & brace your taste buds for the most mouth-wateringly tantalizing fruit & veggie fusions ever created. This book

Includes:: a special ` Celebrity Juice` section, with juice & smoothie concoctions from Katie Price, Beverley Knight & other `celebrity juicers`.

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Uncover the sidesplitting life of cucumber scaredy-cats, non-stop pooping hamsters, exploding fish & everything in-between (and some things that have nothing to do with pets but are still ridiculously funny). This hilarious book answers all the big questions, like: do sausage dogs eat sausages? Why has my cat done a poo behind my wardrobe? & how can I persuade my parents to get me a pet? For real-life pet facts, imaginary stories, & a generally laugh-so-hard-snot-comes-out-your-nose read, this is the only pet book you`ll ever need! Written by the outstanding children`s comedian James Campbell, prepare yourself for The Funny Life of Pets! But be WARNED
- this IS NOT a normal book... You read a normal book by starting on page one & reading to the end (BORING). You can read this book forwards, backwards, sideways, & in Approx. 861, 000 different ways in-between. This is a book with outrageous facts, hilarious jokes, insanely funny online videos & brilliant stories all about pets, the author, & all sorts of other things.WARNING: Anything you think you might have learned from this book might not be very accurate so should not be used in a school project or as part of homework. Unless of course, you are made from stardust & are as brave as sunshine.
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The nation`s favourite idiot is back. Safely home from his latest travels, Karl has decided it is time to share his hard-earned wisdom of the world. Taking the Bucket List of `100 Things to Do Before You Die` as his starting point, Karl combines brilliant stories from his recent adventuresto Alaska, Siberia & beyond with entertaining, highly-opinionated views on what other people aspire to do with their lives. * Why on earth would anybody want to run with the bulls in Pamplona? * Go `storm chasing` through Tornado Alley? * Have lunch with the Queen? * Or touch hands with the Pope? The Further Adventures of An Idiot Abroad is a fitting finale to two years of eventful globe-trotting. Frank, funny & strangely inspiring, this is Karl`s final word on travel. ...