Katie & Giancarlo embarked on a two year-long journey to discover the different methods of conserving food, from smoking fish in Scotland to drying chillies in Sri Lanka, & this book collects their favourite recipes & invaluable advice on equipment, timings & ingredients. Covering Italian cured charcuterie inspired by Giancarlo`s family recipes, jams & chutneys evoking Katie`s memories of cooking with her mother to pickling, fermenting, freezing & pressure canning they combine traditional tried-&-tested methods with a thoroughly modern perspective. ...

A funny, fantastically entertaining debut novel, in the spirit of Wodehouse & Monty Python, about a famous poet who inadvertently sells his wife to the devil--then recruits a band of adventurers to rescue her. When Lionel Savage, a popular poet in Victorian London, learns from his butler that they`re broke, he marries the beautiful Vivien Lancaster for her money, only to find that his muse has abandoned him. Distraught & contemplating suicide, Savage accidentally conjures the Devil -- the polite ” Gentleman” of the title -- who appears at one of the society parties Savage abhors. The two hit it off: the Devil talks about his home, where he employs Dante as a gardener; Savage lends him a volume of Tennyson. But when the party`s over & Vivien has disappeared, the poet concludes in horror that he must have inadvertently sold his wife to the dark lord. Newly in love with Vivien, Savage plans a rescue mission to Hell that

Includes:: Simmons, the butler; Tompkins, the bookseller; Ashley Lancaster, swashbuckling Buddhist; Will Kensington, inventor of a flying machine; & Savage`s spirited kid sister, Lizzie, freshly booted from boarding school for a ”dalliance.” Throughout, his cousin`s quibbling footnotes to the text push the story into comedy nirvana. Lionel & his friends encounter trapdoors, duels, anarchist-fearing bobbies, the social pressure of not knowing enough about art history, & the poisonous wit of his poetical archenemy. Fresh, action-packed & very, very funny, The Gentleman is a giddy farce that recalls the masterful confections of P.G. Wodehouse & Herge`s beautifully detailed Tintin adventures. From the Hardcover edition.”

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This hilarious take on motoring from the AA offers advice on every conceivable aspect of motoring
- from the desirability of lashings
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Once upon a time, ordering a cocktail at a bar was the kind of thing an aging lothario might do to impress a girl. But these days, knowing your Margarita from your Mojito, & your Old-Fashioned from your Tom Collins, is essential knowledge for every modern gent. In The Gentleman`s Guide to Cocktails, Alfred Tong will teach you all you need to know about the fine art of mixology. From tools of the trade, to muddling & mixing, schmoozing & shaking, & including secrets from some of the world`s best bartenders, you`ll be mixing with mojo in no time. Hone your skills with over 100 recipes, ranging from classics like Bloody Marys & Whiskey Sours to modern marvels such as the Flirtini, the Don Draper & Under the Boardwalk. Slick & stylish, dapper & dandy, The Gentleman`s Guide to Cocktails will turn you into the man who mixes. Is it worth the time just to get a drink, I hear you ask? Well yes, it does require some effort, but then so does having a suit made, seducing a woman or landing that contract. Doing it properly matters. This book is going to show you how. ...

The lost art of travelling in exquisite style. The advantages of travel are incontestable: it broadens the mind as well as helping one to avoid the iniquities of a less-than-perfect married life. Those of an expeditionary bent will find The Gentleman`s Guide to Travel full of timely & much-needed counsel, their appetite for wanderlust whetted at every new page. Mr Darkwood`s sage advice
- including how to repel leeches & maintain personal hygiene in the filthy heat of the Tropics
- is sure to inspire a desperate ache for the cut & thrust of adventure in even the most urbane. Gentleman travellers everywhere will be induced to prise themselves from their armchair, gather up their portmanteau, don a tweed hunting jacket & set off on a sterling voyage of discovery.

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” One would hear considerably less of hysteria, of morphine-mania, & of other regrettable characteristics of fin-de-siecle existence, if women were to take to fencing as one of the regular occupations of their day” The Gentlewoman`s Book of Sports is part of ` Found on the Shelves`, published with The London Library. The books in this series have been chosen to give a fascinating insight into the treasures that can be found while browsing in The London Library. Now celebrating its 175th anniversary, with over 17 miles of shelving & more than a million books, The London Library has become an unrivalled archive of the modes, manners & thoughts of each generation which has helped to form it. ...

The Geographic Atlas of New Zealand sets a new benchmark in atlas publishing. With 264 maps
- well over twice as many as recent
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What is the history of geography in the United States? How have Americans been taught to see the world around them? Susan Schulten addresses these questions by examining how ideas & images shaped popular understandings of world geography from 1880 to the 1950s. This was a critic al period in American History, it saw the US evolve from a relative isolationist nation into an international, economic superpower. Schulten examines four institutions of learning that produced some of the most influential sources of geographic knowledge in modern history: maps & atlases, the National Geographic Society, the American university & public schools. This book provides a history of geography & cartology & their place in popular culture, politics & education. ...

The Geography Collective is a group of Guerilla Geographers: grown ups enthusiastic professionals who encourage kids to re-discover the world & bring enthusiasm & excitement into learning. Young explorers can independently complete fun & adventurous missions through research, analysis & observation of our surroundings. Packed with colourful drawings, basic training & advice to safely carry out the activities, these books are fun & motivate children (and grown ups) to get to know & care about the environment, learn & improve skills, explore, try new things & get involved. The books in the Mission: Explore series include Geography Collective, On the Road, Camping & their latest one Food. Expect learning whilst having lots of fun. No more “ …I am bored..”. Parents, you are warned; the children will be busy bees! ...