Probably the most significant guidebook to Scottish hillwalking in recent times, this handsomely illustrated book from The Scottish Mountaineering Club describes the recommended routes on The Grahams & The Donalds. The Grahams is a list of 224 Scottish hills between 2000ft (610m) & 2500ft (762m) in height & was compiled by Fiona Torbet (nee Graham) & Alan Dawson in 1992. The Donalds is a list of 140 Scottish hill summits above 2000ft (610m) in the Scottish Lowlands & was compiled by Percy Donald in 1935. This is the first & only colour definitive guidebook to The Grahams & The Donalds & follows in the footsteps of the Scottish Mountaineering Club`s best selling guidebooks to The Munros & The Corbetts. There are colour location maps of each group, together with their neighbouring hills, plus 175 detailed colour route maps & over 250 detailed descriptions, including links to other hills. The guidebook is illustrated by 320 colour photographs of the hills. There are Gaelic hill name translations plus an indexed list of Grahams & Donalds in height order, together with a full standard index. Edited by Rab Anderson & Tom Prentice & written by some of the foremost authorities on the Scottish mountains. ...

This although, well-illustrated guidebook is the first to describe the ascent of Scottish mountains between 2, 000 & 2, 500 feet, collectively known as the Grahams. There are 224 such peaks scattered widely across the whole of the country, from Galloway to the far north, & seven are on islands, including Harris & South Uist. They range from the remote rocky outcrops challenging the serious, seasoned hillwalker, to readily accessible hilltops for complete beginners. THE GRAHAMS point the way to what could be considered the ultimate challenge for those who love Scotland`s hills
- the ascent of all 720 Munros, Corbetts & Grahams. Anyone lucky (and determined) enough to have completed such a mammoth undertaking will know the country in a way that most others can only dream of.
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A delicious take on the latest superfood meal, with innovative grain, seed, & rice recipes ideal for everyday healthy eating Grain bowls & porridge are hitting the headlines with their nutritious properties. Restaurants worldwide are adding grain-based dishes to their menus
- & not just for breakfast. These recipes are guaranteed to surprise & inspire, built around quinoa, oats, rye, spelt, buckwheat, barley, amaranth, black rice, & millet. The Grain Bowl is a collection of 90 hearty recipes for breakfast, lunch, & dinner
- delicious, satisfying, easy, & heart-healthy
- made with a variety of grains, seeds, rice, & superfoods, plus fresh fruits, slow-cooked meats, roasted vegetables, & sweet treats. This book serves up delicious & nourishing options for home cooks everywhere.


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Even the most enthusiastic cooks & food lovers have jars of dusty powders inhabiting kitchen cabinets long past their expiration dates. We often don`t know much about them, where they come from, or how to use them. & yet, spices can elevate the everyday act of making & consuming food to a higher plane of experience. Spices have played an intrinsic part in the human story, running through history, geography, anthropology, politics, religion, culture, art, & design. From alligator pepper seeds, which in the Yoruba culture are given to newborn babies to taste a few minutes after birth, to charoli seeds, which are used in traditional Indian desserts eaten during the festival of Holi, & caraway seeds, which were added to medieval love potions, each spice has its own significance in the lives of the people who use it. The Grammar of Spice is a practical resource for cooks that also changes the way we understand the role spices play in defining not only our food but also our place in the world. Featuring custom illustrations for each of the more than sixty spices featured here--inspired by the work of Owen Jones, one of the great designers & travelers of his time--this beautiful, informative book celebrates the world of flavors that spices open up to us. ...

A new translation of Georges Simenon`s gripping novel set in an insular fishing community, book eight in the new Penguin Maigret series. It was indeed a photograph, a picture of a woman. But the face was completely hidden, scribbled all over in red ink. Someone had tried to obliterate the head, someone very angry. The pen had bitten into the paper. There were so many criss-crossed lines that not a single square millimetre had been left visible. On the other h&, below the head, the torso had not been touched. A pair of large breasts. A light-coloured silk dress, very tight & very low cut. Sailors don`t talk much to other men, especially not to policemen. But after Captain Fallut`s body is found floating near his trawler, they all mention the Evil Eye when they speak of the Ocean`s voyage. Penguin is publishing the entire series of Maigret novels. ” Compelling, remorseless, brilliant”. (John Gray). ” One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century.. . Simenon was unequalled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories”. (Guardian). ”A supreme writer.. .unforgettable vividness”. (Independent). Georges Simenon was born in Liege, Belgium, in 1903. Best known in Britain as the author of the Maigret books, his prolific output of over 400 novels & short stories have made him a household name in continental Europe. He died in 1989 in Lausanne, Switzerl&, where he had lived for the latter part of his life. Penguin is publishing the entire series of Maigret novels in new translations, releasing one new title each month. ...

The Grand Canyon is Constance Roos’ (updated by Sian Pritchard Jones & Bob Gibbons) Cicerone guide to some of the walking possibilities near one of the greatest natural wonders of the world. The guide covers the Grand Canyon & the equally impressive Zion & Bryce Canyon national parks, enabling walkers to plan everything from day walks to extended hikes. The Canyon is 277 miles in length & protected by over 1.2 million acres of national park. The guide is structured in three main parts
- the Grand Canyon, Zion National Park & Bryce National Park
- each of which has a series of chapters dedicated to different geographic areas. Individual routes have Information Boxes providing details of starting & finishing points, total distances, the relevant maps & a difficulty grading. A detailed introduction gives practical guidance on when to go, getting around, equipment, lodging & special hazards to consider. Detailed route descriptions are accompanied by sketch diagrams mapping the route as well as colour photographs illustrating some of the highlights of the region.

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This superb anthology brings together some of the most powerful & compelling writing about the Grand Canyon
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Subject to both natural & man-made dangers, of the ninety-one pleasure piers that once decorated the British coastline, just fifty-five remain. For over a century, the Grand Pier at Weston has stood as a prominent symbol of this British seaside tradition. For over sixty years, the Grand Pier was owned & run by successive generations of one family, the Brenners. This book is also the story of how they constantly updated & enhanced the pier, ensuring its popularity with tourists continued into the twenty-first century. But the Grand Pier has also seen its fair share of disaster. The pier rose from the ashes of a devastating fire in 1930 to enjoy a period of great success between the wars. A second fire destroyed the famous pavilion in 2008, & whether the pier can return once again to its former glory remains to be seen. This book illustrates the history of this outstanding example of seaside piers, with memories & anecdotes from the people who owned it, worked on it or simply loved it. ...

` Georgette Heyer is unbeatable.` Sunday Telegraph. A beautifully repackaged edition of one of the best of the best. When the redoubtable Sir Horace Stanton-Lacy is ordered to South America on Diplomatic Business he parks his only daughter Sophy with his sister`s family, the Ombersleys, in Berkeley Square. Upon her arrival, Sophy is bemused to see to see her cousins are in a sad tangle. The heartless & tyrannical Charles is betrothed to a pedantic bluestocking almost as tiresome as himself; Cecilia is besotted with a beautiful but quite feather-brained poet; & Hubert has fallen foul of a money-lender. It looks like the Grand Sophy has arrived just in time to sort them out, but she hasn`t reckoned with Charles, the Ombersleys` heir, who has only one thought
- to marry her off & rid the family of her meddlesome ways.
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Unpublished for 90 years, Agatha Christie`s extensive & evocative letters & photographs from her year-long round-the-world trip to South Africa, Australia, New Zeal&, Canada & America as part of the British trade mission for the famous 1924 Empire Exhibition. In 1922 Agatha Christie set sail on a 10-month voyage around the British Empire with her husband as part of a trade mission to promote the forthcoming British Empire Exhibition. Leaving her two-year-old daughter behind with her sister, Agatha set sail at the end of January & did not return until December, but she kept up a detailed weekly correspondence with her mother, describing in detail the exotic places & people she encountered as the mission travelled through South Africa, Australia, New Zeal&, Hawaii & Canada. The extensive & previously unpublished letters are accompanied by hundreds of photos taken on her portable camera as well as some of the original letters, postcards, newspaper cuttings & memorabilia collected by Agatha on her trip. Edited & introduced by Agatha Christie`s grandson, Mathew Prichard, this unique travelogue reveals a new side to Agatha Christie, demonstrating how her appetite for exotic plots & locations for her books began with this eye-opening trip, which took place just after only her second novel had been published (the first leg of the tour to South Africa is very clearly the inspiration for the book she wrote immediately afterwards, The Man in the Brown Suit). The letters are full of tales of seasickness & sunburn, motor trips & surf boarding, & encounters with welcoming locals & overbearing Colonials. The Grand Tour is a book steeped in history, sure to fascinate anyone interested in the lost world of the 1920s. Coming from the pen of Britain`s biggest literary export & the world`s most widely translated author, it is also a fitting tribute to Agatha Christie & is sure to fascinate her legions of worldwide fans. ...