A great book to drool over when bad weather keeps you out of the saddle & it's too dark in the shed to be messing around with ball bearings & grease. With a foreword by Lance Armstrong & 250 colour photographs, this is a celebration of this fantastic machine in the many designs that have appeared throughout its evolution. ...

When the photographer Enzo Barracco decided to mount a photographic expedition to Antarctica, inspired by the example of Sir Ernest Shackleton, he had much more than simple cold to contend with. As the world`s last empty continent, the snowy lands of the South Pole are a challenge for the most seasoned explorer, with their merciless winds, treacherous seas & vast sheets of ice. Even to arrive on the continent itself involves a perilous journey by sea from southern Argentina through the notoriously rough Drake Passage. THE NOISE OF ICE: ANTARCTICA explores what drove Barracco to embark on his journey, & tells the story of the expedition in words & astonishing photographs, all of them captured during the trip & many obtained in hazardous conditions. In his gripping text, Barracco explains how even his journey to Antarctica itself was undertaken with the essential help of an ice pilot, to spot & avoid icebergs that ship`s radar can miss. He tells of how the waves on that first journey threw him to the deck & brought home how hostile such an environment is, & of his constant battle to protect his photographic equipment & all-important memory cards from the extreme cold. Most importantly, he explains that in capturing these beautiful landscapes, his intention is to remind us all of the precarious position in which this part of the world finds itself. As the explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes puts it in his foreword to THE NOISE OF ICE, ”witnessed by only a few, Antarctica should be enjoyed by many & protected by all”. ...

In May 1937 a man in his early thirties waits by the lift of a Leningrad apartment block. He waits all through the night, expecting to be taken away to the Big House. Any celebrity he has known in the previous decade is no use to him now. & few who are taken to the Big House ever return. ...

From Margaret Wise Brown-author of the childhood favorite Goodnight Moon-and Caldecott-winning illustrator Leonard Weisgard comes The Noisy Book, now back in print in a sturdy board book! The little dog, Muffin, hears a noise. Squeak squeak squeak. What could it be? Originally published in 1939, the classic story of the little dog, Muffin, accompanied by big & bright illustrations will introduce children to the sounds around them. ...

At noma
- four times named the world`s best restaurant
- every dish

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Ducks growing out of bananas? A mouse catching a cat? What`s wrong with this book? Yes, there`s something strange, something funny & even downright preposterous on every page of this book (and even the cover!). But it`s not a mistake
- it`s nonsense! & it`s also surrealism. Nonsense lies at the heart of many beloved nursery rhymes. Children readily accept odd statements like ”the cow jumped over the moon” & ”the dish ran away with the spoon.” This fanciful bending of reality is also basic to surrealism. In this book, nonsense & surrealism combine to spark creativity & imagination. What`s true? What`s impossible? What`s absolutely absurd? From Eric Carle, creator of the classic, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, comes a book to make children laugh & think, preparing them for a lifetime of loving both words & art.
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From the award-winning author of Red Dust, comes a virtuoso piece of `red humour`
- a darkly funny novel about the absurdities
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For over half a century, noodlemaker Gyalo Thondup has been a familiar figure in the Himalayan hill town of Kalimpong. But it was not until 2010 that the townsfolk discovered his true identity: Gyalo Thondup is none other than the older brother of the Dalai Lama & his special envoy, a trusted interlocutor between Tibet & foreign leaders from Chiang Kai-shek to Jawaharlal Nehru, Zhou Enlai to Deng Xiaoping. Indeed, only the Dalai Lama himself has played a more important role in the political history of modern, tragedy-ridden Tibet. Now, for the first time, Gyalo Thondup is prepared to tell his story. His remarkable account offers an intimate, personal look at the Dalai Lama & his immediate family, as well as an insider`s view of the vicious & sometimes deadly struggles within the Potala Palace
- the seat of power in Tibet. His is a story of the `real` Tibet
- a country that is secular as well as sacred, where the source of conflict is not just with China but between Tibetans themselves. Candid & insightful, this long-awaited account reveals Gyalo Thondup to have been a key figure in the great game played out by China, India, Russia & the United States over the strategically important Tibetan plateau.

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For over half a century, noodlemaker Gyalo Thondup has been a familiar figure in the Himalayan hill town of Kalimpong. But it was not until 2010 that the townsfolk discovered his true identity: Gyalo Thondup is none other than the older brother of the Dalai Lama & his special envoy, a trusted interlocutor between Tibet & foreign leaders from Chiang Kai-shek to Jawaharlal Nehru, Zhou Enlai to Deng Xiaoping. Indeed, only the Dalai Lama himself has played a more important role in the political history of modern, tragedy-ridden Tibet. Now, for the first time, Gyalo Thondup is prepared to tell his story. His remarkable account offers an intimate, personal look at the Dalai Lama & his immediate family, as well as an insider`s view of the vicious & sometimes deadly struggles within the Potala Palace
- the seat of power in Tibet. His is a story of the `real` Tibet
- a country that is secular as well as sacred, where the source of conflict is not just with China but between Tibetans themselves. Candid & insightful, this long-awaited account reveals Gyalo Thondup to have been a key figure in the great game played out by China, India, Russia & the United States over the strategically important Tibetan plateau.

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The acclaimed chef featured in the Emmy-Award winning US PBS series The Mind of a Chef & the Netflix docuseries Chef`s Table explores the rich baking tradition of the Nordic region, with 450 tempting recipes for home bakers Nordic culture is renowned for its love of baking & baked goods: hot coffee is paired with cinnamon buns spiced with cardamom, & cold winter nights are made cozier with the warmth of the oven. No one is better equipped to explore this subject than acclaimed chef Magnus Nilsson. In The Nordic Baking Book, Nilsson delves into all aspects of Nordic home baking
- modern & traditional, sweet & savory
- with recipes for everything from breads & pastries to cakes, cookies, & holiday treats. No other book on Nordic baking is as comprehensive & informative. Nilsson travelled extensively throughout the Nordic region
- Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Finl&, Greenl&, Icel&, Norway, & Sweden
- collecting recipes & documenting the landscape. The 100 photographs in the book have been shot by Nilsson
- now an established photographer, following his successful exhibitions in the US. From the pubisher of Nilsson`s influential & internationally bestselling Faviken & The Nordic Cookbook.




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