Guides

Pocket Wine Book 2013 (Book)

Hugh Johnson (Author), Margaret Rand (Editor)

The original and best, Hugh Johnson's Pocket Wine Book is the ultimate compact guide. Now in its 36th edition, it is the UK's number one wine book for wine-lovers and professionals. It is the key reference for enthusiasts, investors and collectors and this year's edition [...]

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The Drunken Botanist (Book)

Amy Stewart (Author), STEWART AMY (Author)

Discusses the array of herbs, flowers, fungi, trees, and fruits that have been used in alcoholic beverages over time, detailing their history and etymology while presenting growing tips for gardeners and over fifty drink recipes.

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What to Eat: Ten Chewy Questions About Food and Drink (Book)

Hattie Ellis (Author)

This is a practical book and a compelling and entertaining one, from a prize-winning food writer, full of unexpected angles, revelations and facts about the food that we eat for breakfast, lunch, supper and snacks.

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Would It Kill You to Stop Doing That? (Book)

Henry Alford (Author)

"We all know bad manners when we see them," NPR and Vanity Fair contributor Henry Alford observes at the beginning of his new book. But what, he asks, do good manners look like in our day and age? When someone answers their cell phone in the middle of dining with you, or [...]

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The Red Hot Chilli Cookbook (Book)

Dan May (Author), Peter Cassidy (Photographs)

Against all conventional horticultural wisdom Dan May began growing chillies in the wilds of Northumberland. It wasn't long before Dan had to find something to do with all the produce. Disappointed with the quality of the chilli sauce brands available in the UK, he hit on [...]

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Eva's Kitchen (Book)

Eva Longoria (Author), Eva Longoria Parker (Author), Eva Longoria Parker (Author), Marah Stets (Author)

The actress best known for her role on the television show "Desperate Housewives" shares recipes inspired by her Tex-Mex upbringing and international cuisine, in a collection that includes categories for soups, salads, main courses, sides, and desserts.

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Gordon's Great Escape Southeast Asia (Book)

Gordon Ramsay (Author), Emma Lee (Photographs), Emma (Fotogr.) Lee (Photographs)

On the second leg of his Great Escapes series, Gordon Ramsay sets out to discover the flavours of Asia, on a remarkable journey that leads him through Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia and Vietnam. 100 new recipes are inspired by the tastes and experiences he encounters along the way.

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Special Cupcakes (Book)

Wendy Sweetser (Author)

Providing baking and decorating tips and techniques, this delightfully decadent cookbook is filled with more than 50 recipes for beautiful cupcakes for holidays and special occasions, as well as not-so-guilty treats such as carrot, orange and cinnamon cupcakes.

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Fish (Book)

Fish: Recipes from the Sea features over 200 authentic Italian home cooking recipes for preparing fish and seafood, carefully collected from the Silver Spoon kitchen. From traditional seafood groups to simple grilled fish with herbs, the recipes in Fish are simple and [...]

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Inspirations (Book)

Paulo Coelho (Author), Paulo Coelho (Editor)

An anthology that presents the selection of books which is ordered in to the four elements, symbolizing both our world on its directions, and the way we dwell in this world, the way we say it.

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Inspirations (Book)

Paulo Coelho (Author)

Features the favorite literary works of the best-selling author of "The Alchemist," organized into the four earthly elements they represent.

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Blockade Billy (Book)

Stephen King (Author)

People have been asking King for years when he was going to write a baseball story. This is it: 'I love old-school baseball, and I also love the way people who've spent a lifetime in the game talk about the game. I tried to combine those things in a story of suspense' said King.

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Jamie's 30 Minute Meals (Book)

Jamie Oliver (Author), David Loftus (Photographs)

Shows that, by mastering a few tricks and being organized and focused in the kitchen, it is absolutely possible, and easy, to get a complete meal on the table in the same amount of time you'd normally spend making one dish.

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Warrior of the Light (Book)

Paulo Coelho (Author)

Warrior of the Light: A Manual is an inspirational companion to The Alchemist, an international bestseller that has beguiled millions of readers around the world. Every short passage invites us to live out our dreams, to embrace the uncertainty of life, and to rise to meet [...]

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By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept (Book)

Paulo Coelho (Author)

Pilar, an independent and practical yet restless young woman, finds her life forever changed by an encounter with a childhood friend, now a handsome seminiarian and rumoured miracle worker, who leads her on a journey through the French Pyrenees.

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