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Unforgettable Places to See Before You Die
Steve Davey
BBC Books
We only get one life so we owe it to ourselves to see as much of this beautiful world as possible. As we work longer hours our leisure time becomes more and more valuable and increasingly it's how we spend it that gives meaning and value to our lives.
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"Time Out" New York
Killian Jordan (Compiler)
Time Out Group Ltd
New York attracts millions of visitors each year in search of the glitz and glamour, the lively arts scene, rich history and immigrant heritage.
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Long Way Round
Ewan McGregor, Charley Boorman
Time Warner Books
Long Way Round is the tale of a remarkable journey taken (on motorbike) by two men.
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Himalaya
Michael Palin
Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated
I maintain that Pole To Pole was Palin's best series and best book by far, and that of late Palin's work had lost that certain spark that we found in 80 Days and Pole To Pole.
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Bollocks to Alton Towers: Uncommonly British Days Out
Jason Hazeley, Robin Halstead, Joel Morris, Alex Morris
Michael Joseph
An endless train of cars snakes over the horizon towards an expensive afternoon spent amidst the deafening screams of people being splashed, thrown around and hassled by anonymous wannabes trapped in big furry costumes.
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Around the World in 80 Treasures
Dan Cruickshank
Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated
Dan Cruickshank's quest is to tell the story of civilisation through the greatest of man's achievements. It will also be the story of his travels, and who and what he meets along the way.
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Sweet Alternative: More Than 100 Recipes Without Gluten, Dairy And Soy
Ariana Bundy
Conran
Some people give up dairy, gluten or soy because they have too – food intolerance is certainly on the rise – while others do it simply for a healthier diet. For whatever reason, it must be hard cutting out deserts as we know them.
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Quickbreads: More Than 75 Inspiring Recipes
Liz Franklin
Conran Octopus
From raspberry, white chocolate and almond loaf and moist banana and walnut bread to basil and sun dried tomato bread, Quick Breads includes more than 75 sweet, savoury and seasonal recipes ranging from traditional favourites to the sublimely imaginative.
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The Simple Art Of Marrying Food And Wine
Mark Hix and Malcolm Gluck
Mitchell Beazley
We weren’t quite sure what category to put this book into but being as we’ve had loads of drink related books in at the moment we thought we’d stick it under food books.
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Super Soya: Recipes And Facts For Greater Health
Tanya Carr, Joanna Farrow
Hamlyn
There was a time when the thought of soya milk would bring a sour expression to many people’s faces and as for Tofu, well that was just for hippies wasn’t it? But now we’re finally starting to see the benefits of soya and there are now more appetising ways to prepare it.
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Passion For Seafood
Gordon Ramsay
Conran
He may have a foul temper, lousy manners and be lacking in the tact and diplomacy department but if you’re looking for great recipes you can do a lot worse than Gordon Ramsay.
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Kids’ Kitchen: Good Food Made Easy
Amanda Grant
Mitchell Beazley
Kids’ Kitchen is a kids’ cookbook that tells the full story of food – from how it grows and is produced to how to make the most of it in the kitchen.
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My Cookbook
Gerard Depardieu
Conran
French actor Gerard Depardieu, who owns vineyards, restaurants and a famously large appetite for the finer things in life, says in his new cookbook, released in English, that he always wanted to be a butcher. "My eye will roam with equal pleasure over the face of a beautiful woman as it will over the cuts of meat displayed in a butcher's shop window," Depardieu writes in "My Cookbook."
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The English Summer Cookbook
Thane Prince with photographs by Jean Cazals
Mitchell Beazley
Ok, winter is creeping in now so we’ve kind of missed the boat on this one but this is still a great book to have in your collection. The many occasions that mark an English summer and the foods that make them special have long inspired us to cook.
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Best Of British Fish
Hattie Ellis
Mitchell Beazley
Featuring recipes from Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Mitchell Tonks, Gary Rhodes, Nick Nairn, Sue Lawrence and Claire Macdonald, to name but a few, Best Of British Fish is a unique portrayal of the wealth of the British fishing industry and the people who characterise it at a time when it faces its greatest crisis.
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15-Minute Feasts: Great-Tasting Food in No Time
Tonia George, Sara Lewis, Louise Pickford
Hamlyn
This is a useful and unusual book, packed with lots of interesting recipes that made me think 'why haven't I thought of that'. It's essentially modern food (by that I DO mean Asian/Australian and Middle-Eastern influenced dishes) and based on the premise that you will have a pretty well-stocked kitchen (e.g polenta, smoked paprika, mirin, Asian herbs),but want to cook something quick and different from your usual repetoire.
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100 Health-Boosting Drinks: Juices, Smoothies, Coolers, Infusions and Soups
Hamlyn
There was a time when you could only get a smoothy in America or health food cafes in the UK. Now that people are beginning to realise the attributes of fresh fruit and veg more and more they’ve really taken off.
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You Are What You Eat Cookbook
Gillian McKeith
Michael Joseph
The aim of this book is for the reader to make simple changes that will begin to take effect almost immediately and will last for life' The You Are What You Eat Cookbook puts Dr Gillian McKeith's healthy food philosophy into action.
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The River Cottage Meat Book
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
As you would expect from the quirky and strong-minded Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, The River Cottage Meat Book is a quirky and strong-minded book.
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The Olive Harvest: A Memoir of Life, Love and Olive Oil in the South of France
Carol Drinkwater
Orion
The third and much-awaited final episode of a trilogy which began with The Olive Farm. 'The stars shimmer like spilled handfuls of glitter. The day is beginning to rise with a faint mist. As I turn my head, ghostly halos, auras of light, appear and disappear and I cannot tell if it is caused by my lightheadedness or is a freak of nature. The silence is truly awesome
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The Juice Master: Turbo-charge Your Life in 14 Days
Jason Vale
HarperCollins
A practical 14 day diet plan with 30 raw energy recipes from the UK's leading health coach and seminar leader, Jason Vale - aka the Juice Master. Jason Vale is fast becoming the UK's most popular health coach. Here 'the Juice Master' offers his first ever 14 day diet programme.
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McGee on Food and Cooking: An Encyclopedia of Kitchen Science, History and Culture
Harold McGee
Hodder & Stoughton LtdThe first thing you notice about the book is its sheer size - it's enormous. It quickly became apparent that this was not a book to be read from start to finish - it was going to be a reference book.
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Just Like Mother Used to Make
Tom Norrington-Davies
Cassell Illustrated
Just Like Mother Used to Make takes you on a culinary tour of British comfort eating from nursery staples to school canteen classics, from inside the officers mess to City dining rooms
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Jamie's Dinners
Jamie Oliver
Michael Joseph
Jamie's back with a vengeance. This time he's tackling school dinners and family meals. Jamie's Dinners sees Jamie Oliver going back to basics in the kitchen to revolutionise family meals. Jamie believes this is his most people-friendly book yet.
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Feast: Food That Celebrates Life
Nigella Lawson
Chatto and Windus
This latest culinary offering from the Lovely Lawson Lady is outstandingly brilliant! It's easy to read, fantastically laid out and is written in her usual inimitable 'chatty' style.
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Annabel Karmel's Favourite Family Recipes
Annabel Karmel
Ebury Press
Are you serving the same old meals to your family, week in, week out? Do you find yourself staring at the contents of your fridge, hoping for inspiration?
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Working With Bacchus: Adventures Of An Impassioned Scot In An Italian Vineyard
Colin Fraser
Mitchell Beazley
Books about chilly English people settling in Italy or France for the warmth are numerous. In fact, it's become something of an industry. So a book with a slightly different approach is very welcome.
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Wine Science: The Application Of Science In Winemaking
Jamie Goode
Mitchell Beazley
Increasingly wine producers are turning to science to make their wines more consistent and profitable. Wine Science is a revolutionary book and the only indepth reference to detail the processes, developments, and factors affecting the science of winemaking.
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Wine Places: The Land, The Wine, The People
David Furer
Mitchell Beazley
With a breathtaking portfolio of photographs by Charles O’Rear who
worked with National Geographic for over twenty-five years, Wine Places takes the reader on a visually indulgent tour of five continents and ten winemaking countries around the world.
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Virgile's Vineyard: A Year In The Languedoc Wine Country
Patrick Moon
Inheriting a remote and neglected house in Southern France, Patrick Moon sets out to discover how the Languedoc, a wine region long notorious for mere quantity, has managed to transform itself into one of the world's most exciting vineyards.
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Thirsty Work
Matt Skinner
Mitchell Beazley
Wine is for everybody, and learning about it should never be intimidating. There are a dizzying array of wines out there in the world and it would be a shame to miss out on some of the most exciting wines on offer, just because you are afraid to try something new.
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The Juice 2006: 100 Wines You Should Be Drinking
Matt Skinner
Mitchell Beazley
Definitely not for the stuffy, old school wine buffs, The Juice 2006 is for the hip and eager to know drinkers who enjoy a glass of wine and who want tips on what to buy, without having to wade through a lot of bottles or information to find it.
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The Most Beautiful Wine Villages Of France
Francois Morel
Mitchell Beazley
A beautifully illustrated book that brings together the unique story of over fifty-five of France's most beautiful wine villages. Provides information about the communities and their history, wines, and grape varieties.
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Wines of Spain
Jan Read
Mitchell Beazley
The fully updated and revised Wines of Spain covers everything a wine lover needs to know about Spain's wine regions and producers. For key region the book explores the characteristics and winemaking history, lists producers, wines and places of interest in an A-Z format, and features a map of the wine zones.
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Wine behind the label 2005 edition
Philip Williamson, David Moore
Williamson Moore Publishing Ltd
This annually updated guide covers the best producers from all of the world’s winemaking regions. Over 2000 wine estates and producers are covered in detail as well as more than 14,000 wines.
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Raw Spirit
Iain Banks
Arrow
If the little things you hold near and dear are driving, sitting around talking to friends and/or total strangers, sitting around talking to friends and/or total strangers while drinking single malt whisky, explosions for purposes of entertainment, bashing the very bashable George Bush and/or wittering on about these things then you got nailed in the target market profile for this book.
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Matching Food and Wine: Classic and Not So Classic Combinations
Michel Roux
Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated
Michel Roux Jr's take on matching food and wine - he blows away some of the perceived wisdoms (such as red wine with cheese) and explores exciting and different combinations.
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Jim Murray's Whisky Bible
Jim Murray
Carlton Books Limited
Jim Murray's Whisky Bible was a roaring success when it was published for the first time in 2003.
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Hugh Johnson's Pocket Wine Book
Hugh Johnson
Mitchell Beazley
For everything there is a season, and in the world of wine the calendar is defined by bud break, fruit set, harvest and the arrival of the latest edition of Hugh Johnson's Pocket Wine Book.
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Good Beer Guide
Roger Protz
CAMRA (Campaign For Real Ale) Books
The 2005 Good Beer guide contains full entries of 4,500 of the best real ale pubs in England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Isle of Man and Channel Islands.
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