World Whisky: A Nation-by-Nation Guide to the Best

The Rough Guide to the Cotswolds is your definitive handbook to one of the most beautiful and diverse holiday destinations in the UK. From stately homes and wildlife parks to modern art galleries, country walks and adventure sports, the full-colour section introduces all of the regions' highlights. For every town and village, there are comprehensive and opinionated reviews of all the best places to eat, drink and stay to suit every budget. It brings the Cotswolds bang up-to-date; out go musty tearooms and chintzy B&Bs and in come the best of the area?s new contemporary restaurants, boutique-styled hotels and top-rated country pubs. There?s plenty of practical advice and a special focus on the region?s gastronomy with features on specialist farmers? markets, local farm shops, gastro-pubs and country restaurants

Guide to the New HSK Test provides level-specific training for each of the six levels graded in HSK. This is the level 2 volume. The amount of exercises in this book is ten times that of the HSK test paper, including 10 complete sets of test questions distributed in three parts—simulated training, skill training and timed training. Skill training is a newly added section, which summarizes the general rules and test-taking skills based on the contents and characteristics of questions in many HSK real and simulated tests and explains these rules and skills with specific examples. It gives the candidates a relatively clear idea of the basic question types and characteristics of the test to help them quickly find a proper way to answer the questions

Take a peek inside the beautiful and absorbing world of birds with this lavishly illustrated children's bird atlas • From the Amazon Rainforest to the Arctic, this fully-fledged bird guide will take you on a guided tour, continent by continent, to meet some of the most spectacular birds in the world! • Inside the pages of this children's atlas, you'll discover • - A visual guide to the birds around the world, their habitats, geography, and climate with exquisite, hand-drawn illustrations and maps from Richard Orr • - The different countries and continents of the world and the birds that live there • - Why some species are endangered and what can be done to protect them • - Fascinating facts about birds including: why flamingos are pink, which bird can sprint faster than a horse, and how the booby got its name

Discover the wonders of the natural world and the animals that inhabit it in this stunningly visual hardback guide • Nature writer Marianne Taylor guides readers through the development of life on earth, from the first living cells to the astonishing diversity we see in species today. Journeying from the invertebrates, including spiders, crustaceans and insects, to fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals, this fascinating book explores the animal kingdom is all its oddity and splendour. A numbers of feature spreads give a deeper focus on themes such as coral reefs, the importance of insects in ecology and the era of the dinosaurs • Sections include • Animal Evolution • Invertebrates: insects, molluscs, • Vertebrates: fish, reptiles, birds, mammals • Ecology and conservation • Featuring superb full-colour wildlife photography as well as a range of diagrams and infographics, this is a captivating guide to the wonders of the animal kingdom which can be enjoyed by the whole family

In this tie-in to their popular 'The Skeptics Guide to the Universe' podcast, Steven Novella, along with 'Skeptical Rogues' Bob Novella, Cara Santa Maria, Jay Novella and Evan Bernstein explain the tenets of skeptical thinking and debunk some of the biggest scientific myths, fallacies and conspiracy theories (anti-vaccines, homeopathy, UFO sightings, and many more.) They'll help us try to make sense of what seems like an increasingly crazy world using powerful tools like science and philosophy • The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe is your guide through this maze of modern life. It covers essential critical thinking skills, as well as giving insight into how your brain works and how to avoid common pitfalls in thinking. They discuss the difference between science and pseudoscience, how to recognize common science news tropes, how to discuss conspiracy theories with that crazy colleague of yours, and how to apply all of this to everyday life

March 1978 saw the first ever transmission of Douglas Adams The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy on BBC Radio 4; the beginning of a cult phenomenon • March 2020 marks the 42nd anniversary of that first transmission - 42 being the answer, of course, to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything. To mark the occasion, Pan Macmillan are bringing back into print The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Original Radio Scripts with an introduction from Simon Jones • The collection also includes the previously "lost" Hitchhiker script from the 25th anniversary edition, "Sheila's Ear" and the original introductions by producer Geoffrey Perkins and Douglas Adams • This collection, which is a faithful reproduction of the text as it was first published in 1985, features all twelve original radio scripts - Hitchhiker as it was written and exactly as it was broadcast for the very first time

"Автостопом по Галактике", стартовав в качестве радиопостановки на Би-би-си, имел грандиозный успех • Бокс-сет "Полное руководство автостопщика по Галактике" включает в себя все пять частей серии: "Путеводитель автостопщика по галактике", "Ресторан на краю Вселенной", "Жизнь, Вселенная и все остальное", "Всего хорошего, и спасибо за всю рыбу", и "В основном безвредна" • Книга на английском языке • First a legendary radio series, then a bestselling book, then a blockbuster movie, the immensely successful Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams needs no introduction • This paperback boxset collection includes all five parts of the trilogy, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, Life, the Universe and Everything, So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish and Mostly Harmless

With over 300 recipe ideas and many wonderful stories from the fruit garden, Tender: Volume II – A cook’s guide to the fruit garden is the definitive guide to cooking with fruit from the presenter of BBC One’s Simple Cooking • ‘When I dug up my lawn to grow my own vegetables and herbs I planted fruit too. A handful of small trees - plum, apple and pear - some raspberry, blackberry and currant bushes and even strawberries in pots suddenly joined my patch of potatoes, beans and peas. These fruits became the backbone of my home baking, the stars in my cakes and pastries and even inspired the odd pot of jam. More than this, I started to use them in new ways too, from a weekday supper of pork chops with cider and apples to a Chinese Sunday roast with spiced plum sauce

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This is your all-access private pass into the wild and wonderful world of zoos! • We're opening the gates, just for you! Join us on an epic behind-the-scenes adventure of zoos and aquariums. From tigers and tortoises to giraffes and jellyfish, you'll learn about hundreds of different animals and how they are looked after by their keepers • Inside the pages of this children's animal book, you'll discover the secret delights of the world's most interesting zoos and more! It includes • - Showcases the best ethical treatment and conservation of animals and the vital research done by zoos • - Filled with beautiful photos of animals and their innovative habitats in zoos around the world • - Profiles the tasks of zoo staff using language that is fun and accessible • Featuring only the best zoos from around the world, this conservation-themed children's book takes you on a once-in-a-lifetime trip through zoo life

From icy polar tundra to lush tropical rainforests, readers can explore the wonders of the planet we call home in this spectacular visual guide • This beautiful jacketed hardback introduces the many landscapes and systems that make up Planet Earth, from its molten core and plate tectonics to the different landscapes which make up its surface. Readers can explore the Amazon basin, taiga forests across the frozen wastes of Siberia and vast deserts on almost every continent • Includes • Land: volcanoes, glaciers, caves, wetlands • Air: the geomagnetic field, weather, the auroras • Sea: tides, coral reefs, fjords • The text is brought to life by superb full-colour photos, charts, maps and infographics to reveal the planet in all its splendor

A playful and accessible guide to fermenting at home • James Read is on a mission to smuggle bacteria into our kitchens. In Of Cabbages & Kimchi, he takes the ten greatest 'living' ferments - fermented foods that are neither cooked nor pasteurized - and places them under the microscope, before cooking with them in all their delicious versatility • From the fiery funk of kimchi to the velvet tang of kefir, James describes the microbial process, then shares his recipes for recreating these wonders in your own kitchen - no specialist equipment required. Alongside his recipes, James investigates the extraordinary cultural and historic backgrounds of fermented foods, exploring how the microbes that bring them to life have developed alongside our culinary evolution