A guide to wine that includes a handy country by country index as well as a full producer index.

Offers information on over 1500 ingredients. This book gives each ingredient's history, appearance, taste, aroma, texture, culinary uses, buying, and storing. It features 11 food categories: fruit, vegetables, fish and shellfish, poultry, meat, game, eggs, dairy and cheese, grains, beans and pulses, pasta, noodles and rice, and herbs and spices.

Tells you how to find various flavors in the wines you buy, regardless of whether the wine is labeled by grape variety or by country. This book explains how to get maximum enjoyment out of every bottle you buy, from dealing with broken corks, to learning basic tasting techniques, spotting faulty wine, and matching food and wine.

Formed by men not eligible for active service - too old, too young, in reserved occupations vital to the war effort - who were expected to resist a German invasion with any resources they had to hand, the Home Guard is the embodiment of plucky British resolve against the odds. This book intends to evoke this spirit.

Offers an insight into the Beatles, in pictures. This book features over 200 images that include several early photos of The Quarrymen - when John first met Paul; the filming of A Hard Day's Night at Paddington; the Beatles in the Bahamas in 1965 filming Help ; John and Yoko at home; and Paul on holiday in Frank Sinatra's Learjet - and more.

Teaches you skills that can help you in life, namely: how to tell decent jokes, three essential chords on the guitar, how to drill a hole and put a rawl plug in it, and how to play pool.

The Rolling Stones have proved themselves to be the ultimate rock band. This book takes a pictorial journey back to roots of rock stardom and to a long-lost age of innocence in the music industry. It presents behind-the-scenes action from the life of the band during the '60s.

Offers a directory of some of the best places to buy wine in the UK. This book contains: wine finder by country and by producer; storing, serving and tasting; and buying for the long term.

Presents a compilation of 100 chocolate recipes. This title presents ideas for various occasions - from midweek desserts to cakes, treats and biscuits to classic fruit and nut dishes. It also contains: step-by-step photography of essential cooking techniques; menu ideas; and temperature and measurement conversion charts.

Some Like It Hot blends several American preoccupations - jazz, gangsters, drag, and Marilyn Monroe - into one bootleg cocktail. This companion details the history of the comedy, from its roots as a 1951 German comedy to its Hollywood conception, where Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, and Marilyn Monroe transposed the material to the Roaring Twenties.

With the expansion of organisations such as the British SOE and the American OSS, and the supply of special forces units which operated behind enemy lines, clandestine warfare became a permanent part of the modern military and political scene. This manual presents a selection of these dark arts and techniques.

Presents recipes for sweet treats from traditional favourites like steamed jam sponge pudding to the iced desserts such as a heavenly coffee semi-freddo.

Driving brings out the worst in even the most mild mannered individual and so a book on the worst habits in motoring and the 'joys' of car ownership is the natural gift for the career grump. This title tackles the evils of lane swappers, caravan owners, bumper huggers, rubber neckers, light jumpers, sleeping policemen and speaking policemen.

Contains more than 100 recipes. This book contains: step-by-step photography of essential cooking techniques; nutritional advice - information where recipes are vegetarian, gluten and dairy free; preparation and cooking times, serving quantities; menu ideas; and, temperature and measurement conversion charts.

Presenting ideas for barbecues, canapes, tea parties, weekend feasts and mid-week dinners, this book includes over 100 triple-tested recipes. It also features popular recipes from the GH Institute Kitchens.

Offers a celebration of the regional foods of Britain and a collection of the best regional recipes that have at their heart local ingredients. This book provides a range of recipes that can delight palates all over the United Kingdom.

Offers a collection of ideas for grilling, stewing, barbecuing, roasting, poaching and stir-frying one of the most versatile and nutritious meats. This book also features recipes for various occasions - cooking for crowds, cooking for two, midweek suppers and family dinners.

Features time-saving recipes for all the family. This title offers practical ideas for buying store-cupboard essentials, cooking ahead and to freeze and buying frozen goods, which can help you put delicious food on the table in minutes. It also contains step-by-step photography of essential cooking techniques, and menu ideas.

Captures highlights such as the Macca-Mills divorce, rising oil prices, GM food protests, George Dubya's 'War on Terror', the credit crunch and all the old political chestnuts - financial irregularity, failing schools and hospitals, and binge drinking and sex scandals.

Containing over 100 recipes, this book also includes photography of essential cooking techniques; nutritional advice - information where recipes are vegetarian, gluten and dairy free; preparation and cooking times, serving quantities; menu ideas; and, temperature and measurement conversion charts.