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Stargazing around the world 2
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Embark on an adventure to see the stars with this inspiring guide that spotlights the world's best places to explore the night sky. Discover 100 spectacular sites including dark sky parks, observatories and wild mountains and experience the meditative wonder of stargazing - with essential travel tips so you can have the ultimate starry-eyed trip. See shooting stars soar through the cosmos from the Brecon Beacons in Wales, or visit the Grand Canyon National Park for its mesmerising views of the glittering night sky.
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Safety First: English for Health and Safety
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Chrimes, John

Safety First: English for Health and Safety Aimed at people already working in industry, Safety First focuses on testing, activating and building workplace vocabulary and helping students develop their range of conversational language by teaching useful phrases and raising awareness of different registers. It also builds communication skills and gives practice in other skills needed in industry, such as listening for gist and key information and interpreting e-mail messages.
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Uganda
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Briggs, Philip

Bradt's Uganda has for many years been considered the go-to source of information for travellers heading to or interested in this extraordinary country. This new ninth edition of the most comprehensive guide available has been fully updated by Philip Briggs, arguably the world's most experienced guidebook author and certainly the most experienced writer on Africa, and also includes a new full-colour wildlife section with over 100 colour photographs.Mountain gorilla tracking is Uganda´s most popular activity and this new edition provides expanded coverage of gorilla-tracking options, describing the gorilla groups and their locations - in short, everything anyone who dreams of encountering these remarkable primates needs to know. Accommodation listings and descriptions have also been completely revised, taking into account the rapid increase in choice of places to stay, and providing a more critical appraisal of the best options in every price bracket.Bradt's Uganda includes detailed maps of the country, updated or created from scratch using GPS by the author, and this new edition also offers increased coverage of Karamoja and the northeast, a major growth area for tourism. Uganda boasts the most biodiverse - and arguably most exciting - safari circuit in Africa, ranging from the lush montane forests of Bwindi, which protect one of the world's largest remaining populations of mountain gorillas, to the tree-climbing lions of Queen Elizabeth National Park. Whether you are visiting on safari, for birdwatching, white-water rafting on the Nile or trekking some of Africa's highest mountains, Bradt's Uganda remains the essential companion guide.
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Secret Dolomites
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From ephemeral lakes in mountain meadows to rocky labyrinths hidden behind rock walls, ancient mining villages and abandoned hamlets, the prison of the Turks in the Dolomites, a proglacial lake, a rock that defies the laws of gravity, petrified bishops, dwarfs, gnomes and an elephant, caves, ravines and mysterious portals, breathtaking views of the highest rock walls of the range, a forgotten and enchanting forest, lost bivouacs on high, secluded plateaus, solitary hermitages, stone books in an open-air library, the trails of Mesolithic hunters, a glacier between blood-red rock walls and another with a bewitching turquoise gaze, via ferratas to travel along in solitude, unknown and unnamed summits on topographic maps, fabled spirits of the air ...
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Secret Prague
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A totally overlooked Art Nouveau masterpiece, a forgotten Cubist lamp-post, secrets of the castle alchemists, the message in the hidden palindrome on Charles Bridge, the Kabbalistic mysteries of the Jewish ghetto, a thief’s shrivelled forearm hanging in a church, a statue revealing its intestines, the largest wind tunnel in the Czech Republic, a fragment of the Great Pyramid of Cheops in a pet cemetery, a clock that runs backwards, a house/museum painted blue to meet the needs of the partially blind musician owner …
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Secret Corsica
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Discover a forgotten fresco by Marc Chagall in a mountain village, a magnificent American villa where you can spend the night, the superb Corsican beach used as a setting for the D-Day Normandy landings in The Longest Day movie, remarkable paintings by a civilian First World War POW, a miniature village built with pebbles, golden hands embedded in the rock a two-hour walk into the mountains, a papier-mâché statue of the Virgin Mary, an unusual pool-table pocket bearing the image of Napoleon, an initiatory menhir in a chapel sacristy, a brick from the Holy Door of a church in Rome, a confessional cleverly hidden behind woodwork, the world's largest citrus fruit collection, the painting of an eagle under a balcony, a Bonaparte family tree made from locks of hair, a sleepover in a lighthouse far from civilisation ... Corsica is far from the holiday clichés of beaches, mountains and gastronomy: its little-known treasures are only revealed to locals and travellers who are prepared to venture off the beaten track. An essential guide for those who thought they knew the island well or would like to discover its other aspects.
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Secret Florence
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Visit a church in a prison, learn how Florence became the centre of hermetism during the Renaissance and where you can still find traces of it today, escape from the crowds of tourists to visit little-known artistic masterpieces, head offto hunt for the 34 plaques displaying quotes from the “Divine Comedy”, fill up your tank at a vintage service station, have your children count the number of bees sculpted on the monument to the glory of Ferdinand I, look for the lastwine distributors of the Renaissance, notice the minuscule windows designed to let children look out quietly onto the street, visit superb private gardens that even the Florentines don't know about, learn how the purple colour of the Fiorentina football team is connected to the pee of a Florentine crusader in Palestine …Far from the crowds and usual clichés, Florence holds many well-hidden treasures that are revealed only to the city's inhabitants or travellers who know how to step off the beaten track.An essential guide for those who think they knowFlorence well or for those looking to discover the hidden side of the city.
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Secret Naples
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A calcified lizard in a church, vestiges of a former brothel, a “hole” that cures headaches, a bunker turned art gallery, a customised Vespa from the Second World War, remarkable secret private collections, extraordinary old libraries unknown to Neapolitans, a Greek watchtower in a theatre, a rare clock that measures the equation of time, the bars of a chapel door that resonate like a xylophone, a mysterious phallic symbol in San Gennaro catacombs, a little-known museum with a section dedicated to Punch, a unique anatomical model dating from the 18th century, a raft ride 20 metres below Piazza del Plebiscito …
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A Brief History of Barcelona
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Agustí, David

Barcelona is a city steeped in history and conflict. It has been a garrison city of the Roman Empire, the leading power of the Mediterranean, the battleground of international wars, an industrial power, and the largest holdout against fascism in the Spanish Civil War. The Catalan capital has been bombed and besieged, and has raised itself from the rubble time and time again. Its history is inseparable from the history of Catalonia itself, and the development of each has deeply impacted the other throughout the centuries. This book chronicles the social, political, cultural and urban development of a city that has played an important role in the history of Europe. From the footsteps of the first man on the Catalan coast it reveals Roman Barcelona, Islamic Barcelona, the city’s historic defeat in 1714, the age of steam, the hardships of the Civil War and the subsequent transition to democracy after Franco’s dictatorship. Always a symbol of liberty and a mosaic of cultures, the city exists as it does today thanks to the tireless efforts of its citizens, throughout the centuries, to make it ever bigger and better.
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DK Eyewitness Madrid
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DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Madrid helps you get the most from your visit to this unique European city. You'll find in-depth detail on all the important sights with maps, photos and illustrations. There are 3D maps and cutaways for all the major sights plus advice on seeing architecture, national parks, churches, fiestas, shopping, nightlife. Information on tours and tips on getting around make exploring the city effortless. The guide comes packed with reviews and listings for hotels, restaurants and bars for all budgets. Visiting Madrid becomes a lot easier with maps of all major sights, plus walks, scenic routes and thematic tours and sights, markets and festivals listed town by town. DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Madrid - shows you what others only tell you.
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How to make money in stocks:  a winning system in good times and bad
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O'Neil, William J.

THE NATIONAL BESTSELLER!Anyone can learn to invest wisely with this bestselling investment system!Through every type of market, William J. O’Neil’s national bestseller, How to Make Money in Stocks, has shown over 2 million investors the secrets to building wealth. O’Neil’s powerful CAN SLIM® Investing System—a proven 7-step process for minimizing risk and maximizing gains—has influenced generations of investors.Based on a major study of market winners from 1880 to 2009, this expanded edition gives you:-Proven techniques for finding winning stocks before they make big price gains.-Tips on picking the best stocks, mutual funds, and ETFs to maximize your gains.-100 new charts to help you spot today’s most profitable trends.PLUS strategies to help you avoid the 21 most common investor mistakes!
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Rebel Gardening : A beginner's handbook to organic urban gardening
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Vitale, Alessandro

This is the ultimate beginner’s guide to establishing and tending an organic kitchen garden in any urban space, no matter how small, written by the YouTuber and TikToker known as Spicy Moustache.Do you live in the city and yearn for the space and time to grow your own food and live more connected with nature and the seasons? Rebel Gardening shows that anyone can grow a garden of delicious organic fruit and vegetables, wildlife-friendly wildflowers and abundant herbs in absolutely any urban space with a bit of know-how.Organic gardening expert Alessandro Vitale wants you to embrace the living soil and establish your own city eden where creatures and plants can coexist, in harmony with our modern lives. He shares his low-cost and organic approach with all the essential guidance you will need, including his top 50 plants for beginner gardeners, with a plethora of information on how to plant and look after them and how to make the most of all your produce. Learn how to make vegan honey with dandelions, establish a micro-orchard, or brew a natural antibiotic from garlic.Alessandro shares a plan for any type of space and how to tend it through the year. Learn about companion gardening, saving seeds, DIY raised beds and everything to allow your garden to flourish. The healing and planet-protecting power of gardening is within your grasp!
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Generative Deep Learning. Teaching machines to paint, write, compose, and play
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Foster, David

Generative AI is the hottest topic in tech. This practical book teaches machine learning engineers and data scientists how to use TensorFlow and Keras to create impressive generative deep learning models from scratch, including variational autoencoders (VAEs), generative adversarial networks (GANs), Transformers, normalizing flows, energy-based models, and denoising diffusion models.The book starts with the basics of deep learning and progresses to cutting-edge architectures. Through tips and tricks, you'll understand how to make your models learn more efficiently and become more creative.-Discover how VAEs can change facial expressions in photos.-Train GANs to generate images based on your own dataset.-Build diffusion models to produce new varieties of flowers.-Train your own GPT for text generation.-Learn how large language models like ChatGPT are trained.-Explore state-of-the-art architectures such as StyleGAN2 and ViT-VQGAN.-Compose polyphonic music using Transformers and MuseGAN.-Understand how generative world models can solve reinforcement learning tasks.-Dive into multimodal models such as DALL.E 2, Imagen, and Stable Diffusion.This book also explores the future of generative AI and how individuals and companies can proactively begin to leverage this remarkable new technology to create competitive advantage.
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Technofeudalism
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Varoufakis, Yanis

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Astrolit
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Templeman, Mccormick

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Murakami t
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Murakami, Haruki

The international literary icon opens his eclectic closet: Here are photographs of Murakami’s extensive and personal T-shirt collection, accompanied by essays that reveal a side of the writer rarely seen by the public.
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Submarine commander pocket manual 1939 -45
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Best beaches
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Discover 100 of the world's most breathtaking beaches in this inspirational coffee table book that features exquisite photography throughout. From hidden paradises in Thailand to the pink-white sands of Greece's Elafonisi Beach, this guide offers the ultimate collection of extraordinary beaches - perfect for inspiring your next beach adventure. From remote islands to secret coves, urban seasides to sprawling golden shorelines, tropical archipelagos to dramatic coasts, this alluring guide to our planet's most magnificent and interesting beaches uses a combination of aerial and ground photography to capture unique perspectives of must-visit utopias.
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Tarot (The Modern Book of Divination)
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IGLOOBOOKS

The power of Tarot is within all of us.This modern guide to divination is the perfect companion to help you shake things up a bit, interpret day-to-day events and understand what the future holds for you.Learn how Tarot works, find out the meanings behind each card and discover some easy-to-follow ideas for card spreads you can perform to get you started on your divination journey.
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The female perspective II
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This publication accompanies the El Prado itinerary for women II. Artistic promoters of the Museum's collections (1602-1700), which can be visited at the Museo Nacional del Prado between May 6 and September 8, 2024.The presence of women in the world of Art throughout history has been and is multiple and varied, as creators, as promoters and collectors or as subjects of the male gaze. For some years now the Prado Museum has been committed to showing this diversity through exhibitions, conferences, congresses, scholarships and itineraries like the one in this book. This is the second part of The Prado in feminine, after the extraordinary reception that the previous one enjoyed (2023), and which has become a reference for other museums and collections. Its intention is to celebrate the collecting of different women whose contribution to the enhancement of the former Royal Collection – and consequently of the current museum – was decisive.This itinerary focuses on the 16th century and proposes a route made up of thirty and four works, distributed in four sections, which invites us to visit different rooms of the permanent collection. It does so through three decisive figures: Isabella of Borbón, Mariana of Austria and Christina of Sweden. Thanks to them, the Prado Museum today has fundamental paintings by Dürer, Rubens and Velázquez, or sculptures of the importance of the Muses.Noelia García Pérez is a professor and director of the Department of Art at the University of Murcia.
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Marvel by design
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As one of the most recognizable brands in the world, Marvel has spent the last 80-plus years inspiring generations of creatives through its approach to visual storytelling. Marvel’s comic books, in particular, established a distinct graphic language that has found its way into mainstream culture, including 1960s Pop Art, and present-day digital culture, gaming, advertising, and more. Marvel By Design will celebrate the company’s visual language with an in-depth exploration of the design process behind the brand’s most recognizable graphical elements including logos, covers, lettering, layout, and color palettes. Readers will learn how the renowned Marvel Method established a unique approach to the creative process and how that process can serve as a template for creatives working beyond comics. Throughout the book, Marvel by Design will connect the dots between comic culture and its undeniable influence in every creative field including the evolution of graphic design, editorial design, movies, and visual culture at large. Highlights include:- An expansive, five-part visual encyclopedia, highlighting examples of Marvel’s exceptional approach to logos, layout, lettering, cover design, and color palettes. This section will feature insights from some of Marvel’s most renowned contributors including artist Klaus Janson and letterer Todd Klein, among others.- Essays from famous graphic designers including Mike Essl and Paul Sahre, as well as from well-known Marvel contributors including letterer Chris Eliopolous and designer/editor Carl Potts. An oral history of the making of House of X, featuring Jonathan Hickman, editor Jordan D. White, and designer Tom Muller.- Case-studies that trace the visual evolution of ten iconic characters.- Hundreds of images from Marvel’s past and present.
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The rebels wardrobe
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THE UNTOLD STORY OF MENSWEAR’S RENEGADE PAST.An entertaining exploration of trend-immune fashion classics, and the surprising origins of your everyday clothing items.Immersing readers in the world of men’s fashion, The Rebel's Wardrobe explores the surprising origins of our everyday staple items and how they became timeless classics.From the plain white T-shirt developing into the everyday hero, to the leather jacket cementing its place as a global icon or the chino being originally produced for military purposes, this modern menswear lexicon uses fashion to look at pop culture over the last 100 years, making links between seemingly disparate groups from military to sports.Join Denimhunters, the internet’s premier denim and heritage menswear experts as they take you through a beautiful archive and contemporary photography, showcasing the history of iconic men’s clothing.
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Secret cape town
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Fox, Justin

Un capitán que vivió en el pecio del Kakapo durante tres años, el senderismo más exclusivo de Table Mountain, un restaurante en una prisión de máxima seguridad, la prueba arbórea de la primera manifestación del apartheid, una mujer disfrazada de médico varón durante 56 años, una playa en la cima de Table Mountain, una fascinante colección secreta de coches antiguos y clásicos, un árbol mágico famoso por sus propiedades curativas espirituales, una piscina climatizada en una base militar abierta al público, un recorrido secreto nocturno por la naturaleza, una rueda de hámster para humanos, una hermosa piscina de mareas poco conocida, una fantástica e inteligente forma de enviar una carta a casa en el siglo XVII, pase un palo por unos tubos metálicos para oír la famosa melodía de la libertad “Mannenberg''.
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Beyond the Story: 10-Year Record of BTS
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Kang, Myeonseok

THE FIRST EVER OFFICIAL BOOK— Published in celebration of BTS’s 10th Anniversary, stories that go beyond what you already know about BTS, including unreleased photos, QR codes of videos, and all album information.After taking their first step into the world on June 13, 2013, BTS will celebrate the 10th anniversary of their debut in June 2023. They have risen to the peak as an iconic global artist and during this meaningful time, they look back on their footsteps in the first official book. In doing so, BTS nurtures the power to build brighter days and they choose to take another step on a road that no one has gone before.BTS shares personal, behind-the-scenes stories of their journey so far through interviews and more than three years of in-depth coverage by Myeongseok Kang, who has written about K-pop and other Korean pop culture in various media. Presented chronologically in seven chapters from before the debut of BTS to the present, their vivid voices and opinions harmonize to tell a sincere, lively, and deep story. In individual interviews that have been conducted without a camera or makeup, they illuminate their musical journey from multiple angles and discuss its significance.In addition, portrait photos that show BTS as individuals and artists open the book, and throughout there are concept photos, tracklists of all previous albums, and over 330 QR codes. As digital artists, BTS has been communicating with the world through the internet and this book allows readers to immediately access trailers, music videos, and more online to have a rich understanding of all the key moments in BTS history. Complete with a timeline of all major milestones, BEYOND THE STORY is a remarkable archive—truly everything about BTS in one volume.
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The archangels and gemstone guardiands cards
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Andy Warhol. Seven Illustrated Books 1952-1959
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En el Nueva York de la década de 1950, antes de convertirse en uno de los nombres más célebres del siglo XX, Andy Warhol era ya un hábil y exitoso artista comercial. Durante esa época, como parte de su estrategia para atraer a clientes y forjar amistades, creó siete libros promocionales hechos a mano reservados para sus contactos más valiosos. En ellos incluyó extravagantes dibujos y textos suyos, revelando, entre otras, su pasión por los gatos, la comida, los mitos, los zapatos, los chicos guapos y las chicas hermosas.Décadas más tarde, y con los originales pasando de unos propietarios a otros por miles de dólares en subastas, TASCHEN presenta un volumen de tamaño XL que contiene meticulosas reediciones de estos siete libros. Con títulos como Love Is A Pink Cake (El amor es una tarta color rosa), 25 Cats Named Sam (25 gatos llamados Sam) y À la Recherche du Shoe Perdu (En busca del zapato perdido), esta serie revela el carácter fuera de lo común del artista, su destreza como dibujante, su creatividad ilimitada y su sutil sentido del humor.Este libro juega con estilos y géneros: Las litografías de A Is for Alphabet (A de Alfabeto) dedican una página a cada una de las letras del abecedario, con ilustraciones acompañadas de versos de tres líneas que hablan de extraños encuentros entre el hombre y los animales. In the Bottom of My Garden (Al fondo de mi jardín) es un cuento infantil warholiano y al mismo tiempo un homenaje al amor homosexual. Wild Raspberries (Frambuesas silvestres) es una parodia de un libro de cocina con una serie de recetas atrevidas con instrucciones e ilustraciones.Este colorido volumen también incluye introducciones para cada una de las ilustraciones de Warhol. Enriquecidas con fotografías raramente vistas del artista, objetos inspiradores y trabajos comerciales, contextualizan el arte de Warhol de la década de 1950 ofreciendo una visión de su proceso creativo en aquellos primeros años así como de su carácter entrañable y juguetón.Estos libros son joyas poco conocidas pero muy codiciadas del universo Warhol. Delicias dibujadas a mano tan atractivas y originales hoy como lo fueron en la década de 1950. Con una introducción de la experta en Warhol Nina Schleif, así como ilustraciones de la época y fotografías de Warhol, esta edición meticulosa ofrece una mirada única a un genio incipiente a punto de alcanzar la fama mundial.© The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.
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Unicorn taxidermy
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Press, Running

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A little history of music
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Philip, Robert

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Rspb pocket garden birdwatch ( 4th ed)
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Frozen Desserts
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It is essential for any serious pastry chef to have a comprehensive knowledge of frozen dessert production, and this book provides all the basic information a pastry professional needs. Introductory chapters include the history and evolution of frozen desserts, ingredients including dairy products, sugars, stabilizers, emulsifiers, fruits, and flavors, and equipment including churning machines, production equipment, and storage and serving containers. Also included are essentials on storage, sanitation, and production and serving techniques. Recipe chapters cover Dairy-Based Frozen Desserts, which include ice cream, gelato, and sherbet, Non-Dairy Desserts, which include sorbet and granites, and Aerated Still-Frozen Desserts, which include parfaits, semi-freddos, and frozen mousses and souffles. Each recipe chapter covers both classic and modern small-batch production techniques, basic formulas, and both basic and advanced base recipes. The final chapter, Finished Items, makes use of these base recipes and shows readers how to produce, plate, garnish, and serve small desserts, plated desserts, frozen cakes, and even frozen accompaniments to savory courses. Recipes are illustrated throughout by full-color beauty photographs. An instructor's manual and companion website are also available for classroom use.
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The chaos machine
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Fisher, Max

Finalist for the Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in JournalismFrom a New York Times investigative reporter, this “authoritative and devastating account of the impacts of social media” ( New York Times Book Review ) tracks the high-stakes inside story of how Big Tech’s breakneck race to drive engagement—and profits—at all costs fractured the world. The Chaos Machine is “an essential book for our times” (Ezra Klein). We all have a vague sense that social media is bad for our minds, for our children, and for our democracies. But the truth is that its reach and impact run far deeper than we have understood. Building on years of international reporting, Max Fisher tells the gripping and galling inside story of how Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and other social network preyed on psychological frailties to create the algorithms that drive everyday users to extreme opinions and, increasingly, extreme actions. As Fisher demonstrates, the companies’ founding tenets, combined with a blinkered focus on maximizing engagement, have led to a destabilized world for everyone. Traversing the planet, Fisher tracks the ubiquity of hate speech and its spillover into violence, ills that first festered in far-off locales, to their dark culmination in America during the pandemic, the 2020 election, and the Capitol Insurrection. Through it all, the social-media giants refused to intervene in any meaningful way, claiming to champion free speech when in fact what they most prized were limitless profits. The result, as Fisher shows, is a cultural shift toward a world in which people are polarized not by beliefs based on facts, but by misinformation, outrage, and fear.His narrative is about more than the villains, however. Fisher also weaves together the stories of the heroic outsiders and Silicon Valley defectors who raised the alarm and revealed what was happening behind the closed doors of Big Tech. Both panoramic and intimate, The Chaos Machine is the definitive account of the meteoric rise and troubled legacy of the tech titans, as well as a rousing and hopeful call to arrest the havoc wreaked on our minds and our world before it’s too late.
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The hero: the enduring myth that makes us human
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Child, Lee

What makes a hero? Who better to answer that question than Lee Child... `It's Lee Child.Why would you not read it?' Karin Slaughter.`I don't know another author so skilled at making me turn the page.' The Times.In his first work of nonfiction, the creator of the multimillion-selling Jack Reacher series explores the endurance of heroes from Achilles to Bond, showing us how this age-old myth is a fundamental part of what makes us human.
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Extra time: 10 lessons for an ageing world
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Cavendish, Camilla

From award-winning journalist, Camilla Cavendish, comes a profound analysis of one of the biggest challenges facing the human population today.The world is undergoing a dramatic demographic shift. By 2020, for the first time in history, the number of people aged 65 and over will outnumber children aged five and under. But our systems are lagging woefully behind this new reality. In Extra Time, Camilla Cavendish embarks on a journey to understand how different countries are responding to these unprecedented challenges.Travelling across the world in a carefully researched and deeply human investigation, Cavendish contests many of the taboos around ageing. Interviewing leading scientists about breakthroughs that could soon transform the quality and extent of life, she sparks a debate about how governments, businesses, doctors, the media and each one of us should handle the second half of life. She argues that if we take a more positive approach, we should be able to reap the benefits of a prolonged life. But that will mean changing our attitudes and using technology, community, even anti-ageing pills, to bring about a revolution.
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Andalucia insight explore guides
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Insight Explore Guides: pocket-sized books to inspire your on-foot exploration of top international destinations. Now with free eBook. Experience the best of Andalucía with this indispensably practical Insight Explore Guide. From making sure you don't miss out on must-see attractions like Seville, Granada and Marbella Old Town, to discovering hidden gems, including the Almeira Province, the easy-to-follow, ready-madewalking routes will help you plan your trip, save you time, and enhance you rexploration of this fascinating region.
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Germany dk eyewitness back roads
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The DK Eyewitness Back Roads Germany driving holiday guide will take you via scenic routes to discover charming German villages, local restaurants and intimate places to stay. Unearth the real soul of Germany relying on all the practical information you could need, from road conditions and length of drive to parking information and opening hours. Twenty-four themed drives, each lasting one to six days, reveal breathtaking views, hidden gems and authentic local experiences in Germany that can only be discovered by road. Each tour is bursting with insider knowledge and loaded with ideas for varied activities from short walks to children's attractions to river-rafting.
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Vancouver and vancouver island dk eyewitness top 10
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Beautifully situated between the ocean and picturesque mountains, Vancouver offers the cultural vibrancy of a modern metropolis, and the opportunity to enjoy the breathtaking rugged coastline and wilderness of nearby Vancouver Island.Make the most of your trip to this coastal city with DK Eyewitness Top 10. Planning is a breeze with our simple lists of ten, covering the very best that Vancouver and Vancouver Island have to offer and ensuring that you don’t miss a thing. Best of all, the pocket-friendly format is light and easily portable, the perfect companion while out and about. DK Eyewitness Top 10 Vancouver and Vancouver Island is your ticket to the trip of a lifetime.
13,25€ 12,59€
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