In a unique exploration of Bordeaux's wine trade, Bordeaux: People, Power and Politics gets behind the scenes to discover how the region's wines are produced, marketed and sold. The power of the press, merchants, negociants and consumers over Bordeaux's wine prices, culture and economic health is assessed and explained Bordeaux's key winemakers ...
Indigenous peoples the world over have been able to gather knowledge of plant uses by communicating directly with plants and honoring this sacred relationship. Stephen Harrod Buhner examines the techniques and states of mind these cultures use to explore the dimension of plant and human interactions and the territory where plants are an expression ...
Brook presents his view of Budapest, Vienna, and Prague, looking at the many aspects of life in each--the food and wine, the culture, the architecture, the politics, and the people. He notes the contrast between the overpowering historic remnants of each city and the everyday lives of its citizens.
`To sleep: perchance to dream'. As Freud and Jung have attempted to prove, there is great significance in all our dream matter, whether it be childhood or sex, success or peril. Dreams, daydreams, premonitions, and nightmares of all kinds have fired the imagination of writers and thinkers of every time and place. In this irresistible anthology, ...
This guide book is intended to help plan a trip, and provide advice to the traveller on the spot. It employs a layout of maps, cutaway architects' drawings, floorplans, illustrations, and commisioned photographs to describe the sights of this city in detail.
Written by a multi-award-winning writer, this new addition to the "Classic Wine Library" is the complete, essential reference to the wine laws, the chateaux and estates, and wines from the Medoc, Pessac-Leognan, and Graves. The numerous wines from Bordeaux's Left Bank are detailed in this comprehensive and exciting new addition to the "Classic ...
100 years of war, technological revolution and massive increases in wealth have changed the wine world beyond recognition, transforming wine from a regional to a truly international product. In the first book to explore the 20th century's influence on wine and wine's influence on the 20th century, the world's finest wine writers have joined forces ...
A new addition to the "Mitchell Beazley Pocket Guide Series", "Wines of California" reflects the growing importance of this region on the global wine map. This text begins with an overview of wine in California, offering the latest information on wine laws, grape varieties, lables, and winemaking practices. A comprehensive dictionary of producers ...
This text sets out to show why Californian wines are now recognized as among the finest in the world. It looks at the particular wine-making practices of the region and features a gazetteer detailing over 630 different wineries, along with lists of single vineyards.
The second largest country in the world, Canada, is explored by a highly intelligent Englishman with a sense for the dramatic, the unexpected and the humorous. 9 maps.
The Bordeaux commune of Pauillac is the most prestigious wine commune in the world, home to some of the most famous names in fine wine, such as Lafite, Mouton-Rothschild and Latour. In Pauillac, Stephen Brook examines the factors that make the commune and its wines so desirable. The land - the way it lies and the soils that comprise it - is ...
The most important factor in determining the taste of a wine is the grape variety from which it is made. The "Guides to Grape Varieties" series looks at each of the major grape varieties and assesses wines made all over the world from that variety. The focus of the series is primarily on flavour and quality. Each volume includes background ...
Poised at the very edge of the Pacific, LA has been home to Spanish conquistadors, pioneers, movie stars, legendary moguls, and writers. From the sleek glamour of Beverly Hills to the searing despair of Watts, here are telling insights into a complex society at the ends of the American frontier.
A report from the front line in Georgia as civil war erupts throughout the former Soviet Union. Posing as a foreign correspondent, the author travels through the Caucasus, surveying the blockade of Azerbaijan, the turmoil in Armenia and the plight of civilized people desperate to halt the chaos.
This is a collection of thirty portraits of individuals involved in all aspects of wine productions and consumption, superbly written by one of the most respected writers on wine in the world today. It is by no means restricted to Proprietors and producers, but includes wine merchants and traders, wine writers, and a sommelier. People are ...
This anthology on opera contains material from a broad range of sources including information from the numerous biographies and autobiographies of men and women whose lives were touched by opera, such as Strauss, Van Hoffman and Cosima Wagner.
There is one aspect of life that has not yet received the accolade of anthology: extra marital sex, illicit sex, sex for hire. The attraction of this theme is that the literary material, whether fictional or poetic or in the form of memories, is so rich. Covering such subjects as prostitution, mistresses and courtesans and gay love, this book ...
The core of this book is an assessment of more than 1,000 significant wine producers in Bordeaux. For each property, Stephen considers its history, viticulture, vinification, wine styles and vintages. But this is more than simply a producer-by-producer reference work; Stephen analyses the information he presents in order to give a clear picture of ...
An essential reference work both for those in the wine trade and the consumer, Liquid Gold is a literate, informative overview of the world's greatest fine, sweet wines and the perfect companion to the fastest-growing segment of the wine trade.
Aproveche al maximo su experiencia viajera utilizando las conocidas Guias de Viajes de Dorling Kindersley. Las fotografias, cuidadosamente seleccionadas, revelan el encanto y la belleza de cada ciudad o pais que usted visita. La armonia y belleza de sus obras arquitectonicas, como son sus catedrales, museos, palacios, etc., pueden ser apreciadas ...
In this book, Stephen Brook looks not only at the tensions within religious Jewry but at the role Jews play in all aspects of modern British life. He explores such matters as the responses of British Jewry to recent events in Israel, and tries to establish the extent to which anti-Semitism is still a factor in British Society. By speaking to ...
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