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DK Eyewitness Travel. Good. 5.25 x 0.63 x 8.74 inches. Paperback. 2011. 256 pages. Ex-library <br>DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Hawaii will lead you straight to the best attractions … More...
DK Eyewitness Travel. Good. 5.25 x 0.63 x 8.74 inches. Paperback. 2011. 256 pages. Ex-library <br>DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Hawaii will lead you straight to the best attractions Hawaii has to offer, f rom in-depth coverage of the unforgettable sights to the rich cul ture, history, and cuisine of this unique state. DK's essential guide will help you discover Hawaii island-by-island, from hikin g along the spectacular national parks and volcanoes to golfing K aua'i's lush North Shore to surfing and swimming at world-class b eaches. This travel guide to Hawaii includes street maps cutaway s, floor plans, and must-see city sights in Honolulu and Waikiki, plus 3-D aerial views of the key districts to explore on foot. Y ou'll find detailed listings of the best hotels, restaurants, bar s, and shops for all budgets in this fully updated and expanded g uide. Whether you want to find the best markets or nightspots or great attractions for children, DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Hawa ii shows you what others only tell you. Editorial Reviews Revie w ...You feel, looking at them, as if you could close the book an d step into the street. -- Contra Costa Times ...considered to be the world's best travel resource to over 30 destinations aroun d the world, make it easier to plan a splendid vacation. -- North American Press Syndication Both novice and experienced traveler s will be captivated. -- US News & World Report Each book is a v isual as well as informational feast about a particular place. -- The New York Times Encyclopedic in scope, it's meant to be used before, during, and after your stay. -- Travel & Leisure The Be st Guidebooks Ever -- SKY MAGAZINE The best travel guides ever. -- Sky Magazine -Delta In flight Magazine The most graphically exciting and visually pleasing series on the market. -- Chicago T ribune Want to know where to get a great espresso on your way to the Uffizi? Or how much to tip a hotel maid in New York City? Tr y these travel guides, each an intricate trove of 3-D aerial view s, landmark floor plans, color photos and essential eating, shopp ing and entertainment info. With titles covering Paris, Prague, a nd London, these pocket-sized guides are like a Michelangelo fres co: deliriously rich in detail. --People Magazine ., DK Eyewitness Travel, 2011, 2.5, Cookery Course: Bk. 5 by Robert CarrierPublisher: Sphere Books (1976)ISBN-10: 0722121652ISBN-13: 97807221216584.2 x 7 inches, 254 pagesRobert Carrier McMahon (November 10, 1923 June 27, 2006), usually known as Robert Carrier, was an American chef, restaurateur and cookery writer. His success came in England, where he was based from 1953 to 1984, and then from 1994 until his death.Robert Carrier McMahon was born in Tarrytown, New York, the third son of a wealthy property lawyer father of Irish descent; his mother was the Franco-German daughter of a millionaire. After his parents went bankrupt in the 1930s Great Depression, they maintained their lifestyle by firing their servants and preparing their own elaborate dinner parties.Educated in New York City, Robert took part-time art courses and trained to become an actor. He had a part in the Broadway revue New Faces, before touring Europe with a rep company, singing the juvenile lead in American musicals. After returning to America, Robert often stayed at weekends with his beloved French grandmother in upstate New York. She taught him to cook, making biscuits and butter-frying fish caught in a nearby stream.In 1957 Carrier wrote his first article on food, which he sold to Harper's Bazaar editor Eileen Dickson. He was soon writing regularly for the magazine before becoming a contributor to Vogue and then writing a weekly column for the colour supplement of the Sunday Times. This column brought him celebrity; the articles were collected and expanded to create his first cookery book, the lavishly illustrated Great Dishes of the World, in 1963. Although priced at 70/-, the present day equivalent of around £100, it sold 11 million copies.Assured of publicity, Carrier opened the eponymous restaurant Carrier's in 1966 in Camden Passage, Islington, then developed an international chain of cookshops, with the first in Harrods in 1967. His recipes were printed on wipe-clean cards (a convenient innovation), and were more specific in their quantities and directions than some of those of his competitor Elizabeth David; they made it feasible for an amateur to prepare food that would satisfy the eye and palate of even demanding dinner guests.In 1971, he saw a full-page advertisement in Country Life for Hintlesham Hall near Ipswich, Suffolk and bought it, unsurveyed, for £32,000. He planned to renovate it slowly as a country retreat but, realising its vulnerability and near dereliction with rotten floors and ceilings, he decided to save it all immediately. He employed 60 people to restore the house and opened it as a hotel and restaurant in August 1972. He also revived the Hintlesham Festival.A few years later, Carrier met a woman who lived near his Paris apartment. He thought her a remarkable cook but a poor businesswoman; so, when she got into financial difficulties over non-payment of tax, he offered to set her up as a cookery teacher at Hintlesham if she would learn to speak English. He invested about £300,000 converting the 16th-century outbuildings into a modern school. The school had a double auditorium and two classrooms, each with 12 cooking stations. The woman never learned English so he ran the school himself. He presented beginners' and intermediate courses. The mornings were devoted to generic cooking skills and, in the afternoons, students cooked recipes from the Hintlesham Hall restaurant menu. The school attracted people from throughout the anglophone world, but Carrier was disappointed to find that many were attracted more by his celebrity than by an interest in cookery. He found the repetitive work of teaching onerous and dull.In the late 1970s, Carrier began presenting a television series, Carrier's Kitchen, based on the cooking cards from his Sunday Times articles. After the more traditional British fare often presented by British TV cooking programme host Fanny Cradock in her black and white shows, Carrier in colour television format introduced British TV viewers to a more exotic range of Continental cooking. With a highly theatrical and camp style, and "a penchant for superlatives ("Gooorgeous Adooorable Faaabulous!"), he "attracted viewers as much for his drawling American vowels and shameless self-promotion". His later followed this with three other series, titled Food, Wine and Friends, The Gourmet Vegetarian and Carrier's Caribbean. From this greater publicity flowed a substantial magazine published weekly by Marshall Cavendish between 1981 and 1983., Sphere Books, 1976, 3, Marco Polo Travel Publishing. Very Good. 19 x 10.8 x 1.7 centimetres (0.1. Paperback. 2012. 148 pages. <br>Marco Polo Florida: the Travel Guide with Insider Tips Experience all Florida's attractions with this up-to-date, a uthoritative guide, packed with Insider Tips. Most holidaymakers want to have fun and feel relaxed from the moment they arrive at their holiday destination - that's what Marco Polo Guides are all about. You'll find excellent hotels, authentic restaurants, the region's trendiest places and get tips on shopping and what to do on a limited budget. Also contains: Travel with Kids, the Perfec t Route, Travel Tips and Links, Blogs, Apps & more. For many peop le Florida is a dream holiday destination. Its endless beaches pr ovide the perfect escape, and for children its theme parks and ri des are a dream come true. But alongside all the fun there's anot her fascinating world to explore: from the Everglades wetlands to the Florida Keys archipelago, Florida is a paradise on earth. Wi th MARCO POLO Florida, you'll discover the Sunshine State beyond the cliches. This practical pocket-sized guide takes you to all t he well-known sights and attractions from Walt Disney World to Ca pe Canaveral, and shows you how to soak up a more Southern States atmosphere in the Panhandle. The Insider Tips reveal where in Ke y West you can feel the 'Key Spirit' or where in Miami you can sw im like a movie star. Panels in each chapter suggest things to do if you're on a tight budget and where to pick up some real barga ins. The 'Best Of' pages highlight unique aspects of Florida, rec ommend places to go for free, and contain tips for how you can es cape the heat and where you can relax and chill out, while the 'P erfect Route' leads you through some of the most beautiful places in the state. Sports & Activities has numerous ideas from car ra cing to deep-sea fishing, while the Dos & Don'ts warn of those 'p urple plastic bags' floating in the water that may well turn out to be something else altogether. MARCO POLO Florida provides comp rehensive coverage of the state. To help you get around there's a detailed road atlas inside, useful city maps of Downtown Miami a nd Miami Beach in the backcover, plus a handy pull-out map. A mus t-have for all travellers, including those who haven't bought a t ravel guide in the past. ., Marco Polo Travel Publishing, 2012, 3, Tom Doherty Associates. Good. 178mm / 114mm. Paperback. 1988. 216 pages. Cover worn..<br>It was the start of a grand adventure in a land of antiquity, a rare opportunity to visit biblical plac es shrouded in mystery. But in a Jerusalem hotel room a world awa y from everything she knows, Dinah van der Lyn hears angry voices through the wall, followed by a crash and a brief cry in English ...for help! The brutal shattering of an evening's stillness beco mes a prelude to terror. Without warning, Dinah has been unwittin gly pulled into something unholy transpiring in a sacred city, an d she must find answers hidden in the shadows. And she must trust an enigmatic stranger as she races through ancient, twisting str eets teeming with secrets and peril, a man who may be leading her to safety...or to her doom. ., Tom Doherty Associates, 1988, 2.5<
