![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Beautifully presented and delightfully illustrated, this book is the perfect gift for tea drinkers everywhere. The author gives an infallible guide to the many blends of tea and their suitability to particular occasions. Over fifty recipes are included for different kinds of afternoon tea specialities, from delicate sandwiches, strawberry shortcake and rose petal jam, to crumpets and muffins for hearty teas in front of a roaring fire. An irresistible collection of traditional teatime recipes and charming. Stories about the legendary afternoon teas at The Ritz and fascinating details about the history of tea drinking are complemented with passages from such diverse writers as Charles Dickens to Oscar Wilde. Buy a cheap copy of The London Ritz Book of Afternoon Tea book by Helen Simpson. Click here to purchase from Rakuten Kobo Taking tea is one of the quintessentially English occasions, and who is a greater authority on the subject than the sumptuous Ritz London Hotel? This charming Edwardian-style book captures the essence of this traditional British pastime, and provides us with all the expertise on the ceremony as well as the recipes. ![]()
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![]() Heavily illustrated species accounts of the major dinosaur groups are preceded by an extensive introduction that covers dinosaur history and biology, the extinction of nonavian dinosaurs, the origin of birds, and the history of dinosaur paleontology-and that also gives a taste of what it might be like to travel back to the time of the dinosaurs. ![]() It presents thorough descriptions of more than 735 dinosaur species and features more than 600 color and black-and-white images, including unique skeletal drawings, "life" studies, and scenic views-illustrations that depict the full range of dinosaurs, from small, feathered creatures to whale-sized supersauropods. Incorporating the new discoveries and research that are radically transforming what we know about dinosaurs, this book is distinguished both by its scientific accuracy and the quality and quantity of its illustrations. ![]() World-renowned dinosaur illustrator and researcher Gregory Paul provides comprehensive visual and textual coverage of the great Mesozoic animals that gave rise to the living dinosaurs, the birds. ![]() This lavishly illustrated volume is the first authoritative dinosaur book in the style of a field guide. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A Blue Star Museum, the Skirball is currently exhibiting The Snowy Day and the Art of Ezra Jack Keats, which originated at the Jewish Museum in New York. “The children's picture book publishing industry didn't believe before that time that books featuring minority characters would sell very well it didn't think that there was a market for it,” said Erin Clancy, curator at the Skirball Cultural Center in California. Using beautiful layers of collage illustrations (one of the first to do so), the book describes the snow day adventures of Peter, a little boy who lives in the city. Written and illustrated by Keats, the book won the 1963 Caldecott Medal and went on to become an icon of children’s literature. In 1962, he published The Snowy Day, the first full-color picture book to feature a black child as its protagonist. Amid the sit-ins, marches, and protests of the Civil Rights movement, Ezra Jack Keats played a quieter role, choosing to be an activist on the page rather than in the streets. ![]() ![]() ![]() Some bonds, no matter how strong, were made to be broken. And this time, it's crawling from within. Green Creek has settled after the death of Richard Collins, and Gordo constantly struggles to ignore Mark and the song that howls between them. Now, a year later, Gordo has found himself once again the witch of the Bennett pack. ![]() In the end, they faced the beast together as a pack. And it was, until the wolves came back, and with them, Mark Bennett. Hardened by the betrayal of a pack who left him behind, he sought solace in the garage in his tiny mountain town, vowing never again to involve himself in the affairs of wolves. ![]() Gordo Livingstone never forgot the lessons carved into his skin. The Bennett family has a secret: They're not just a family, they're a pack. The beloved fantasy romance sensation by New York Times bestselling author TJ Klune, about love, loyalty, betrayal, and joy. ![]() ![]() Nassim Taleb’s criticism and disdain of economists, journalists, bitcoiners, the technology-obsessed society, and others who make claims about how the world works make him a polarizing individual. He refuses to do things by the status-quo instead, he paves his own atypical approach to academia. 2 Despite his start on Wall Street, Nassim Taleb is known today for his unique philosophical essays on the notion that it is impossible to really ever understand the world. Beginning his career as an options trader, Nassim Taleb came to criticize the very ideologies that the financial world is built on. Nassim Taleb is an individual that likes to do things his own way. His idiosyncratic ideas have not only roused heated debates but have also greatly influenced our understanding of how to make decisions under the conditions of uncertainty that govern our world. ![]() 2 Taleb is a risk-taker, a peculiar and innovative thinker, a successful writer, and a controversial scholar, whose bold claims warrant a closer look. ![]() ![]() Nassim Taleb has written a series of bestselling books, including Fooled by Randomness, The Black Swan and Antifragile, each grappling with the ideas of randomness, chance, and uncertainty that Taleb believes dominate our society. ![]() ![]() Travelled extensively in India, attended Indian National Congress meeting in Calcutta, and opened law office in Bombay. Organised Indian Ambulance Corps for British in Boer War.Įmbarked with family for India, promising to return to South Africa if the Indian community there needed his services again. ![]() Returned to India for six months to bring back his wife and two children to Natal. Prepared to return to India after completing law case, but was persuaded by Indian colony to remain in South Africa and do public work and earn a living as a lawyer. ![]() Found himself subjected to all kinds of color discrimination. Sailed for South Africa to become a lawyer for an Indian firm. Began practice of law in Bombay and Rajkot. Returned to India after being called to bar. Sailed from Bombay for England to study law. ![]() Passed matriculation examination at Ahmedabad and entered Samaldas College, Bhavnagar, Kathiawad, but found studies difficult and studied only one term. Chronology of Gandhiji’s Life (Octo– January 30, 1948) Chronology Yearīorn on 2nd October at Porbandar, Kathiawad, son of Karamchand (Kaba) and Putlibai Gandhi.Īttended primary school in Rajkot, where his family moved. ![]() ![]() ![]() I read them in the wrong order, but in doing so, arguably, I saved the best till last! The Secret Scripture is an astonishing and powerful piece of work, and provides answers to some of the unresolved questions raised in the other two books.Īt the centre of the trilogy is the McNulty family and in particular the three brothers, Eneas, Tom and Jack. The first was The Whereabouts of Eneas McNulty, published in 1998, then I listened to The Temporary Gentleman, published in 2014, and then finally this book, which was published in 2008 and shortlisted for the then Man Booker Prize. ![]() This is the third book I listened to in Sebastian Barry’s McNulty family trilogy. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Saving Earth Britannica Presents Earth’s To-Do List for the 21st Century.100 Women Britannica celebrates the centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment, highlighting suffragists and history-making politicians.COVID-19 Portal While this global health crisis continues to evolve, it can be useful to look to past pandemics to better understand how to respond today.Student Portal Britannica is the ultimate student resource for key school subjects like history, government, literature, and more.This Time in History In these videos, find out what happened this month (or any month!) in history.#WTFact Videos In #WTFact Britannica shares some of the most bizarre facts we can find.Demystified Videos In Demystified, Britannica has all the answers to your burning questions.Britannica Classics Check out these retro videos from Encyclopedia Britannica’s archives. ![]() Britannica Explains In these videos, Britannica explains a variety of topics and answers frequently asked questions. ![]() ![]() ![]() This time around, Thomas will get the opportunity to pen Logan’s debut by taking a stroll down memory lane in the upcoming premiere issue of X-Men Legends. Thomas co-created Wolverine while serving as editor. Wolverine made his first appearance in Incredible Hulk #181 which was written by Len Wein. ![]() X-Men Legends #1 will bring Thomas together with artist Dave Wachter to bring us a Wolverine tale set in his debut era. X-Men Legends is a comic book series that brings together classic X-Men creators to tell tales set in the Marvel Universe. Marvel Comics announced an X-Men Legends relaunch that is set to bring back Wolverine co-creator and Stan Lee successor Roy Thomas. X-Men Legends Being Relaunched With Wolverine Co-Creator Roy Thomas Returning ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Elizabeth ardently refused to address the issue but it was the proverbial elephant in the kingdom. The question of the succession was growing like a weed, out of control, and no one was tending to it openly, including the Queen. Queen Elizabeth I was aging and clearly not going to produce an heir. There was still religious upheaval, with no settlement reached in the country during the sixty years since Henry VIII’s Reformation. The concerns of his contemporaries were great and growing. The play was written in the early 1590’s, probably around 1593 and it is important to consider the context in which Shakespeare was writing. Yet Shakespeare’s genius in passing fiction into historical fact may have been an accident, or at least an unintended by-product or convenient cover for what he was really asking his audience, and his Queen, to think about. This is the image of King Richard that has imprinted itself onto our collective consciousness the scheming, evil murderer, worst of all, murderer of children. It is beyond doubt that Richard III is replete with errors of all kinds factual, chronological and even geographical in its efforts to damn King Richard to its audience and it succeeds. Yet we may have been deceived by Shakespeare’s play because he may not have meant us to see King Richard III in it. William Shakespeare’s play The Tragedy of Richard the Third is a masterpiece in the depiction of evil and the study of the psychology of the anti-hero, the villain we love to hate to the point that we almost hope they succeed. ![]() |