Dining Roulette: The Truth about Restaurants from the Inside Out is essential reading for every foodie, restaurant goer, and restaurant owner and manager. It reveals the secrets, tips, and industry information needed to establish and maintain a successful business, and gives practical, prescriptive advice to restaurant patrons about what they should look for to determine which restaurants are worth their patronage.Filled with real-life, jaw-dropping stories from the culinary ...

Explore the History of Scotland From Start to End...Are you interested in the romance and drama of Scottish history?Are tales of Robert the Bruce and the wars against England just footnotes in your wider historical knowledge?This book provides a concise and impressive chronicle!Scotland has always held a fascination for people around the world. from inventors and patriots to great writers and thinkers, Scotland has traditionally punched we...

This is the first book with a full biographical scope on Brown's life, not just his controversial Harper's Ferry raid of 1859.John Brown: A Reference Guide to His Life and Works is an overview of Brown's life and the social and political aspects of his legacy in U.S. history. It contains a chronology, an introduction, a dictionary of persons and places essential to the study of Brown's life and times, as well as a substantive bibliography, letter ...

Few figures are more seminal in the abolitionist movement in America than John Brown. His firebrand approach to the movement arose out of his religiously inspired and deep-seated belief that slavery was not only morally unjust but that its removal from American society could only be achieved through armed insurrection. Following his capture in 1859 during an unsuccessful raid on the federal armory at Harpers Ferry and his subsequent hanging he became an electrifying and symbolical figure f...

"Everything you ever wanted to know about ears from two outstanding physician scientists. I loved this book!" —Donna Shalala, Former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesIn The Ear Book, Drs. Thomas J. Balkany and Kevin D. Brown, recognized experts on ears and hearing, explain how the anatomy of the ear facilitates hearing and balance and then examine the causes, symptoms, and treatment of common problems of the outer, middle, and inner ear. Their exp...

HE’S a hot actor with an image problem and I’M supposed to be his redemption??Hollywood megastar Greyson Vaughn needs a girlfriend to help him combat rumours that he’s stalking his ex. I need a distraction from grad school, bills and my nonexistent love life. So when he offers me a job as his fake girlfriend for the weekend so the paparazzi can snap some cozy photos, I’m in.But Greyson is either a better actor than I thought or I’ve fallen...

Is shagging the boss you love to hate called a hate-shag? Asking for a friend.My boss:Uptight.Straight-laced.American.Knobhead.If he calls me Ms. St Julien one more time, I might stab him in the eye with a pen.Also my boss:Sexy AF.Dirty-talker.Funny??That tour of London I was supposed to be taking him on kind of ended up in his bedroom. Oops.

Whoever said taking a second chance on your first love was a good idea obviously had nothing to hide…They say the best way to get over someone is to get under someone else. But shagging a guy with a “Bad Decision” tattoo is never a good idea. It’s a warning label. Trust me.So when a friend coerces me into taking part in a charity dating auction, I jump at the chance to leave London - and my bad decisions - behind for a weekend.But Max Foste...

Conventional wisdom holds that attempts to combine religion and politics will produce unlimited violence. Concepts such as jihad, crusade, and sacrifice need to be rooted out, the story goes, for the sake of more bounded and secular understandings of violence. Ted Smith upends this dominant view, drawing on Walter Benjamin, Giorgio Agamben, and others to trace the ways that seemingly secular politics produce their own forms of violence without limit. He brings this argument to life—and dig...

Bournemouth has an easy and relaxed feel to it, the mixture of fine buildings, colourful parks and its glorious beaches, ensure Bournemouth is still one of the south coast’s premier destinations. There is certainly no shortage of things to see and do, in and around Bournemouth. As you descend into Bournemouth from any of its many approaches (it sits in a valley or chine), you immediately feel that Bournemouth has that extra dimension. Bookopedia Compa...

Coco Chanel - A Compact Biograhy - John BrownIn our time-stressed world we don't always have the time to wade through huge biographies.That's not to say that we don't want concise, factual information and a good read.A compact biography could be just the answer.Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel was a French fashion designer and businesswoman. She was born on August 19, 1883, in Saumur, Loire Valley, France and died on January 10, 1971, in Paris, Franc...

Of all the places I have covered in these UK guides, Canterbury is probably one of the most unusual. Unlike York or Chester, where there appears to be a set area of conservation and pedestrian access  surrounded by a ring road, thus, somehow clearly defining its boundaries Canterbury is very much a system of narrow roads and streets integrated within the public areas. There are of course set pedestrian spaces such as Buttermarket , High St and Mercery Lane, but there...