There's no better way to celebrate summer with friends and family than a backyard barbeque. The 130 recipes in this comprehensive guidebook, each accompanied by a succulent color photograph, provide everything you need for a successful feast, from mouthwatering starters to a tempting selection of main courses helpfully divided into meat, fish, veggies, and salads. Special topics include barbequing traditions around the world, griddle-pan techniques, and the grillmaster's essential tool kit...

Things just got a little scary in central Kentucky...are you ready for some ghosts?White Hall State Historic Site, Westover Terrace, the Pigg House, Boone Tavern, Pearl Buchanan Theatre...what do these have in common?You'll find some of the creepiest ghost stories and urban legends in them!Have you stopped on Four Mile Road to pick up Little Egpyt? Sneaked into Westover Terrace as a teenager to explore the cellar and "round" rooms? Spent th...

THE CARDINAL RULE OF THE MUSEUM OF CONFISCATED PROPERTY IS THAT CONFISCATED ITEMS ARE NEVER RETURNED ...Maria Cordobes's quiet, rather uneventful life as curator of the Museum of Confiscated Property in Clerkenwell spirals out of control when her desperate brother begs her to send him money to pay his gambling debts to a shady gang in Barcelona. Then a blackmailer demands the return of an ancient Egyptian statuette reputed to have the Hyaena Stone of prophecy as on...

"... he strummed the battered old guitar, caring little that it was missing the D string – his talent was such that he could have made beautiful music if only one string remained."

Maestro of MadnessBy: Peter HowardEddie Philipson’s post-traumatic stress disorder was diagnosed when he was forty-four years old. The nightmare hangover from being repeatedly raped when he was an eleven-year-old by his uncle has all but destroyed his personal life and his once buoyant business. For years he fought his demons unsuccessfully, as unsuspecting triggers prompted volatile reactions that caused him deep shame that led to his marriage breakdown.PTSD is a t...

It has become more and more accepted that nature conservation is not possible without taking into account human activities. Thus an integrated approach to both the natural and cultural heritage is being encouraged and developed. Gathering a number of distinguished authors with diverse backgrounds (from a religious leader to academics to conservation scientists), the book aims to investigate the relationship between human beings and nature, between nature and culture.Looking at natu...

This new edition of The Routledge Companion to Landscape Studies contains an updated and expanded selection of original chapters which explore research directions in an array of disciplines sharing a concern for ‘landscape’, a term which has many uses and meanings. It features 33 revised and/or updated chapters and 14 entirely new chapters on topics such as the Anthropocene, Indigenous landscapes, challenging landscape Eurocentrisms, photography and green infrastructure planning.

Previously published in French by Éditions Quae, this volume presents findings of a major research programme into landscape and sustainable development. While led by French scholars, the research team and geographical scope of the project was international, collaborative and comparative. Using case studies from across Europe, the interdisciplinary team of contributors discuss the relationship between landscape as defined by the European Landscape Convention and the concept of sustainable ...

Heritage represents the meanings and representations conveyed in the present day upon artifacts, landscapes, mythologies, memories and traditions from the past. It is a key element in the shaping of identities, particularly in the context of increasingly multicultural societies. This Research Companion brings together an international team of authors to discuss the concepts, ideas and practices that inform the entwining of heritage and identity. They have assembled a wide geographical rang...

Our hero Kam has to travel to Isle Elnare where his life, and the life of his friends are put on the line. The story takes place 11 months after his first encounter with the Jumbie medallion, and he’s achieved unbelievable feats since then, but will Kam make it out alive on this next adventure?

500 pages of spooky haunted house stories from 12 authors!What happens when the place in which you’re meant to feel the safest turns against you? Where do you go when the world inside your four walls is scarier than the world outside?Get ready to find out!From the authors who brought you HAUNTED: GHOST CHILDREN comes a spine-tingling assortment of haunted house tales.Join 1...

Do children, these innocent souls whose lives were cut drastically short, haunt in a different way? Can YOU resist the spirit of a child?Are you ready to take a journey into the afterlife? Everyone loves a good ghost story! But what happens when the ghost is just a child?In the following collection of ghost stories we’ll take you on a haunted ride.You’ll travel from the confines of a cr...