(0)
(0)
(0)
(0)
(0)Hugh Johnson
Author
Language
English
Description
When first published in 1989 The Story of Wine won every wine award in the UK and the USA. It is widely regarded as Hugh Johnson's most ambitious and enthralling book, writing it, according to Hugh, was like trying to get 'a quart into a liqueur glass'. It is not just one story, but a collection of many, scanning the wine world from Noah to Napa, from Pompeii to Pomerol, as illuminating to our understanding of civilization as it is to our appreciation...
Author
Language
English
Description
World’s best-loved wine author, weaves the story of his own epic wine journey with an embracing view of everything he has discovered along the way. Almost without realising it, the reader is drawn into a fascinating world; with each page turned, knowledge is gained and wine wisdom absorbed. Hugh takes us from the teetering ledges of the Mosel and majestic châteaux of the Médoc to the sylvan slopes of Windsor Great Park with a spring in his step...
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Furian renegade Riddick has another bounty on his head, but when he escapes from his mercenary captors, he's plunged into an epic-scale war waged by the Necromongers. A fascist master race led by Lord Marshal becomes determined to conquer all enemies in their quest for the Underverse and its up to Riddick to stop him from taking over the universe, but things don't go according to his plans and soon mayhem ensues.
18) Chill factor
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
A dying scientist has dropped a bioweapon canister into the hands of an ice cream deliveryman and a convenience-store clerk and now they are on a race to get it to a military base before the assassins get them.
