In "Judgment of Paris," George M. Taber masterfully chronicled the historic 1976 wine tasting when unknown California wines defeated top French ones, marking a major turning point in wine history. Now he explores the most controversial topic in the world of wine: What product should be used to seal [...]

From the early Renaissance through to the modern period, artists have made immensely powerful work in hospitals across the western world. This title reveals art's prodigious ability to humanize our hospitals, alleviate their clinical bleakness and leave a profound, lasting impression on patients, st[...]

Tasting time Wine tasting journal to rate all your favorite wines Perfect if you're going to be tasting a lot of wines and want to jot down notes, wine club or winery tour.This wine journal notebook including features to help you record detail, ratings and observations of 120 winesSize 5.5 x 8.5 I[...]

The newly updated "James Bond Encyclopedia" explores every aspect of the 007 story, including "Skyfall," the most successful Bond film ever made. Created in full collaboration with EON Productions, producers of the Bond films, and illustrated with more than 1,000 amazing photographs, the book takes [...]

Hot on the heels of last year s VIP: The Mad World of Virgil Partch comes this brand new collection of intoxicated insanity Virgil Partch, tutor to the tanked, scholar of the sloshed, professor to the plastered, and endowed with a scholarship from the School of Advanced Study of Alcoholic Endeavor,[...]

Professional journalist and amateur drinker Bianca Bosker didn't know much about wine - until she discovered the world of elite sommeliers who dedicate their lives to the pursuit of flavour. Fascinated by their fervour and seemingly superhuman sensory powers, she set out to uncover what drove their [...]

Discover the darker side of Cork with this collection of spine-chilling tales from the archives of the Paranormal Database. Featuring stories of unexplained phenomena, apparitions, poltergeists, changelings and banshees and including accounts of mysterious vanishing islands, ghosts of shipwrecked Sp[...]

Welcome to the spirit, moods and amazing views of the wonderful world of West Cork, truly a place apart. A world of stunning landscapes, craggy cliffs, colourful villages, wild bogland, glorious harbours, fabulous beaches, rocky mountains, West Cork stands apart as one of the most desirable places t[...]

The collection of 28 Ogam stones at UCC represents the largest collection of Ogam inscriptions on open display in Ireland. In this guide Damian McManus places the stones in their literary, linguistic and archaeological context, and discusses the origins of Ogam, its distribution, execution and signi[...]

Irland med dess underbara landskap, kusten och havet. De underbara små byarna som ligger gömda i små dalar och kustvikar. För att inte tala om små och större städer som bara sprudlar gemyt och där biltutflykter i vänstertrafik, marknader. Följ med på en personligt vinklad resebeskrivning [...]