Michael Booth has had his fill of celebrity chefs and their 'on the table in five minutes' recipes. He wants to learn how to cook properly, so he burns his cookery books and, together with his young family, heads for a new life in Paris - reasoning that, if anyone can be trusted to make food complic[...]
Japan is the pre-eminent food nation on earth. The author sets of to take the culinary pulse of contemporary Japan and he and his young family travel the length of the country - from bear-infested, beer-loving Hokkaido to snake-infested, seaweed-loving Okinawa.[...]
World-weary, distracted and more often than not the worse for wine, Michael Booth really needed to make some major changes to his life. Instead, he embarks on an over-ambitious, self-indulgent attempt to write the definitive book on Indian food, taking his wife and two young children in tow. They cr[...]
Japan is the pre-eminent food nation on earth. The Japanese go to the most extraordinary lengths and expense to eat the finest, most delectable, and downright freakiest food imaginable. Their creativity, dedication and ingenuity, not to mention courage in the face of dishes such as cod sperm, whale [...]
The whole world wants to learn the secrets of Nordic exceptionalism: Why are the Danes the happiest people in the world, despite having the highest taxes? If the Finns really have the best education system, how come they still think all Swedish men are gay? Are the Icelanders really feral? How are t[...]
An in-depth, authoritative account of the Lincoln assassination sheds new light on the life and motives of his assassin John Wilkes Booth, his plot against the president and his government, and the trials and fates of his co-conspirators. Reprint. 30,000 first printing.[...]
A WITTY, INFORMATIVE, AND POPULAR TRAVELOGUE ABOUT THE SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRIES AND HOW THEY MAY NOT BE AS HAPPY OR AS PERFECT AS WE ASSUME
Journalist Michael Booth has lived among the Scandinavians for more than ten years, and he has grown increasingly frustrated with the rose-tinted view of this[...]
What Will Your Copenhagen Encounter Be?
Getting "hygge" (cozy) with the locals at a candlelit cafe
Taking a late-night trip to the illuminations at Tivoli
Being dazzled by the crown jewels at fairy-tale royal palace Rosenborg Slot
Savoring Faroese langoustines in an emulsion of oysters [...]
Danskerne er blevet kåret til verdens lykkeligste folk flere gange - og når vi for en sjælden gangs skyld ikke vinder førstepræmien, er det som regel fordi vi er blevet overgået af svenskere, islændinge, finner eller nordmænd. Man skulle tro at skandinaverne var en gruppe jublende festaber, [...]
This book is aimed at players and coaches who are looking to improve their game. "Essential Ultimate" is the all-in-one source for teaching the game to beginners. The book teaches the reader basics of the sport up through to an advanced level in: throwing and catching, offensive and defensive skills[...]
Written by Bill Hick's lifelong friend, producer, and co-creator, Kevin Booth offers the inside story into the man who was only along for the ride for a tragically short time, yet left an indelible mark on comedy enthusiasts and freethinkers everywhere. Bill Hicks: Agent of Evolution offers a rare f[...]
This volume brings together a collection of leading scholars to consider various dimensions of the ?turn? to history in International Relations. The scope of this volume is broad. It includes conventional accounts of the development of the European states system, but is not limited by it. Other essa[...]