<p>This marvelous collection of travel stories from the South Pacific reveals Paul Gauguin's shocking Tahitian secrets, retraces the last tragic days of Robert Louis Stevenson, and recounts the author's own haunting by Herman Melville, as well as his attempts to seduce the Slovenian Olympic ski team in the Cook Islands. </p>

The Miss Tutti Frutti Contest: Travel Tales of the South Pacific (Ginger)

Sports & Outdoors

Lay, Graeme

Individual Sports

Awa Press

In this delightful book, famous New Zealanders write with style and panache about the things they love best, answering such questions as, Where is the best place in New Zealand to see a movie, watch a horse race, or catch a wave? What's the country's best Pinot Noir, and who makes the best ice cream?

Best: A New Zealand Compendium

Travel

Australia & South Pacific

<p>Full of enthusiasm, this guide sets out to convince non-believers that rugby is the world's greatest game. </p>

How to Watch a Game of Rugby (The Ginger Series)

Zavos, Spiro

Biographies & Memoirs

<p><div>More than a cookbook, this guide offers a cornucopia of practical information for the party-giver, from serving the perfect drink to creating welcoming and memorable ambience. It also provides helpful tips for entertaining without stress, so that hosts can enjoy their parties as much as the guests do.</div></p>

Mouthful: Simple and Stunning Party Food

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Bowater, Danielle

Entertaining & Holidays

This comprehensive and illuminating guide explores the entire spectrum of pop music, from Beatlemania and the long-playing record to Eminem and the iPod.

How to Listen to Pop Music (The Ginger Series)

Arts & Photography

Bollinger, Nick

Music

I See Red: The Shocking Story of a Battle Against the Warehouse

Judith Bell

Reflecting the dangerous pursuits of an adventure cameraman, this book offers a first-hand look at the extreme weather phenomena that the author has photographed. Events include the recent Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004 and last year's Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, Louisiana. While the pictures present these natural disasters in vivid detail, the authoritative text includes information about volcanic eruptions, categories of storms, and the stories of people who have survived these climatic events.

In Extreme Danger: Chasing and Filming Natural Disasters and Catastrophic Weather Across the Globe

Mackley, Geoff

Arts & Literature

<p>From the Southern Cross to the mysterious dark companions of the Dog Stars, the constellations in this guide will help readers see the night sky in a whole new way, allowing them to enjoy the vast beauty of the solar system.</p>

How to Gaze at the Southern Stars (The Ginger Series)

HALL, Richard

Reference

<p><div>Released for the 2004 Melbourne Cup, this guide provides astute observations and hilarious insights for both racing amateurs and seasoned racing and betting pros. Celebrating "the sport of kings," this insider's view explores the personalities, scandals, oddities, joys of ownership, social divisions, betting systems, and how it all began--blame King Charles II--while offering sound advice to newcomers.</div></p>

How to Pick a Winner (The Ginger Series)

Mountier, Mary

<p>This comprehensive overview reveals the secrets of one of the most enduring and soothing spirits—from the miraculous process of turning grapes into wine and how the shape of a glass affects its taste, to who decides if a wine is a winner and what makes it healthy to drink.</p>

How to Drink a Glass of Wine (The Ginger Series)

Saker, John

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