WEST OF IRELAND SUMMERS: A COOKBOOK is a celebration of food. In this vivid account of summers spent in the remote beauty of the west of Ireland Tamasin Day-Lewis rekindles the sights, sounds, smells and, above all, the tastes of her family holidays since childhood. Tamasin Day-Lewis's passion for cooking is evident in more than 100 dishes; some traditional Irish recipes, some recapturing the tastes of her childhood and others created by Tamasin herself. These combined with stunning photographs and a lively text make this a truly irresistable cookery book.

West of Ireland Summers

Tamasin Day-Lewis

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson

<p>Offveat travel account based on a journey fly-fishing across the outmost northern reaches of Russia which also uncovers Soviet Russia's Gulag history.</p>

HOOKED

Sports & Outdoors

Montaigne, Fen

Hunting & Fishing

Physical description: 240 pages : illustrations ; 32 cm. Subjects: Ireland - History - 20th century. Pictorial works.

The Irish Century

Arts & Photography

MacCarthy-Morrogh, Michael

Photography & Video

An illustrated account of the short life and death of one of Ireland's most enduring heroes.

Michael Collins

Connolly, Colm (1942-)

Biographies & Memoirs

The practical realities of everyday life are rarely described in history books. To remedy this, and to satisfy her own curiosity about the lives of our ancestors, Liza Picard immersed herself in contemporary sources - diaries and journals, almanacs and newspapers, government papers and reports, advice books and memoirs - to examine the substance of life in mid-18th century London. The fascinating result of her research, Dr. Johnson's London introduces the reader to every facet of that period: from houses and gardens to transport and traffic; from occupations and work to pleasure and amusements; from health and medicine to sex, food, and fashion. Stops along the way focus on education, etiquette, public executions as popular entertainment, and a melange of other historical curiosities.This book spans the period from 1740 to 1770-very much the city of Dr. Johnson, who published his great Dictionary in 1755. It starts when the gin craze was gaining ground and ends just before America ceased being a colony. In its enthralling review of an exhilarating era, Dr. Johnson's London brilliantly records the strangeness and individuality of the past--and continually reminds us of parallels with the present day.

Dr. Johnson's London: Life in London 1740-1770

History

PICARD, LIZA

Europe

Why do smokers claim that the first cigarette of the day is the best? What is the biological basis behind some heavy drinkers' belief that the "hair-of-the-dog" method alleviates the effects of a hangover? Why does marijuana seem to affect ones problem-solving capacity? Intoxicating Minds is, in the author's words, "a grand excavation of drug myth." Neither extolling nor condemning drug use, it is a story of scientific and artistic achievement, war and greed, empires and religions, and lessons for the future. Ciaran Regan looks at each class of drugs, describing the historical evolution of their use, explaining how they work within the brain's neurophysiology, and outlining the basic pharmacology of those substances. From a consideration of the effect of stimulants, such as caffeine and nicotine, and the reasons and consequences of their sudden popularity in the seventeenth century, the book moves to a discussion of more modern stimulants, such as cocaine and ecstasy. In addition, Regan explains how we process memory, the nature of thought disorders, and therapies for treating depression and schizophrenia. Regan then considers psychedelic drugs and their perceived mystical properties and traces the history of placebos to ancient civilizations. Finally, Intoxicating Minds considers the physical consequences of our co-evolution with drugs―how they have altered our very being―and offers a glimpse of the brave new world of drug therapies.

Intoxicating Minds

Regan, Ciaran

Science & Math

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