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Tuscany is perhaps Italy’s most beautiful region. Not surprisingly, it attracts a huge number of tourists and second-home-owners. Along with the influx of visitors has come an array of sophisticated eating places, many of which update the Tuscan idiom in daring ways. All the eateries featured here o..

Located at the juncture of the Indian and Atlantic Oceans, Cape Town enjoys a unique setting in one of the world’s most stunning locations. Attracting travelers from across the globe, it’s gaining fame as an international dining destination. With a unique fusion of cultures, this South African city ..

The gateway to China, and Asia beyond, Hong Kong has long straddled the divide between East and West. Its dining hotspots infuse Asian design principles with a dash of international flair. As you might expect from a world-class commercial metropolis, the dining scene here is multi-faceted and always..

Charles Highway, a precociously intelligent and highly sexed teenager, is determined to sleep with an older woman before he turns twenty. Rachel fits the bill perfectly and Charles plans his seduction meticulously, sets the scene with infinite care - but it doesn't come off quite as Charles expects...

Rembrandt's paintings - A mirror of the artistic and intellectual developments of the 17th century.Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (1606-1669) was one of the most complex and multi-faceted artists of the 17th century. From his initial period in Leiden to his earlier and later phases in Amsterdam, t..

Malcolm, Peter and Charlie and their Soave-sodden wives have one main ambition left in life: to drink Wales dry. But their routine is both shaken and stirred when they are joined by professional Welshman Alun Weaver (CBE) and his wife, Rhiannon."A brilliant novel... It is sadly comic and comical..

'Big Daddy' Pollitt, the richest cotton planter in the Mississippi Delta, is about to celebrate his sixty-fifth birthday. His two sons have returned home for the occasion: Gooper, his wife and children, Brick, an ageing football hero who has turned to drink, and his feisty wife Maggie. As the hot su..

A fascination for flora: timeless photos in which plants become sculptures. The Complete Published Work "It would be only a slight exaggeration to say that photographers in the know have been waiting for this book, which features the published work of Karl Blossfeldt." - The New York Times, New York..

For over a hundred years the Pacific island of Pala has been the scene of a unique experiment in civilisation. Its inhabitants live in a society where western science has been brought together with eastern philosophy and humanism to create a paradise on earth. When cynical journalist, Will Farnaby, ..

General MacKenzie Hawkins is a living military legend, a hero and a rogue. Sam Devereaux is a bright young ex-Harvard lawyer, now in the army, and he can't wait to get out. When the Hawk gets kicked out of the army for conduct unbecoming to an officer, his options are limited - but not for long. He ..

"You girls are my vocation... I am dedicated to you in my prime"She was a schoolmistress with a difference. Proud, cultured, romantic, her ideas were progressive, even shocking. And when she decided to transform a group of young girls under her tutelage into the cre`me de la cre`me of Marcia Bla..