Travel through time to witness some of the most extraordinary and colorful events in world history with this unusual and entertaining guide that includes fascinating cultural details from each period, including what and where to eat, what to wear, how to act like a local, and most importantly, how to stay alive.
Have you ever wished you could have experienced some of the most interesting and important events that have helped shape history? With The Time Traveler's Handbook you can! Johnny Acton, David Goldblatt, and James Wyllie transport you back in time, providing a “you-are-there” front-seat view of some the greatest moments in the human timeline.
Filled with engaging and colorful details, The Time Traveler's Handbook helps you make the most of your “travels,” giving you background information, insight into local customs, and advice on all aspects of period life to make your adventures authentic and help you actually live them. Forget museums and history books—The Time Traveler's Handbook gives you unprecedented access to a wide range of milestones, including Celebrations &amp; Exhibitions; Moments That Made History; Cultural &amp; Sporting Spectaculars; Epic Journeys and Voyages; and Extreme Events. Observe Mount Vesuvius erupt (and survive), see the assassination of the Archduke Ferdinand in Sarajevo, boogie with the Beatles in Hamburg, accompany Marco Polo to Xanadu, attend the opening night of Shakespeare’s Globe Theater, smell the cordite at the battle of Bull Run, and sit ringside at Foreman and Ali’s “Rumble in the Jungle” in Kinshasa.
Illustrated with color and black-and-white paintings and photographs of famous figures and locations, as well as detailed maps and illustrations to aid in your journey through time, The Time Traveler's Handbook is the ultimate guide to exploring history that unlocks the wonders of the past as never before.

The Time Traveler's Handbook: 18 Experiences from the Eruption of Vesuvius to Woodstock

Goldblatt, David

Wyllie, James

Acton, Johnny

Reference

Harper

The must-have guide to the Summer Olympic GamesThis summer, millions of Americans will tune into the Olympic Games, the largest and most popular sporting event in the world. Yet while it's easy to be fascinated by agile gymnasts, poised equestrians, and perfectly synchronized swimmers, few of us know the real width of a balance beam, the intricate regulations of dressage, or the origin of those crowd-pleasing legs-in-the-air swimming formations. Luckily, David Goldblatt and Johnny Acton have created this utterly thorough and always fun guide to the rules, strategy, and history of each sport. Originally timed to 2012 London Games, their book is every bit as useful for Rio de Janeiro in 2016. With witty, detailed descriptions and clever illustrations, How to Watch the Olympics will help anyone grasp handball, archery, wrestling, fencing, and every other Olympic event like a true pro.

How to Watch the Olympics: The Essential Guide to the Rules, Statistics, Heroes, and Zeroes of Every Sport

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Exercise & Fitness

Penguin Publishing Group

Kings of Comedy (The 21st Century Guides Series)

Humor & Entertainment

Webb, Paul

Humor

Main Street Pr

Origin of Everyday Things

History buffs, science students, lovers of popular culture, and natural-born detectives will plunge right into this ultimate guide for curious minds. It’s absolutely fascinating, with background on the origins of more than 300 modern phenomena, objects, sayings, stories, and superstitions that most people take for granted. Complete with humorous illustrations and easy-to-navigate chapters, the eye-opening explanations and amazing anecdotes reveal the truth behind the birth and brilliance of the brown paper bag; the 4,000-year history of toothpaste and its torrid past; and the reasons for the staying power of popular puzzles from Rubik’s Cube to sudoku. Find out why we have Nature to thank for Velcro, Valium, and the Guggenheim; why we get the blues and not the reds; and why Heinz has the Romans to thank for its saucy success. Guaranteed to absorb, amuse and delight, it’s also a great way to impress friends with your arcane knowledge!

Adams, Tania

Packer, Matt

Union Square & Co.

Soup : The Soup Bestseller, Now with New Recipes

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Sandler, Nick

Main Courses & Side Dishes

Whitecap Books, Limited

The ultimate book on edible fungi, illustrated with hundreds of dramatic photographs and seventy tempting recipes that capture the mystery and myth of mushrooms.

Mushroom

Cooking by Ingredient

UNKNO

Whitecap Books Ltd.

Soup, the most ancient prepared food known to man, is healthy, satisfying, and universally enjoyed. Refreshing in summer and warming in winter, soup can be comforting or cutting edge, an elegant starter or a hearty meal in itself. In this truly international cookbook, Nick Sandler and Johnny Acton peer into the stockpots of Western and Eastern Europe, the Mediterranean, the Islamic world, Africa and the Caribbean, the Americas, China, Japan, India, and Southeast Asia. This wide-ranging collection includes Dutch Pea and Pork Soup, Zimbabwean Peanut and Red Pepper Stew, Moroccan Lamb with Green Lentils, and Toulouse Sausage and Bean Cassoulet. The flavorful, wonderfully unusual recipes--all stylishly presented and enticingly photographed--are complemented by instructions for making a variety of stocks and accompanying breads.

Soup

KYLE CATHIE LTD.

Preserved

Kyle Cathie

Alongside beautiful photography, this thorough guide invites readers into the world of mushrooms with enthusiasm and passion. From its fascinating history and folklore to the thrill of the mushroom hunt itself, this unrecognized vegetable remains, for the most part, tantalizingly beyond human control. With 70 inspiring mushroom recipes, including roasted vegetables with ceps and char grilled field mushrooms with avocado salad, this is a fantastic reference and cookbook.

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