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The Italian wine bible for a new generation―a superstar sommelier and restaurateur explores the dynamic world of contemporary Italian wine.Acclaimed Italian wine expert, sommelier, winemaker, and restaurateur, Joe Campanale presents a comprehensive guide that is as transportive as it is deeply educational. Vino dives into the dynamic landscape of Italian wine today, where a new generation of winemakers is eschewing popular international styles, championing long-forgotten indigenous grapes, and adopting sustainable approaches best suited for their local climates.In an epic quest through Italy’s 20 regions that takes readers from the steep hills of Valle d’Aosta to the near-tropical climates of Sicily, Campanale uncovers and profiles the diversity of real Italian wine and the most exciting, game-changing producers in each area. Readers will leave with countless recommendations for exceptional winemakers and be armed with Campanale’s empowering new rubric of quality (say goodbye to the It
In this action-packed illustrated series, four kid gamers meet at a virtual tournament and battle for the ultimate grand prize. Perfect for young fans of Ready Player One and Mr. Lemoncello’s Library.Sixty-four teams.One mysterious grand prize.Four gamers determined to win it all. Welcome to Affinity, the hottest battle royale video game in the world! Gamers can be anything they want to be in Affinity’s high-tech, magical universe―and test their skills in fierce PvP combat. So when Hurricane Games announces an epic tournament with killer prizes, four kids form a team that feels unstoppable…but also maybe doomed from the start? Josh is the tank…when his parents let him game.Hannah is the melee fighter…but she can only play at the public library.Larkin is the healer…as long as her family’s not around.Wheatley is the ranger…with a secret that might wreck the whole team. As solo gamers, they’re good. Really good. But the tournament is a whole new level of competition, and it’ll take all fo
The wriggly, squiggly superhero is now available on CD with a whole host of fabulous friends! Join Superworm, Stick Man, The Highway Rat, Tabby McTat and The Ugly Five in these five fantastic stories and songs by the superstar children's book pairing, Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, in a gorgeous box set. This CD box-set is perfect for entertaining children on long car journeys, or for simply sharing stories at any time of the day. Five favourite stories from the superstar creators of The Gruffalo and Zog Each CD includes the full story, a listening game and song, all acted superbly by the incomparable Oscar-nominated Imelda Staunton.The set includes Superworm, Stick Man, The Highway Rat, The Ugly Five and Tabby McTat Superworm is going to be an on-screen adventure starring Matt Smith and Olivia Coleman Christmas 2021 Celebrating 10 years of Superworm in 2022本盒裝CD對應以下五本繪本Superworm 9781407170725Stick Man 9780702319273The Highway Rat 9781407170732Tabby McTat 9781407170701The Ug
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A Korean-American scientist who has always been haunted by a ghostly imaginary friend, and whose mother warned that the women of their family were subject to a cyclical intergenerational curse, seeks answers in her mother’s folk tales and a family history riddled with war and loss, as the fate of her ancestors closes in on her. Now in trade paperback.A New York Times Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Novel of 2021An NPR Best Book of 2021A genre-defying, continents-spanning saga of Korean myth, scientific discovery, and the abiding love that binds even the most broken of families.Elsa Park is a particle physicist at the top of her game, stationed at a neutrino observatory in the Antarctic, confident she's put enough distance between her ambitions and the family ghosts she's run from all her life. But it isn't long before her childhood imaginary friend―an achingly familiar, spectral woman in the snow―comes to claim her at last.Years ago, Elsa's now-catatonic mother had warned her that the women of