Product Description: DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Vienna will lead you straight to the best attractions this beautiful city has to offer. Explore Schönbrunn Palace, experience the Prater, or simply spend a leisurely afternoon in one of the city's traditional coffeehouses...read more

Product Description: DK Eyewitness Travel's full-color guidebooks to hundreds of destinations around the world truly show you what others only tell you. They have become renowned for their visual excellence, which includes unparalleled photography, 3-D mapping, and specially commissioned cutaway illustrations...read more

Product Description: This new full-color extended sixth edition of Hugh Johnson's Wine Companion is the most up-to-date, comprehensive, authoritative, and easy-to-use source of information on the world's wines and winemakers.Hugh Johnson's Wine Companion presents a unique approach to wine and wine producers, combining detailed information with practical advice on how to enjoy wine to the fullest...read more

Includes 3-D aerial views of Vienna's districts and cutaways and floor plans of the sights. This book provides detailed maps to navigate your way around palaces, churches and art collections. It also contains walking tours to explore the Austrian capital.

Product Description: One of the world’s most respected wine regions receives a high-level yet readable analysis by an award-winning wine writer. Brook, whose books have received such prestigious awards as the Prix du Champagne Lanson, Glenfiddich, and Veuve Clicquot prizes, provides insider information about how the great Médoc, Graves, and other world-famous Bordeaux wines are produced, from the red Pauillac Cabernet Sauvignons to the sweet Sauterne whites...read more

Product Description: Records of German wine shipments date back to the early 13th century—and yet, despite the fact that Germany’s wines are rich in history and renown, a large proportion of the wine-drinking public still looks down upon them. Multi-award-winning author Stephen Brook addresses the strange and complex question of why this has been so, focusing in on some controversial German wine laws and issues such as vineyard classification...read more

Product Description: Dreams have been a source of delight and terror for as long as people have kept records of their thought. Whether dreams are the key to the unconscious, as Freud proposed, or a way of wiping clean the mental slate, as Dr. Francis Crick's theory suggests, they have filled the pages of numerous diaries and been an integral part of literary masterworks such as The Divine Comedy and Finnegan's Wake...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

California wines are recognized as being among the world’s finest—and this guide explains just what makes them so distinctive: a combination of climate, soil, tradition, and innovation. Stephen Brook examines each major region; shows how certain viticultural and wine-making practices are specific to California; and looks at how the principal grape varieties are handled stylistically in different parts of the state. Far from being a dry reference work, this is studded with the vibrant personalities who keep California wines at the forefront of top-quality wine production. Some of the special features include detailed lists of single vineyards—now receiving greater attention from wine-makers—and a gazetteer that features over 630 different wineries, pointing to the best and most interesting wines from each one.

Product Description: This is a collection of thirty portraits of individuals involved in all aspects of wine productions and consumption, superbly written by one of the most respected writers on wine in the world today. It is by no means restricted to Proprietors and producers, but includes wine merchants and traders, wine writers, and a sommelier...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Book Description: This volume, through its fresh, informative text and striking color photography, is a definitive portrait of Pauillac -- a region or commune of Bordeaux widely regarded as the standard bearer for the red wines, not only of Bordeaux, but of the entire world.

Product Description: In a unique exploration of Bordeaux's wine trade, Bordeaux: People, Power and Politics gets behind the scenes to discover how the region's wines are produced, marketed and sold. The power of the press, merchants, negociants and consumers over Bordeaux's wine prices, culture and economic health is assessed and explained Bordeaux's key winemakers are featured and their contribution to the evolution of the region's - and the world's - wines is considered...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Some of the world's premier wine writers chronicle one hundred years in the evolution of the modern-day global wine industry, explore the development of wine in various regions around the world, and discuss the impact of political developments--including two world wars and their aftermaths--have affected popular tastes and styles.

Product Description: An exciting addition to Mitchell Beazley's highly successful series of pocket books, this new title is an invaluable guide to fortified and sweet wine producers. It features a wide range of wines, from Spain's crisp, invigorating fino sherry to Australia's sticky, toffee-like liqueur Muscat; from nervy, slaty Mosel Auslese to potent Tuscan Vin Santo...read more

Product Description: Investigates the workings of class-consciousness. The text examines questions such as: how do the British define themselves in terms of their social stations?; is their status, whether high or low, a source of pride, shame or indifference?; does it affect their self-esteem?; how does it influence relationships between people?; and how do we set about defining our station...read more

Product Description: Linked to a six-part Channel 4 television series, this is an exploration of the inner workings of the Salvation Army as it tries to adapt to changing times through corporate restructuring without compromising its ideals. The book focuses on various aspects of the organization's work, including the two-year officer-training programme, care for the homeless (the Salvation Army is the second-largest provider of social services after the government), and the family-tracing service which locates at least 12 people every day...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Book by Brook, Stephen