Les Genies du chocolat, refered to as "the bible" is the most comprehensive work on the highest quality chocolate in the world today. Crafted with great sensitivity with meticulous editing, this pioneering masterpiece unravels an undiscovered territory of French gastronomy.
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Choc Lit is an award-winning publisher of women's fiction - romance, historical and crime fiction. We hold world rights for all our titles.
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What are the things you cannot miss in coffee shops in Tokyo? Why can master baristas make the most memorable tastes? You will find the answers from Tokyo Coffee Time through coffee experts’ professional and harsh eyes. Including 140 coffee shops, 26 master comments and so on.
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Written by the Asia Barista Championship judge Lin Dongyuan, the book sheds light on general knowledge and key points of creative coffee and includes 62 recipes. No matter you are a coffee lover, barista, or candidate for a barista competition, the book can offer some necessary guidance. (Hong Kong rights sold.)
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While botanically quite different, coffee, cocoa and tea are often considered together in the teaching of students of horticulture or agriculture. This is because all three represent plantation cash crops that are used as stimulant beverages and are grown in many of the warmer, less developed regions of the world. While there are a number of specialist books available on aspects of each individual crop, as well as grower manuals focusing on particular regions, there is currently no book that provides a general introductory overview of the scientific principles underlying production of all three crops. This book fills this gap, and will serve as a broad-based text for students of agriculture, horticulture and food science, as well as professionals seeking an overview of the topic.
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Price collapse and oversupply have made coffee a high-profile crop in recent years: never has efficient production and crop protection been more important for reducing costs and increasing quality. Packed with illustrations, this book covers the origins, botany, agroecology and worldwide production statistics of coffee, and the insect pests, plant pathogens, nematodes and nutrient deficiencies that afflict it. With emphasis on integrated crop management, this book reviews control measures suitable for any coffee pest or disease and will enable agriculturists to design and implement sustainable pest management systems.
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Coffee Wilt Disease has cost African coffee farmers an estimated US$1 billion to date, resulting from reduced yields and the extra costs incurred in trying to manage the disease. This devastating fungal disease has destroyed millions of coffee trees in affected countries across Africa and will be a contributory factor in any attempt at revitalization of the African coffee sector in the future. This book is one of the outputs of the Regional Coffee Wilt Programme and is a compilation of the current knowledge of various aspects of CWD, including information about the pathogen, its spread and importantly its management.
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Focusing on the establishment and operation of a coffee shop, the book is composed of three chapters: falling in love with coffee shops, knowing coffee shops, and opening a coffee shop. The writer explains an operation and management philosophy integrated with humanism. The book sheds light on the various fields related to running a coffee shop, including coffee lovers, consumers, shop owners, design aesthetics, psychology, brand marketing and investment analysis.
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This eBook introduces three of the most fascinating scientific quests in modern astronomy. Readers will learn how space-based observatories, such as the Hubble Space Telescope, the Chandra X-ray Observatory, and the Spitzer Space Telescope are aiding scientists in their quest to learn more about the elusive objects that are extrasolar planets, brown dwarfs, and dark matter.
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This book is the first ever concordance to the rhymes of Spenser's epic. It gives the reader unparalleled access to the formal nuts and bolts of this massive poem: the rhymes which he used to structure its intricate stanzas. As well as the main concordance to the rhymes, the volume features a wealth of ancillary materials, which will be of value to both professional Spenserians and students, including distribution lists and an alphabetical listing of all the words in The Faerie Queene. The volume breaks new ground by including two studies by Richard Danson Brown and J. B. Lethbridge, so that the reader is given provocative analyses alongside the raw data about Spenser as a rhymer. Brown considers the reception of rhyme, theoretical models and how Spenser's rhymes may be reading for meaning. Lethbridge in contrast discusses the formulaic and rhetorical character of the rhymes. ;
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This book is the first ever concordance to the rhymes of Spenser's epic. It gives the reader unparalleled access to the formal nuts and bolts of this massive poem: the rhymes which he used to structure its intricate stanzas. As well as the main concordance to the rhymes, the volume features a wealth of ancillary materials, which will be of value to both professional Spenserians and students, including distribution lists and an alphabetical listing of all the words in The Faerie Queene. The volume breaks new ground by including two studies by Richard Danson Brown and J. B. Lethbridge, so that the reader is given provocative analyses alongside the raw data about Spenser as a rhymer. Brown considers the reception of rhyme, theoretical models and how Spenser's rhymes may be reading for meaning. Lethbridge in contrast discusses the formulaic and rhetorical character of the rhymes.
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The first book to provide an historical survey of images of black people in advertising during the colonial period. Analyses the various conflicting, and changing ideologies of colonialism and racism in British advertising. Reveals the historical and production context of many well known advertising icons, as well as the specific commercial interests that various companies' images projected. Provides a chronological understanding of changing colonial ideologies in relation to advertising, while each chapter explores images produced to sell specific products, such as soap, cocoa, tea and tobacco.
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Mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla) is one of the best-known and most valuable tropical timbers currently traded internationally. Concern has increased over the exploitation of mahogany, particularly as most timber is currently derived from natural forests which are not managed sustainably. Such concerns have resulted in an increased research effort focusing on the ecology of the species in natural forest. The potential of mahogany plantations as an alternative source of timber has received relatively little attention. However, evidence suggests mahogany may be a viable plantation species in many countries. The successful development of such plantations could make a major contribution towards meeting future demands for mahogany timber, and thereby help to reduce pressures on natural forest. The main aim of this book is to produce a comprehensive account of mahogany silviculture, with a particular emphasis on plantations, by bringing together the findings of foresters and researchers from mahogany-growing countries around the world. There is a logical progression through the stages of seed collection, plantation establishment, maintenance, prediction of growth and yield, protection and management of both natural stands and plantations under suitable silvicultural systems. This book is an indispensable guide and reference for those involved in growing and managing mahogany and will also be valuable to ecologists and land managers as well as students of forestry.
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The cacao (Theobroma cacao) plant is an important Neo-Tropical species whose natural habitat is the Amazon basin. Over the last 30 years there has been a considerable geographical expansion in the availability of cacao genetic resources. As a result the plant has a rich genetic diversity that exists at two levels: that of the primitive populations in the area of original distribution of the species, and that of the derived cultivated populations. This book provides a comprehensive review of our current knowledge of the diversity of the species. It starts by examining the diversity and inheritance of the characteristics of primitive populations in the Amazonian and Caribbean regions. It then looks at the evolution of diversity within cultivated populations first in South America and around the Caribbean, and then beyond the Americas. The book describes the inter-relationships between populations based on morphological and molecular markers. It also examines the conservation of genetic resources and how these genetic resources can be utilized to produce new cultivars.
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Magical sweets and real miracles? Elina has experienced them both in Belony, and now she can hardly wait to dip deeper into the world of the candy crafters. But it’s not long before a new problem arises, because just before Robin’s first candy crafting examination, his magic tool goes bust. Old Mr Snotty knows where they can get help, and he takes Elina and her friends to Bittersweet Avenue. It quickly becomes clear, though, that not all candy crafters are well disposed towards “ungifted” people. There are also rumours about the return of the mysterious Otherwise Society, which has tried once before to bring down the mighty Candy Guild. When Mr Snotty suddenly disappears without a trace, it’s up to Elina, Charlie and Robin to follow the clues he has left behind for them. They soon realize that there is a reason for his disappearance, because the Otherwise Society is looking for something in particular – and Elina, Charlie and Robin have the key to this something in their hands…
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Es ist die Frage, die uns alle jedes Jahr aufs Neue umtreibt: Was ist das perfekte Geschenk? Die kleine Maus in Palmer Browns Geschichte ist auf der Suche nach etwas Besonderem für ihre Mutter. Doch was könnte sie, die nur so wenig zur Verfügung hat, verschenken, um ihrer großen Liebe Ausdruck zu verleihen? Ihr fehlt der Samt für ein Nadelkissen, die Rosinen für den Früchtekuchen. Doch schließlich bemerkt sie, dass man für das perfekte Geschenk gar nicht so viel braucht. Mit seiner bezaubernden Geschichte von 1958, die kürzlich in der renommierten New York Review Children’s Collection wieder veröffentlicht wurde, schenkt Palmer Brown uns etwas ganz Besonderes – für Weihnachten oder jeden Tag.
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The most magical adventure since the discovery of chocolate! Do you believe in magic and miracles? Everyone in the little town of Belony takes magic and miracles for granted – everyone except Elina, who thinks it’s all a load of nonsense. That is, until her nervous neighbour Charlie happens to get hold of a bar of chocolate that has a very strange effect on her. Suddenly Elina is convinced that Charlie has fallen under a spell. Of all people, it’s shy Robin who comes to the girl’s rescue. He is a member of a Candy Guild family – people who have the ability to create magic sweets that will help others. This is how he knows that only the mysterious Candy Guild can lift the curse on Charlie. With a suitcase full of magic sweets, the three of them set out on a dangerous quest. Because not everyone keeps to the pact that magic sweets should only be used to do good… The Candy Guild. The Magic Pact is the first in a new series of magic-fantasy books for children of 9+ - as enchanting as chocolate and as wild as a Christmas cracker!
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Der kleine Vogel liebt den großen Baum mitten im Urwald, dessen dichtes Laub ihm Schutz bietet. Er kennt nichts anderes und fühlt sich im Baum zu Hause. Als die Regenzeit bevorsteht und der Vogelschwarm in andere Gefilde aufbricht, möchte er den Baum noch nicht verlassen und bleibt noch ein Weilchen. Wilde, exotische Tiere nehmen die Äste und Zweige nun in Besitz, dem kleinen Vogel eröffnet sich eine ganz neue Welt. Doch schließlich muss er erkennen, dass die Zeit für ihn gekommen ist, aufzubrechen. Eine fulminant bebilderte Geschichte darüber, seine Bestimmung im Leben zu erkennen – bunt, exotisch und voller Poesie.
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"Ein Baum für Piet", geschrieben vom Vater-Tochter-Duo Peter und Carina Wohlleben, ist ein bezauberndes Kinderbuch, das die Geschichte des Eichhörnchens Piet erzählt. Nach dem Umzug von einer ungemütlichen Kiefer in eine freundliche alte Buche erlebt Piet die Veränderungen eines Laubbaums über die vier Jahreszeiten hinweg. Dieses Buch, das zweite Pappbilderbuch der erfolgreichen Autoren, kombiniert kindgerechte Erklärungen mit wissenschaftlich fundiertem Wissen über die Natur. Die lebendigen und detailreichen Illustrationen regen die Fantasie an und machen die Naturbeobachtung zu einem interaktiven Erlebnis. Für junge Leser*innen ab zwei Jahren konzipiert, fördert "Ein Baum für Piet" das Verständnis für die Umwelt und stärkt die emotionale Verbindung zur Natur. Hergestellt auf umwelt- und klimafreundliche Weise, spricht es umweltbewusste Familien an und bietet durch seine liebevolle und informative Gestaltung einen Mehrwert für Kinder und ihre Begleiter im Entdecken der natürlichen Welt. Ideal für junge Entdecker: Speziell für Kinder ab 24 Monaten gestaltet, macht es die Naturwissenschaften zugänglich und unterhaltsam. Wissenschaft trifft auf Erzählkunst: Bietet eine perfekte Mischung aus sachlichen Informationen und einer fesselnden Erzählung. Auffallende Illustrationen: Die Seiten sind gefüllt mit ansprechenden und sorgfältig gestalteten Bildern, die zum Erkunden einladen. Umweltbewusste Produktion: Berücksichtigt ökologische Aspekte in der Herstellung, ideal für umweltbewusste Käufer. Von Fachleuten empfohlen: Erhält durchweg positives Feedback von Pädagogen und Kritikern für seinen lehrreichen und ansprechenden Inhalt. Fördert Naturverständnis: Stärkt das Bewusstsein und die Wertschätzung für die Umwelt bei jungen Lesern. Langlebig und relevant: Bleibt über die frühen Lesejahre hinaus ein interessantes und lehrreiches Buch. Weitere Pappbilderbücher von Peter und Carina Wohlleben: Kühle Pfötchen für Piet Wie schläft der Wald? Wie werden kleine Tiere groß? Das große Wald-Wimmelbuch
