It's a system, a tool kit, a recipe book. Beginning with one irresistible idea--a complete home bar of just 12 key bottles--here's how to make more than 200 classic and unique mixed drinks, including sours, slings, toddies, and highballs, plus the perfect Martini, the perfect Manhattan, and the perfect Mint Julep.
It's a surprising guide--tequila didn't make the cut, and neither did bourbon, but genever did. And it's a literate guide--describing with great liveliness everything from the importance of vermouth and bitters (the "salt and pepper" of mixology) to the story of a punch bowl so big it was stirred by a boy in a rowboat.
Born in England to a middle class family, Geoffrey Bott excelled at school in most sports. A tenacious and unbridled drive to succeed that he didn't know would be required in order to survive later in life.
Armed with a degree in engineering from the University of Sheffield, Geoffrey moved to California to reap his American Dream.
Uphill is incredibly emotional, vivid and detailed about the rise and fall of a gifted and talented engineer. An innocuous knee injury playing rugby for his city would develop into a grim prognosis a few decades later. A month after rejecting a second groundbreaking knee rebuild procedure, his wife files for divorce and the life he had attained started to unravel.
The book takes the reader to a bar in soviet Russia, a brothel in Venezuela, a nightclub in Hong Kong, to Taipei, Tokyo, Vancouver Island, a casino in Las Vegas. It graphically describes thirteen left knee surgeries, screaming pain, addictions to mind-altering opioids, a precedent-setting divorce, a court file sealed from public records, a forest fire that destroyed his new neighbourhood, a night in jail, world's first scientific discoveries and cycling heroics deemed impossible that left the renowned medical profession speechless. This is a captivating page-turner that has it all and encapsulates the very essence of human suffering, courage, hope and determination.
An inspirational, entertaining and riveting story that will leave the reader stunned and emotionally drained.
Born in England to a middle class family, Geoffrey Bott excelled at school in most sports. A tenacious and unbridled drive to succeed that he didn't know would be required in order to survive later in life.
Armed with a degree in engineering from the University of Sheffield, Geoffrey moved to California to reap his American Dream.
Uphill is incredibly emotional, vivid and detailed about the rise and fall of a gifted and talented engineer. An innocuous knee injury playing rugby for his city would develop into a grim prognosis a few decades later. A month after rejecting a second groundbreaking knee rebuild procedure, his wife files for divorce and the life he had attained started to unravel.
The book takes the reader to a bar in soviet Russia, a brothel in Venezuela, a nightclub in Hong Kong, to Taipei, Tokyo, Vancouver Island, a casino in Las Vegas. It graphically describes thirteen left knee surgeries, screaming pain, addictions to mind-altering opioids, a precedent-setting divorce, a court file sealed from public records, a forest fire that destroyed his new neighbourhood, a night in jail, world's first scientific discoveries and cycling heroics deemed impossible that left the renowned medical profession speechless. This is a captivating page-turner that has it all and encapsulates the very essence of human suffering, courage, hope and determination.
An inspirational, entertaining and riveting story that will leave the reader stunned and emotionally drained.
Автор: Bott M. C. `contact` Capt Alan Название: Cavalry of the Clouds ISBN: 170002860X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781700028600 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 18330.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: -'Impossible to read these stories without amazement' THE SUNDAY TIMES. -Detailed day-to-day account of seven months Flying over the Western Front in the Royal Flying Corps in 1916. -One of the first memoirs ever published by an RFC airmen. Gone in war are the dash and charge and thunder of galloping horsemen, gone the flashing of naked sabres, the screams of stricken horses, the swooping down upon supply train or camp of the grey horse troop. Here comes the 'Cavalry of the Clouds' - the airmen of the Royal Flying Corps. Into the clouds they go, a dip, a swoop, a dizzy spiral, sometimes dodging shrapnel below the clouds, and sometimes eluding enemy machines above, until the German aircraft drops like a blazing comet into the lines, or until the precious information is safely delivered to headquarters. This is Alan Bott's memoir of his life with 70 Squadron, flying the Sopwith Strutter, a reconnaissance fighter, fitted with the RFC's first forward-firing synchronised machine gun at the dawn of aerial combat. Covering just seven months, June to December 1916, Bott details missions over the Western Front, including the Battle of the Somme, his three aerial victories and winning the Military Cross. ABOUT THE AUTHORAlan Bott was born in 1863 in Stoke-on-Trent. He worked as a journalist before and just after the outbreak of the First World War, including covering the British air raid on the Zeppelin factory in November 1914. He enlisted in 1915 and transferred to the Royal Flying Corps in 1916. He was awarded the Military Cross His war memoir was first published whilst the war still raged in 1917 as AN AIRMAN'S OUTINGS under the pseudonym 'Contact'. Later in the war he served in Egypt, where he shot down two more enemy aircraft becoming an 'ace' fighter pilot. He published a second volume of his memoirs covering this period as EASTERN NIGHTS AND FLIGHTS. After the war he founded Pan Books. He died in 1952.PRAISE FOR 'CAVALRY OF THE CLOUDS''Impossible to read these stories without amazement' THE SUNDAY TIMES'Enthralling' GLASGOW NEWS'A clear, well-expressed and vivid account of what flying on active service really is' ARMY & NAVY GAZETTE'All the exhilaration, poignancy, terror of his combats throb anew in his narrative... impossible to speak too highly of this book, either as an account of the fighting airman's experiences or as a literary performance' DAILY CHRONICLE
Автор: Helmut Bott, Gregor Grassl, Stephan Anders Название: Sustainable Urban Planning: Vibrant Neighbourhoods – Smart Cities – Resilience ISBN: 3955534626 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783955534622 Издательство: Walter de Gruyter Рейтинг: Цена: 86650.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Das Leben in der Stadt erfreut sich ungebremster Beliebtheit, die Schaffung lebenswerten urbanen Raums ist damit zweifelsohne vorrangiges Arbeitsfeld fur Planer. Aber was macht die Stadt lebenswert? Wie definieren sich nachhaltige Quartiere, die auch in Zukunft gut funktionieren und in denen man sich gerne aufhalt? Was bedeutet »Smart City« oder »Resilienz«? Die komplett uberarbeitete Neuauflage dieser Publikation liefert Antworten, sie beschaftigt sich mit grundsatzlichen Herausforderungen der heutigen Stadtplanung und bietet dem Planer Grundlagenwissen, Umsetzungsstrategien, Werkzeuge und zeigt Wege zur ganzheitlichen Konzeptentwicklung auf. Internationaler Projektbeispiele zeigen leicht nachvollziehbar, wie sich Aspekte der nachhaltigen Stadtplanung konkret umsetzen lassen.
Автор: Bott William Название: A Description of Buxton, and the Adjacent Country: Or the New Guide, for Ladies and Gentlemen, Resorting to That Place of Health and Amusement (1796) ISBN: 1165253801 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781165253807 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 24460.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Автор: Bott Frank Название: Professional Issues in Information Technology ISBN: 1780171803 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781780171807 Издательство: Turpin Рейтинг: Цена: 36950.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: This book addresses the social, legal, financial, organisational and ethical issues relevant to IT professionals. It is designed to accompany the BCS HEQ `Diploma in IT` core module: Professional Issues in Information Systems Practice. This new edition covers the social and legal implications of recent changes to legislation and technology.
Автор: Bott Randy Название: God`s Formula for Success: As Revealed in the Scriptures by the Lord ISBN: 1462138705 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781462138708 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 18380.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии. Описание: There is a law, irrevocably decreed in heaven before the foundations of this world, upon which all blessings are predicated-And when we obtain any blessing from God, it is by obedience to that law upon which it is predicated. -D&C 130:20-21 The Lord has promised that when we desire a blessing, we must obey the law upon which it is predicated. We might feel confident in obeying it, but how do we discover which law predicates our desired blessing? This book contains 25 blessings and the laws upon which they depend. Some of these include - Wealth - Answers to Prayers - Happiness - Marriage - Parenting - Good Health - Peace - Handling Adversity - Overcoming Addictions - Avoiding Deception Latter-day Saints are a faithful, scripture-loving people. Like everyone on earth, we want the blessings that make for a happy life. Perhaps now is a good time to prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it (Malachi 3:10).
