The Town Traveller

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A journey to France can be a journey through history-tragic and stirring names from the past scatter the French countryside: places such as Agincourt, Crecy, Aquitaine, Rouen-where Joan of Arc was burned by the English at the stake, a stretch of beach on the Cherbourg peninsula where Edward III knighted the Black Prince, and many more. This useful book will pinpoint the places for the visitor, explain their historical significance in the context of the war, and also show, with photographs, maps, and sidebars, what there is to see and do in the town or at the site today.

Many people only remember the Hundred Years War through Shakespeare's famous speeches in Henry V that relate to the Battle of Agincourt. In this excellent book, the author explains how the conflict began, how the tangled dynasties of France and England led to the years of clashing over the royal crowns, and where and how the skirmishes and battles were fought.

A Traveller's History of the Hundred Years War in France helps both the tourist and historical enthusiast alike mingle present-day pleasures of touring and enjoying the beauties of the French countryside with a fascinating explanation of the historical significance of the towns and places.

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Belgium & Holland including the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Handbook for Travellers. With Ten Maps, 37 Plans of Towns, and 8 Ground Plans
Karl Baedeker
Manufacturer: Leipzig: Karl Baedeker
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Binding: Hardcover

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Business Traveller's Road Atlas: And Trip Planner (Annual)
Rand McNally and Company
Manufacturer: Rand Mcnally
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Binding: Paperback

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Maritime Country Diary - The Travellers' Guide to Country Fairs & Towns
Susan; McKendy, Joe Perry
Manufacturer: Centennial College Press/Nelson Canada Limited
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ASIN: 0176014985

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Mitchell's traveller's guide through the United States: Containing the principal cities, towns &c. alphabetically arranged, together with the stage, steam-boat, ... the distances, in miles, from place to place
S. Augustus Mitchell
Manufacturer: Thomas, Cowperthwait
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Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B00086PE5C

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New Zealand Travellers Road Atlas, with 15 Regional Touring Guides & 32 City & Town Centre Maps. (Kiwi Pathfinder)
Kiwimaps
Manufacturer: Kiwimaps, Ltd.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Spiral-bound
ASIN: 1877200182

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New Zealand's newest and most comprehensive Road Atlas, designed and published by New Zealand's leading map company. 101 pages with 36 additional pages of index.

Skyclopedia: The air-traveller's guide to the whole United States of America

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Skyclopedia: The air-traveller's guide to the whole United States of America
Milt Jines
Manufacturer: Bumble Bee Pub
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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THE TOWN TRAVELLER
GEORGE GISSING
Manufacturer: THOMAS NELSON
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Binding: Hardcover

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Town Traveller
George Gissing
Manufacturer: Ams Pr Inc
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Binding: Hardcover

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Here, on the quiet pavement shadowed by the College of Surgeons, she lingered in expectancy. Ten was striking, but she looked in vain for the figure she would recognize -- that of a well-dressed, middle-aged man, with a white silk comforter about his neck, and drawn up so as to hide his mouth. Twice she had met him here, and on each occasion he was waiting for her when she arrived. Five minutes passed -- ten minutes. She grew very impatient and, as a necessary consequence, very angry.

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Can a young man racing through the infinite dimensions of time save the cosmos from the evil Zarai? Will his faithful companions betray him in the final decisive battle? War has engulfed the land of Vasilion. Haldor de Morting, the son of a manor lord, is racing through the countryside to unearth the enemy's plan of attack with a group of faithful companions. To make their way home, they will have to fight through the deadly ranks of a fearsome army. Some of the heroes will not survive. At the most desperate moment in the battle to save his homeland, Haldor is whisked away to another dimension, where he encounters strange beings, unearthly vistas, and wise counselors, who band together on a cosmic mission to overcome the two rays of evil, and discover the second foundation stone. He will meet XW3, the serpentine creature who lives in tenfold time; the beautiful warrior, Elephyre, princess of the Tiri, as well as Zetlakytyl, the giant Fire-Lord of Wundu-Galat who fought in the Second Battle at the beginning of creation. But can any of their vast powers save Haldor from the terrible emissaries of the Zarai, who seek to destroy him? Can they save him from the vision of his own self in the depths of time?

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Teacher.......2006-02-12

I havent read this book, I plan to. Scott Hicks was my Latin Teacher, which is strange to hear he has a book out, so im definately gonna be reading this

What a terrific book! I loved it! Deep Thoughts! .......2006-01-26

This is a great book about a young man trying to save his homeland from an overwhelming enemy. Just when his people need him most, he is taken away to other dimensions, where he meets strange and beautiful creatures from other places, who live in otherworldly vistas. It is writing of the highest caliber, dealing with complex notions about time, speech, and metaphor. Above all it tries to take the reader on a journey inside his or her own mind into the highest realms of being. READ IT!!!

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Obi-Wan, Anakin, and another pair of Jedi must try to retrieve an evil scientist from a planet run by criminals as a refuge for other criminals. In order to do this, they have to go undercover -- as the kind of scum they usually try to catch. Will the means be worth the ends? Or will Anakin learn too much about the seamier side of the galaxy?

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Jedi Quest #9.......2006-08-28

This was a good book. Palpatine starts dropping hints to Anakin, (which can get very annoying,) Astri Otto comes back in, a few older characters, and some new. The only reason I didn't rate this as a full 5 stars, is I found a typo which drove me insane. If you want to see it, when you reach it, it's on page 104, near the top. Read it carefully, and you'll see it.

Who said Jedi don't have a sense of humor?.......2006-04-15

This is one of my all time favorite books. I've read almost all of the star wars books, but this is the best one yet! Obi-Wan and Siri are friends, who just happen to be Jedi knights, but it dosen't stop them from acting human! This is a funny book, because Siri, who isn't a girly girl is forced to wear a dress, and Obi-Wan is supposed to be a theif! And Obi-Wan let Siri chose his wardrobe, (which turns out to be a BIG mistake!) and Anakain and Ferus somewhat get along! It's a book filled with twists and turns!

The False Peace.......2005-11-21

This is the first time two villians teamed up together. Jenna Zan Arbor and Granta Omega ombine forces try to dosomthing so evil it had never been tried. They take control but you'll have to read it to find out how, why and what.

Read this!.......2005-08-29

This was such a good book! Yet it was REALLY sad. (Poor Tyro!) :(
I didn't really like how much Astri Oddo changed. That was sad too. This was the first Jedi Quest that I almost cried in! It was very good though!

an excellent book!.......2005-05-19

a bit boring in some parts, but it's a must read for star wars fans

Allen Iverson: Star Guard (Sports Reports)

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IM LOVIN ALLEN IVERSON STYLE

Allen Iverson: Star Guard (Sports Reports)
Stew Thornley
Manufacturer: Enslow Publishers
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Binding: Library Binding

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IM LOVIN ALLEN IVERSON STYLE.......2001-07-24

YEA I READ THIZ BOOK AND I THINK ALLEN IZ THE BOMB.HE LETTIN PPL KNO U CAN PLAY B-BALL JUST WORK HARD AND DO YO BEST YO KNO.ITS NUTHIN MUCH 2 TELL GOT2 READ THA BOOK YA SELF. WELL A BIG SHOUT TO ALLEN DOIN HIZ THANG 2!

Kobe Bryant: Star Guard (Sports Reports)

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Kobe Bryant: Star Guard (Sports Reports)
Nick Kennedy
Manufacturer: Enslow Publishers
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Good solid stuff
To Guard the Stars
classic science fiction
Star Guard

Star Guard
Andre Norton
Manufacturer: Del Rey
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback

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ASIN: 0345350367
Release Date: 1987-06-12

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Good solid stuff.......2004-09-05

I've only read one of Norton's book, when I was about 12, and I don't even remember the name of it. This one I don't even remember how I ran across it. Like the first, it's good solid SF. This one, however, appears to be based on the Odyssey--a group of soldiers stranded far from home (here, many light-years from earth), having to fight their way back. There's a twist to this one, though, which I won't reveal. I was a lot more interested in this book that I thought I would be. A good solid novel, from the middle '50s.

To Guard the Stars.......2003-04-04

Star Guard is the second novel in the Central Control series, but the first in internal chronology. When Terrans learned to travel the space lanes, Central Control assigned them to a special role that suited their aggressive temperament and also provided a safety valve for all other belligerents among the great confederacy. The Terrans became the mercenaries of the Galaxy. Arch Hordes served on the relatively primitive worlds and Mech Legions served on the relatively advanced worlds. However, even the Mechs weapons were less advanced than those available to the Galactic Patrol. Three hundred years passed before any challenge arose to this system.

In this novel, Kana Karr, newly graduated Arch Swordsman Third Class, comes to Prime to receive his first assignment. Waiting in the hiring hall, he hears rumors of lost legions and refused assignments. Then, a senior Combatant, accompanied by a Galactic Agent, announces that the troubles on Nevers have been fully investigated, with the assistance of Central Control, and certified that the defeat there was due to local problems and that the rumors concerning this episode are not to be repeated by any of the Corps. Naturally, this stirs up even more rumors.

Shortly thereafter, Karr is offered a position with Yorke's Horde and accepts the assignment. He is told to report to Dock Five at seventeen hours, so he goes to the transients' mess to eat. While there, he hears still more rumors. Then he goes to an information booth to learn the languages of Fronn, the planet where he is to serve, as well as any other facts available. When he returns the record-pak, he notices that a Mech scoops it up before the return belt can load it back into the machine.

On the journey to Fronn, he bunks with Trig Hansu, a very experienced Swordtan. In fact, all the men headed to Yorke's Horde, except himself, are very experienced and, when they reach Secundus, he only finds two other S-Threes in the Horde. Although most of the man seem to be amiable, the other S-Threes warn him to avoid Zapan Bogate. However, when they reach Fronn, Bogate and one of his buddies, Sim, decides to crowd Karr a little. When Karr chops a clutching hand, Sim slaps him in formal challenge. Karr, however, has the choice of weapons and chooses bat sticks. Although Sim proves to be an expert swordsman, he is confused by the relative lightness of the stick. Furthermore, he uses it as a rapier, but Karr waits until he can draw it across Sim's forearm, so that the pain forces Sim to drop the stick, thereby conceding the duel. Of course, Sim is furious, but the other veterans rather respect Karr for using his knowledge of the planet in this manner.

After a week of intensive drill to shake out any lingering effects of the space travel, they move out with their employer. As Karr is marching on point, they overtake a caravan of Venturi and he notices that one of the figures walks differently. His team reports his suspicions and keeps the caravan under observation until a troop of Llor cavalry flushes the suspicious wayfarer from the caravan, straight toward them. The troopers lasso the fugitive, but he sits up and fires a flamer at them. Immediately, the Combatants fire at the shooter. The robed figure proves to be a Llor, who had no business possessing a flamer, which are reserved for the Patrol. After seven Fronn days, they meet the forces of the enemy and are called to parlay, but the enemy ambush their employer and capture his men. When the Combatants talk to the enemy leader, they are told that the Terran way does not apply to Fronn.

Now that their employer is dead, they head to an auxiliary starport in the hills to get off world. The port is Venturi, but these natives soon leave to go back to their islands, leaving the building to the Terrans. They are forced indoors by a cariolis storm, but find an unusual sight after the storm: a wrecked crawler with a Vegan onboard and boxes of flamers as cargo. Then they find a downed Patrol ship in a rocky valley with bodies in Patrol uniforms laid out as for inspection.

This novel is an early Norton SF work. It has some of the signature images, including the Zacathans who crop up everywhere in the authors SF. However, in many ways it more resembles The Stars Are Ours, with Central Control as the repressive force. Nevertheless, it ends on a note of hope.

Recommended for Norton fans and anyone who enjoys alien planets and peoples as well as competent young people coping with disaster.

classic science fiction.......2001-02-06

This was the very first science fiction book I read in my life, at age 10 or 11 or so. I still have it and pull it out every few years to get some easy to read classic sci fi, and a feeling of nostalgia. Nice simple, straightforward story.

Star Guard.......2000-02-11

Terrans of the future may only leave planet as mercenaries for contract on other planets. Archs primitive weapons or Mechs modern weapons Swordsman third class Kana finds himself on a planet on such a mission with the Arch Legion only to find themselves fighting against a rebel legion of Mechs where the fate of the whole human race hanging on the outcome. classic Norton

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Planet of No Return / Star Guard
Poul; Norton, Andre Anderson
Manufacturer: Ace
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Anfernee Hardaway: Star Guard (Sports Reports)

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Anfernee Hardaway: Star Guard (Sports Reports)
Bert Rosenthal
Manufacturer: Enslow Publishers
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Battle Stars and Naval Awards Including Presidental Unit Citations and Navy Unit Commendations Earned By the Navy, Coast Guard and Marine Corps During World War II and Korea

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Battle Stars and Naval Awards Including Presidental Unit Citations and Navy Unit Commendations Earned By the Navy, Coast Guard and Marine Corps During World War II and Korea
J. W. Perkins
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Business Wire : U.S. Department of Defense To Recognize Dallas Employer as 5-Star'' Supporter of the National Guard and Reserve.

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Business Wire : U.S. Department of Defense To Recognize Dallas Employer as 5-Star'' Supporter of the National Guard and Reserve.

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Word count: 744.

Gary Payton: Star Guard (Sports Reports)

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Gary Payton: Star Guard (Sports Reports)
Ross Bernstein
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ASIN: 0766013308

Greatest Stars of the NBA Volume 11: Greatest Guards (Greatest Stars of the NBA)

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Greatest Stars of the NBA Volume 11: Greatest Guards (Greatest Stars of the NBA)
Nba , and Tokyopop
Manufacturer: TokyoPop
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ASIN: 1427804397
Release Date: 2007-09-04

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Steve Nash... Kobe Bryant... Dwayne Wade... These are just a few of the dozen superstar guards showcased in an action-packed lineup that features exclusive NBA footage! Join T and Lil' Hops as they relive Kobe's sixty-five-point game, gaze in awe at the velvety smooth jump-shots of Ray Allen, and ride shotgun with the triple-double machine that is Jason Kidd! From the most memorable games to the gravity-defying moves, this group of all-star guards will dazzle as they dish the rock with an effortless skill and an in-your-face delight.

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Better know what you are getting

The magic of this book!

It will make you fall in love with slow food.

A Beautiful and Fundamental Book

Perceptive, literate, and useful...the trifecta.

The Magic of Fire: Hearth Cooking: One Hundred Recipes for the Fireplace or Campfire
William Rubel
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Why cook by the hearth when our modern stoves offer such convenience? William Rubel's remarkable The Magic of Fire provides unexpected answers to the question, not immediately apparent to those interested in pursuing live-fire cooking and the intense flavors it produces. To be sure, the book is definitive in its exploration of open-hearth technique; readers learn everything they need to know about equipment, methods (including ash baking, ember roasting, and hearthside grilling, among others), and even about fire itself (it has various life stages, each best for a particular cooking task). Rubel also provides 100 delicious hearthside recipes for fundamental foods like roasted red peppers, ember-baked fish, pot roasts, and desserts, including bread pudding and baked apples--formulas he conscientiously walks us through.

But the book's greatest--and most exciting--virtue lies in its presentation of fire cooking not merely as a "hobbyist" project but as a means for understanding cooking itself. It does this by revealing the relationship of fire to the things it cooks; in learning, for example, that a hearthside frittata requires "a moderately mature fire with gentle to moderate flames" to cook while simple toast needs "a new to moderately mature fire with moderate to high flames," we begin to see just how cooking works. For anyone interested in this everyday but still magical feat, this is thrilling stuff. With over 100 color illustrations of the required fires (whose preparation is thoroughly detailed); a discussion of alternative cooking "venues," including campsites; and a useful food glossary, this guide, both practical and illuminating, is an unexpected treasure. --Arthur Boehm

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The Magic of Fire

Cooking on the Open Hearth by William Rubel

The open hearth is where American colonials baked their beans, English families took their tea, French country families prepared their pot au feu, and Italian mothers stirred their polenta. THE MAGIC OF FIRE explores both the techniques of hearth cooking and the poetry of hearth and flame through the ages. The recipe collection offers a fascinating glimpse into the past with authentic renditions of Brisket Baked under Ashes, Pot Roast, String-Roasted Turkey, Stockfish Stew, Chocolat Ancienne, and Tarte Tatin. With its evocative and erudite narrative and extraordinary paintings by master realist Ian Everard, THE MAGIC OF FIRE is the definitive work on open-hearth cooking.

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Better know what you are getting.......2007-07-16

It is a great looking book, but that's where everything good about it ends. The book is big and has great animation but it's not really about cooking. Granted, it has recipes but nothing particular stands out. Also, it skips a fundamental step, FIRE. What is the best way to set it up, best wood to use, how to manage it?
I was disappointed.

The magic of this book!.......2007-06-27

As a cook I like being able to step away from the stove, the variation of cooking with different "media", the experimentation. I never imagined that I could make anything other than barbeque over an open fire but Rubel's receipes and instructions are so clear and assuring that I surprise myself with every meal I've made. The recipes are outstanding! The paintings by Ian Everard are gorgeous. The actual writings, history and presentation make a beautiful package. In addition to buying a cookbook you are also buying an art book. Leave this one out before dinner for the guests to see.

It will make you fall in love with slow food........2007-06-27

The Magic of Fire is that rare coffee-table sized book -- it's the one you are going to use for more than just drooling over the pretty pictures. (Mind you, the pictures are quite droolworthy.) Rubel carefully describes the techniques of hearth cookery, and then provides a number of recipes to practice upon. Tantalizing glimpses of how fire is and has been used around the world add more spice. A must read for anyone who loves traditional foods, or even just the warmth of a good fire. I recently took my copy with me to the mountains, just because I'd have a chance to play with a campfire, something I can't do at home, and found myself looking at the fire in whole new ways.

A Beautiful and Fundamental Book.......2006-06-12

Cooking in fire and coals wasn't important to me until I ate in a humble farmhouse kitchen in the mountains of the Veneto a few years ago. The flavors of woodsmoke in the roast squab and the wild-mushroom risotto were magical. They transformed simple, lean ingredients into something amazingly rich, complex, and soul-stirring. I was haunted for months after by the memory of those flavors. Then I had one of the greatest meals of my life at Chez Panisse, which featured flame-broiled rabbit sausages and coal-roasted lamb, which was finshed in the kitchen fireplace in a puff of rosemary smoke. From my vantage in the dining room I watched the utterly simple preparation, an immemorial process, and vowed to learn whatever I could about hearth cooking. In lieu of a grandmother with traditional hearth-cooking skills, I had books, and The Magic of Fire continues to stand out above the others.

This book teaches almost everything I've needed to know to cook with fire. It starts with a lucid little essay [TOO little: I would have loved something deeper] on hearth cooking, aptly weaving the poetics of the practice into the pragmatics. It introduces the tools of the craft and provides a quick peek at various hearth-cooking methods. Again, much more detail would have been welcome, but this is a tantalizing glimpse into a craft that can absorb years of practice. There are a couple of pages on the fire itself, and a few coy words on the complications of preparing multicourse meals. Then to the food.

The food: 100 recipes of heartbreaking simplicity and flavor. Have you ever eaten a sweet red pepper roasted to blackness in wood coals? One ingredient, simply transformed, may be the most delicious vegetable you'll ever eat. Unless you've had the great fortune to have eaten a young eggplant prepared the same way. Roasted garlic-sage duck will scent the neighborhood like no lighter-fluid-marinated hamburger patty aver will. And, if you crave an instant return trip to the north Veneto, try the grilled polenta with porcini. It is unaccountably good.

You are unlikely to find such pleasures from such simple preparations anywhere else. A warning: complications, both financial and conjugal, may arrise if your dedication to these hearthside pleasures leeds you to tearing out the patio in preparation for building a dedicated outdoor fireplace and bread oven. But great pleasures are a path of no return.

Perceptive, literate, and useful...the trifecta........2005-09-06

This is written by a man who thoroughly understands his subject. The well-produced, beautiful book will take you from being the owner of a fireplace (or, for that matter, any contained open fire) and make you into an accomplished open-fire cook. Rubel shows clearly that open-hearth cooking is not only an old-fashioned way to cook, but a method which offers unparalleled control of the cooking process, sufficient to entice those without any interest in its history. Having lived for 5 years "in 1867" in a one-room apartment on Boston's Beacon Hill, lighting by candle and oil and heating and cooking on an open, Rumford fireplace, I think I can offer a unique perspective on Mr. Rubel's methods and practice. Buy this book--you will not regret it!

The Magic of Fire: Hearth Cooking: One Hundred Recipes for the Fireplace Or Campfire

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The Magic of Fire: Hearth Cooking: One Hundred Recipes for the Fireplace Or Campfire
William Rubel
Manufacturer: Ten Speed Press
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ASIN: B000N65ZII

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