Round-the-world girl on home stretch
An Australian schoolgirl bidding to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world hit the home stretch yesterday, passing South Africa’s Cape of Good Hope for her final Indian Ocean leg.Jessica Watson passed the Cape, a rocky headland near the point where the Atlantic and Indian Oceans meet, shortly after midnight GMT, marking the last landmark of her journey before she returns to …
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Sail Around the World 2013 Deluxe Wall Calendar $12.95 Each month of this 2013 deluxe wall calendar features outstanding sailing shots from all over the world, taken by the finest photographers in the sport.

Around the World in 80 Dinners $9.89 Join James Beard Award winners Cheryl and Bill Jamison, on a gastronomic tour around the world. After years of writing award-winning cookbooks, renowned culinary experts Cheryl and Bill Jamison were ready to take a break. So in the fall of 2005 they packed their bags, locked up their house in Santa Fe, and set off on a three-month-long visit to ten countries–all on frequent-flier miles. Among their stops were:BaliWhere they celebrated a second honeymoon in Ubud and encountered a rogue monkeyAustraliaWhere they found the world’s best breakfast sandwich and visited family-owned wineries ThailandWhere they took a wild ride on an elephant in an enormous forest reserveIndiaWhere they found themselves in the midst of Diwali, the Festival of Lights ChinaWhere they attended a banquet of local Chiu Chow cuisine that required hours of preparation by the “Emeril of Chaozhou” and forty cooksSouth AfricaWhere they went on a safari among rhinos, giraffes, and very hungry lions BrazilWhere they soaked in the sun and Creole flavors of the coastal town of Salvador Combining the intelligence and humor of Anthony Bourdain with the charm and insight of Frances Mayes, Around the World in 80 Dinners transforms traveling into an unforgettable odyssey.

Cakes from Around the World $20.96 In 2003 Grub Street published Julie Duff’s first book, Cakes Regional and Traditional. The book was short listed for the prestigious Glenfiddich Award and was highly praised in the press especially by Nigel Slater and Tom Parker Bowles and has established itself as the classic work on British cakes. Julie now follows that comprehensive work with an equally thorough and entertaining bible which has taken four years to research and write, by gathering together all the great cake recipes from around the world. There are recipes from Europe, Scandinavia, the Middle East, the USA, the Caribbean, the Far East, Latin America, Australia, New Zealand, as well as ones from Iceland, South Africa, Patagonia and the Gulf States. There are large cakes, small cakes, plain cakes, fancy cakes, light cakes, rich cakes, fruit cakes, spicy cakes, apple, orange and lemon cakes, coffee and chocolate cakes, iced cakes, layer cakes, sponge and yeasted cakes. Included are recipes for brownies, cupcakes, muffins, macaroons, cheesecakes, parkins, pound cakes, streusels, gingerbreads and shortbreads. Julie Duff runs Church Farmhouse Cakes from her home in Croxton Kerriel, Lincolnshire and supplies some of the country’s foremost shops with her highly praised confections. Since her first book was published she has been much in demand by the press for her cake making tips and her recipes. Last year she presented a series of regional cake recipes on Woman’s Hour for five weeks.

Around the World Spots (set of 12) $59.99 Bring geography into the gym! Each colorful numbered spot features graphics, illustrations and words relating to a particular country. Set of 12 polyvinyl 9″ spots represent the USA, Morocco, Australia, France, Iceland, England, Greece, Mexico, Italy, Japan, China and Brazil. Activity guide included. Ages 5 and up.

Australia $16.99 Sounds Of World:90176

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