If you read wine reviews, you're already either amused or confused by the soaring language wine writers often use to describe what they're smelling and tasting. But do you always know what they mean? Have you ever sipped a complex white and sensed what's so colorfully described as a peacock's tail? Have you ever savored a full-bodied red only to detect the ripe acrid smell of a horse stall? If not, you're in for a treat, because these terms and thousands more are all here to amuse, dismay, enlighten, inspire, puzzle, and utterly shock you . Welcome to the rich linguistic universe of wine speak: a world where words and wine intersect in an uncontrolled riot of language guaranteed to keep you entertained for hours. The author, a lifelong lover of both wine and words, has compiled and organized this unique thesaurus of 36,975 wine tasting descriptors into 20 special collections extracted from 27 categories so you can locate exactly the right term or phrase to express yourself clearly or to understand others. May your path across the galaxy of wine be paved only with labels from the very best bottles on earth. Or, much more cautiously, with wines that could introduce you to angel pee, citronella, eastern European fruit soup, Godzilla, iodine, ladies' underwear, mustard gas, old running shoes, rawhide, hot tar roads, bubblegum, sweaty saddles, crushed ants, kitchen drains, or even turpentine.

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This massively expanded 5th Edition of the Standard Catalog of® World Coins 2001 - Date brings you up-to-date and accurate values for a vast selection of the most recent coins produced and sold by today's World Mints, Central Banks and their distributors. The 5th edition is 20 percent larger, with 100 additional pages of exciting new issue coinage and extensive value revisions reflecting the burgeoning market for modern commemorative precious metal coins. Housed in these pages of accumulated knowledge you will find: • Current market values • KM identification numbers • Accurate mintage figures • Detailed descriptions • Photographic images • Metallic and other compositions • Precious metal weights Covering a variety of current coin issues including: • Commemorative coins of inventive shapes, sizes, colors, compositions and textures • Popular Silver and Gold commemorative coins currently rising in value • Circulation coins struck in durable metals for constant daily use • Innovative coins produced in acrylic or hosting precious gems Step into 21st Century coin collecting with confidence! Add this new 2011 Standard Catalog of® World Coins 2001 - Date to your reference library today!

Gain insight on the special inside prepress techniques of the pros. A strong and well-executed final design piece is not only a product of talented repro houses and printers. It is more often the creative process stage that makes the difference in final product and staying on schedule and on budget. This book presents great designs and reveals the prepress techniques used to help generate a great final product.

This massively expanded 6th Edition of the 2012 Standard Catalog of World Coins 2001-Date brings you up-to-date and accurate values for a vast selection of the most recent coins produced and sold by today's World Mints, Central Banks and their distributors. The 6th edition is 24 percent larger, with 144 additional pages of exciting new issue coinage and extensive value revisions reflecting the burgeoning market for modern commemorative precious metal coins. Housed in these pages of accumulated knowledge you will find: • Current market values • KM identification numbers • Accurate mintage figures • Detailed descriptions • Photographic images • Metallic and other compositions • Precious metal weights Covering a variety of current coin issues including: • Commemorative coins of inventive shapes, sizes, colors, compositions and textures • Popular silver and gold commemorative coins currently rising in value • Circulation coins struck in durable metals for constant daily use • Innovative coins produced in acrylic or hosting precious gems About the Editors George S. Cuhaj is a 17-year veteran of the Krause Publications numismatic catalog staff, a former cataloger for Stack's Rare Coins, and is a frequent instructor at the American Numismatic Association's Summer Seminars. Thomas Michael serves as market analyst for Krause Publications' world coin catalogs and has more than 20 years of experience researching and reporting on world coin prices and market trends.

Why are railroad tracks separated by the same four feet, eight inches as ancient Roman roads? How did 19th-century Europeans turn mountains of bird excrement from Peru into mountains of gold? The answers to these tantalizing questions and dozens more will be revealed.

Create the Home You’ve Always Dreamed of with Easy, Authentic Farmhouse Décor Opening A Touch of Farmhouse Charm is like taking a breath of fresh, clean country air. With the turn of each page, Liz Fourez leads you on a tour through her family’s house, restored to its 1940s rustic farm style, and teaches you how to make each handmade decoration yourself. The projects require minimal effort, yet add instant charm to any room. With your blue jeans on and a few of the most basic supplies in hand, you’ll be on your way to your dream home in no time. You’ll learn how to make a custom wood Family Name Sign for your living room, a Wooden Boot Tray on Casters for the entryway, a Ruffled Stool Slipcover for the kitchen and a Rustic Wooden Frame for the bedroom, plus decorations for the office, bathroom, kids’ bedroom and playroom. Farmhouse style is about cultivating a connection among family, home and nature; A Touch of Farmhouse Charm helps you bring the warmth and beauty of simpler times to your modern life naturally.