Chetham mark mcbride james (2 resultados)

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - A Ski Chalet Cookbook. Full of easy recipes for groups of hungry skiers. Ideal for self-catering ski holidays for families and large groups. Plenty of money-saving recipes to get the most from your holiday funds.It tells the story of one family and their purchase of a new Ski Chalet in the French Alps 'off the plan'. The location of the proposed ski chalet was only an alpine meadow full of wild flowers when James McBride, the author saw it in the late Spring of 1989. The story of his stormy relationship with the developer Max Bochaton 'Zees means Pussycat en Anglais', reveals both exasperation, humour and affection, until finally there is grief as Max comes to a premature end.The book is dedicated to the memory of Max Bochaton. He was 'an incorrigible rogue' who was always upsetting the local residents of the scenic Vallee d'Abondance in Haute-Savoie, but at his funeral there was not a dry eye in the house.He was sorely missed - not least by the local Gendarmes. who would now have to devote their attention to stopping other errant motorists on the mountain roads.Max was a brilliant car-driver (early Paris-Dakar Rally entrant etc) and on those dangerous alpine roads he was King. He may have been over the top, but he never went over the edge.…

Condición: New. &Uumlber den AutorJames McBride - born in Chester, UK, the oldest of four sons. Always wanted to fly aeroplanes for a living since he was a little boy. On leaving school he worked as a Nurse, then had a career change in his twenties. Jo.