The Butterfly Isles: A Summer in Search of Our Emperors and Admirals, similarly evocative of the British landscape, showed its author, Patrick Barkham (helped along by an underworld cast of butterfly aficionados), master the difference between pearl-bordered and small pearl-bordered fritillaries and how to spot hairstreak eggs in February in a blackthorn hedge.
People often talk about Burgundy as the most complicated wine region in the world, but mastering the differences between Barolo's 11 and Barbaresco's three villages, not to mention the array of wine styles, would reward a lifetime of study.
Even my mum does, despite not having fully mastered the difference between a click and a double-click yet.
But while there is some interplay between Jordan's films and novels, he has also mastered the difference between genres.
Although most came decades ago, it was not until recently that restaurants opened featuring traditional Persian fare, catering to those of us who had never mastered the difference between baghali and zereshk (rice dishes distinguished by their spices).
Such a journey would per force involve familiarizing yourself with Afghanistan's complex ethnic history and also involve mastering the difference between Pashtun mujahideen warlords (whose predatory actions in the south led to the rise of the Taliban in the 1990s) and moderate ethnic leaders in the north who successfully ran their realms during this period.
There are also some fine distinctions to master, like the difference between wheat and barley.
He also won twice, but a loss in Round 5 to Daniel Naroditsky, a 15-year-old international master, was the difference.
A good mastering is the difference between a closet recording and a professional studio.
But one such master, Albert Hadley, after reviewing the differences between curtains and draperies -- he never says "drapes" -- said that he prefers a simple window, often one with no curtains at all.
