Category Archives: Accessories
Leading with Dignity: How to Create a Culture That Brings Out the Best in People
Winner of the 2019 PROSE award in the Business, Management and Finance category What every leader needs to know about dignity and how to create a culture in which everyone thrives”With engaging intelligence, Hicks makes a lucid case for the importance of acknowledging a person`s worth within organizations and businesses. . . . For anyone
Why Food Matters
From the author of Ten Restaurants That Changed America, an exploration of food`s cultural importance and its crucial role throughout human history”A rich and fascinating narrative that reaches deep into the historical and cultural larder of societal experience, powerfully illustrating the myriad ways that food matters as an essential condiment for humanity.”-Danny Meyer, founder of
A Black Boy at Eton
`The story [Onyeama] had to tell was so gripping and shocking, it wouldn`t let me go . . . A remarkably well-written memoir.` Bernardine Evaristo, from the IntroductionDillibe was the second black boy to study at Eton – joining in 1965 – and the first to complete his education there. Written at just 21, this
My Fathers` Daughter
A powerful, intimate memoir of Eritrean-British journalist, Hannah Pool, who returns to Eritrea at the age of 30 to meet her family for the first timeIn 1974 Hannah Pool was adopted from an orphanage in Eritrea and brought to England by her white adoptive father. She grew up unable to imagine what it must be
Sequins for a Ragged Hem
A beautifully atmospheric memoir and travelogue from poet Amryl Johnson depicting her journey from the UK to Trinidad in the 1980sSequins for a Ragged Hem narrates Johnson`s return tour to Trinidad as a spiritual homecoming made problematic, among other reasons, by the fact that the house where she was born had been demolished.Amryl Johnson came
The Allotment Cookbook
Telling the food story of spring, summer, autumn and winter, this is the definitive guide to cooking the right things all through the year. When it comes to the tastiest food, keeping in touch with the rhythm of nature allows us to cook the most delicious recipes with the freshest, most flavoursome ingredients. Each dish
The Fellowship of the Ring: The Lord of the Rings, Part 1
Continuing the story begun in The Hobbit, this is the first part of Tolkien`s epic masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings, featuring a striking black cover based on Tolkien`s own design, the definitive text, and a detailed map of Middle-earth.Sauron, the Dark Lord, has gathered to him all the Rings of Power – the means
The Two Towers: The Lord of the Rings, Part 2
Building on the story begun in The Hobbit, this is the second part of Tolkien`s epic masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings, featuring a striking black cover based on Tolkien`s own design, the definitive text, and a detailed map of Middle-earth.Frodo and the Companions of the Ring have been beset by danger during their quest
The Return of the King: The Lord of the Rings, Part 3
Concluding the story begun in The Hobbit, this is the final part of Tolkien`s epic masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings. Featuring a striking black cover based on Tolkien`s own design, the definitive text, and a detailed map of Middle-earth.The armies of the Dark Lord are massing as his evil shadow spreads ever wider. Men,
Literature and Cartography: Theories, Histories, Genres
Literary authors have frequently called on elements of cartography to ground fictional space, to visualize sites, and to help readers get their bearings in the imaginative world of the text. Today, the convergence of digital mapping and globalization has spurred a cartographic turn in literature. This book gathers leading scholars to consider the relationship of
Bicycling Science
The bicycle is almost unique among human-powered machines in that it uses human muscles in a near-optimum way. This new edition of the bible of bicycle builders and bicyclists provides just about everything you could want to know about the history of bicycles, how human beings propel them, what makes them go faster, and what
Goodnight World
From the rainforest to the grasslands and the desert to the oceans, Goodnight World by Rebecca Parkinson takes you on a journey around the world to say goodnight to all the animals as they settle down for sleep. This is the perfect bedtime story book for kids aged 3-5, filled with delightful full-colour illustrations that
Politically Correct Bedtime Stories
`Essential reading for adults of all ages … the wisest, funniest, most thoughtful thing yet written on the subject of PC` ObserverIn this bestselling classic, James Finn Garner has rewritten classic stories for more enlightened times; from Snow White`s relationship with seven vertically challenged men, Little Red Riding Hood, her grandma and the cross-dressing wolf
A House in Flanders
In 1951 Michael Jenkins, then 14 years old, spent the summer with “the aunts in Flanders.” His “aunts” were a group of elderly women whose connection to his family had never been explained but they immediately embraced him and he quickly became entwined in the lives of an extended family of aunts, uncles and cousins.
Making the Modern Slum: The Power of Capital in Colonial Bombay
In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Bombay was beset by crises such as famine and plague. Yet, rather than halting the flow of capital, these crises served to secure it. In colonial Bombay, capitalists and governors, Indian and British alike, used moments of crisis to justify interventions that delimited the city as a
The Hairy Dieters: Good Eating
Following on from their multi-million selling diet books, THE HAIRY DIETERS and THE HAIRY DIETERS: EAT FOR LIFE, the Hairy Bikers share more delicious low-calorie recipes and easy-to-follow advice. Si King and Dave Myers, aka the Hairy Bikers, have been entertaining and feeding Britain with their unique blend of tasty recipes, cheeky humour and motorbike
The Dumpling Sisters Cookbook: Over 100 Favourite Recipes from a Chinese Family Kitchen
`The Dumpling Sisters are super cute, they know how to cook, they`ve got good flavours goin` on!` JAMIE OLIVER Amy and Julie Zhang have been entertaining and educating their thousands of followers on YouTube with their recipes for deliciously easy homemade Chinese food. Destined to be adored by every Chinese food lover, THE DUMPLING SISTERS
The Hairy Dieters: Fast Food
Following on from their multi-million selling diet books, THE HAIRY DIETERS, THE HAIRY DIETERS EAT FOR LIFE and THE HAIRY DIETERS: GOOD EATING, the Hairy Bikers are back with more delicious low-cal recipes, that can all be made under 30 minutes. THE HAIRY DIETERS: FAST FOOD is jam-packed with tasty recipes for breakfast and brunch,
