Category Archives: Travel Guides
A Burglar`s Guide to the City
At the heart of Geoff Manaugh`s A Burglar`s Guide to the City is an unexpected and thrilling insight: the city as seen through the eyes of robbers. From experts on both sides of the law, readers learn to understand the city as an arena of possible tunnels and picked locks and architecture itself as an
High Line: The Inside Story of New York City`s Park in the Sky
How two New Yorkers led the transformation of a derelict elevated railway into a grand and beloved open space The High Line, a new park atop an ele-vated rail structure on Manhattan`s West Side, is among the most innovative urban reclamation projects in memory. The story of how it came to be is a remarkable
The Clearing: A memoir of art, family and mental health
This house has been a regular presence in my life for as long as I can remember. My heart has sunk a little every time I walk in . . .Samantha Clark enjoyed a busy career as an artist before returning home to Glasgow to take care of the house that her parents had left
The Shard: The Vision of Irvine Sellar
`We were told we would never get planning consent and we did. We were told we would never be able to fund it and we did. Then we were told we would never be able to build it and we did.` Irvine Sellar In 2000, Irvine Sellar, a former market trader famous for helping to
The Last Romeo: A razor-sharp, laugh-out-loud debut
`If you liked Bridget Jones`s Diary, try this` BBC News`So funny and sharp, yet tender and emotional too. I loved it!` Jill Mansell`I adored The Last Romeo . . . funny, clever and warm` Adam Kay, author of This is Going to Hurt`A savagely funny and occasionally poignant journey` Red Magazine*****James is 34 and fed
Woman in the Wilderness: My Story of Love, Survival and Self-Discovery
My life is free, random and spontaneous. This in itself creates enormous energy and clarity in body and mind – Miriam LancewoodMiriam Lancewood is a young Dutch woman living a primitive, nomadic life in the heart of the mountains with her New Zealand husband. She lives simply in a tent or hut and survives by
Beyond the Footpath: An inspiring guide to walking mindfully to places of meaning
`A treasure-trove of inspiration . . . [Beyond the Footpath] shows us how to make the most of the calm beauty of the natural world that surrounds us, as well as offering practical guidance on where to find – and how to travel to – those special places` Raynor Winn, bestselling author of The Salt
Beyond the Footpath: Mindful Adventures for Modern Pilgrims
A pilgrimage – long, short, secular or religious – gives you the opportunity to step out of your day-to-day routine and follow a path that promises meaning, a little magic and the space to breathe.`Beyond the Footpath` will take you on a journey to places of spiritual or personal significance – and show you how
Love Letters from Montmartre
`Enchanting. Reading Barreau is like having me-time with your best friend` NINA GEORGE, author of The Little Paris Bookshop`Heart-breaking . . . touching and magical until the very last page` ELLE Julien Azoulay is famous around the world for his beautiful romance novels. But last year, he stopped believing in love. When his beloved wife
Adventure Revolution: The life-changing power of choosing challenge
Signed by the authorFor the past 25 years, Belinda Kirk`s professional life has revolved around adventure. She`s seen it change people first hand: turning the timid into the confident, the addicted into the recovering, and the lost into the intentionally wandering. As a force for change, adventure can be powerful like few others.This book is
Remembered – Longlisted for the 2020 Jhalak Prize
Longlisted for the 2020 Jhalak PrizeIt is 1910 and Philadelphia is burning. The last place Spring wants to be is in the rundown, coloured section of a hospital surrounded by the groans of sick people and the ghost of her dead sister. But as her son Edward lays dying, she has no other choice.There`re whispers
Rainbow Milk: an Observer 2020 Top 10 Debut
AN OBSERVER TOP TEN DEBUT 2020`Sensuous and thrillingly well written`, Observer `When did you last read a novel about a young, black, gay, Jehovah Witness man from Wolverhampton who flees his community to make his way in London as a prostitute? This might be a debut, but Mendez is an exciting, accomplished and daring storyteller
This Brutal House – Longlisted for the 2020 Jhalak Prize
Longlisted for the 2020 Jhalak PrizeShortlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize 2019″A true force of fierceness and beauty”Olivia Laing”`This Brutal House` leaves its reader full of a powerful, protesting energy” Irish Times”A powerful and poetic book” Kerry HudsonOn the steps of New York`s City Hall, five ageing Mothers sit in silent protest. They are the
The Vanishing Half – Longlisted for the 2021 Women`s Prize for Fiction
Longlisted for the 2021 Women`s Prize for Fiction”An utterly mesmerising novel..I absolutely loved this book” Bernardine Evaristo, winner of the Booker Prize 2019″Epic” Kiley ReidThe Vignes twin sisters will always be identical. But after growing up together in a small, southern black community and running away at age sixteen, it`s not just the shape of
The Novel Habits of Happiness
Isabel Dalhousie is one of Edinburgh`s most generous (but discreet) philanthropists – but should she be more charitable? She wonders, sometimes, if she is too judgmental about her niece`s amorous exploits, too sharp about her housekeeper`s spiritual beliefs, too ready to bristle in battle against her enemies. As the editor of the Review of Applied
The Lie of the Land
`Terrific, page-turning, slyly funny` India Knight`As satisfying a novel as I have read in years` Sarah Perry`Absolutely magnificent` Marian KeyesQuentin and Lottie Bredin, like many modern couples, can`t afford to divorce. Having lost their jobs in the recession, they can`t afford to go on living in London; instead, they must downsize and move their three
Dominion: The Making of the Western Mind
`If great books encourage you to look at the world in an entirely new way, then Dominion is a very great book indeed . . . Written with terrific learning, enthusiasm and good humour, Holland`s book is not just supremely provocative, but often very funny` Sunday Times History Book of the YearChristianity is the most
An Orchestra of Minorities – Shortlisted for the 2019 Man Booker Prize
Shortlisted for the 2019 Man Booker Prize”Timely, portentous and powerful, Obioma`s second novel confirms his remarkable talent” Independent”Chigozie Obioma truly is the heir to Chinua Achebe” New York Times Book ReviewUmuahia, Nigeria. Chinonso, a young poultry farmer, sees a woman attempting to jump to her death from a highway bridge. Horrified by her recklessness, Chinonso
