Category Archives: Travel Guides
The Understudy
From the bestselling author of STARTER FOR TEN, ONE DAY and US, THE UNDERSTUDY is a scintillating comedy of ambition, celebrity, jealousy and love.For Josh Harper, being in show-business means everything he ever wanted – money, fame, a beautiful wife, and a lead role on the London stage. For Stephen C. McQueen, it means a
Rifling Through My Drawers
With her inimitable wit and outspoken views, Clarissa Dickson Wright opens her diary and takes us on a journey around Britain with this unrivalled collection of stories and anecdotes from her ever-eventful life. As celebrated cook and champion of the countryside, Clarissa`s year includes being propositioned by a burly greyhound courser, meeting the Chairman of
Schindler`s Ark
Schindler`s Ark tells the now-famous story of the Oskar Schindler, who for a brief period in an otherwise undistinguished life became a hero and a saviour. In the shadow of Auschwitz, a flamboyant German industrialist grew into a living legend to the Jews of Cracow. He was a womaniser, a heavy drinker and a bon
Blue Skies and Black Olives
It was a moment of mad impulse when John Humphrys decided to buy a semi-derelict cottage and a building site on a plot of land overlooking the Aegean. After all, his son Christopher was already raising his family there so he would help build the beautiful villa that would soon rise there. What could possibly
The Wrong Kind of Snow
The Wrong Kind of Snow” is the complete daily companion to how the weather made Britain. It is a fact universally acknowledged that the British are obsessed with the weather. This is not surprising as no country in the world has such unpredictable weather, with such power to rule people`s lives. Rain gave us Inspector
The Welsh Girl
In 1944, a German Jewish refugee is sent to Wales to interview Rudolf Hess; in Snowdonia, a seventeen-year-old girl, the daughter of a fiercely nationalistic shepherd, dreams of the bright lights of an English city; and in a nearby POW camp, a German soldier struggles to reconcile his surrender with his sense of honour. As
Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know
Sir Ranulph Fiennes is often described as the world’s greatest living explorer, and ‘Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know” shows that as his life story stands, this is no exaggeration.From his early military career and his time in the Special Forces to his many expeditions, his life of extraordinary achievement has been characterised by courage,
The Bone Clocks
The dazzling new novel from the bestselling author of CLOUD ATLAS. Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2014 Run away, one drowsy summer`s afternoon, with Holly Sykes: wayward teenager, broken-hearted rebel and unwitting pawn in a titanic, hidden conflict. Over six decades, the consequences of a moment`s impulse unfold, drawing an ordinary woman into a
The Devil`s Paintbrush
Witness the scene. In a Parisian restaurant Aleister Crowley, the notorious occultist, chances on Major-General Sir Hector McDonald: once one of the greatest heroes of the British Empire, now facing ruin in a shocking scandal — and vulnerable to Crowley`s curious offer of help. Follow this unlikely pair on an extraordinary night of revelation and
Vanishing Ireland
Vanishing Ireland is a unique collection of portrait interviews looking at the dying ways and traditions of Irish life and taking us back to an Ireland virtually unrecognisable to today`s post-boom generation. Illustrated with over a hundred evocative and stunning photographs, we meet the people and customs that shaped the cultural identity of the Irish
Fidel and Che
FIDEL AND CHE: A REVOLUTIONARY FRIENDSHIP is the story of the remarkable friendship between two iconic figures. Not yet thirty, Fidel Castro and Ernesto (Che) Guevara met in 1955 while both in exile in Mexico City. Guevara, the Argentine doctor plagued by asthma, had reached the end of the travels he began by motorcycle several
Sunset Oasis
As the 19th century draws to a close, the politically disgraced Mahmoud Abd El Zahir takes up his post as District Commissioner of the remote and dangerous Egyptian oasis of Siwa, knowing he has no choice. The hostile, warring natives are no surprise – but little did he expect to fall in love, his Irish
A Loyal Character Dancer
Former dancer and party loyalist Wen Liping vanishes in rural China just before she was to leave the country. Her husband, a key witness against a smuggling ring suspected of importing aliens to the US, refuses to testify until she is found and brought to join him in America. A few days later, a badly
Mad Dogs and Englishmen
Mad Dogs and Englishmen, An Expedition Round My Family follows Sir Ranulph Fiennes on his most personal voyage yet – a journey into the colourful characters of his family’s past. Not only have the family lived in the same building for twenty one successive generations, over six hundred years, they have often been present at
When Red is Black
When Inspector Chen Cao agrees to do a translation job for a Triad-connected businessman he is given a laptop, a `little secretary` to provide for his every need, medical care for his mother. There are, it seems, no strings attached …Then a murder is reported: Chen is loath to shorten his working holiday, so Sergeant
Into Danger
Into Danger sees Kate Adie set out on a journey to discover just who is attracted to living dangerously and risking their life for their work. More than anything else it is a personally motivated exploration of human capability by a woman who speaks from experience.Since her days as a frontline reporter, Kate Adie has
Spilling the Beans
Clarissa was born into wealth and privilege, as a child, shooting and hunting were the norm and pigeons were flown in from Cairo for supper. Her mother was an Australian heiress, her father was a brilliant surgeon to the Royal family. But he was also a tyrannical and violent drunk who used to beat her
The Dragon`s Tail
Harry Airton, a Scottish fisherman, has China in his blood. A chance encounter with a spook during the Korean War gives him the opportunity to return to the land of his birth and serve his goverment at the same time. They hatch a long-term plan to create the perfect spy: a triple agent with a
Wish You Were Here – England on Sea
In this gloriously original social history, Travis Elborough argues that our national character – our snobbishness and willingness to laugh at ourselves, our attitudes to sex and fair play and our chequered relationship with national pride – has been forged against a backdrop of stormy skies and pebbly beaches. Covering everything from Agatha Christie to
The Book of the Alchemist
Andalucia, 1938. The Spanish Civil War is drawing to its end. Desperate Republican soldiers holding hostages in a cathedral, plan a last, explosive act of death and destruction. One of their prisoners, ex government minister Professor Pinzon, has already lost his son to the war. He determines to save his grandson at any cost. The
