Category Archives: Travel Guides
Mislaid
Startlingly radical, dazzlingly witty, unlike anything that has come before – this is the most exciting novel you will read this year. `Nell Zink is a writer of extraordinary talent and range. Her work insistently raises the possibility that the world is larger and stranger than the world you think you know.` Jonathan Franzen Virginia,
When in French: Love in a Second Language
A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARDOES `I LOVE YOU` EVEN MEAN THE SAME THING AS `JE T`AIME`? When Lauren Collins met a Frenchman at a party one night in London, she had no idea that she would one day wake up to find herself married to him, living in Geneva. Feeling almost voiceless
Short Walks in Cornwall
A practical little walk guide to Cornwall endorsed by the Ramblers. All of the 20 walks are 5 miles or under in length and can easily be completed in less than 3 hours. Clear Ordnance Survey maps show the route, along with easy-to-follow walk descriptions. Cornwall forms the tip of the south-west peninsula of the
Short Walks in Dorset
A practical little walk guide to Dorset endorsed by the Ramblers. All of the 20 walks are 5 miles or under in length and can easily be completed in less than 3 hours. Clear Ordnance Survey maps show the route, along with easy-to-follow walk descriptions. The southern English county of Dorset contains stunning coastal scenery
Short Walks in Northumbria
A practical little walk guide to Northumbria endorsed by the Ramblers. All of the 20 walks are 5 miles or under in length and can easily be completed in less than 3 hours. Clear Ordnance Survey maps show the route, along with easy-to-follow walk descriptions. Northumbria offers diverse landscapes: the scenic North Sea Coast with
SOE Manual: How to be an Agent in Occupied Europe
The actual course given to all secret agents in SOE before working behind enemy lines. It includes everything you needed to know to go undercover – from documents, cover stories and how to live off the land to how to get through an interrogation. The Special Operations Executive (SOE) was a secret British World War
Smell of Summer Grass: Pursuing Happiness at Perch Hill
The Smell of Summer Grass is the story of the years spent in finding and building a personal idyll, sometimes a dream, sometimes a nightmare, by writer Adam Nicolson and his wife, cook and gardener, Sarah Raven. Without knowing one end of a hay baler from the other, Adam Nicolson and Sarah Raven, fed up
House of Spies
Gabriel Allon is back and out for revenge From the No.1 New York Times bestselling author of The Black Widow comes the thrilling new blockbuster featuring legendary spy, assassin and art restorer Gabriel Allon. Four months after the deadliest attack on the American homeland since 9/11, terrorists leave a trail of carnage through London`s West
The Fire Child
The chilling new psychological thriller by S. K. Tremayne, author of the Sunday Times No. 1 bestseller, THE ICE TWINS. It only took six words to shatter her dreams…When Rachel marries dark, handsome David, everything seems to fall into place. Swept from single life in London to the beautiful Carnhallow House in Cornwall, she gains
The Golden Age of Murder
A real-life detective story, investigating how Agatha Christie and colleagues in a mysterious literary club transformed crime fiction, writing books casting new light on unsolved murders whilst hiding clues to their authors` darkest secrets. This is the first book about the Detection Club, the world`s most famous and most mysterious social network of crime writers.
The Last Grain Race
An engaging and informative first-hand account of the last `grain race` of maritime history, from respected travel writer Eric Newby. In 1939, a young Eric Newby – later renowned as a travel writer of exceptional talent – set sail aboard Moshulu, the largest sailing ship still employed in the transportation of grain from Australia to
Astronomy Photographer of the Year: Collection 3: Collection 3
All the winning and shortlisted images from the 2014 Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition, which is organized by the Royal Observatory, Greenwich. The images are submitted in one of the following categories: * Earth and Space * Our Solar System * Deep Space * Young Astronomy Photographer of the Year And can also be
Tibetan Book of the Dead
Renowned for centuries as a classic of Buddhist wisdom and religious thought. It has become influential in the western world for its insight into the process of death and dying. Translated by the Buddhist scholar Robert Thurman and with a forward by the Dalai Lama.
The Sinking Admiral
The Floating Admiral was the first of the Detection Club`s collaborative novels, in which twelve of its members wrote a single novel. Eighty-five years later, fourteen members of the club have once again collaborated to produce The Sinking Admiral. `The Admiral` is a pub in the Suffolk seaside village of Crabwell, The Admiral Byng. `The
The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher
A brilliant – and rather transgressive – collection of short stories from the double Man Booker Prize-winning author of `Wolf Hall` and `Bring Up the Bodies`. Hilary Mantel is one of Britain`s most accomplished and acclaimed writers. In these ten bracingly subversive tales, all her gifts of characterisation and observation are fully engaged, summoning forth
No Man`s Land
From the slums of London to the riches of an Edwardian country house; from the hot, dark seams of a Yorkshire coalmine to the exposed terrors of the trenches, Adam Raine`s journey from boy to man is set against the backdrop of a society violently entering the modern world. Adam Raine is a boy cursed
A History of Architecture in 100 Buildings
This stunning book by renowned television historian Dan Cruickshank tells the history of architecture through the stories of 100 iconic buildings.Journeying through time and place, from the ancient Egyptian pyramids to the soaring skyscrapers of Manhattan, renowned architectural historian Dan Cruickshank explores the most impressive and characterful creations in world architecture.His selection includes many of
Made at Home: The Food I Cook for the People I Love
From Tuscan tomato and bread soup to monkfish stew, simple spaghettis or lemon and pistachio polenta cake, Made at Home is a colourful collection of the food that Giorgio Locatelli loves to prepare for family and friends. Over 150 simple family recipes from the bestselling chef With recipes that reflect the places he calls home,
The Forgotten Soldier: He Went off to Fight in the Great War – and Never Came Home
Bestselling author Charlie Connelly returns with a First World War memoir of his great uncle, Edward Connelly, who was an ordinary boy sent to fight in a war the likes of which the world had never seen. But this is not just his story; it is the story of all the young forgotten soldiers who
The Wild Truth: The Secrets That Drove Chris McCandless into the Wild
The key missing piece of Jon Krakauer`s multi million, multi territory bestseller and widely acclaimed Sean Penn film Into the Wild is finally revealed by his best friend and sister, Carine. The story of Chris McCandless, who gave away his savings, hitchhiked to Alaska, walked into the wilderness alone, and starved to death in 1992,
