Category Archives: Travel Guides
Max`s Sandwich Book: The Ultimate Guide to Creating Perfection Between Two Slices of Bread
“Genius! Changed the way I`m going to eat from now on… These sandwiches are epic!” Hairy Bikers`Max`s Sandwich Book` is the ultimate guide to creating perfection between two slices of bread.Max Halley owns Britain`s most amazing sandwich shop. After working in some of the country`s best restaurants, he realised that the sandwich, humanity`s greatest invention,
A Sunday in Ville-d`Avray
Translated from French by John Cullen”Beguiling and immensely enjoyable.” Irish Times`I was in the melancholy state of mind that often comes over me when I go to see my sister, and I think I started by getting a little lost…`It`s a Sunday in early September and a woman leaves muggy Paris to visit her sister
Please Read This Leaflet Carefully
Karen Havelin`s `Please Read This Leaflet Carefully` is a life told in reverse and a subversion of what we expect from stories of illness. Having been diagnosed with endometriosis in her twenties, we follow Laura Fjellstad in her struggle to live a normal life across New York, Paris and Oslo, fueled by her belief that
London Incognita
Includes the Shirley Jackson Award shortlisted Judderman.London Incognita chronicles a city caught in the cycle of perpetual decline and continuous renewal: the English capital, groaning under the weight of two-thousand years of history, as seen through the eyes of its desperate and troubled inhabitants.A malicious presence from the 1970s resurfaces in the fevered alleyways of
Dead Relatives
Iris has never left the big house in the country she shares with Mammy and the servants. When The Ladies arrive, she finds that she must appease her dead relatives. Other stories in this collection explore themes of motherhood and the fragile body, family dynamics and small town tensions, unusual traditions and metamorphosis.`Dead Relatives and
Number One Chinese Restaurant
Mixing business and family is a recipe for disasterThe popular Beijing Duck House in Rockville, Maryland has been serving devoted regulars for decades. Yet behind the staff`s professional smiles simmer tensions, heartaches and grudges from years of bustling restaurant life.When disaster strikes, two of the younger generation find themselves in a dangerous game that means
The Fishermen
In a small town in western Nigeria, four young brothers – the youngest is nine, the oldest fifteen – use their strict father`s absence from home to go fishing at a forbidden local river. They encounter a dangerous local madman who predicts that the oldest brother will be killed by another. This prophecy breaks their
Family Lexicon
Natalia Ginzburg wrote her masterful, Strega Prize winning novel `Family Lexicon` while living in London in the 1960s. Homesick for her big, noisy Italian family, she summoned them in this novel, which is a celebration of the routines and rituals, in-jokes and insults and, above all, the repeated sayings that make up every family.The father,
Map of Another Town
M F K Fisher moved to Aix-en-Provence with her daughters after the Second World War.In `Map of Another Town`, she traces the history of this ancient and famous town, known for its tree-lined avenues, pretty fountains and ornate facades.Beyond the tourist sights, Fisher introduces us to its inhabitants: the waiters and landladies, down-and-outs and local
Meteorology Activity Book: Activities about wind and rain and sunshine and rainbows!
Meteorology is the study of the weather and climates, coming from the Greek word `meteoros`, meaning `in the air`. Fascinated forecasters can discover all about different climates by reading the simple explanations and doing the beautifully illustrated activities on each page. Start a lifelong passion for meteorology and inspire children to understand the weather around
At the Pond: Swimming at the Hampstead Ladies` Pond
“This book of essays is something to hold on to and re-read when we cannot be there in person. Pure joy.” Financial TimesTucked away along a shady path towards the north-east edge of Hampstead Heath is a sign: Women Only. This is the Kenwood Ladies` Bathing Pond.Floating in the Pond`s silky waters, hidden by a
Food Chains: Who Eats What?
Plants photosynthesise sunshine into food, primary consumers eat the plants and secondary consumers eat the primary consumers. Nobody eats the apex predators at the top of the pile! And the decomposers break it all down… Trace the Sun`s energy as it travels along food chains, through seven different ecosystems, sustaining life all over the planet.
Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle
Found at the corner of Goodge Street, a goose and a black felt hat. Mr Henry Baker can have the same by applying at 6.30 this evening at 221B, Baker Street.It`s 27th December and Sherlock Holmes has a new mystery to solve. Who is the unlucky owner of the shabby hat and festive goose dropped
Understanding the Ypres Salient: An Illuminating Battlefield Guide
This work aims to provide the reader with a clear understanding of what happened in Ypres Salient between 1914 and 1918. It sets out to transport the visitor around sites of importance for the First, Second and Third Battle of Ypres, and in so doing to bring the battlefield to life. It will augment existing
Happiness, As Such
“Dear Michele, she wrote, I`m writing principally to tell you that your father is sick. Go visit him. He says he hasn t seen you for days.”Michele is the beloved only son of a large dysfunctional family in 1970s Rome. Headstrong and independent, he has disappeared to England to escape the dangers of his radical
Civil War London: A Military History of London Under Charles I and Oliver Cromwell
London was the critical location throughout the English Civil Wars – a fact that has been emphasised by countless historians, with some going as far to say that by fleeing his capital in January 1642, King Charles I lost the war several months before the fighting actually started. Most studies focus on London as the
Puligny-Montrachet: Journal of a Village in Burgundy
“Not just one of the best books on wine, it`s one of the best books on France.” Michael Palin”Puligny is quiet except for the barking of dogs behind the closed gates of stone houses and the gentle susurration of fermenting wine, audible only in the imagination.”For more than two hundred and fifty years wine lovers
Brolliology: A History of the Umbrella in Life and Literature
Humans have been making, using, perfecting, and decorating umbrellas for millennia – holding them over the heads of rulers, signalling class distinctions, and exploring their full imaginative potential in folk tales and novels. In the spirit of the best literary gift books, Brolliology is a beautifully designed and illustrated tour through literature and history.
English Uprising: Brexit and the Mainstreaming of the Far-Right
On the morning of Friday 24 June, the United Kingdom entered a new political era. Britons awoke to the news that 52% of the country had voted to leave the European Union. `Brexit` reflected perhaps the biggest vote of no confidence in the political establishment in modern British history. Despite the vote leading to shock
