Category Archives: Travel Guides
Garden Notes
An invaluable journal for novice and experienced gardeners alike. Whether you are looking for a useful place to plan your garden layout or somewhere to record the results and successes of different seed types and plant varieties, Garden Notes will prove to be an invaluable resource. Use the blank pages to sketch your thoughts for
5000 Years of Chinese Art
hrough this book, international readers will better understand Chinese art and culture as a major part of world heritage. Nearly two hundred full-colour plates have been arranged chronologically, one to a page, to ensure sufficient space for each work of art. Brief texts below the pieces explain their features and the stories behind them. Paintings,
The China Tea Book
Steeped in romanticism, `The China Tea Book` focuses on the land where tea was born China. A host of facts and tales associated with this magical infusion that has enjoyed five thousand years of popularity are narrated in a style that brims with culture, charm and good taste. Passionate yet rigorously researched, refined but eminently
World War One
With the centenary of the outbreak of the `The Great War` coming in 2014, World War One, A Very Peculiar History commemorates the events of the time by looking at some of the incredible lengths, no matter how risky or bizarre, people went to to defend their country. From front pigs to hairy beasts, author
Robert Burns – A Very Peculiar History
Taking a unique look at one of the most acclaimed and best-loved poets, Robert Burns, A Very Peculiar History provides a fascinating insight into the life and times of Scotland`s national poet. We learn about his romantic, tragic life, his journey from underdog to celebrity and about his family and childhood. With much reference to
God On Every Wind
Philomena is a born rebel, disillusioned with her middle-class comfort and the expectations of her parents. Nestor is an impoverished African exile with the heart of a poet. When the two meet by chance on the streets of 1960s Bombay, their attraction will change their lives forever. Spanning two continents and following a story of
Cricket. A Very Peculiar History
In Cricket, A Very Peculiar History Jim Pipe uniquely explores one of this nation`s greatest and the second biggest spectator sport on the planet. From the hazy bat-and-ball origins of the game to the biggest celebrity players of today, this book is a fascinating insight into the popular sport. Filled to the brim with quirky
Say Goodbye To The Boys
A serial killer is on the loose in a sleepy, Welsh seaside town, picking off victims like some people pick cockles…The year is 1947 and three young men have recently been demobbed and are back at home in north Wales. It`s the start of good weather and they`re enjoying being alive. They share the favours
World War Two. A Very Peculiar History
World War Two, A Very Peculiar History explores the most destructive event of the twentieth century, a war that defined and shaped the world we live in today. Jim Pipe introduces the nations, as well as individuals, that participated and the politics that drove them, alongside the Cherished Library-style fascinating trivia and quirky facts. In
No More France Please
With the summer beckoning, life in France seems the ultimate dream for all of us rosbifs. But behind the sun, the wine, and the beautifully honey-coloured houses what is the reality of actually living in France? Based on her own experiences, those of her friends and of the many readers who write in to her
Banksy Myths and Legends
No single living artist has created as many myths, rumours and legends as Banksy. Many of the tales in this book are from Bristol, some are from further afield. What they share is that they are all told with the wide eyed wonder which Banksy inspires. Collated between 2009 and 2011 some of these stories
The Folly of French Kissing
After being innocently embroiled in a school scandal, teacher Judith Hay decides there is only one thing she can do and that is leave Britain. The small village of Vevey in the Languedoc near Montpellier seems the perfect answer. Life is cheap and the views are pretty. Vevey, however, may well be the French answer
French Country Cooking
First published sixty years ago while food rationing was still in force, Elizabeth David used this book to introduce to the nation`s bland palate, ingredients and recipes previously undiscovered in post-war Britain. Many people of that era had never experienced anything other than British cooking – meat, two veg and a nice steamed pudding. She
Round the World in Eighty Dishes
Round the World in Eighty Dishes ‘“ The World Through the Kitchen Window by Lesley Blanch is a delicate blend of travel anecdotes and recipes inspired by the writer’s frequent trips to destinations around the globe during the first half of the twentieth century. Lesley Blanch, best known for The Wilder Shores of Love and
Seasonal European Dishes
From all over Europe from Scotland to the Mediterranean, from Hungary to Cornwall, Elisabeth Luard has collected descriptions of traditional feasts and festivals, many of which she has experienced first hand, and hundreds of recipes for the dishes appropriate to them. As well as being a unique and wonderfully readable cookery book, European Festival Food
Cold Hearts
On a frosty January day in Bergen, Private Detective Varg Veum is visited by a prostitute. Her friend Margrethe has disappeared and hasn`t been seen for days. Before her disappearance, something had unsettled her: she`d turned away a customer and returned to the neighbourhood in terror. Shortly after taking the case, Veum is confronted with
Slow Train to Guantanamo
Starting in the ramshackle but romantic capital of Havana, Peter Millar travels with ordinary Cubans, sharing anecdotes, life stories and political opinions to the far end of the island, the Guantanamo naval base and detention camp.
The Whales Know: Travels Along the Baja California Peninsula
Revisiting some of the locations seen by John Steinbeck, Pino Cacucci travels the length of Baja California–the world`s longest peninsula. Along the way, he hears the story of a man still suffering from injuries sustained during his past life as a pirate, tales of buried treasure chests, and of the trials of Jesuit missionaries among
Skidoo: A Journey Through the Ghost Towns of the American West
In the company of bank robbers and grave diggers, desperados and cunning Indians, brewers and failing inventors, Alex Capus visits the Wild West`s ghost towns, where he descends into a disused silver mine and looks for traces left by the robbers who held-up stage coaches in Death Valley. Capus discovers stories that are a match
Lady Chatterley`s Villa: D.H. Lawrence on the Italian Riviera
November 1925 found David and Frieda Lawrence on the Italian Riviera, looking for sun, sea air, and health. The Lawrences were exhilarated by life in their rented villa, set amid olive groves and vineyards, with a view of the sparkling Mediterranean. The drab English winter couldn`t have been farther away. But before long Frieda found
