Category Archives: Travel Guides
The Dark Side Of Love
Rafik Schami’s ‘The Dark Side of Love” is a story of forbidden love set against the background of Arabic culture and endless feuds between clans. On publication it became international bestseller and here has been translated by the award-winning Anthea Bell.A dead man hangs from the portal of St Paul`s Chapel in Damascus. He was
Tasting Italy
Since 1533, when Catherine de Medici was accompanied by numerous cooks when she travelled to France to marry King Henri I, Italian cuisine has been considered the mother of all European fine cooking. Alice Vollenweider wrote her doctoral thesis on the influence of Italian cooking as reflected in language and has written numerous essays on
Funky Lunch
“Funky Lunch” started out from a very simple place: a desire to turn an ordinary lunchtime sandwich into something a bit different to encourage children to eat a varied and healthy lunch. Its creator thought it would be fun to post a few pics on the web, then started his blog, then got spotted by
Momofuku
From David Chang, currently the hottest chef in the culinary world, comes this his first book, written with “New York Times” food critic Peter Meehan, packed full of ingeniously creative recipes. Already a sensational world star, Chang produces a buzzing fusion of Korean/Asian and Western cuisine, creating a style of food which defies easy categorisation.
Hashi
Hashi is a book of Japanese food that replicates the famous cookery classes that Reiko runs from her south-west London home. Hashi takes the reader through the many mysteries – at least as conceived by the Western mind – of the basics of Japanese cooking. From there it steps up to favourites from the Japanese
The Farm Shop Cookbook
As farm shops continue to emerge all over Britain at an ever-increasing rate, Christine McFadden`s timely book reflects the celebration of all things British. In a simple A-Z format Christine provides recipes, cook`s notes, tips and much more for all and everything that might be found in a fully stocked farm shop in the rural
The 2000s
“The 2000s” is published by Ammomite, and features over 300 photographs from the past decade, hoping to give an insight into major historical events in Britain from 2000 to 2009.The book also hopes to show smaller occurrences that had equal, if not greater, significance for the people of Britain: Amid a climate of flooding, heat
London Fragments
On ten strolls through some of the most interesting areas of London, Rudiger Gorner explores the literary landscape of the capital. He meets Shakespeare, Heine and Hogarth south of the river, finds Virginia Woolf and Lady Ottoline Morell in Bloomsbury, discovers Blake and Trollope in Westminster, happens on the Carlyles in Chelsea, comes across John
Portrait of The Gulf Stream
The long term future of the Gulf Stream is now under threat; the Arctic ice is melting and the fear among oceanographers is that the cold water will not sink in the Norwegian Sea, thus switching off this transatlantic heat conveyer. Northern Europe would then freeze, and this apparent paradox – that global warming could
Asian Absences
Asian Absences is the contemplative and lyrical narrative of a traveller whose sensory and spiritual journey takes him from Copenhagen to Eastern Asia. En route, he passes through a feverish India and an abandoned hospital for lepers, undertakes a hallucinogenic mountain pilgrimage with shamans in Kathmandu, embarks on an industrial oil tanker to Singapore, and
Provence: People – Places – Food: A Cultural Guide
From the breathtaking heights of the Luberon, to the azure blue of the Mediterranean coast, delight in the sight and scents of the lavender, of pine trees wafting on the breeze and the taste of fruity wine and fresh seafood. Artists, painters, writers and discerning travellers from royalty to rock stars have long been attracted
In Byron`s Footsteps
When Tessa de Loo saw Albania for the first time, no foreigners were allowed to enter. Filled with a great curiosity, longing, and a sense of wonderment by this isolated land, de Loo gazed toward the mountains that stood like `the backs of patiently waiting elephants` across the water from Corfu. Inspired by the famous
The Evolutionist: The Strange Tale of Alfred Wallace
It is the year 1852, and the origin of species remains a mystery. In a primitive hut in the remote Amazonian jungle, Alfred Wallace, a brilliant young collector of scientific specimens, lies wasted by tropical illness. He does not expect to survive. Healed by a village shaman, Wallace continues his pioneering fieldwork in the Malay
Sailing By Starlight
Capus takes us on an exploratory journey via the loss of a Spanish vessel laden with gold and jewels in the South Seas, the burial of treasure, an ancient map, and a long and dangerous voyage across the Pacific, to prove that Robert Louis Stevenson`s `treasure island` actually exists; and that it exists in a
The Leipzig Affair
The year is 1985. East Germany is in the grip of communism. Magda, a brilliant but disillusioned young linguist, is desperate to flee to the West. When a black market deal brings her into contact with Robert, a Scottish research student at Leipzig University, she conceives a plan to escape. Robert stumbles into a complex
Distress Signals & IALA Buoyage Card
Buoyage/ Distress signals laminated card. Side One – IALA Buoyage – Region A and the Mediterranean, Port and Starboard Lateral Marks, Cardinal Marks, Isolated Danger Marks, Safe Water Marks, Special Marks, Preferred Channel Marks, Emergency Wreck Marks, Light sequences. Distress Signals: Side two – This shows the distress signals likely to be of most relevance
