Category Archives: Travel Guides
How Not to Travel the World: Adventures of a Disaster-Prone Backpacker
I had no life experience, zero common sense and had never eaten rice. I suffered from debilitating anxiety, was battling an eating disorder and had just had my heart broken. I hoped by leaving to travel the world I would be able to heal myself. Instead, Lauren`s travels were full of bad luck and near-death
A Gardener`s Miscellany
`What a desolate place would be a world without a flower! It would be a face without a smile, a feast without a welcome` – A.J. Balfour. Garden lovers everywhere will be inspired by this miscellany of quotations, poems and beautiful prose celebrating the natural world. From Jane Austen to Rudyard Kipling, this charming collection
Narrowboat Nomads: Living the Dream on the English Waterways
We were aware of a dreamlike quality to our trip. There was something far-fetched about it, something out of this world. Austerity might be getting everyone else down, but Steve is waving his worries goodbye on another of his light-hearted trips around the picturesque English waterways.This time it`s a bit different, though. This time he`s
Falling in Honey
I came here looking for some kind of happiness. I think it might be the cleverest thing I have ever done. One heartbroken winter, Jennifer decides to act on her dream of moving to a tiny Greek island – because life is too short not to reach out for what makes us happy. Funny, romantic
The Way a River Went: Following the Volga Through the Heart of Russia
Thom Wheeler is not a man to be put off by the prospect of an uncharted, impractical or downright dangerous journey. Having accidentally introduced his old school friend Vicky to Dmitry, the Russian love of her life, at the Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg, Thom decides to travel to their wedding in Astrakhan in the
Extreme Sleeps
Veteran globetrotter Phoebe Smith sets out to prove that outdoor adventures are available in the UK which rival anything found elsewhere in the world. In this sometimes scary, frequently funny and intriguing journey around the country, Phoebe attempts to discover and conquer its wildest places. From spending the night in the decaying wreckage of a
For the Love of the Archers: An Unofficial Companion
Have you ever wondered…* Why did listeners campaign to `Free the Ambridge One`? * How many of the Horrobins have spent time at Her Majesty`s pleasure? * Who fell to his untimely death from the roof of Lower Loxley Hall one stormy January night? For the answers to all these questions and many more, dive
Canoeing the Congo
An exhilarating and terrifying account of the historic first source-to-sea descent of the Congo. At 2,922 miles, the Congo is the eighth longest river and the deepest in the world, with a flow rate second only to the Amazon. Ex-Marine Phil Harwood embarked on an epic solo journey from the river`s true source in the
The Teardrop Island
Mr Fernando led me into a dark room that was lined with book-cases and smelled of leather and damp. The polished, concrete floor of the library was covered with white jasmine flowers that had blown through the windows during the storm. He began to select from the shelves a collection of disintegrating books. `If you
L`amour Actually
The woman was one of those irritating expat types who felt she owed it to the world to impart on her all her superior knowledge of life in France. I realised that if I didn`t stop her now, she`d be bending my ear all the way to Bergerac. `Actually,` I said, leaning in toward the
Life`s Too Short to Drink Bad Wine
In this informative and amusing book – updated by Jonathan Ray to include 12 new wines – Simon Hoggart provides a highly personal selection of more than 100 exciting and eclectic wines that are invariably good value. Life`s Too Short to Drink Bad Wine is aimed at the amateur wine lover prepared, occasionally, to spend
James Martin`s French Adventure: 80 Classic French Recipes
James Martin`s French Adventure sees the superstar chef journey the length and breadth of the country, sampling the very best food France has to offer. Along the way he cooks seafood in Marseille, shops at colourful Provencal markets, cooks with legendary chefs including Michel Roux and Pierre Gagnaire and explores the vineyards of Burgundy. With
Andina: The heart of Peruvian food: recipes and stories from the Andes
Shortlisted for a 2018 Edward Stanford Travel Writing Award.Andina is the cuisine of the Andes of Peru. Welcome to one of the most contemporary yet ancient cuisines in the world. Featuring over 110 delicious and unfussy recipes accompanied by fascinating stories, dazzling photography and beautiful paintings, Andina is the first ever book to capture the
To Prussia With Love
`We-have-a-house-in-the-country?`. Lena nodded solemnly. `Where?`. I almost shouted, briefly rattling the table. `No, wait, don`t tell me – it`s Todi in Umbria, right? The old manor house, the one with the lemon groves`! `Alt-Globnitz`. `Alt-Globnitz?`. Suddenly I felt cold. `Alt-Globnitz. It`s a really nice place. You will love it`. In a desperate attempt to save
Call of the White
Could you ski to the South Pole? That was the challenge that British Adventurer, Felicity Aston put to women from around the Commonwealth as she set out to create the most international all-female expedition ever to the South Pole. The team would not be experienced explorers but `ordinary` women who wanted inspire others to follow
Elizabeth David on Vegetables
Culinary legend Elizabeth David revolutionized British cooking, her recipes bringing the colour and vibrancy of sunnier climes to kitchens everywhere. This beautiful new collection celebrates Elizabeth`s best and most-loved vegetable recipes, spanning her lifetime`s cooking and featuring a range of delicious, timeless dishes filled with irresistible flavours and scents. With today`s increase in vegetarianism and
Tales From the Fast Trains
Tired of airport security queues, delays and all those extra taxes and charges, Tom Chesshyre embarks on a series of high-speed adventures across the Continent on its fast trains instead. From shiny London St Pancras, Tom travels to places that wouldn`t feature on a standard holiday wish-list, and discovers the hidden delights of mysterious Luxembourg,
The Essence of French Cooking
In this very personal book, Michel Roux distils a lifetime`s knowledge into a definitive work on French food and cooking. Based around 100 classic recipes that have stood the test of time, this lavishly illustrated book explores the diversity of French cuisine, which for centuries has influenced so many other styles of cooking around the
Greece On My Wheels
Fired by a long enthusiasm for all things Greek, Edward Enfield mounts his trusty Raleigh to follow in the footsteps of such notable travellers to Greece as Benjamin Disraeli, Edward Lear and the Romantic poet Lord Byron. Fortified by delicious fish dinners and quantities of draught retsina, he tackles the formidable roads of the Peloponnese
Brasserie Zedel: Traditions and Recipes from a Grand Brasserie
Think `grand cafe` and the image that immediately springs to mind is a decadent, smoke-filled place populated by coffee-drinking thinkers, writers and artists in 1930s Europe. Along with the brasserie, the grand cafe combines an opulent setting exclusively for the everyman. Zedel is such a place. Housed in a 1915 hotel off London`s Piccadilly Circus,
