Category Archives: Travel Guides
Good Friday: Before Prime Suspect there was Tennison – this is her story
BEFORE PRIME SUSPECT THERE WAS TENNISON.Every legend has a beginning . . . During 1974 and 1975 the IRA subjected London to a terrifying bombing campaign. In one day alone, they planted seven bombs at locations across central London. Some were defused – some were not. Jane Tennison is now a fully-fledged detective. On the
This Green and Pleasant Land
The standout new novel by acclaimed author Ayisha Malik – perfect for fans of David Nicholls and Candice Carty-Williams.In the sleepy village of Babel`s End, trouble is brewing. Bilal Hasham is having a mid-life crisis. His mother has just died, and he finds peace lying in a grave he`s dug in the garden. His elderly
Nucleus
From the award-winning Sunday Times bestselling author of CORPUS The eve of war: a secret so deadly, nothing and no one is safe June 1939. England is partying like there is no tomorrow, gas masks at the ready. In Cambridge the May Balls are played out with a frantic intensity – but the good times
The Girl With No Home: Tears, smiles and a guaranteed happy ending
A heart-warming novel from the Queen of family saga. For fans of Katie Flynn and Rosie Goodwin.CAN SHE FINALLY FIND THE PLACE SHE BELONGS?London, 1888.Abandoned by her mother at the age of seven, Jerusha Carey is no stranger to being left behind. And later when she marries Dan Applebee, an older, reliable farmer from Kent,
The Woman Who Wanted More
Two women. One unusual cookbook. And a friendship that will show them how to savour each moment…Kate Parker is about to turn forty and her world has fallen apart. Her seemingly rock-solid relationship is suddenly up in the air, and she`s been forced to move back in with her mother. In need of some distraction,
Chasing Hornbills
Chasing Hornbills charts Simon Fenton s further adventures in Senegal. Now a father, and expanding his business interests to include a taxi firm and a restaurant, he continues to face the everyday frustrations and exhilarations that made Squirting Milk at Chameleons such a compelling and entertaining read. But as his understanding of Senegalese life and
The Hopkins Conundrum: A Tragic Comedy About Gerard Manley Hopkins and Five Shipwrecked Nuns
Tim Cleverley inherits a failing pub in Wales, which he plans to rescue by enlisting an American pulp novelist to concoct an entirely fabricated “mystery” about Gerald Manley Hopkins, who composed “The Wreck of the Deutschland” nearby. Blending the real stories of Hopkins and the shipwrecked nuns he wrote about with a contemporary love story,
Mission Possible
At the age of 23, Ash Dykes became the first person to walk, solo and unsupported, across Mongolia. Two years late he spent more than five months traversing the length of Madagascar, another world first. In Mission Possible, Ash reveals the spirit, planning, and sheer determination that went into these two record-breaking feats. Along the
The Oshun Diaries: Encounters with an African Goddess
High priestesses are few and far between, white ones in Africa even more so. When Diane Esguerra hears of a mysterious Austrian woman worshipping the Ifa river goddess Oshun in Nigeria, her curiosity is aroused.It is the start of an extraordinary friendship that sustains Diane through the death of her son and leads to a
The Mating Habits of Stags
Former farmhand Jake, now a widower in his seventies, goes on the run in the Yorkshire Dales after committing a crime.As he travels the countryside trying to avoid capture, we learn of the events of his past: the wife he loved and lost, their child that he knows cannot be his, and the deep-seated need
The Imaginary Lives of James Poneke
James Poneke is a young Maori orphan, raised by missionaries, with a burning desire to travel and explore the world. When an English artist on a tour of New Zealand invites James to return home with him, the boy eagerly accepts and agrees to become a living exhibit at the artist`s London show.By day, James
The Good Mayor
`A triumph of tone, very moving, completely convincing` – ANDREW MARR`A Baltic Brief Encounter` – INDEPENDENTEvery morning, Mayor Tibo Krovic stops off at the local cafe on his way to work. He drinks his Viennese coffee with extra figs, leaves a bag of sweets for the owner, and then continues on to his office. There
Walks on the Wild Side
Are you ready to take a walk on the seriously wild side?In the early 1980s, John Pakenham walked a total of 1,500 miles, with a series of companions from the local Turkana and Samburu tribes and their long-suffering donkeys, around a lake in the Great Rift Valley of northern Kenya.Repeatedly beset by extreme thirst and
Pockets of Pretty: An Instagrammer`s Edinburgh
This gorgeous book takes the reader on a stroll through Edinburgh`s many distinct `villages`. From the Georgian grandeur of the New Town to the fishmarket squares of historic Leith… With a local as your guide, these walks spotlight wonderful photo opportunities – ranging from iconic landmarks to hidden treasures – and include fabulous places to
Aftershock: The Quake on Everest and One Man`s Quest
Jules Mountain is a survivor. The odds of surviving his type of cancer were one in five; the odds of dying on Everest are one in sixty. But just as he reaches Base Camp in April 2015, the giant earthquake in Nepal sets off an avalanche that will kill 21. Jules is within touching distance
The Book of Hidden Things
Four friends have a pact: to meet up on the same day every year in their small hometown in southern Italy. Art, the charismatic leader of the group, has always been adamant about the pact. But this year, he doesn`t show up.Searching for him, the friends make a worrying discovery: Art has been farming marijuana,
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh: Director`s Choice
The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is one of Scotland`s most visited tourist attractions and has been cultivating and studying plants for over three centuries.Across its four garden sites, the Royal Botanic Garden`s living plant collection contains over 13,500 species from 156 countries, including some that are extinct in the wild and others new to science.
Nomad
FIND THE TRUTH BEFORE THEY FIND YOU A pulse-racing terrorist thriller – perfect for fans of I Am Pilgrim, Bourne, 24 and Homeland Marc Dane is a MI6 field agent at home behind a computer screen, one step away from the action. But when a brutal attack on his team leaves Marc as the only
The Oval: Souvenir Guidebook
The Oval is one of the world`s great cricket grounds. It was here in south London in 1882 that the legend of the Ashes was born, and many of the game`s most memorable events have taken place here, including Don Bradman`s duck in his final innings and Kevin Pietersen`s coruscating 158 that sealed England`s 2005
