Category Archives: Travel Guides
At My Table: A Celebration of Home Cooking
Nigella Lawson is a champion of the home cook and her new book celebrates the food she loves to cook for friends and family. The recipes are warming, comforting, and inspirational, from new riffs on classic dishes ‘“ including Chicken Fricassee and Sticky Toffee Pudding ‘“ to adventures in a host of new dishes and
The Testaments – Winner of the 2019 Man Booker Prize
Joint Winner of the 2019 Man Booker PrizeMargaret Atwood’s dystopian masterpiece, `The Handmaid’s Tale`, is a modern classic. Now she brings the iconic story to a dramatic conclusion in this riveting sequel.More than fifteen years after the events of `The Handmaid’s Tale`, the theocratic regime of the Republic of Gilead maintains its grip on power,
Dear Zealots: Letters from a Divided Land
`Concise, evocative….DEAR ZEALOTS is not just a brilliant book of thoughts and ideas–it is a depiction of the struggle of one man who, for decades, has insisted on keeping a sharp, strident and lucid perspective in the face of chaos and at times of madness.` David Grossman, winner of the Man Booker International Prize This
On Chapel Sands: My mother and other missing persons – Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize
Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction “A modern masterpiece” GuardianUncovering the mystery of her mother`s disappearance as a child: Laura Cumming, prize-winning author and art critic, takes a closer look at her family story.In the autumn of 1929, a small child was kidnapped from a Lincolnshire beach. Five agonising days went by before
Surge – Longlisted for the 2020 Jhalak Prize
Longlisted for the 2020 Jhalak PrizeWinner of the Ted Hughes Award for New Work in PoetryJay Bernard`s extraordinary debut is a fearlessly original exploration of the black British archive: an enquiry into the New Cross Fire of 1981, a house fire at a birthday party in south London in which thirteen young black people were
Shadow City: A Woman Walks Kabul
“Any reader of this book is sure to discover a Kabul so unlike what the media portrays. Taran’s love of her city comes across in her enchanting evocation of a city where so many tragedies echo from across Kabul’s decades of war” Raja Shehadeh, author of `Palestinian Walks`One of the first things I was told
Train Man
It`s never too late to get back on track.Michael is a broken man. He`s waiting for the 09.46 to Gloucester, so as to reach Crewe for 11.22: the platforms are long at Crewe, and he can walk easily into the path of a high-speed train to London. He`s planned it all: a net of tangerines
The Porpoise – Shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize 2019
Shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize 2019″`I really am so very, very sorry about this,` he says, in an oddly formal voice… They strike the side of a grain silo. They are travelling at seventy miles per hour.”A newborn baby is the sole survivor of a terrifying plane crash.She is raised in wealthy isolation by an
Gin: The Manual
“You could not write a more sophisticated book or pack more detail onto each page… it is rocket science impressive” Huffington PostIn recent years, gin has shed its old-fashioned image and been reborn as a hot and hip spirit. The number of brands grows every day and bartenders – and consumers – are now beginning
The Amur River
Signed by the author”Thubron on top form. Richly detailed, immaculately written and full of insights and encounters that bring a complex corner of the world to life” Michael PalinA dramatic and ambitious new journey for our greatest travel writerThe Amur River is almost unknown. Yet it is the tenth longest river in the world, rising
Dirty Vegan
From the ex presenter of the cult TV show Dirty Sanchez, Matt Pritchard, comes the BBC`s first ever (and long overdue) vegan cookery programme and accompanying book.Matt shows you just how easy and cheap it can be to go vegan and how the right nutrition can help you perform better in all aspects of life.
RHS How Can I Help Hedgehogs?: A Gardener`s Collection of Inspiring Ideas for Welcoming Wildlife
Foreword written by Isabella Tree of the Knepp Wildland Project.`RHS How Can I Help Hedgehogs?` offers more than 100 ideas for you to help wildlife thrive in your garden. Packed with simple, low-cost ideas that will make a huge difference to the natural world, the book suggests ways to help birds, bees, butterflies, beetles and
Dirty Vegan: Another Bite
The hotly anticipated follow-up to th ebestelling `Dirty Vegan`From the ex-presenter of the cult TV show Dirty Sanchez, Matt Pritchard, comes the accompanying book to the BBC`s leading vegan cookery programme, `Dirty Vegan`. Matt shows you just how easy and cheap it can be to go vegan and how the right nutrition can help you
Cyclist – Ride: The greatest cycling routes in the world
Explore 50 of the greatest, most thrilling road cycling routes the world has to offer, guided by the experts at the world`s biggest road cycling magazine. Route maps, first-hand ride reports and truly breathtaking photography from the finest cycling photographers come together in this celebration of the world on two wheels.Covering the very best of
A Little History of British Gardening
Did the Romans have rakes? Did the monks get muddy? Did the potato seem really, really weird when it arrived on our shores? This lively `potted` history of gardening in Britain takes us on a garden tour from the thorn hedges around prehistoric settlements to the rage for ornamental grasses and `outdoor rooms` today.It tracks
No Map Could Show Them
`When we climb alone en cordee feminine, we are magicians of the Alps – we make the routes we follow disappear`. The poems of Helen Mort`s second collection offer an unforgettable perspective on the heights we scale and the distances we run, the routes we follow and the paths we make for ourselves. Here are
Napoleon: A Life in Gardens and Shadows
A revelatory portrait of Napoleon to mark the 200th anniversary of his death, written for our own time, not in power politics or epic battles, but through his love of nature and the gardens that gave his revolutionary life its light and shadeNapoleon`s gardens range from his childhood olive groves in Corsica, to Josephine`s gardens
GQ How to Win at Life: The expert guide to excelling at everything you do
From the magazine synonymous with looking sharp and living smart comes the definitive handbook of skills for the modern man.Based on interviews with the world`s foremost authorities – including Richard Branson, Jamie Oliver, Tracey Emin, Andy McNab, Tom Daley, Alastair Campbell, Dynamo and many others – step-by-step illustrated guides show you how to win at
Eat Korean: Our home cooking and street food
There`s a great buzz around Korean food right now, and it`s no surprise given the robust, addictive flavours of the cuisine. With more than 100 recipes, this book offers a great introduction, making Korean cooking easy for any cook. From Korean store-cupboard essentials and classics such as kimchi, japchae (stir-fried Royal noodles), bibimbap (Korean mixed
Hugh Johnson`s Pocket Wine Book 2019
Hugh Johnson`s Pocket Wine Book is the essential reference book for everyone who buys wine – in shops, restaurants, or on the internet. Now in its 42nd year of publication, it has no rival as the comprehensive, up-to-the-minute annual guide. Hugh Johnson provides clear succinct facts and commentary on the wines, growers and wine regions
