Category Archives: Travel Guides
Original Flava: Caribbean Recipes from Home
Craig and Shaun McAnuff are bringing Da`Flava from the Caribbean to your kitchen! We`re Craig and Shaun, two brothers from South London, but with Jamaica in our hearts and souls. Our Mum and Nanny taught us to cook, and Original Flava is all about meals that are vibrant, lively, exciting, and full of the influences
Let`s Hope for the Best
2The most compelling book I`ve read in years” The Times “I think the world should read it”Lisa Taddeo, author of `Three Women`”It`s impossible not to draw comparisons with Karl Ove Knausgaard, but there is a unique voice here, a style of disclosure all her own, incidentally beautifully translated. I absolutely loved it” Evening StandardAfter the
Eat Like a Local Barcelona
This book is a food tour in your pocket, featuring more than 100 of the best restaurants, cafes, bars and markets recommended by a team of in-the-know Barcelonians. You`ll also find insights into the city`s idiosyncratic food culture, and a handful of iconic recipes to cook in the holiday kitchen or once you`ve returned home.
Eat Like a Local Shanghai
This book is a food tour in your pocket, featuring more than 100 of the best restaurants, cafes, bars and markets recommended by a team of in-the-know Shanghainese, including expert contributing editor Michael Zee. You`ll also find insights into the city`s idiosyncratic food culture, and a handful of iconic recipes to cook in the holiday
Frida: The Biography of Frida Kahlo
A reissue of the beautifully illustrated and authoritative biography of Frida Kahlo, publishing in time for a major London exhibitionFrida is the story of one of the twentieth century`s most extraordinary women, the painter Frida Kahlo. Born near Mexico City, she grew up during the turbulent days of the Mexican Revolution and, at eighteen, was
Fantastically Great Women Who Worked Wonders Activity Book
Join even more of the world`s most inspiring women in this amazing activity book based on Kate Pankhurst`s Fantastically Great Women Who Worked Wonders, a brilliant new addition to the Fantastically Great Women series, all about women`s achievements in the world of work. With an exciting variety of activities, along with fascinating nuggets of information
Heavy: An American Memoir
Winner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal”So beautifully written, so insightful, so thoughtful, so honest, so vulnerable, so intimate … A gift” Jesmyn Ward”Unflinchingly honest” Reni Eddo-Lodge”An act of truth-telling unlike any other I can think of” Alexander CheeThe story of the black male experience in America you`ve never read beforeKiese Laymon grew up a hard-headed
Hop Little Bunnies: Board Book
There are lots of sleepy animals to wake up in this bouncy, energetic board book. Lift the flaps, then hop with the little bunnies, cheep with the chicks, baa with the lambs and mew with the kittens.Based on the popular nursery rhyme `Sleeping Bunnies`, this interactive book is packed with non-stop fun. Full of the
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban – Gryffindor Edition
Let the magic of J.K. Rowling`s classic Harry Potter series take you back to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Issued to mark the 20th anniversary of first publication of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, this irresistible Gryffindor House Edition celebrates the noble character of the Hogwarts house famed for its courage, bravery
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban – Ravenclaw Edition
Let the magic of J.K. Rowling`s classic Harry Potter series take you back to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Issued to mark the 20th anniversary of first publication of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, this irresistible Ravenclaw House Edition celebrates the noble character of the Hogwarts house famed for its wit, learning
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban – Hufflepuff Edition
Let the magic of J.K. Rowling`s classic Harry Potter series take you back to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Issued to mark the 20th anniversary of first publication of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, this irresistible Hufflepuff House Edition celebrates the noble character of the Hogwarts house famed for its dedication, patience
Outside Looking In
One family`s adventures in LSD: the brilliantly strange new novel from the mind of one of the most inventive, adventurous and accomplished fiction writers in the US todayIt is Harvard in the early 1960s. Just off campus, Dr Timothy Leary plays host for his PhD students, laying on a spread of cocktails, pizza and LSD.
The Book of Trespass: Crossing the Lines that Divide Us
A Guardian and Spectator Book of the Year”Brilliant, passionate and political… `The Book of Trespass` will make you see landscapes differently” Robert Macfarlane”A remarkable and truly radical work, loaded with resonant truths” George MonbiotThe vast majority of our country is entirely unknown to us because we are banned from setting foot on it. By law
A Thousand Splendid Suns
“A triumph” Financial Times”Deeply moving” Sunday TimesMariam is only fifteen when she is sent to Kabul to marry Rasheed. Nearly two decades later, a friendship grows between Mariam and a local teenager, Laila, as strong as the ties between mother and daughter. When the Taliban take over, life becomes a desperate struggle against starvation, brutality
Eat Like a Local Lisbon
Food-focused travel guides for the world`s most exciting cities. This book is a food tour in your pocket, featuring more than 100 of the best restaurants, cafes, bars and markets recommended by a team of in-the-know Lisboetas. You`ll also find insights into the city`s idiosyncratic food culture, and a handful of iconic recipes to cook
Everest: The Remarkable Story of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay
In the late morning of May 29th 1953, the sun was shining brightly on the roof of the world, a gentle breeze was blowing and two men were there to witness it for the first time ever . Their names were Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay and the roof of the world was Everest.This is
The Monster Who Wasn`t
A brilliantly rich and strange fantasy adventure that will make us all believe in monsters – be they good, bad or somewhere in between.It is a well-known fact that fairies are born from a baby`s first laugh. What is not as well documented is how monsters come into being …This is the story of a
Rest and Be Thankful
Laura is a nurse in a paediatric unit. On long, quiet shifts, she and her colleagues, clad in their different shades of blue, care for sick babies, handling their exquisitely frangible bodies, carefully calibrating the mysterious machines that keep them alive.Laura may be burned out. Her hands have been raw from washing as long as
Epic Tales of Triumph and Adventure
Prepare to meet 66 exceptionally brave adventurers in this celebration of monumental achievements from around the world. Mountaineers, conquerors, explorers, sailors, pilots and many others who accomplished amazing feats of bravery and triumph are waiting to be discovered in Simon Cheshire`s outstanding, `Epic Tales of Triumph and Adventures`, vibrantly illustrated by Fatti Burke. These are
French Exit
A tragedy of manners from the Man Booker-shortlisted author of The Sisters Brothers`My favourite book of his yet` Maria Semple, author of Where`d You Go, Bernadette`Buoyantly insane` New YorkerFrances Price is in dire straits. Scandals swirl around the recently widowed New York socialite, and her adult-aged, toddler-brained son Malcolm is no help. Cutting their losses,
