Category Archives: Travel Guides
An Account of the Decline of the Great Auk, According to One Who Saw it: A John Murray Original
WINNER OF THE EDGE HILL SHORT STORY PRIZE 2016 SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES/PFD YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR AWARD 2016 `Greengrass is undoubtedly that rare thing, a genuinely new and assured voice in prose. Her work is precise, properly moving, quirky and heartfelt` A. L. Kennedy The twelve stories in this startling collection range
The Sealwoman`s Gift: the extraordinary BBC2 Book Club novel of 17th century Iceland
A Zoe Ball ITV Book Club Pick`Sally Magnusson has taken an amazing true event and created a brilliant first novel. It`s an epic journey in every sense: although it`s historical, it`s incredibly relevant to our world today. We had to pick it` Zoe Ball Book Club`A remarkable feat of imagination … I enjoyed and admired
Deliciously Ella The Plant-Based Cookbook
100 all-new plant-based recipes – by bestselling author Deliciously Ella.Ella`s latest book features the most popular, tried and tested recipes from her supper clubs, pop-ups and deli to show how delicious and abundant plant-based cooking can be. The simple vegan recipes cover everything from colourful salads to veggie burgers and falafel, creamy dips and sides,
Tweet of the Day: A Year of Britain`s Birds from the Acclaimed Radio 4 Series
Imagine a jazz musician, improvising on a theme. Then imagine that he is able to play half a dozen instruments – not one after another, but almost simultaneously, switching effortlessly between instruments and musical styles with hardly a pause for breath. If you can countenance that, you are halfway towards appreciating the extraordinary song of
These Dividing Walls
Shortlisted for a 2018 Edward Stanford Travel Writing Award.One Parisian summerA building of separate livesAll that divides them will soon collapse…In a forgotten corner of Paris stands a building.Within its walls, people talk and kiss, laugh and cry; some are glad to sit alone, while others wish they did not. A woman with silver-blonde hair
Pie and Mash Down the Roman Road: 100 Years of Love and Life in one East End M5arket
“Filled with hearty goodness and packed together with care, this will go down a treat” Evening Standard “Beautifully written, carefully researched, wonderfully told” Danny WallaceThe fascinating history of an iconic East End institution from the bestselling author of `Silvertown`, Melanie McGrath. G Kelly`s Pie and Mash has been run by the same family in the
Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words
From the No. 1 bestselling author of What If? – the man who created xkcd and explained the laws of science with cartoons – comes a series of brilliantly simple diagrams (`blueprints` if you want to be complicated about it) that show how important things work: from the nuclear bomb to the biro. It`s good
Clockwork City: Delphic Division 2
The fog-choked sequel to Poison City, about which Claire North raves, `Rarely has policing the apocalypse been so awesome!`Cop. Drunkard. Low-grade magic user. My name is Gideon Tau, but most people just call me London. (Because that`s where I`m from. Get it? Hilarious.) Three years ago, someone killed my daughter. I sacrificed everything (the human
A Street Cat Named Bob: How One Man and His Cat Found Hope on the Streets
The phenomenal Number One bestseller about best friends James and Bob. Now a major motion picture. When James Bowen found an injured, ginger street cat curled up in the hallway of his sheltered accommodation, he had no idea just how much his life was about to change. James was living hand to mouth on the
Born A Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
The compelling, inspiring, (often comic) coming-of-age story of Trevor Noah, set during the twilight of apartheid and the tumultuous days of freedom that followed.One of the comedy world`s brightest new voices, Trevor Noah is a light-footed but sharp-minded observer of the absurdities of politics, race and identity, sharing jokes and insights drawn from the wealth
Homing: On Pigeons, Dwellings and Why We Return
“Big-hearted and quietly gripping” Guardian”I love Jon Day`s writing and his birds. A marvellous, soaring account” Olivia Laing”This is nature writing at its best” Financial Times”Every page of this beautifully written book brought me pleasure” Charlotte HigginsAs a boy, Jon Day was fascinated by pigeons, which he used to rescue from the streets of London.
The Keeper of Lost Things: The Feel-Good Novel of the Year
We`re all waiting to be found… Once a celebrated author of short stories now in his twilight years, Anthony Peardew has spent half his life collecting lost objects, trying to atone for a promise broken many years before. Realising he is running out of time, he leaves his house and all its lost treasures to
Hidden Nature: A Voyage of Discovery
`An emotional and compelling memoir, that left me inspired, both by her bravery in transforming her life, and by the unexpected beauty she finds along the way` Countryfile Magazine`Fowler beautifully exposes her emotional fragility while also celebrating the unloved nature of buddleia, herons and even the water rats who take refuge among the locks.` i
The Odessans
An epic and engrossing novel set at the beginning of the twentieth century, THE ODESSANS is the story of three families from Odessa in the Ukraine: the Russian Petrovs, the Jewish Geibers, and the Teslenkos, who are of Ukrainian and Polish descent. Throughout years of war, famine, political struggle and incredible hardship, their deep friendships
1666: Plague, War and Hellfire
1666 was a watershed year for England. The outbreak of the Great Plague, the eruption of the second Dutch War and the Great Fire of London all struck the country in rapid succession and with devastating repercussions. Shedding light on these dramatic events, historian Rebecca Rideal reveals an unprecedented period of terror and triumph. Based
The Fatal Tree
London, the 1720s. Welcome to `Romeville`, the underworld of that great city. The financial crash caused by the South Sea Bubble sees the rise of Jonathan Wild, self-styled `Thief-taker General` who purports to keep the peace while brutally controlling organised crime.Only two people truly defy him: Jack Sheppard, apprentice turned house-breaker, and his lover, the
The White Road
From the author of The Three, coming soon to your screen as a major BBC adaptation by Golden Globe winner Peter StraughanAdrenaline-junky Simon Newman sneaks onto private land to explore a dangerous cave in Wales with a strange man he`s met online. But Simon gets more than he bargained for when the expedition goes horribly
Starling Days: Shortlisted for the 2019 Costa Novel Award
“A singular novel from the poetic and painterly mind of Rowan Hisayo Buchanan.” Sharlene Teo, `Ponti`”An exquisite rendering of love, sadness, and misunderstanding . . . I want to share this book with everyone I know.` The Paris Review `A quiet triumph – tenderly and disarmingly exploring the responsibility of love, loneliness, what it is
