Category Archives: Travel Guides
The Refugees
In The Refugees, Viet Thanh Nguyen gives voice to lives led between two worlds, the adopted homeland and the country of birth. From a young Vietnamese refugee who suffers profound culture shock when he comes to live with two gay men in San Francisco, to a woman whose husband is suffering from dementia and starts
John Torode`s Sydney to Seoul: Recipes from my travels in Australia and the Far East
John Torode is the masterchef of Australia and the Far East – his knowledge and passion will excite and inspire anyone who loves a Thai curry, Malaysian noodle dish or Aussie brunch. If you are a fan of John`s food and travel programmes for the Good Food Channel, you will love John`s combination of fantastic
Where the Crawdads Sing
A Number One New York Times Bestseller”Painfully beautiful” New York Times”A rare achievement” The Times”I can`t even express how much I love this book!” Reese WitherspoonFor years, rumors of the `Marsh Girl` have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead,
Brixton Hill
`Brixton Hill shares the confident sheen of its predecessors and offers [Moggach`s] most accomplished plot yet . . . And, like all the best storytellers, Moggach knows how to choreograph an ending` – the ObserverAs Rob reaches the end of a seven year stretch inside, he winds up in an open prison in Brixton. Each
Mostly Dead Things
`Messed-up families, scandalous love affairs, art, life, death and the great state of Florida in one delicious, darkly funny package. Kristen Arnett is a wickedly talented and a wholly original voice` Jami AttenbergWhat does it take to come back to life? In the wake of her father`s suicide, Jessa-Lynn Morton has stepped up to manage
Cry of the Kalahari
Carrying little more than a change of clothes and a pair of binoculars, two young Americans, Mark and Delia Owens, caught a plane to Africa, bought a thirdhand Land Rover, and drove deep into the Kalahari Desert. There they lived for seven years, in an unexplored area with no roads, no people, and no source
A Place Called Winter
To find yourself, sometimes you must lose everything. Discover it all in A PLACE CALLED WINTER – picked for the BBC Radio 2 Simon Mayo Book Club and the Waterstones Book Club A shy but privileged elder son, Harry Cane has followed convention at every step. Even the beginnings of an illicit, dangerous affair do
The Last Dance and Other Stories
Three of these stories were previously published in Victoria Hislop`s ebook collection, One Cretan Evening. In ten powerful stories, Victoria Hislop takes us through the streets of Athens and into the tree-lined squares of Greek villages. As she evokes their distinct atmosphere, she brings vividly to life a host of unforgettable characters, from a lonesome
To the Bright Edge of the World
Winter 1885. Lieutenant Colonel Allen Forrester accepts the mission of a lifetime, to navigate Alaska`s Wolverine River. It is a journey that promises to open up a land shrouded in mystery, but there`s no telling what awaits Allen and his small band of men.Allen leaves behind his young wife, Sophie, newly pregnant with the child
Gin Glorious Gin: How Mother`s Ruin Became the Spirit of London
`Gin Glorious Gin` is a vibrant cultural history of London seen through the prism of its most iconic drink. Leading the reader through the underbelly of the Georgian city via the Gin Craze, detouring through the Empire (with a G&T in hand), to the emergence of cocktail bars in the West End, the story is
The Sun & the Moon & the Rolling Stones
Rich Cohen enters the Stones epic as a young journalist on the road with the band and quickly falls under their sway – privy to the jokes, the camaraderie, the bitchiness, the hard living. Inspired by a lifelong appreciation of the music that borders on obsession, Cohen`s chronicle of the band is informed by the
The Wildflowers: the Richard and Judy Book Club summer read 2018
`I adored The Wildflowers. A sweeping, epic, moving read` Marian KeyesRICHARD AND JUDY SUMMER BOOK CLUB PICK 2018The new novel by Sunday Times bestseller Harriet Evans will transport you to a Dorset beach house, where you can feel the sand between your toes. Enter the home of Tony and Althea Wilde – the Richard Burton
St Petersburg: A Traveller`s Reader
Featuring a vivid selection from biographies, novels, letters, poems, diaries and memoirs, this volume traces the story of St Petersburg from earliest times. Through these pieces, readers can observe the city`s foundation by Peter the Great on the marshy shores of the Gulf of Finland; see how literature and the other arts flowered during the
Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR BIOGRAPHY 2016 Surfing only looks like a sport. To devotees, it is something else entirely: a beautiful addiction, a mental and physical study, a passionate way of life. William Finnegan first started surfing as a young boy in California and Hawaii. Barbarian Days is his immersive memoir of a
A Brief History of Italy
Despite the Roman Empire`s famous 500-year reign over Europe, parts of Africa and the Middle East, Italy does not have the same long national history as states such as France or England. Divided for much of its history, Italy`s regions have been, at various times, parts of bigger, often antagonistic empires, notably those of Spain
Jack the Ripper: Case Closed
London. 1894. `I am not a detective, chief constable.` `No, but you are a poet, a freemason and a man of the world. All useful qualifications for the business in hand.` So says Police Chief Macnaghten to Oscar Wilde, in a Chelsea drawing room in the company of Arthur Conan Doyle.The business they are gathered
Florence: A Traveller`s Reader
Of all Italian cities, Florence has always had the strongest English accent: the Goncourt brothers in 1855 called it `ville tout anglaise`. Though that accent is diminished now, Florence remains for the English-speaking traveller what it always has been – one of the best loved, and most visited, of cities.In this Traveller`s Reader, Florence`s rich
The Martian Girl: A London Mystery
`Ingeniously constructed . . . Andrew Martin`s wry, amused tone is a constant joy . . . An altogether superior performance, The Martian Girl is a violent, funny, deadly serious entertainment` Irish TimesLondon, present day. Jean, a failing journalist in her late thirties, finds herself entertaining a married man – a handsome, arrogant ex-barrister, universally
The Art of Flavour: Practices and Principles for Creating Delicious Food
“Am counting down the days till your book arrives!” Nigella LawsonDaniel Patterson, a chef, and Mandy Aftel, a perfumer, present a revolutionary new approach to creating delicious, original food. Aftel and Patterson are rock stars in their respective fields: Patterson has won two Michelin stars for his San Francisco restaurant Coi and numerous James Beard
Edinburgh: A Traveller`s Reader
Edinburgh is a city whose history is written on its face. The Old Town on its crowded rock, sloping down from the Castle to Holyroodhouse, has not significantly changed its atmosphere since the turbulent fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, when riots, processions, or public executions jammed the High Street. And the very different era that followed
