Category Archives: Travel Guides
Five Quarters: Recipes and Notes from a Kitchen in Rome
Winner of the Guild of Food Writers` First Book Award and the Andrรฉ Simon Food Book Award 2015″`Five Quarters` stands out as particularly considered and evocative… Impeccably researched and transportive, it`s a proper read, rather than a quick flick.” AA Gill”Of course I thought Rome was glorious, but I didn`t want to stay. A month,
Skimming Stones and Other Ways of Being in the Wild
`Two of the UK`s most exciting nature writers. A thoughtful adventure in learning simple skills that help connect people to nature.` Guardian Skimming Stones and Other Ways of Being in the Wild is a book of simple skills that can help us to interact with nature, achieve a deeper connection with it and even step
A Street Cat Named Bob
When James Bowen finds a ginger street cat in the hall of his sheltered accommodation he is unable to resist taking care of the injured animal. Soon James and Bob form a firm friendship and become a regular site around London. A Street Cat Named Bob is a moving story about a friendship that helps
Clarissa`s England
The quintessential Englishwoman Clarissa Dickson Wright, one of the Two Fat Ladies and author of Spilling the? Beans,?takes us on a personal journey through the country of her birth. From Cornwall to Cumbria, Norfolk to Northumbria she brings her extraordinary knowledge, huge passion, forthright opinions and inimitable wit to the distinctive history and regional character
Death in Florence
Florence, October 1966. The rain is never-ending. When a young boy vanishes on his way home from school the police fear the worst, and Inspector Bordelli begins an increasingly desperate investigation. Then the flood hits. During the night of 4th November the swollen River Arno, already lapping the arches of the Ponte Vecchio, breaks its
I Remember You
This horrifying thriller, partly based on a true story, is the scariest novel yet from an international bestseller. Don`t go. Don`t go yet. I`m not finished. In an isolated village in the Icelandic Westfjords, three friends set to work renovating a derelict house. But soon they realise they are not alone there – something wants
The Marlowe Papers
On May 30th, 1593, a celebrated young playwright was killed in a tavern brawl in London. That, at least, was the official version. Now Christopher Marlowe reveals the truth: that his `death` was an elaborate ruse to avoid being convicted of heresy; that he was spirited across the Channel to live on in lonely exile;
The Good Father
An ordinary boy with an ordinary life stands accused of killing the next president of the United States. WHAT HAPPENED? Dr Paul Allen is a well-respected man. He lives a happy, comfortable life with his second wife and their family. Until the night when a knock at the door blows his world apart: a hugely
Blood Safari
LEMMER is a professional bodyguard. Silent and invisible, he never gets involved. EMMA LE ROUX believed her brother died twenty years ago, until she sees him on the news as the prime suspect in the brutal killing of four poachers. As Lemmer and Emma join forces in pursuit of the truth, it soon becomes clear
Afrika Reich
1952. It is more than a decade since humiliation at Dunkirk brought an end to Britain`s war and the beginning of an uneasy peace with Hitler.In Africa, the swastika flies from the Sahara to the Indian Ocean. Gleaming autobahns bisect the jungle, jet fighters patrol the skies. The brutal presence of the SS is visible
Dead Before Dying
ONE COP. ONE KILLER. TWO CAPTIVES OF THE PAST.Mat Joubert, once a rising star of the South African police force, had it all. Then his wife was murdered, and his hopes died with her. Alcoholic, depressed and overweight, he is a shadow of his former self.Then a new killer appears on the streets of Cape
Death and the Olive Grove
April 1964, but spring hasn`t quite sprung. The bad weather seems suited to nothing but bad news. And bad news is coming to the police station. First, Bordelli`s friend Casimiro, who insists he`s discovered the body of a man in a field above Fiesole. Bordelli races to the scene, but doesn`t find any sign of
Dead at Daybreak
An antiques dealer is burned with a blowtorch and executed with a single shot to the back of the head. The only clues at the scene are a scrap of paper and an unusual choice of gun.Ex-cop Zatopek `Zed` van Heerden has just seven days to solve the case – an almost impossible task made
Death in Sardinia
Florence, 1965. A man is found murdered, a pair of scissors stuck through his throat. Only one thing is known about him – he was a loan shark, who ruined and blackmailed the vulnerable men and women who would come to him for help. Inspector Bordelli prepares to launch a murder investigation. But the case
The Man Who Broke into Auschwitz
THE MAN WHO BROKE INTO AUSCHWITZ is the extraordinary true story of a British soldier who marched willingly into Buna-Monowitz, the concentration camp known as Auschwitz III. In the summer of 1944, Denis Avey was being held in a POW labour camp, E715, near Auschwitz III. He had heard of the brutality meted out to
Farangi Girl – A Memoir of a Western Chilhood in Tehran
Ashley Dartnell`s mother was a glamorous American, her father a dashing Englishman, each trying to slough off their past and upgrade to a more romantic and exotic present in Iran. As the story starts, Ashley is eight years old and living in Tehran in the 1960s: the Shah was in power, life for Westerners was
The Natural Explorer
Tristan Gooley demonstrates how it is possible to connect profoundly with the lands we travel through. The most rewarding travel experiences do not depend on our destination or the length of our journey, but on our levels of awareness. A short walk can compare with an epic journey, when we take the time to focus
Summertime Death
Winter was chilling. Summer will be brutal. Every season is perfect for murder.As the temperature in Sweden reaches a record-breaking 45-, forest fires break out. All those who have failed to escape Linkoping for the summer take shelter indoors, shocked and paralysed by the heat.However, when a teenage girl is discovered naked and bleeding in
Wahaca – Mexican Food to Cook at Home
`Thomasina Miers is bringing a large slice of genuine Mexico to the mainstream` Independent Eat your way around the markets of Mexico with this collection of over 130 mind-blowing recipes from Thomasina Miers, co-founder of the award-winning Wahaca restaurants. Inspired by the flavours of Mexico but using ingredients easily found in Britain, Wahaca – Mexican
My Heroes
The `World`s greatest living explorer` as described in the Guinness Book of Records, writes about the people who have inspired him, `from a London policeman hacked to death by a local mob to the bravest, boldest, parlour maid in the world`. Ranulph, or Ran as he likes to be called, gives lectures all over the
