Category Archives: Travel Guides
Lincoln in the Bardo – Winner of the 2017 Man Booker Prize
Winner of the 2017 Man Booker Prize”Breathtaking” Observer”A tour de force” The Sunday TimesThe extraordinary first novel by the bestselling, Folio Prize-winning, National Book Award-shortlisted George Saunders, about Abraham Lincoln and the death of his eleven year old son, Willie, at the dawn of the Civil WarThe American Civil War rages while President Lincoln`s beloved
We Come Apart
YA rising stars Sarah Crossan and Brian Conaghan join forces to break readers` hearts in this contemporary story of star-cross`d lovers. Jess would never have looked twice at Nicu if her friends hadn`t left her in the lurch. Nicu is all big eyes and ill-fitting clothes, eager as a puppy, even when they`re picking up
We Chose to Speak of War and Strife: The World of the Foreign Correspondent
In corners of the globe where fault-lines seethe into bloodshed and civil war, foreign correspondents have, for hundreds of years, been engaged in uncovering the latest news and – despite obstacles bureaucratic, political, violent – reporting it by whatever means available. It`s a working life that is difficult, exciting and undeniably glamorous.We Chose to Speak
Fantastically Great Women Who Made History
Fantastically Great Women Who Made History is the eagerly anticipated follow up to Kate Pankhurst`s hugely successful, Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World, number one best-selling children`s non-fiction title in the UK market in 2017. This beautiful title looks at the stories, accomplishments and adventures of many more brilliant women from throughout history.Travel through
The House of Islam: A Global History
“A powerful corrective” Guardian “This should be compulsory reading” Peter Frankopan, author of `The Silk Roads`”For anyone interested in the future of Islam, both in Britain and the Islamic world, this is an important book” The Times The gulf between Islam and the West is widening. A faith rich with strong values and traditions, observed
Cinnamon
In a hot, hot country, ringed with mountains on one side and jungle on the other, lives a princess called Cinnamon. Her eyes are made of pearls, which means that she is blind. And, for reasons her parents the Rajah and Rani cannot fathom, she will not talk. So they offer a reward to anyone
Kaleidoscope City: A Year in Varanasi
Piers Moore Ede first fell in love with Varanasi when he passed through it on his way to Nepal. In the decade that followed, it continued to exert its pull on him and so he returned there to live – to discover what it is that makes the spiritual capital of India so unique. In
For King and Another Country: Indian Soldiers on the Western Front, 1914-18
Over a million Indian soldiers fought in the First World War, the largest force from the colonies and dominions. Their contribution, however, has been largely forgotten. Many soldiers were illiterate and travelled from remote villages in India to fight in the muddy trenches in France and Flanders. Many went on to win the highest bravery
On the Side: A Sourcebook of Inspiring Side Dishes
A revolutionary cookbook that moves the humble side dish to centre stage.Whilst writing his food blog, Rocket & Squash, Ed Smith noticed that a key part of our meals was being ignored. On too many occasions, side dishes were being relegated to an overboiled afterthought, or dismissed with a throwaway `eat with potatoes` or `serve
Outdoor Cooking
In `Outdoor Cooking`, Gill Meller explains every aspect of cooking out in the open. He will take you back to basics with a guide to building the perfect fire, and reinvigorate your summer barbecue by cooking bread on it, grilling Indian-style kebabs, smoking fish or roasting succulent joints of meat. You can also find out
Christmas at River Cottage
`Exactly the kind of person you want to lead you through Christmas… a comprehensive volume` Diana Henry, Sunday TelegraphChristmas at River Cottage encapsulates the very best that the season has to offer, guiding you from the autumn equinox, through advent and Christmas, and merrily into the new year with inspiration, traditions and indispensable recipes for
The Royal Baby`s Big Red Bus Tour of London
It`s a beautiful day, and the Royal Family are sunning themselves in the Palace Gardens. The royal babies` grandad is even having a bit of a snooze – what bliss! When all of a sudden — BEEP BEEP! BEEP BEEP! It`s the Big Red Bus, and it`s come to take the Royal Family on a
River Cottage Much More Veg
`What`s the central aim? To make vegetables delicious, to make them irresistible, to come up with a whole bunch of recipes that are easy, family-friendly, and just make it that much easier to put a load of veg into your diet every single day.` Hugh Fearnley-WhittingstallHugh`s River Cottage Veg Every Day! became the UK`s best-selling
Around the World in 80 Trains
Shortlisted for the 2020 Edward Stanford Travel Writing Award`s Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the YearWhen Monisha Rajesh announced plans to circumnavigate the globe in eighty train journeys, she was met with wide-eyed disbelief. But it wasn`t long before she was carefully plotting a route that would cover 45,000 miles – almost twice the circumference
The Gun Room
The memory of war will stay with a man longer than anything else. Dawn, mist clearing over the rice fields, a burning Vietnamese village, and a young war photographer gets the shot that might make his career. The image, of a staring soldier in the midst of mayhem, will become one of the great photographs
Thirteen Ways of Looking
A story in this collection has been longlisted for the Sunday Times EFG short story award As it was, it was like being set down in the best of poems, carried into a cold landscape, blindfolded, turned around, unblindfolded, forced, then, to invent new ways of seeing. It is a cold day in January when
I Love You, Stick Insect
Stick Insect is IN LOVE! Just think of all the fun and laughter he will have with his perfect partner – surfing the ocean waves, racing on speeding motorcycles with the wind in his feelers, dancing the hula – whoop-di-whoop! But … There`s something not quite right about Stick Insect`s new sweetheart, and Butterfly seems
Moonrise
SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA CHILDREN`S BOOK AWARD 2017 SHORTLISTED FOR THE YA BOOK PRIZE 2018 SHORTLISTED FOR THE CBI BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2018 SHORTLISTED FOR THE CLiPPA AWARD 2018 `Devastating … Any reader with a heart will weep buckets` Sunday Times Book of the Week They think I hurt someone. But I didn`t.
Pastoralia
`Saunders is an astoundingly tuned voice – graceful, dark, authentic and funny – telling just the kind of stories we need to get us through these times` Thomas Pynchon In PASTORALIA elements of contemporary life are twisted, merged and amplified into a slightly skewed version of modern America. A couple live and work in a
Soldier, Spy: A Survivor`s Tale
Soldier, Spy is the astonishing memoir of one ordinary man and soldier, Victor Gregg, as he resumes civilian life after the Second World War. As for so many others, picking up where he had left off proved far from simple for Gregg; he had fought many battles, lost many friends and been deeply damaged psychologically
