Category Archives: Travel Guides
Tequila Oil – Getting Lost in Mexico
`Tequila Oil` is an account of Hugh Thomson`s first wild adventure in Mexico, which ignited his love for Latin America, and of his subsequent exploration of the country, its people and its history.`Tequila Oil` reveals a much more dangerous side of Mexico than that seen by the package holiday-makers, taking the reader from the badlands
China: A Cookbook: 300 Recipes From Beijing & Canton to Shanghai & Sichuan
From bustling cosmopolitan cities to remote rural landscapes, this comprehensive volume explores the varied food and cooking of China with fascinating background information on the local geography and culinary history. Bringing together classic dishes, from the old imperial kitchens of Beijing to the tea houses of southern China, expert Terry Tan explores the diverse regions
I do not come to you by chance
I Do Not Come to You by Chance” is Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani’s debut novel set against the backdrop of modern Nigeria.Kingsley is fresh out of university, eager to find an engineering job so he can support his family and marry the girl of his dreams. Being the opara of the family, he is entitled to
Tiger Hills
When a flock of herons wheeled overhead at the moment of Devi`s birth, it seemed that her life would be touched by fate. As a child, Devi befriends a young boy whose mother has died in tragic circumstances. Over the years, Devi and Devanna become inseparable as they go to school together and learn more
Exploration Fawcett: Journey to the Lost City of Z
The life of Colonel Fawcett is now the subject of the major motion picture The Lost City of Z. The disappearance of Colonel Fawcett in the Matto Grosso remains one of the great unsolved mysteries. In 1925, Fawcett was convinced that he had discovered the location of a lost city; he had set out with
Wilder Shores of Love
The Wilder Shores of Love by Lesley Blanch follows the lives of four women from nineteenth century Europe turning to the East in search of adventure and love.Blanch selected the protagonists because of their emotional achievements, daring to live as realists of romance: Isabel Burton who married the explorer Richard Burton, Jane Digby el-Mezrab also
Eden to Armageddon
The Great War in the Middle East began with the invasion of the Garden of Eden, and ended with a momentous victory on the site of the biblical Armageddon. Almost incredibly, the whole story of this epic war has never been told in a single volume until now. In this important new history Roger Ford
The Truth
Winner of the 2017 Edward Stanford Travel Writing Award`s Outstanding Contribution to Travel WritingKeith Mabbut is at a crossroads in his life. When he is offered the opportunity of a lifetime – to pen the biography of the elusive Hamish Melville, a highly influential activist and humanitarian – he seizes the chance to write something
The Polish Officer
From the master of the historical spy thriller, a story set in the heart of the Polish resistance September, 1939. The invading Germans blaze a trail of destruction across Poland. France and Britain declare war, but do nothing to help. And a Polish resistance movement takes shape under the shadow of occupation, enlisting those willing
Home: A Memoir of My Early Years
Over the years Julie Andrews has been much interviewed in the press and on television, but she has never before revealed the true story of her childhood and upbringing. In HOME she vividly recreates the years before the movies. An idyllic early childhood in Surrey was cut short when her parents divorced and her mother
Snowdon
Anthony Armstrong-Jones was born to a Welsh father and English-Jewish mother. Creative and inventive, he attended Eton and then Cambridge. The engagement of this motorbike-riding freelance photographer in 1960 to Princess Margaret was a bombshell. Friends privately predicted disaster. And so it proved. But meanwhile in the 1960s, mixing with actors, artists and pop stars,
Love and War in the Pyrenees
Over the fifteen years Rosemary has been living in the region, the more she realised she didn`t know about the war; about the French during the Occupation, the real role of the Resistance, the level of collaboration, the concentration camps in the Pyrenees and the treatment of Jews and other refugees. It is still very
The Olive Tree
THE OLIVE TREE charts Carol Drinkwater`s colourful and often dangerous journey in search of the routes that olive cultivation has taken over the centuries. Set during a springtime Mediterranean that is evocative and perennial, it is above all a tale of our time. Troubled by challenges her own South of France farm is experiencing, Carol
Full Circle
Michael Palin travels Full Circle through 18 countries encircling the Pacific – the world’s largest ocean – in a journey he describes as full of dazzling surprises and jarring extremes, beauty and ugliness, sophistication and squalor.From head-hunters in Borneo to a meal of maggots in Mexico, his route takes him to some of the most
The Angel`s Game
Set in the turbulent 1920s, The Angel’s Game takes us back to the gothic universe of the Cemetery of the Forgotten Books, the Sempere & Son bookshop, and the winding streets of Barcelona`s old quarter, in a masterful tale about the magic of books and the darkest corners of the human soul.In an abandoned mansion
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
WINNER 2007 BOLLINGER EVERYMAN WODEHOUSE PRIZE FOR COMIC FICTIONPaul Torday`s Salmon Fishing in Yemen is an extraordinarily warm-hearted tale of faith, fish and Yemen; it is a beguiling story, one with added fly-fishing, unexpected heroism, late-blooming love and of an attempt to make the impossible possible.When he is asked to become involved in a project
A History of Scotland
Scotland is one of the oldest countries in the world with a vivid and diverse past. Yet the stories and figures that dominate Scottish history – tales of failure, submission, thwarted ambition and tragedy – often badly serve this great nation, overshadowing the rich tapestry of her intricate past. Historian Neil Oliver presents a compelling
Cochineal Red – Travels Through Ancient Peru
In the fascinating ‘Cochineal Red” Hugh Thomson`s details his extensive travels through the principal sites of Ancient Peru, intelligently weaving five turbulent millennia of Peruvian history, expert archaeological knowledge and the author’s personal accounts.Peru wears its ancient cultures wrapped around in layers, like one of the mummified bodies so well preserved by the nitrates of
Twelve Days: Revolution 1956. How the Hungarians Tried to Topple Their Soviet Masters
The Hungarian Revolution in 1956 is a story of extraordinary bravery in a fight for freedom, and of ruthless cruelty in suppressing a popular dream. A small nation, its people armed with a few rifles and petrol bombs, had the will and courage to rise up against one of the world`s superpowers. The determination of
The Irresistible Inheritance of Wilberforce
Late one summer evening, Wilberforce – rich, young, and work-obsessed – makes a detour on his way home to the vast undercroft of Caerlyon Hall, and the domain of Francis Black, a place where wine, hospitality and affection flow freely. Through Francis, Wilberforce is initiated into a life rich in the promise of friendship and
