Category Archives: Travel Guides
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child – Parts One & Two (Special Rehearsal Edition): The Official Script Book of the Original West End Production
Based on an original new story by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany, a new play by Jack Thorne, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is the eighth story in the Harry Potter series and the first official Harry Potter story to be presented on stage. The play will receive its world premiere in
The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul
In a little coffee shop in one of the most dangerous places on earth, five very different women come together. SUNNY, the proud proprietor, who needs an ingenious plan – and fast – to keep her cafe and customers safe. YAZMINA, a young pregnant woman stolen from her remote village and now abandoned on Kabul`s
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child – Parts One and Two: Playscript
The official playscript of the original West End production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.It was always difficult being Harry Potter and it isn`t much easier now that he is an overworked employee of the Ministry of Magic, a husband, and father of three school-age children. While Harry grapples with a past that refuses
The House of Smoke
Big Ben chimes in the first seconds of the first day of 1900, the start of a fresh century. Inside London`s oldest gaol, preparations are afoot to hang Victorian England`s deadliest assassin, a man wanted for two decades` worth of murders. Cold-blooded killer Simeon Lynch has lived a brutal and glorious life in the employ
The Cuban Affair
`Nelson DeMille is a true master`Dan BrownStrap in for the ride of a lifetime with the blistering new novel from America`s greatest living thriller writer, Nelson DeMille.Daniel `Mac` MacCormick has a good life. Aged thirty-five and a decorated US Army veteran, he whiles away his life in stunning Key West, Florida, running a forty-two-foot charter
Yes, Chef: A Memoir
Travel to Marcus Samuelsson`s Red Rooster restaurant in Harlem and you will find a truly diverse, multiracial dining room – where presidents and prime ministers rub elbows with jazz musicians, aspiring artists, bus drivers and nurses. It is also a place where an orphan from Ethiopia, raised in Sweden, living in America, can finally feel
The Fourteenth Letter: The page-turning new thriller filled with a labyrinth of secrets
A mysterious keepsake, a murdered bride, a legacy of secrets…One balmy June evening in 1881, Phoebe Stanbury stands before the guests at her engagement party: this is her moment, when she will join the renowned Raycraft family and ascend to polite society.As she takes her fiance`s hand, a stranger brandishing a knife steps forward and
The Executioner of St Paul`s: The Twelfth Thomas Chaloner Adventure
The plague raging through London in 1665 has emptied the city. The only people left are those too poor to flee, or those who selflessly struggle to control the contagion and safeguard the capital`s future.Amongst them, though, are those prepared to risk their health for money – those who sell dubious `cures` and hawk food
The Casual Vacancy
When Barry Fairbrother dies in his early forties, the town of Pagford is left in shock. Pagford is, seemingly, an English idyll, with a cobbled market square and an ancient abbey, but what lies behind the pretty facade is a town at war. Rich at war with poor, teenagers at war with their parents, wives
Thug Kitchen: Eat Like You Give a F**k
Thug Kitchen started their wildly popular website to inspire people to eat some Goddamn vegetables and adopt a healthier lifestyle. Beloved by Gwyneth Paltrow (`This might be my favorite thing ever`) and with half a million Facebook fans and counting, Thug Kitchen wants to show everyone how to take charge of their plates and cook
Very British Problems: Making Life Awkward for Ourselves, One Rainy Day at a Time
There`s an epidemic sweeping the nation Symptoms include: acute embarrassment at the mere notion of `making a fuss`, extreme awkwardness when faced with any social greeting beyond a brisk handshake, an unhealthy preoccupation with meteorology Doctors have also reported several cases of unnecessary apologising, an obsessive interest in correct queuing etiquette and dramatic sighing in
The Father: Made in Sweden
How does a child become a criminal? How does a father lose a son? An epic crime novel reminiscent of The Godfather, Heat and Shantaram, The Father is inspired by the extraordinary true story of three brothers who held Sweden to ransom, committing ten audacious bank robberies over just two years. None had committed a
Thug Kitchen: Eat Clean, Party Hard
Featuring over 100 recipes for parties of any kind; from appetisers like Deviled Chickpea Bites to main events like Mexican Lasagna, The Party Grub Guide is here to make sure you are equipped with dishes to bring the flavour without the side of fat, calories, and guilt. Also included are cocktail recipes, because sometimes these
Thug Kitchen 101: Fast as F*ck
The creators of the New York Times bestselling cookbook series `Thug Kitchen` are back to deliver you the sorta gentle, but always hilarious shove you need to take the leap into healthy eating. `Thug Kitchen 101` includes more than 100 easy and accessible recipes to give you a solid start toward a better diet. TK
Bedpans and Bobby Socks: Five British Nurses on the American Road Trip of a Lifetime
In my dreams, I was always in some vast landscape on a long, straight road. Driving. Always driving.` Gwenda had always loved the open road, but her home town of Newcastle didn`t really offer the sort of adventure she longed for. So, in 1957, with friend and fellow nurse Pat in tow, she left the
Whistling For Elephants
There are two basic types of animal in Nature`s Kingdom. The first, like lions and turtles, produce many offspring and simply hope that some will survive. The second, like elephants and people, produce one or two at long intervals and make great efforts to rear them. My mother belonged in a class of her own.
The Map
Mazes, riddles, witchcraft . . . and centuries-old secretsAn Oxford classics scholar has discovered an ancient scroll.A band of black-magic worshippers has gathered in London.A map to three labyrinths hidden within Europe has been unfolded.And an ancient mystery is calling . . .Pursued by spies and secret agents, guarding the map from unseen enemies, August
Gladys Reunited
In the Autumn of 1971, having been thrown out of a rather fancy private school, Sandi Toksvig was sent to the only remaining option – Mamaroneck High School, New York. She was thirteen years old and that year changed her life. Sandi auditioned and was chosen for the lead role in a production of The
Billy Connolly`s Route 66
Britain`s best-loved comedian hits the most famous highway in the world on an unforgettable journey. Billy Connolly, music-lover, biker, and scourge of the beige and bland the world over, has dreamed about taking a trip on the legendary Route 66 since he heard Chuck Berry belting out one of the greatest rock `n` roll records
The Good German
Jake Geismar cut his teeth as a foreign correspondent in pre-war Berlin. When he returns in 1945 to cover the Potsdam conference he finds the city unrecognisable – streets have vanished beneath the rubble, familiar landmarks truncated by high explosive. But amongst the ruins Berliners survive, including some he knew and, miraculously, his lost love,
