Category Archives: Travel Guides
NP259 Tidal Stream Atlas Irish Sea Eastern Part
Tidal Stream Atlas 259 covers the eastern part of the Irish Sea.Tidal stream atlases show, in diagrammatic form, the major tidal streams for selected waters of NW Europe. They show, at a glance, both direction and rate of tidal streams at hourly intervals by careful and accurate use of graded arrows. They also display mean
NP219 Tidal Stream Atlas Portsmouth Harbour and Approaches
The Admiralty Tidal Stream Atlas: Portsmouth Harbour and Approaches contains thirteen charts for both Portsmouth Harbour and the Approaches to Portsmouth showing tidal streams at hourly intervals from six hours before to six hours after HW Portsmouth. In addition a diagram included showing tidal streams for three-and-a-half hours after HW for Portsmouth Approaches due to
How to be a Domestic Goddess: Baking and the Art of Comfort Cooking (Nigella Collection)
`This is for those days or evenings when you want to usher a little something out of the kitchen that makes you thrill at the sheer pleasure you`ve conjured up.` The classic baking bible by Nigella Lawson (“Queen of the Kitchen”. (Observer Food Monthly)). This is the book that helped the world rediscover the joys
NP253 Tidal Stream Atlas North Sea Eastern Part
Tidal Stream Atlas 253 covers the North Sea, eastern part.Tidal stream atlases show, in diagrammatic form, the major tidal streams for selected waters of NW Europe. They show, at a glance, both direction and rate of tidal streams at hourly intervals by careful and accurate use of graded arrows. They also display mean neap and
The Christmas Pine
A magical picture book for Christmas, written in perfect, heartfelt rhyme by Julia Donaldson, bestselling creator of `Zog` and `Superworm`.Suitable for 3 years.”Magical … as well as paying tribute to tradition, the gentle rhythmic verse and stunning pictures illuminate the two other things close to Julia`s heart: the power of children and song” Good HousekeepingDeep
The Loft
A 1960s Austrian housewife is forced to re-examine her past when pages from old diaries begin to arrive mysteriously in the letter box at her family home. Each day after the windows are clean and the baking is done, she forces herself to read and burn the evidence of her troubled youth. The Loft, published
To Romania With Love
Aged eighteen, Tessa Dunlop went to post-Revolutionary Romania to work in an orphanage – to do something remarkable to help her get into Oxford. Once there she didn`t want to leave and ended up staying for nearly a year. She returned the following summer, but this time chose a big industrial city where she taught
East End Backpassages
From Gilbert and George to the Kray Twins, from Cockney costermongers to cocky young bands posing in front of Banksy graffiti, let Bafta-winning writer Alan Gilbey take you by the hand and lead you through the streets of another kind of London. This is a book of history walks like no other (one`s on a
Eyes in Gaza
During the course of Israel`s twenty-two-day military offensive in 2009 on the Gaza Strip 1,300, mostly civilian, Palestinians were killed, with many thousands more injured. Once again, the Palestinian Community lay in ruins. Despite the Israeli authorities` attempt to shut out aid workers and the media from the conflict zone, NORWAC (the Norwegian Aid Committee)
In Search of the Ancients
Some male, middle-aged-going-on-elderly mates, after one of their regular, somewhat inebriated sessions in a North London hostelry, determine to spend whatever weekends it takes to walk the ancient paths of Albion. Starting in the mystical centre of Ancient Britain, Stonehenge, the companions begin a quest to discover not only the best ale pubs but also
End Games in Bordeaux
In the early summer of 1944, France is in turmoil. The Allied invasion, bringing the promise of Liberation, is awaited, eagerly and nervously. The Vichy regime is in its death throes. Those who have served it and collaborated with the German Occupation fear the revenge of the Resistance. Atrocities are committed on both sides, and
Footprints in Spain
Part history, part memoir, part travelogue – a fascinating tour of Spain by an author who knows its history and culture inside outBritons have been drawn to Spain for many centuries. It has played host to bloody wars and legendary love affairs that have shaped the culture, history and psyche of both nations. Over time,
Footprints in Spain: British Lives in a Foreign Land
Part history, part memoir, part travelogue – a fascinating tour of Spain by an author who knows its history and culture inside out. Britons have been drawn to Spain for many centuries. It has played host to bloody wars and legendary love affairs that have shaped the culture, history and psyche of both nations. Over
The Full English Cassoulet: Making Do In the Kitchen
Richard Mabey began experimenting with cooking as soon as he was big enough to clamber to the cupboard where the powdered chocolate was kept. At scout camp he learned how to cook a Sussex Pond Pudding in a billy-can, and thirty years ago he permanently broadened the nation`s palate with his guide to edible wild
Adam the Gardener
In the 1940s, Adam the Gardener was a national treasure. Each week in the Sunday Express, he advised gardeners exactly what to plant and how – from carrots in the last week of May (but `do this after sunset, when there is less chance of trouble from the carrot fly`) to lily-of-the-valley in the final
Carrington`s Letters: Her Art, Her Loves, Her Friendships
`Your letters are a great pleasure. I lap them down with breakfast and they do me more good than tonics, blood capsules or iron jelloids` Lytton StracheyDora Carrington was considered an outsider to Bloomsbury, but she lived right at its heart. Known only by her surname, she was the star of her year at the
Kitchen
Compendious, informative and engaging, Kitchen offers feel-good food for cooks and eaters that is comforting but always seductive, nostalgic but with a modern twist – whether express-way easy-exotic recipes for the weekday rush, leisurely slow-cook dishes for weekends and special occasions, or irresistible cakes and cookies in true “domestic goddess” style. It answers everyday cooking
Gift from the Sea
“Quietly powerful and a great help. Glorious”. (Emma Thompson). `Women need solitude in order to find again the true essence of themselves.` First published in 1955 and an instant bestseller, Gift from the Sea is a classic, wise book for women about how to flourish in life, how to balance life, work, motherhood; about finding
Wildlife of Madeira and the Canary Islands: A Photographic Field Guide to Birds, Mammals, Reptiles, Amphibians, Butterflies and Dragonflies
This beautifully illustrated photographic field guide is the first to focus on the identification of the fascinating, diverse and unique wildlife of Madeira and the Canary Islands–featuring the birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, butterflies and dragonflies that are most likely to be seen. Richly illustrated introductory sections cover the key wildlife sites to visit on each
Sitopia: How Food Can Save the World
We live in a world shaped by food, a Sitopia (sitos = food; topos = place). Food, and how we search for and consume it, has defined our human journey. This visionary book shows us how food can help us build our future too.- How can we lead healthy and ethical lives in a world
