Cat on a Hot Tiled Roof (Paperback)
Anna Nicholas
AEDVU
Having moved with her family to rural Mallorca to escape the stresses of London life, PR consultant Anna Nicholas continues to commute back to her glitzy Mayfair agency to earn a crust. Meanwhile she is harbouring a bizarre dream to open a luxury cattery on the island - unbeknownst to her long suffering Scottish husband, Alan, and son, Oliver.Life in the mountains is never uneventful as the author gets to grips with phantom sheep, midnight snail hunts, Catalan lessons, ghosts, floods and flighty hens. London also has its challenges, as she juggles eccentric, rich and often neurotic clients between Mayfair and Manhattan and is hotly pursued by lucrative deals. But increasingly Anna finds herself craving the simple life of her Spanish idyll because as she discovers, you can take the girl out of Mallorca, but you can't take Mallorca out of the girl.Wickedly irreverent, laugh out loud funny and lovingly observed, "Cat on a Hot Tiled Roof" celebrates the wonders of Mallorcan rural life.
Good Vibrations (Paperback)
Tom Cunliffe
ADOOG
I'd been itching to ride a Harley-Davidson across America for years. Now it was the High Plains or bust. Inconveniently, my wife Roz had never even sat on a bike. I didn't fancy a passenger for 12,000 miles, so Roz borrowed an ancient 100cc Suzuki and made it to the Driving Test centre. The following morning we flew to Baltimore and she bought a yellow 883 'Sportster', all leather tassels, sexy buckhorn bars and straight-through pipes. It met my Soft-tail off the ship from Southampton and we were away. The ride of a lifetime was soon transformed into a pilgrimage in search of the American people who the Harleys dragged from under stones, off mountainsides, out of the swamps and the prairie dust. The scenery was phenomenal, but it is the folks I'll remember - and riding Death Valley with an engine air-cooled by wind 35 degrees hotter than my blood.
The Food and Cooking of Cambodia (Paperback)
Ghillie Basan
ADZSD
Over 60 authentic classic recipes from an undiscovered cuisine, shown step-by-step in over 300 stunning photographs An illustrated practical introduction to using ingredients, equipment and techniques
The World's Greatest-ever Curries (Paperback)
Mridula Baljekar
ADZSG
Over 150 delicious curries from India and Asia are shown step-by-step in more than 700 colour photographs. This is the definitive guide to mouthwatering, authentic curries from all corners of the Indian subcontinent, and from Thailand, Burma, Vietnam, Malaysia and the islands of Indonesia and the Philippines. It includes easy-to-follow presentation with stage-by-stage photography and sumptuous full-colour pictures of every featured dish. This book brings together an inspirational collection of recipes and shows just how easy it is to make delicious and authentic curries at home. For novice curry chefs, the basics of curry-making are fully explained, and there is a useful directory-style guide to the essential elements of a curry, including practical information on using spices and key ingredients such as root ginger, tamarind, coconut milk and lemongrass; making curry pastes and powders, and cooking perfect rice and noodles. Featuring more than 150 traditional recipes with step-by-step recipe instructions and exquisite colour photographs, making sensational hot and spicy curries has never been so easy.
Amore and Amaretti (Paperback)
Victoria Cosford
AEDVS
L'appetito vien mangiando! - Appetite comes while you are eating. Vicky arrives in Tuscany to study the language and culture of Italy, but soon falls in love with charismatic chef Gianfranco and starts to learn the art of Italian cooking in his trattoria. On Sunday nights, after benches are stacked on tables, they explore the countryside by car, passing glassy lakes and ancient hill towns. This colourful and intoxicating gastro-memoir takes you behind the scenes of romantic restaurants and bars in Tuscany, Umbria, Elba and Perugia. Interspersed with recipes, humour and heartbreak, it will leave you entranced and with a hankering for tagliatelle and truffles.
The Gringo Trail (Paperback)
Mark Mann
AEDVP
'...there I was in the middle of Bogota, coked up to my eyeballs, in a hallway holding two machetes, while some drunk Colombians argued about whether or not to blow up a bar with a live hand grenade...' Asia has the hippie trail. South America has the gringo trail. Mark Mann and his girlfriend Melissa set off to explore the ancient monuments, mountains and rainforests of South America. But for their friend Mark, South America meant only one thing: drugs. Sad, funny and shocking, "The Gringo Trail" is an On the Road for the Lonely Planet generation - a darkly comic road-trip and a revealing journey through South America's turbulent history. Drama and discovery. Culture and cocaine. Fact is stranger than fiction...
A Brief History of Henry VIII (Paperback)
Derek Wilson
ADXBV
Henry VIII changed the course of English life more completely than any monarch since the Conquest. In the portraits of Holbein, Henry Tudor stands proud as one of the most powerful figures in renaissance Europe. But is the portrait just a bluff? In his new book, Derek Wilson explores the myths behind the image of the Tudor Lion. He was the monarch that delivered the Reformation to England yet Luther called him 'A fool, a liar and a damnable rotten worm'. As a young man he gained a reputation as an intellectual and fair prince yet he ruled the nation like a tyrant. He treated his subjects as cruelly as he treated his wives. Based on a wealth of new material and a life time's knowledge of the subject Derek Wilson exposes a new portrait of a much misunderstood King.Praise for Derek Wilson's previous works: "The Uncrowned Kings of England": 'Stimulating and authorative' - John Guy. 'Masterly. [Wilson] has a deep understanding of...characters, reaching out accross the centuries' - "Sunday Times". "Hans Holbein: Portrait of an Unknown Man": 'Fascinating' - Sarah Bradford, "Daily Telegraph". 'Highly readable...The most accurate and vivid portrayal to date' - Alison Weir.
Into the Amazon (Paperback)
John Harrison
ABTEV
Cut off from civilisation, the Guiana Highlands that border Brazil are one of the least known regions on earth, until recently believed to be the location of El Dorado and the fabled tribe of Amazon warrior women. Inspired by young French explorer Raymond Maufrais, who went missing in the area in 1950, adventurer John Harrison and his wife Heather retrace his journey into the Amazon, with only a canoe and a shotgun for company. Unaided and off the map, they encounter jaguars and poisonous frogs, are threatened by malaria and almost lose their way entirely. This is an incredible story of a couple's gruelling survival in the Amazonian wild.
To Prussia with Love (Paperback)
Roger Boyes
ABJUS
'We-have-a-house-in-the-country?'. Lena nodded solemnly. 'Where?'. I almost shouted, briefly rattling the table. 'No, wait, don't tell me - it's Todi in Umbria, right? The old manor house, the one with the lemon groves'! 'Alt-Globnitz'. 'Alt-Globnitz?'. Suddenly I felt cold. 'Alt-Globnitz. It's a really nice place. You will love it'. In a desperate attempt to save his relationship with girlfriend Lena and take a break from the world of journalism, Germany correspondent Roger Boyes agrees to make a great escape from the easy urban lifestyle of Berlin and decamp to the countryside. Roger has hopes for southern Italy, but Lena has inherited a run-down old schloss in deepest, darkest Brandenburg. Needing a form of income, they decide to set up a B & B with a British theme. Enter unhelpful Harry and his Trinidadian chef cousin, a mad Scot to advise them on re-branding Brandenburg, some suicidal frogs and a posse of mad tourists. It all culminates, naturally, in a cricket match between the Brits and the Germans on an old Russian minefield. Farce meets romance in this follow-up to the successful "A Year in the Scheisse".
Call of the White (Paperback)
Felicity Aston
ABENS
Could you ski to the South Pole? That was the challenge that British Adventurer, Felicity Aston put to women from around the Commonwealth as she set out to create the most international all-female expedition ever to the South Pole. The team would not be experienced explorers but 'ordinary' women who wanted inspire others to follow their dreams or make a change for the better in their lives. She received more than 800 applications and embarked on a three-month journey around the world to interview candidates. 'What is skiing?' was the question that greeted her in Ghana. At the close of 2009, Felicity led a team from places as diverse as Jamaica, India, Singapore and Cyprus - some of whom had never even seen snow or spent the night in a tent before joining the expedition - on a 900 km skiing trek across the Antarctic, one of the toughest and most notoriously hazardous journeys on the planet. Eighty-mile-an-hour winds ripped through base camp; frostbite and injuries were an everyday occurrence; and, deadly crevasses emerged from the cracking ice beneath their feet. But they also shared beliefs, ideas, philosophies and laughter, made lasting memories and broke no less than six World Records. Call of the White is a truly inspirational read!
Snowball Oranges (Paperback)
Peter Kerr
AEDVZ
I could hardly believe my eyes. A cold mantle of white was rapidly transforming our sunny paradise into a bizarre winterscape of citrus Christmas trees, cotton wool palms and snowball oranges. When the Kerr family leave Scotland to grow oranges in a secluded valley on the island of Mallorca they are surprised to be greeted by the same freezing weather they have left behind. Then they realise that their new orange farm is a bit of a lemon...Laughter, finds Peter Kerr, is the best medicine when faced with a local dish of rats and the live-chicken-down-a-chimney technique of household maintenance. But their Mallorcan neighbours help them adapt to their new life. "Snowball Oranges" is hilarious and revealing, full of life and colour, set against the breathtaking beauty of the Mediterranean.
From the Camargue to the Alps (Paperback)
Bernard Levin
AEDWB
With passion and wit, Bernard Levin describes his travels on foot through the beautiful countryside of south-eastern France. He follows in the mighty footsteps of the great Carthaginian enemy of Rome, Hannibal, who made the expedition with an army and elephants nearly two millennia before. From the Camargue via the Rhone Valley, across the Alps and into Italy during August snowstorms, he comments on the social and historical importance of the landscapes he passes through, taking detours to the table of chef Jacques Pic at Valence and the Arles region immortalised by Van Gogh. The journey would not have been complete without enjoying the hospitality of the Moussets - the fifth generation of their family to produce wine at Chateauneuf-du-Pape, before turning eastwards, to face the greater challenge of the Alps.
A Year in the Scheisse (Paperback)
Roger Boyes
AEDVK
'It was time, the editor told me, for a more modern approach to Germany...The three of us were the backbone of the British press corps. No cliche about Germany left the country without us having given it our seal of approval.'Laugh-out-loud funny, this is the memorable story of an English journalist's adventures - including his encounters with women - as he tries to get to grip with the Germans. Facing bankruptcy, Roger is advised by his accountant to make use of a legal loophole: in Germany married couples have their tax bill halved. So the search is on for a German bride. Meanwhile his father, a former bomber pilot and war hero, is also in financial trouble and is threatening to move to Germany and sponge off his son.The combination of financial, romantic and parental crises sets in train a hilarious romp during which we discover more than we really wanted to about speed-dating and nudist beaches, the British media obsession with Adolf Hitler and how to cheat at the Berlin marathon, curry wurst and stuffed cabbage. Writing incisively and almost without prejudice, Roger Boyes describes the peculiarities of everyday life in Germany.
Italy's 500 Best-ever Recipes (Paperback)
Jeni Wright
ABZTH
This is the ultimate collection of classic pasta, pizza, antipasto, risotto, meat, fish, vegetable dishes and delicious desserts, with over 500 photographs. This is a comprehensive collection of 500 authentic Italian recipes - from antipasti through to zabaglione - with tempting and tasty ideas for every part of the meal and every occasion. It features warming soups, sizzling pizza and satisfying savoury breads, succulent ragus and roasts, chargrilled fish and shellfish, and a fantastic range of pasta, polenta, gnocchi, noodle and rice dishes well as delectable desserts and ices. It includes all the popular Italian classics such as risotto, cannelloni and lasagne, pizzette and calzone, and zabaglione and tiramisu, as well as lesser-known regional specialities such as chicken with ham and cheese from Emilia-Romagna and grilled fennel salad from Tuscany. Clear step-by-step instructions and a full-colour photograph of every finished dish guarantee perfect results every time. It also includes a nutritional analysis for every recipe. Italy is rightly regarded as one of the world's greatest cuisines. From the sundrenched Mediterranean to misty Alpine slopes, the country is a patchwork of wonderfully varied regions and culinary traditions, each featuring its own typical ingredients, cooking methods and recipes. This amazing diversity is celebrated here in an incredible collection of 500 recipes. Traditional regional recipes are well represented, such as Chicken with Ham and Cheese from Emilia-Romagna, Tortelli with Pumpkin Stuffing from Mantua, and Risi e Bisi from the Veneto, alongside contemporary dishes such as Grilled Fennel Salad with Nicoise Olives, Basil and Pecorino Stuffed Tenderloin, and Hot Avocado Halves with Balsamic Vinegar and Basil Oil. With easy-to-follow tested recipes, this comprehensive compendium of Italian dishes will appeal to everyone who loves good food and cooking.
The Hairy Hikers (Paperback)
David Le Vay
ADZLB
With a glint in his eye, Rob turns and asks me if I want to 'touch his furry puma'. I begin to feel a little concerned about the days and weeks ahead; we are only hours into the trip and things have already taken a sinister turn. Thankfully it turns out he is referring to the little embossed logo on his new shirt. Fuelled by a degree of mid-life crisis and the need to escape, albeit temporarily, the dull routine of modern life, David and Rob set out to walk from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean, taking in French villages, beautiful scenery and one of the most spectacular mountain ranges in Europe. Just about perfect - if you can put aside the inevitable conflict, drama and unexpected tedium that results from two men spending over seven solid weeks in each other's company! This humorous, reflective and often poignant account of two increasingly hairy hikers' coast-to-coast trek along the length of the French Pyrenees, revealing the history and geography along the way, will appeal to weekend walkers, serious trekkers and all who simply enjoy a good story of human endeavour and foolishness.
Caring for Your Toddler (Paperback)
Kim Davies
ADZSE
Kim Davies's Caring for your Toddler will help you bring up a happy, healthy child by showing you everything you need to know about healthy eating, natural therapies, organic options, toilet training, early learning, avoiding additives and pollution, toys, traditional and alternative medical treatments. The book also contains over 180 practical colour photographs.
Irish Cooking (Paperback)
Biddy White Lennon
ADZSK
The Irish are renowned throughout the world for their hospitality and love of good food and drink. This stunning new book offers a fabulous and comprehensive collection of the traditional dishes that have helped to earn Ireland its deserved culinary reputation for excellence and generosity. A carefully selected range of more than 90 delicious step-by-step recipes captures the essence of Irish cooking. There are sections on soups and appetizers, main courses, salad and vegetable dishes, desserts, cakes, bakes, preserves and drinks: each of these sections contains the best-loved typical recipes and authentic favourite traditional dishes that encapsulate the heart of Irish food and cooking. Dishes include all the classics, from Lamb and Vegetable Broth, Pheasant with Oatmeal Stuffing, Champ, and Irish Whiskey Trifle, to Beef and Guiness Casserole, Pratie Apple Pie, and Brown Soda Bread, as well as some more unusual regional specialities, such as Brotchan Foltchep (leek and oatmeal soup). More than 250 specially commissioned colour photographs illustrate how each dish is made, as well as providing a beautiful image of the final dish. Full nutritional information provides an at-a-glance dietary reference, and there are many suggestions for variations and accompaniments, as well as stories of the history and traditions surrounding the recipes. If you want to learn more about Irish cuisine, find out about its key ingredients and techniques, understand how to prepare the food and cook it successfully, and then discover how to enjoy the earthy flavours that typify it, then this is the book for you.
Modern Moroccan (Paperback)
Ghillie Basan
ACJUT
Ancient traditions contemporary cooking. Discover the secrets of Moroccan cuisine - a culinary tradition characterized by subtle scents, delicate flavours and elegant presentation. This wonderful collection of 75 recipes draws upon the herbs and spices of the souk, the fabulous, fresh ingredients of the countryside and coast, and the traditions of the Moroccan kitchen. Tempting dishes to try range from easy breakfasts and healthy lunches to fabulous ideas for stylish entertaining, all explained clearly in step by step stages. Enjoy Casablancan Couscous with Roasted Summer Vegetables, Tagine of Lamb and Crunchy Country Salad, Sauteed Herb Salad with Chilli and Preserved Lemon, and Burnt Mulhalbia with Rose-Petal Jam. "Every so often a book comes along that conveys the scent and taste of its subject so evocatively that it grabs our attention totally. This book is one of them: a heady insight into the colourful and varied mix of modern-day Moroccan food with recipes that demand to be cooked". (Lindsey Bareham (author and cook)). This glorious cookbook evokes the tastes and textures of traditional Moroccan cooking - its exciting use of herbs and spices, its sweet and spicy combinations, its careful use of petals and flower waters - and places them in a modern context. Every recipe is clearly explained for the Western cook, and there is a general introduction describing all the ingredients and cooking techniques. Discover classic tagines of chicken or lamb, enhanced by preserved lemons and olives, and enjoy fresh salads, delectable snacks, drinks and rich desserts from this beautifully illustrated book, exquisitely photographed by Martin Brigdale.
