Alexander Pushkin

Alexander Roy

Alexander Shannon

Alexander Sinclair

Alexander Slater is an author and illustrator from London who loves stories with big ideas and bigger heart. He holds a First Class degree in Graphic Design and Illustration from the University of Hertfordshire and has earned several awards in design and cartooning. When he’s not doodling or daydreaming, he can be found cooking, walking his adorable cockapoo, Bailey, or entertaining his millions of followers on his TikTok account @AlexRabbit

Alexander Slater

Alexander Soderberg previously worked as a scriptwriter and story editor for Swedish television, where he worked on adaptations of well-known crime novels as well as drama and sitcoms.

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Alexander Solzhenitsyn

Alexander Stille

Alexander Watson is the author of the prize-winning history of the Central Powers in the First World War, Ring of Steel. He is Professor of History at Goldsmiths, University of London.

Alexander Watson

In his lifetime Alexander von Humboldt was a major international celebrity - only Napoleon, it was said, was more well-known. He was born into the Prussian nobility in 1769 and destined for a career in the civil service. In his twenties he combined his position in the Ministry of Mines with his own investigative studies in science, geology and botany. He travelled around Europe, meeting many other adventurers of his age - including Bligh, Banks and Bougainville – and spent many stimulating months with Goethe in Weimar and Jena. He inherited a fortune on the death of his mother and immediately began planning a major expedition. Napoleon's activities thwarted him at every turn, but he succeeded, rather surprisingly, to gain the permission of Carlos IV to visit the Spanish colonies in South America, and set off with the French botanist Aimé Bonpland and many boxes full of scientific instruments, dodging British warships en route. These five extraordinary years of exploration and research gave Humboldt material for a lifetime's writing. But the expenses of publication exhausted his funds and after more than twenty years living in Paris he was obliged to return to Prussia as a chamberlain at the court of Friedrich Wilhelm III. It was hardly to his taste. He did manage one more major expedition across Russia, when he was sixty years old. Tirelessly energetic, he never stopped working and writing. He was mourned worldwide when he died at the age of nearly ninety in 1859.

Alexander von Humboldt

Alexandr Sergeyevitch Pushkin

Alexandra Bell studied Law at university and signed her first book deal at nineteen. Since then, she has written multiple books for both adults and young people. She works at a legal advice charity and lives in Hampshire with her husband, sons, and Sphynx cats.

Alexandra Bell

Allie Brosh has enjoyed writing ever since her mother tricked her into writing a story to distract her from her immediate goal of wrapping the cat in duct-tape.  She started her award-winning blog in 2009.  Brosh lives in Bend, Oregon, with her husband Duncan, her two dogs, and six pet rats. Visit HyperboleAndAHalf.blogspot.com.

Alexandra Brosh

Alexandra Bruce

Alexandra Chesterfield is a behavioural scientist with a master's degree in Cognitive and Decision Science. Forever curious about why we do what we do, she currently works in financial services, leading a team of behavioural scientists to help get better outcomes for employees and customers. For four years, she was an elected Councillor in Guildford for the Conservative Party. She has personally experienced the effects of affective polarisation, both in and out of the workplace.

Alexandra Chesterfield

Alexandra Christo is a British author whose characters are always funnier and far more deadly than she is. She studied Creative Writing at university and graduated with the desire to never stop letting her imagination run wild. She currently lives in Hertfordshire with a rapidly growing garden and a never-ending stack of books. Her debut novel To Kill a Kingdom is an international bestseller and her Young Adult fantasy books have been translated into over a dozen languages worldwide.

Alexandra Christo-Cheung

Alexandra Coghlan is a music journalist and critic. She has written for publications including the Spectator, New Statesman, the Independent, Gramophone and Opera magazines, and for ensembles including the BBC Proms, Salzburg Festival, The Academy of Ancient Music and The Sixteen. Alexandra was a choral scholar at Trinity College, Cambridge, and it was during her time there that she first discovered the beauty of King's College Chapel and the unique sound of the King's College Choir.

Alexandra Coghlan

Alexandra Dudley is a food writer and cook living in London. She is the recipe columnist for Sheerluxe, writer of the bestselling Substack newsletter Come For Supper, and host of the Come For Supper podcast. She has been dubbed a serial dinner party host but believes that the best food is usually simple and cooked at home. She prefers home cooking to restaurant food and believes that the cook should always get the first glass of champagne or slice of pudding.

Alexandra Dudley

Alexandra Fuller is the author of four memoirs, including Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight – a New York Times Notable Book for 2002, the 2002 Booksense Best Non-Fiction book, a finalist for the Guardian’s First Book Award and the winner of the 2002 Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize – and the New York Times-bestselling Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness, two books of non-fiction, and the novel Quiet Until the Thaw. Her writing has appeared in the New Yorker, National Geographic, Granta, The New York Times, Guardian and Financial Times.

Alexandra Fuller

Alexandra Heminsley is an author, ghostwriter, journalist, broadcaster and speaker. Her bestselling non-fiction work includes Running Like a Girl and Leap In, and her first novel, Under the Same Stars is to be published in 2022. She lives in Hove with her son, and proudly co-parents her LGBT+ family.

Alexandra Heminsley

Alex Hollingsworth co-founded Dig Club and is an experienced and award-winning garden designer, following a successful career in Management Consultancy. Alex trained with the Garden Design Academy of Ireland and also holds an RHS Level 2 Certificate in Horticulture and has had show gardens at Ireland’s ‘Bloom’ and ‘Gardener’s World Live’ in the UK.

Alexandra Hollingsworth

Alexandra Lapierre

Alexandra Massey

Alexandra McCollum grew up in rural northeast Ohio and now lives in Nevada with their husband and dog. Among other jobs, they’ve worked in a bakery in Austria, managed a coffee shop in Ohio, and taught high school in Las Vegas. When not writing, they can be found studying languages and exploring local coffeehouses in search of the perfect americano.

Alexandra McCollum

A graduate of Yale University, Alexandra Oliva grew up in a small town deep in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York. She earned an MFA in Creative Writing from The New School University and undertook intensive wilderness survival training while researching The Last One. She lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and their brindled mutt, Codex. The Last One is her first novel.

Alexandra Oliva

John Peel was born the day before the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939. His 38-year career as a radio DJ is the stuff of legend and the bands he went on to discover too numerous to mention, though David Bowie, Roxy Music, T Rex, Genesis, Joy Division, New Order, The Smiths, Radiohead and the White Stripes would do as a start. He lived in Suffolk with his wife Sheila and their children William, Thomas, Alexandra and Florence, plus various dogs and cats, until his death in October 2004.

Alexandra Ravenscroft

Alexandra Shulman

ALEXANDRA SOVERAL founded her award-winning eponymous skin care line in 2005, where she still hand-blends every product. Originally from Portugal, Alexandra moved to London 1987 to study Philosophy of Science, before dedicating her research to Anatomy, Physiology and Chemistry, becoming a respected skin specialist and product formulator for high quality brands.

Alexandra Soveral

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Emma Sibley

Succulents and cacti make the perfect indoor plant pets. Inexpensive to purchase, easy to care for and resilient to the neglect of even the laziest of gardeners, growing these plants is virtually foolproof.Often small in size these plants are the ideal green solution for the city dweller, who has little time and only a small amount of space. However, there are so many different cultivars of cacti and succulents to collect &ndash; each with their own needs &ndash; that the watering, feeding, potting and general care can differ from plant to plant.The Little Book of Cacti and Other Succulents features a directory of 60 of the most popular varieties of cacti and succulents to own. The entry for each of the 60 plants is accompanied by a photograph and all the essential requirements&#160;for that variety in an easy-to-follow breakdown. This includes details on size, growth, spread and flowering, along with any extra tips on care for that specific plant.When given the right care, your cacti and succulents will thrive and grow. Additionally this book includes a general care section on everyday maintenance and potting, along with tips on how to deal with common pests and disease.This is a must-have guide for all cacti and succulent lovers, who already own or want to start a collection of these hardy little plants.

The Little Book of Cacti and Other Succulents

E. J. Osborne

Hatchet + Bear Spoon Carving demonstrates how with three basic tools &ndash; an axe and two knives &ndash; you can shape a small tree branch into a simple, honest utensil. But while the process is relatively simple, the effects of this craft are profound. E. J. describes the experience of carving a spoon as &#39;medicinal&#39;. With every group of students, he has witnessed how the act of whittling, peeling and shaving wood is absorbing and meditative; minutes turn into hours while the spoon carver becomes absorbed in the making process and surrenders themselves to the joy of slow living. As well as information on tree identification to ensure that you are working with the recommended fresh green wood from hardwood species, E. J. gives advice on harvesting and storing wood. He explains the few tools that are needed for spoon carving and how to use them safely when working the key techniques &ndash; including chopping, splitting, planing, shaving, cutting. Once you are confident with the woodworking skills, you can progress to the projects chapter where full instructions are given for making five different utensil types, starting with the simplest spatula, cooking spoon and hanging jar spoon, before moving on to a coffee scoop and then finally graduating on to the bent-branch spoon.

Hatchet + Bear Spoon Carving

Imogen Owen

Learn how to create beautiful, hand-lettered stationery, art and other decorations with Modern Calligraphy Workshop, a sophisticated, interactive book full of exquisite sample alphabets, fun exercises and simple step-by-step projects.From modern calligraphy in ink to hand lettering in chalk on blackboard and brush lettering in paint, you will discover a variety of ingenious ways to turn words and letters into projects that can be given as gifts, sent as snail mail or used within your home decor.Among other things, you will learn how to create eyecatching letterforms, embellish with swirls and flourishes, free-brush letters on canvas, make your own chalkboard, decorate jars or ceramics and digitize your work for printing. Along the way, you will find plenty of inspiration and helpful tips to encourage and educate you in your creative lettering journey, as well as numerous open practice pages to help you develop your own lettering style.With practical projects suitable for all sorts of celebrations, from engagements and weddings to baby showers, Modern Calligraphy Workshop will give you the inspiration as well as the skills to turn your everyday handwriting into an enviable artwork.

Modern Calligraphy Workshop

The Creative Art of Pen, Brush and Chalk Lettering

Laura Archer

Gone for Lunch is for everyone who wants to reclaim their lunch break &ndash; whether they have a whole hour, or just 30 minutes to spare. In this friendly, fun and inspirational book, there&rsquo;s a challenge for every week of the year. Each activity is designed to be suitable for anyone anywhere &ndash; at home or at work, in the city or the countryside.After failing to take a lunch break for several weeks, Laura Archer set herself a lunchtime challenge for every week of the year and began chronicling her escapades. Drawing buildings, trying yoga classes, volunteering, going for bike rides, handwriting letters: her challenges ranged from indoor to outdoor, active to sedentary, and the effect they had on her was magical. She discovered old flames, past joys, new hobbies. By claiming back that single hour in the middle of the day, Laura turned her life into something richer and happier &ndash; a simple change, with wondrous consequences. Now you can be inspired by her ideas too!

Gone For Lunch

52 Things To Do in Your Lunch Break

Pip McCormac

Herbs &amp; Flowers is a simple yet practical growing guide for 32 herbs and edible flowers. The book contains specific instructions for when, where and how to plant each herb and flower and also includes handy information on when to pick them and what to plant them with. The beauty of this book is that these edible plants can be grown in even the smallest of spaces, which makes Herbs &amp; Flowers the perfect gift for any kitchen-shelf-herbs-growers or urban gardeners. The herbs and flowers featured include chive, dill, sage, mint, lavender, coriander, mustard, borage, jasmine tarragon, thyme, lilac, sorrel, oregano, pansy, geranium, lemon balm and more.

Herbs & Flowers

Plant, Grow, Eat

Anjum Anand

In this, her eighth book, Anjum Anand presents her absolute favourite dishes from all over India.This is her tribute to her homeland, to its extraordinary food culture, drawn from its diverse regions as well as from a host of traders, settlers and immigrants over the years. Anjum offers her personal collection of the most authentic recipes she has gathered over years of travelling throughout the regions of India.As vibrant as a Delhi spice market, the book reveals the vast range of flavours, cooking techniques and occasions that revolve around this popular style of cuisine, and the evocative chapters cover the times of day and celebrations that typify eating in India, such as Indian Summer, On High Days and Holidays, Sunset Bites, and Street-side Tiffin. There are also special features on 18 key ingredients to illustrate how versatile, vibrant and accessible Indian food really is. Anjum is the queen of Indian cooking, and her recipes are brilliantly easy to follow, as well as moreishly good.

I Love India

Recipes and Stories From Morning to Midnight, City to Coast, and Past to Present

Quadrille

Emily Kydd

Rice is one of the most versatile and delicious foods in the world. From risottos to nasi goreng, pilaf to pies, puddings to snack bars, this extraordinary grain is an essential ingredient in so many classic dishes.Posh Rice offers over 70 brand new recipe ideas for rice, with sections on soups &amp; snacks (pakoras, b&eacute;chamel fritters, sticky rice summer rolls), salads &amp; bowls (sesame, avocado and salmon rice bowl, chicken burrito bowls, Persian rice salad), main courses (bibimbap, risi e bisi, lamb Hyderabadi biryani, seafood paella, Hong Kong claypot rice), side dishes (coconut and cashew rice, mudajahhra) and desserts and sweets (Belgian rice tart, Balinese black rice pudding, summer berry rice cream).With tips on storecupboard essentials and a guide to types of rice, and with a photograph of every single recipe, Posh Rice gives you a wealth of fast and tasty meal solutions.

Posh Rice

Over 70 Recipes For All Things Rice

Ellie Gibson

Helen Thorn

&lsquo;Honest, gutsy and laugh out loud... Do your pelvic floor exercises before reading as you may pee your pants&rsquo; &ndash; Kathy LetteA celebration of parenting failures, hilarious confessions, fish fingers and wine! This is a book for anyone who&rsquo;s ever dealt with a poo in the pool, cleaned up a sick in the supermarket, or gone to an important meeting without realising there&rsquo;s weetabix stuck to their bum. Because let&rsquo;s be honest &ndash; no matter how much we love our kids, or how good we are at parenting, everyone&rsquo;s a Scummy Mummy sometimes.

Scummy Mummies

A Celebration of Parenting Failures, Hilarious Confessions, Fish Fingers and Wine

Catherine Phipps

Citrus fruits are the most exciting family of ingredients with which to cook. They satisfy almost every part of the palate &ndash; sweet, sour, bitter and umami-enhancing, and how many other foods are as versatile and transformative?From the smallest squeeze of lemon, to the zing of lime zest, citrus fruits are almost magical. Citrus offers more than 170 recipes that celebrate everything from Seville oranges to yuzu to grapefruit, bergamot and pomelo. Through fresh salads, scented broths, the happy marriage of seafood and citrus, Asian and Mediterranean-inflected meat dishes, preserves and pickles, to the world of sweet pies, tarts, cakes and cocktails, Catherine Phipps explores the myriad uses of oranges and lemons and all things in between. Her recipes are straightforward, easy to follow and work perfectly every time.A fascinating cookbook for when you&rsquo;re stuck for new ideas (we&rsquo;ve all had a surplus of lemons in the fridge) or simply if you want to freshen up your flavours, Citrus is a colourful source of delight and inspiration.

Citrus

Recipes That Celebrate the Sour and the Sweet

Frances Tobin

This is a book for women of any age or shape who want to dress well but cannot always find what they want on the high street. Designer Frances Tobin has taken the key shapes from some of the most enduring fashion trends, such as the stretch pencil skirt, the cigarette pants, the tie-neck blouse and the oversized t-shirt, and refined them into clear dressmaking patterns with easy-to-follow instructions. Frances has sourced the perfect fabrics to suit each garment and shows four alternative looks for each of the eight patterns to provide further technical know-how as well as style ideas to enable the home dressmaker to make their own capsule collection of garments unique to them. For example, the pencil skirt is shown in a taupe woven stretch gabardine to suit an elegant working wardrobe, but alternatively this skirt takes on an edgier look when made up in metallic copper stretch fabric with a raw hem. With the 8 dressmaking patterns supplied in the pack alongside the book, and given in sizes UK 8 to 20, The Maker&rsquo;s Atelier: The Essential Collection makes it possible for all women &ndash; whether dressmaking novices or accomplished seamstresses &ndash; to own an enviable selection of timeless and adaptable staple garments.

The Maker's Atelier: The Essential Collection

Sewing with Style

Géraldine Olivo

Discover how to marry spring water, fruit, vegetables, herbs and spices to create delicious, detoxifying flavoured waters that are packed with health-enhancing vitamins and antioxidants to purify, fight against bloating and aid weight loss. 
 
 Increase your daily water intake the easy way with appetizing detox waters. We are all aware of the benefits of keeping hydrated &ndash; from flushing out toxins to burning fat when exercising &ndash; but the reason why many of us fail to drink enough water each day is simply boredom. Now these delicious recipes &ndash; including Summer Peach, Courgette and Thyme, Rosemary and Lemon and &lsquo;Carrot Cake&rsquo; drink &ndash; put the taste back into detoxing. The citrus kick or berry sweetness of a detox water can also help to curb food cravings, so keeps your diet on track as well as your skin clear and body healthily hydrated. 
 
 The recipes for the detoxifying drinks are divided into two chapters &ndash; Detox Waters for Spring and Summer, then Detox Waters for Autumn and Winter &ndash; so this cookbook has a drink to purify you any time of year. During the warmer months, make infusions rich with vitamin C from red fruits and berries accompanied by herbs, including Watermelon Water with Mint or Floral Water with Cherries and Rose Petals. Then as the weather becomes colder turn to dried fruits and spices to create infusions such as Coffee Water with Raisins and Cinnamon or Rooibos Infusion with Dried Apricots and Tonka Beans.&#160; 
 
 The final chapter in the book gives more than ten recipes and ideas for utilizing the leftover residues from the detox waters, so rather than waste these precious antioxidant-rich ingredients they can be transformed into delicious smoothies, chutneys and even pancakes.&#160;

Detox Waters

80 Simple Infusions for Health and Vitality

Anni Kravi

Porridge is the new food trend on the block. It has become the ultimate canvas for creating imaginative, healthy recipes, packed full of flavour and topped with an abundance of superfoods.Here are over 50 recipes which take inspiration from around the world, using oats, quinoa, amaranth, raw buckwheat, bulgur wheat, rice and spelt. The chapters are broken down into mylk (almond milk and coconut milk) bases, sweet, savoury, raw and cooked recipes and over 20 inventive toppings.&#160;All the recipes are sugar-free, dairy-free, vegetarian and vegan.In Porridge, Anni Kravi re-writes the porridge rule book, creating bowl food that will transform the way you eat breakfast forever.

Porridge

Grains + Pulses + Seeds

Dale Pinnock

From TV&rsquo;s Eat Shop Save&rsquo;s resident chef and nutritionist, Dale Pinnock, comes the only book you will ever need to learn the basics of healthy cooking at home.Medicinal Chef Dale is the perfect teacher. He starts by explaining the benefits of types of ingredient like wholegrains, oils and meat and poultry, as well as cooking methods like stir-frying. The second part of the book is packed with 80 easy, everyday recipes that anyone can make and adapt in order to take a healthier path, now and forever.&ldquo;The purpose of this book is to help you make sense of what healthy dishes look like, how they are composed, and what cooking methods you can use to create a healthy dish and get the best out of your ingredients.&rdquo; &ndash; Dale Pinnock, BSc Human Nutrition, BSc Herbal Medicine, PgDip Nutritional Medicine

The Medicinal Chef: How to Cook Healthily

Simple Techniques and Everyday Recipes for a Healthy, Happy Life

Xand van Tulleken

Georgina Davies

Are you ready to lose weight well?Written by Dr Xand van Tulleken, who slimmed down from 19 stone, How to Lose Weight Well accompanies the hit Channel 4 show and champions a foolproof weightloss method. He presents a simple 4-step plan for a healthy diet, backed by science. No gimmicks, no expensive supplements, no hassle &ndash; just practical advice and 70 easy recipes for every day of the week.For most people, diets fail when cravings and temptation get the better of them, but this diet addresses these common traps so that anyone can keep the weight off for the rest of their lives. Recipes include filling meat, fish and vegetable mains, breakfasts and even puddings. Additionally, a series of menu plans provides all the help readers might need to fit the recipes into their busy days.

How to Lose Weight Well

Keep Weight off Forever, the Healthy, Simple Way

Pippa Murray

Nut butter is the new superfood. You&rsquo;re now as likely to see almond butter as peanut butter on supermarket shelves everywhere. It&rsquo;s a fabulous, high-protein option for those looking to avoid both dairy and palm oil, as well as tasting fantastic.From almond to cashew and peanut, this trailblazing cookbook shows you how to use versatile nut butters in breakfasts, snacks, smoothies, savoury dishes, desserts and bakes, as well as make your own.With recipes including Nut Butter Granola, Peanut Butter and Cacao Protein Balls, Almond Butter Superfood Smoothie, and Peanut Butter and Raspberry Cheesecake, this is the ultimate cookbook for people looking to give a healthy, protein-fuelled boost to their diet.

Pip & Nut: The Nut Butter Cookbook

Over 70 Recipes that Put the 'Nut' in Nutrition

Tim Hayward

'Hayward, one of the... best food writers alive, every page a different blade, glintingly pictured and lovingly described. Kitchen porn but not sinister: A cook’s gotta chop, a cook’s gotta mince.' – Simon Schama in New York Times 
 
'Both essential and informative, useful information and sheer blade porn. Tim Hayward explores the world of knives with enthusiasm and authority.' – Anthony Bourdain 
 
'This is possibly the coolest book I have ever seen. Glorious in content, geeky in text and engaging in photography. This is every cook's must-have reference book! I love it.' – Tom Kerridge 
 
'Tim Hayward is the most serious cookery writer I know. Whatever he says, I will listen. Whatever he writes, I will buy.' – Len Deighton 
 
'A gleaming, razor-sharp paean to the chef s greatest weapon in Knife by Tim Hayward. Both eloquent and encyclopaedic, Knife is the ultimate book of blades'' – Tom Parker Bowles, Mail on Sunday 
 
Knife is a love-letter to this essential culinary tool – its form, history and creation. The knife can be the most functional utensil or the most exquisite piece of design – avid collectors pay jaw-dropping sums for a piece of Japanese hand-crafted steel, made according to traditions that date back thousands of years. 
 
Through interviews with knife-makers, chefs and collectors, acclaimed food writer Tim Hayward explores how the relationship between cook and blade has shaped the both the knife itself, and the ways we prepare and eat food all over the world. From Damascus blades to Chinese cleavers and sushi knives, at the heart of Knife is a fascinating guide to 40 different types of knife, each with its own unique story, detailed description and stunning photographs. 
 
Lavishly illustrated and designed, and as cool, personal and desirable as the most intricately crafted deba, Knife opens up the world of this most covetable of culinary implements.

Knife

The Culture, Craft and Cult of Cook's Knife

Atul Kochhar

Award-winning Indian chef, Atul Kochhar, shares his passion for Indian food with a wonderful collection of recipes based in the rich culinary tradition of the sub-continent.Atul&rsquo;s style of cooking is contemporary and his enticing recipes re ect the diversity of modern Indian food with its vibrant colours and intriguing blends of avours. All the recipes are drawn from all parts of India, from the rich, meat-based Moghul food of the North to the vegetarian curries of Goa and Kerala and the aromatic sh dishes of Bengal and Assam. Atul provides a hands-on guide to cooking superb authentic Indian food at home.Cooking techniques are clearly explained in the recipes; a good home cook will nd most of the dishes in the book easy to prepare and even a beginner could attempt many of them successfully.There are also menu suggestions and general guidelines for choosing dishes that complement each other for the perfect Indian dining experience.

Simple Indian

The Fresh Tastes of Indian's Cuisine

The Fresh Tastes of Indian’s Cuisine

Simon Hoggart

In this informative and amusing book &ndash; updated by Jonathan Ray to include 12 new wines &ndash; Simon Hoggart provides a highly personal selection of more than 100 exciting and eclectic wines that are invariably good value. 
Life&rsquo;s Too Short to Drink Bad Wine is aimed at the amateur wine lover prepared, occasionally, to spend a little more than supermarket prices to get something special. Simon eschews pretentious &lsquo;wine-speak&rsquo; yet describes his encounters with each of them so wittily you will be sure to remember them. 
 The wines are arranged alphabetically with entries interspersed with interesting features varying from how to read a wine label or on how to buy wine, to an account of the Judgment of Paris, when Californian wines beat the French in a blind tasting. From the 112 selected, Simon has awarded ten of them Top 10 status. At the back of the book is a source list of wine makers, distributors and merchants.&#160;

Life's Too Short to Drink Bad Wine

Over 100 Wines for the Discerning Drinker

Tessa Kiros

Tessa Kiros, renowned for her exquisite food and travel books, takes us on a fascinating journey across the globe to explore French culinary influences in far-flung destinations. Her journey begins in Provence, where Tessa first fell in love with French food, and explores the Mediterranean region&rsquo;s links between the indigenous ingredients, flavours, materials and traditions.She then takes the path of early French explorers, travelling to the island of Guadeloupe in the Caribbean; Vietnam in South-east Asia; Pondicherry on the Bay of Bengal, India; La R&eacute;union, a French island in the Indian Ocean; finally returning to France and landing in Normandy, where the cuisine is so different from the South of France. In each destination, Tessa delves into the history and culinary traditions of the country (or region), discovering how French cuisine has become embroiled with local ingredients and traditions.The result is an intriguing collection of recipes that will appeal to all those with a broad interest in food and culture.

Provence to Pondicherry

Recipes from France and Faraway

Trine Hahnemann

The Scandinavians excel in comfort &ndash; family, friends, a good atmosphere, long meals, relaxation and an emphasis on simple pleasures.They even have a word for this kind of cosiness that comes with spending quality time in hearth and home when the days are short: hygge.Trine Hahnemann is the doyenne of Scandinavian cooking and loves nothing more than spending time in her kitchen cooking up comforting food in good company. This is her collection of recipes that will warm you up and teach you to embrace the art of hygge, no matter where you live.

Scandinavian Comfort Food

Embracing the Art of Hygge

Antonio Carluccio

Like most Italians, the great Antonio Carluccio loves vegetables. In this book he turns his attention to his favourites, and many others, adding up to over 100 different varieties.He researches the botanical family of each type of vegetable, its history, describes in loving detail how to buy and prepare it &ndash; and in over 150 recipes tells us how to make the most of the humble veg, whether eaten raw, cooked or preserved.There are pastas with vegetables, soups, vegetable bakes and salads, risottos, pickles, stews, tarts and dips. There are even some sweet cakes and biscuits based around vegetables.The Italian way with vegetables is renowned the world over, the Carluccio way with vegetables is unsurpassed, and this book is an essential for every kitchen.

Vegetables

Charlie McDonnell

Welcome, fellow humans (and others), to the the world of FUN SCIENCE! I&rsquo;m Charlie, also known across the internet as charlieissocoollike.In my book, I take you on an awesome journey through the cosmos, beginning with the Big Bang through to the Solar System and the origins of life on Earth, all the way down to the particles that make up everything around us (including you and me!). 
 Expect frequent digressions, tons of illustrations of not-so-sciencey things (NB a microwave flying through space), and pages packed with my all time favourite mind-bending science facts.So, get ready for a faster-than-the-speed of-light (OK, not quite) tour of all of the best and most interesting things that science has to offer us... and most importantly: WELCOME TO THE UNIVERSE!(Written by a science fan NOT a scientist!)

Fun Science

A Guide to Life, the Universe, and Why Science is so Awesome

Monica Galetti

In The Skills, Monica Galetti offers both amateur chefs and professionals basic cooking skills for cooking over 100 fabulous recipes.Building on her Masterchef: The Professionals reputation as the expert in the kitchen, Monica takes the reader through a series of essential techniques including: jointing a chicken, preparing a rack of lamb, filleting fish, making basics such as sauces, mayonnaise, pasta, meringues, caramel and souffl&eacute;s, and making breads and pastries.Once you&rsquo;ve mastered Monica&rsquo;s foolproof methods you can cook her fabulous recipes such as Braised artichoke with bacon and gin, Tartare of salmon, Roast lamb with peppers and olives, Salt caramel chocolate ganache and Apricot sabayon.With step-by-step photographs throughout, The Skills will give you all the secrets of success in the kitchen.

The Skills

How to Become an Expert Chef in Your Own Kitchen: 120 Recipes, Tips and Techniques

Steve Tribe

It&rsquo;s back! And this time it&rsquo;s the ultimate challenge, with over 3000 brand-new questions from the popular BBC2 show.It&rsquo;s been on television for over five decades, and it&rsquo;s still loved by viewers of all ages. University Challenge is a firm favourite on BBC2 screens for 10 months of the year.This brand-new quiz book saves you having to shout answers at the screen &ndash; you can shout them at your family and friends instead! Featuring over 3000 new questions, University Challenge: The Ultimate Questions will have everyone racking their brains and sharpening their wits.Regularly the third most popular show on BBC2, and with Jeremy Paxman its iconic host, it&rsquo;s not all about the students. University Challenge: The Professionals and Christmas University Challenge have proved equally popular, with the great and the good queuing up to participate; previous contestants have included Kate Adie, Jonathan Coe, Lynne Truss, Rory Bremner, Charlie Higson and Louis Theroux.

University Challenge: The Ultimate Questions

Over 3000 Brand-new Quiz Questions from the Hit BBC TV Show

Omar Allibhoy

Spanish food can be incredibly easy to make at home. In Spanish Made Simple, Omar Allibhoy, the chef behind the Tapas Revolution restaurants, guides you through the basics of 100 key Spanish dishes. All the ingredients are available from supermarkets and you don&#39;t need to be an expert cook.Spanish cooking is characterised by deep flavours, vibrant colour and minimal ingredients so you will learn to make a paella that packs a punch without spending hours in the kitchen, cook up a tapas feast for friends, and even whip up a delectable Spanish dessert in minutes.Sunny and delicious, informal and everyday, Spanish cooking is for everyone, from skilled chefs to complete beginners, and Omar tells you how.

Spanish Made Simple

100 Foolproof Spanish Recipes for Every Day

Gill Meller

Winner of the Fortnum &amp; Mason Debut Food Book Award 2017Nominated for the Andr&eacute; Simon award for best cookbook and Guild of Food Writers book of the yearGather is a cookbook that celebrates simplicity and nature, both in ingredients and cooking styles. Head Chef at River Cottage for 10 years, Gill Meller showcases 120 brand new recipes inspired by the landscapes in which he lives and works.Featuring chapters on foods from Moorland (game and herbs), Garden (tomatoes, salads, soft fruits), Farm (pork, dairy, honey), Field (rye, barley, wheat, oats), Seashore (crab, seaweed, oysters), Orchard (apples, pears, cherries), Harbour (fish and seafood), and Woodland (mushrooms, damsons, blackberries), Gill gently guides the reader through simple recipes, with no need for obscure ingredients or complicated cooking.With great food at its heart, Gather is the most contemporary of cookbooks, with photography that captures a year of the best cooking and eating.

Gather

Simple, Seasonal Recipes from Gill Meller, Head Chef at River Cottage

Lucy Bee

Coconut Oil: Recipes for Real Life is just that &ndash; a cookbook containing a collection of over 100 gluten-free, easy-to-follow recipes using everyday natural ingredients, including coconut oil and other products from the Lucy Bee range.Whether you need culinary inspiration in the kitchen or simply want a change from your usual repertoire of dishes, this is the cookbook for you. Each of the brand new recipes produces a tasty, nutritious meal using ingredients that you&#39;ll either already have at home or are easy to source in your local shop. We all lead such busy lives that it&#39;s not always possible to spend hours creating meals, so these recipes intend to nourish and satisfy with minimum prep time &ndash; and washing up. They&#39;re great to share with family and friends, or simply to make for yourself and take to work for lunch or snacks the next day.Enjoy a little &#39;me time&#39; in the kitchen &ndash; or get a friend or family member to lend a hand &ndash; as you rustle up your favourite recipes from the book, such as the One-Tray Roast Chicken, which takes the hassle out of cooking a Sunday roast and involves only a minimum of washing up. Try recipes with a healthy twist in the &#39;Fakeways&#39; section, where healthy alternative ingredients are used to achieve mouthwatering dishes that will leave you feeling as though you are still indulging in your favourite, naughty takeaway food. Recipes include Sweet and Sour Chicken, Chicken Katsu Curry and Courgetti Carbonara. Other chapters include: Brunchin&#39;, Glow with the Flow, Saturday Night Fakeaways, Sharing is Caring, One-Pot Cooks, Naughty but Nice and Lucy&#39;s Larder.Coconut Oil: Recipes for Real Life recommends using Fair Trade and organic ingredients whenever possible, which in turn supports those communities that produce these and cares for the environment, making a real difference to real lives across the world.

Coconut Oil: Recipes for Real Life

Over 100 Recipes to Share with Friends and Family, Using Nature's Perfect Ingredient

Nina Cosford

Venture forth &ndash; if you dare &ndash; into the hazardous territory that is the girl brain!&#160; 
 
 From the dreaded doom of bra-shopping to the countless hours spent trying to select the right emoji or why we analyse (absolutely) everything, this book offers a humorous, revealing and hugely-relatable exploration of what it means to be a girl in the twenty-first century.&#160; 
 
 Enter at your peril...&#160;

My Name is Girl

An Illustrated Guide to the Female Mind

Welcome to Quadrille&rsquo;s new cookbook series: Alphabet Cooking. This brand-new series focuses on creating a collection of must-have books filled with 50 of the most on-trend dishes from cuisines around the world.The series will kick off with M is for Mexican and K is for Korean which will introduce the ultimate recipes from both cuisines all in a highly desirable and on-trend gift package.Containing 50 recipes that cover the fundamental dishes from these zeitgeist cooking traditions, merging both ancient dishes and modern reinterpretations.K is for Korean covers the fermented food stars of the moment Kimchi, Oi Jee, Kkakdugi whilst also offering Bibimbap and KFC (Korean Fried Chicken).This trend-led series of cookbooks will be filling the bookshelves of budding new foodies across the country whilst also making for the perfect gift for anyone who hasn&rsquo;t yet experimented with bringing these cuisines into their home cooking.

Alphabet Cooking: K is for Korean

King of

King's Maker

Kingdom of Lies

A gripping historical fiction series set amid England's War of the Roses in which the Houses of Lancaster and York faced each other on the field of battle - and the Tudors won.

Kingmaker

Kings of the Realm

Knights Templar

Knights of the Borrowed Dark

Kurt Wallander

Four of James Ellroy's most popular crime novels featuring the infamous Dudley Smith, which include: 'The Black Dahlia', 'The Big Nowhere', 'L.A. Confidential' and 'White Jazz'.

L.A. Quartet

Lacey Flint has never worked a murder case - until a savage murder, 120 years to the day since Jack the Ripper claimed his first victim, crosses her desk. 
This case sets the precedent that Lacey Flint is never far from danger, or the River Thames, but she will stop at nothing to find the answers.

Lacey Flint

Ladybird Audio Adventures

Ladybird Classics

Ladybird Eco Books

Ladybird Grammar

Ladybird Lane

Introduce your little one to first concepts and themes with Ladybird Learners. From ABC to 123, animals to colours, we've got you covered for fun early learning experiences. The engaging illustrations and clear text offer lots of opportunities to extend young learners' vocabulary and get them talking. 
 
A colourful board book series packed with big learning ideas for curious little minds. 
 
Look out for all the titles in the series: 
 
My First Animals: Ladybird Learners 
My First ABC: Ladybird Learners 
My First Numbers: Ladybird Learners 
My First Colours: Ladybird Learners

Ladybird Learners

Ladybird Readers

Ladybird Sing-along Stories

Ladybird Tales

Ladybird Tales of... Treasuries

These delightful books are the latest in the series of Ladybird books which have been specially planned to help grown-ups with the world about them. 
 
The large clear script, the careful choice of words, the frequent repetition and the thoughtful matching of text with pictures all enable grown-ups to think they have taught themselves to cope. The subject of the books will greatly appeal to grown-ups. 
 
The eight books in the series feature original Ladybird artwork alongside brilliantly funny, brand new text. The other books in the series are: 
 
- The Ladybird Book of Mindfulness 
 
- The Ladybird Book of Sheds 
 
- The Ladybird Book of The Hipster 
 
- The Ladybird Book of the Mid-Life Crisis 
 
- The Ladybird Book of the Hangover 
 
- The Ladybird Book of Dating 
 
- How it Works: The Husband 
 
- How it Works: The Wife

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