`I am a princess. All girls are.` Heiress Sara Crewe has everything a little girl could want
- until the sudden death of her father
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A specially adapted board book edition of Oliver Jeffers` laugh-out-loud classic, Stuck. Floyd gets his kite stuck up a tree. He throws up his shoe to shift it, but that gets stuck too. So he throws up his other shoe & that gets stuck, along with...a ladder, a pot of paint, the kitchen sink, an orang-utan & a whale, amongst other things! Will Floyd ever get his kite back? A hilarious book with a wonderful surprise ending. ...

Each title in this popular series is both a cookbook & a photographic essay of people & places. The series encapsulates the flavours of the world`s most exciting & popular cuisines & explores the colourful settings in which food is sourced, cooked & enjoyed. Each book contains a selection of authentic recipes suitable for the home cook. This title features fresh new covers that will appeal to a new generation of cooks ready to discover the diverse cuisines around the world. All of the recipes in this work are beautifully photographed & accompanied by helpful pictures of techniques, equipment & ingredients. ...

Anna had never liked the idea of Mallorca, thinking it was for the disco & beerswilling fraternity. That was until her sister hired an au pair from a rural part of the island who said it was the most beautiful place on earth. On a visit, Anna impulsively decided to buy a ruined farmhouse. Despite her fear of flying, she kept a foot in both camps & commuted to Central London to manage her PR company. But she found herself drawn away from the bustle, stress & the superficial media world towards the tranquil life. She soon realised that her new existence was more enriching & fulfilling. She was learning to live life for its moments rather than race through it in the fast lane. ”A Lizard in My Luggage” explores Mallorca`s fiestas & traditions, as well as the ups & downs of living in a rural retreat. It is about learning to appreciate the simple things & take risks in pursuit of real happiness. Most importantly, it shows that life can be lived between two places. ...

A Load Of Bull is the true story of an Englishman finding his way in one of the most perplexing, anarchic & exuberant cities on earth: Madrid. In the late 80's, Tim Parfitt blagged his way into a job at Conde Nast in London &, from there, into a six week stint in Madrid to help launch Spanish Vogue. Six weeks turned into nine years, & helping out turned into running the company. Tim Parfitt never saw a Costa & he certainly never bought an olive grove. Instead, he discovered a booming city in hedonistic reaction to years of facism, where sleep was something you only did at work. Tim Parfitt's rise from unwanted guest to paparazzi pursued mover in Spain's glamorous social scene is a hilarious comedy of errors. Hugely entertaining memoir.. .frequently laugh-out-loud funny
- Daily Express. A love letter to Madrid.. .brilliantly captures a truly eccentric & hedonistic place
- Daily Mirror. Parfitt's light touch & neat line in self-deprecating humour perfectly suits this entertaining urban spin on the old tale of Brits having fun under the Spanish sun
- Sunday Times Vivid yet affectionate.. .fascinating, escapist stuff
- OK! Magazine. Will do for Madrid what ' Driving over Lemons' has done for Andalucia.
- Spain Magazine.




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The London Transport bar & circle also known as the bulls-eye or roundel is an icon of commercial design. Over the last century it has come to represent not only London`s transport network but also the city itself. Rare for the logo of a large organization, the symbol is often perceived as being cool, & its influence has extended into many other fields, including fashion, pop music & counter-culture. This fascinating book charts the history & development of the symbol from the early 20th century to the present day, & explores its use across the company`s many activities, as well as its wide-ranging cultural influence. Richly illustrated with poster artworks, photographs & other graphic material from the London Transport Museum archives, the book features numerous inventive uses of the bar & circle, many of them previously unpublished. ...

Renowned chef Alessandro Pavoni, of Sydney`s two-chef-hatted Ormeggio at the Spit, hails from Lombardy, home to some of Italy`s most famous dishes, including osso bucco, bollito misto & panettone. In his first cookbook Alessandro reveals the secrets to these traditional classics, along with more than 100 of his treasured family recipes featuring Lombardy`s rich produce
- cave-aged cheeses & cured meats, polenta, tender spit-roasted meat & risotto made from rice grown on the plains of the River Po. Having learnt to cook as a boy standing by his Nonna`s side, Alessandro understood, from an early age, the power of food to nourish & bring joy. This passion continues to inspire him to create delicious, comforting dishes that will bring a little bit of Lombardy into your own home.
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In a unique collaboration between Artangel & Living Architecture, a dwelling was built on top of London`s Queen Elizabeth Hall. The dwelling was a boat, Roi de Belges, inspired by the Thames & by Joseph Conrad`s Heart of Darkness. Writers & artists were given short residencies & wrote about the strange experience of staying in a boat overlooking the river. This book, a collection of their pieces responding to Conrad`s masterpiece, is a result of that collaboration. From Juan Gabriel Vasquez`s meditation on belonging, identity & the otherness of London to Michael Ondaatje`s piercing reflections on history & literature, via Jeanette Winterson`s lyrical, impressionistic musings & Caryl Philips`s supple & poetic observations, this is Joseph Conrad, the Thames & the capital city as you have never experienced them before. ...

For fifteen years, Tim Bradford has meandered round the quiet streets of his North London home, seeking out the ordinary & the extraordinary, the sublime & the ridiculous. A London Country Diary documents his wanderings
- he attempts to rescue a deer in Clissold Park, talks to a magical old man in Holloway, breaks up a fight in Stoke Newington & has issues with foxes in Highbury. & that`s just the beginning. All of life is in these pages. Well, some. OK, just a little bit. But with its idiosyncratic wit & charming illustrations, this book is a timely reminder that you can find beauty, humour & life, wherever you call home.
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London is packed with pubs, but finding a really good one is not always easy. Whether you want to relax in a garden or shelter from rain, marvel at architecture or enjoy a live act, find a convenient meeting point or a place to hide, bring your dog to the pub or stroke the resident cat, it is Herb Lester`s role to anticipate your desires & act as your guide. The 161 tried-&-tested pubs are grouped according to their ambiance, but two useful indexes also list them by their postcodes & alphabetically by their names. The guide comes with a handy fold-out map which also helps to identify their locations. ...