`I could hear the frost crackling outside. Greenish moonbeams shone through windows covered with patterns of ice...` One of the most moving accounts of being a boy ever written, My Childhood is a both wonderful & harrowing memoir
- & one of the great works of Russian literature. This is a new series of twenty distinctive, unforgettable Penguin Classics in a beautiful new design & pocket-sized format, with coloured jackets echoing Penguin`s original covers.
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Bella is a teenage chocolate junkie
- fashion-mad & God-haunted
- who lives in the lakeside village of La Frisette in France

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An allotment is one of the best
- & cheapest ways
- of getting hold of valuable gardening space to grow your own produce, along

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my cool bike celebrates a love affair with bikes & bike culture. The bicycle is the most popular form of transport on the planet. Cycling is simply ideal for many things & we are now at the dawn of a new golden age of this versatile machine. This book will appeal to all who have taken up cycling for sport, fun, health & wealth. As the individual stories in the book show, a bike is a way of seeking solitude
- a leisurely trip taken at one`s own pace, only relying on pedal power. For some the bike is much more than an accessory for the daily commute: there are the plucky few who have have embarked on life-changing momentous global journeys; while for others bike ownership offers the chance to be part of a loyal, passionate & strong-minded community of fellow enthusiasts embarking on club excursions. Among this collection of cool bikes are classic racing bikes, high-tech machines that use the latest in material science & aerodynamics, eccentric bikes designed for specific purposes, & rarities coveted by serious collectors. Themes include: Urban, Commercial, Touring & Sporting, Vintage & Eccentric, Custom bikes, Eco & community bikes, Workshops, shops & cafes & Accessories including fashion.
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My Cool Campervan celebrates the new wave of interest in campervans & motorhomes, & the diverse ways that owners are styling them. Campervans have always had a certain appeal to those who buy into the notion of the open road but the current interest in all things retro has led to a new generation exploring the freedoms which they offer. My Cool Campervan is unique in celebrating all types of campervan
- looking beyond the VW to vans from other manufacturers & earlier eras. It

Includes:: over 30 examples from the UK, US, Europe & Australia, including classics such as the Dormobile, VW, Commervan & Winnebago. A visual voyage through time, the book features stylish photography, informative text & the owners` stories of their love affairs with their vans. With an engaging text & beautifully styled photography, My Cool Campervan aims to inspire a new generation of campervan owners. The Caravan Club estimate that there are 130, 000 motorhome owners in the UK & it is a fast growing sector.


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I threw the piece of paper on the fire. She saw it burn.. . Orphaned at an early age, Philip Ashley is raised by his benevolent older cousin, Ambrose. Resolutely single, Ambrose delights in Philip as his heir, a man who will love his grand home as much as he does himself. But the cosy world the two construct is shattered when Ambrose sets off on a trip to Florence. There he falls in love & marries
- & there he dies suddenly. In almost no time at all, the new widow
- Philip`s cousin Rachel
- arrives in Engl&. Despite himself, Philip is drawn to this beautiful, sophisticated, mysterious woman like a moth to the flame. & yet.. .might she have had a hand in Ambrose`s death?


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This special edition contains a foreword by the film`s director & screenwriter, Roger Michell Orphaned at an early age, Philip Ashley is raised by his benevolent cousin, Ambrose. Resolutely single, Ambrose delights in making Philip his heir, knowing he will treasure his beautiful Cornish estate. But Philip`s world is shattered when Ambrose sets off on a trip to Florence. There he falls in love & marries
- & then dies suddenly in suspicious circumstances. Before long, the new widow
- Philip`s cousin Rachel
- arrives in Engl&. Despite himself, Philip is drawn to this beautiful, mysterious woman. But could she have caused Ambrose`s death?


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A sequel to My Dad Thinks He`s Funny, & a great Father`s Day gift, dad is back by popular demand with more hilarious material in this witty celebration of dad humour. Dad still thinks he`s funny...and says silly things like, ”I`ve told you fifty million times, don`t exaggerate.” By turns funny & sweet, & with exciting art from award-winning illustrator Tom Jellett, this is the perfect read for anyone who enjoys a good laugh
- & the occasional eye roll!
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A letter, two lovers, a terrible lie. In war, truth is only the first casualty. ` Inspires the kind of devotion among its readers not seen since David Nicholls` One Day` The Times While Riley Purefoy & Peter Locke fight for their country, their survival & their sanity in the trenches of Flanders, Nadine Waveney, Julia Locke & Rose Locke do what they can at home. Beautiful, obsessive Julia & gentle, eccentric Peter are married: each day Julia goes through rituals to prepare for her beloved husband`s return. Nadine & Riley, only eighteen when the war starts, & with problems of their own already, want above all to make promises
- but how can they when the future is not in their hands? & Rose? Well, what did happen to the traditionally brought-up women who lost all hope of marriage, because all the young men were dead? Moving between Ypres, London & Paris, My Dear I Wanted to Tell You is a deeply affecting, moving & brilliant novel of love & war, & how they affect those left behind as well as those who fight.
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I have been a restaurant critic for over a decade, written reviews of well over 700 establishments, & if there is one thing I have learnt it is that people like reviews of bad restaurants. No, scratch that. They adore them, feast upon them like starving vultures who have spotted fly-blown carrion out in the bush. They claim otherwise, of course. Readers like to present themselves as private arbiters of taste; as people interested in the good stuff. I`m sure they are. I`m sure they really do care whether the steak was served au point as requested or whether the souffle had achieved a certain ineffable lightness. & yet, when I compare dinner to bodily fluids, the room to an S & M chamber in Neasden (only without the glamour or class), & the bill to an act of grand larceny, why, then the baying crowd is truly happy. Don`t believe me? Then why, presented with the chance to buy this ebook filled with accounts of twenty restaurants
- their chefs, their owners, their poor benighted front of house staff
- getting a complete stiffing courtesy of the sort of vitriolic bloody-curdling review which would make the victims call for their mummies, did you seize it with both hands?

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