The mouth-watering new book from acclaimed author illustrator, Oliver Jeffers. Henry loves books...but not like you & I. He loves to EAT books! This exciting story follows the trials & tribulations of a boy with a voracious appetite for books. Henry discovers his unusual taste by mistake one day, & is soon swept up in his new-found passion
- gorging on every delicious book in sight! & better still, he realises that the more books he eats, the smarter he gets. Henry dreams of becoming the Incredible Book Eating Boy; the smartest boy in the world! But a book-eating diet isn`t the healthiest of habits, as Henry soon finds out...
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It`s time to peek inside the world`s most famous museums. Welcome to Lonely Planet Kids` Incredible Cabinet of Wonders
- the greatest
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Prince`s College, Cambridge, is a peaceful & scholarly community, enlivened by Prudence Pinsent, the Master`s daughter. Spirited, beautiful, & thoroughly unconventional, Prudence is a remarkable young woman. One fine morning she sets out for Suffolk to join her cousin Lord Wellende for a few days` hunting. On the way Prudence encounters Captain Studde of the coastguard
- who is pursuing a quarry of his own. Studde is on the trail of a drug smuggling ring that connects Wellende Hall with the cloistered world of Cambridge. It falls to Prudence to unravel the identity of the smugglers
- who may be forced to kill, to protect their secret.

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Holly is off on her first international Dadventure! Dad`s taking Holly on one of his travel-writing trips
- to Malaysia! Holly
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The third volume of stories featuring the cunning clerical sleuth Father Brown. Ahead of a new series of the popular BBC adaptation starring Mark Williams, all five of Chesterton`s original Father Brown books have been republished with charming & collectible Penguin covers. ` That sort of thing may be very well for crypts & cloisters & all sorts of moonshiny places. But ghosts can`t get through a closed door in an American hotel.` Father Brown, the shrewd & modest clerical detective, encounters miracles, ghosts & prophets in this third volume of ingeniously plotted tales. From South America to New York, his keen observation & quiet wisdom are a match for any mystery
- even when he finds himself missing, presumed dead, in his own coffin.. .G. K. Chesterton was born in 1874. He attended the Slade School of Art, where he appears to have suffered a nervous breakdown, before turning his hand to journalism. A prolific writer throughout his life, his best- known books include The Napoleon of Notting Hill (1904), The Man Who Knew Too Much (1922), The Man Who Was Thursday (1908) & the Father Brown stories. Chesterton converted to Roman Catholicism in 1922 & died in 1938.` Chesterton knew how to make the most of a detective story` Jorge Luis Borges
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In 1895/6 the sixty-year-old Mark Twain set off on a worldwide lecture tour to pay off his debts from a publishing company bankruptcy, notes from which a year later became his final travel book Following the Equator. Two years later he wrote, ` How I did loathe that journey around the world! except the sea-part & India.` Although he was only in India for just over two of the twelve months, his exploits & observations there take up forty per cent of the book-and by common consent are by far the best & liveliest part of it. In The Indian Equator the Mark Twain travel trilogist Ian Strathcarron, his wife & photographer Gillian & his factota Sita follow in his mentor`s footsteps, train tracks & boat wakes tracing the route that Twain, his wife Livy, his daughter Clara, his manager Smythe & his bearer Satan took as they crisscrossed the sub-continent. Leaving from the Bombay that was & the Mumbai that is, both writers follow the lecture circuit of old India--including what is now Pakistan--across the plains & cities of the north up to the peaks of the Himalayas by way of Baroda, Jaipur, Delhi, Agra, Lucknow, Benares/ Varanasi, Calcutta/ Kolkata, Darjeeling, Lahore & Rawalpindi. Staying in the same Raj clubs, travelling down the same train lines, meeting the high & mighty & the downtrodden & destitute, Twain & Strathcarron are absorbed by an India that then was & now is `not for the faint of heart nor mild of spirit nor weak of mind nor dull of sense nor correct of politic`; a rapidly changing yet still deeply traditional society where `a few hundred million have grabbed the twenty-first century by the whiskers & many more hundred million still tuck the nineteenth century into bed at night`. Mark Twain loved the India of 1896; like his trilogist, he would love it still. ...

A feast for the eyes as well as the mind, this is a comprehensive encyclopaedia of the mouth-watering ingredients used in Indian cooking. Monisha Bharadwaj shares the secrets of Indian cuisine & celebrates variety & ingenuity. From asafoetida to walnuts, each of 100 ingredients is explored giving useful advice about its appearance & taste, how it grows, how to store it &, of course, its culinary uses, complemented with over 200 classic Indian dishes. Every ingredient is a vivid insight into India's great & colourful traditions, from the earthy, creamy lentil dishes & yogurt-based marinades in North Indian cooking to the rice, coconut & curry leaves that are the famous staples of the South. Including tips on how to balance hot, sweet & sour flavours, how to cook spices so that they achieve their full-bodied, almost nutty-tasting flavour & explanations for why it is so essential to brown onions to a deep russet colour, The Indian Kitchen will bring rich & heady flavours into the heart of every home. ...

Indian Slow Cooker helps you to create authentic Indian food with over 60 delicious, fuss-free recipes that can be prepared ...

The Indian Spa achieves that rare combination of photographic indulgence with authoritative coverage of Indian wellness therapies in their entirety. As people turn to the spa for health, relaxation & rejuvenation, interest in India & its wellness traditions grows & this new book illustrates how these centuries-old practices are relevant in today's world. All of the subcontinents healing traditions Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani & traditional Tibetan medicine are covered, alongside the related practices of yoga & meditation & numerous forms of herbal & beauty treatments. Lavishly illustrated with over 550 new, full colour photographs, the book offers the reader an insight into the sheer luxury of the worlds leading retreats & their facilities, as well as comprehensive chapters on the various therapies offered in India & overseas (many never photographed before). Details on natural products & key botanicals as well as an overview of related cultural practices like astrology, dance & martial arts ensures this book is a treasure trove of information & inspiration for spa goers worldwide. ...

Fresh, delicious, easy Indian vegetarian dishes from the author of Phaidon`s global bestseller, India: The Cookbook Vegetables are an integral part of Indian cuisine
- & this collection of 150 healthy & approachable vegetarian recipes showcases an array of delicious breakfasts & drinks, salads, vegetables & legumes, grains, & desserts. Drawing inspiration from India`s myriad regions & culinary traditions, Pushpesh Pant simplifies this hugely popular cuisine with easily achievable, nourishing, & authentic dishes so tasty & satisfying that they are suitable for vegetarians, meat-eaters, & those simply wishing to reduce the amount of meat in their diet.
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