At the heart of the Sultan`s vast but fragile empire stands the mysterious Palace of Dreams: the most secret & powerful Ministry ever invented. Its task is to scour every town, village & hamlet to collect the citizens` dreams, then to sift, sort & classify them, & ultimately to interpret them, in order to identify the ”master-dreams” that will provide the clues to the Empire`s destinies & those of its Monarch. An entire nation`s consciousness is thus tapped into & meticulously laid bare in the form of images & symbols of the dreaming mind. Kadare`s ” Palace of Dreams” stands as the symbol of the thought-police who have, through history, been the most effective instruments of oppression at the service of dictators. ...

Freedman has visited more than thirty of the most significant & beautiful Coffee Houses throughout India. Away from the stereotypes of poverty & exotica they have allowed him to enter an ordinary India. Buried deep within the country s collective memory they have for decades acted simultaneously as political & artistic salons as well as simple eating places.” ...

The second book in Bernard Cornwell`s epic & bestselling series on the making of England & the fate of his great hero, Uhtred of Bebbanburg. BBC2`s major Autumn 2015 TV show THE LAST KINGDOM is based on the first two books in the series. When peace is torn apart by bloody Danish steel, Uhtred must fight to save a king who distrusts him. Skeptical of a treaty between the Vikings & Wessex, Uhtred takes his talent for mayhem to Cornwall, gaining treasure & a mysterious woman on the way. But when he is accused of massacring Christians, he finds lies can be as deadly as steel. Still, when pious King Alfred flees to a watery refuge, it is the pagan warrior he relies on. Now Uhtred must fight a battle which will shape history
- & confront the Viking with the banner of the white horse.. . Uhtred of Bebbanburg`s mind is as sharp as his sword. A thorn in the side of the priests & nobles who shape his fate, this Saxon raised by Vikings is torn between the life he loves & those he has sworn to serve.
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From the author of The Man from Berlin, shortlisted for the CWA Endeavour Historical Dagger. German intelligence officer Captain Gregor Reinhardt has just been reassigned to the Feldjaegerkorps
- a new branch of the military police with far-reaching powers. His position separates him from the friends & allies he has made in the last two years, including a circle of fellow dissenting Germans who formed a rough resistance cell against the Nazis. & he needs them now more than ever. While retreating through Yugoslavia with the rest of the army, Reinhardt witnesses a massacre of civilians by the dreaded Usta e
- only to discover there is more to the incident than anyone believes. When five mutilated bodies turn up, Reinhardt knows the stakes are growing more important
- & more dangerous. As his investigation begins to draw the attention of those in power, Reinhardt s friends & associates are made to suffer. But as he desperately tries to uncover the truth, his own past with the Usta e threatens his efforts. Because when it comes to death & betrayal, some people have long memories. & they remember Reinhardt all too well.


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Shortlisted for a 2018 Edward Stanford Travel Writing Award. Authentic modern Middle Eastern home cooking
- 150 delicious, easy-to-follow
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The Palladian Way is the brainchild of Cotswold walker Guy Vowles. It was born out of a previous idea for a long distance walk between Oxford & Bath but was extended northwards to Buckingham where the author was educated nearby. The realization that there was a Palladian bridge at Prior Park outside Bath to match the one at Stowe suggested a suitable title & the discovery of many classical houses & large estates along the route has helped to make the trail more than just another long walk. The majority of this 200km (125m) trail passes through beautiful countryside & many interesting villages with a wealth of historical background so that walkers can discover parts of England they would not normally visit. THE MAKING OF A LONG DISTANCE TRAIL The inspiration for a new long distance walk can come from many sources. In my case it was a loan of a book. ” The Wayfarers Journal” is an elaborate production describing a number of routes which a small, rather quirky group of men who called themselves the ” Viators” (Latin for ”the travellers”) started walking in the 1950s. They researched their routes & kept records. Some 30 years later a chance meeting with a journalist one lunch time at a pub close to Hadrian`s Wall, led eventually to publication. Many of their walks or ”iters” had Roman connections & ITER XXXVI particularly interested me. The cover pages contain a map of a route ” South Cotswolds-Bath to Oxford 108 miles” but unfortunately there is no descriptive text. The book is out of print but I managed to acquire a copy & transposed the route on to modern OS maps. One January I set off to walk the first three days from Oxford. Their route was quite convoluted & I soon decided that I could plan something more interesting. I started the first walk over with a good friend with whom I had walked the length of Scotland & England a few years previously. We left Oxford via the tow path of the Oxford canal which we found to be rather unattractive with some of the houseboats described by my friend as ”sinking assets A”. He also enquired about the length of the intended new route which now fell short of the magic 100 mile mark. By coincidence, about the same time, I was talking to another friend about my old school, Stowe, & he commented that his own old school, Prior Park, also had a Palladian bridge in the grounds. This was an eye opener to me & set me thinking. Stowe is north of Oxford & a route via Woodstock & Blenheim would not only avoid the difficulties around Oxford but would also take the distance down to Prior Park & Bath to over the 100 mile distance. ...

There are a multitude of ` London Calling` cards in the collection at Rocket 68. This lively illustrated range of London themed prints & cards aims to portray the vibrancy & beauty of London`s architecture, areas, life & communities. Each card is supplied with quality Gunpowder grey envelope in a cellophane wrapper. These cards are all illustrated by Jill White & printed in the UK on a lovely soft Calisto FSC accredited board. ...

The Palm-Wine Drinkard is the phantasmagorical story of an alcoholic man & his search for his dead wine tapster. As he travels through the land of the dead, he encounters a host of supernatural & often terrifying beings
- among them the `complete gentleman` who returns his body parts to their owners, the insatiable `hungry-creature`, & his own pyromaniac son. Mixing Yoruba folktales with what TS Eliot described as a `creepy crawly imagination`, The Palm-Wine Drinkard is regarded as the seminal work of African literature.
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Enjoy more than 100 utterly delicious recipes from award-winning restaurant The Palomar, with dishes influenced by the rich cultures of Southern Spain, North Africa & the Levant. This debut cookbook

Includes:: recipes for the restaurant`s signature dishes, alongside recipes drawn from family tradition, mothers & grandmothers, from influences, encounters, places travelled to & places evoked by their flavours alone. Pulling on the traditions of the Mediterranean, The Palomar Cookbook is your guide to recreating the intense & evocative flavours of an exotic elsewhere in your own kitchen. With mezze dishes to share, sweet & savoury pastries, simple dishes for a quick fix & more complex dishes for a main meal, each recipe is both evocative & innovative, &
- first & foremost
- bursting with flavour. Chapters include: What`s in the cupboard? Essential ingredients & spice mixes The meal before the meal Spiced olives with rose petals & balsamic vinegar Velvet tomatoes Baba ganoush Raw beginnings Scallop carpaccio with ` Thai-bouleh` Kubenia Spring salad The main act Cauliflower steak with labneh & grated tomatoes Polenta Jerusalem-style Pork belly with ras el hanout Yael`s Kingdom Kubanah bread Tahini ice cream Jerusalem mess For those who want to kick back Drunken botanist Bishbash posh wash Sumac-ade PRAISE FOR THE PALOMAR ” Middle Eastern fireworks”
- Giles Coren, The Times ” Death-row dinner good”
- Grace Dent, Evening Standard ” Gorgeousness”
- Nigella Lawson






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A special edition of The Pan Book of Horror Stories reissued with a bright retro design to celebrate Pan`s 70th anniversary. Over fifty years ago, Pan launched a series of books that were to delight & disgust
- sometimes even on the same page
- readers from across the world. From classics in the genre to scraping-the-barrel nastiness, the Pan Books of Horror had them all. This reissue of the very first Pan Book of Horror contains twenty-two terrifying tales of horror by a dazzling array of famous names
- including Peter Fleming, C.S. Forester, Bram Stoker, Angus Wilson, Noel Langley, Jack Finney & L.P. Hartley. Stories of the uncanny jostle with tales of the macabre, it is the perfect bedside book
- for those with nerves of steel!



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