by Christine Stevens (Jacana) ISBN: 978-1-77009-594-6 Christine Stevens has a life many corporate workers will envy. She lives on a farm that provides her with a rustic lifestyle and organic vegetables. The pictures in this cookbook reflect the easy living and the healthy bodies of her three children. I usually approach cookbooks as a sceptic. […]
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by Lisa Jewell (Century) ISBN: 9781846055744 Lisa Jewell wrote 31 Dream Street, one of my favourite chick lit novels. The Making of Us begins in a disjointed fashion. I wasn’t sure which character was which and I wasn’t sure if I wanted to carry on reading. I’m glad I did. Daniel is dying in a hospice in Bury St
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by Elly Griffiths (Quercus) ISBN 978-1-64916-365-1 Ruth is an archaeologist whose career is interrupted by the birth of a baby girl. Ruth is torn between her demanding job and looking after Kate. Bones are unearthed in the sea at the foot of a sheer Norfolk cliff. Some of the skeletons have their hands tied behind
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by Aravind Adiga (Penguin) ISBN: 9781848875173 In 2008 Adiga won the Man Booker Prize for his debut White Tiger. His new book is set around the depilated building, Tower A of the Vishram Society in the heart of Mumbai. The residents have learned to live with the shortcomings of their flat, until a real estate developer
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by Carrière and Eco (Harvill Secker) ISBN: 978-1-846-55451 Book lovers the world over are debating whether the printed book will survive the digital revolution. Jean-Claude Carrière and Umberto Eco are avid book collectors and writers. They are qualified to debate this issue. This they do by drawing examples from the past about how the written
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Next To Love by Ellen Feldman (Picador) ISBN: 9780330544504
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The Ultimate Account of 9/11 by Anthony Summers & Robert Swan (Doubleday) ISBN 978-0-385-61282-1 The whole world watched as the twin towers in America were attacked by daredevil aeroplanes that destroyed each building, leaving thick smoke and fire in their wake. People were shocked as workers jumped out of the burning buildings. Pedestrians fleeing on the
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by Gus Silber (Zebra) ISBN: 978-1-77022-089-8 What is funny about business? According to Ronnie Apteker, entrepreneur and stand-up comedian, a lot. Firstly you should not take yourself seriously and secondly, like a comedian you have to close a deal every 15 minutes. Gus Silber, award winning journalist, pens this story about Ronnie Apteker who founded
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by Phil Rickman (Corvus) ISBN: 9780857890108 Midwinter of the Spirit, the second in the Merrily Watkins series, starts with a chill, a small shiver of apprehension. A woman stands in an unlit back room of an old chapel looking for the imprint of a ghost in a cracked mirror. That woman is Merrily Watkins, a
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by Don Winslow (Headline) ISBN 978-0-7553-7021  The monk said softly ‘Satori’ “To see things as they really are.” Nicholai Hel asked “What am I not seeing?” “The Trap,” answered the monk, “and the way out of it.”  This is a very fast paced thriller involving arms, drugs, gambling and also a deep love
