Carlo Rovelli is an internationally acclaimed writer whose books, including Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, The Order of Time, Helgoland and White Holes, have been number one bestsellers around the world and translated into over forty languages. As a theoretical physicist, he has made significant contributions to the physics of space and time and he is currently directing the quantum gravity research group of the Centre de physique théorique in Marseille, France.

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Richard Pink

Rox Pink

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 
 
When ‘ADHD wife’ Rox and neurotypical husband Rich asked their community of 2.5 million for the biggest ADHD struggle, the thousands of replies unveiled a shocking truth: the real enemy isn’t productivity or focus, but the toxic ADHD core beliefs we’ve internalised. 
 
With candour and kindness, they share personal stories to highlight and reframe the 10 big lies that ADHD people believe about themselves. From ‘I am lazy’ to ‘Everybody hates me’ and ‘I quit everything I start’, Small Talk will empower ADHDers and those who love them to navigate life with compassion, humour and hope. 
 
Learn how to: 
<ul><li>Identify your limiting ADHD beliefs</li><li>Break free from neurotypical standards</li><li>Support and understand your ADHDers </li><li>Adopt a self-kindness mindset</li><li>Communicate your needs & boundaries</li><li>Celebrate the joys of ADHD</li></ul>Whether you were diagnosed early or are new to the neurospicy community, Small Talk will change your relationship with yourself and others. It will help you to stop being your worst fear-leader, start bigging yourself up, and live your best neurodivergent life. 
 
‘A (self) love letter to those whose brains are beautifully and uniquely different’ Riyadh Khalaf | ‘Books like this are so important’ Rach Idowu 
 
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Praise for Dirty Laundry: 
 
'A godsend!' Davina McCall 
 
'Essential for ADHDers and all who love them' 5* reader review 
 
'Life-changing' 5* reader review 
 
'It's not just me! Blew my mind, validated my life' 5* reader review 
 
Soul-soothing for anyone in an ADHD relationship' 5* reader review

SMALL TALK

10 ADHD lies and how to stop believing them

Claudia Roden

‘Roden’s great gift is to conjure up not just a cuisine but the culture from which it springs’ Nigella Lawson 
 
A fully illustrated updated edition of Claudia Roden's masterpiece cookbook including over 300 delicious recipes and gorgeous full colour photography of local Italian scenery. 
 
 
The Food of Italy was written after Claudia Roden spent a year in Italy researching the subject. Regional recipes, country cooking, the bravura of grand dishes; pasta, seafood, rice dishes and authentic Italian desserts; Claudia Roden's encyclopedic knowledge of her subject infuses a rich and stunning book. 
 
 
The Food of Italy was first published in 1989. But the recipes are fresh yet timeless. For this edition Claudia has updated over 30% of the recipes to fit modern tastes, with new inclusions like farro salad and burrata. 
 
 
The book is structured by region. So you get the glorious tomato and aubergine dishes of Sicily; the classically Roman dishes like salty meat and fried vegetables, and rich Tuscan stews and soups. Featuring an incredible repertoire, The Food of Italy is completely approachable for home cooks.

The Food of Italy

Anna Del Conte

*As featured in a BBC documentary* 
 
Anna Del Conte is the doyenne of Italian cookery, beloved by food writers including Nigella Lawson and Delia Smith. 
 
Italian Kitchen is a classic Italian cookbook and essential for every home cook. It brings together over 100 mouth-watering recipes for gleaming antipasti, earthy risottos, gutsy pasta sauces and sumptuous dolci into a bible of classic Italian cooking. 
 
Effortlessly stylish yet unfussy, they are the essence of any self-respecting Italian kitchen and provide the fundamentals of Italian cooking.

Italian Kitchen

Alexina Anatole

‘Packed with everything I love! Such a clever and beautiful book’ Benjamina Ebuehi 
'An impressive baking resource for every occasion' Belfast Telegraph 
'A really, really gorgeous book' Georgie Hayden, Sunday Brunch 
‘Masterfully captures the art of baking’ @foodbyremi 
'Absolutely beautiful' Edd Kimber 
‘Such a joy’ Mark Diacono 
 
Ever wondered how to make a dessert extra delicious? Look no further.In this book, Alexina Anatole, MasterChef finalist and author of Bitter, guides you through unlocking the secrets of sweetness. 
 
Journeying through 10 shades of sweetness – including brown sugar, strawberries, peaches, honey, vanilla and bananas – Alexina reveals the tempting results that can be achieved by balancing flavour, texture and temperature. 
 
With twists on the classics and exciting new creations, these 80 recipes offer comfort while also delivering bold, exciting flavours. Whether you love desserts or believe that you’re ‘not a dessert person’, this inspiring cookbook is guaranteed to delight all. 
Discover recipes for all occasions and palates, such as:Banoffee Coffee Sundae • Milky Bar Basque Cheesecake • Mango, Coconut + Lime Celebration Cake • Matcha Tiramisu • Sticky Figgy Pudding • Pear Sorbet with Frozen Roquefort • The Neo Neapolitan • Peach Melba Galette • Terrazzo Cookies

Sweet

the secret to the best desserts

Tim Siadatan

Learn a British take on Italian cooking from one of London’s brightest chefs. Trullo offers the ultimate in warming comfort recipes for cold winter nights. 
 
 ‘This is the book I've been waiting for' Nigel Slater 
 
Trullo is about serious cooking, but with a simple, laid-back approach. From creative antipasti and knockout feasts to the bold pasta dishes that inspired Trullo’s sister restaurant Padella, this is food that brings people together. 
 
'Now you can make Siadatan’s very good food at home' The Times

Trullo

Dave Rear

Refreshes the parts other history books can’t reach... 
 
A bit ropy on the Renaissance? 
 
In the dark about the Enlightenment? 
 
Or, in fact, do you need a revision course on the entire history of the world and want to read a witty, irreverent, definitely not boring romp through everything that has ever happened on planet earth – from 15 billion years BC to the present day? 
 
Good. 
 
A Less Boring History of the World tells you everything you need to know from the Big Bang to Barack Obama, taking in the Byzantines, the Black Death, Bin Laden and the fall of bankers along the way, all boiled down to bite size chunks so that you can finally piece together all the different bits of history - and see how on earth we ended up in the mess we are today. 
 
A Less Boring History refreshes your memory and broadens your mind. And, if that’s not enough, it will also make you laugh. A lot.

A Less Boring History of the World

If you have ADHD - or love somebody who does - DIRTY LAUNDRY will change your life, and your relationships. Do you feel crippling shame because you struggle with cleaning, personal hygiene, or time-keeping? Do you always feel misunderstood by the people close to you and find that they get frustrated by your behaviour? 
 
Dirty Laundry is an unfiltered look into the chaos of real life with ADHD. It will transform your self-hatred into self-acceptance, with simple tips that actually work for your brain. It will also help to educate partners, parents and friends, to help them move from frustration to patience, understanding - and love. 
 
Learn how to: 
- Stop believing you are fundamentally broken, - Stop judging yourself by the standards of a neurotypical world, - Communicate your struggles to those who love you, - Support someone with ADHD in ways that work for them, - Be compassionate rather than judgemental, - And much more. 
 
This fearless, often outrageously funny, account of life, learning, and growing with ADHD reveals the strategies Rich and Rox use to reduce shame, improve communication, and find happiness in their neurodivergent household. Filled with heartbreak and humour in equal measure, Dirty Laundry is an invaluable resource both for neurodivergents and the people who love them.

Dirty Laundry

Why adults with ADHD are so ashamed and what we can do to help

Mario Gmurr

Learn something new about yourself today. 
 
What does your workspace say about you? The most revealing clues aren’t on your desk or on your computer. Rather, they’re those paperclips in your bin – the ones you’ve fiddled with, probably without even realising it. 
 
When psychiatrist Mario Gmür started scrutinising paperclips bent by his patients, he found that they actually reveal multitudes about the creator’s character, quirks and hidden desires. Are you an optimist? A pushover? A Lothario? A bully? 
 
After studying the links between paperclip shapes and distinct character types, Gmür has created a delightful collection of quizzes and psychological profiles that allow readers to discover their innermost truths using these miniature metallic sculptures. 
 
Part Rorschach test and part humorous horoscope, The Paperclip Test offers an amusing yet astonishingly insightful personality gauge for anyone who has ever bent a paperclip without thinking about what secrets that tiny shape might hold.

The Paperclip Test

Lucy Carr-Ellison

Jemima Jones

'Nourishing, delicious, healthy, original food' Vogue 
 
Lucy Carr-Ellison and Jemima Jones are the inimitable pair behind Tart London - the peerless boutique caterers, pop-up kitchen pros and ES Magazine columnists who have been bringing bold and bright food to the London scene since they first started in 2012. This book is about their approach to cooking and eating - creating colourful, fresh and wholesome meals to share and enjoy, always with a fun and fuss-free attitude. 
 
Whether you're looking for a weeknight one-pot wonder that can bubble away while you get on with a glass of wine, a splendid brunch to surprise your friends, or the perfect menu for a long and lazy lunch, Lucy and Jemima have the key to honest, full-flavoured and effortlessly enjoyable eating. 
 
From deeply spiced Goan baked eggs or home-baked broccoli and taleggio flatbreads to smoky fish tacos or saffron-roasted tomatoes with labneh and crispy chickpeas, it's easy to have a little of what you fancy, whenever you fancy it. 
 
 A Love of Eating is all about naturally good food that is a pleasure to make and a pleasure to eat.

A Love of Eating

Recipes from Tart London

Alexandra Brosh

Hilarious stories about life's mishaps from the creator of the immensely popular blog 'Hyperbole and a Half'. Fully illustrated with over 50% new material. 
 
 Hyperbole and A Half is a blog and webcomic written by a 20-something American girl called Allie Brosh. She tells fantastically funny, wise stories about the mishaps of her everyday life, with titles like 'Why Dogs Don't Understand Basic Concepts Like Moving' and 'The God of Cake'.. 
 
 Brosh's website receives millions of visitors a month and hundreds of thousands per day. Now her full-colour debut book chronicles the many 'learning experiences' Brosh has endured as a result of her own character flaws. It includes stories about her rambunctious childhood; the highs and mostly lows of owning a mentally challenged dog; and a moving and darkly comic account of her struggles with depression. 
 
'Quirky and captivating' Observer 
 
'It's impossible not to warm to cartoonist and blogger Allie. If she doesn't get to you with her funny childhood anecdotes (eating an entire birthday cake) then her honest reflections on depression will' Grazia

Hyperbole and a Half

Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened

Elizabeth Foley

Beth Coates

Which literary giant also held the post of Controller of the Custom of Hides, Skins and Wools in the port of London? 
 
Which former concubine went on to become the first, and only, empress of China? 
 
Which French diplomat gave his name to the notoriously addictive nicotine? 
 
How old was George Harrison whent the Beatles split up? 
 
Test your wits, compete with your loved ones and check if it's all still there upstairs with these devilishly diverting questions on all the old-school subjects.

Homework for Grown-Ups Quiz Book

Fiendishly fun questions to test your old-school knowledge

Ruth Millington

Dina Razin

'Exhilarating and fascinating' KATY HESSEL | 'Rich and detailed' CHLOË ASHBY | 'Enlightening' TABISH KHAN | 'Sheds light on an uncharted area of art history' JENNY PERY | 'An essential read' EDWARD BROOKE-HITCHING 
 
Meet the unexpected, overlooked and forgotten models of art history. 
 
Who was Picasso's 'Weeping Woman'? 
Why was Grace Jones covered in graffiti? 
How did Francis Bacon meet the burglar who became his muse? 
 
The perception of the muse is that of a passive, powerless model, at the mercy of an influential and older artist. But is this trope a romanticised myth? Far from posing silently, muses have brought emotional support, intellectual energy, career-changing creativity and practical help to artists. 
 
Muse tells the true stories of the incredible muses who have inspired art history's masterpieces. From Leonardo da Vinci's studio to the covers of Vogue, art historian, critic and writer Ruth Millington uncovers the remarkable role of muses in some of art history's most well-known and significant works. Delving into the real-life relationships that models have held with the artists who immortalised them, it will expose the influential and active part they have played and deconstruct reductive stereotypes, reframing the muse as a momentous and empowered agent of art history.

Muse

Uncovering the Hidden Figures Behind Art History's Masterpieces

Anna Pallai

'Spaghetti in aspic, anyone? Revel in astonishing dishes from yesteryear: Stuffed Cocktail Grapes, Savoury Sausage Salad, a spunky Shrimp-Salmon Mould and so much more. 
 
Anna Pallai was brought up on 1970s stalwarts of stuffed peppers, meatloaf and platters of slightly greying hardboiled eggs. When she rediscovered her mother's grease-stained 70s cookbooks, she knew she needed to share them with the world, and so the hit Twitter account @70s_Party was born. 
 
Harking back to a simpler pre-Instagram, pre-clean-eating era, when the only concern for your dinner party was whether your aspic would set in time, this is a joyful celebration of food that can give you gout just by looking at it. Covering all the essentials, from starters through to desserts, dinner party etiquette (just how does one start to eat a swan fashioned from a hardboiled egg?) and the dreaded 'foreign' food, there's no potato-fashioned-as-a-stone left unturned.

70s Dinner Party

The Good, the Bad and the Downright Ugly of Retro Food

Andrew Gimson

THE NEWLY REVISED EDITION 
 
Gimson&rsquo;s Kings and Queens is the most entertaining and instructive book on the English monarchy you will ever read. 
 
For lovers of history, the experienced and the novice, the serious and the silly. 
 
Gimson&rsquo;s Kings and Queens whirls us through the lives of our monarchs &ndash; from 1066 and William the Conqueror right up to Queen Elizabeth II and the present-day &ndash; to tell a tale of bastardy, courage, conquest, brutality, vanity, vulgarity, corruption, anarchy, absenteeism, piety, nobility, divorce, execution, civil war, madness, magnificence, profligacy, frugality, philately, abdication, dutifulness, family breakdown and family recovery. 
 
Written in Andrew Gimson&rsquo;s inimitable style, and illustrated by Martin Rowson, Gimson&rsquo;s Kings and Queens is both a primer and a refresher for anyone who can't quite remember which were the good and bad Edwards or Henrys, or why so-and-so succeeded to the throne rather than his second cousin.

Gimson’s Kings and Queens

Brief Lives of the Forty Monarchs since 1066

Rukmini Iyer

**THE 1.75-MILLION-COPY-BESTSELLING SERIES** 
 
BOOST YOUR PLANT INTAKE WHILE MAXIMISING FLAVOUR & VARIETY. 
 
THE ONE DISH REVOLUTION: 75 nutritious veg dinners for every occasion. 
 
Chapters include: 
 
• vegan / quick: rainbow tabbouleh with avocado, radishes & pomegranate 
• vegan / medium: cauliflower with chickpeas, spring greens, lemon & tahini 
• vegan / slow: all-in-one kale & borlotti minestrone with chilli oil & pine nuts 
• vegetarian / quick: broccoli, gorgonzola, chilli & walnut quiche 
• vegetarian / medium: root vegetable salad with blue cheese & spinach 
• vegetarian / slow: potatoes & celeriac with truffle, parmesan & soft-boiled eggs 
 
Plus recipe pairings: 
• Indian feast: daal with roasted shallots, coriander, pomegranate & cashews 
• south east Asia: smoked tofu with fennel, pak choi & peanut satay dressing 
• autumnal dinners: spiced pearl barley with tomatoes, leeks, dill & pine nuts 
• picnic table: red wine mushroom casserole with a cheese cobbler topping 
 
PRAISE FOR THE ROASTING TIN SERIES: 
 
'So clever and fantastic for families' Daily Telegraph 
 
'Earned a place in kitchens up and down the country' Nigella Lawson 
 
'Simple, stress-free dinner ideas’ Evening Standard 
 
'The beauty of this kind of cooking is it requires so little preparation' Daily Mail

The Green Roasting Tin

Vegan and Vegetarian One Dish Dinners

Georgina Hayden

AS SEEN ON CHANNEL 4'S THE GREAT COOKBOOK CHALLENGE 
 
'A culinary masterpiece' Olia Hercules, author of Home Food 
 
Sun-kissed, simple, and delicious recipes bursting with the delights of the Mediterranean cooking from award-winning food writer, Georgina Hayden. 
 
Throughout TAVERNA you'll be treated to the full, delicious melting pot of Greek Cypriot food and flavours, including: 
Simple Mediterranean salads 
Classic ingredients like feta, a squeeze of lemon and fresh oregano 
Cinnamon-infused stews 
Orange-blossom scented pastries 
 
Georgina takes the best of traditional Cypriot cooking and makes it relevant to modern home cooks. From simple vegan fast-day dishes to feasts for the family, there is something delicious for every mood and moment. 
 
These delicious recipes relive sun-kissed Mediterranean holidays and simple taverna-style meals. 
 
'Taverna... brings a touch of Cypriot sunshine into your kitchen' Good Housekeeping 
 
'This spectacular book is filled with comforting, delicious recipes' Jamie Oliver

Taverna

From the Sunday Times Bestselling Author of Nistisima

Betül Tunç

In her first cookbook, social media star and baker Betül Tunç of Turkuaz Kitchen shows us how to transform simple doughs into nourishing and beautiful snacks, meals and desserts. 
With inspiration from the traditional Turkish recipes that sparked her love of dough as a child, as well as recipes she discovered in her travels that have become international favourites, Turkuaz Kitchen is a treasure trove of recipes for: 
<ul><li>Basic Doughs: such as bagels, pita, ciabatta, and pizza dough</li><li>Enriched Doughs: such as croissants, cardamom buns, buttermilk dinner rolls, and burger buns</li><li>Quick Breads and Short Doughs: such as pie and tart dough, scones, biscuits, and biscotti</li><li>Unleavened Doughs: such as pastas, noodles, and dumplings</li><li>Doughs from Turkey: such as Turkish style phyllo, Turkish Pistachio Baklava, Spinach Triangle Borek, and Grandma's Lavash</li></ul>With warm, achievable, and inspiring recipes, Turkuaz Kitchen invites readers into the kitchen to immerse themselves in the mindful act of baking and create their own food memories with those they cherish most.

Turkuaz Kitchen

Comforting Recipes for Delicious Sweet & Savoury Bakes

Joshua Bennett

The powerful story of an art form that has transformed the cultural landscape, by one of its most influential practitioners: an award-winning poet, professor and slam champion. 
 
In 2009, at only twenty years old, Joshua Bennett was invited to recite a poem for President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama at the White House's Evening of Poetry, Music, and the Spoken Word. Spike Lee and Saul Williams were in the audience, and it turned out to be the very same event where Lin-Manuel Miranda first performed a work-in-progress that revolutionised musical theatre - Hamilton. 
 
With passion, wit and erudition, in Spoken Word Bennett takes us on his own electrifying coming-of-age journey as a writer, alongside the rise of spoken-word poetry and its origins in America. Blending memories of his personal encounters with influential figures, his path to becoming an award-winning poet and his academic insight into the history that shaped the scene, he tells the story of how a handful of visionaries created spaces for underrepresented artists to experiment with new forms of art. 
 
Taking us back to the early days of spoken-word poetry through to Amanda Gorman, Common, Jill Scott, Dave Chappelle, DMX and Kanye West reciting their original poems on television, Bennett shows how a few passionate artists sparked a movement that forever changed the world.

Spoken Word

The Story of How Performance Poetry Changed the World

Claire Ptak

This book is about making baking worth it: simple to cook and satisfying to eat. Wholesome and indulgent - these are recipes you'll want to make again and again. 
 
 The Violet Bakery is a cake shop and café in Hackney, east London. The baking is done with simple ingredients including wholegrain flours, less refined sugars and the natural sweetness and muted colours of seasonal fruits. Everything is made in an open kitchen for people to see. Famed for its exquisite baked goods, Violet has become a destination. 
 
 Owner Claire Ptak uses her Californian sensibility to devise recipes that are both nourishing and indulgent. With real thought about taste and using the purest ingredients, she has created the most flavoursome iterations of classic cakes, as well as new treats for modern palates. 
 
Discover the recipes behind the bakery that made Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding cake. 
 
 Over 100 recipes include Cinnamon Buns, Mozzarella, Rosemary and New Potato Tarts, Butterscotch Blondies and Loganberry-vanilla Birthday Cake.

The Violet Bakery Cookbook

Liam D'Arcy

Grace Hall

Move over cupcakes – scones are back. 
 
Meet the 21st-century scone. 
 Cherry &amp; Almond Hearts; Zingy Lemon with Mascarpone &amp; Lemon Curd; Sun-dried Tomato &amp; Jalapeno Swirls… 
 
or… 
 
Twisted Pistachio &amp; Nutella Fancies; Monkey Butter Puddings; Good Morning Drop Scones with Bacon, Banana &amp; Maple Syrup; and Steak &amp; Ale Pie with a Cheesy Scone Lid. 
 
Sconoisseurs Liam and Grace of All’Scone have pushed the humble scone to heady new heights with 30 unique sweet and savoury recipes that will get mouths watering and stomachs rumbling across the land! 
 
Perfect for fans of the Great British Bake Off

The Little Book of Scones

Anna Clark

Tony Solomon

'Best Mac 'n' Cheese this side of the Atlantic' Elle 
 
'Worth getting messy for' Metro 
 
Over 50 recipes from the legendary Mac 'n' Cheese truck. 
 
This book is full of pimped up mac 'n' cheese recipes, things to do with leftovers (mac 'n' cheese fries anyone?) plus tips on how to make the best béchamel sauce, the perfect cheeses to use, as well as recipes for sides, sauces, drinks and desserts to serve alongside. 
 
Featuring recipes for some of their well-known classics such as the Don Macaroni with bacon and pesto to the chipotle-laced Spicy Juan; to experimental ideas for the serious Macologist, including Machos, alpine-inspired Maclette, Mac-Packed Peppers, Mac 'n' Cheese Fries, the ultimate grilled cheese sandwich and more. 
 
Not forgetting the perfect wingmen to accompany your mac - they’ve got pickles, guac', kwik kimchi, salads and sauces as well as festival cocktails and hangover cures covering all the bases.

Anna Mae’s Mac N Cheese

Recipes from London’s legendary street food truck

Caroline Craig

Sophie Missing

Looking for quick healthy meal ideas using ingredients from your local shop? The Cornershop Cookbook has the answers! 
 
 From yam to Spam and greens to sardines, these mouthwatering recipes reveal the wealth of culinary creativity to be unlocked in your local shop. There are dead simple recipes for a quiet night in like Linguine with Tinned Crab; vibrant alternative takeaway offerings like Twice-Cooked Aubergine with Vietnamese Sauce; solutions for weeknights, from simple Smoked Salmon Baked Eggs to the larger-scale Fish Finger Tacos; there is comfort food, from nourishing Thyme, Chorizo and Leek Broth to a down-and-dirty Meatball Sub; and finally there are sweet treats like Frostie Florentines. 
 
 
 Using easily available ingredients, this book will inspire you to create delicious meals for the whole family. 
 
 ‘Filled with simple and tasty dishes conjured from easy-to-find humble ingredients’ Crumbs

The Cornershop Cookbook

Delicious Recipes from your local shop

Amelia Possanza

Charting the stories of Olympic athletes and lesbian memoirists, via Sappho, Lesbian Love Story is a genre-defying respository of sapphic romance like no other. 
 
On her quest to discovering lesbian role models overlooked by history, Amelia Possanza uncovers seven incredible love stories in the archives. Expertly blending her subjects' own words with richly imagined and vigorously researched moments from their lives to tell their stories in an intimate, vivid and immediate way, Possanza weaves these narratives together with her own memories of uncovering the past, yearning and longing alongside her subjects and growing into her queerness. 
 
This is a celebration of sapphics - of women who love women - but also of people who have always existed outside of traditional definitions of gender and bravely lived beyond the confines of heteronormativity. Each of the lesbians in this memoir moved through the world in their own way and helped the world. Their stories illuminate a forgotten history, as well as showing us all a new way to understand what love means when there is nothing material to be gained.

Lesbian Love Story

A Queer History of Sapphic Romance

Van Tran

Anh Vu

Easy, vibrant street-food inspired Vietnamese recipes that you can cook at home from street-food entrepreneurs Van and Anh 
 
Vietnamese food is well-known these days – think cleansing noodle soups, succulent caramelized pork, spicy herb-filled baguettes, zingy salads, crunchy pickles, perfect dipping sauces, and moreish sweet coffee. Van and Anh began their award-winning street-food in East London’s Broadway Market, and that bustlingly fresh, creative market vibe typifies the cooking in this book. With the freshest of ingredients, exquisite flavours, bright colours, sociable plates for sharing, and comforting broths for one, this is traditional cooking made utterly current. 
 
‘There’s a romance to this cookbook that is hard to resist… A great introduction to the flavours of Vietnam’ Conde Nast

The Vietnamese Market Cookbook

Olivia Swarthout

Live, laugh love and die in the Middle Ages with Weird Medieval Guys! 
 
Explore what your medieval life would have been through a choose-your-own-adventure full of quizzes, how-to guides, diagrams and flow charts that takes you from your birth to your gruesome end, revealing your patron saint, the fate of your love life and the trials and tribulations you faced along the way. 
 
Then, discover everything you need to know to survive the natural world, from stripping naked to survive a wolf attack, decoding the signficance of birds visiting your sickbed and brewing love potions all while learning about warring rabbits, deadly dragons and saintly hounds - all illustrated with the very best ancient drawings of beasts, birds, fishes and serpents from all four corners of God's creation, drawn by people who definitely saw these creatures with their very own eyes and lived to tell the tale. 
 
Chock full of hilarious, mad and bad advice for surviving and thriving on the mortal plane, this complete guide to life in the dark ages is guaranteed to make you laugh.

Weird Medieval Guys

How to Live, Laugh, Love (and Die) in Dark Times

Gordon Gordon

'A fine, if sometimes rude, collection of haikus inspired by modern life' Daily Telegraph 
 
‘I’m in here!’ yelled Mum. 
Hide and seek was spoilt again. 
We never found Dad. 
 
The word ‘Haiku’ invokes images of misty mountains, running streams and falling leaves. But where are the haiku that reflect the modern world we live in? The real world of overflowing baths, train delays and Pierce Brosnan? 
 
In this collection, you will find a haiku for every moment of modern life, all rendered in no more or less than 17 syllables.

Is That all You People Think About?

a collection of modern haikus

Martin Rowson

A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 
 
A concise, sharp-witted and illuminating account of the lives of Britain’s prime ministers from Walpole to May, illustrated by Martin Rowson. 
 
For the reader who has heard of such giants as Gladstone and Disraeli, and has drunk in a pub called the Palmerston, but has only the haziest idea of who these people were, Gimson’s Prime Ministers offers a short account of them all which can be read for pleasure, and not just for edification. With Gimson’s wonderful prose once again complemented by Martin Rowson’s inimitable illustrations, this lively and entertaining aide-memoire and work of satirical genius brings our parliamentary history to life as never before. 
 
PRAISE FOR GIMSON'S PRIME MINISTERS: 
 
'The most engaging and insightful account of PMs to have been published' Arthur Seldon, Standpoint 
'Learned witty and wise, and splendidly illustrated' Tibor Fischer 
'Hugely enjoyable' Tom Holland 
 
Gimson's Kings and Queens is also available.

Gimson's Prime Ministers

Brief Lives from Walpole to Johnson

Stephen Moss

Discover the fascinating lives of some of the most brilliant musical minds and master choreographers in the avian world.Even with its beautiful iridescent plumage and magical gift to mimic both human and natural sounds, this common garden bird can often be overlooked. But as they come together in their thousands to display their unique ability to perform dazzling aerial manoeuvres known as murmurations, starlings are nothing short of breathtaking. This is the captivating story of how starlings have shaped our world, from influencing agriculture and inspiring musicians such as Mozart and writers such as Shakespeare, to their impact as an invasive species in North America, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.With beautiful illustrations throughout, and an expert guide to the most magnificent murmurations in the UK, this eye-opening biography reveals the hidden secrets of one of our most talented and luminous birds.

The Starling

A Biography

Sohla El-Waylly

*** 2024 JAMES BEARD FOUNDATION BOOK AWARD WINNER *** A NEW YORK TIMES BEST COOKBOOK OF 2023*** 
 
'A book to return to again and again and again' Yotam Ottolenghi | Foreword by Samin Nosrat, author of Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat' | An instant classic' Dan Levy | 'Sohla has improved my cooking' Samin Nosrat 
 
Change the way you think about cooking! In this epic guide to better eating, chef, recipe developer, and video producer Sohla El-Waylly reimagines what a cookbook can be, teaching home cooks of all skill levels how cooking really works. 
 
A one-stop resource, regardless of what you're hungry for, Start Here gives equal weight to savory and sweet dishes, with more than 200 mouthwatering recipes, including: 
 
- Chicken Soup with Masa Dumplings 
- Charred Lemon Risotto 
- Crispy-Skinned Salmon with Radishes &amp; Nuoc Cham 
- Fancy Restaurant-Style Glazed Potatoes 
- Brothy Same-Day Slow-Roast Whole Chicken 
- Flaky Brown Butter Lachha Paratha 
- Add-Anything Drop Cookies 
- Creamy Lemon Squares with Brown Butter Crust 
- Masa &amp; Buttermilk Tres Leches 
 
This practical, information-packed, and transformative guide to becoming a better cook and conquering the kitchen is a must-have masterclass in levelling up your cooking. Across a dozen technique-themed chapters - from "Temperature Management 101" and "Break it Down &amp; Get Saucy" to "Mix it Right," "Go to Brown Town," and "Getting to Know Dough" - Sohla El-Waylly explains the hows and whys of cooking, introducing the fundamental skills that you need to become a more intuitive, inventive cook. 
 
Packed with practical advice and scientific background, helpful tips, and an almost endless assortment of recipe variations, along with tips, guidance, and how-tos, Start Here is culinary school - without the student loans. Perfect for novice cooks, and foodies who want to grow their repertoire, alike.

Start Here

Instructions for Becoming a Better Cook

Susana Villasuso

Discover a real taste of Mexico with a modern twist. 
 
In Mexico, ‘sobremesa’ – which translates to ‘over the table’ – is all about enjoyment. It is the tradition of relaxing at the dining table with loved ones, sharing food, stories and quality time. 
 
From soups to salads, suppers to sharers and small plates, staples to desserts, in her début cookbook Mexican-born chef and recipe developer Susana Villasuso has distilled the top recipes inspired by her family, and the best-known dishes made in kitchens up and down Mexico. 
 
The result is a collection of veg, meat and fish recipes made with everyday ingredients like Crispy Bean and Ricotta Taquitos with Crema Verde, Brown Miso and Porter Carnitas, Salmon Ceviche with Yellow Beets and Lime Marinade and Mexican Blood Orange Vanilla Cake that will turn your everyday meals into special moments. These are flavourful, comforting and shareable dishes that you’ll keep coming back to for simple weeknight dinners, delicious weekend feasts and everything in between.

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