After a busy day at work, the last thing anyone wants to do is spend hours in the kitchen preparing dinner. In No-Fuss Suppers you’ll find easy recipes for everyday dishes, quick cheats with no-cook deli suppers, light bites for those days when you get back too tired to eat, let alone cook, and simple yet delicious fare to tempt your friends over dinner.
In this irresistible book, chefs from the famous London bakery share their recipes for a delicious range of 60 treats, from fantastically light cupcakes with pretty buttercream frosting to moist chocolate layer cakes and zesty lemon meringue pie. These gorgeous recipes not only taste great but look spectacular without resorting to fussy recipes or hours in the kitchen.
In this brand new book, Gardeners’ World design guru Joe Swift takes us through every stage of his own experience as an allotment gardener - from putting his name on the council waiting list to harvesting his first crops. Immensely entertaining and endlessly informative, Joe’s personal story will provide you with a wealth of advice and inspiration this summer.
It’s 1917 and army psychiatrist William Rivers is treating shell-shocked soldiers. Under his care are the poets Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen, as well as mute Billy Prior, who is only able to communicate by means of pencil and paper. Rivers’ job is to make the men in his charge healthy enough to fight, yet the closer he gets to mending his patients’ minds, the harder becomes every decision to send them back to the horrors of the front line…
With needlecraft once more growing in popularity, Jane Bull’s brand new - and irresistible - craft book teaches children the basics of sewing, embroidery and knitting. From bags, brooches and hats to jazzing up clothes and making soft toys, this book is packed with inspiring yet simple projects for your child to design and create!
Perfect for spotters, there is a wealth of things to look for in these three packs of Usborne Spotter’s Cards. Each pack of 50 pocket-sized cards features clear and detailed illustrations, concise information, fascinating facts and statistics and a glossary together with internet links to fun websites with photo galleries, games and more information. Easy and convenient to use, these packs are ideal for family days out!
Charcoal that won’t light, half cooked meat, we’ve all had a barbecue diaster, but those days are over… Jim ‘Mr Barbecue’ Marks shares his years of experience to show you how to get the best out of your barbecue, whatever the weather. This guide offers a wide range of tasty recipes as well as trouble-shooting advice and foolproof ways to ensure the perfect steak, sausage or burger.
This practical book is crammed with ideas on how to get the most out of your juicer. A cheaper, healthier alternative to the shop-brought varieties, home juicing also provides a great way to make sure you’re getting your five-a-day. With sections on power juices, energy boosters and spiced delights, this lovely little book offers simple recipes using tasty and fresh ingredients.
Four men once close to Jack Dodds meet to carry out his last peculiar wish: to have his ashes scattered into the sea. For reasons best know to herself. Jack’s widow, Amy, declines to join them. This simple if increasingly bizarre day’s outing is in reality a poignant exploration of the complexity of ordinary lives… From the classic Waterland and the Booker prize-winning Last Orders to Graham Swift’s latest novel Tomorrow, here are three outstanding paperbacks for you to enjoy this summer!
Anita Shreve is one of the world’s best-loved and bestselling novelists. Thoughtful, evocative, powerful and compelling, each novel will sweep you up in its emotional journey. From The Pilot’s Wife, a tale of love, loss and betrayal, to Sea Glass, the timely tale of marriage and recovery set against the backdrop of the 1929 stock market crash, these beautiful books are stories that you will be recommending and sharing for many years to come. Each book would usually retail for at least £6.99 but with this unmissable offer you can discover the joys of Anita Shreve’s fiction for just £9.99 and save yourself a rather extraordinary £64!