New Releases!
The Lieutenant
Kate Grenville, paperback, €12.80
Winner of the Orange Prize. In 1788 Daniel Rooke sets out on a journey that will change the course of his life. As a lieutenant in the First Fleet, he lands on the wild and unknown shores of New South Wales. There he sets up an observatory to chart the stars. But this country will prove far more revelatory than the stars above. Based on real events, The Lieutenant tells the unforgettable story of Rooke's connection with an Aboriginal child - a remarkable friendship that resonates across the oceans and the centuries.
The Complete Pebble Mosaic handbook(Revised and Expanded)
Maggy Howarth, paperback, € 30.40
This comprehensive, one-of-a-kind sourcebook is now revised and expanded. Ideal for architects, landscape designers and home crafters, it features authoritative text and beautiful photographs that explore classic and new mosaic materials, designs, tools and techniques. The book opens with a section on techniques used in designing, making and installing pebble mosaics, including information on patterns, mosaics for frost-prone areas, how to pre-cast a mosaic, computer-aided patterns and unusual materials. Step-by-step photographs with clear how-to instructions show how each project is made. Maggy Howarth shares her designs templates for: All over patterns and interlacing patterns Repeating centric patterns and borders Celestial forms and geometrics Humans and mythological figures Reptiles, fish, insects, birds and other animals Flowers, trees and other plants. There is also a special section that explores pebble mosaics as a decorative art throughout history.
Prehistoric Life: The Definitive Visual History of Life on Earth
David Burnie, hardback, € 44
"Prehistoric Life" profiles hundreds of fascinating species in incredible detail. The story starts in earnest 3.8 billion years ago, with the earliest-known form of life on Earth, a bacteria that still exists today, and journeys through action-packed millennia, charting the appearance of new life forms as well as devastating extinction events. This comprehensive visual encyclopaedia explores dinosaurs, early humans, and plant life in unparalleled detail, and specially commissioned artworks render now-extinct species in breathtakingly realistic fashion. Fantastic value and fascinating detail again from Dorling Kindersley.
The Childrens Book
A.S. Byatt, paperback, € 12.80
Byatts latest book, is a very detailed and charged re-creation of the period between the end of the19th century and the first world war, overflowing with people attempting to define, fulfil or evade their responsibilities with some simply attempting to unearth who they are and what they should do. Famous author Olive Wellwood writes a special private book, bound in different colours, for each of her children. In their rambling house near Romney Marsh they play in a story-book world - but their lives, and those of their richcousins and their friends, the son and daughter of a curator at the new Victoria and Albert Museum, are alreadyinscribed with mystery. Each family carries its own secrets. They grow up in the golden summers of Edwardian times,but as the sons rebel against their parents and the girls dream of independent futures, they are unaware that in the darkness ahead they will be betrayed unintentionally by the adults who love them.
Britains Best Dishes
ITV, Hardback, € 32.00
Create Britain's best dishes in your own kitchen - as seen on TV. With over 130 recipes from all three seasons of the popular TV series, "Britain's Best Dish", you can whip up the nation's finest starters, main courses and puddings in your own home. Join "Britain's Best Dish" judges John Burton-Race, Jilly Goolden and Ed Baines and follow the step-by-step recipes that show you how to create fantastic food from around the country.