Reviews of books recently added to our stock. The reviews are kindly supplied by Joan Stephens.
BIRD WATCH
Twisters Series, by Su Swallow and Simona Dimitri.
This is a series for early readers and is about a bird watching expedition by Ben and his dad. The text is very simple, a maximum of five words per page, with attractive illustrations which include a variety of birds to be […]
GIRLS CAN DO ANYTHING
by Caryl Hart with illustrations by Ali Pye. Scholastic Books
Indeed girls can – and should and do. The book is a slim volume, but large in format, and the illustrations are lively, clear and interesting. The age range given is 3 – 6, which seems very young. Parents and rather […]
VIENNESE ROMANCE by David Vogel, Scribe.
In many ways this is an unromantic romance. Set in Vienna early in the 20th century, it is a recently discovered text by Vogel, a leading poet and author whose work was compared with Kafka and Thomas Mann, among others. His only published novel before this one was Married […]
Cook Slow by Dean Edwards, Hamlyn
A Masterchef competitor Dean Edwards offers 90 recipes for simple, stress-free meals cooked either in a slow cooker or a conventional oven. The emphasis on cheaper cuts of meat which slow cooking can transform into gourmet feasts. There are veggie dishes and soups and even a few desserts
The Spear of Atlantis by Andrew McDermott, Headline
This is the 14th book in the series featuring world famous archaeologist Nina Wilde, her husband, Eddie Chase, doting dad of seven-year-old Macy. Here the trio are on a huge luxury liner, the Atlantia, owned by the Emir of a wealthy Arab state. Nina is due to lecture on […]
British Retail and the men who shaped it by Stephen Butt
BRITISH RETAIL AND THE MEN WHO SHAPED IT, by STEPHEN BUTT, Pen & Sword Books, £19.99.
Back in 1917, it was a novel idea for customers could walk through a grocery store – or a grocereteria, as some were known – with a basket and select items from the shelves. […]
