A Short History Of Nearly Everything

‘Beautifully put-together with wonderfully crafted, full-on flavour recipes for everyone. A proper family feast of a cookbook!’ Tom Kerridge ‘This is a gorgeous book.’ Nigella Lawson ‘Lennie and Jessie are as madly entertaining to read as they are to be around. They are also brilliant storytellers so every recipe is as personal as it could […]

Kathy, Ruth and Tommy were pupils at Hailsham – an idyllic establishment situated deep in the English countryside. The children there were tenderly sheltered….

Helene Billgren slog igenom 1989 med tre separatutställningar i Stockholm, Göteborg och Malmö. Här fick konstpubliken stifta bekantskap med sjuksköterskor, hemmafruar och hästflickor. Med kol och blyerts ritade Helene fram drastiska flickkvinnor som alltid hade något på gång – självmord, trädhuggning eller kanske en resa till Paris. 2009 fick Billgren ytterligare ett genombrott, den här […]

For some, coffee is a means of getting through the morning. For others, it is a way of life. Fascinated by artisanal coffee culture, celebrated photographer Horst A. Friedrichs turns his lens toward every aspect of coffee – from beans to espresso machines, and from baristas to consumers. Stepping inside the worlds best coffee shops, […]

The indispensable, illustrated pocket guide to the world of vampire movies, from Nosferatu to A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night. When F. W. Murnau brought Nosferatu to the screen in 1922 he ushered in the bloody reign of cinema’s most venerable villain – the vampire. Nocturnal, fanged and insatiable for human blood, the vampire […]

“En eftermiddag i april, alldeles efter lunch, meddelade min man att han ville lämna mig”. Med de orden inleds Dagar av ensamhet av Elena Ferrante – en av tre kortromaner i en löst sammanhållen trilogi, Cronache del mal d’amore, Berättelser om obesvarad kärlek – som vi nu ger ut på svenska. Den som berättar är […]

Everything Is Illuminated is Jonathan Safran Foer’s bestselling novel of a search for truth The inspiration for the Liev Schreiber film, starring Elijah Wood A young man arrives in the Ukraine, clutching in his hand a tattered photograph. He is searching for the woman who fifty years ago saved his grandfather from the Nazis. Unfortunately, […]

Bored of the same old dinner-party chitchat? Spice up your soirées, impress your guests, and show up your brother-in-law with these hilarious, and sometimes dangerous, after-dinner tricks and challenges. Twenty-one daredevil tricks are illustrated along with step-by-step instructions and explanations of the science behind them. From sabering a bottle of champagne to hammering a needle […]