Dickens

Peter Ackroyd

Dickens was a landmark biography when first published in 1990. This is a specially edited shorter version of the title that ties-in with the 3-part series on BBC 2 shown in March 2002. It takes the reader into the life of one of the world's greatest writers and is a study of both a culture and period, a...

An A-Z of Pasta

Rachel Roddy

A wide-ranging, inspiring and generous guide to pasta, by the award-winning food writer and Guardian columnist Rachel Roddy This is a story of pasta. In it, Guardian columnist and award-winning food writer Rachel Roddy condenses everything she has learned about Italy's favourite food in a practical, eas...