Sea beanWhen a seed falls from a vine in the tropics and is carried by ocean currents across the Atlantic to the shores of Western Europe it is known as a sea bean. It is still considered lucky to find a sea bean on the shore, they have been used as magical charms for more than a thousand years. Sally's search for a sea bean begins not long after she moves to the windswept archipelago of Shetland. When pregnancy triggers a chronic illness and forces her to

A chef escapes her career in London to take a job at a decadent mountaintop colony seemingly free of the world's troubles

Fascinating Welsh facts

'behavioural change' salesmen

' THE TIMES Audio Book of the Week'Extraordinary and heart-wrenching

must-read book in the Flavia Albia series

this cookbook makes Italian cooking simple

And Brigitte

being sent to Coventry by Monty Python and the Goodies and swearing on University Challenge (she was the first woman to say F*** on TV)

personal history and conversations with both Americans and Germans who are grappling with the evils of their own national histories

Nick is soon arrested for murder

In vivid and trenchant language

A thoroughly engaging memoir of the filming of Arthur Ransome's classic children's tale