Today's traveller is always on the move. Their trips are frequent, they think globally, and they treat hotel lobbies and bars as social spaces, conducting meetings or hunkering down, for hours at a time, with their laptops. Drinking is part of these everyday rituals, and so in this context the hotel bar's role acquires an even greater significance.Behind the Bar shines a light on 50 signature cocktails from the most iconic hotel bars across the world, appealing to tried-and-true cocktail lovers and design aficionados alike. Recipes from some of these storied properties will inspire enthusiasts to re-create timeless cocktails at home. Plus, anecdotes supplied by barkeeps and hotel and design personalities will enliven the recipes and reveal why so many hotel bars have endured through the years or have made an impact on the modern world. The clandestine speakeasy has been glorified countless times for its mix of sex appeal and transporting décor but the hotel bar should also be... Views: 53
With lacerating honesty, technical mastery, and abiding compassion, Made to Explode offers volatile poems for our volatile times.In her fourth collection, acclaimed poet Sandra Beasley interrogates the landscapes of her life in decisive, fearless, and precise poems that fuse intimacy and intensity. She probes memories of growing up in Virginia, in Thomas Jefferson's shadow, where liberal affluence obscured and perpetuated racist aggressions, but where the poet was simultaneously steeped in the cultural traditions of the American South. Her home in Washington, DC, inspires prose poems documenting and critiquing our capital's institutions and monuments.In these poems, Ruth Bader Ginsberg shows up at the Folger Shakespeare Theatre's show of Kiss Me Kate; Albert Einstein is memorialized on Constitution Avenue, yet was denied clearance for the Manhattan Project; as temperatures cool, a rain of spiders drops from the dome of the Jefferson Memorial. A... Views: 53
Don't miss the next gripping Ryder and Loveday case from million-copy bestseller Faith Martin! Oxford, 1961As the Hughes family celebrate bonfire night, a terrible accident leaves the garden shed in flames – and father and grandfather Thomas trapped inside. Tragic though it is, Thomas's death passes without suspicion – until a local journalist makes accusations of a police cover-up in the press. WPC Trudy Loveday is sent to investigate, and asks coroner Clement Ryder to help. But the more questions the two ask the less clear the case seems. There's no evidence of foul play, and yet the dead man's family are obviously hiding something. Then there are Thomas's dubious business practices – was someone out for revenge? All Trudy and Clement know for sure is that everyone is lying – and that they must find the truth... Perfect for fans of Betty Rowlands, LJ Ross and Agatha Christie, you won't be able to put this down until you've cracked the case! Readers LOVE Faith Martin! 'Great... Views: 53
From the bestselling author of The Party and Have You Seen Her comes another utterly gripping read.... Is this a match made in heaven or hell? PREORDER NOW! When Emily applies to a job as a housekeeper for widower Rupert, it's a chance to start over – steady job and a regular money means she can work towards her own place, not sharing a grimy flat with old mate, Mags. As Emily gets to know more about Rupert's world – how he likes his supper when he comes in from work, who his friends are – she can make sure everything runs like clockwork for him. Soon there's a spark between them; Rupert likes Emily and invites her to stay. For good. To the outside world, they really seem to be a perfect match. There's just the small issue of what really happened to Rupert's first wife... A gripping, razor-sharp game of cat and mouse, from the bestselling author, Lisa Hall. Praise for Lisa Hall: 'Compelling, addictive ... brilliant!' B A Paris 'An uneasy creeping feeling followed me through the... Views: 53
Sometimes starting over is the only way.Gerald Bane never wanted to part ways with his brothers, but sticking to his tribe has proven way too dangerous.With the vampires now ruling Quafin, a defeated werewolf shifter now has to start over in the coastal town of West Haven, living in a run down apartment by the sea and weighing fish for a living.Oddly enough, living in exile isn’t that bad; Gerald now has a taste for a simpler life, the ocean breeze… and a certain someone he’s grown used to seeing every morning on his way to work.But things escalate when he realizes he isn’t alone, after all. The Makinens are far from oblivious, in fact they’re keeping tabs on him, watching his every move.When he realizes he’s in danger, will Gerald run away again? Views: 52
This is the next book in the USA Today bestselling series The K9 Files. Full description coming soon. Views: 52
