Vendor: Bookspeed
Type: Kids Books
Price: 7.99

Come and explore with the Moomins in this story in a book shaped like the Moominhouse. Moomintroll is searching the Moominhouse for a string for his kite. He spots a red string... but where does it lead? Join Moomintroll as he follows the string past Snufkin playing a tune, Snorkmaiden swinging on a trapeze and Little My sliding down the stairs. Along the way, lift the flaps to explore rooms, peek into cupboards and peer behind doors. There are all kinds of wonderful things to find!

With simple text, things to spot and flaps to lift on every page, In the Moominhouse is the perfect introduction for little ones to Tove Jansson's world of Moominvalley.

Ages 3-6 years
Shaped board book, 14 pages, by Tove Jansson
14 x 30 x 1cm

B073222 

Vendor: Bookspeed
Type: Kids Books
Price: 7.99

Moomintroll has found a trail of mysterious footprints in the Lighthouse . . . but where do they end? Join Moomintroll as he follows the footprints through dark rooms and spooky corridors, past Sniff, Snufkin and even a group of fizzing Hattifatteners. Along the way, lift the flaps to explore rooms, peek into cupboards and peer behind doors. There are all kinds of amazing things to find!

With simple text, things to spot and flaps to lift on every page, In the Lighthouse is the perfect introduction for little ones to Tove Jansson's world of Moominvalley.

Ages 3-6 years
Shaped board book, 14 pages, by Tove Jansson
14 x 30 x 1cm

B073226 

Vendor: Bookspeed
Type: Books
Price: 14.99

Long acknowledged as the inspiration for such modern masters as Julia Child and Claudia Roden, A Book of Mediterranean Food is Elizabeth David's passionate mixture of recipes, culinary lore, and frank talk. First published in 1950 the book has been unavailable in a hardback edition in its original format since the 1960s. 

The book is based on a collection of recipes made by Elizabeth David when she lived in France, Italy, the Greek Islands and Egypt, doing her own cooking and obtaining information at first hand. The pages contain recipes, and practical ones, evoking all the colour and fun of the Mediterranean, dishes as soupe au pistou, pebronata from Corsica, or the skordalia of the Greeks; some are sumptuous, many are simple, most are sublime.

Hardback, 240 pages by Elizabeth David

13cm x 20cm

B075778

Vendor: Bookspeed
Type: Books
Price: 45.00

This is the first of Pentreath's books to present his own output in its entirety from his personal residences in Dorset, London, and Scotland that brought him international fame to many old and new houses that he has designed and some of the larger, town-scaled projects that make his practice unique in the world of traditional design. Although the results range from his colorful and romantic versions of the English country cottage to traditional splendor, there are underlying ideas that inform the breadth of his output a sense of scale, proportion, craft, detail, sustainability, and appropriateness that have a universal relevance today. 

Pentreath has authored as well as taken all photographs in this book, which looks at some thirty case studies, large and small, including many previously unpublished works. The designs encompass an understanding of materials, texture, classical and vernacular detail, color, richness, and simplicity by turn as exemplified in both sumptuous and honest interiors, grand country houses, and pragmatically organized town plans. While being steeped in a learned classicism, Pentreath's work is celebrated by young and old around the world, as exemplified by his coverage in major media outlets.

Hardback, 352 pages by Ben Pentreath 

26cm x 31cm

B075776

Vendor: Bookspeed
Type: Books
Price: 34.95

Café Cecilia is a beloved neighborhood restaurant serving simple Irish and European inspired food, that has become not only a foodie haven, but a huge hit with the international art and fashion crowd.

It is chef Max Rocha’s first restaurant, and he takes inspiration from what’s in season; the cooking of his mother, Odette; and the food he grew up with in Ireland.

Café Cecilia Cookbook, the first and only book on this, one of the UK's most exciting and popular restaurants, features 100 recipes from breakfast through to dinner. Dishes include signature dishes like Guinness Bread and Sage & Anchovy Fritti and seasonal dishes such as Poached greengage, granola and yogurt and Globe Artichokes with Sunflower Seed Tahini, with recipes for a host of soups, salads, breads, cakes, and kombuchas, as well as a selection of fish, meat, and vegetable dishes.

256 pages by Max Rocha

21cm x 28cm

B075777

Vendor: Bookspeed
Type: Books
Price: 22.00

In Bre Graham's debut cookbook, she guides you through the moments you want to set the table and cook for someone you love. From lazy, laid-back breakfasts to breathtaking, multi-course menus, Table for Two is a collection of failsafe recipes for spectacular meals for two. From uncomplicated-but-outstanding in Part I, to over-the-top-but-no-stress cooking in Part II, Table for Two helps you impress at breakfast, lunch, aperitivo, dinner, and dessert.

Hardcover, 191 pages by Bre Graham
Measures 25.5 x 20cm

B070079

Vendor: Bookspeed
Type: Books
Price: 35.00

Designer, collector, and proprietor of the contemporary curiosity shop Kabinett & Kammer Sean Scherer shares his secrets for composing vignettes of favorite objects, showing creative ways to incorporate both cherished possessions and flea-market finds.

How do you make your home come alive with personality, charm, and memory? In the introduction to Sean Scherer’s first book, Kabinett & Kammer: Creating Authentic Interiors, Anderson Cooper writes: “Scherer has a unique ability to place otherwise ordinary objects in a completely unexpected context or grouping and in so doing change the way you see them.” In this new book, Scherer focuses in on the art of combining common objects into aesthetically pleasing groupings, or vignettes. Contending that a vignette can set the whole mood and tone of a room, he shows you how to use any surface in your home, from a tabletop to a bookshelf to a wall, to create lively displays of your favorite items. Beautifully illustrated with Scherer’s own photographs, the book demonstrates how to balance color, texture, and shape and provides lessons on how to create both symmetrical and asymmetrical vignettes. Whether you are an inveterate collector or just interested in giving expression to your unique taste, Vignettes shows you how to group the items you love in ways that can have a big impact on your interiors.

Hardcover, 208 pages by Sean Scherer
24 x 31.5 x 2.5cm

B074144 

Vendor: Bookspeed
Type: Books
Price: 30.00

An encyclopaedic yet accessible journey through the world of chefs, farmers, butchers and restaurants, Steak is the essential guide for enthusiasts improving their kitchen skills or diners chasing the greatest steaks around the world.

With stories, recipes, traditional cooking techniques and cutting-edge new ones, you’ll never again overcook a steak or wonder which cut to buy. Plus there’s a guide to butchery, a cooking course (including some steak science)… and Cow Maps.

Steak takes an in-depth look at the historical, cultural and social significance of our favourite cut of meat, and how we might continue to enjoy it sustainably into a long future – it’s the ultimate handbook for anyone who cares about sourcing and cooking great food.

Hardcover, 320 pages by Tim Hayward
19 x 3 x 25.5cm

B073255 

Vendor: Bookspeed
Type: Books
Price: 18.95

Nostalgic colour photographs of British tourists abroad during the heyday of the package holiday.

Brightly coloured speedos. Factor two suncream. Lounging with a cocktail and cigarette by a chlorinated pool while the kids learn archery. This astonishing archive of nostalgic images of British tourists abroad were taken during the heyday of the package holiday. Trevor Clark was the first British photographer to document the new hotels rising in Mallorca and in doing so he captured the camp and joyful atmosphere of a bygone world of holidaymakers making the most of cheap flights, Mediterranean sun and all-inclusive, all-you-can-eat buffets.

Hardcover, 144 pages by Jake Clark
21 x 2 x 16cm

Vendor: Bookspeed
Type: Books
Price: 20.00

In 2020, Olivia Laing began to restore a walled garden in Suffolk, an overgrown Eden of unusual plants. The work drew her into an exhilarating investigation of paradise and its long association with gardens. Moving between real and imagined gardens, from Milton’s Paradise Lost to John Clare’s enclosure elegies, from a wartime sanctuary in Italy to a grotesque aristocratic pleasure ground funded by slavery, Laing interrogates the sometimes shocking cost of making paradise on earth.

But the story of the garden doesn’t always enact larger patterns of privilege and exclusion. It’s also a place of rebel outposts and communal dreams. From the improbable queer utopia conjured by Derek Jarman on the beach at Dungeness to the fertile vision of a common Eden propagated by William Morris, new modes of living can and have been attempted amidst the flower beds, experiments that could prove vital in the coming era of climate change.

The result is a beautiful and exacting account of the abundant pleasures and possibilities of gardens: not as a place to hide from the world but as a site of encounter and discovery, bee-loud and pollen-laden.

'What a wonderful book this is. I loved the enchanting and beautifully written story but also the fascinating and thoughtful excursions along the way.' – Nigel Slater

Hardcover, 336 pages by Olivia Laing
14.5 x 22.5 x 3cm

Vendor: Bookspeed
Type: Books
Price: 29.95

An inspirational introduction to growing and collecting tulips, set against the backdrop of a beautiful English garden, with expert tips and advice for gardeners

Tulips are one of the world’s most popular flowers, with over 2,500 varieties produced in the Netherlands each year. This spectacular book showcases a unique collection of rare and covetable tulips at Blacklands, the beautiful English country garden of tulip expert Polly Nicholson.

Combining the flower’s rich cultural history with growing advice, Nicholson provides a comprehensive introduction to cultivating species, historic Dutch and English Florists’ tulips, and annual garden tulips. Featuring all types of tulip – from wild, species tulips to old Dutch cultivars, as well as English Florists’, and the ever popular annual garden tulips – she also offers modern context and sensible and practical advice for gardeners, based on her personal horticultural experience.

Bringing to life varieties that date back to the 16th century, Nicholson demonstrates how these treasured bulbs and more modern varieties of these enchanting spring flowers can be grown today – whether in herbaceous borders, naturalized in grass, in containers, gravel, meadow settings, or in the garden for cutting.

The Tulip Garden is an essential reference for tulip lovers, florists, and gardeners, but also, with newly commissioned photography by Andrew Montgomery, an inspirational resource, tapping into the zeitgeist for sustainable flowers and organic gardening, focusing on one of the world’s most popular flowers.

Hardcover, 272 pages by Polly NIcholson (Author) and Andrew Montgomery (Photographer)

22.5 x 28 x 3cm

B071812

Vendor: Bookspeed
Type: Books
Price: 14.00

From sowing and germination, to sprouting, repotting and harvesting, The Grower’s Guide: Seeds (Grow Your Own Cut Flowers from Scratch) is a modern and practical handbook that will take you through all the essential steps to growing your own cut flowers from seed.

Beautifully photographed throughout, this essential guide demystifies the growing process through simple, easy-to-follow instructions, defined by Milli Proust’s unique sense of style. Featuring a sowing directory of 30 flowers to grow, learn how to get the most from your soil, tackle common gardening problems, and produce beautiful blooms in a sustainable way.

The Grower's Guide is a brand new gardening series for those who seek an approachable and accessible insight into the wonderful world of flower growing and floral arranging.

Paperback, 128 pages by Milli Proust

13.5 x 18 x 1.5cm

B071459

Vendor: Bookspeed
Type: Books
Price: 30.00

In his debut book, garden designer Sean A Pritchard shows you how to plan a garden so that every month of the year there's something to bring indoors and display in an engaging way. From the cheery joy of early spring daffodils to the velvety richness of late-summer dahlias, the deep glow of golden autumn leaves to the optimism of late-winter catkins, Sean explains how to grow, harvest, and arrange an abundance of nature's treasure - no matter the size of your plot or your level of horticultural experience.

With glowing praise from Richard E. Grant, Luke Edward Hall and Jo Thompson, you know that this is a treasure of a book!

Hardcover, 224 pages by Sean A Pritchard

20 x 27 x 3.5cm

B071320

Vendor: Bookspeed
Type: Books
Price: 45.00

Vendor: Bookspeed
Type: Books
Price: 14.00

Vendor: Bookspeed
Type: Books
Price: 22.95

This hardback is part of a growing series Hoxton Mini Press' opinionated guides to Britain. In this edition discover Britain's most glorious cabins and hideaways for exploring all the wild and beautiful corners of this country. Whether it's a tree-house in the Cotswolds or a modernist bolthole on the Isle of Harris, nature and calm await. You'll find the perfect place to retreat and unwind with this perfectly curated collection of holiday homes. 

Hardcover by Holly Farrier
21 x 15 x 3cm
B070519

Vendor: Bookspeed
Type: Books
Price: 22.95

The best places to stay with kids in Britain, from stylish castle conversions to bustling city bolt-holes.

Explore the diverse landscape and rich culture of Britain while spending quality time with the family – and without compromising on the quality of your experience. Alice Tate has carefully selected over 40 fantastic family getaways that offer endless creative and energetic opportunities, both on-site and nearby, alongside stylish decor, thoughtful hospitality and welcome luxuries.

There’s something for all tastes, from Welsh mountain bases for exploring and biking to Cornish coastal retreats for sunning and sailing, and even colourful stable conversions on working farms – where the kids can pick their own dinner and maybe even cuddle a piglet or two.

Hardcover, 224 pages by Alice Tate

15 x 21.5 x 2.2cm

B070132

Vendor: Bookspeed
Type: Books
Price: 32.00

An ode to one of Italy's most beloved cities, Florence, Russell Norman offers easy Florentine recipes for any home cook. Honest, warm and from the heart, including Russell's captivating stories and insider advice. Brutto is a proudly fuss-free recipe book to use every day, wherever you are, and an joyous tribute to Italy's greatest rustic cuisine.

Hardcover, 320 pages by Russell Norman
Published by Ebury Press
Measures 26.5 x 18.5cm
B070566

Vendor: Bookspeed
Type: Kids Books
Price: 25.00

If you've seen the smash hit family movie (and if you haven't, what have you been doing?) you will treasure the opportunity to own the book that features in the film! This spectacular limited edition collector’s item contains six stunning illustrated pop-up scenes that have been taken directly from the movie and lovingly recreated for Paddington fans.

Now you too can be transported, just like Paddington and Aunt Lucy, into a glorious paper-engineered world and visit iconic London sights including St. Pauls, Big Ben, Tower Bridge and the Houses of Parliament. A touching celebration of London, family and, ultimately, of belonging.

Hardcover, 14 pages

25.5 x 32.5 x 0.5cm

3-8 years (but we also think adults would love this too!)

B032794

Vendor: Bookspeed
Type: Books
Price: 35.00

'This unique and eccentric book is a real page-turner, the scope of these collections is wonderful, and Pierre Musellec’s photography paired with Montagut’s illustrations showcases how much these objects are loved.' - The Guardian

French artist, designer, and talented antique hunter Marin Montagut celebrates the joy of collecting everything from textiles to mercury glass candlesticks to architectural details, taking readers inside ten private homes, flea markets, and unusual ateliers to discover the most whimsical treasure troves in France. From a film prop house’s array of bistro chairs to a vintage stock of brushes for all purposes, and from an art studio’s Grecian plaster casts to an amateur designer’s selection of antique clothing, and from Marin’s own wonder wall assemblages to a cook’s haven filled with copper dessert molds and pots―objects, when presented together as a series, create unforgettable interiors that radiate charm. Inspiration comes in repetition: a grouping of belle époque furniture ornamentation creates an artful space. The spare wooden forms of capipotes―devotional statues used in religious processions, their eyes turned heavenward in ecstasy―and silver ex votos can be the point of departure for the theme of an entire room. Marin’s moodboards and watercolor illustrations for each chapter provide endless ideas for the home.

Hardcover, 240 pages by Marin Montagut

21 x 28.5 x 2.5cm

B071053

Vendor: Bookspeed
Type: Books
Price: 27.00

Cook and eat your way to the good life with simple, seasonal recipes. First-generation farmer and chef Julius Roberts shares honest tales of farming life and easy, thoughtful dishes to reconnect us to nature and the seasons. Making the most of simple ingredients, The Farm Table is unfussy home cooking at its very best. All you need are a few good things on a plate, assembled with joy and ease.

Recipes include:
- winter: an elegant, fuss-free dinner of roast pumpkin, mozzarella, hazelnuts and sage, and a hearty sausage stew
- spring: baked fish with herbs and asparagus, chicken roasted over lemon, fennel and potatoes, and a lamb stew with pearl barley
- summer: courgette pasta, a ratatouille galette, and a steamed apricot sponge
- autumn: arrives with smoked haddock and leek rarebit and pan-fried trout with mash and spinach sauce.

Passionate about seasonality, Julius shows us how to make the most of produce, from crisp, crunchy apples in autumn, pink rhubarb in winter, asparagus in spring and the first summer strawberries.

According to Nigel Slater, this Sunday Times bestseller is 'A heart-warming and uplifting book. The recipes are utterly gorgeous.' We thoroughly agree!

Hardcover, 320 pages by Julius Roberts

18 x 26 x 3cm

B069440

Vendor: Bookspeed
Type: Books
Price: 22.95

A delicious literary anthology all about food. With extracts from over 200 authors, it embraces fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and even a smattering of recipes, with one piquant extract for every night of the year.

This absorbing book is a literary feast for every food lover. Within these pages, you'll discover a wealth of foodie extracts from around the world and throughout the centuries, from Christmas feasts in Tudor times to Nigella Lawson on how much cheese to buy for a dinner party. In addition to renowned food writers such as Elizabeth David, Madhur Jaffrey and Anthony Bourdain, it includes literary greats like Charles Dickens, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Maya Angelou, and some intriguing curiosities such as the surreal recipes in 1932’s Futurist Cookbook. And, of course, Mrs Beeton makes an appearance.

Also on the menu are:
- Tantalizing gingerbread in Jane Austen's Emma.
- The joys of Caribbean cooking in Sam Selvon’s The Housing Lark.
- Ingenious wartime solutions in MFK Fisher's How to Cook a Wolf and much, much more.

Keep this delectable book by your bedside and savour a whole world of delicious food writing every night of the year – and it also makes the perfect gift for the foodie in your life!

Hardcover, 448 pages by Jane McMorland Hunter

16 x 24 x 3.9cm

B069809

Vendor: Bookspeed
Type: Kids Books
Price: 16.99

Meet Lena and her rescue dog Jo! This is the true story of how Lena and Jo became best friends, told through Lena’s own beautiful illustrations. It’s also a guidebook, packed with useful tips about caring for a dog of your own. Learn how to choose a dog, how to train them, feed them and groom them, and pick up lots of fascinating facts about why dogs behave the way they do. Whatever the size and shape of your canine companion, this is essential reading for anyone who wants to be a dog’s best friend

Hardcover by Elena Bulay
95 pages
For ages 3 and above
30 x 22 x 1.5cm
B069096

Vendor: Bookspeed
Type: Kids Books
Price: 14.99

This memorable treasury features an array of cherished characters, stories, and poems from over eighty Richard Scarry classics. Popular tales, alphabet and counting stories, lots of new words and concepts, and visits around town, to the airport, and even across the world make this an essential book that will captivate any child.

288 pages 
Hardcover by Richard Scarry 
For ages 3-7 years
26 x 19 x 2.5cm

B070422

Vendor: Bookspeed
Type: Kids Books
Price: 13.99

Richard Scarry introduces toddlers to the nursery rhymes of Mother Goose! Featuring his unmistakable art (now restored to its original glory) and fifty of Mother Goose’s most beloved rhymes. His cats, rabbits, dogs, and bears perfectly capture the spirit of these well-known verses. This classic collection has been a must-have for young readers for more than 50 years. 

96 pages
Hardcover by Richard Scarry 
For ages 3-7
31 x 27 x 1cm

B070420