Pavilion Books
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The inspiring novels that have left a significant mark on the world of literature and popular culture.
Before the novel, the world of books was dominated by scientific tomes, religious tracts and histories of the victorious in war. There had been stories and epic poems from ancient times - Homer''s Iliad and Odyssey recounted ancient Greece, and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight was a chivalric romance in Middle English, but it was not until the seventeenth century, when the European middle classes had money and leisure, that anything so frivolous as a novel could be sold for entertainment.
Colin Salter traces the evolution of the novel from the earliest examples through to the postmodernist best-sellers of the 21st century. Rather than dwelling too long on the technical nuances of innovative writing style he has amassed 100 of the greatest novel writers and chosen their most significant work.
For writers such as Herman Melville, James Joyce or Harper Lee the decision is not a difficult one. For Charles Dickens, Salman Rushdie and Margaret Atwood, the choice is perhaps more difficult.
Following the style set with previous books in the 100 series, most notably 100 Children''s Books and 100 Science Discoveries, each author is given a concise biography and their major novel analysed and then set in context with their other published work.
Readers can become ridiculously well-read in 224 pages.
Authors included: Alexandre Dumas, Daniel Defoe, Victor Hugo, Mary Shelly, Charles Dickens, Mark Twain, Emily Bronte, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Hilary Mantel, Jane Austen, Robert Louis Stevenson, Walter Scott, Edgar Allan Poe, Lewis Carroll, JRR Tolkien, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Henry James, Harper Lee, Erich Maria Remarque, James Joyce, Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, Erica Jong, Margaret Atwood, Truman Capote, Alice Walker, Jules Verne, HG Wells, Virginia Woolf, Stephen King, Gustave Flaubert, Leo Tolstoy, Louisa M. Alcott, Arthur Conan Doyle, Bram Stoker, John Steinbeck, CS Lewis, Chinua Achebe, Jack Kerouac, John Le Carre, Arundhati Roy, Mila Kundera, Joseph Heller, Harper Lee, JD Salinger, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Miguel Cervantes, Graham Greene, F. Scott Fitzgerald, George Orwell, John Steinbeck, Evelyn Waugh, Robert Graves, Daphne du Maurier, Agatha Christie, PG Wodehouse, Raymond Chandler, Hunter S. Thompson, Khaled Hosseini. -
It's complicated : Confessions of messy modern love
Philippa Found
- Pavilion Books
- 30 Janvier 2025
- 9780008652609
It''s Complicated is a mosaic of human connections in all their shades - from breaking up to making out, quiet contentment to agonising loneliness, sexting to ghosting, navigating friendships to ''fuckboys'', pregnancy loss to profound fulfilment.
If you''ve ever checked your ex''s social media at 2am - or their new partner''s LinkedIn (because it''s the only social profile you can access) - or are having sex with your partner knowing you''re going to leave - or if you can''t stop thinking about the one who broke your heart a decade ago - or if everyone thinks you''re the perfect couple but you''ve been drifting apart for years - or if you''re swiping to fill a void -
then you''ve probably felt a smarting of shame. But let me tell you something radical: your darkest secrets, your most repulsively shameful thoughts, feelings, and behaviours: you''re not alone.
Philippa Found''s project emerged during the early days of the pandemic, aiming to dissolve the isolation that gripped us all. Through anonymous submissions, people shared their unfiltered stories. It grew beyond the shadows, featuring in large-scale street exhibitions across the TfL network and earning an award from the London Mayor. It became a counterpoint to the stigma around love stories, standing against the shame we carry with our love.
Beyond lockdown, the project thrived, collecting over 1,500 stories. This short story collection, showcasing 250 curated pieces for the first time, peels back the layers of modern relationships. Each story gives a glimpse into the lives of others; cultivating empathy and reminding us of our shared humanity. By reading about others'' experiences, we learn to understand and embrace ourselves better - our desires (or lack of) and those burning, poisonous, suffocating, uncomfortable feelings.
The short stories are grouped into sections mirroring the stages of a relationship, including platonic ones. These aren''t love stories - they''re stories about love.
iii.EXES
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v.HOOKING UP
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vii.IT''S COMPLICATED
viii.FRIENDS & FAMILY
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Unbuilt tells the stories of the plans, drawings and proposals that emerged during the 20th century in an unparalleled era of optimism in architecture. Many of these grand projects stayed on the drawing board, some were flights of fancy that couldn't be built, and in other cases test structures or parts of buildings did emerge in the real world. The book features the work of Buckminster Fuller, Geoffrey Bawa, Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd Wright and Archigram, as well as contemporary architects such as Norman Foster, Zaha Hadid, Will Alsop and Rem Koolhaas.
Richly illustrated with photographs, drawings, maps, collages and models from all over the world, it covers everything from Buckminster Fuller's plan for a 'Domed city' in Manhattan to Le Corbusier's utopian dream of skyscraper living in central Paris, from a proposed network of motorways ploughing through central London to a crazy-looking scheme for 'rolling pavements' in post-war Berlin.
This is an important book, not just for the rich stories of what might have been in our built world, but also to give understanding to the motivations and dreams of architects, sometimes to build a better world, but sometimes to pander to egos. It includes plans that pushed the boundaries - from plug-in cities, moving cities, space cities, domes and floating cities to Maglev, teleportation and rockets. Many ideas were just ahead of their time, and some, thankfully, we were always better without.
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NATIONAL TRUST BOOK OF SCONES ; 50 DELICIOUS RECIPES AND SOME CURIOUS CRUMBS OF HISTORY
Sarah Merker
- Pavilion Books
- 13 Avril 2017
- 9781909881938
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An overview of the work of 20th-century graphic design icon Tom Eckersley - packed with hundreds of his instantly recognisable designs.From iconic posters for the Post Office and London Transport to designs for brands such as Guinness, this richly illustrated book explores the work of influential British poster artist and design teacher Tom Eckersley (1914-1997).Part of the ''outsider'' generation that transformed graphic design in Britain in the mid-century era, Eckersley''s instantly recognisable posters have become true icons of 20th-century style. Here, design writer and former Eckersley archivist Paul Rennie gives a fascinating exploration of Eckersley''s life and work, from his Northern upbringing and early career, through pioneering work during the Second World War, to his central role in mid-century graphic design in the decades that followed.Over 200 designs from throughout Eckersley''s career are featured. Made in his signature style combining bold, bright colours and flat graphic shapes, there are designs for clients such as the BBC, British Rail, Keep Britain Tidy, Gillette, BP and Shell.The book also examines Eckersley''s position at the forefront of the explosion of print culture in the 20th century, how he helped to transform design education in Britain, and the lasting legacy he left behind.A celebration of a true mid-century modern master, this is the first book on Tom Eckersley of its kind and will appeal to anyone interested in graphic design and visual communication.
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Paris Then and Now captures the changes that have taken place in the French capital from the heady days of the Belle Epoque through to the 1940s. Matching classic archive images with the same viewpoint taken today the book provides a stunning visual history to Europe's most beautiful and romantic city.
Paris d'hier et d'aujourd'hui retrace les changements operes dans la capitale entre les jours insouciants de la Belle Epoque et les annees 1940. Par la confrontation d'images photographiques d'archives avec des photos d'aujourd'hui prises sous le meme angle de vue, ce livre propose une histoire visuelle de la plus belle et de la plus romantique des villes d'Europe.
Inclus: Arc de Triomphe, Grand Palais, Champs Elysees, Place de la Concorde, Statue de Strasbourg, Ministere de la Marine, Cour du Louvre, Comedie Francaise, Rue de Rivoli, Place Vendome, Eglise de la Madeleine, Opera de Paris, Galeries Lafayette, Boulevard des Capucines, Gare St. Lazare, Fontaine des Innocents, Theatre du Chatelet, Hotel de Ville, Centre George Pompidou, Place de la Bastille, Pont Marie, Cathedrale Notre-Dame, Pont Neuf, Pont St. Michel, Rue de Bievre, Shakespeare and Company, La Sorbonne, Station de Metro Odeon, Cour de Rohan, Carrefour de Buci, Rue de Constantine / Rue de Lutece, Pantheon, Palais du Luxembourg, Cafe de Flore, Place Saint Medard, La Ruche, Usine Citroen / Parc Andre Citroen, Rue Berton, Tour Eiffel, Place du Trocadero / Palais de Chaillot. Pont de L'Alma, Gare d'Orsay, Cimetiere du Pere Lachaise, Place de la Republique, Parc des Buttes Chaumont, Canal Saint-Martin, Gare de L'Est et Gare du Nord.
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From Voltaire to Verlaine and from Hugo to Hemingway, these are the Paris locations that have influenced modern literature.
The book is an elegant photographic stroll around the bookshops, famous literary restaurants and storied streets of Europe''s favourite tourist destination.
Literary Landscapes: Paris takes this major European city and with picture perfect photography, compiles an album of memorable views linked to the words of Parisian authors, or writers who made Paris their home. It looks at places where books were written, discussed over dinner, and where ultimately the books are sold.
There are the theatres of Moliere, Dumas and Beaumarchais along with the incredible Palais Garnier opera house and the legend of Le Fantome by Gaston Leroux.
There are the revered bookshops of the Latin Quarter including the idiosyncratic Shakespeare & Co.
There are the classic grand structures referenced in Victor Hugo novels (and still there) or the mean streets of George Orwell''s Down and Out in Paris.
There are the famous cafes where authors gathered and wrote, or where artists and philosophers argued: Les Deux Magots, Cafe de Flore, Le Procope, La Closerie des Lilas, Prunier, Le Dome, La Rotonde and Le Select.
There are the bouquinistes ranged in their green booths along the Seine, as once tended by Jean Genet. And there is the classic expatriate Paris of Joyce, Stein, Wilde, Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Beat poets.
Literary Landscapes: Paris takes readers on an exclusive cultural journey, introduced by one of the city''s most engaging tourist guides. -
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SRI OWEN INDONESIAN FOOD ; THE NEW EDITION BY AWARD WINNING FOOD WRITER, WITH 20 NEW RECIPES ON
Sri Owen
- Pavilion Books
- 7 Novembre 2024
- 9781911682790
A beautiful reissue of seminal work Sri Owen''s Indonesian Food with 20 new recipes to reflect the updates in Indonesian cuisine over the last 20 years.
Sri Owen''s Indonesian Food is the most comprehensive account of this ancient and varied cuisine ever published. Sri Owen, the world''s leading authority in Indonesian cooking, provides over 100 mouth-watering recipes, from staples and basics to food for festivals and special occasions. The recipes are easy to follow and have fascinating introductions which place them in their regional and cultural settings.
The book is split into two parts - in part one a series of introductory chapters examine the role of food in Sri''s life and in Indonesian culture and society, with recipes to accompany. Part two explains the essential ingredients and techniques of Indonesian cookery, with notes on availability and substitutions and discussions of modern developments, again with the relevant recipes and variations to accompany each technique. Painstakingly researched and the product of decades of expertise and recipes passed through generations, this is a must-have book for any curious cook.
This stunning reissue is repackaged in a beautiful and authoritative format with 20 new recipes, making this book a modern, must-have classic for your shelves. -
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LITERARY LANDSCAPES ; EXPLORE THE CITY'S VIBRANT LEGACY, WHERE EVERY STREET TELLS A STORY
Ana Kinsella
- Pavilion Books
- 13 Mars 2025
- 9780008716097
Publishing to coincide with St Patrick''s Day, we arrive in Dublin with the next installment in the Literary Landscapes series. Take a photographic stroll around the bookshops, famous literary locations and authors'' watering holes of Dublin''s top tourist destinations.
''When I die, Dublin will be written in my heart'', James Joyce once said.
There are few cities in the world that care so deeply about the written word as this historic capital. Walk down canals, stroll through Georgian squares, and cross the river, and you''ll find heritage plaques dedicated to famous writers, bridges named after them, and literary place names aplenty.
Dubliners can spot statues of literary legends: like George Bernard Shaw at the National Gallery; Oscar Wilde reclined in Merrion Square; and Brendan Behan watching over the Royal Canal.
Dublin''s creative outpourings are well documented in excellent museums and galleries around the city. The Museum of Literature Ireland (MoLI) features exhibitions on Ireland''s most influential writers and poets alongside unique literary artefacts, including the first ever copy of James Joyce''s Ulysses. Picking out one theatre above all others in Dublin is tricky - the Gaiety, the Gate and the Olympia have hugely enriched the city.
No title in the Literary Landscapes series would be complete without notable pubs and bars - and this edition is no exception. James Joyce liked to hang out in Davy Byrne''s; Neary''s was a favourite of Brendan Behan and Flann O''Brien; and Toner''s was the only Dublin pub visited by poet WB Yeats.
Dublin''s libraries are heart-stoppingly beautiful - just look at Trinity College''s Long Room, easily one of the most stunning libraries in Europe that was featured in Sally Rooney''s Normal People. Dublin holds its independent bookshops close to its heart, and there are some wonderful little literary spots dotted around the city. Stokes Books in the George''s Street Arcade is a treasure-trove of rare and second-hand books.
Literary Landscapes: Dublin is a true bibliophile''s journey through the rich heritage, storied lore, and lively craic of the city''s streets. -
FRONTIERES ; FOOD AND COOKING FROM THE FRENCH BORDERLANDS
Alex Jackson
- Pavilion Books
- 12 Octobre 2023
- 9781911663782
Explore the food of France''s borderlands with acclaimed chef Alex Jackson in his second cookbook Frontieres.
This is a book about the cooking of France''s borderlands: from the geographical to the historical, linguistic and metaphorical. In it, Alex Jackson sets out to investigate the cooking of these borderland areas with a view to exploring the similarities between the food on either side of the borders. From the Riviera, where the border has shifted many times but the cooking remains of a delicious whole, to the Occitan valleys of the Italian Alps, the Franco-German cooking of Alsace, and Marseille, one of the most important ports of the Mediterranean, and its historic (and current) links with North Africa.
Alex explores how French cuisine has been influenced through history and that many of these dishes are part of a shared tradition of western European and Mediterranean cookery.
With over 80 mouth-watering recipes and fascinating introductions to each region, Frontieres will take you on a delicious gastronomic journey through France''s varied borderlands, adding many interesting dishes to your repertoire along the way. -
Radicals, rebels and royals ; a pub crawl through british history
Martyn Routledge, Elspeth Wills
- Pavilion Books
- 7 Novembre 2024
- 9780008603946
A beautifully illustrated alternative history book, tracing the history of the British Isles through its landmark pubs with recreations of their pub signs in stunning colour.
The perfect combination of Britain''s two favourite past-times - talking about history and going to the pub!
Be transported around the British Isles with this plotted history of the most interesting, and sometimes surprising facts about the history of Britain. A Pub Crawl through History is packed with trivia, stories, and practical ''Out and About'' segments for each location which will leave any pub-goer satiated. Learn how pub history has memorialised the Celts, World War II, football teams and much more as well as reading about their most famous patrons.
With tales of pirates, highwaymen and secret affairs A Pub Crawl through History features over 70 pubs from England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. Brush up on your local history, or discover your next watering hole all from the comfort of your own home.
Pubs include: The Shakespeare''s Head in London, The Robert the Bruce in Scotland, The King''s Head in Galway, The Star and Garter in Manchester, the Blue Board in Essex and many more!
Come for the history and leave drunk on the fun, with A Pub Crawl through History! -
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A visual and comprehensive guide to a hugely popular graphic style.The distinctive aesthetic of mid-century design captured the post-war zeitgeist of energy and progress, and remains hugely popular today. In Mid-Century Modern Graphic Design Theo Inglis takes an in-depth look at the innovative graphics of the period, writing about the work of artists and designers from all over the world. From book covers, record covers and posters to advertising, typography and illustration, the designs feature eye-popping colour palettes, experimental type and prints that buzz with kinetic energy.The book features artworks from a wide selection of international designers and illustrators whose work continues to inspire and influence today, including Ray Eames, Paul Rand, Alex Steinweiss, Joseph Low, Alvin Lustig, Elaine Lustig Cohen, Leo Lionni, Rudolph de Harak, Abram Games, Tom Eckersley, Ivan Chermayeff, Josef Albers, Corita Kent, Jim Flora, Ben Shahn, Herbert Bayer and Helen Borten.Theo draws from a broad range of sources including advertising, magazine covers, record sleeves, travel posters and children''s book illustration to show the development of the design style globally, and how this continues to influence design today. The book is packed with hundreds of colour illustrations, including classic designs, such as Saul Bass'' film posters and Miroslav aek''s children''s books, alongside lesser-known gems.
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Cook the simple and flavoursome food of the South of France with acclaimed chef Alex Jackson''s Provencal.
Provencal is the stunning reissue of Alex Jackson''s widely acclaimed first book Sardine. This unique collection of recipes encapsulates the beauty and simplicity of Provencal French cooking and shows you how to recreate the flavours of the South of France at home.
Provence and Languedoc are France''s window onto the Mediterranean Sea and all that lies beyond, and the culinary influences that converge there make for a cuisine that is varied, rich and deep. The recipes are unpretentious and seasonal, highlighting Alex''s belief that cooking the food of Provence is about simplicity, good ingredients and generosity of spirit. Lovingly described, the recipes evoke the South of France with their warmth and flavour; from Bouillabaisse and Autumnal Grand Aioli to a Tomato and Tapenade Tart and Nougat Ice Cream with Fennel Biscuits. The book is divided into seasons and each season contains a ''Grande Bouffe'' - a set menu for a feast - so you can really impress your guests and celebrate many wonderful ingredients in one evening''s cooking.
Provencal promises to reignite a love affair with French provincial cooking, celebrating its multitude of influences, its focus on seasonal eating and, ultimately, an attitude to food which centres around sharing and enjoyment. -
HUMMUS TO HALVA ; RECIPES FROM A LEVANTINE KITCHEN
Ronen Givon, Christian Mouysset
- Pavilion Books
- 2 Avril 2020
- 9781911641988
Passionate about hummus, Ronen Givon and Christian Mouysset celebrate the versatile and healthy dip.
A true staple of the Middle East and the Mediterranean they venture further afield than your standard supermarket selection to bring out surprising and delicious flavour combinations to tickle the tastebuds.
Enter into Ronen and Christian''s Levantine Kitchen to learn how to make the perfect hummus every time, the ultimate hummus swirl and hummus toppings from different world cuisines to spice them up. As well as this there are recipes for soups, salads and sauces and Mediterranean favourites such as falafel, flatbreads, labaneh, tabouleh and green tahini. With over 60 recipes to impress friends and family with a varied mezze spread, this is an essential for any cookery shelf. Hummus is a star; not just a delicious dip.
Chapters include: The Levantine Kitchen, Making Hummus, Toppings for Hummus, Falafel and Wraps, Soups, Salads, Breads and Sauces, Desserts, Drinks and Quick Snacks. Hummus a lso includes a free-from list to making meal planning as easy as possible. -
It used to be the easiest way in the wine world to get a laugh - start extolling the virtues of English wine. Oh, how they would chortle! And they had a point.
Until the 1990s hardly any English wine was more than a curiosity to be drunk if you had no other choice. The old-fashioned view of English wine is that of a cottage industry made up of amateurs struggling with the mud and the drizzle. The modern view is of a country amazingly blessed with vast tracts of soil suitable for viticulture, much of it almost indistinguishable from the chalky slopes of Champagne and Chablis, and of a country taking full advantage of the vagaries of climate change to ripen Chardonnay and Pinot Noir to levels perfect for sparkling wine, and increasingly excellent still wines. And it wouldn''t be far off the mark to say that England is now the newest of the New World, New Wave wine countries.
The 1990s brought several pioneering sparkling wine producers to the fore - led by Nyetimber and Breaky Bottom and suddenly England has found its wine vocation. Oz has long been a champion of English wines and this book helps you find the best wines, from fizz, whites, some impressive reds and even dessert and orange wines.
One of the great pleasures of wine is to drink it where it is grown and made. Both wine handbook and armchair companion, English Wine is an essential book for all lovers of wine. The opportunity to meet growers, winemakers and winery owners is what draws people to visit wineries and ''have an experience in the vineyard''.
The book is split into sections: Exciting Times - How it used to be; The Nyetimber effect; Climate: is it almost perfect now?; Location is key; Planting like made; A question of style: sparkling or still; and Grape varieties: a race to the top. British Bubbles - What is needed to make good fizz; Champagne, the original fizz; Bubbles and how they''re created. A Tour Of the Regions - covers personal experiences and reflections from Oz''s many years of visiting talented and passionate producers up and down the country. From Yorkshire to the far west of Cornwall and across to Wales, a small but dynamic part of the UK''s wine movement, Oz recommends wines he has enjoyed and found interesting and encourages you to try for yourself. -
VEGANISTAN ; A VEGAN TOUR OF THE MIDDLE EAST
Sally Butcher
- Pavilion Books
- 22 Décembre 2022
- 9781911682745
Veganistan is a brand new volume from Sally Butcher following the silk trail started by Veggiestan and Persepolis .
After the success of bestseller Veggiestan , Sally Butcher continues her gastronomic journey along the Silk Road with Veganistan . In response to many requests in her Peckham restaurant, Persepolis, Sally has created a vegan cookbook celebrating plants and wholefoods with the luscious flavours of the Middle East.
A masterclass in inventive vegan cooking, the chapters range from hot and cold mezze, fermentation and pickling, and bread and grains to delicious desserts, divine drinks, and vegan meat, dairy and egg substitutes. Stand-out recipes include beetroot and sour cherry gazpacho, mushroom and chestnut borek, seitan kebabs, Persepolitan sauerkraut, and quince and cardamom trifle.
Written in Sally''s witty and reassuring voice, Veganistan will bring something new to your kitchen and equip you with the skills to make stunning vegan food for any occasion.
Contents: Simple Meze Salads and Cold Starters Soups, Snacks and Hot Starters Bread, Rice and Grains From the Stewing Pot From the Oven From the Frying Pan and Into the Fire Salted, Smoked, Fermented and Pickled Foods Sweet Treats Drinks A Cheater''s Guide to Vegan ''Meat'': ''Dairy'' and ''Egg'' Substitutes
