Tom had always drunk. Initially it was to escape the drudge of school and the distress of his rapidly disintegrating family, but as his career in journalism took off, so his alcohol consumption turned into a full-blown obsession. This book tells the tale o

Sri Lanka is a place of geographic and cultural contrasts, qualities that are reflected in its extreme weather. The best Sri Lankan architecture is structurally versatile, using features such as overhanging roofs, slatted walls, and courtyards to cope with intense sunshine and sudden downpours in equal measure. Climatic factors also dominate the interiors of even the most luxurious homes: valuable antiques and art give way to simple pieces of furniture, batiks, prints, and artfully crafted cushions, with color or shadow used creatively to enliven expansive walls From the colonial grandeur of...

"One of the most original and influential people of the twentieth century to me and many others." --Alexander McQueen

With a career spanning thirty years in fashion, as an influential voice at Vogue, Tatler, and The Sunday Times Magazine--as well as a legacy as one of the industry's kingmakers for discovering Philip Treacy, Alexander McQueen, Sophie Dahl, and Hussein Chalayan--Isabella Blow had been a pillar of couture culture until her suicide in 2007 left the fashion world mourning one of its finest friends and patrons. Blow by Blow is a...

The Trip is Tom Sykes' first book. It's been a long time coming and while it is fiction it contains many biographical fragments garnered over dozens of years driving old cars on ill-advised road trips. The Trip, A Modern Odyssey is a comical tale of the journey our hero takes from Memphis to Cape Cod in his somewhat less than road worthy car. As with all road trips this one does not go as planned. This modern odyssey is set to rhyme just as in the original Odyssey. Beyond that the comparison ends. The hero of this modern odyssey in not Odysseus or anyone like him. His name is Don, and since...