Chris Stewart continues his account of life on a remote Spanish farm in this sequel to his biography. He also takes a look back at his previous lives, drumming with Genesis, shearing sheep in Sweden and heading off to Spain to learn flamenco guitar.
Chris Stewart continues his account of life on a remote Spanish farm in this sequel to his biography. He also takes a look back at his previous lives,...
This sequel finds Chris and his family still at El Valero, their farm on the wrong side of the river in rural Andalucia. Life there continues in decidedly oddball fashion. Chris Stewart is one-time Genesis drummer turned sheepshearer, author of 'Driving Over Lemons' and 'A Parrot in the Pepper Tree'.
This sequel finds Chris and his family still at El Valero, their farm on the wrong side of the river in rural Andalucia. Life there continues in decid...
Chris Stewart lands his dream job as a skipper for the summer, sailing a Cornish crabber around the Greek islands. In this memoir we follow Chris on a series of adventures, from a shaky start in Littlehampton harbour to a journey of a lifetime on a trip across the North Atlantic.
Chris Stewart lands his dream job as a skipper for the summer, sailing a Cornish crabber around the Greek islands. In this memoir we follow Chris on a...
It's two decades since Chris Stewart moved to his farm on the wrong side of a river in the mountains of southern Spain and his daughter Chloe is preparing to fly the nest for university. In this latest, typically hilarious dispatch from El Valero we find Chris, now a local literary celebrity, using his fame to help his old sheep-shearing partner find work on a raucous road trip; cooking a TV lunch for visiting British chef, Rick Stein; discovering the pitfalls of Spanish public speaking; and, most movingly, visiting famine-stricken Niger for Oxfam. Yet it's at El Valero, his beloved sheep...
It's two decades since Chris Stewart moved to his farm on the wrong side of a river in the mountains of southern Spain and his daughter Chloe is prepa...
Chasing Hornbills charts Simon Fenton s further adventures in Senegal. Now a father, and expanding his business interests to include a taxi firm and a restaurant, he continues to face the everyday frustrations and exhilarations that made Squirting Milk at Chameleons such a compelling and entertaining read. But as his understanding of Senegalese life and culture grows, so do questions about his future. Will the Accidental African settle permanently in his adopted home, or will he give up and return to his old familiar life?"
Chasing Hornbills charts Simon Fenton s further adventures in Senegal. Now a father, and expanding his business interests to include a taxi fir...
A special anniversary edition with an updated chapter set 25 years on by Chris Stewart. Over two decades ago we set up Sort of Books to help our friend, the some-time Genesis drummer Chris Stewart, bring his sunlit stories of life on a Spanish mountain farm to print. Ever the optimist, Chris hoped to earn enough money to buy a second-hand tractor for his farm. He got his tractor, as the book spent a year on the Sunday Times Top 10 charts and went on to sell a million and a half copies. His story is a classic. A dreamer and an itinerant sheep shearer, he moves with his wife Ana to a...
A special anniversary edition with an updated chapter set 25 years on by Chris Stewart. Over two decades ago we set up Sort of Books to help our ...