Cultural commentator John Strausbaugh`s The Village is the first complete history of Greenwich Village, the prodigiously influential & infamous New York City neighborhood. From the Dutch settlers & Washington Square patricians, to the Triangle Shirtwaist fire & Prohibition-era speakeasies; from Abstract Expressionism & beatniks, to Stonewall & AIDS, the connecting narratives of The Village tell the story of America itself. Illustrated with historic black-&-white photographs, The Village features lively, well-researched profiles of many of the people who made Greenwich Village famous, including Thomas Paine, Walt Whitman, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Mark Twain, Margaret Sanger, Eugene O` Neill, Marcel Duchamp, Upton Sinclair, Willa Cather, Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Jackson Pollock, Anais Nin, Edward Albee, Charlie Parker, W. H. Auden, Woody Guthrie, James Baldwin, Maurice Sendak, E. E. Cummings, & Bob Dylan. ...

Don Whillans has an iconic significance for generations of climbers. His epoch-making first ascent of Annapurna`s South Face, achieved with Dougal Haston in 1970, remains one of the most impressive climbs ever made
- but behind this & all his other formidable achievements lies a tough, recalcitrant reality: the character of the man himself. Whillans carried within himself a sense of personal invincibility, forceful, direct & uncompromising. It gave him sporting superstar status
- the flawed heroism of a Best, a Mc Enroe, an Ali. In his own circle, his image was the working-class hero on the rock-face, laconic & bellicose, ready to go to war with the elements or with any human who crossed his path on a bad day.

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What happens when you relocate to the perfect house, in the perfect village in Provence, & nearly ten years later the shine has gone? Garden designer Alex Dingwall-Main is facing lavender fatigue, strife at home, neighbourly warfare & non-paying business clients. He is on the verge of packing his bags & starting all over again, back in Engl&. Until one Spring day he is offered an opportunity by a wealthy & very grateful client; a treasure hunt for 12 bottles of exquisite French wine. It would be a journey through the country`s finest vineyards, chateaux & villages. With a hangover & an uncertain heart, Alex decides to give it one more try & sets off in search of the France he fell in love with so many years ago. The people, the gardens & the wine that he encounters make for an adventurous & beautiful summer, & life-changing decisions are reached... ...

For generations, Argentine wine was famously bad
- oxidised, unpalatable & often mixed with a low-class French grape called Malbec.
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Smithy is a retired shearer turned vineyard worker in his autumn years. It is hard graft, but Smithy has always worked with his hands. Physically all but destroyed after a lifetime of hard liquor, but now sober, he begins to see the world with new eyes, a meditative, singular figure in the town's bar on rowdy Friday nights. But clarity can be a curse. Finally confronting his past, overwhelmed by long-buried feelings of regret, nostalgia & loss, Smithy steps in to help a young woman in a desperate situation. A cautious friendship develops, but Charlotte's husband is widely suspected of murder, & Smithy begins to fear that he will pay a high price for his gallantry. Written with an authentic music, & infused with beauty, brutality & sadness The Vintage & the Gleaning is a compelling observation of men, women & country. A remarkably accomplished debut novel. ...

Hollywood lawyer Danny Roth is the victim of a world-class wine heist
- & he is devastated. Sam Levitt, former corporate lawyer,
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Hollywood lawyer Danny Roth is the proud
- & sometimes boastful
- owner of a fantastic collection of wines, the best vintages

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” It is hard not to be swept along by Adoree`s enthusiasm for the past...”
- Sunday Times Style Magazine This is a mini version
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” The Vintage Tea Party helps you plan not only stunning recipes for all sorts of delicious treats but also gives you countless ...

Burgundy, 1808. One night Sobran Jodeau, a young vintner, meets an angel in his vineyard: a physically gorgeous creature with huge wings that smell of snow, a sense of humour & an inquiring mind. They meet again every year on the midsummer anniversary of the date. Village life goes on, meanwhile, with its affairs & mysteries, marriages & murders, & the vintages keep improving
- though the horror of the Napoleonic wars & into the middle of the century, as science marches on, viticulture changes, & gliders fly like angels. Longlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction.
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