Book of the Week - Tapas Revolution

This week, you can bring your holiday home with our book of the week - Tapas Revolution by Omar Alibhoy.

Omar Allibhoy is the new face of Spanish cooking: he's charismatic, effusive, passionate and wants to bring Spanish food to the people of the UK. Tapas Revolution is the breakthrough book on simple Spanish cookery. Using everyday storecupboard ingredients, Omar offers a new take on the classic tortilla de patatas, making this iconic dish easier than ever, and brings a twist to pinchos morunos and pollo con salsa.

With sections covering vegetables, salads, rice dishes, meat, fish, cakes and desserts, the emphasis is on simplicity of ingredients and methods - reinforcing the fact that absolutely anyone can cook this versatile and accessible food. Tapas not pasta!

Book Signing - Date for Your Diary

We are pleased to announce that Lancashire author Lynne North will be visiting Look into Books on Saturday, 14th September to sign copies of her book, Caution: Witch in Progress.

Lynne and 'Granny Grimthorpe' will be at Look into Books between 1 and 4 p.m. for this exclusive event, and Lynne will be signing copies of the book.  Lynne and 'Granny Grimthorpe' visited Look into Books a few weeks ago to organise the event and introduce her book to us.

We are looking forward to this event very much, and hope to see you all there!

Book of the Week - Red or Dead

Football fans, especially Liverpool fans, will like our book of the week.

In 1959, Liverpool Football Club were in the Second Division. Liverpool Football Club had never won the FA Cup. Fifteen seasons later, Liverpool Football Club had won three League titles, two FA Cups and the UEFA Cup.

Liverpool Football Club had become the most consistently successful team in England. And the most passionately supported club. Their manager was revered as a god.

Destined for immortality. Their manager was Bill Shankly. His job was his life.

His life was football. His football a form of socialism. Bill Shankly inspired people.

Bill Shankly transformed people. The players and the supporters. His legacy would reveberate through the ages.

In 1974, Liverpool Football Club and Bill Shankly stood on the verge of even greater success. In England and in Europe. But in 1974, Bill Shankly shocked Liverpool and football.

Bill Shankly resigned. Bill Shankly retired. Red or Dead is the story of the rise of Liverpool Football Club and Bill Shankly.

And the story of the retirement of Bill Shankly. Of one man and his work. And of the man after that work.

A man in two halves. Home and away. Red or dead.

Book of the Week - The Men Who Lost America

Our chosen book of the week is one for history buffs.

In 1781 the British Empire suffered its most devastating defeat in a war that most believed Britain ought to have won. Common wisdom has held that incompetent military commanders and political leaders in London must have been to blame, their arrogant confidence and outdated tactics proving no match for the innovative and determined Americans. But this is far from the truth.

Weaving together the personal stories of ten prominent men who directed the British dimension of the war, Andrew O'Shaughnessy dispels the myths, emerging with a very different and much richer account of the conflict - one driven by able and at times even brilliant leadership. In interlinked biographical chapters, O'Shaughnessy follows the course of the war from the perspectives of King George III, Prime Minister Lord North, military leaders including General Burgoyne, the Earl of Sandwich, and others whose stories shed new light upon our understanding of how the war unfolded. Victories were frequent, and in fact the British conquered every American city at some stage of the Revolutionary War, retaining key strongholds even during the peace negotiations.

Taking a wider lens to events, O'Shaughnessy looks past the surrender at Yorktown to British victories against the French and Spanish, demonstrating that, ultimately, many of the men who lost America would go on to save the empire.

Book of the Week - The Son

The Son by Philipp Meyer is our book of the week.

Part epic of Texas, part classic coming-of-age story, part unflinching portrait of the bloody price of power, The Son is an utterly transporting novel that maps the legacy of violence in the American West through the lives of the McCulloughs, an ambitious family as resilient and dangerous as the land they claim. Love, honour, children are sacrificed in the name of ambition, as the family becomes one of the richest powers in Texas, a dynasty of unsurpassed wealth and privilege. Yet, like all empires, the McCulloughs must eventually face the consequences of their choices.

Book of the Week

Our book of the week is Marcia Moody's biography of the Duchess of Cambridge.

Following the royal wedding, the Diamond Jubilee and the imminent birth of Kate and William's first baby, popular sentiment towards the royal family has rarely been higher. At the centre of this surge in affection is a woman who has captured the heart of a nation and who, at the side of her husband, Prince William, is ushering in a new dawn for the United Kingdom's reigning family. For, due to planned amendments to the rules of accession to the British Crown, their first child, regardless of gender, will succeed William to the throne.

This biography explores the life of the woman who has done so much to revitalize the public image of the royal family, covering her early years, her family, her time at St Andrews University and her meeting with Prince William, their early relationship and its trials, the wedding and her new official role, her style, and, of course, her pregnancy. Besides being the perfect book for admirers of this remarkable young woman, Kate: A Biography marks a crucial moment in the history of the royal line.

Baines Endowed Primary School

It was a pleasure and honour to be invited to a special assembly this morning at Baines Endowed Primary School, Thornton.  This year, the children have participated in the Fantastic Book Awards (FBA) scheme.  Eight Year 6 pupils have read six books over the course of the year, and worked hard to prepare an assembly to tell the rest of the school about their activities.  We were treated to book reviews, amusing animations, poetry and choreography, and, of course, the winner of the award for best book was announced by the children.  This year's winner was Gangsta Granny by David Walliams.  The children wrote a letter to David Walliams and even received a reply, which was read out in the assembly.

The participating children received a certificate and a gift pack including special vouchers to be spent at Look into Books.

It was fabulous to see the children so enthused by reading and we look forward to working with Baines Endowed on the FBA scheme in the coming year.