Year in Christine's Garden is about the extraordinarily ordinary life of a truly unique woman and her irrepressible passion for gardening. In both her TV series and this month-by-month diary, Christine takes us on a charming journey through life, the universe and most importantly gardening.

Recounting the tales of the people she meets, her octogenarian neighbours, the trips she goes on - usually accompanied by her dog, Tara - and a second invasion by a now-familiar TV crew, the book paints a picture of her life as a gardener and is interwoven with lots of practical advice and tips for the reader.

With her no-nonsense ways and her down-to-earth approach (she doesn't do flouncy), the reader will be charmed by Christine, her life and her beautiful garden.

Losing just 10 per cent of your body weight can lead to up to a 50 per cent improvement in your blood glucose levels. It's time to take charge of your diabetes. Did you know that the best way to manage diabetes is to lose weight? Antony Worrall Thompson and dietician, Azmina Govindji have worked together to bring you an easy-to-follow diet plan that will not only help you shed those unwanted pounds but will also lower your blood glucose levels significantly. Delicious recipes and motivational tips will help you get in shape and improve your diabetes without having to give up favourite foods, or even eat less. And, with a targeted weight-loss of 1-2lb per week, this is a diet that is safe and achievable. Lose that extra weight without having to count calories or worry about sugar levels. Follow Antony's quick and easy menu plans - delicious, nutritious, and won't leave you craving more. Eat five to six times a day, including plenty of healthy carbs, so you remain satisfied and alert with steady glucose levels throughout the day. Weight around your stomach carries an increased health risk - follow the meal plans and achieve that perfect shape.This title features easy exercises that you can incorporate into your everyday routine. It contains full of tips and tricks for timesaving and clever shopping.

50 CLASSIC DISHES AND THE STORIES BEHIND THEM FOREWORD BY RAYMOND BLANC What does it take to find the ultimate recipe? Angela Nilsen boldly sets out in the name of culinary research, with a quest to perfect the ultimate recipes for 50 classic dishes.

Through a combination of her own research, testing and fine-tuning techniques, as well as consultation with distinguished chefs and writers for their insider tips and advice, Angela has come up with 50 definitive recipes, from making the perfect French Omelette with Raymond Blanc to Apple-Pie inspiration with Gordon Ramsay.

Angela gives the full background to every recipe the testing, the discussions and the problems she faced and then explains exactly how to make the best ever version with tips, hints and step-by-step photographs.

Whether you are a novice who needs more confidence, or a practised home cook, this book will become your most trusted friend in the kitchen, enabling you to create winning classic dishes time and time again.

Raised in Tokyo, author Naomi Moriyama first travelled to the West as a college student, and promptly gained 25 pounds eating a typical Western diet. Returning home for the holidays, she found that the weight melted off as she reverted to the healthy diet of her homeland. The experience inspired her first book Japanese Women Don't Get Old or Fat.

Healthy and effective, The Japan Diet is based on the traditional Japanese style of eating and is filled with over 40 simple, delicious recipes: satisfying soups, fresh vegetables, delicate grilled fish; mouthwatering meals that will keep you satisfied for longer. And with a 7-day Healthy Eating Plan built on the foundations of the Japanese diet, but based on ready meals, takeaway foods and convienence items from supermarkets, this book is also ideal for those dieters without the time to cook.

With clear, practical advice and handy shortcuts, this diet offers a fresh and easy approach to a healthier, slimmer lifestyle.

A first book from Charita Jones – a.k.a Momma Cherri – is a wonderfully colourful collection of soul food recipes. Soul Food is the food of the deep south of America, borne out of the deprivations of slavery, where a variety of ingredients and dishes, some unique and some shared with other parts of the world, come together to make up a stunning cuisine of spice and flavour. Momma Cherri has taken her version of Soul Food and transplanted it to Britain – fried chicken, ribs, jambalaya, gumbo, prawns, black-eye peas, sweet potatoes, mash, cornbread, key lime pie, pecan pie, pancakes and waffles. If you’re looking for a quick answer to what gives soul food its soul, it is simply to say that it is a cuisine born when you have far more love than money! With stunning photography by Peter Cassidy, this brilliantly original book showcases a great array of soul food classics, given a unique twist by Momma Cherri.

Born in Philadelphia in the 1950s, Charita’s early career was in music, and soul music in particular. She moved to England in the late 1970s, formed an all-girl group called The Street Angels and had a Top 30 hit. Her life was transformed overnight when her soul food restaurant was featured in Gordon Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares – he loved her, he loved her food, he loved her restaurant, but he hated the way she ran her business. Now a stunning success, her restaurant continues to thrive while her career as a celebrity TV chef goes on in leaps and bounds – she is a regular on both ITV’s Saturday Cooks and BBC’s Saturday Kitchen

This first English edition updates Designing with Plants and Dream Plants for the Natural Garden (undated), which inspired a recent European trend of growing wildflowers and ornamental grasses. Dutch garden designers offer plant descriptions, color photos, tips, and resources for natural-looking, low-maintenance gardens. Planting the Natural Garden shows how to create a garden that can look wild but tame at heart.

Everyone has known the feeling of being present. Babies and toddlers live there almost constantly. Great performers work in this state. Great athletes win in it. Great teachers teach in it. Every great communicator speaks from this place. It is when fully present that we do our best work and make our deepest impression on others.

In her years as an acting coach, Patsy Rodenburg has discovered the secrets to that elusive quality actors call 'it'. There are three basic ways human energy moves between people and you can be in any one of the 'three circles' in any situation. In the first, your focus is purely inward, in the third, all your energy is moving outward. In the second you are focused, you give energy out and you receive it. You communicate spontaneously and listen well, you are generous and people are generous in return.

And by working on your breath, posture, voice, language, listening skills, focus, courage and trust you can access the second circle on a daily basis. From difficult presentations or meetings to flirting to getting good service, your work, relationships, spirituality and passions will all benefit.

As Director of Voice at London's Royal National Theatre and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Patsy Rodenburg, OBE is recognized as one of the world's leading voice and acting coaches. She directed the Royal Shakespeare Company in London for nine years and her film credits include collaborations with such directors as Mike Nichols, Franco Zeffirelli and Sam Mendes. Her work has extended to many non-theatrical areas, including teaching voice and communication to business executives and lecturing on vocal care and listening skills at the Royal College of Surgeons in London. She has given courses for teachers and politicians and has taught Shakespeare as Therapy in British prisons.

With the help of 150 photographs, the author - Head Pastry Chef at Ian Schrager's Mondrian - shows how to make desserts without using dairy, gluten or soy. She explains how to prepare desserts ranging from vanilla ice cream to double chocolate chip cookies, using home-made ingredients such as coconut milk, vegetable dyes, and fresh fruit purees.