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Book Reviews By Raphaelthegromit |
.JPG) | I had high hopes for this book but there are far too many recipes which are 'how to make a cheese toastie' ... seems beyond basic to me, there are one or two worth a try but all in all it doesn't warrant a book, if you cant make a cheese sandwich you probably won't be buy cookery books. |  |
.JPG) | the recipes in this book are either straight out of italy or version of the originals, has details on pasta making and gnocchi, and an index of all the different types available. Another good addition to any italian food book collection. | |
.JPG) | and a bit of that, has recipes from all across asia, from laos to singapore, thailand to india, it has a useful appendix of spices and herbs and sauces and how to use them. i picked up a copy for R5, cant argue with that! | |
.JPG) | and other such name of old skool cocktails make this old cheapie at 25p an invaluable asset to any drinks cabinet. i'm off to fondle some arses :) | |
 | or full of himself, whether the occurrences in this book are true to the events or not, it really doesn't matter. No writer can live up to what they project and this guy has plenty to live up from the way he writes. The content isn't for the fainted hearted, sexually graphic, boisterous, sexist, vile, juvenile, call it what you like, but at the core of each episode is wonderful writing, fluid and well balanced with good page turning pace. Cast the cover image for the guy in the lead role and you won't be disappointed, Do not however dig any deeper to discover the real TUCKER MAX, he'll only appear human and shatter what is a great read. remaining deluded is the key to enjoyment with this one. An exciting writer. | |
 | If you haven't read this. Read it. It's Essential Orwell and essential to education. | |
 | A dark gritty portrait of life as a addict in down and out Scotland. At the time of publication just about every soon to be twenty male had read it, it became a part of a generation and the foundation of reviving British movies on the international scene. It's very very Scottish and very hard to understand in places if you are not from that side of the border which can interrupt the flow. Other than that it's his first and best work. | |
 | Just enough to get them to sleep with out scaring them so much that they'll be up all night. Reads along the the cusp of spooky but never really enters into true haunting scenarios so its perfect for curious kids. | |
 | This was one of the best books i read as a nipper! essential kids reading. | |
 | I know few people who have managed to get past the halfway mark with this book, not because it is a bad read, but simply because it is about the most intense onslaught of words you will encounter as the author tries to nail what life really is about, as the cover says 'an inquiry into values'. Up until you reach the center point its a breeze for anyone, but beware of what lies ahead!. | |
 | This book needs no introduction, i can't stand fantasy, i loved every page of it. Speaks for itself | |
 | A dark page turner for the little ones, was a long time i read this book, but i do remember the whole class needed no provocation to read it in their free time. Off the bus, to the playground, milk, football, rumble, 'does anyone know what happened to the beast'?. | |
 | Has taken a trip down Ramsay Lane with this one. probably his worst publication to date, it pretty but that's about it. America is a bottomless pit of culinary wonders, but this food cum road trip is is like a whistle stop through the states, never really engaging or researching the beauty of American cooking. It may be a country of rich and unhealthy cuisine in parts, a melting pot of the worlds best offerings in others, but they sure don't feature in here. If you are looking for true Americana recipes this book is a disappointment, a burger is not made with crushed Jacobs Crackers an mustard, It may be his twist on it but it's the exact same recipe as in his book Ministry Of Food. Signs of a rushed job. | |
 | It seems as though he releases a new book every week, probably isn't even aware of it, probably has a line of cooks churning out books with a fancy binding and packed with mediocre recipes. No matter how good a cook you are there is now way you can deliver cookery from the heart in this fashion, for me the more he publishes the more he devalues his earlier efforts, whether it's him or his marketing machine who are responsible it doesn't matter. Yeah most who pick up this rubbish will be wowed because it's the first place they reach when they go to buy a cookbook, but a true master should stay true to his craft, one great book speaks volumes more than 20 issues of 'that will do' material. But hey, there's money to be made so who cares, right? | |
 | A wonder work for kids breaking out of kids books but not ready for hard stuff yet, the brilliant Diaries of Adrian Mole, dealing with spots, a crush on a celebrity, being a nerd. A kids masterpiece! | |
 | I once read this book after exhausting all roahl dahl collection, he was the next best thing at the time, i'm not too sure how the book stands against today's works for children, but i'm sure ithey are animal lovers they will plough through his collection, most are animal related. | |
 | brilliant!!.. in every way, Dahl at his best, as with most of his writings this book needs no explaining, a kids carpet classic that will get any kid to read, listen and imagine. The undisputed kids classic champ! | |
 | brilliant!!.. in every way, Dahl at his best, as with most of his writings this book needs no explaining, a kids carpet classic that will get any kid to read, listen and imagine. The undisputed kids classic champ! | |
 | brilliant!!.. in every way, Dahl at his best, as with most of his writings this book needs no explaining, a kids carpet classic that will get any kid to read, listen and imagine. The undisputed kids classic champ! | |
 | brilliant!!.. in every way, Dahl at his best, as with most of his writings this book needs no explaining, a kids carpet classic that will get any kid to read, listen and imagine. The undisputed kids classic champ! | |
 | brilliant!!.. in every way, Dahl at his best, as with most of his writings this book needs no explaining, a kids carpet classic that will get any kid to read, listen and imagine. The undisputed kids classic champ! | |
 | As with 'The Photo Book', although I'm not a huge fan of compilations they don't come more complete that this. It's more likely to sit on the coffee table or prop up the other books on the shelf than be read from cover to cover, but then it was never intended to be. Great at what it does. | |
 | Although I'm not a huge fan of compilations they don't come more complete that this. It's more likely to sit on the coffee table or prop up the other books on the shelf than be read from cover to cover, but then it was never intended to be. Great at what it does. | |
 | An exceptional piece of work about the Siberian prison camps, if you ever get the chance to see the exhibition of this work, cancel everything and GO!. For me it is just about the most complete photographic documentary shot by just one person. It is beautiful, ugly, revealing, and perfectly directed. There is very little if any stocking fillers, and even though the subject matter is harsh at times, it never relies on shock value. The colours are cold icy and Russian dull while at the same time appearing modern and vital. | |
 | His best collection by far, crossing the decades of documenting Spain and south America, he really gets into the heart of the culture as though he has lived a full life as a native of each one. The photos in the Spanish villages and Stallion festival are particularly memorable, a real work of passion for the craft with unique gift to feel as other have lived and remain a fly on their wall, and get it on film. The only true love letter to the Spain and the Southern Americas | |
 | A great book with a great concept, the photos are shot by many photographers documenting a REAL day in the life across the state of California, with the time they were taken recorded with a side order story of daily life which they follow. I remember flicking through this book in our school library most lunchtimes as a little one, even at that age it was eye widening, the closest we could get to being in America, as most of us pined for the life in the diet coke ads :) .. California dreaming... | |
 | It's not a travel guide as such, more a random list of fancy places, more widely known than others, i would consider it a gift book more than anything, ideal for anyone who is curious about what lays beyond the horizon, retired parents or seasoned travelers. A nice Coffee table book even though it lacks photos, it's heavy on text but you can open it at a random page and sip a cup of tea to it. | |
 | For those familiar with the works of Martin Parr, This book contains a slice of everything, from the early days of black and white, classic but comic through to his pioneering work of the middle England and Brits abroad to the vacant 90's. Although I prefer his complete individual publications, simply because the 'best photos' or most renowned ones are not necessarily everyone's favorites, this book is the most complete collection of his works to date, excellent presentation in true kitsch a la Parr!. A keeper! | |
 | This is the one!, the only one!, cocktail perfection!, cocktail obsession!, this is the stuff habits are made of!. If you can get hold of a copy you can toss all the others in the trash, they.. know..nothing. Expertly compiled from an unconditional love for anything that will mix whether it tastes good or vile. Each drink has a rating as to how stomach worthy it is. Beautiful presentation, just keep it well out of the firing line after a few too many. | |
 | If you have ever lived or spent time in the UK, or even plan on visiting the REAL England, this book will shamelessly take you right to the dull dark and dangerous heart of it's landscape as voted by a pocketful of the nations people. Dismiss this book as unfair, negative or country bashing and you are missing the point. It is all of those things but has an equal importance in its ability to have reached the shelves, sold thousands and become a cult phenomenon that it should be taken more seriously with to regard a people's version of 'what's wrong with the UK'. It is brilliantly funny in places, all the text and hometown reports are pieces submitted from people who live in the towns listed in this book. It caused local press and politicians to quickly defend the flaws with pride, take a step back though, perhaps lack of pride cannot be defended with pride, it's must me be built on something the youth can be genuinely proud about, not a once was, but no longer is. funny, sad, desperate and insightful. | |
 | This is one of the better magnum collections at a reasonable price, it's a nice size and still packs a punch, everything from love to war and they haven't littered it with so so photos from years gone by, it contains some of their photographers best work to (publishing) date. A more affordable gift than some of their biblical editions. | |
 | A wonderful book, beautifully unintended by photographer John Hinde to ever be of such silent importance. These postcard pictures are brilliantly composed, with such an effortless, constant and unique style, you can't help but wonder that the Mr.Hinde and those who feature in the book had any idea of just how good they were at what they did. Each picture has the balance of a painting, packed with content, the people, the decor, the way people were, an England gone by, a generation of manners now lost to much of it's free fall society screams from the pages. It really is a collection of beautiful work and beyond it's initial narrative lays a concise work cross sectioning an era, a class, a country. Essential to anyone who wished to understand England, the work of Martin Parr, or the simplicity and value of time on accurate documentary photography if not at all shocking and immediate. WONDERFUL! | |
 | With a unique writing style, Carey somehow manages to encapsulate blissfulness in his character 'Harry Joy', even if the story is not a blissful one as such. The story ticks over in a semi transient post heart attack state, wrapped in sniggering dark humor and set at a constant rhythm that rarely disturbs the book's fine balance. | |
 | I read this book a long time ago so I can't remember to much about it to give it a good strip down. What I do remember is that is had good flow, generous giggles, an equal obsession for 'a girl' and flipping through old vinyls, and somehow breaking it all down and putting a soundtrack to an average guy's life on a double sided cassette. We've all heard the songs and we've all probably been through most of it, which makes this book such a great read as 'Rob's love life gently turns, jogs and bumps alongside the grooves and scratches of collection of old 45's. | |
.JPG) | Really, i am halfway through reading this book, but so far i cannot understand why it has received all the praise which plasters it covers. Are they all from undercover Rabbi Jews looking after one of there own? the book's author may well suggest such a thing, if he for one moment doubted it's quality. The book prides itself on denouncing god as a cocksucker on most pages, and hatred for the hyper jewish world the man himself dumped him into. A giggle here and a giggle there soon becomes on long but lucky for us easy to skip through yawn. The writing style is almost like a screenplay, so vague, lacking in detail and structure, and the endless lists that conclude each analogy are leaving me wanting to hurry through it. If you can tolerate pathetically endless paranoia depicted in the following way " Would he kill me? Would he kill my family? Was he killing them right now? Hadn't I just heard a fire engine go by? Was it going to my house? Were they all dead?" ( i just opened that at a random page in a section of the book i haven't yet read... I CAN'T WAIT! :)...).then I say..'Jesus F**king Christ and good luck to you both', we can all shock, we can all list, but you can't base a 300 page book on that alone mixed in with some forgettable memories. Do yourself a favour and give this one a miss if you are not religous. If you are relgious, you may discover that god is a cocksucker after all, or find the book shockingly blasphemous enough to reach the finish line, but if you are beyond religion, then this book will fall short of your expectations. | |
.JPG) | This is a no nonsense true to the core I-talian American cookbook. It has no photos, but is packed with recipes, translated from the original version in Italian for immigrants to the USA. The recipes have been adapted for those who left the homeland with added local favorites such a spaghetti and meatballs. If you can find a copy at a secondhand store, grab it!, mine smells of the years gone by but its doesn't put me off using it. I don't think there exists an Italian cookbook quite like this. it's old skool. Horse's head not included. | |
.JPG) | if you are looking for a guide on how to make muffins at home that turn out as they should, and plenty of idea combos to keep you busy all year, then this book is ideal. Don't buy it expecting the secrets of muffin evolution divulged, it's not that kind of book, fun, easy, and full of ideas for the home baker is what it is. What it does, it does well. | |
.JPG) | At first glance, due to the dreadful presentation, I thought that it was the typical book you would find branded under a supermarkets own title 'how to cook Chinese food at home'. It lists sauces and ingredients, where they are from and how to use them buy offering a recipe or two for each ingredient reviewed. Now, take a second look, hidden beneath its lack of beauty, and its apparent uselessness, it is a diamond in the rough. The explanation of each of the products for sale in your local Chinese store clears the path of confusion and lets you buy the ingredient with confidence that you don't just 'think' it's used in such an such a dish... it IS used in that dish, and even though you can't understand the Chinese scribble on the label, you are certain that this is what you want, even when the cashier says 'this very strong.. you know?'. The recipes which follow are excellent and true to what you would find in any good Chinese restaurant. If Asian is your thing, buy it and keep it on your shelf, even if gathers dust for a while, you'll be glad you bought it one day. | |
.JPG) | Don't be put off by the average presentation of this book, I have searched high and low for an Asian cookbook that provides you with most of your favorites. Unlike most books on the shelf in this genre it doesn't require that you climb a sacred mountain in china in search of an ingredient they once used in 100BC, or lure you in with two recipes you would love to try and crap the rest of the pages out with 'authentic' dishes that will have guests queuing to vomit in your bathroom. It is an excellent collection of mouthwatering recipes spoiling you for choice at a bargain price. Hats off to Jane Price for showing you don't have to be general tso to nail a good takeout in your very own wok. | |
.JPG) | A beautiful book written out of love, it's packed with 'modern' greek recipes, don't buy it expecting the standard taverna dishes, they are there but with an NYC twist, and if you don@t have access to a herd of goats, a slaughter house at home and hours of time to pre, this is not the book for you. The recipes are high on flavor, unlike traditional Greek cusine, Pslakis uses a large amount of different spices in his recipes. the book is presented as a memoir to his father and covers his journey from never having even considered being a chef, to one of New york's new chefs on the block. A beautiful gift but make sure the recipient has plenty of patience. | |
.JPG) | About the best celebrity cookbook on the market, everything you need to cook from this book you will find at your local supermarket, and if you can't cook after he's taken you through it in baby steps, marry someone who can. I've tried many dishes from this book, it is aimed at cooks of all abilities, it is generally a shortcut manual to good home cooking, but don't let that put you off if you are a more experienced cook, you will certainly find if of greater value than any ramsey pasta with green beans and artichokes nonsense yaaawwwnn.. It's beautifully presented and is written from the heart with genuine good intentions, not a celebrity money spinner. | |
 | A classic from a master, ground breaking for it's time, a firsthand account of being a lowlife back in the day, an education that struggle has existed for many, even in times gone by where there was plenty for all. A must read for young bookworms, essential to the growing mind in understanding the troubles that continue to exist while living on the breadline today. | |
.JPG) | The One and Only Bible for music lovers. A book so packed with information yet so well written it's hard to conceive that somebody(ies) managed to compile it in this lifetime and not bore the tits off anyone who reads it. It is the history of modern music, pretty much anything genre you would consider dancing to in a club that was intended to be danced to. A very educating and interesting book | |
.JPG) | This Book can easily be read cover to cover or used for reference. It is well written with no jargon, where there is jargon it explains the jargon :). A must for any budding music head, or anybody considering entering the industry. | |
.JPG) | Crap!. If i could give it 0.1 stars, i would. I have tried to finish this book, easy to read as it is, even for those in kindergarten, but each time i pick it up, (it's been over a year now) i find myself trapped between the embarrassment of having read it cover to cover, and the anger at having paid good money for GCSE writing by an 'author' who has so little to say and even fewer words in which to convey it. Alas!, all is not lost, from the publishing of this book we can all gather hope. The good news is that this does mean that anybody who can recite the alphabet is now considered a potential author worthy of binding and worldwide print. Get out your old essays that you wrote when you were 15 years old, send them off to headline, and i am certain that they will be more then willing to publish them AND foot the bill for your efforts. This book is in no way revealing, shocking, funny, or anything other a cheap suit piggy backing on the words of others. Barrow boy jibber jabber can be hilarious, and I'm sure the characters the author encountered during his stint in the city were a laugh a minute. But when you try and pass off quick wit cockney of others as your own, when you are nothing more than a bible bashing fraud, and Oh so PC, you are going to get caught out. Publish another book and I will consider it a crime against the use of the English language. Do us all a favor, the trees wasted on this book included, stay in Goa with the the rest of saps. | |
.JPG) | Haven't used it yet, but it looks like the best thing going if you are considering a yeehaaa road trip across the beautiful southwest states. Its'a bit mean with on the photos but other than that it's got everything you need, just find a co-pilot and hit the road. eat my dust :) | |
.JPG) | Standard Issue Lonely Planet quality, however perpare yourself for this raving feminist author, she'll take a pop wherever she can, how they don't edit her comments such as WOMEN TRAVELLERS: ' some younger local males may regard female travellers as candidates for 'romantic' attention (as eslewhere, much of the blame lies with imported films films that depict Western women as having 'loose morals') ........ absolutely correct Ms.DODD, so from this we can gather that the women on the islands of the indian ocean are in now way interested in the sexual pleasures life and modern day traveling have to offer. keep your shitty opinions out of what is an otherwise useful book. It's not a f@@king bible!. | |
 | A modern masterpiece, unique and absorbing as it is sick and worrying. Once you strike a rhythm with the style of writing and let Mr.Bateman into your heart, he will take you on a journey to the dark side of a clean cut and seriously handsome man's mind. Some of the content is unforgivably disgusting but that is what makes it so rich and pure, as the obsessiveness of the Mr.Bateman soon has you thinking and understanding his senseless motives. If you don't find this book stomach turning in places then consider yourself as a potential subject for a serial killer's biography one day soon. If you struggle with the first few chapters, let it take you in, and spit you out a neurotic version of yourself, then you will enjoy it to the full!. | |
.JPG) | I did try, honest!, but thankfully I never was that shallow as to need to take advise from this book. Highly recommend to those who are on their first visit to planet earth. welcome to life :), be a monk AND drive a Ferrari, the two should never be isolated. | |
.JPG) | I was disappointed with this book, having read American Psycho, I was taken in by Ellis's writing style, all consuming and hypnotic, but this second attempt to emulate it once again takes it one step too far. I found the narrative hard to follow, the characters undefined, with the whole show taking place under a circus tent, in a show directed by 8 year old kids on crack (does that make any sense?... nor does the book). I have never managed to finish it, the plot let me behind, and I found it so tiring to follow i think i've made up my own version of what happened in my head. The cover of this edition sucks, whoever is responsible for selecting such stock pile crap to shift millions should appear on judge judy V easton ellis. But then i guess he's probably already killed them off super sicko style. | |
.JPG) | wow!, this book will make even a vegetarian slobber over the pages. It's very well presented, with plenty on carefully selected photos, and even comes with a DVD!. It really does justice to an American cornerstone that is widely regarded as junk food. The candidates in we encounter on this meaty journey are by no means healthy, but they do encompass the rich young history of all things Americana. Where else in the world will you find pure ground beef, topped with a 1/4 packet of butter, served on a paper plate, unchanged in 60 years. Who says the yanks don't have culture, I dare you to read this book and not feel just a little ignorant. P.s. read this book while eating, not before, not after. | |
.JPG) | A dot com page turner for anyone who is interested in how and why there can only really be one or two big players on the web battle field for this given industry. It's access all areas, to every event that made ebay what it is, and for anyone who has the balls to take them on, here's the manual. good luck!! :) | |
.JPG) | I loved the first half of this book, dry wit, a cross continent food buffet with no expense spared, with little margin for error on the part of the chefs in the cusine dock of judge Rayner. From there on the choice of restaurants (bar the secret sushi bars of japan) become all too familiar. I have never dined in a Michelin star restaurant but with his similar choice of outlets and similar dishes from venue to venue it seems equally pointless as comparing one mcdonalds to the next. He scoffs the same routine of posh nosh in each episode, and then, brace yourself, we are introduced to 'clare' his mother. I did not put two and two together until then, as son of the 80's uk heavey weight agony aunt champ, we have to endure a long period two thirds of the way through the book, all about her, as if we didn't already get enough of her as kids, here is the final shot to complete your O.D. It snot fiar to take a swing at anyone's mother but I can't see what it has to do with pinning the best meal in the world. Nevertheless, for the best part the book is entertaining and well written, it just would have been a little less of a chore if he didn't have to end every experience, even the best meal, with a negative slant. | |
.JPG) | A bare knuckle account of one man's misspent youth and his realization that bought him back to life. The writing is on the shoulder, we sit right there in Jeff Hendersons pocket, clean, to the point and realistic throughout, it never bores because he just keeps moving on, giving the reader enough of the situation to let your mind fill the gaps. He explains his moments of self discovery, how he matured and to who he owes the wealthy opened mindedness he now beholds as his vision and key to success. In all this, never does he preach or lecture but manages to convey how he himself came to see he could be a better person and learn from those around him. a great insight into crack dealing, prison, and the sweat and yells of a top flight kitchen. i read a review somewhere saying this should be mandatory school reading. it should!. | |
.JPG) | Not a bad read, the writing isn't spectacular but it does the job. we follow pete on his adventures from state to state, but i wonder why it took him so long, the book doesn't convey the sense of time in which his dedication to dishwashing took place, the book skips around as he switches jobs, it's less of a quest, with a set plan, more a lifestyle that become a quest, so don't expect a race to the finish line and a systematic checking off of all 51 posts, the book does tend to fade ad it drags on, and does delve into a bit of elongated dishwashing history which could have been left as an extra. Either way, it is an entertaining read if some what inconsistent. |  | Paul Carr has such a grasp over words that he makes a seemingly dull topic, with few dramatic events, completely absorbing and in his own cute witty nerdy obnoxious way, very unique. Even if you have no interest in the dot com boom, you could easily worm through this book and never feel exhausted. There are no by overbearing descriptions of events and he never descends into only for tech-head or those in the know speil. I can't quite put it into words what it is about his style of writing that is so simple and enchanting, but that's the great thing about it, you just have to read it. a young natural gifted master at work. I'm glad he chose to go back to doing what he is best at. |
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