As five friends paddle around the bay in their dinghy, none of them see a storm coming until it's too late. Swept out to sea, the children end up on a desert island. Follow them in this exciting playscript, as they explore the island and try to find a way to escape.

Escape from the Island: Band 09/Gold (Collins Big Cat)

Children's Books

DUPASQUIER, PHILIPPE

Butt, Michael

Action & Adventure

Collins, UK

As five friends paddle around the bay in their dinghy, none of them see a storm coming until it's too late. Swept out to sea, the children end up on a desert island. Follow them in this exciting playscript, as they explore the island and try to find a way to escape - and discover that sometimes it's the most unlikely person who saves the day.

Escape from the Island (Collins Big Cat)

HarperCollins, UK

Discover how just a few simple ingredients can be combined with whiskey, bourbon, dark rum, tequila, or brandy to create over 75 delicious drinks. Brown Booze is a unique cocktail recipe book, which explains how to maximize the number of cocktails you can make using the bottles of brown spirits in your drinks cabinet. By substituting just one or two ingredients, you will learn how to make a whole range of different drinks. Take, for example, a simple St Lawrence cocktail, made from bourbon, maple syrup, and lemon juice. By substituting the apple brandy for bourbon you now have an Applejack Rabbit, a great cocktail with a completely different flavor to the St Lawrence. Or there’s the classic Manhattan recipe, using bourbon, vermouth, and bitters, that can become a completely new drink, the Harvard, by replacing the whiskey with cognac. Using this formula and a series of helpful infographics, you’ll see how a quick trip round the fruit and vegetables aisle of your local supermarket can transform the number of cocktails you can make, and at a really reasonable price, too. So if you’re having a party, get the guests to bring you just five bottles of alcohol and by following the advice in Brown Booze you’ll be able to make over 70 different drinks.

Brown Booze: Take five key spirits, make over 75 different cocktails

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Beverages & Wine

Dog n Bone

You have in your hands 50 recipes for the finest drinks you can down in one mouthful In bars up and down the country there’ll be someone forcing the rest of their party to endure the experience of a rancid shot of cheap tequila or attempt to keep down some cut-price concoction. We’ve all been there, and felt the effect the following morning, but shots (drinks made from only alcoholic ingredients and designed to be consumed in one) and shooters (drinks consisting of both spirit and non-alcoholic ingredients that can be downed in one) don’t always have to be a punishment. With some good quality ingredients they can actually be something to enjoy rather than to make you retch. Shots and Shooters explains 50 different ways to down a small amount of booze... fast—from elborate, eye-catching creations through to tasty combinations that can be mixed in seconds—ensuring your party gets started in the best way possible. There is also a section on classic shorts, examining the traditions and rituals associated with drinking neat spirits like absinthe, tequila, and bourbon. Of course, it wouldn’t be right to have all this pleasure without a bit of pain, so also included are a few cheeky recipes that can be used as forfeits for some of the unique and inventive drinking games also supplied in the last chapter.

Shots & Shooters: 50 drinks to make a great party

This is an essential addition to the library of any home cocktail enthusiast, providing cost-effective ways to maximize the number of drinks you can create using your collection of WHITE SPIRITS. Gin, Vodka, Rum, and Tequila—four clear spirits, each with their own unique characteristics that, when combined with a squirt of lime, a splash of fresh lemon juice, or a jigger of vermouth, can create a whole host of cocktails to tickle the tastebuds. White Spirits takes these bottles, plus a few other examples of clear hooch, and provides recipes that allow you to make 100 cocktails with just a few extra ingredients such as fruit juices, sugar, or a dash of bitters. By keeping things uncomplicated, the need to go out and buy ten different ingredients is avoided, slashing the cost of making quality cocktails. Readers will be surprised by how easy it is to make drinks with completely different flavor profiles by doing something as straightforward as replacing one spirit with another. Also included is an introductory chapter that takes you on a trip through the history of hard liquor and cocktails, then provides the home mixologist with a detailed description of the equipment needed to set up your home bar, plus a few hacks and tricks to help you save money along the way.

White Spirits: An innovative, cost-effective guide to making 100 cocktails using clear spirits: Gin, Vodka, White Rum, Tequila, and more