Stuart Maconie
Pies and Prejudice: In Search of the North

A northerner in exile, DJ Stuart Maconie goes in search of The North. On a mission to discover where the cliches end and the truth begins, he travels from Wigan Pier to Blackpool Tower and from the Bigg Market in Newcastle to the Lake District to find his own Northern Soul, encountering along the way an exotic cast of Scousers, pie-eating woollybacks, topless Geordies, mad-for-it Mancs, Yorkshire Nationalists and brothers in southern exile.

'Witty and wise, with more good lines than the Angel of the North' - Hunter Davies

Christine Walkden
A Year In Christine's Garden

A Year in Christine's Garden is the story of one woman's passion for plants. Recounting stories from her hectic life in horticulture, Christine Walkden's diary is a heartwarming account of octogenarian neighbours, living with a film crew and helping friends with their gardening needs. Christine's narrative paints a picture of the day-to-day beauty that surrounds her, and this warm but frank diary brings to life all the moments of pride, excitement, relaxation and laugh-out-loud fun that make Christine's garden a haven of contentment.

Jeremy Clarkson is having another go at changing the world. Our exasperated hero has discovered that: we're all going to explode at the age of 62; Russians look bad in Speedos, but not as bad as Brits; cooking a Sunday roast is one thing, gravy is quite another; and he should probably be nicer about David Beckham. But while these things play on his mind, the world remains Jeremy's favourite place to be. On the whole, it's brilliant. It's just the idiots, meddlers and do-gooders who spoil it for the rest of us.

Alan Titchmarsh
Nobbut a Lad

Growing up in the beautiful Yorkshire landscape inspired Alan Titchmarsh's early passion for nature. In a time of post-war austerity, the simplest pleasures were the best, whether it was climbing trees, fishing in streams, or riding wooden carts fitted with old pram wheels. Alan's was not a deprived childhood, yet neither was the garden eternally rosy. With the sharpest eye for detail and vivid recall, Alan brings to life the various family members, school friends - and foes ­teachers and local characters who formed the background and became the powerful early influences of Alan's life.