Bøker av Michael Booth

The Danes are the happiest people in the world, and pay the highest taxes. 'Neutral' Sweden is one of the biggest arms manufacturers in the world. Finns have the largest per capita gun ownership after the US and Yemen. 54 per cent of Icelanders believe in elves. Norway is the richest country on earth. This book deals with Nordic countries.

Embarking on a journey of Japan to explore its dazzling food culture, the author and his family discover future food trends and meet a cast of food heroes, from a couple lavishing love on rotten fish, to a chef who literally sacrificed a limb in pursuit of the bowl of ramen.

Japan is the pre-eminent food nation on earth. The creativity of the Japanese, their dedication and ingenuity, not to mention courage in the face of dishes such as cod sperm and octopus ice cream, is only now beginning to be fully appreciated in the sushi-saturated West, as are the remarkable health benefits of the traditional Japanese diet.

As a former carer and now a person living with dementia, I found that there are a couple of common threads affecting us all, whether we are a carer or a person living with any type of dementia: Lack of support or care and the stigma that is attached to a dementia diagnosis.Should you get diagnosed, and if so, why?How can you overcome the stigma?Where can I find support whilst living with dementia or as a carer?These are questions I will answer in the book based on my experience and what I have learned over the years.There is support, but, sadly you need to know where to look.Allow me to guide you in what I have discovered during my dementia journey.I hope it will help you to see that -You Are Not Alone!

Cognitive theory provides a wealth of new ideas that illuminate Shakespeare, even as he illuminates them, and the theory of blending, or conceptual integration, strikingly corroborates and amplifies both classic and current insights of literary criticism.

World-weary, distracted and more often than not the worse for wine, Michael Booth really needed to make some major changes to his life. Instead, he embarks on an over-ambitious, self-indulgent attempt to write the definitive book on Indian food, taking his wife and two young children in tow.

Shares the insider tips and secret techniques of classical cuisine.

'The next Bill Bryson.' New York TimesHaving been dragged against his will to live in Denmark, Michael Booth discovered one of the great secrets of travel literature - Andersen's A Poet's Bazaar - a fascinating travelogue through a Europe on the cusp of revolution, by an author who invented children's literature.