Do you know your Mortlach from your Miltonduff? A Glenfiddich from a Glenlugie? Find out the differences in Michael Jackson's guide to single malts. This guide includes over 800 malts.

In a bid to uncover the unique spirit of the single malt whisky, author Iain Banks has decided to undertake a tour of the distilleries of his homeland. His tour of Scotland combines history, literature and landscape in an entertaining and informative account.

A gift for anyone who loves good liquor and high-proof prose: a collection of hilarious and deeply informed writings about drink from one of the all-time authorities. With an Introduction by Christopher Hitchens.

During the 1920s and '30s, prohibition-dodging Americans visiting London for tea-dances and mixed drinks (cocktails), made the bar at the Savoy their home. Here, they were entertained by legendary American barman Harry Craddock, inventor of the White Lady and populariser of the Dry Martini. This book features 750 of Harry's most popular recipes.

Charles Maclean pours a lifetime's love and knowledge of Scotch whisky into this delightful book. Elegant and informative, it is a book which will be consumed in appreciative sips by anyone with an interest in good drink and good living.

The standard reference to more than 2400 drinks including non-alcoholic drinks.

1001 cocktail recipes, listed in alphabetical order by ingredients and indexed by the name of the drink.

Throughout human history, certain drinks have done much more than simply quench our thirst. Beer, wine, spirits, coffee, tea and cola - have had a surprisingly pervasive influence on the course of history during pivotal epochs. This book reveals the intricate interplay of different civilizations by appreciating each drink as a kind of technology.

Perennially drunk, broke and in search of a woman, the author takes on the guise of a wise fool as he ventures through America's seedy lowlife.

Down-and-out drunk Terry Lennox has a problem: his millionaire wife is dead and he needs to get out of LA fast. So he turns to his only friend in the world: Philip Marlowe, Private Investigator. He's willing to help a man down on his luck, but later, Lennox commits suicide in Mexico and things start to turn nasty.

Dating back thousands of years to ancient Babylonia, beer is the famous and best-loved thirst quencher the world has ever known - the Bible praises it, Egyptians were buried with it, and Noah and the Mayflower set sail with. This volume brings together a collection of more than 400 food and drink recipes that use beer as a vital ingredient.

Veuve Clicquot champagne epitomizes glamour and style, with tribute paid everywhere from Lord Byron to Casablanca. But who was this young widow - the 'Veuve' - Clicquot, whose champagne sparkled at the courts of France, Britain, and Russia, and how did she rise to celebrity and fortune? This is a biography of a uniquely tempered woman.

Ronnie Wood is one of rock's true originals. This book tells about his life, loves, family, friends, music, art and survival against the odds.

Deals with booze and food.

The new paperback from the bestselling author of the Richard & Judy selected SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN

The sultry classic of a journalist's sordid life in Puerto Rico

Written by self-confessed Buffy the Vampire Slayer fan Martin Millar, 'Lonely Werewolf Girl' is an expansive tale of werewolves in the modern world.

This text presents the views of the late Bruce Lockhart on the whiskey industry. They are still as relevant and informative as they were when the first edition was published in 1951.

Beer has fermented fundamental change in human society from gender roles to religious theologies. It helped establish civilisation, sparked the Industrial Revolution, and triggered scientific theories. Beer activists are fermenting a revolution in social and environmental sustainability.