Rebecca Seal tucks into the best guides to excellent eating.
The vintage life of a connoisseur
Hugh Johnson's Wine tells the story of his life through a biography of his cellar. Tim Atkins raises a glass.
A walk on the wild side
A book of award-winning nature photographs is stunning, Attenborough's homage to creepy-crawlies is a source of wonder and a life of the first man on the moon is a bumpy ride. Robin McKie picks science books for Christmas.
Short of inspiration for that ideal gift this Christmas? We asked leading figures in literature, the arts, politics and popular culture to look back over 2005 and recommend their favourites.
Stocking filler
Robert McCrum picks the best fiction, biography, history, poetry and sport books of the year.
Books of the year (part two)
Short of inspiration for that ideal gift this Christmas? We asked leading figures in literature, the arts, politics and popular culture to look back over 2005 and recommend their favourites.
