October’s Book List

Gold – My Autobiography

The long awaited memoirs of the legendary British showjumper, Nick Skelton, who, having won individual gold at his seventh Olympic Games in Rio, proved himself to be one of Britain’s most durable sports stars.

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We are over the moon that Clare Balding’s much anticipated second adventure featuring Charlie Bass and her funny family of humans and animals is now out. A guaranteed winner of a present for pony mad children but you may want a sneaky read first.

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Sport Horse Soundness and Performance: Training Advice for Dressage, Showjumping and Event Horses from Champion Riders, Equine Scientists and Vets

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‘Please let me go on with my riding … I enjoy it more than anything else’ Winston S Churchill

Renowned author, broadcaster and former jockey, Brough Scott, follows in Churchill’s hoof prints from galloping his pony in Blenheim Park, to topping the riding class whilst army training at Sandhurst, taking part in a famous cavalry charge in the Sudan, playing polo in India, hunting foxes in Leicestershire and breeding racehorses near his home in Kent, after a minor interlude out of the saddle to tend to the historic task of winning the Second World War.

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Easy–to–follow language, over 400 full–color photographs, and do–it–yourself exercises promise to empower horse owners and caretakers of all experience levels with the tools they need to accurately assess hoof health and keep their horses as sound and happy as possible.

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The Christmas Chronicles by Nigel Slater

From the BBC1 presenter and bestselling author of Eat, The Kitchen Diaries and Toast comes a new book featuring everything you need for the winter solstice.

Taking you from 1 November all the way to the end of January, The Christmas Chronicles covers everything from Bonfire Night, Christmas and New Year to Epiphany. Throughout the season, Nigel offers over 100 recipes to see you through the build-up, the celebrations and the aftermath.

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Only Fools and Stories: From Del Boy to Granville, Pop Larkin to Frost by David Jason

In this follow up autobiography, Jason tells us about the many other lives he has lived – his characters. From Del Boy to Granville, Pop Larkin to Frost, he takes us behind the scenes and under the skins of some of the best loved acts of his career.

And in the process he reflects on how those characters changed his life too. The result told with his characteristic charm and wit is both funny and poignant, honest and heart warming.

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This is Dawn French’s fabulous new non-fiction book for 2017, and it’s totally interactive: take a lovely ramble through the year together with Dawn. Think of it as Dawn’s diary, personalised by you . . . perfection.

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