Page Turners

Page Turners some of this month’s hottest new books.

Taste of paradise
Luca Invernizzi Tettoni
Ultimate Tropical
This month’s award for the most stimulating slice of travel porn has to go to this lush large-format tribute to some of the finest hotels, spas, beaches and homes in the tropics. A great way to feel a little warmer in the depths of winter.

Go for broke
Benrik
A book for people who want to become stinking rich but aren’t quite sure how
Art pranksters Benrik have put together the least helpful get-rich-quick book ever. Each page outlines a ludicrous, yet oddly viable, business plan, with the likes of freelance traffic wardens and urban aquariums.

Bike nuts
Rowan Sorrell, Chris Moran, Ben Mondy
Mountain Biking Europe
Footprint continues to carve out a fine niche in the guidebook market, with this sporty guide. Check out everything from trails around Italy’s Lake Garda through to the free-riding thrills of La Molina, Spain. A must for footloose cycle fanatics.

Pilot speaking
David Courtney
Nine Lives
Ryanair pilot David Courtney has had more to worry about than Stansted landing slots. His accounts of heroic missions for Ireland’s Air Sea Rescue Service read like proper Boy’s Own material. Filled with derring-do and aeronautical thrills, this will have you hanging on for dear life.

A Good Sport
Julian Norridge
Can We Have Our Balls Back, Please?
Subtitled ‘How The British Invented Sport and Then Almost Forgot How to Play It’, Norridge’s book covers GB’s sporting inventions, from cricket to boxing to football to boxing, as well as the country’s less impressive track record in recent years.

Winning formula
Malcolm Gladwell
Outliers: The Story of Success
The writer of The Tipping Point and Blink turns his attention to life’s true winners, to ascertain what distinguishes those first across the finish line. Examining world-class football players, Bill Gates and The Beatles, Gladwell edges towards a formula. Could you fit the bill?