Category Archives: Travel Guides
London Perspectives Colouring Postc
As a native Londoner, Alice uncovers detail, beauty and inspiration in the city`s unlikeliest corners. Her unique eye has crafted these black and white images from the city`s historic architecture and hidden natural worlds. Whether they are for colouring, sending or keeping these postcards are a unique souvenir of this extraordinary layered city. Taken from
How To Be An Alien In England
Ten years ago, Angela Kiss arrived in the UK without a word of English. All she brought with her was a small bag, a sense of adventure, a desire to work and a copy of George Mikes` classic 1940s` humour book about the peculiarities of the British, How to be an Alien. Through every dodgy
Gold Rush: How I Found, Lost and Made a Fortune
When Jim Richards left home to make his fortune in a gold rush, he had no language skills, no money and no idea. But when he found diamond-filled pot holes in the remote rivers of Guyana, his problems really began. Chasing gold and diamond rushes around the world, Richards worked with local miners in some
Ways to See Great Britain: Curious Places and Surprising Perspectives
An inspiring visual adventure. Driven by curiosity, restlessness and a desire to better understand her own country, artist Alice Stevenson spent two years exploring and drawing Great Britain. With an eye for the odd and an antenna for the unexpectedly beautiful, she documented her slow, attentive forays. Her journeying was wide: steam trains in Snowdonia,
Among the Summer Snows: A Highlands Walk
Christopher Nicholson`s first book of nature writing is a beautiful account of an unusual obsession. In 2016 he spent August searching for the remaining snows of the Scottish Highlands. His account of his solitary walk is by turns funny, fascinating and inspiring. A meditation on walking, mountains, snow and our changing climate, Nicholson also turns
Brutal London
A photographic exploration of the post-war modernist architecture of London.This collection of unique and evocative photography of Brutalist architecture by Simon Phipps casts the city in a new light. Arranged by inner London Borough, BRUTAL LONDON takes in famous examples such as the Trellick Tower, the Brunswick Centre and the Alexandra Road Estate, as well
Rock Pool: Extraordinary Encounters Between the Tides: A Life-Long Fascination Told in Twenty Creatures
Winner of the BBC Wildlife Blog the Year AwardThe British beach is full of creatures that we think we know – from crabs to clams, starfish to anemones. But, in fact, we barely understand how many survive or thrive. In `Rock Pool` the delights of childhood paddling are elevated to oceanic discoveries, as the fragile
Eight Ghosts: The English Heritage Book of New Ghost Stories
Rooted in place, slipping between worlds – a rich collection of unnerving ghosts and sinister histories. Eight authors were given the freedom of their chosen English Heritage site, from medieval castles to a Cold War nuclear bunker. Immersed in the past and chilled by rumours of hauntings, they channelled their darker imaginings into a series
The Scam Hunter: Investigating the Criminal Heart of the Global City
`I start asking questions. How do you do this? How do you get away with it? How much money do you make from it? Who supports you? Who resists you? And what happens to the people who resist you?`Scam City`s Conor Woodman goes undercover to meet the world`s dodgiest dealers. Creeping through the lawless backstreets
Reluctant Meister: Germany and the New Europe
The Euro crisis has served as a stark reminder of the fundamental importance of Germany to the larger European project. But the image of Germany as the dominant power in Europe is at odds with much of its recent history. “Reluctant Meister “is a wide-ranging study of Germany from the Holy Roman Empire through the
The Godmother
Meet Patience Portefeux – 53 years old, widowed mother of two, fluent Arabic speaker, upstanding French citizen… and soon to become `The Godmother`.For 25 years she has toiled honestly, translating police wire-taps of north African drug gangs. She knows she`s just a footsoldier in a senseless politicians` war against high-grade hashish, a tiny cog in
Yiza
Part dark fairy tale, part mystery, Yiza is the story of three homeless street children on the run. One evening, not long after her arrival in Germany, six-year-old Yiza is abandoned at the market where she spends her days. At a shelter for migrant children she meets two boys, Schamhan and Arian, and together they
Life is Good
Max has been married to Tina for twenty-five years. She is the love of his life but now he must come to terms with the fact she is to spend weeks away on a work assignment; away, for the first time, from their home, their children and their life together. Her absence might only be
These Islands: A Letter To Britain
Visiting Italy in the months preceding the Scottish referendum of 2014, Ali Ansari was struck by the admiration of Italian colleagues for the liberalism of a state that would allow, and even encourage, one of its constituent parts to resolve the question of their own independence. Such a development, they noted, would be inconceivable in
A Love Affair with Europe: The Case for a European Future
From his earliest childhood, Europe has been close to Giles Radice`s heart. His paternal great-great grandfather, an Italian nationalist, was fortunate enough to come to Britain in 1821 as a political refugee. Ten years after the end of Second World War, at the age of 18, he set off to cycle across Europe. At the
Scotland Munro Bagging Collect and Scratch Print
For those that love the mountains of Scotland you can scratch off the Munros and Munro areas as you bag them. Keep your running total too. Happy Bagging!The Scratch Off Munro-bagging Print is part of the Collect and Scratch range and shows all of the 282 Munro hill tops including their heights, covered by a
Wainwright Summits Collect and Scratch Print
Scratch Off Wainwright Hill-bagging Print is the perfect gift for walkers / hill climbers or lovers of the Lake District.Scratch off the Wainwrights as you climb them. Keep your running total too. Happy climbing!Scratch Off Wainwright Hill-bagging Print is part of our Collect and Scratch collection and shows all 214 Wainwright fells including their heights,
The Great North Wood
Long ago the whole of Southern England was covered in forest. Over time, this woodland has been cut back, but small patches remain amidst the suburban sprawl of South-East London. The magic that once filled the ancient forest can still be felt. Memories of the Great North Wood are recorded in the place names –
When Money Dies: The Nightmare of the Weimar Hyperinflation
The International Bestseller About the German HyperinflationIn December 1923, with its currency all but worthless – one dollar bought 4,200,000,000,000 marks – Weimar Germany was reduced to a barter economy. Artworks and jewels were exchanged for bread and flour; a cinema ticket could be purchased for a lump of coal. The Bavarian PM submitted a
