Category Archives: Travel Guides
A Lord Mayor`s Show: 800 Years 1215-2015
For eight centuries the City of London has hosted one of the world`s greatest public parades, as the newly elected Lord Mayor embarks on a procession through the heart of the City to the edge of Westminster, culminating in an oath of allegiance to the representatives of the Crown. This ancient tradition has become one
Popular Hits Of The Showa Era
It`s a set-up like a video game: two rival gangs fight to death for the control of a Tokyo district. In one gang, six young losers committed only to drinking, voyeurism and karaoke singing, in the other six tough independent older women. From ambush to revenge, both groups are gradually decimated until the ultimate showdown.
From The Fatherland, With Love
From the Fatherland, with Love is set in an alternative, dystopian present in which the dollar has collapsed and Japan`s economy has fallen along with it. The North Korean government, sensing an opportunity, sends a fleet of `rebels` in the first land invasion that Japan has ever faced. Japan can`t cope with the surprise onslaught
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In a small, inconsequential city in Japan, all that matters to 17-year-old Kensuke Yazaki and his friends is girls, rock music and, to a much lesser extent, school. Told at high speed and with irresistible humour by Kensuke himself, this is the story of their 1969, as they engage in heated conversations about Marxism, Rimbaud,
Coin Locker Babies
Two babies are left in a Tokyo station coin locker and survive against the odds, but their lives are forever tainted by this inauspicious start. As they grow up, they join the ranks of Toxitown: a district of addicts, freaks and prostitutes. One becomes a bisexual rock star and looks for his mother, while the
Binocular Vision
Edith Pearlman`s Binocular Vision are the collected stories of an award-winning author who has been compared to Alice Munro, John Updike and even Chekhov Tenderly, observantly, incisively, Edith Pearlman captures life on the page like few other writers. She is a master of the short story, and this is a spectacular collection. `This book is
London Activity Book
Put a stop to any `are we there yet` or `I`m bored` cries with this fun London themed book by Button Books containing 22 activities that will entertain children on a day out in the big city. The large pages have plenty of space to draw on and colour in so kids can be as
Casanova`s Return to Venice
“His yearning for Venice, the city of his birth, grew so intense that, like a wounded bird slowly circling downwards in its death flight, he began to move in ever-narrowing circles.” One of Schnitzler`s most poignant evocations of the passing of time and the ironies of sentiment and love, Casanova`s Return to Venice tells the
A House with a Date Palm Will Never Starve: Cooking with Date Syrup: Forty Chefs and an Artist Create New and Classic Dishes with a Traditional Middle Eastern Ingredient
Prominent Iraqi-American artist-provocateur Michael Rakowitz invites forty acclaimed chefs and food writers to create mouthwatering savoury and sweet dishes using date syrup Date syrup has been central to Iraqi cooking and home life for centuries. In this unique book, a fusion of the worlds of contemporary art and food, an artist and forty celebrated chefs
Wally Funk`s Race for Space: The Extraordinary Story of a Female Aviation Pioneer
As seen in the major Netflix documentary `Mercury 13`In 1961, Wally Funk was among the Mercury 13, the first group of American pilots to pass the `Woman in Space` programme. Wally sailed through a series of rigorous physical and mental tests, with one of her scores beating all the male Mercury 7 astronauts`, including John
Kids London
Kids London is a unique and practical book, filled with tips that allow parents to make the most of the outdoor and alternative experiences on offer in London. With handy hints and secret tips for all budgets, this guide will save you the agony of trying to navigate your way through the many and varied
Buildings of London
Roger FitzGerald has practiced as an architect in london since he qualified over 30 years ago. He brings an architect`s keen eye for detail and construction, and combines this with a fascination for discovering and expressing through paintings what makes well-known places such as Borough Market, Brick Lane or Parliament Square so special to the
The Queen of Spades and Selected Works
`The Queen of Spades and Selected Works` is a brand new English translation of two of Alexander Pushkin`s greatest short stories, `The Queen of Spades` and `The Stationmaster`, together with the poem `The Bronze Horseman`, extracts from Yevgeny Onegin and Boris Godunov, and a selection of his poetic work. `The Queen of Spades`, originally published
The Silence and the Roar
Fathi, a writer no longer permitted to write, makes his way through a city churned by parades for an unnamed dictator. It is a day stifled by heat and the noise of the chants, a day of people trampled, and of the brutality and bullying of the party faithful. But Fathi presses treacherously against the
Ireland OSI Holiday East
Ireland East in a series of four road maps at 1:250,000 covering both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, with detailed road classification, altitude colouring and tourist information, published by OSI, the Ordnance Survey of Ireland, with the northern sheet produced in cooperation with the Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland.Topography of the island is
Rock Crystal
Adalbert Stifter`s Rock Crystal is a Christmas story and a story about the heart of the ice, the crystal. The charm of this quasi-fairy tale is made even more poignant by the knowledge of the author`s eventual suicide. This seemingly simple fable of two children lost in an icy landscape is eloquent in its innocence,
Ireland OSI Holiday South
Ireland South in a series of four road maps at 1:250,000 covering both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, with detailed road classification, altitude colouring and tourist information, published by OSI, the Ordnance Survey of Ireland, with the northern sheet produced in cooperation with the Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland.Topography of the island is
Madame De
An elegant fable for the modern age, Louise de Vilmorin`s novella `Madame de` is a poignant tale of honour, deception and fate. This is the story of Madame de -`s earrings. It is a story of jewellery, of love, of denial, of pain, of delight, of society, that has the simplicity of a fairy tale,
Ireland OSI Holiday West
Ireland West in a series of four road maps at 1:250,000 covering both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, with detailed road classification, altitude colouring and tourist information, published by OSI, the Ordnance Survey of Ireland, with the northern sheet produced in cooperation with the Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland.Topography of the island is
Ireland OSI Driving Map
Island Ferries are included on the map and include ferries to Sceilg Mhichil off County Kerry, Oileain Arainn in Galway Bay, Arainn Mhor off County Donegal, Toraigh off County Donegal and Rathlin Island off County Antrim.
