Category Archives: Travel Guides
How to Grow Food
In 1940 Doreen Wallace, prolific novelist, academic, social campaigner and farmer, wrote a book for Batsford on vegetable growing, as part of the publisher`s iconic Home Front Handbook series. With its chatty, readable writing style and its beautiful Brian Cook cover, the book became a wartime classic, invaluable for everyone growing fruit and vegetables at
Ancient Trees, Kew Royal Botanic Gardens
`Among all the varied productions with which Nature has adorned the surfaces of the earth, none awakens our sympathies, or interests our imagination so powerfully as those venerable trees, which seem to have stood the lapse of ages…` John Muir, 1868 A fascinating celebration of the some of the oldest living organisms on the planet,
Spirit of London
A reissue of a truly classic title on the Batsford backlist. First published in 1935, it is a wonderful snapshot of our capital before the Second World War, and a charming insight into our attitudes to urban life back in the Thirties. Our posh guide Cohen-Portheim offers us his interpretation of life in London through
Glasgow Then And Now
Glasgow Then and Now takes many of these classic archive photos of the city and compares them to the scene today. It reveals a transition from an industrial city based around the Clyde, its docks and great shipyards, to a modern twenty-first-century economy. Today, the shipyards are all but gone, but the docks are finding
Favourite Poems of England
A diverse collection of poetry which celebrates both England and all that it means to be English – from the rolling hills, to those lost in battle over the centuries, to London`s bustling streets and a nation obsessed with the weather. Ode to England encompasses a breadth of poetry from our most renowned writers –
England`s Post-war Listed Buildings
England`s Post-War Listed Buildings is a comprehensive and stylish guide to over 500 of the country`s most striking and historically relevant architectural gems, from private houses to schools, churches, military buildings, monuments and parks. Listed buildings include traditional works by Raymond Erith and Donald McMorran and many of the `pop icons` of the 1960s (including
Millie Marotta`s Animal Kingdom, a colouring book adventure
Millie Marotta is a hugely popular illustrator and her idiosyncratic drawings of the world`s strange, cute, weird and lovely creatures will draw you in. Millie`s Animal Kingdom offers a range of beautiful illustration to personalise and make your own. The artist`s intricate style of illustration will get you itching for a pen, whether it`s to
The Golden Age of Railway Posters
Few sights can reawaken memories of happy holidays of yesteryear as vividly as the superb railway posters that were so much a part of the great age of mass rail travel. Between the 1930s and 1950s – regarded by many as the heyday of advertising graphic art – a huge range of posters appeared, bearing
Millie Marotta`s Tropical Wonderland: A Colouring Book Adventure
Millie Marotta`s Tropical World invites you to lose yourself in a riot of colouring in and drawing. Her beautiful illustrations are crying out for a touch of colour, an additional line here and there. The artist`s intricate style of illustration will get you itching to make your own mark, whether it`s to add to the
Millie Marotta`s Animal Kingdom
A colouring book to keep and treasure forever. The wonderful illustrations fromMillie Marotta`s Animal Kingdom are reproduced here on the thickest paper yet(180 gsm) on one side only, including 13 gatefolds and with five additional printsthat can be pulled out of an envelope at the back of the book. One of theseprints are completely new.
Parade`s End
The Great War changes everything. In this epic tale, spanning over a decade, war turns the world of privileged, English aristocrat Christopher Tietjens upside down. It forces him to question everything he holds dear – social order, morality, marriage and loyalty. And it rocks the very foundations of English society. This is a powerful story
Exploring China – A Culinary Adventure
Ken Hom and Ching-He Huang have transformed the way we cook and eat Chinese food. In this exciting new cookbook and TV series, they journey through China on a culinary and cultural odyssey to find the old, the new and the unexpected. China`s emergence as one of the world`s most influential cultures has ignited our
Rick Stein`s India
Whenever I hear the word curry, I`m filled with a longing for spicy hot food with the fragrance of cumin, cloves and cinnamon. I see deep red colours from lots of Kashmiri chillis, tinged with a suggestion of yellow from turmeric. I think of the tandoor oven, and slightly scorched naan shining with ghee and
Life on Air
Sir David Attenborough is Britain`s best-known natural history film-maker. His career as a naturalist and broadcaster has spanned nearly six decades, and in this volume of memoirs Sir David tells stories of the people and animals he has met and the places he has visited. His first job – after Cambridge University and two years
Great British Bake Off: How to Avoid a Soggy Bottom & Other Baking Question
This beautiful hardback is packed with practical advice to help you improve your baking. It includes fascinating trivia covering the history of baking and the chemistry crucial to achieving winning cakes, biscuits, pastry, bread and baked desserts, as well as classic recipes to demonstrate techniques. Arranged into a helpful question and answer format and beautifully
Good Food: Low-Carb Cooking
Equally popular for weight-loss and health-conscious reasons, low-carb diets are all the rage. Jump on the bandwagon, or support a long-standing lifestyle choice, with this handy little cookbook from the “Good Food” team. Full of new ideas to keep mealtimes interesting, these recipes prove that low-carb food can be filling and delicious, as well as
The Sky at Night: How to Read the Solar System: A Guide to the Stars and Planets
The Solar System ‘“ so what is it?We`ve all learned the basics at school but how much can you remember? Expert astronomers and co-presenters of The Sky at Night Chris North and Paul Abel take a fascinating guided tour of our Solar System and explain its wonders.They look at all the major players, including our
