Category Archives: Travel Guides
Gardens of Brantwood: Evolution of Ruskin`s Lakeland Paradise
In 1872 the most famous cultural critic in Britain moved into a dilapidated cottage in the heart of England`s Lake District and swapped his pen for a billhook. John Ruskin`s arrival in a landscape already steeped in agricultural history began an evolution that led to the extraordinary gardens that grace Brantwood today. In this beautifully
The Maytrees
In 1940s Provincetown, on the tip of Cape Cod, poet Toby Maytree falls in love with Lou Bigelow at first sight. His slow courtship gradually wins her over, and so begins a love story that lasts decades. But when a friend comes between them, they must each renegotiate what it means to love.
A Guide to Baroque Rome: the Palaces
The palaces built in Rome in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries are some of the most magnificent buildings in Europe – yet they remain relatively unfamiliar. This is the first stand-alone overview guide ever published. We are producing it as a companion volume to our revised edition of Anthony Blunt`s seminal guide to Baroque Rome
The Burning Leg
`I am looking for something more mysterious. For the path you read about in books, the old lane choked with undergrowth, whose entrance the weary prince could not discover.` – Alan Fournier Walkers, like lovers of literature, are driven by the urge to explore, and writers have blessed their fictional characters with itchy feet since
Aller Retour New York
In 1935, author Henry Miller set off from his adopted residence, Paris, to visit his home country – America. An inveterate letter-writer, he wrote a long and entertaining account of his trip to New York to his friend Alfred Perles. Filled with vivid impressions and scandalous reflections, and including an entertaining sketch of his journey,
Roman Baroque
The Baroque, for many the most thrilling architectural style ever created, was born in Rome and reached its apogee in the work of three geniuses born in the 1590`s – Bernini, Borromini and Pietro da Cortona. Perhaps the greatest student of the style was Anthony Blunt, who spent a lifetime studying and teaching the work
The Topless Tower
On the arrival of a mysterious stranger laden with paintings, Leandro finds his quiet life disrupted instantly and mysteriously. He awakens locked in a windowless room in a topless tower, the subject of one of the stranger`s eerie paintings. His childish voice draws the reader into a mythical world full of imaginary beings. Basking in
Neighbours and Rivals: Paris and London
Mercier first travelled to London, and began recording his impressions, in 1780. A leading exemplar of a new form of literature, with a journalistic style, less rigid and more reflexive, he presented emotive representations of the city as collections of experiences, habits and personalities. And in contrast to Dickens`s London or Baudelaire`s Paris, with their
We`re All Works Of Art – Paperback
Our bodies might all differ in shape, and form, and frame, but think how dull the world would be if we were all the same…Celebrate difference and diversity with this wonderful and beautiful book that tells children it`s OK to be different – in fact it`s perfect to be different. Told from the perspective of
Picking Pickle: Which dog will you choose?
From the star writer and illustrator team of the Mango & Bambang series comes a funny, heartwarming picture book all about choosing the right dogIt can be a pickle to pick the right dog. Take a guided tour of the dogs` home with one characterful canine – he`s been there the longest and knows everyone,
Forgotten Beasts: Amazing Creatures that Once Roamed the Earth
Matt Sewell`s follow-up to the mega-hit Dinosaurs is a beautifully-illustrated large format look at the amazing beasts that time forgot – from the relatively well known, such as the sabre-toothed tiger and woolly mammoth, to the obscure monsters that walked the earth millions of years ago – many now forgotten. New findings are being made
Big Cat
Isobel`s grandma has lost her glasses and she can`t see a thing without them. While Isobel and Gran are in the garden searching for the specs, they come across a cat. A very big cat. A very big and friendly cat. The big cat moves in with them, much to the disgust of all gran`s
Atlas of Amazing Birds
Matt Sewell has made his personal selection of the most amazing birds from around the world and illustrated them in his dazzling style, accompanied by witty and informative descriptions and maps of every continent.Did you know that the bald eagle holds the record for the world`s biggest nest – weighing more than two tons? When
It`s Your World Now!
…So go and play and live and learn. It`s your world now, this is your turn to think and ask and make and do. The world is magic, just like you! A beautiful and funny celebration of the world and the potential of each and every child. This is the perfect book to read out
Darwin`s Voyage of Discovery
Shortlisted for the 2020 Edward Stanford Travel Writing Award`s Children`s Travel Book of the YearA wonderful celebration of history`s most remarkable journey; published to celebrate 160 years of Charles Darwin`s ground-breaking text on evolution: `On The Origin of Species`Step on-board The Beagle and follow the remarkable journey that inspired almost all modern-day knowledge of the
Adventures on Earth
Graphic illustrator Simon Tyler explores the extremes of our planet – and the people who venture there – in his bold and colourful styleFollowing on from the magnificent `Adventures in Space`, comes a compendium on a topic closer to home – our planet, the Earth. Learn about the highest and deepest, hottest and coldest places
Quentin Blake`s A Christmas Carol: 2021 Edition
The wonderful Quentin Blake turns his artistic talents to Dickens’ much-loved Christmas story. A beautiful luxury edition of Dickens`s timeless Christmas classic. A Christmas Carol is the book that defines the Christmas spirit. Ebenezer Scrooge, a mean-spirited miser, is visited by three ghosts one Christmas Eve. The ghosts show Scrooge the true value of Christmas:
Travels with Jan, Pen and 2B – A Lifetime Sketchbook
With a rare combination of great economy of means and unfailing panache, Antony Cleminson`s drawings of palatial buildings and urban settings are endlessly delightful and fascinating. Collected from more than 60 years of traveling with his wife Jan, a concert violinist, they take in England, France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Croatia, Russia, Jordan, Syria, and Yemen.
Big Blue Engine
Back by popular demand! Ken Wilson-Max`s popular and innovative novelty transportation books are packed with tabs to pull, flaps to lift and pop-ups to pop. An utter delight for children (and parents). Big Blue Train Engine is ready to roll and you can help! Switch on the power, pull the lever and talk to control
Collio
The Collio hills in Friuli Venezia Giulia, in north-eastern Italy, produce some of the greatest Italian white wines, yet are little known outside of Italy. They are also the home of a unique cuisine, on the cusp between the Mediterranean and Central Europe; and close to some of the greatest names in Italian food, such
