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EarthArt
Colours of the Earth
Photo. Bernhard Edmaier
Exploring some of the most spectacular – and most inaccessible – places on earth, this volume of aerial photographs covers the entire spectrum of colours in nature, from vivid blue and turquoise seas, to volcanic blacks and greys and the white of salt flats. It gives bird's-eye views of remote deserts, glaciers and coral reefs, and close-up studies of rock formations such as the violet fissured slate of Namibia, with notes on how each landscape’s colours are formed.
£39.95
now£19.99
Imagined Interiors
Representing the Domestic Interior Since the Renaissance
Ed. Jeremy Aynsley;Charlotte Grant
With contributions from 31 art and design historians, this richly illustrated volume surveys changing representations of domestic interiors and discusses the meanings ascribed to them in Europe and North America over time. The essays explore key issues through subjects ranging from the interior settings of the birth of the Virgin in 15th-century painting to television ‘make-over’ shows today; while short, illustrated features look at ways of interior image-making including Renaissance prints, inventories and photography.
£45.00
now£19.99
Kitchener's Mob
The New Army to the Somme
Peter Doyle;Chris Foster
Lord Kitchener recognized the need for recruitment on an unprecedented scale in 1914 and his call for 'the First Hundred Thousand' was quickly met by enthusiastic volunteers. Local regiments were then created, encouraging brothers, friends and workmates to join up in companionable 'pals' battalions, but eventually the government was forced to introduce conscription. This study of these early volunteer soldiers, dubbed by the original regulars of 1914 as Kitchener's Mob, includes illustrations of recruitment literature, archive photographs and military memorabilia.
£25.00
now£9.99
Things That Are
Encounters with Plants, Stars and Animals
Amy Leach
Amy Leach’s debut collection of creative non-fiction displays a remarkable fusion of enchanting poetic language, quirky humour and factual information relating to the natural world and our communion with it. From lilies and peas, frogs and beavers to the moon, constellations and exploding stars, each of these 26 short pieces is filled with what Olivia Laing has called a ‘tumultuous, incantatory rejoicing in the astonishing multiplicity of the Earth’.
£9.99
now£4.99
Churchill
Ashley Jackson
Telling ‘the story of Winston Churchill’s appointment with destiny’, the historian Ashley Jackson begins at his place of birth: Blenheim Palace, with its legacy of military and political greatness that was to profoundly influence Churchill’s life. From ambitious, headstrong subaltern to the nation’s war leader, and into the post-war years, Jackson presents a focused, even-handed portrait of Churchill as soldier, politician and statesman, and as a journalist, Nobel Prize-winning author, husband and father.
£18.75
now£7.99
The Fun of the Fifties
Ads, Fads and Fashion
Robert Opie
British consumer culture in the 1950s reflected a newly optimistic nation, eager to be seduced by such luxuries as cars, household gadgets, toys, records and a host of exciting branded groceries. Robert Opie, the founder and curator of the Museum of Brands, celebrates the era with evocative descriptions and nostalgic images ranging from chocolate bars, cigarette packets and magazines to advertisements for washing machines, televisions and aspirational holiday destinations.
£12.99
now£4.99
The Tudors in 100 Objects
John Matusiak
Beginning with a silver-gilt boar, the emblem of Richard III, retrieved from the site of the Battle of Bosworth and Henry Tudor’s victory, John Matusiak sets himself the task of ‘recreating Tudor England through the medium of 100 objects’. Arranged by theme, and unravelling the stories behind objects as diverse as a birthing chair, a velvet sun mask, a chimney and an executioner’s axe, the book is a fascinating exploration of the social and material world of Tudor times.
£20.00
now£9.99
A Signaller's War
The Sketchbook Diary of Pte L Ellis
Ed. David Langley
Underage at 17, Lawrence Ellis joined up to fight in 1915. He served first as a private in the Royal Field Artillery, then in the Corps of Royal Signallers on the Western Front, witnessing the aftermath of the Somme and action at Cambrai. Ellis kept a diary of his wartime experiences, from training to demobilization, to which he later added more detail and over 1,000 sketches: a vivid account of a young volunteer’s coming of age in the trenches.
£20.00
now£9.99
Malcolm Root's Pageant of Transport
A Treasury of Transport Paintings from Times Past
Malcolm Root;Tom Tyler
In this third collection of his meticulously detailed paintings, Malcolm Root presents a chronological pageant of transport, tracing the development of travel by land, sea and air over the last century or so. Each painting sets the vehicles within an evocative, often nostalgic scene – such as the AEC lorry and Royal Navy airship at an airfield in 1919, or steam traction engines towing a locomotive through Glasgow in the 1950s – all accompanied by Tom Tyler’s informative narrative.
£19.99
now£8.99
Before Marilyn
The Blue Book Modelling Years
Astrid Franse;Michelle Morgan
Miss Emmeline Snively, head of the Blue Book Agency, nurtured 19-year-old Norma Jeane Dougherty at the beginning of the young woman’s modelling career, before she transformed into the movie icon Marilyn Monroe. It was Miss Snively’s archive, which includes previously unseen colour and black-and-white photographs, adverts, notes and press clippings from the agency, which enabled the authors to put together this unique and detailed account of Marilyn’s first tentative steps along the road to fame.
£25.00
now£9.99
A Life in Questions
Jeremy Paxman
‘Why is this lying bastard lying to me?’ With this question in mind, Britain’s most incisive interviewer has skewered politicians from John Major to Theresa May on national television. Now, in this long-awaited memoir, he reflects on a career that has taken him to many of the world’s trouble spots, from Beirut to Belfast. Funny and poignant, it is packed with revealing anecdotes about the great, the good and the rotters he has met.
£14.99
now£6.99
A History of the Leyland Bus
Ron Phillips
Leyland Motors Ltd was one of the first manufacturers of buses in Britain and went on to dominate the market with highly successful models such as the Titan and Atlantean. Illustrated with more than 250 colour photographs, this essential guide charts the complete production history of the Leyland buses and tells the story of the company from its origins in the 1880s, producing steam-driven vehicles, to its demise and purchase by Volvo in 1988.
£29.95
now£14.99
Tiles and Tilework of Europe
Alun Graves
This handsome, lavishly illustrated book charts the production and use of ceramics in architecture and interior decoration from the Middle Ages to the present. Drawing on the rich collection of London’s V&A, its discusses different traditions and techniques, from the encaustic tiles of the Gothic era through Dutch Delftware to the lively, inventive work of Duncan Grant, while the influence of the Islamic world is shown in the tiles of Moorish Spain and Victorian England.
now£9.99
All The Countries The Americans Have Ever Invaded
Making Friends and Influencing People?
Stuart Laycock;Christopher Kelly
Following on from Laycock's All the Countries We've Ever Invaded, the authors turn their attention to the USA and present an A–Z of articles describing the American invasion, bombing or military involvement (in conflict and peacetime) with a staggering 194 countries. Along with the obvious - Iraq, Afghanistan and Vietnam - there are some surprising forays, including attacks on 18th-century Canada, the 1856 Watermelon War in Panama, and the ill-fated Polar Bear Expedition into Russia in 1918.
£12.99
now£5.99
Lucifer Rising
British Intelligence and The Occult in the Second World War
Nicholas Booth
Astrology, magic, political warfare and black propaganda, Commander Ian Fleming’s meeting with the ‘Beast’ Aleister Crowley... Nicholas Booth tells a surreal tale that begins with British Intelligence wanting to know whether Adolf Hitler was being advised by astrologers and ends with Rudolf Hess parachuting into Scotland. Using declassified files, Booth explains some of the peculiar events and personalities of the secret war in 1941, when Britain’s situation was desperate and even an occult straw seemed worth clutching.
£20.00
now£7.99
Lindell's List
Saving British and American Women at Ravensbruck
Peter Hore
In April 1945, a score of British and American women emerged from the ‘Women’s Hell’ of Ravensbrück concentration camp, kept alive by the willpower of one woman, Mary Lindell, Comtesse de Milleville. Movingly supported by personal testimonies, this book tells the remarkable story of this courageous woman, already a heroine of the First World War, who smuggled out a list that belied German claims that they had no British or American prisoners, and saved the lives of her fellow inmates.
£20.00
now£7.99
The Sultans
The Rise and Fall of the Ottoman Rulers and Their World
Jem Duducu
In the modern West, the Ottoman Empire is associated with just a few significant events, such as the fall of Constantinople in 1453, but the dynasty of the sultans exercised its wide influence for longer than the British, French or Mughal Empires. This account of Ottoman history sets out the full 600-year process of growth and decline, focusing on the lives and achievements of the sultans themselves and giving the background to the power struggles in today’s Islamic world.
£20.00
now£9.99
Incredible Voyage of Ulysses
Bimba Landmann
On their epic journey home after defeating the Trojans, Ulysses and his men encounter an array of mythical creatures from Cyclops and Sirens to giants and goddesses. Including a list of characters and a map of the locations, this beautifully illustrated graphic novel retells the story in simple, powerful language, capturing the drama and mystery of Ulysses’ ten-year quest. Age 8+
£12.95
now£4.99
Ships to Remember
1400 Years of Historic Ships
Rorke Bryan;Illus. Austin Dwyer
The world’s largest passenger ship when it was launched in 1906, and holder of the Blue Riband transatlantic speed record, the Lusitania was already notable before it was sunk by a U-boat in 1915. Other less grand vessels, including the lifeboats in which Captain Bligh and Ernest Shackleton made spectacular voyages, are also included in this collection of maritime stories, and illustrated with maps and drawings and paintings by Austin Dwyer.
£25.00
now£9.99
The Fate of Achilles
Bimba Landmann
With clear, poetic language and illustrations reminiscent of the art of ancient Greece, this striking picture book retells the story of Achilles from Homer’s Iliad. Invincible except for one weak spot, Achilles seeks glory in the Trojan War. He is a formidable warrior and the son of a goddess, but as a mortal man he cannot escape his destiny.Age 8+
£14.99
now£4.99

Bestsellers

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Glasgow Boys Masterpieces of Art
Susie Hodge
From the 1880s to around 1914, a group of young painters based in Glasgow challenged the traditional art of the Scottish Academy, favouring instead the naturalistic ideas of the Impressionists and Post-Impressionists, and en plein-air painting. The realism and freedom of their portraits, informal scenes and landscapes was to revolutionize Scottish art. This book introduces the Glasgow Boys – among them James Guthrie, John Lavery, Arthur Melville, George Henry and David Gauld – and presents over 85 reproductions of their work.
£12.99
now£6.99
The Curious Map Book
Ashley Baynton-Williams
The creation of maps is often a serious business in which accuracy takes precedence over the imagination. This delightful book offers 100 unusual maps, from the British Library collection, in which the equation is reversed and fantasy comes to the fore. Here are nations portrayed as humans or animals: the British bulldog, the ‘Lion of the Low Countries’, the Russian bear. Many satirize the politics of their time; some depict fictional countries; while others are board games or jigsaw puzzles.
£25.00
now£9.99
The English Village
History and Traditions
Martin Wainwright
The former Northern Editor of the Guardian, Martin Wainwright has collected, 'like a magpie', facts about place names, festivals, ancient customs and recent history to offer a succinct but richly informative survey of the English village in its many aspects. In chapters on themes including the 'Big House', the church and the pub, village 'frolics', farming and dwellings, Wainwright reflects on the character of villages past and present and ends by looking to the future challenges and comforts of village life.
£7.99
now£3.99
17 Carnations
The Windsors, The Nazis and the Cover-Up
Andrew Morton
Edward Windsor, the former king, and Wallis Simpson were already an embarrassment to the establishment, and their connections to leading Nazis during the 1930s were too damaging to the crown to be allowed to surface after the war. This investigative report reveals their links to Nazi sympathizers and examines Hitler's plan to install Edward as a puppet king. The title refers to flowers apparently sent by German diplomat von Ribbentrop to Simpson commemorating their love affair.
£12.99
now£4.99
Stalin's General
The Life of Georgy Zhukov
Geoffrey Roberts
It is arguable that Georgy Zhukov was the greatest of the Allied generals of the Second World War, surpassing Eisenhower, Montgomery or Patton in military effectiveness. Unlike his rival Red Army generals he was prepared to stand up to Stalin when necessary and although charming in his private life, was a brutal and decisive commander. This is the first major biography of the Soviet hero, drawing on newly available sources in the Russian archives and previously unpublished excerpts from Zhukov's own memoirs. Slightly off-mint.
£11.99
now£4.99
London Clocks
James Whiting
London can boast a magnificent array of public clocks, though the capital’s time-poor inhabitants often rush past them without a second glance. This captivating book illustrates more than 100 examples, from Big Ben itself to ‘Big Benzine’, the Art Deco clock that tops Shell Mex House; and from Fortnum & Mason’s neo-Georgian fantasy to the splendid clock on the 1882 Royal Courts of Justice.
£4.95
now£2.99
Malcolm Root's Transport Paintings
Malcolm Root;Tom Tyler
Best known for his atmospheric railway scenes, Malcolm Root has earned a reputation for meticulous attention to period and engineering detail in his nostalgic paintings. This collection of his work encompasses all forms of British transport in realistic historic settings from an Edwardian tram and an Empire flying boat in the 1930s to a Dodge fire engine going out on call in the 1950s and a Massey Ferguson tractor working the fields in the 1960s.
£19.99
now£8.99
Crown of Blood
The Deadly Inheritance of Lady Jane Grey
Nicola Tallis
In 1553, 17-year-old Lady Jane Grey was proclaimed Queen of England to prevent the accession of Henry VIII’s Catholic daughter Mary. Thirteen days later she was imprisoned in the Tower, and in February 1554 she was beheaded. This absorbing narrative history draws on previously overlooked sources to create a vivid and engaging portrait of an intelligent, charismatic and deeply religious girl caught up in the power politics of her age, whose courage shone through her final, harrowing ordeal.
£20.00
now£7.99
Jackie Morris Notecards in a Wallet
Francis Lincoln
The two artworks featured on these notecards - a hare and an owl - are by Jackie Morris, the author and illustrator of much-loved story books about animals, among them The Snow Leopard and The Song of the Golden Hare. The 10 notecards, five of each design, are presented in a card wallet, with envelopes.
£6.99
now£4.99
The Spencer Family
Charles Spencer
In this engaging family history, Charles Spencer draws on his unique access to family papers to trace the history of the Spencers from their origins as medieval sheep farmers to the marriage of Diana to Prince Charles. Along the way we encounter the enchanting Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, and George Spencer, who rejected a life of privilege for the poverty and chastity of a monk.
£7.99
now£3.99
Puff, the Magic Dragon
Peter Yarrow;Lenny Lipton
In the magical land of Honalee lives Puff, a gentle dragon who becomes the devoted playmate of young Jackie. Together they sail the seas and meet princes and pirates. This storybook version of the popular song was written by Peter (of Peter, Paul and Mary), with Lenny Lipton, and paintings by Eric Puybaret. Age 3+
£5.99
now£2.99
First Lady
The Life and Wars of Clementine Churchill
Sonia Purnell
By Winston Churchill’s own admission, his role in the Second World War would have been impossible but for ‘Clemmie’. This biography tells Clementine’s often ignored story, from her birth into an aristocratic yet loveless family to her meeting with Winston in 1908; then traces the couple’s personal and political upheavals during the First World War, through their ‘wilderness years’ in the 1930s, to Clementine’s crucial support of her husband in the struggle against Hitler and the difficult years after the war.
£25.00
now£8.99
The 5:2 Diet Book
Feast for 5 Days a Week and Fast for Just 2 to Lose Weight, Boost Your Brain and Transform Your Health
Kate Harrison
Fasting for two days a week and eating normally for five encourages weight loss and may cut the risk of conditions such as cancer, heart disease and Alzheimer’s. This book explains the concept and research behind the 5:2 diet, discusses how to get started and provides ideas for meals and snacks. The author’s diary entries also offer a revealing insight into life on the diet.
£7.99
now£3.99
The Double Comfort Safari Club
and Friends, Lovers, Chocolate
Alexander McCall Smith
This Alexander McCall Smith double bill introduces two of his hugely popular series. In The Double Comfort Safari Club, we rejoin Precious Ramotswe in Botswana and another case for The No 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency. Friends, Lovers, Chocolate is the second book in The Sunday Philosophy Club series and the second risky investigation for the Edinburgh philosopher Isabel Dalhousie. The two books are shrink-wrapped together.
£7.99
now£3.99
Careless Rambles
A Selection of His Poems Chosen and Illustrated by Tom Pohrt
John Clare;Illus. Tom Pohrt
This selection of the rural poetry of John Clare (1793–1864) was chosen by the artist Tom Pohrt, for whom the poems evoked the countryside of northern Michigan. Sharpened by the encroachments of the Enclosure Act and the Industrial Revolution, Clare’s appreciation of the natural world, from oak trees to insects, is perfectly matched by Pohrt’s watercolour illustrations. Introduction by Robert Hass.
$14.95
now£2.99

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