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  • THE REAL ARTHUR MILLER
    ANDREW NORMAN
    During his lifetime, US playwright Arthur Miller was affronted in numerous ways by what he experienced, either personally, or vicariously through the experiences of others. For example: By the way his immigrant family had come to financial grief in the Great Depression (1929 to the late 1930s), through no fault of their own. By the anti-Semitism that existed in the USA and else...

    $216.99

  • THE ART LOVER'S GUIDE TO BARCELONA
    RUBY BOUKABOU
    Unlock the secrets behind Barcelona’s artistic allure with this handy visual guidebook. Delve into the history of the Catalan capital’s most famous artists such as Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró, Salvador Dalí and Antoni Tàpies, and discover today’s exciting creators working across many styles from figurative to abstract art; sculpture to urban art. Whether you’re a Barcelona regular...

    $165.99

  • MUHAMMAD ALI
    RALPH OATES
    A number of fighters in boxing history have been considered great over the years. However, it must be said that in some cases their respected claims to greatness do not stand up when closely scrutinised. The same cannot be said of Muhammad Ali. Now this man was a true great, no argument. Ali would often state when in his pomp that he was the greatest of all time. Many experts e...

    $216.99

  • THE CON50LE
    MIKE DIVER
    THE CON50LE is a comprehensive yet conversational account of 50 years of home video gaming history, leaving no rarely sighted system unturned and providing a chronological account of the evolution of the biggest entertainment medium in the world. From the earliest consoles of the 1970s to the cutting-edge machines of the here and now, a line is drawn from one man’s eureka momen...

    $255.99

  • A SHORT HISTORY OF BRITAIN’S FISHERIES
    MIKE SMYLIE
    Wherever you fit into the debate about food - vegan, vegetarian, pescatarian, flexitarian, or carnivore - you cannot argue against the fact that fish have influenced our diet for millennia, and, for many, continue to do so today. We are, after all, an island nation surrounded by seas that were once extremely rich and diverse in its variety of both fish and shellfish, and it’s w...

    $421.99

  • SUSTAINABLE CRAFTS, GIFTS AND PROJECTS FOR ALL SEASONS
    BECCI COOMBES
    Take advantage of nature’s bounty and craft in time with the seasons! Whether potting up dandelion honey, cooking and crafting with rose petals or preserving autumn leaves and acorns, there are so many wonderful gifts, ornaments and treats that can be made from either a short walk in the woods or a rummage in your cupboard. With an emphasis on foraging and upcycling, Becci expl...

    $140.99

  • SEW MINDFUL CROSS STITCH
    SOPHIE CRABB
    Sew Mindful Cross Stitch combines bright and modern cross stitch projects with the calming benefits of mindfulness. Throughout her debut book, Sophie Crabb explores the idea behind crafting for calm and why it can have such a profound and positive impact on our mental wellbeing. With a total of twenty-two brand new cross stitch projects to choose from, you can stitch your way t...

    $166.19

  • THE DEATH OF YOU
    LUKE SUTTON
    Arguably the greatest Olympian of all time, Michael Phelps, with twenty-eight Olympic medals to his name, was asked if he would like his children to follow in his footsteps. His answer, 'Honestly, in a perfect world, I’d say no. Just because I don’t want them to live in my footsteps. And I also know everything about it – I know the ins and the outs, the good, the bad, and the u...

    $191.99

  • FRANKIE DETTORI'S BRITISH CLASSIC WINNERS
    RUPERT COLLENS
    Frankie Dettori is certainly one of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries’ truly great international jockeys. Italian by birth – he rode his first winner there – we have been lucky in England that he came to live in Newmarket aged fifteen and has ridden mainly here. A great and popular figure, quietly and privately he has done much for disabled people. In fact, he...

    $255.99

  • FROM BICYCLE TO BENTLEY
    STEPHEN LITTLE
    Stephen takes the reader from his earliest school days when it became clear he was academically bright, especially in math, attending prep school, winning a scholarship to major public school Uppingham where he won math prizes and, aged 16, passed 3 S (scholarship) levels. By then he had decided to be a bookie. He attended an interview for Cambridge University only because it w...

    $255.99

  • THE EARLY YEARS OF CHARLIE CHAPLIN
    LISA STEIN HAVEN
    A thorough look into the early life and career of Charlie Chaplin. Charlie Chaplin’s career has been described, critiqued, and scrutinized. There are book-length studies on Chaplin’s music hall career, his career at Keystone Studios and the Mutual Studios. Somehow, his tenure with First National studios, however, has been largely neglected, even though it was during this severa...

    $217.37

  • BRAM STOKER: AUTHOR OF DRACULA
    NEIL R STOREY
    Bram Stoker: Author of Dracula is an affectionate and revealing biography of the man who created the vampire novel that would define the genre and lead to a new age in Gothic horror literature. Based on decades of painstaking research in libraries, museums, and university archives and privileged access to private collections on both sides of the Atlantic, the private letters of...

    $319.85

  • RECYCLING IN THE GARDEN
    ANGELA YOUNGMAN
    People are becoming more aware of the environment and their impact on it. Over the past decades we have become an increasingly consumerist based society. From a world in which recycling was common, single use became the norm. This throwaway society is unsustainable. Sustainable gardening results in the creation of an environmentally friendly area in which natural predators thri...

    $166.19

  • THE N64 ENCYCLOPEDIA
    CHRIS SCULLION
    The fourth book in Chris Scullion’s critically acclaimed series of video game encyclopedias, The N64 Encyclopedia is dedicated to the Nintendo 64, one of the most well-loved games consoles ever released. Although the Nintendo 64 didn’t sell as well as some of Nintendo’s other systems, and it struggled in the shadow of the bold newcomer that was the Sony PlayStation, nearly ever...

    $255.99

  • SUPERFOODS
    JULIE NEVILLE
    Everyone deserves a balanced and organic diet, for good nutrition and the right remedies can really make a difference. Superfoods explores the exceptional results certain foods can have for your general health, from fighting off the signs of aging to preventing cancer. Discover a wide array of fruits, vegetables, grains and more, all with their own bedazzling health benefits - ...

    $175.99

  • THE SECRET LIFE OF A MEADOW
    WILSON WALL / DAVID MORGAN
    Glorious flower meadows were part of our life force for 2000 years or more before we swept them away last century on the altar of progress. Is there to be no more drinking from their font of well being? This book says not. Lavishly illustrated, it describes their history and, from the few remaining examples, it shows us how beautiful they are, how rich in plants and animals. It...

    $383.69

  • A GUIDE TO MOVIE BASED VIDEO GAMES
    CHRISTOPHER CARTON
    You’ve seen the movie, now PLAY the movie! Long before gaming came to the big screen, cinema arrived in the homes of millions in the form of licensed video games; playable merchandise that tied in to some of the major tentpoles of cinematic history. Many of these games followed the storylines of the movies on which they were based, as well as providing supplementary adventures ...

    $422.07

  • HOW TO COLLECT ART
    VIRGINIA BLACKBURN
    People have always made art and people have always collected art. But it is only recently that collecting became possible for everyone, not just the very rich. Indeed, collecting has never been more popular, as the rise of art fairs, antique fairs, television programs devoted to finding treasures in your attic and much more attests. And not only is collecting fun, it could be p...

    $319.85

  • THE BEST NON-VIOLENT VIDEO GAMES
    JAMES BATCHELOR
    What if there were video games that weren’t about killing things? The world’s biggest entertainment medium has come under decades of scrutiny because of its violent content. But here’s a little known fact: from the very beginning, non-violent video games have done as much, if not more, to shape the industry than violent ones. The Best Non-Violent Video Games is the first ever g...

    $473.24

  • CRAFTING AUTHENTIC PAPER FLOWERS
    SOPHIE LONGHURST
    "Exquisite full-page color photos showcase the intricate projects, and the step-by-step instructions are accompanied with photographs. This master class will entice crafters both seasoned and new." -Publishers Weekly The delicate art of paper flower craft has been around for centuries, originating in China in 100BC. Since then, the art has remained a powerful tool in calming th...

    $127.81

  • THE SECRET LIFE OF FOXES
    CHLOE PETRYLAK
    Have you ever spotted a fox and wondered where it was going? Or perhaps you want to know what all the commotion was about when they woke you up the other night with their ear-piercing screams? Or maybe you just want to know how you can tell if these elusive mammals have visited your back garden when you weren’t looking? The Secret Life of Foxes contains everything you need to k...

    $383.69

  • WHAT IS THAT PLANT?
    LOUISE BURFITT
    Spring is the most captivating season of the year for both novice and veteran gardeners as green shoots emerge from bare earth, announcing the promise of beautiful blooms to come. But have you ever found yourself crouched beside a flower bed, puzzling over which plants exactly are pushing their way through the soil? Difficult, but by no means impossible – and this is where this...

    $383.69

  • THE BOOK LOVER'S GUIDE TO PARIS
    EMILY COPE
    A must-have for every fan of literature and Paris. The Book Lover's Guide to Paris is an extensive and informative travel companion, shedding new light on an ever-popular subject and spanning three centuries of the city's unique literary history, from Victor Hugo's Paris to the Lost Generation literati and present-day works such as Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code. Includes unique...

    $140.60

  • MAKE YOUR OWN MOSAIC PROJECTS
    HELEN MILES
    Explore the powerful medium of mosaic in this book which offers a fresh perspective on the ancient art. Packed with photographs, clear instructions, and new ideas about how to create stunning mosaic pieces for indoors and outdoors, Mosaic Projects explains the principles of mosaic making as practiced since Roman times. This easy-to-follow book contains step by step instructions...

    $140.60

  • THE MOVIE LOVER’S GUIDE TO LONDON
    CHARLOTTE BOOTH / BRIAN BILLINGTON
    London is a magical place which has intrigued people for more than 2,000 years, and never is this more apparent than in the past 130 years following the invention of the moving image. Do you want to follow in the footsteps of Paddington, James Bond and Dorian Gray? Do you want to kiss in front of the blue door? Or look for the tomb of the resurrected Lord Blackwood? Or do you w...

    $166.19

  • HOMEBREW GAME DEVELOPMENT AND THE EXTRA LIVES OF CONSOLES
    ROBIN WILDE
    The games industry moves fast, with release schedules flying by in a blur and hardware constantly changing and updating. But outside the official world of licences and publishing deals, hundreds of games every year find a new home on consoles which have since been abandoned by their manufacturers. This is the hobbyist’s playground of homebrew gaming. The first book by freelance...

    $217.37

  • R.E.M. ALBUM BY ALBUM
    MAX PILLEY
    From cowering, introverted founders of the alternative rock movement to one of the twenty best-selling American bands of all time, the story of R.E.M. covers three decades, two generations and the passions of millions. First, they lifted a humble, Southern college town into myth, re-calibrating rock music at the moment that it threatened to reach the point of terminal excess, a...

    $191.78

  • THE CREATOR OF THE WOMBLES
    KATE ROBERTSON
    This is the extraordinary story of Elisabeth Beresford, creator of The Wombles, the furry, fun-loving recyclers of rubbish which became a children’s publishing and television sensation in the 1970s. What drove this imaginative and prolific writer of children’s books to invent The Wombles? From her birth in Paris in 1926 to her death in the Channel Islands in 2010, Beresford’s w...

    $255.75

  • THE HISTORY OF THE BEANO
    IAIN MCLAUGHLIN
    The Beano is Britain's longest-running and best-loved comic. Since 1938 it has brought thrills and laughter to generation after generation of children, seeing the young and young-at-heart through World War 2, the social changes of the 1950s and 60s and on into a new millennium. How has the comic evolved since its early days? How many of the classic characters and their stories ...

    $255.75

  • A SELECTIVE HISTORY OF 'BAD' VIDEO GAMES
    MICHAEL GREENHUT
    Did you grow up playing video games when you had to wait online to get them? Do you remember the bad, weird, or otherwise underrated video games of your youth? Did you like a few of them more than your friends did? A Selective History of ‘Bad’ Video Games will walk you down memory lane and perform unholy excavations of games you remember, games you’ve forgotten, and games you n...

    $217.37


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