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Letterpress Miniature Book - On Gardens

'Lively mini volumes of quotes, sayings and motley thoughts to comfort, please and cheer. The combination of the special type and decorations of letterpress and the beautiful endpapers and patterned covers make these books irrestible.'

After beginning with the first book Cheerful Thoughts, there…

Letterpress Miniature Book - On Friends

Lively mini volumes of quotes, sayings and motley thoughts to comfort, please and cheer. The combination of the special type and decorations of letterpress and the beautiful endpapers and patterned covers make these books irrestible.'

After beginning with the first book Cheeful Thoughts, there is…

Letterpress Miniature Book - On Love

'Lively mini volumes of quotes, sayings and motley thoughts to comfort, please and cheer. The combination of the special type and decorations of letterpress and the beautiful endpapers and patterned covers make these books irrestible.'

After beginning with the first book Cheerful Thoughts,…

Letterpress Miniature Book - Cheerful Thoughts

'Lively mini volumes of quotes, sayings and motley thoughts to comfort, please and cheer. The combination of the special type and decorations of letterpress and the beautiful endpapers and patterned covers make these books irrestible.'

After beginning with the first book Cheerful Thoughts, there…

Shed Chic

Shed Chic by Sally Coulthard

Sheds are no longer neglected outbuildings or decorative afterthoughts at the bottom of the garden.

While the traditional garden shed was once a great place to escape to, these places have become the latest area of the home to be discovered by creative designers who see the…

This Little Piggy Went to Prada

Not only was the master shoe designer one of the inspirations (and contributors), for Camilla Designed by Bloom and published by Spy, it's the new Morton's acclaimed How To Walk In High Heels, but he's also now got us reciting fashion-obsessed nursery rhymes in Amy Allen's new This Little Piggy Went…

Love Letters of Great Men

From the private papers of Mark Twain and Mozart to those of Robert Browning and Nelson, "Love Letters of Great Men" collects together some of the most romantic letters in history. For some of these great men, love is a 'delicious poison' (William Congreve); for others, 'a nice…

Keep Calm and Carry On: Good Advice for Hard Times (Hardcover)

"Keep Calm and Carry On" was a WWII government poster discovered in a dusty box nine years ago. Though it never saw the light of day in 1939 (it was only supposed to go up if Britain was invaded), it has suddenly struck a chord in our current difficult times, now we are in need of a stiff upper lip…

Debrett's Guide for the Modern Gentleman

Today the notion of gentlemanly behaviour is not nearly as clear-cut as it once was. The time is right to re-examine and redefine this most mercurial of definitions of masculinity, so Debrett's has assembled the essential handbook for the modern gentleman.

An eclectic range of topics includes: the…

Lost Love

Lost Love celebrates this most fundamental emotion, looking back on the romantic ideals and pursuits of times past.Beautifully designed and illustrated, this enchantingly nostalgic book explores the world of love, with entries on, for example, famous lovers, love tokens, serenading, courtly love, Victorian…

This is For You by Rob Ryan

This is a stunning collection of innovative paper-cuts and screen prints that illustrate the story of one man's quest for happiness. Each picture is cut from paper, then scalped, sprayed and photographed with a meticulous hand and a creative eye. In contrast to the detailed imagery, the language…

Whatever You Think, Think The Opposite (Paperback)

• WHATEVER YOU THINK, THINK THE OPPOSITE is a daring attack on the way we look at our work and our world. Instead of the usual boring advice, Paul Arden offers daring quips, aphorisms and paradoxes - all seeking to revise what we hold as our 'common sense'. Whether you sell, manage or buy, Arden…

My Wonderful World of Fashion

An interactive colouring book for fashionistas of all ages, My Wonderful World of Fashion is packed with beautiful and sophisticated illustrations specially created by illustrator Nina Chakrabarti.
   

The book encourages creativity, with illustrations to colour in and designs to finish…

The Goddess Experience Book

The Goddess Experience by Gisele Scanlon

What makes you happy?

My Cool Caravan Book

My Cool Caravan - An Inspirational Guide to Retro-Style Caravans

By Jane Field-Lewis and Chris Haddon, Photgraphy by Hilary Walker.

A brilliant book. Inspiring and thoughtful.

'You can still do a lot with a small brain' Book - by Rob Ryan

'You can still do a lot with a small brain' Book by Rob Ryan.

A fantastic new book from artist Rob Ryan, known for his meticulous attention to detail in his paper-art work. This book gives a great insight into what it is Rob Ryan does and how he does it, with images from work he produced for the Yorkshire…

Taschen's London Book

Taschen's London Book - Hotels, Retaurants and Shops.

A fantastic illustrative guide to London, including the most glamarous places to stay, eat and shop! Perfect for lover's of the capital and first-time visitors!

Hardback. Angelika Taschen.

Taschen's Paris Book

Taschen's Paris Book - Hotels, Restaurants and Shops.

A lovely illustrative guide to Paris. The best places to sleep, eat and shop!

Perfect for a first time visitor, a lover of the French capital, or even just for the coffee table!

Hardback. Angelika Taschen.

Taschen's New York Book

Taschen's New York Book - Hotels, Restaurants and Shops.

A beautiful illustrated guide to New York's loveliest places to sleep, eat and shop!

Hardback. Angelika Taschen.

My Life Story

A 100 year diary for you to record the events of a lifetime. It will help you to remember the special moments you will never want to forget... the people you have loved, the friends you have made, the places where you have lived and those you have travelled to.

You can record your achievements as well…

The Adventures of Tintin Book - In the Land of the Soviets

The Adventures of Tintin - Tintin Reporter for "Le Petit Vingtieme" In the land of the Soviets.

Hardback.

First published in 1929, the newspaper Petit Vingtième sends its cub reporter, Tintin, on his first story to the USSR. Here he discovers the other side of the communist "Paradise" and escapes…

The Adventures of Tintin Book - Tintin in the Congo

The Adventures of Tintin - Tintin in the Congo (hard back)

Tintin au Congo first appeared as a serial from the 5 June 1930, over a period of a year, in "Le Petit Vingtième", the children's supplement to the Brussels newspaper "Le Vingtième Siècle". In 1931 the story was published…

The Adventures of Tintin Book - Tintin in America

The Adventure of Tintin - Tintin in America

1932
In the Prohibition Chicago, Tintin comes face to face with the infamous Al Capone. Following the gangsters trail Tintin finds himself in the Wild West where he escapes being burnt at the stake by the native Indians who are being manipulated by a powerful…

The Adventures of Tintin Book - Cigars of the Pharaoh

The Adventures of Tintin - Cigars of the Pharaoh

1934
Whilst taking a well earned holiday in Egypt, Tintin and Snowy meet the rich film producer Rastapopoulos who is secretly involved in internatinal narcotic trafficking.

Paperback.

The Adventures of Tintin Book - The Blue Lotus

The Adventures of Tintin - The Blue Lotus

1936
Following his adventures in Egypt, Tintin arrives in China where the war with Japan is in full swing. Tintin saves a young boy named Chang from drowning and together they curtail the activities of the drug traffickers.

Paperback.

The Adventures of Tintin Book - The Broken Ear

The Adventures of Tintin - The Broken Ear

1937
The mysterious theft of a rare fetish leads Tintin to South America, where before his adventures take him to the Amazon jungle, he meets General Alcazar who is about to take power in San Theodoros.

Paperback.

The Adventures of Tintin Book - The Black Island

The Adventures of Tintin - The Black Island

1938
Discovering fake bank notes dropped by a mystery plane, Tintin takes up the trail which takes him to a small Scottish island and into the den of the counterfeiters.

Paperback.

The Adventures of Tintin Book - King Ottokar's Sceptre

The Adventures of Tintin - King Ottokar's Sceptre

1939
Tintin accompanies an expert in Seals to Syldavia, where he discovers a vast conspiracy by a neighbouring country to take King Muskar XII powers by stealing his symbolic sceptre.

Paperback.

Penguin by Design - A Cover Story 1935-2005

Ever since the creation of the first Penguin paperbacks in 1935, their jackets have become a constantly evolving part of Britain's culture and design history. Rich with stunning illustrations and filled with detail of individual titles, designers and even the changing size and shape of the Penguin…

The Adventures of Tintin Book - The Crab with the Golden Claws

The Adventures of Tintin - The Crab with the Golden Claws.

1941
Accidentally Snowy puts Tintin onto the trail of dangerous opium traffickers, he hunts them down to North Africa. Accompanied by Captain Haddock who Tintin has freed from being held hostage aboard his own ship the Karaboudjan.

Paperback.

The Adventures of Tintin Book - The Shooting Star

The Adventures of Tintin - The Shooting Star.

1942
Tintin, Captain Haddock and a few European scientists embark on an expedition to retrieve an unknown metal to be found on a meteorite which has landed in the Antartic. They have to reach it before their rivals

Paperback.

The Adventures of Tintin Book - The Secret of the Unicorn

The Adventures of Tintin - The Secret of the Unicorn.

1943
By a stroke of luck Tintin buys one of three models of the 17th century ship, the Unicorn. He soon discovers that by joining the parchments found hidden inside each ship's mast, they complete a treasure map that leads to Red Rackham's treasure,…

The Adventures of Tintin Book - Red Rackham's Treasure

The Adventures of Tintin - Red Rackham's Treasure.

1944
After searching the high seas for Red Rackham's treasure, Tintin and his friends return unsuccessful to Haddock's ancestral home, Marlinspike Hall. This was bought for him by Professor Calculus from his proceeds from the sale of his latest invention,…

The Adventures of Tintin Book - The Seven Crystal Balls

The Adventuresof Tintin - The Seven Crystal Balls.

1948
One by one the seven members of a scientific expedition , returning from Inca tombs in South America, are struck down by a strange illness, to make the matter worse, Professor Calculus is kidnapped.

Paperback.

The Adventures of Tintin Book - Prisoners of the Sun

The Adventures of Tintin - Prisoners of the Sun

1949
Pursuing Professor Calculus's kidnappers to Peru and after many difficulties they reach the sacred temple where Calculus is being held prisoner by the last Inca tribe. Tintin, Captain Haddock and Calculus only manage to escape thanks to Tintin 's…

The Adventures of Tintin Book - Land of Black Gold

The Adventures of Tintin - Land of Black Gold.

1950
Tintin's enquiry regarding a mysterious chemical that added to petrol increased its explosive qualities tenfold leads him to Khemed where he comes face to face whith one of his arch enemies, Doctor Müller. Tintin has to save Abdullah, the son…

The Adventures of Tintin Book - Destination Moon

The Adventures of Tintin - Destination Moon

1953
Tintin and Captain Haddock are invited by Professor Calculus to Sprodj Atomic Research Centre, where he will reveal that he is secretly preparing for the first space flight, introducing them to the rocket he hopes they will board with him on this trip…

The Adventures of Tintin - Explorers on the Moon

The Adventures of Tintin - Explorers on the Moon

1954
After a space flight complicated by the unexpected presence of the Thompsons on board the rocket, Tintin and his friends land on the moon. Once on the moon they explore the extraordinary landscape, their return flight is fraught with problems, will…

The Adventures of Tintin Book - The Calculus Affair

The Adventures of Tintin - The Calculus Affiar.

1956
Interested by the possibilities offered by a long distance weapon of destruction, the ultra sound apparatus invented by Professor Calculus, the Bordurian government has Calculus kidnapped in Geneva. Soon Tintin and Captain Haddock are tracking him…

The Adventures of Tintin Book - The Red Sea Sharks

The Adventures of Tintin - The Red Sea Sharks

1958
In this story Tintin comes up against the odious slave trade. At the end of a long sea voyage and after a spectacular naval battle Tintin manages to break up this illicit trade organised by the sinister Rastapopoulos.

Paperback.

The Adventures of Tintin Book - Tintin in Tibet

The Adventures of Tintin - Tintin in Tibet.

1960
Tintin goes to extraordinary lengths to rescue his friend Tchang, who was a passanger aboard an airliner that has crashed in the Himalayas.

Paperback.

The Adventures of Tintin Book - The Castafiore Emerald

The Adventures of Tintin - The Castafiore Emerald

1963
While staying at Marlinspike Hall, much to Haddock's despair, the Milanese nightingale, Bianca Castafiore creates general panic when while being interviewed by journalists she realises that her precious jewels have disappeared.

Paperback.

The Adventures of Tintin Book - Flight 714 to Sydney

The Adventures of Tintin - Flight 714 to Sydney.

1968
In this adventure there is plenty of action, hijacking, a truth serum, treachery, fights, explosions and even a flying saucer!

Paperback.

The Adventures of Tintin Book - Tintin and the Picaros

The Adventures of Tintin - Tintin and the Picaros

1976
Bianca Castafiore is accused of plotting the downfall of General Tapioca. Tintin and his friends leave for San
Theodoros in order to free Bianca from prison and to help General Alcazar regain his power.

Paperback.

The Best of Charles Buchan's Football Monthly

Hardback book featuring images, articles and snippets from two decades of football nostalgia.

Charles Buchan range is for football fans of all ages and features two decades of evocative imagery form the golden age of football.

Urban Dictionary: Fularious Street Slang Defined (Paperback)

• Urbandictionary.com serves more than two million visitors each month. Now the best of this immensely popular and irreverent website is available in the Urban Dictionary.
  
• Perfect for those who want to pick up some new slang and those who want to translate it, Urban Dictionary is a gritty and witty look…

Dirty Jokes every Man Should Know

Dirty Jokes every Man Should Know.

Smutty jokes in a sophisticated hardback book - heard the one about the pickle slice?

Letterpress Miniature Book - On Cooking

'Lively mini volumes of quotes, sayings and motley thoughts to comfort, please and cheer. The combination of the special type and decorations of letterpress and the beautiful endpapers and patterned covers make these books irrestible.'

After beginning with the first book Cheerful Thoughts, there…

Hummingbird Bakery Cupcake Kit

Hummingbird Bakery Cupcake Kit

A delicious product from the Hummingbird Bakery - a collection of recipes for delightful cupcakes and muffins. Includes a hardback book packed full of recipes from Tarek Malouf and his Hummingbird Bakers.

Also includes 100 pretty paper cases for stylish baking - all…

Letterpress Miniature Book - On Children

'Lively mini volumes of quotes, sayings and motley thoughts to comfort, please and cheer. The combination of the special type and decorations of letterpress and the beautiful endpapers and patterned covers make these books irrestible.'

After beginning with the first book Cheerful Thoughts, there…

This is London (This Is . . .) (Hardcover)

• With the same wit and perception that distinguished his charming books on Paris, New York, and San Francisco, M. Sasek presents his stylish, elegant London in 'This is London' first published in 1959 and now updated for the 21st century.
  
• Here the famous painter shares his impressions of London…

This is Paris (This Is . . .) (Hardcover)

• With the same wit and perception that distinguished his charming books on London, New York and San Francisco, here the famous Czech painter presents his impressions of Paris in This is Paris, first published in 1959 and now updated for the 21st century. We see it's famous buildings, it's beautiful…

This is New York (This Is . . .) (Hardcover)

With the same wit and perception that distinguished his stylish books on Paris, London, and Rome, M.Sasek pictures fabulous, big-hearted New York City in 'This is New York', first published in 1960 and now updated for the 21st century. The Dutchman who bought the island of Manhattan from the…

This is Britain (Hardcover)

• Sasek's panoramic tour of Britain encompasses the many facets of this remarkable nation,from the mystery of Stonehenge to the contradiction of New Place at Stratford upon Avon where Shakespeare was buried. Among his stops are places of world renown: Carlisle famous for Bonnie Prince Charlie's…