A comprehensive gallery of the best street art from around the world. For years, graffiti art sat on the fence separating vandalism and public art. Today it's matured into street art -- a form of public art marking cities around the world. "Global Street Art" is a splendid collection of some of th[...]
Defying all the dark intrigue and neighbourhood squabbles, the people who live on the street maintain a close-knit community, supporting each other through the tough times and celebrating the good times. This book presents the complete story of Coronation Street, told in the form of a novel.[...]
Mischief is in the air when the King and Queen of the Fairies quarrel and Puck is left in charge of the love potion.[...]
Los a os de Downing Street is a brilliant portrait of events and people during the first years of Margaret Thatcher's career as British Prime Minister. A towering figure of late-twentieth-century British politics, the woman who became known as the Iron Lady recounts her remarkable life in her own wo[...]
Literacy is the second volume of the Encyclopedia of Language and Education, the first attempt to overview an area which has emerged as a coherent and exciting field of study in the last two decades. While forming part of a series of ten volumes, Literacy also stands on its own, drawing on some stat[...]
"A plain horse and wagon on Mulberry Street grows into a story that no one can beat!" In this delightful tale, Young Marco allows his imagination to run riot as he travels home from school one day, to the extent that a horse and cart is soon transformed into a chaotic carnival of colourful creatures[...]
Frances Shore is a cartographer by trade, a maker of maps, but when her husband's work takes them to Saudi Arabia she finds herself unable to map the Kingdom's areas of internal darkness. The regime is corrupt and harsh, the expatriates are hard-drinking money-grubbers and her Muslim neighbours are [...]
For Harry Youngblood, escaping from prison is going to be easy. But escaping his past could cost him his life...[...]
The shocking, powerful true story of the lives of 7 young kids, marred by guns, gangs and violence on one of Britain's toughest estates.[...]
An elegant, powerful novel, set in Victorian England, a time not so different from our own... perfect for fans of THE INTERPRETATION OF MURDER and THE SHADOW OF THE WIND[...]
Scale: 1:17,500 (3.6 inches to 1 mile). A London map to cover all eventualities. It is clear and easy to read but with a lot of detail. It has a large area of coverage but is presented in a handy compact format.[...]
Unforgettable tale of an orphan in Victorian London, based on the boy whose plight inspired Dr Barnardo to found his famous children's homes. When his mother dies, Jim Jarvis is left all alone in London. He is sent to the workhouse but quickly escapes, choosing a hard life on the streets of the city[...]
An encyclopaedia of street culture for those who love Banksy or Irvine Welsh and want to know about the cutting-edge talents, past and present, who have shaped urban cool.[...]
Heart-stopping thriller from the master of suspense. Bad things are starting to happen at the Pendleton, an eerie building with a tragic past.The Pendleton stands on the summit of Shadow Hill, a palace built in the late 19th century as a tycoon's dream home. But its grandeur has been scarred by epis[...]
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Welcome to the Pendleton. Built as a tycoon's dream home in the 1880s and converted to luxury condominiums not quite a century later, the Gilded Age palace at the summit of Shadow Hill is a sanctuary for its fortunate residents. Scant traces remain of the episodes[...]
This first volume of Margaret Thatcher's memoirs encompasses the whole of her time as Prime MinisterThis first volume of Margaret Thatcher's memoirs encompasses the whole of her time as Prime Minister - the formation of her goals in the early 1980s, the Falklands, the General Election victories of 1[...]
The warm and wonderful new novel fromthe natural heir to Maeve Binchy.
The warm, engrossing new novel from the No. 1 bestseller, Cathy Kelly Welcome to Avalon: a quaint, sleepy town on the Irish coast. Nothing has changed here for generations - least of all the huge mansion on Willow Street; the house in which sisters Tess and Suki Power grew up. Now, years later, Tess[...]
Rich. Beautiful. Damned. Sumptuously evoking the Golden Age of Hollywood, a time when money is built on greed and love can be a trick of the light, Daisy Waugh's stunning new novel is a compelling portrait of love, fame, and survival.[...]
They saved each other once. Can they save each other again?
Heart-stopping thriller from the master of suspense. Bad things are starting to happen at the Pendleton, an eerie building with a tragic past. The Pendleton stands on the summit of Shadow Hill, a palace built in the late 19th century as a tycoon's dream home. But its grandeur has been scarred by epi[...]
This first volume of Margaret Thatcher's memoirs, which encompasses the entirety of her career as Prime Minister. Margaret Thatcher was the towering figure of late-twentieth-century British politics. This is the story of her remarkable life in her own words. This first volume of her memoirs is a riv[...]
Set in an idyllic village named Avalon, a warm and wonderful new novel from Ireland's #1 bestselling author.Four women must face their past before they can look to the future... In the sleepy Irish coastal town of Avalon, the big house on Willow Street has stood for generations...Tess Power grew up [...]
Explore the city of Dublin with this detailed, fully updated colour map. Street by street map covering central Dublin and the surrounding area.[...]
This is the ultimate street atlas of London. It features incredibly detailed street level maps, with over 40 categories of information, covering 1660 square miles in and around London and includes over 95,000 street names. The atlas contains a huge amount of detail and exhibits a high level of clari[...]