Presents a collection of art therapy activities ranging from individual card making, painting to music, meditation and body mapping to group activities such as collage book assembling, mural painting and round robin drawing. This book also provides guidelines and new ideas for seasoned practitioners[...]
Young, cocksure, handsome and absurdly talented, Australian actor Heath Ledger shot to prominence with his first Hollywood film "10 Things I Hate About You": and a star was born.With huge charisma and smouldering looks lighting up the screen in a series of subsequent films, Heath was soon establishe[...]
From the time he first appeared in a school production of Peter Pan, aged just 10, Heath Ledger knew that he wanted to be an actor. His journey from his home in Perth, Western Australia, to international stardom in Hollywood was tragically brief, yet eventful. Ledger lived his entire adult life as a[...]
The period c. 2500 - 2150 BC is now recognised as representing Britain's own Copper Age, which has long been an established feature of prehistoric archaeology on the Continent. The 400 or so years that Britain's Copper Age covers undoubtedly represent one of the most exciting periods of British preh[...]
Soldiers disguised as a herd of cows, cork bath mats for troops crossing streams and a tank with a piano attachment for camp concerts are just some of the absurd inventions to be found in this book of cartoons designed to keep spirits up during the Second World War. These intricate comic drawings po[...]
Ever wondered how to make a garden attractive in December? Or what to do with that corner by the dustbin? Answers to these questions can be found in this compact and charming book of tips for the green-fingered, accompanied by Heath Robinson's highly inventive and humorous cartoons. First published [...]
Discover a wilder side to London with this guidebook of 25 hikes in and around the capital's green spaces and nature reserves. Covering both central and Greater London, the hikes, which range from 4 to 14 miles and take up to six hours, explore woods and forests, royal parks and heaths, canals and r[...]
The Byzantine Empire's disastrous defeat by the Seljuk Turks at Manzikert in 1071 effectively marked the end of what is often described as the 'middle' period of Byzantine history. Thereafter, surrounded on all sides by younger, more vigorous nations, the once all-powerful Empire slipped into a stea[...]
"Public Places Urban Spaces", 2/e is a thorough introduction to the principles of urban design theory and practice. Authored by experts in the fields of urban design and planning, it is designed specifically for the 2500 postgraduate students on Urban Design courses in the UK, and 1500 students on u[...]
"The daily work of General Practitioners can seem at once simple and immensely complicated. The routine nature of the consultation appears on the surface to be straightforward, but carries within it myriad layers of meaning. The options for diagnosis and treatment within a single consultation, or wh[...]
`I have been ill and frightfully bored and the one thing I have wanted is a big album of your absurd beautiful drawings to turn over. You give me a peculiar pleasure of the mind like nothing else in the world.' - H. G. Wells to W. Heath Robinson (1914)This book takes a nostalgic look back to the ima[...]
With straightforward advice and informative readings of the great Greek texts, the authors show how we might still save classics and the Greeks for future generations. "Who Killed Homer?" is must reading for anyone who agrees that knowledge of classics acquaints us with the beauty and perils of our [...]
Good Food on the Aga is not just another cookbook - it is a cookbook classic. First published in 1933, four years after the Aga was introduced the hardback has become a highlysought after collectors item in it's first edition.[...]
Stonehenge is Britain's most famous national monument - yet few people really know anything about it. Packed with beautiful engravings and graphics this book takes the reader into the minds of our distant ancestors and unravels their amazing cosmology.[...]
Completely revised and updated for this new paperback edition, this is the only small book dedicated solely to understanding the incredible dance and marriage of the Sun and the Moon, with memorable systems of predicting eclipses, the motions of the Moon's nodes etc. Beautifully designed and printed[...]
Women - have you forgotten who you are? Ever wish you had an instruction manual for yourself? Feel there is part of you missing? Spent years battling your way up the ladder in the corporate market or being chauffeur, decorator and general skivvy bringing up your children? Susie Heath's The Essence o[...]
Ebook on CD in PDF format, readable on PC or Mac using Adobe Reader. This book shows how to master the foundations, inc flat and spherical netting, then go on to make self-supporting beaded shapes. It includes colourful necklaces, expandable bracelets, rings, bangles, clasps, buttons, embellished be[...]
A comedy of Russian gangsters,town planners and a dog called Nigel. This hilarious story from Monty Python star, Terry Jones, will make you laugh out loud.[...]
First published for the centenary of the Great Western Railway in 1935, 'Railway Ribaldry' is an affectionate and humorous look at life on board the company's famous trains, incorporating some of William Heath Robinson's own trademark madcap contraptions. Featuring almost 100 cartoons - including am[...]