Cycling's Strangest Tales
Extraordinary but true stories from 200 years of cycling history.
Travel writing
London's Truly Strangest Tales
More extraordinary but true stories from London’s history.
In this fascinating follow-up to his bestselling London’s Strangest Tales, Tom Quinn makes a further foray into the weirder side of the capital, bringing us a splendiforous collection of bizarre-but-true stories that explore a thousand years of London’s history.
Remarkable Cricket Grounds
Across six of the seven continents on which cricket is played, there are some remarkable cricket grounds.
The Splendid Book of the Bicycle
Cycling is hugely popular nowadays. Since 2003 more than 100 million bikes have been produced each year, more than twice the amount of cars. And in 2011, more than 741,000 people cycled to work, an increase of 90,000 from 2001.
Remarkable Cricket Grounds
Across six of the seven continents on which cricket is played, there are some remarkable cricket grounds. From a tidal strip of sand outside the Ship Inn at Elie, in Fife, to the monumental Melbourne Cricket Ground with its 100,000 capacity, this book features the extraordinary places and venues in which cricket is played.
Sailing's Strangest Tales
This fascinating collection of entertaining stories from the seven seas reveals unusual and bizarre sailing trips, vessels and characters, and recounts perilous journeys in freak weather and other legendary tales.
A Chinese Street Food Odyssey
Lisa and Helen have travelled across China in search of amazing street food. The recipes are truly accessible – easy for anyone to make in the comfort of their own kitchen. Ken Hom
Strangest – London's Strangest Tales: Extraordinary but true stories from over a thousand years of London's History (Strangest)
A quirky collection of stories from London’s stranger side, featuring a tiny prison cell in Trafalgar Square, a train disguised as a ship, and a church that’s completely the wrong way round.
My Cool – my cool scooter
Following on from Chris Haddon’s highly successful my cool motorcycle, my cool scooter showcases beautiful scooters from all corners of the world and celebrates the scooter’s history thus far. The humble scooter is much more than a mode of transport – it is fashionable, stylish and trendy.
Lesser Spotted Britain
Photographer Dominic Greyer has spent the last twenty years roaming the British landscape in search of the country’s most unusual
my cool scooter
In terms of public image, the scooter has long played second fiddle to the motorcycle. Of course, there is a
365 Reasons to be Proud to be a Londoner
London – one of the world’s most exciting cities. Teeming with life, bursting with history, it houses over 8 million people, and has thousands of stories to tell.
Colouring Books – A Line Around England: A colouring book of the nation's favourite landmarks (Colouring Books)
Artist Simon Harmer creates delightful and distinctive line drawings of our famous landmarks and landscape. In ‘A Line Around England’ he travels from Hadrian’s Wall to Cornwall’s coast, illustrating everything from Stonehenge to Blackpool Tower for you to colour in.
Bill Oddie's Little Black Bird Book
‘Bird-watchers are tense, competitive, selfish, shifty, dishonest, distrusting, boorish, pedantic, unsentimental, arrogant and – above all – envious’. So says Bill Oddie, and he should know!
Greetings from Oz: Snapshots from the roadside
A hilarious, warts-and-all collection of photographs of the world’s most crazy country, seen through the eyes of its own locals and Patrick Dalton – the quintessential Englishman down under.