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'Cannon has a keen descriptive eye and a striking, lyrical turn of phrase . . . a rich, warm, authoritative book' TLSThis is the definitive tale of how our island history is written in stone. The Stones of Britain is about how rocks make places, exploring the connection...
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Constable
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2025-10-16
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A brilliant compendium of Britain's most renowned heroes from Boudicca to Mandela, illustrated by Martin Rowson.Heroes have flaws, but their stories stir the soul. In Gimson's Heroes, bestselling author Andrew Gimson traces the lives of fifty astonishing individuals who...
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Constable
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2025-10-02
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'Britain is full of amazing pubs and this man will guide you to the very best' award-winning Travel Creator Phil Carr ***'If you like exploring new cities/towns and have an interest in pubs and history - a must have book' Martin Ellis, The Canny Bevvy (CAMRA)After...
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Sphere
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2025-07-24
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Historic Pub Crawls
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Very British Problems are what make us so, well, British. And what better place to get to the heart of these problems than, urm, Britain? Starting in Land's End and heading all the way up to John O'Groats (via the Irish Sea), this tour of England, Scotland, Wales and...
Editeur :
Sphere
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2024-10-10
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'A book that stays with you and widens your perception of how people and place intertwine' MATT COLLINSFor over five decades, Beth Lynch has been repeatedly drawn to a rocky spot on the North Cornwall coast, where her earliest memories are rooted in idyllic family...
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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2024-07-04
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Off the Beaten Track: The Highlands is a thoughtfully curated guide revealing the hidden joys of the Highlands, including where to eat well, explore and rest along the way. There are few places that leave their mark on you more than The Scottish Highlands. From pristine...
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Quadrille
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2024-05-16
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From the bestselling author of Diary of an MP's Wife comes a beautiful discovery of Britain's great coastal pathIn Edgeland, the political diarist Sasha Swire escapes the confines of Westminster to walk the northern stretch of the South West Coast Path. Starting at...
Editeur :
Abacus
Parution :
2023-09-07
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Pip-pip and Tally-Ho... meet the most famous tour guide on YouTube, Joolz Guides! In Rather Splendid London Walks you can join Joolz himself on 20 fun-packed walks around the city, picking out the top sights, sounds and secret features that you wouldn’t spot without an...
Editeur :
Quadrille
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2023-05-18
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'A nourishing, occasionally provoking hybrid of group biography, cultural criticism and travelogue that seeks to restore to Romanticism its radicalism, and also show just how much the countryside shaped its manifesto' Hephzibah Anderson, Mail on Sunday'"Romanticism...
Editeur :
Corsair
Parution :
2022-09-01
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The European Union referendum of 23 June 2016 proved to be the trigger for the most prolonged period of political turbulence in the peacetime history of the UK; leading to major policy changes and realignments in the party-political system.
This book considers from an...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2020-11-29
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The European Union referendum of 23 June 2016 proved to be the trigger for the most prolonged period of political turbulence in the peacetime history of the UK; leading to major policy changes and realignments in the party-political system.
This book considers from an...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2020-11-29
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Bestselling Van Life author Foster Huntington shares his experiences - as well as others - living by his own rules in this aspirational book filled with awe-inspiring photographs of unique homes in unexpected places.After spending three years on the road living in a...
Editeur :
Sphere
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2020-10-27
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'A wonderfully quirky history' SUNDAY TIMES'The perfect read while you wait for your summer holiday to begin' MAIL ON SUNDAY'Quippy anecdotes are woven with historical reference and geographical context to give full colour' IRISH TIMESA bulwark against invasion, a...
Editeur :
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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2020-06-25
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Robert Twigger, poet and travel author, was in search of a new way up England when he stumbled across the Great North Line. From Christchurch on the South Coast to Old Sarum to Stonehenge, to Avebury, to Notgrove barrow, to Meon Hill in the midlands, to Thor's Cave, to...
Editeur :
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution :
2020-04-23
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The 73rd edition of the Playfair Cricket Annual is packed with all the information you need to follow the cricket season in 2020. West Indies and Pakistan are the visitors this coming season, and here you'll find comprehensive Test match and limited-overs records and...
Editeur :
Headline
Parution :
2020-04-02
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We all love to be beside the seaside! Be it the crunch of the sand beneath your feet, or the promise of an unexplored rock pool that draws you to the sea, prepare to be whisked away by bestselling author Christopher Winn as you delve into the charming tales of...
Editeur :
Ebury Digital
Parution :
2019-06-06
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Eighteenth-century London was teeming with humanity, and poverty was never far from politeness. Legend has it that, on his daily commute through this thronging metropolis, Captain Thomas Coram witnessed one of the city's most shocking sights-the widespread abandonment...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2019-04-11
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A journey through British food, from the acclaimed author of The Apple OrchardIn Britain, we have always had an awkward relationship with food. We've been told for so long that we are terrible cooks and yet when someone with a clipboard asks us what the best things...
Editeur :
Penguin
Parution :
2019-04-04
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'A delight from the first page to the last' Milly Johnson, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Magnificent Mrs Mayhew'Laugh-out-loud funny, as warm as it is witty...If you love Milly Johnson you will love Laura Kemp' Debbie Johnson, bestselling author of The Comfort...
Editeur :
Orion
Parution :
2019-03-21
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