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First published in 1989, The Singing Bourgeois challenges the myth that the 'Victorian parlour song' was a clear-cut genre. Derek Scott reveals the huge diversity of musical forms and styles that influenced the songs performed in middle class homes...

Little London is full of fun and fascinating things to do with little adventurers in the big city. Get out and about and inspire your children's imaginations! Full of the capital's best-kept secrets, just waiting to be discovered, Little London contains...

Games make up a huge part of childhood, and memories of specific games stay with us throughout our lives. They form an integral part of growing up and stimulate imagination and creativity. From hide and seek to complex card and board games, street games...

The history of a unique reign of terror. A thoroughly readable book on the lives and careers of possibly the most sadistic group of people of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the great age of witch-hunting in Europe and North America. From the...

The age of steam is past, the heyday of Swindon Works is long gone - but the legend lives on. What made the Great Western Railway's Swindon Works iconic? Was it its worldwide reputation; perhaps its profound impact in shaping the new town of Swindon; or...

The Royal Dockyard at Pembroke Dock produced over 250 warships for the Royal Navy, including five royal yachts, between its founding in 1814 and its closure after the First World War. Prior to this, no ocean-going ships had ever been built on the south...

Continues from Engine Sheds in Camera (2005), which presented a record of engine sheds and motive power depots in Britain in the 1950s and '60s. This work returns to the same subject and includes a selection of black and white photographs, along with...

Presents women as pilgrims, saints, wives, mothers, widows, mystics and tavern owners, as victims of abuse, danger and misogynistic opposition and not least as pious devotees and enthusiastic souvenir shoppers! Here, the author brings to life the...

The vivacious Mathilde Kschessinska (1872-1971) was the mistress of three Russian Grand Dukes and the greatest ballerina of her generation. As a young girl, she had enjoyed romantic troika rides, and passionate nights, with the future Tsar Nicholas II...

This A3 format atlas provides giant scale mapping and type throughout. It is available in two binding styles, softback and spiral bound. Each page has been titled with its geographical location so you can turn to the page you need more easily. Wide minor...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781597897044Author Barbour PublishingFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Barbour & Co IncPublisher Barbour & Co IncWeight(grams) 45g

While porcelain from Swansea has a well-deserved reputation for quality, the enormous and sometimes surprising variety of pottery which has also been produced in Wales is less well-known outside the country. From the coarse red earthenwares...

Almost all children are fascinated by living things. This title will help them to develop a greater understanding and appreciation of plants and animals. Internet links enhance the content of the book and provide access to downloadable images.Book...

Michelle Brown tells the rich and often dramatic story of how Christianity came to the British Isles. The author explores what Britain and Ireland were like in prehistoric times and the impact of the Roman world, before moving on to the crucial Anglo...

This long established and highly regarded reference work on the Lion list is now available in a popular flexiback format. With expert authorship, this book draws on a team of over 80 contributors, including twelve eminent consulting editors, representing...

In Seven Ways to Change the World, Jim Wallis argues that politics has failed to solve the biggest issues of our time: extreme and needless poverty, global warming and environmental degradation, terrorism and the endless cycle of violence, racism, human...

'That's just the way he speaks.' so said a Bush aide after the President had scuttled treaty talks with North Korea because 'they haven't met their commitments, when he actually meant that they might not meet them in the future. Jacob Weisberg can...

Readers just can't get enough tales of government gaffes, and President George W. Bush and his administration can't seem to stop goofing up. AM-BUSHED! is a hilarious rundown of the mishaps, mistakes, mispronunciations, malapropisms, and...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780731810086Author Pat LangfordFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Kangaroo Press Pty.LtdPublisher Simon & Schuster Australia

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780728301818Author Victor Alexande de WaalFormat PaperbackPage Count 30Imprint Fairacres PublicationsPublisher SLG Press

Discover the fascinating and precise craft of paperfolding, and create amazing gifts and cards for any occasion. Take paper to new dimensions, literally, by turning flat sheets of tissue, patterned, textured and metallic papers into lasting,...

An extensive motif library also provides templates for the designs presented, which are ideal for the beginner while more experienced glass painters will be challenged by higher-level designs. Tips for adapting the motifs to suit any project are also...

A collection of different quiltmaking techniques and methods, with instructions on how to work them in blocks to build a sampler quilt. Step-by-step instructions and templates clearly explain 20 blocks, some handmade (Celtic and clamshell) and some...

This is the third of a four-volume work which traces the story of the Scottish Kirk from the Revolution of 1688 to the present day. The particular period now described is that time of transition and consolidation which followed the Abolition of Patronage...

NEW IN PAPERBACK The fine-tipped soldering iron is one of the most creative tools available to textile artists and embroiderers today. Acclaimed embroiderer Margaret Beal is a pioneer of these techniques and makes the processes simple, safe and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780711905207Author Peter LavenderPage Count 48Imprint Music Sales LtdPublisher Hal Leonard Europe Limited

How well do you know London? Here are 400 provocative, curious and humorous questions to enlighten and entertain.Even the most devoted Londoner will learn something new from these fun and wide-ranging trivia questions about London's history, monuments,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780711029859Author Adrian VaughanFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Ian Allan PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780696213885Author Better Homes & GardensFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint Meredith BooksPublisher Meredith BooksWeight(grams) 539g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692649091Author K y RobinsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint K. Y. RobinsonPublisher K. Y. RobinsonWeight(grams) 136g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692522660Author Tiffany BucknerFormat PaperbackPage Count 324Imprint Anointed FirePublisher Anointed FireWeight(grams) 322gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692499528Author J S ParkFormat PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint Way Everlasting MinistryPublisher Way Everlasting MinistryWeight(grams) 435g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780613175333Author Stephen KingFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint Turtleback BooksPublisher Turtleback BooksWeight(grams) 585g

From the very beginning, Buffy's snappy, sparkling dialogue and incisive insight into the human condition has been acclaimed by critics and fans alike. 'Writing as good as that for Hill Street Blues, The Simpsons or...Alan Bleasdale at his best' said the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780740792595Author Spencer SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Andrews McMeel PublishingPublisher Andrews McMeel PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780740733307Author Des MachaleFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Andrews McMeel PublishingPublisher Andrews McMeel PublishingWeight(grams) 299g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780740728945Author Darby ConleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Andrews McMeel PublishingPublisher Andrews McMeel PublishingWeight(grams) 717g

The Rev Diaries is the hilarious tie-in novel to the award-winning hit BBC1 comedy, Rev, starring Tom Hollander. 'I went into the newsagent's for a packet of fags and I saw the exercise book, and I thought, yes, that's got your name on it. Or it soon...

A lively collection of poetry and paintings celebrating the best in Irish verse and art. Includes works by artists such as Walter Osborne, William Orpen and Nano Reid, alongside poems by Seamus Heaney, W.B. Yeats and Katharine Tynan, Patrick Kavanagh,...