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The Sunday Times Humour Book of the Year. Anyone can be a success, but it takes real and original genius to foul up big time. These are the all-time greats, Gods in the field of failure, surreal artists, who spurn mere drab success ('I'm a winner, Lord...

Following the international success of his 'The Sea', marine photographer Philip Plisson presents more of his maritime images in a new format.Book InformationISBN 9780810948020Author Philip PlissonFormat HardbackPage Count 432Imprint Harry N. Abrams, Inc...

Between 1856 and 1876, five explorers, all British, took on the seemingly impossible task of discovering the source of the White Nile. Showing exceptional courage and extraordinary resilience, Richard Burton, John Hanning Speke, Samuel Baker, David...

Most of us either have a mother-in-law or will be one, and it's not a role most women take on gladly. Mothers-in-law are traditionally the butt of jokes, declared to be nasty, possessive and interfering - but are they really as bad as this reputation...

This title presents the work of some of the top international illustrators from 26 countries and organizes it into three styles. Some are sensualists who work in ink or acrylic, using brushstrokes, layered colour,and textured papers and paints. Others...

Have you ever wondered why most books of quotations are stuffed full of rather pedestrian quotes by people you've never heard of? It's a shame because a really good quotation book, one which gathered the truest and funniest insights of the best minds,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780753728673Author Colin GarrattFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Bounty BooksPublisher Octopus Publishing GroupWeight(grams) 562g

Three of Patience Strong's most treasured and enduring anthologies of daily readings are brought together in one volume. The Birthday Book Reflections on the beauty of nature, through to thoughts about gardens, friendship, life and love. A selection of...

In this last of Spike's hilarious reinterpretations of the classic works of litarature, all the familiar faces of Robert Louis Stevenson's original version appear: Squire Trelawney, Jim Hawkins and Long John Silver. But they are joined by Groucho Marx -...

You can take a cat to water but you can't make it think. Last summer, Chris Pascoe decided to do something monumentally stupid. He decided to stay at home with his two-and-a-half-year-old daughter Maya and disaster-prone tabby Birmingham, Brum for short...

At last a radical new management philosophy that cuts the crap and tells it like it is. Stress is getting its own back and Rohan Candappa is here to tell all those in search of management enlightenment that 'Stress is Success.' The workplace is a...

Today, past 70, Billy Graham is preaching to some of the largest crowds of his career. Five decades ago, the dairy farmer's son from North Carolina began his crusade to "tell what the Bible says". Tall, broad-shouldered and square-jawed he was...

So WONDERFUL was he in his own quiet way that they made him a CROWN. And with this crown they CROWNED him THE WONDERFUL MAN. An ode to the most incredibly wonderful man. The perfect gift for Father's Day. Featuring animals as well as distinctly...

A fascinating and complete insight into the group of animals to which we ourselves belong. David Attenborough introduces us to the most diverse group of animals ever to live on the Earth, from the smallest - the two-inch pygmy shrew, to the largest - the...

This is a collectable book for all lovers of wildlife and world-class photography. It is a new collection of stunning wildlife photographs that will represent the best images taken by top nature photographers round the world and submitted to the BG...

'Great art has dreadful manners...' Simon Schama observes at the start of his epic exploration of the power, and whole point, of art. 'The hushed reverence of the gallery can fool you into believing masterpieces are polite things, visions that soothe,...

The thirteenth portfolio from the prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition is a collectable book for all lovers of wildlife and fans of world-class photography. This new collection of stunning wildlife photographs represents the best...

Welcome to the world of infographics! This exciting form of data visualisation uses icons, pictograms and graphics to present information to kids in a whole new way. Marvel at amazing facts about the world of art and entertainment, including the film...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780552776233Author Bill BrysonFormat PaperbackPage Count 544Imprint Corgi BooksPublisher Transworld Publishers Ltd

A collection of 10 of W.H. Auden's love poems and cabaret songs from the 1930s.Book InformationISBN 9780571202607Author W. H. AudenFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Faber & FaberPublisher Faber & FaberWeight(grams) 110g

A new edition of Eliot's classic book of verse for children, which "reveals the aspect of his character that claimed the influence of Lear".Book InformationISBN 9780571202553Author T. S. EliotFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Faber &...

A tribute to the long-running sit-com "Last of the Summer Wine". The book contains interviews with the show's major stars: "The Winos" - Compo, Cleggy and Foggy; "The Stronger Sex" - the battleaxe women, including Kathy Staff who turned the character of...

Prepare yourself for a spectacular tour of the world's many habitats, each possessing its own unique mood. From the claustrophobic darkness of the Deep Ocean to the big skies of the Open Plains; the merciless, ever-expanding Deserts to the diminishing...

David Attenborough reveals a secret universe it is teeming with life and is all around us, yet we never see it. It is the world of the very small, and it is a world of sex, drugs and violence. Here David shows us not just bugs, beetles and...

Pastels are fun, versatile and easy to use. Strokes and squiggles of colour can be blended to create beautiful skies, waterscapes and landscapes, and details can be added easily using broad and thin lines. By merging and overlaying colours you can create...

Learn how to create three dimensional pictures; see how easy it is to paint frosted effects and to gild on glass; learn how to use stencilling and stamping in your designs and to paint faces on panels and pictures. Other innovative ideas include using...

Using simple techniques, Judy Balchin demonstrates how to emulate the traditional look and feel of genuine stained glass. Colourful, specially commissioned photographs and easy-to-follow instructions are used to illustrate how to create stylised flowers,...

She revives the delicate art of paper pricking, featuring a range of elegant pictures and border designs inspired by the Victorian era, and shows how to create beautiful medieval and art nouveau parchment craft cards. There is a whole section on...

He explains all his techniques clearly, from the initial planning and composition of a picture, to choosing colours, scumbling, glazing, impasto and more. Dry brush work, and wet-in-wet are included, with clear and helpful text accompanied by...

He explains all his techniques clearly, from the initial planning and composition of a picture, to choosing colours, applying washes and capturing the glorious subtlety and glow of nature. Dry brush work, splayed brushwork and wet-in-wet are all...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780842373852Author Gordon MacDonaldFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint Tyndale House PublishersPublisher Tyndale House PublishersWeight(grams) 137g

Develop your students' key geographical skills with this series of full-colour textbooks containing interesting case studies, large scale maps and integrated OS work. Please note that a new edition of this title is now available (9781408523186).Book...

Thirty years ago, in 1963, Gerry and the Pacemakers made pop-music history. Their first three singles, "How Do You Do It?", "I Like It" and "You'll Never Walk Alone", went to the top of the UK charts, creating a still-unbeaten record. For twenty-year-old...

What started out as an innocent board game inspired Rich Smith to undertake a daring crime spree across the United States - a journey to break the dumbest American laws on the statute books. In the Land of the Free, it is illegal to: - Lie down and fall...

When women and girls look to men, mirrors, magazines, movie stars, and the media for a picture of their value, they see a grossly distorted reflection of who they are. Former professional model Jennifer Strickland knows all too well the despair women and...

Joyce Grenfell (1910-1979) was a British institution and one of the country's best-loved entertainers, immortalized in roles such as the gym mistress, Miss Gossage (Call me Sausage), in The Happiest Days of Your Life, and Ruby Gates in the St Trinian's...

This book divides the River Ganges into five sections and each section begins with a map showing the area that will be covered. Map references are highlighted within the text to show the reader where they are on their journey.Book InformationISBN...

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The AA have been inspecting and rating campsites since the 1960s. The 2015 edition of this best-selling guide features 900 annually inspected campsites, from five Pennant premier parks to budget options. The new Gold Pennant rating highlights Britain's...

Wales is a nation with every conceivable holiday attraction you could wish for. Even if you spent a year trying, you wouldn't see half of its castles or dolmens. Yet for all its remarkable history, this is a country that always looks forward, embracing...