This marvellously illustrated book is a blend of the avant-garde the unconventional & the delightful It showcases nearly 600 contemporary rings by some 300 international designers who stimulate the imagination by challenging traditional practices & standard definitions The finished products are sculpture for the hands & range from the simple to the abstract from everyday rings to those that are more challenging Here are rings made from gold platinum & precious stones of wood bones fibre & shells Without exception they are all beautifully made & intriguing in their own way ...

Roku 2 delivers fast performance & stunning high definition video at a tremendous value You are in control with the ...

Fired from a cushy job in Silicon Valley Lexy becomes a coder for New Romancer an Internet dating app that’s seen better days To create fake profiles she plunders characteristics from history’s most notorious lovers Using little-known writings by Ada Lovelace the world’s first computer programmer Lexy pushes the boundaries of coding & accidentally unleashes history’s greatest lover Lord Byron Online dating meets courtly love in this paranormal rom-com by Vertigo veteran writer Peter Milligan & rising art-star Brett Parson (Tank Girl) Collects the 6-issue miniseries in one volume ...

Paddington is well known for loving an adventure especially in his adopted city of London On his travels Paddington often sees 1 of the 1000 new Routemaster buses that have been manufactured for the city of London since 2012 This specially packaged Routemaster features a Paddington livery & route 1 Paddington destination board ...

Derived from the former London United Tramways operator of trams & trolleybuses in west & south west London London United commenced operating on 1 April 1989 as one of the twelve operating subsidiaries of London Buses prior to privatisation In 2009 Transdev were in negotiations to merge with Veolia Transport & as part of the resulting agreement it was agreed that the RATP Group a minority shareholder in Transdev would take over some of Transdev's operations resulting in London United transferring to the RATP Group Route 10 commenced operations on August 13 1988 just prior to the formation of London United replacing the old Route 73 & operating between Kings Cross & Hammersmith Between February 2003 & January 2010 Route 10 was operated by First London but then reverted to Transdev London United operation until November 23 2018 when as part of a programme reducing the number of bus routes traversing Oxford Street route 10 ceased running LTZ 1148 carries Fleet No LT148 in the RATP Group's London United bus company fleet joining from first registration on February 1 2014 & operating from Stamford Brook Garage once the Wrightbus new Routemasters were introduced to the route on April 26 2014 LTZ 1148 operated over Route 10 until the Tf L rerouting to serve Russell Square station on June 25 2016 at which time the vehicle was switched to Route 9 London Transport & (London Transport Logo) are registered trade marks of Transport for London New Routemaster is a Registered Design of Transport for London Produced under license by Corgi ...

NEW SCOTLAND YARD sees John Woodvine in this grippingly portrayal of London's Policing & detective work during the 1970s ...

This is the first wide-ranging cross-disciplinary overview of immigration to Scotland in recent history & its impact on both the newcomers & the host society It examines key themes relating to postwar migration by showcasing the experiences of many of Scotland's most striking immigrant communities 232 pages 15 BW illustrations ...

This is the first wide-ranging cross-disciplinary overview of immigration to Scotland in recent history & its impact on both the newcomers & the host society It examines key themes relating to postwar migration by showcasing the experiences of many of Scotland's most striking immigrant communities 272 pages ...

'THE BEST AMERICAN POET OF HIS GENERATION'
- TIMEGathered on the occasion of Robert Lowell's one hundredth birthday New Selected
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This volume contains a selection of work from each of Seamus Heaney's published books of poetry up to & including the Whitbread prize-winning collection The Haw Lantern (1987)' His is 'close-up' poetry
- close up to thought to the world to the emotions Few writers at work today in verse or fiction can give the sense of rich fecund lived life that Heaney does' John Banville' More than any other poet since Wordsworth he can make us understand that the outside world is not outside but what we are made of' John Carey
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