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The House At Pooh
Corner
£14.99
The second classic children`s story by A A Milne about Winnie-the-Pooh & his friends in The Hundred Acre Wood. Winnie-the-Pooh & all of his friends return to the Hundred Acre Wood for more classic adventures. They meet the irrepressible Tigger for the first time, learn to play Poohsticks & set a trap for a Heffalump. In this stunning edition of The House at Pooh Corner, A A Milne`s world-famous sequel to Winnie-the-Pooh is once again brought to life by E H Shepard`s illustrations. Milne`s classic children`s stories
- featuring Piglet, Eeyore &, of course, Pooh himself
- are both heart-warming & funny, reflecting the power of a child`s imagination like no other story before or since. Bound in a cloth cover & with delicate gold foiling on its cover, this charming edition is the ideal gift book for children of 5 to 55.

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The House At Pooh
Corner
£8.99
` One day when Pooh Bear had nothing else to do, he thought he would do something, so he went round to Piglet`s house to see what Piglet was doing.` This is the second classic children`s story by A.A. Milne about Winnie-the-Pooh & his friends in the Hundred Acre Wood. In this volume Pooh meets the irrepressible Tigger for the first time, learns to play Poohsticks & sets a trap for a Heffalump. In this stunning edition of The House at Pooh Corner, A.A. Milne`s classic characters are once again brought to life by E.H. Shepard`s illustrations. Do you own all the classic Pooh titles? Winnie-the-Pooh The House at Pooh Corner; When We Were Very Young; Now We Are Six. Also look out for Return to the Hundred Acre Wood & The Best Bear in all the World (coming soon). Milne`s classic children`s stories
- featuring Piglet, Eeyore, Christopher Robin &, of course, Pooh himself
- are both heart-warming & funny, teaching lessons of friendship & reflecting the power of a child`s imagination like no other story before or since. Pooh ranks alongside other beloved characters such as Paddington Bear, & Peter Rabbit as an essential part of our literary heritage. Whether you`re 5 or 55, Pooh is the bear for all ages. A.A. Milne is quite simply one of the most famous children`s authors of all time. He created Winnie-the-Pooh & his friends Piglet, Eeyore, Tigger, Kanga & Roo based on the real nursery toys played with by his son, Christopher Robin. & those characters not only became the stars of his classic children`s books, Winnie-the-Pooh & The House at Pooh Corner, & his poetry for children, they have also been adapted for film, TV & the stage. Through his writings for Punch magazine, A.A. Milne met E.H. Shepard. Shepard went on to draw the original illustrations to accompany Milne`s classics, earning him the name ”the man who drew Pooh”.

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The House At Riverton
£8.99
Originally published in 2007, Kate Morton`s debut novel, The House at Riverton, became a bestselling sensation & won the Richard & Judy Best Read of the year. This special tenth anniversary edition of Kate Morton`s acclaimed debut features a new foreword from the author. Summer 1924: On the eve of a glittering Society party, by the lake of a grand English country house, a young poet takes his life. The only witnesses, sisters Hannah & Emmeline Hartford, will never speak to each other again. Winter 1999: Grace Bradley, 98, one-time housemaid of Riverton Manor, is visited by a young director making a film about the poet`s suicide. Ghosts awaken & memories, long-consigned to the dark reaches of Grace`s mind, begin to sneak back through the cracks. A shocking secret threatens to emerge; something history has forgotten but Grace never could. ...
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The House at the Edge of Night
The House At The Edge
Of Night
£12.99
On a tiny island off the coast of Italy, Amedeo Esposito, a foundling from Florence, thinks he has found a place where, finally, he can belong. Intrigued by a building the locals believe to be cursed, Amedeo restores the crumbling walls, replaces sagging doors & sweeps floors before proudly opening the bar he names the ` House at the Edge of Night`. Surrounded by the sound of the sea & the scent of bougainvillea, he & the beautiful, fiercely intelligent Pina begin their lives together. Home to the spirited, chaotic Esposito family for generations, the island withstands a century of turmoil
- transformed in ways both big & small by war, tourism & recession. It`s a place alive with stories, legends &, sometimes, miracles. & while regimes change, betrayals are discovered & unexpected friendships nurtured, the House at the Edge of Night remains: the backdrop for long-running feuds & the stage for great love affairs.
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The House at the Edge of Night
The House At The Edge
Of Night
£7.99
On a tiny island off the coast of Italy, Amedeo Esposito, a foundling from Florence, thinks he has found a place where, finally, he can belong. Intrigued by a building the locals believe to be cursed, Amedeo restores the crumbling walls, replaces sagging doors & sweeps floors before proudly opening the bar he names the ` House at the Edge of Night`. Surrounded by the sound of the sea & the scent of bougainvillea, he & the beautiful, fiercely intelligent Pina begin their lives together. Home to the spirited, chaotic Esposito family for generations, the island withstands a century of turmoil
- transformed in ways both big & small by war, tourism & recession. It`s a place alive with stories, legends &, sometimes, miracles. & while regimes change, betrayals are discovered & unexpected friendships nurtured, the House at the Edge of Night remains: the backdrop for long-running feuds & the stage for great love affairs.
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The House By The Dvina
The House By The Dvina
£8.99
The House by the Dvina is the riveting story of two families separated in culture & geography but bound together by a Russian-Scottish marriage. It

Includes:: episodes as romantic & dramatic as any in fiction: the purchase by the author`s great-grandfather of a peasant girl with whom he had fallen in love; the desperate sledge journey in the depths of winter made by her grandmother to intercede with Tsar Aleksandr II for her husband; the extraordinary courtship of her parents; & her Scottish granny being caught up in the abortive revolution of 1905. Eugenie Fraser herself was brought up in Russia but was taken on visits to Scotl&. She marvellously evokes a child`s reactions to two totally different environments, sets of customs & family backgrounds, while the characters are beautifully drawn & splendidly memorable. With the events of 1914 to 1920
- the war with Germany, the Revolution, the murder of the Tsar & the withdrawal of the Allied Intervention in the north
- came the disintegration of Russia & of family life. The stark realities of hunger, deprivation & fear are sharply contrasted with the adventures of childhood. The reader shares the family`s suspense & concern about the fates of its members & relives with Eugenie her final escape to Scotl&. In The House by the Dvina, Eugenie Fraser has vividly & poignantly portrayed a way of life that finally disappeared in violence & tragedy.



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The House by the Lake
The House By The Lake
£8.99
SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD 2015. LONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2016. A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK. ”A passionate memoir.” (Neil Mac Gregor). ”A superb portrait of twentieth century Germany seen through the prism of a house which was lived in, & lost, by five different families. A remarkable book.” (Tom Holland). ” Personal & panoramic, heart-wrenching yet uplifting, this is history at its most alive.” (A.D. Miller). In the spring of 1993, Thomas Harding travelled to Berlin with his grandmother to visit a small house by a lake. It was her `soul place`, she said
- a sanctuary she had been forced to leave when the Nazis swept to power. The trip was a chance to see the house one last time, to remember it as it was. But the house had changed. Twenty years later Thomas returned to Berlin. The house now stood empty, derelict, soon to be demolished. A concrete footpath cut through the garden, marking where the Berlin Wall had stood for nearly three decades. Elsewhere were signs of what the house had once been
- blue tiles showing behind wallpaper, photographs fallen between floorboards, flagstones covered in dirt. Evidence of five families who had made the house their home over a tumultuous century. The House by the Lake is a groundbreaking work of history, revealing the story of Germany through the inhabitants of one small wooden building: a nobleman farmer, a prosperous Jewish family, a renowned Nazi composer, a widow & her children, a Stasi informant. Moving from the late nineteenth century to the present day, from the devastation of two world wars to the dividing & reuniting of a nation, it is a story of domestic joy & contentment, of terrible grief & tragedy, & of a hatred handed down through the generations. It is the long-awaited new work from the bestselling author of Hanns & Rudolf.

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The House By The Lake
£20.00
In the summer of 1993, Thomas Harding travelled to Germany with his grandmother to visit a small house by a lake on the outskirts of Berlin. It had been her `soul place` as a child, she said
- a holiday home for her & her family, but much more
- a sanctuary, a refuge. In the 1930s, she had been forced to leave the house, fleeing to England as the Nazis swept to power. The trip, she said, was a chance to see it one last time, to remember it as it was. But the house had changed. Nearly twenty years later Thomas returned to the house. It was government property now, derelict, & soon to be demolished. It was his legacy, one that had been loved, abandoned, fought over
- a house his grandmother had desired until her death. Could it be saved? & should it be saved? He began to make tentative enquiries
- speaking to neighbours & villagers, visiting archives, unearthing secrets that had lain hidden for decades. Slowly he began to piece together the lives of the five families who had lived there
- a wealthy landowner, a prosperous Jewish family, a renowned composer, a widower & her children, a Stasi informant. All had made the house their home, & all
- bar one
- had been forced out. The house had been the site of domestic bliss & of contentment, but also of terrible grief & tragedy. It had weathered storms, fires & abandonment, witnessed violence, betrayals & murders, had withstood the trauma of a world war, & the dividing of a nation. As the story of the house began to take shape, Thomas realized that there was a chance to save it
- but in doing so, he would have to resolve his own family`s feelings towards their former homeland
- & a hatred handed down through the generations. The House by the Lake is a groundbreaking & revelatory new history of Germany over a tumultuous century, told through the story of a small wooden house. Breathtaking in scope, intimate in its detail, it is the long-awaited new history from the author of the bestselling Hanns & Rudolf.








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The House by the Sea
The House By The Sea
£7.99
Ten-year-old Floriana is captivated by the beauty of the magnificent Tuscan villa just outside her small village, & dreams of living there someday. When Dante, the son of the villa`s owner, invites her inside, she knows that her destiny is there, with him. But as they grow up they cross an unseen line, jeopardizing the very thing they hold most dear... Decades later & hundreds of miles away, a beautiful old country house hotel on England`s Devon coast has fallen on hard times. Its owner, Marina, hires an artist-in-residence to stay the summer & teach the guests how to paint. The man she finds is charismatic & wise & begins to pacify the discord in her family & transform the fortunes of the hotel. However, it soon becomes clear that he is not who he seems... From the Italian countryside to the English coast, The House by the Sea is a moving & mysterious tale of love, forgiveness & the past revealed. ...
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The House By The
Thames
£8.99
Just across the River Thames from St Paul`s Cathedral stands an old house. It is the last genuine survivor of what was once a long ribbon of elegant houses overlooking the water. Built in the days of Queen Anne, it stands in the footprint of a far older habitation. Once, on this spot, was the Cardinal`s Cap, a timbered Tudor inn; its vaulted cellars are still there, beneath the bricks & plaster & panelling of later centuries. Over the course of almost 450 years the dwelling on this site has seen changes on the river & in the city on the opposite bank. From its windows, people have watched the ferrymen ferry Londoners to Shakespeare`s Globe; they have gazed on the Great Fire, & seen goods from all corners of the world transported from the Pool below London Bridge. They have watched new bridges rise, & the ships change from sail to steam. They have also seen the countrified lanes of London`s marshy south bank give way to a network of wharves, workshops & tenements
- & then seen these, too, become dust & empty air. Rich with anecdote & colour, empathetic, scholarly & textured, ” The House by the Thames” is social history at its most enjoyable. Gillian Tindall excels at description & at picking out the most fascinating details. Some of the people who have lived in the house have been skilled; some were prosperous traders in the coal & iron on which Britain`s industrial revolution ran. Some were rich & flamboyant; one was an early film star. Others have been among London`s numberless poor. All these real people, from the most famous to the most obscure, Gillian Tindall has researched through multiple archives, old newspapers, contemporary accounts & the memories of their descendants. She breathes life into the forgotten names of individuals who were as passionate in their time as we ourselves
- & in so doing makes them stand for legions of others & for whole worlds that we have lost through hundreds of years of London`s history.

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The House Book

”The House Book” presents an interesting and fresh view of 500 iconic houses and traditional dwellings, representing the most diverse selection of houses of all time from around the world. From Hadrian`s Villa to Palladio`s Villa Rotonda to Le Corbusier`s Villa Savoye and the contemporary houses of Richard Rogers or Frank Gehry, it features the widest range of architect-designed houses as well as traditional types of dwelling. Vanished buildings, such as Nonsuch Palace by Henry VIII, are illustrated by artists` impressions and rare illuminated manuscripts. Like ”The Art Book”, it presents 500 houses listed in an A-Z format by architect, patron, cultural tribe or people that departs from the usual emphasis on genres and time periods, encouraging readers to contemplate the
connections between social history, popular culture and design types. The houses selected represent a broad variety of styles, structures and aesthetics. Experts, as well as readers coming to an architectural survey for the first time, will find many well-loved and familiar houses, alongside others that are rarely explored in architectural books.The houses were carefully selected in an effort to choose the appropriate work for architecture around the world. Some of the houses will be acknowledged for their role in architectural history, others will be iconic for their individual features or structure, but all will be seminal forms of dwelling. The selection ranges from the palaces of kings to the individual huts of the Maasai tribe of East Africa. Technology has changed dramatically
over the centuries, but the essential qualities of house or dwelling remain greatly unchanged. All of the houses provide shelter and protection, space to live in private and public, regardless of their budget or aesthetic. This book therefore explores the concept of the house, around the world and across different cultures. Each house is represented by a full-page image of a significant view and an accompanying text that describes the building and discusses the type of architecture and its role in the further development of the tradition. Each page includes cross-references to other designers working in a similar style, movement, or time period, as well as biographical information about the designer, and complete data on the house reproduced.The book also includes an easy-to-use
glossary of architectural terms and movements, and a directory of houses open to the public.
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” The House Book” presents an interesting & fresh view of 500 iconic houses & traditional dwellings, representing the most diverse selection of houses of all time from around the world. From Hadrian`s Villa to Palladio`s Villa Rotonda to Le Corbusier`s Villa Savoye & the contemporary houses of Richard Rogers or Frank Gehry, it features the widest range of architect-designed houses as well as traditional types of dwelling. Vanished buildings, such as Nonsuch Palace by Henry VIII, are illustrated by artists` impressions & rare illuminated manuscripts. Like ” The Art Book”, it presents 500 houses listed in an A-Z format by architect, patron, cultural tribe or people that departs from the usual emphasis on genres & time periods, encouraging readers to contemplate the connections between social history, popular culture & design types. The houses selected represent a broad variety of styles, structures & aesthetics. Experts, as well as readers coming to an architectural survey for the first time, will find many well-loved & familiar houses, alongside others that are rarely explored in architectural books. The houses were carefully selected in an effort to choose the appropriate work for architecture around the world. Some of the houses will be acknowledged for their role in architectural history, others will be iconic for their individual features or structure, but all will be seminal forms of dwelling. The selection ranges from the palaces of kings to the individual huts of the Maasai tribe of East Africa. Technology has changed dramatically over the centuries, but the essential qualities of house or dwelling remain greatly unchanged. All of the houses provide shelter & protection, space to live in private & public, regardless of their budget or aesthetic. This book therefore explores the concept of the house, around the world & across different cultures. Each house is represented by a full-page image of a significant view & an accompanying text that describes the building & discusses the type of architecture & its role in the further development of the tradition. Each page

Includes:: cross-references to other designers working in a similar style, movement, or time period, as well as biographical information about the designer, & complete data on the house reproduced. The book also

Includes:: an easy-to-use glossary of architectural terms & movements, & a directory of houses open to the public.

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Stanfords
Stanfords was established in 1853 and opened their iconic Covent Garden flagship store in 1901. They have become the top retailer of maps, travel books and accessories in the UK and arguably offer the largest selection of maps and travel books worldwide. Famous names such as Captain Robert Falcon Scott, Ranulph Fiennes and Michael Palin have purchased from Stanfords. They now have a shop in Bristol and both stores together with other venues operate a calendar of events including talks, book signings and exhibitions. As a specialist map retailer, the map selection is comprehensive and includes road maps, street maps and walking maps from worldwide destinations, as well as a selection of world atlases and wall maps. Books include travel guides and travel literature. Stanfords also stock globes, from miniatures made of blue marble to magnificent floor-standing globes. The website features a selection of interesting articles on travel topics.
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