Miami in the Wallpaper* City Guide series, published by Phaidon & encompassing a collection of pocket-size guides dedicated to the best design elements in major cities. Compiled by experts at the Wallpaper* magazine, the guides are widely recognized for appealing to design-conscious travellers & are aimed at those interested in art, design & architecture. Each guide identifies the best bars, restaurants, hotels, places to shop, leisure activities & excursions with a unique emphasis on the finest examples of unusual architecture & design. Each Wallpaper* City Guide has the same layout, with separate tabs allowing readers & travellers to access individual sections easily. The tabs consist of Landmarks, Hotels, 24 Hours, Urban Life, Architour, Shopping, Sports & Escapes. High quality colour photographs appear alongside brief descriptions of each hotel, bar or attraction, highlighting distinctive & unusual styles of architecture & design. Extra pages are provided at the back of each guide, allowing readers to record their own notes & sketches. ...

Miami: An Open Invitation in a series of City Map/ Guides from Herb Lester Associates recommending 34 highlights. From Coral Gables to Miami Beach the publishers have researched the best Cuban sandwiches, strolled in lavish gardens, sampled exquisite 1930s martini bars, admired art deco, etc. Maps in this series are an eclectic selection of quirky titles designed to illuminate particular aspects of a city or a district. Each title lists publishers’ recommendations, ranging from the already famous attractions to little gems known only to the well informed locals, all with brief descriptions &, where appropriate, contact details. Accompanying maps are designed to highlight the locations of the recommended places rather than to provide an accurate presentation of the street network. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

Monocle reports from around the globe in print, on radio, & online. As its editors & correspondents dart from city to city, they get to know the best places to rest their heads, stretch their limbs, & kick back with a contact in a hard-to-find cocktail bar. That information is now available in The Monocle Travel Guide Series: a line-up of titles that speaks to you in an informed but informal way about everything from architecture to art, late-night bars to early-morning markets. Expect a mix of experiences dotted with some quirky surprises. These are books where grand hotels appear alongside family-owned bistros & internationally renowned galleries sit next to unassuming indie clubs that play host to top music talent. The Monocle Travel Guides mix the classic with the contemporary, go beyond the conventional, & reveal all the hidden spots that cities have to offer. ...

Play a game of hide-&-squeak with all of London’s mice. They’re flocking to the famous sights, so make sure you look twice!A stripy cat & Sherlock Mouse peep out of every page And every building’s packed with mice: the city is their stage! It’s a busy morning & all across London mice dressed in top hats & smart overcoats are making their way to work by bus, by tube & by train. The mice of Parliament are at work baking cakes & fishing to feed fat cats who are arriving in a hot air balloon, while artistic mice perform surreal magic tricks inside Tate Modern. The Gherkin’s businessmice are busily practising five-pin bowling, while over at the Cheesegrater, mice young & old enjoy hydrosliding through twelve storeys of watery fun! Every page is teeming with surprises & invites children to play ‘hide-&-squeak’ with a black-&-white cat, a mouse in a bee costume & a mysterious wrapped gift hidden on every page. You’ll never see London in the same way again! ...

Play a game of hide-&-squeak with all of New York’s mice. They’re flocking to the famous sights, so make sure you look twice!A stripy cat & Marilyn Mouse peep out of every page And every building’s packed with mice: the city is their stage! It’s a typical morning in New York City. Hard-working mice are crossing town on the subway & making their way to work. Some bake bagels inside the Chrysler building, while others organize the bookshelves in the Strand Book Store. Glimpse inside iconic buildings & landmarks & see a wonderfully frenetic world of industrious mice. Every page is teeming with surprises & invites children to play ‘hide-&-squeak’ with a black-&-white cat, a mouse in a bee costume & a mysterious wrapped gift hidden on every page. You’ll never see New York in the same way again! ...

Take a really wild rhyming adventure with these wacky & wonderful poems from TV presenter Michaela Strachan, perfect for readers aged 5 & up. From trying to out-spit a cobra to pulling out the tooth from a polar bear, join her on real-life animal rescues & daring challenges, plus some guessing games in this action-packed cavalcade of raucous read-aloud rhymes. The poems are accompanied by Sarah Horne`s vivid illustrations & Michaela`s own photos. Told in rhyme, which gives a fun twist to the tales. A bright & lively book. Well laid out with excellent photos & illustrations of the animals.
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In 1508 Pope Julius II commissioned Michelangelo to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. He had been advised against doing so. The painting of the vaults was so difficult & Michelangelo so inexperienced in fresco that it was considered a folly. Indeed, Michelangelo himself was reluctant. He considered himself primarily a sculptor rather than a painter. However, for the next four years he would labour over the vast ceiling, at first employing assistants, later working alone; spending back-breaking hours with his face turned upwards. The result was one of the greatest masterpieces of all time. ” There is no other work to compare with this for excellence, nor could there be, ” wrote Vasari in his ” Lives of Artists”. Ross King`s book tells the story of those four extraordinary years. Battling against ill health, financial difficulties, domestic problems & inadequate knowledge of the art of fresco, Michelangelo created figures so beautiful that, when they were unveiled in 1512, they stunned his onlookers. Modern anatomy has yet to find names for some of the muscles on his nudes, they are painted in such detail. From Michelangelo`s experiments with the composition of pigment & plaster to his bitter rivalry with Raphael, who was working on the neighbouring Papal Apartments, Ross King paints a magnificent picture of day-to-day life on the Sistine scaffolding & outside in the upheaval of early 16th-century Rome. ...

One of Michelin's premier globes, the 30cm (12) Atmosphere is a wonderfully crafted illuminated desktop globe mounted on a metal half-meridian & smart wooden base. This beautiful globe displays a vibrant & remarkably detailed physical cartography with topographical shading, political boundaries, thousands of place names, & major warm & cold ocean currents. When the light is switched off the physical topography remains prominent, & when the globe is illuminated the political boundaries are enhanced. A wonderful addition to the office or home.. ...

Michelin’s “ Write & Wipe” range of handy size, laminated so waterproof & tear-resistant, tourist street maps, with the main plan of the central districts accompanied by enlargements of most visited areas and/or access maps of the suburbs. Places of interest are clearly marked & best sights are cross-referenced to descriptions based on the publishers’ Green Guides. The maps also provide practical information on getting around including a diagram of the metro network, opening hours, etc. All the text is in English only. For more information please see individual descriptions. ...

City maps from Michelin produced in two different formats: for most cities larger size street plans designed to be used for access to & travel across by car, plus for popular destinations also handy size, laminated “write & wipe” street maps covering a smaller area but providing descriptions of best sights, travel tips, etc.CITY MAPS RANGE: Michelin’s main range of street plans of is primarily designed to be used for access to & travel across the city by car, given its wide coverage of the outer suburbs & detailed presentation of the surrounding motorway network. The maps are larger & for many cities double-sided. Street network is shown with the usual care associated with Michelin’s road maps: detailed layout of motorway junctions, dual carriageways, tunnels, etc. Main traffic arteries leading to the city centre are highlighted & one way streets are marked. Metro lines & stations are clearly shown, & several maps also include a diagram of the whole network. In many titles the accompanying street index is in a separate booklet attached to the map cover. Map legend

Includes:: English.PARIS: coverage is available in different formats & presentations, including a street atlas.”WRITE & WIPE” RANGE: handy size laminated so waterproof & tear-resistant street maps, with the main plan of the central districts accompanied by enlargements of most visited areas and/or access maps of the suburbs. Places of interest are clearly marked & best sights are cross-referenced to descriptions based on the publishers’ Green Guides. The maps also provide practical information on getting around including a diagram of the metro network, opening hours, etc. All the text is in English only. For more information please see individual descriptions.

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