This illustrated volume, written & edited by Philip Jodidio contains some of the most remarkable examples of homes on the move. Starting with totally revamped Airstream mobile homes, & going on to spectacular yachts like Philippe Starck`s Motor Yacht A, this book doesn`t stop moving, surveying the best in campers & tents, & even going on to private jets in the A319 or Boeing 737 category, veritable flying palaces for the privileged few. ...

This absurdly enjoyable collection of travel pieces by one of the world`s most entertaining writers takes us from the exotic by way of Gambia, Mali & Isfahan, to the seemingly domesticated vistas of Australia & Zurich, & finds poetry & beauty in them all. What marks this collection out as something different from an ordinary travel anthology are Nooteboom`s meditations on what it means to travel & to be a traveller & his quest, like that of so many other explorers, to discover the perfect hotel. This is vintage Nooteboom; a book of immense range & depth, it is an illuminating record of a world class traveller`s many discoveries & insights & perfect holiday, & armchair, reading. ...

This is a highly illustrated how-to-do-it book. There are very few such books specifically covering non-precious material techniques, but there has been a recent increase in the creative use of non-precious materials in jewellery-making. Using a step-by-step approach, this book is an easy & accessible, but thorough, introduction to non-precious materials & techniques. Examples of appropriate techniques for each material are featured as making sequences, alongside showcased pieces from contemporary jewellers in different materials. Throughout are suggestions for taking the techniques further & developing original designs, & there is a final section of design briefs, which will show you how to complete a project. Materials covered include: rubber, resin, polypropylene, acrylic, cellulose acetate, nylon, wood, fibre, felt, cloth, paper, stone, titanium, steel, aluminium, tin, copper, leather, brass & bone. Techniques to be covered include: cutting/piercing, laser cutting, joining/fixing, gluing, drilling, colouring/dyeing, heat forming, casting, scoring & bending, laminating, vacuum forming, electroplating, finished, knitting/knotting, blocking & shaping, origami, flocking, beading & embossing. Projects will include necklaces, bangles, brooches & earrings. ...

West Wales, 1850. When an old tree root is dug up, the remains of a young woman are found. Harry Probert-Lloyd, a young barrister forced home from London by encroaching blindness, has been dreading this discovery. He knows exactly whose bones they are. Working with his clerk, John Davies, Harry is determined to expose the guilty. But the investigation turns up more questions than answers. The search for the truth will prove costly. But will Harry & John pay the highest price? ...

The Hueys have an important question about counting in this hilarious new book from international bestselling, award-winning author/illustrator, Oliver Jeffers, creator of How to Catch a Star & Lost & Found. The thing about the Hueys was that they loved numbers: 0, 1, 2, 3... Wait! 0? Is `none` a number? Join the Hueys for a counting conundrum! This witty & lively pictorial debate makes numbers interesting & fun! ...

From its sudden emergence as a military force to be reckoned with in Syria & Iraq in June 2014 through its You Tube executions of hostages to its atrocious attacks in Paris in November 2015, the movement variously known as ISIS, Islamic State & Daesh has compelled the world`s horrified attention. Where did it come from & how on earth should we respond? This No Nonsense book aims to answer all the questions that people are asking
- without jargon & in an easy-to-use FAQ format. It places ISIS in the broader context of the US-led `war on terror` from the Bush-Blair invasion of Iraq right through to Obama`s drone attacks & makes a strong case for responses that build peace & justice rather than feeding the cycle of violence & terror.
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Nonstop Metropolis, the culminating volume in a trilogy of atlases, conveys innumerable unbound experiences of New York City through twenty-six imaginative maps & informative essays. Bringing together the insights of dozens of experts-from linguists to music historians, ethnographers, urbanists, & environmental journalists-amplified by cartographers, artists, & photographers, it explores all five boroughs of New York City & parts of nearby New Jersey. We are invited to travel through Manhattan`s playgrounds, from polyglot Queens to many-faceted Brooklyn, & from the resilient Bronx to the mystical kung fu hip-hop mecca of Staten Isl&. The contributors to this exquisitely designed & gorgeously illustrated volume celebrate New York City`s unique vitality, its incubation of the avant-garde, & its literary history, but they also critique its racial & economic inequality, environmental impact, & erasure of its past. Nonstop Metropolis allows us to excavate New York`s buried layers, to scrutinize its political heft, & to discover the unexpected in one of the most iconic cities in the world. It is both a challenge & homage to how New Yorkers think of their city, & how the world sees this capital of capitalism, culture, immigration, & more. Contributors: Sheerly Avni, Gaiutra Bahadur, Marshall Berman, Joe Boyd, Will Butler, Garnette Cadogan, Thomas J. Campanella, Daniel Aldana Cohen, Teju Cole, Joel Dinerstein, Paul La Farge, Francisco Goldman, Margo Jefferson, Lucy R. Lippard, Barry Lopez, Valeria Luiselli, Suketu Mehta, Emily Raboteau, Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts, Luc Sante, Heather Smith, Jonathan Tarleton, Astra Taylor, Alexandra T. Vazquez, Christina Zanfagna Interviews with: Valerie Capers, Peter Coyote, Grandmaster Caz, Grandwizzard Theodore, Melle Mel, RZA. ...

A joyful jumble of poems, songs & stories. The full colour gift edition of this wonderfully witty & delightfully silly collection of stories & rhyming nonsense from all-star author & artist team, Margaret Mahy & Quentin Blake. Poems, prose & rhymes from bestselling author Margaret Mahy, & beautifully illustrated by inaugural Children`s Laureate, Quentin Blake, this edition of NONSTOP NONSENSE is a perfect gift that children & adults will enjoy again & again. Published in colour for the first time. ...

Topographic survey of France at 1:25, 000 in IGN`s excellent TOP25 / Série Bleue series. All the maps are GPS compatible, with a 1km UTM grid plus latitude & longitude lines at 5’ intervals. Contours are at 5m intervals except for mountainous areas where the maps have contours at 10m intervals, vividly enhanced by hill shading & graphics for rocky terrain. Colouring with graphics indicates different types of vegetation or land use (deciduous or coniferous forests, moors, orchards, vineyards, etc). PLEASE NOTE: coverage of France at this scale is currently being revised – the format & the presentation of each title are indicated by the letters at the end of its Sheet Reference number (e.g. 0416ET, 3531ETR, 1923SB, etc.)MAPS WITH FULL TOURIST OVERPRINT & AN ENGLISH MAP LEGEND: all TOP25 maps & the SB editions of Série Bleue have an overprint highlighting waymarked walking trails including long-distance GR routes &, where appropriate, ski routes. Symbols indicate campsites, gîtes d’etape, refuges, equestrian centres & other recreational facilities or sites, tourist information centres, cultural heritage, etc. Towns & locations of particular interest are highlighted.- ET or OT = single-sided TOP25 map covering approx. 29x 21 km / 18x 13 miles.- ETR or OTR = waterproof & tear resistant TOP25 map covering the same area as the corresponding ET or OT number, but double-sided, printed on a smaller size sheet with a good overlap between the sides.- SB = Série Bleue map with full tourist overprint; these maps, first introduced in summer 2014, each cover approx. 29x 24km / 18x 15 miles.SÉRIE BLEUE maps with numbers ending in E (Est) or O (Ouest): most editions now indicate the GR routes, but do not show any other tourist information. Map legend is in French only. Each map covers approx. 14x 20km / 9x 12 miles. ...

The conventional history of nations, even continents, is a history of warfare. According to this view, all the important ideas & significant changes of humankind occured as part of an effort to win one violent, bloody conflict or another. But there have always been a few who refused to fight. Following the grand sweep of history from Confucius to Tolstoy, Erasmus to Gandhi, bestselling author Mark Kurlansky traces pacifism & its proponents to show how many modern ideas, a united Europe, the United Nations, & the abolition of slavery
- originated in non-violence movements.
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