The Field Guide to Typography explores & explains the myriad typefaces that we see around us in our day-to-day lives, from airplane liveries to computer screens, from billboard hoardings to signage systems. It presents over 120 typefaces old & new, common & unusual with photographic references to help font spotters identify particular typefaces in the wild. Accompanying background information explains the origin, usage & key features of each typeface, & Field Facts provide little-known nuggets of information to expand your typographical awareness. Attractive & informative, The Field Guide to Typography is a unique visual reference for novice font fans & experienced designers alike, & a comprehensive celebration of our expanding typographic world. ...

This is the first book in a series of illustrated guides to popular subjects such as natural history & fashion, beautifully presented as a book of high-quality decorative black-&-white prints. A Colouring Guide to Creatures Great & Small features animals from all corners of the globe
- from exotic fish to big cats to incredible insects
- with information on each species included on the reverse of each print. Pull out each of the 36 prints & colour them in as you wish, either by following the colouring tips on the back or by letting your imagination run wild, then hang them up on your wall or give them away as presents. With gorgeous, detailed artwork & an eyecatching 100% silver foil cover, this is a colouring book that will stand out from the crowd.

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Beginning as a scattering of cottages along a pre-Roman pack-horse track going northwards, developing by degrees into a medieval parish & staging-post for travellers, then into a prosperous Tudor village favoured by gentlemen for their country seats, into an eighteenth-century resort of pleasure gardens, into a select residential suburb, & finally into a thickly-populated working-class district, Kentish Town has passed through every possible visual & social permutation, & is still developing & changing today. Far more than just a meticulously researched local history, The Fields Beneath illustrates the classic historical sequence of the village gradually being absorbed by the metropolis. ...

A masterpiece of local history, by the Queen of the genre; Gillian Tindall has acquired a devoted readership through her lovingly researched works, such as the prize-winning ” The House” by the Thames & ” Celestine: Voices from a French Village”. A journey through time: from a scattering of cottages along a pre-roman horse track, to a medieval parish & staging post for travellers, onwards into a prosperous Tudor village favoured by gentlemen for their country seats & an 18th century resort of pleasure gardens eventually transformed by a warren of railway lines into a thickly populated working-class district. Fragments of this past can still be found by the observant eye. This is one of a precious handful of books (such as Montaillou & Akenfield) that in their precise examination of a particular locality open our understanding of the universal themes of the past. In this case it is Kentish Town in London that reveals its complex secrets to us, through the resurrection of its now buried rivers & wells, coaching house, landlords, traders, & simple tennants. ...

The Fifth Lake trail, a 5-day hiking circuit in the Spanish Pyrenees just south of the Aigüestortes i Sant Maurici Natural Park, on a contoured, GPS compatible map at 1:30, 000 from Editorial Alpina. The trail, specially created in summer 2012, takes its name from the Lakes Train railway line which runs from Lleida to La Pobla de Segur, the trail’s starting point. The map provides an excellent picture of the region’s topography using the Catalan topographic survey as a base. Contour lines at 10m intervals are enhanced by relief shading & colouring. The course of the Fifth Lake trail is prominently highlighted, & symbols indicate local tourist accommodation, bars & restaurants, grocery shops, special places of interest, etc. The map has a 2-km UTM grid. Map legend

Includes:: English. To see the list of all the maps from Editorial Alpina covering long-distance hiking routes please click on the series link.

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Inspector Kurt Wallander is home from an idyllic holiday in Rome, full of energy & plans for the future. But when he investigates the disappearence of an elderly birdwatcher he discovers a gruesome & meticulously planned murder
- a body impaled in a trap of sharpened bamboo poles. Then another man is reported missing. & once again Wallander's life is on hold as he & his team work tirelessly to find a link between the series of vicious murders. Forever battling to make sense of the violence of modern Sweden, Wallander leads a massive investigation to uncover a brutal killer.
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We live in a world where the drive for economic growth is crowding out everything that can`t be given a monetary value. We`re ...

We live in a world where the drive for economic growth is crowding out everything that can`t be given a monetary value. We`re ...

In 1924 Mount Everest remained unclimbed. Two British expeditions had already tackled what was known to be the highest mountain on Earth. The first, in 1921, found a route to the base. The second, in 1922, attempted the summit, reaching a record height of 27, 320 feet before retreating. Two years later, a team that included Colonel E.F. Norton, George Mallory & Andrew Irvine returned to the Himalaya. Armed with greater knowledge & experience, confidence was high. But they were still climbing into the unknown. How high could they climb without supplementary oxygen? Would the cumbersome oxygen equipment help them climb higher? Could they succeed where others had failed, & make the first ascent of the highest mountain on earth? Before they could find out, tragedy struck
- George Mallory & Andrew Irvine, climbing high on the mountain, vanished into the clouds. First published in 1925, & reissued now for only the second time, The Fight for Everest 1924 is the official record of this third expedition to Everest. The compelling narrative by Norton & other expedition members, & Mallory`s vivid letters home, present a gripping picture of life in the Himalaya. Notes & observations from the entire team show how far knowledge of the mountain & of high-altitude climbing had advanced by 1924, & make recommendations for future Everest attempts. As well as the full original text & illustrations, this edition reproduces some of Norton`s superb pencil sketches & watercolours along with previously unpublished materials from his private archive. These include original planning documents from the expedition, Mallory`s last note to Norton, & a moving letter to Norton from Mallory`s widow. Together, they add up to complete one of the most fascinating mountaineering books ever written.
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From the author of Desperation Road, longlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger Award 2017 The acres & acres of fertile soil, the two-hundred year old antebellum house, all gone. & so is the woman who gave it to him. The foster mother who saved Jack Boucher from a childhood of abandonment now rests in a hospice. Her mind eroded by dementia, the family legacy she entrusted to Jack is now owned by banks & strangers. & Jack`s mind has begun to fail, too, as concussion after concussion forces him to carry around a notebook of names that separate friend from foe. But in a single twisted night Jack is derailed. Losing the money that will clear his debt with the queen of Delta vice, & forcing Jack into the fighting pit one last time the stakes nothing less than life or death. Praise for Michael Farris Smith` An elegantly written, perfectly paced novel about a man & a woman, indelibly marked by violence`
- Ron Rash, NYT bestselling author of Serena & The Cove` Every once in a while an author comes along who`s in love with art & written language & imagery... writers like William Faulkner & Cormac Mc Carthy & Annie Proulx. You can add Michael Farris Smith`s name to the list`
- James Lee Burke, New York Times bestselling author of Creole Belle & The Tin Roof Blowdown` Cinema written all over it... A particularly good novel if you like whispering ` Sh*t...` in an incredulous voice`
- Shortlist` One of those wonderful & rare books that`s both a page turner & a novel of great depth & emotion. The Fighter is Southern Noir at its finest `
- Ace Atkins, bestselling author of the Quinn Colson series` The Fighter is a book I wish I`d written but am deeply grateful I got to read. It is a masterful portrait of place & character & how one influences the other, with language that is both brutal & tender at once`
- Attica Locke, author of Black Water Rising & Pleasantville




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