Using images & narrative from the groundbreaking BBC series, Britain From Above takes you on a breathtaking journey over the landscapes & cityscapes of the nation. Like no other aerial book, it focuses in amazing detail, & illustrates the staggering scale of human actions when viewed from above. It reveals the untold history, the astounding transport networks, the unseen flight zones, the hidden locations & some truly dramatic viewpoints. It shows how, viewed from the air, the country looks like a massive interconnected machine ...

Discover the astounding diversity of our landscape in this incredible photographic portrait of Britain in this lavishly illustrated celebration of Britain. View famous landmarks & events as you've never seen them before, exploring every corner of Britain through stunning aerial photographs in a completely new dimension when viewed from above. ...

Showcases 150 of Britain's best-loved locations, with photographs taken from the air, enabling the reader to contemplate them from a fresh view point. This book also helps you discover the facets to Ben Nevis, find the way out of Hampton Court maze, or soar above the Severn bridges, along with text about each location. ...

For generations, the British have been exploring the great British countryside by tent & caravan.

This nostalgic guide

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Details: An essential guidebook to Britains most popular & classic mountains. From the mountaineering editor of Trail
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A study of the circumstances leading to British intervention in Vietnam in 1945, & the course & consequences of this intervention. It links French colonialism with the native communist insurgency, while examining British & Foreign Office attitudes towards French Indochina. ...

States that modern life makes us feel like losers, even if we are winners. Showing that the way we live, rather than our genes, induces in our bodies low levels of the 'happiness brain chemical' serotonin, this title analyses the deep-seated emotional malaise that has afflicted Britons since the 1990s. ...

From sport & leisure to the workplace, Britain Past & Present presents the amazing social changes that have taken place over the last 150 years. By contrasting beautiful black-&-white images with colour photographs of the same activities, this fascinating review of Britain reveals how patterns of work have changed as well as how Britons spend their free time. This book has 192 pages & is 22.2cm x 28.7cm x 1.8cm. ...

This title examines the transformation of post-war Britain from the planning enthusiasm of 1945 to the rise of New Labour. Its themes include the troubles of the British economy, the debates aroused by decolonization, & Britain's relationship to the Commonwealth, the US & Europe. ...

Britain Yesterday & Today looks at many aspects of British life over the last 150 years, contrasting beautiful black & white images with colour photographs from the twenty-first century of the same scenes & activities.

In this new edition the modern pictures have been updated to include memorable images of the RAF fly past after William & Kates wedding & the winning garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show.

From sport & leisure to the workplace, from the countryside to the city & from shore to shore, witness the amazing changes that have taken place in British society over the last century-&-a-half, as well as those things that have reassuringly remained the same.

Product Information:
• ISBN: 9781781778814
• Author: Janice Anderson & Edmund Swinglehurst
• Publisher: Seven Oaks
• Format: Hardback
• Pages: 189
• Dimensions: 26 x 22.5 x 2cm











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