During the 1960s & early 1970s Britain was devastated by railway closures & many parts of the country were left without any kind of railway service. The timetables of the 1950s & early 1960s are therefore filled with journeys which are now either impracticable or impossible & the landscape of Britain is scattered with the remains of abandoned railway infrastructure. In this nostalgic journey Paul Atterbury traces the routes that have long since been abandoned but are nevertheless still rich in railway culture. Paul Atterburys Lost Railway Journeys is not just about closed lines; it is about memory nostalgia & imagination. Walking old railways is now a national pastime while many miles of lost lines have also been saved as preserved or heritage railways. The lines & journeys in this book are arranged regionally & have been selected to show the diversity of the routes that were lost. They are depicted both in their prime & as surviving remains integrated within the landscape waiting to be rediscovered by the generations that knew them best. ...

Paul Atterbury's Railway Collection brings the golden age of railways back to life through a nostalgic collection of Paul's private photographs postcards & ephemera all accompanied with informative & entertaining captions. In this entertaining collection Atterbury takes a personal perspective charting his favourite journeys stations & trains. Structured into the seven former BR regions the book explores the whole of the British network from the 1950s to the 1980s. With entirely new & never seen before illustrative material this collection is a fresh & fascinating celebration of railway nostalgia. ...

Paul Atterbury's Wonder book of Trains establishes the sense of excitement & wonder in the world of trains remembered by a generation of boys who grew up to be railway enthusiasts. In this wonderfully evocative book Paul draws together marvelous classic colour illustrations archive photographs & period line drawings & hand lettering with intelligent & insightful commentaries. Atturbury recreates the style of the the illustrated classic boys' railway annuals of the 1950s & 60s. This retro-styled railway book creates a uniquely nostalgic atmosphere guaranteed to be enjoyed by railway buffs everywhere. ...

In this letter Paul confronts dreadful issues of sorrow & hurt emerging with a clearer picture of what it meant that Jesus himself suffered for us & rose in triumph. The letter itself moves through tragedy & from there leads into the sunlight. Tom Wright brings out the emotion & the sense of the letter with his highly readable translation & insightful comments. ...

Making use of his true scholars understanding yet writing in an approachable & anecdotal style Tom Wright captures the dauntless power of these letters. They were written by Paul while in prison facing the possibility of imminent death yet burn with undimmed passion. Paul seeks to help direct the growing faith where his influence might prove crucial & writes a very personal letter to a slave-owner on behalf of a runaway. ...

Paul Gaylers Sauce Book" shows how to make 150 sauces simply & without fuss while preserving the impeccable balance of flavours that has become Pauls trademark. Starting with French classics such as mayonnaise hollandaise & veloute sauces he covers all the basics & then suggests variations such as adding orange to a hollandaise or olives to a bearnaise. In later chapters entitled Europe the New World Asia the Pacific Rim & East meets West he casts his gaze round the world to embrace everything from pesto to Thai ketchup & Creole salsa. Theres also a chapter devoted to sweet sauces. With a chapter on fundamentals such as how to prepare a good-quality stock & ways of thickening a sauce plus serving suggestions & PG Tips " Paul Gaylers Sauce Book" means that none of us needs ever to reach for the jar on the supermarket shelf again." ...

Paul Hollywood is Britain's favourite master baker. His new book is all about bread
- how to make it & how to use it. But while
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It's no wonder that young people are drawn to the work of Paul Klee. The German artist was fascinated by children's drawings & incorporated their energy & simplicity into his own work. This beautiful introduction to Klee's paintings focuses on the artist's love of colour & symbols his light-hearted technique & his belief that music & painting were inextricably linked. Children will relate to the stories about Klee's life & struggles as an artist while learning about art. Eye-catching reproductions of Klee's masterpieces show children how the artist used lines pigments & texture in imaginative new ways. Enticing suggestions invite readers to try different art activities & projects. ...

Paul Nash (1889-1946) created an individual pathway through English art in the first half of the 20th century shaping a body of work that recognised the importance of the modern movement & stimulated him to evolve his own English landscape-based Surrealism. Within a narrative that is both chronological & thematic Andrew Causey the leading authority on Paul Nash teases out the character of Nashs vision & unravels his personal mythology. Nashs values link him to Romanticism in an art that is deeply imbued with personal feeling in which elements of landscape merge with individual identity & a sense of the essential nature of England itself. While evidence of this is drawn principally from Nashs painting Andrew Causey also stresses the revealing nature of Nashs writings & the importance of the artists book illustration. Building on the authors pioneering catalogue raisonne on the artist this publication sets Nashs vision in the wider cultural context of literature & poetry & takes new scholarship into account. Including 100 colour images Paul Nash combines up-to-date scholarship with the best of Nashs paintings & is an invaluable addition to the literature on an artist whose centrality to English art is increasingly recognised. ...

Paul Newman who died in 2008 achieved superstar status by playing charismatic renegades broken heroes & winsome anti-heroes in such classic films as The Hustler Cool Hand Luke Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid The Verdict & The Color of Money. & for all the diverse parts he played on the silver screen Newman occupied nearly as many roles off it. He was a loving husband & family man a fund raiser sold his own brand of pasta sauce to make millions for charity drove racing cars & much more. Shawn Levy reveals the many sides of this legendary actor in the most comprehensive biography of the star yet published. We see Newman the consummate professional a stickler for details & a driven worker. In his private life he played the roles of loyal son & brother supportive husband
- married to Joanne Woodward for 50 years
- & responsible provider for six children. But Levy shows that Newman & his life were by no means perfect: there was a dalliance with another woman & failings as a father. The death of his only son Scott from a drug overdose in 1978 would haunt Newman for the rest of his life. Ultimately the author reveals how Newman was able to blend his many roles & become a man of great integrity who was successful at almost everything he tried. It is a fascinating portrait of an extraordinarily gifted man & will leave readers feeling that they have slipped through the security gate & got to know a movie star who was famously guarded about his private life.

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