Hadrian's Wall is the largest most spectacular & one of the most enigmatic historical monument in Britain. Nothing else approaches its vast scale: a land wall running 73 miles from east to west & a sea wall stretching at least 26 miles down the Cumbrian coast. Many of its forts are as large as Britain's most formidable medieval castles & the wide ditch dug to the south of the Wall the vallum is larger than any surviving prehistoric earthwork. Built in a ten-year period by more than 30 000 soldiers & labourers at the behest of an extraordinary emperor the Wall consisted of more than 24 million stones giving it a mass greater than all the Egyptian pyramids put together. At least a million people visit Hadrian's Wall each year & it has been designated a World Heritage Site. In this new book based on literary & historical sources as well as the latest archaeological research Alistair Moffat considers who built the Wall how it was built why it was built & how it affected the native peoples who lived in its mighty shadow. The result is a unique & fascinating insight into one of the Wonders of the Ancient World. ...

Artistic genius political activist painter & decorator mythic legend or notorious graffiti artist? The work of Banksy is unmistakable except maybe when it's squatting in the Tate or New York's Metropolitan Museum. Banksy is responsible for decorating the streets walls bridges & zoos of towns & cites throughout the world. Witty & subversive his stencils show monkeys with weapons of mass destruction policeman with smiley faces rats with drills & umbrellas. If you look hard enough you'll find your own. His statements incitements ironies & epigrams are by turns intelligent & cheeky comments on everything from the monarchy & capitalism to the war in Iraq & farm animals. His identity remains unknown but his work is prolific. Here's the best of his work in a fully illustrated colour volume
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Artistic genius political activist painter & decorator mythic legend or notorious graffiti artist? The work of Banksy is unmistakable except may be when its squatting in the Tate or New Yorks Metropolitan Museum. Banksy is responsible for decorating the streets walls bridges & zoos of towns & cites throughout the world. Witty & subversive his stencils show monkeys with weapons of mass destruction policeman with smiley faces rats with drills & umbrellas. If you look hard enough youll find your own. His statements incitements ironies & epigrams are by turns intelligent & cheeky comments on everything from the monarchy & capitalism to the war in Iraq & farm animals. His identity remains unknown but his work is prolific. & now for the first time hes putting together the best of his work
- old & new in a fully illustrated colour volume.
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The name Phil Spector is legendary in the music world. Writer & producer of countless chart-topping hits that have now become household names his innovative genius in the studio revitalised musical production in the 1960s & changed the way we listen to music forever. But his success soon became overshadowed by his reputation for eccentricity & excess his fractious personality & fascination with handguns eventually proving a lethal combination. Arrested in 2003 for the murder of B movie start Lana Clarkson this star-studded career nosedived into scandal & rumour. He is now in prison serving a 19 year sentence for murder & will be 88 years old before he is considered eligible for parole. Featuring interviews from those closest to him including second wife Ronnie Spector Wall of Pain" concludes the painful tale of pops tortured genius." ...

Using clay in a contemporary manner for wall space is an increasingly fashionable & innovative solution both for decorators & makers. Wall pieces are the perfect solution for those who enjoy sculpture but have no space; they fulfill the same function as a picture while being much more dynamic & 3D. Current wall pieces vary enormously from simple tiled pieces to huge installations & this book looks at all the problems solutions & diverse approaches to designing making & hanging wall pieces. The book is filled with illustrations of fantastic pieces of finished work by a variety of international makers. It gives an insight into the methods of contemporary makers showing how to plan design make mount & safely hang their own ceramic pieces. This guide aims to provide both inspirational images with a practical approach. ...

Wallace & Gromit are back! In their latest adventure A Matter of Loaf & Death" our two heroes start a new bakery business & Wallace finds a new love interest
- Piella Bakewell bread enthusiast. This official all-singing all-dancing book is timed to coincide with the film's release in late 2008. " Grand Adventures & Glorious Inventions" is set out as Wallace's secret invention scrapbook packed with snippets of information & personal memorabilia about his cracking contraptions & all his madcap capers with Gromit. It features all the main characters from the three previous films (" The Wrong Trousers" "A Close Shave & Curse of Were-Rabbit") & offers a taster of the new film. It uses actual stills from the films &

Includes:: an interactive element woven throughout the book in the form of fold-out blueprints pull-tabs & practical 'how to create' suggestions. Knitting patterns " Cheese Week" magazine world-class marrows...prepare to enter the chaotic world of an amateur inventor & his dog! This book is a delight for young & old & a must for every discerning Wallace & Gromit fan. 37.6 million BBC viewers watched Wallace & Gromit over the Christmas period!"


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Walled kitchen gardens were found in the grounds of most large country houses in Britain & Irel&. They were designed to provide a continual supply of fruit flowers & vegetables. With the aide of heated glasshouses there would be out-of-season delicacies such as strawberries for Christmas exotic tropical fruits figs & grapes. The remains of these gardens can still be seen some converted to other uses some simply abandoned; a few have been restored to their previous productiveness. This book examines the history of these old kitchen gardens in the light of what might be seen there today. ...

Two lovers. Two very different lives. One future together that will change history. When debutante Wallis Simpson is growing up she devotes her teenage daydreams to one man the future King of England Prince Edward. But it's Pamela Holtby Wallis's aristocratic best friend who mixes within the palace circle. Wallis's first marriage to a dashing young naval pilot is not what she dreamt of; he turns out to be a dominating bully of a man who punishes her relentlessly. But her fated marriage does open a suprising door to the world of Navy couriers
- where navy wives are being used to transport messages around the world. This interesting turn of fate takes Wallis from the exuberant social scene in Washington to a China that is just emerging from civil war. Edward in the meantime is busy fulfilling his royal duties
- & some extra-curricular ones involving married women. Until the day just before he ascends the throne as Edward VIII he is introduced to a very special married woman Wallis Simpson. Was Wallis Simpson really the monster the royal family perported her to be? Or was she an extraordinary woman who led an unimaginable life? A dramatic novel that crosses continents & provides a unique insight into one of history's most charismatic & multi-faceted women.

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Wallpaper* City Guides present a tightly edited discreetly packaged list of the best a location has to offer the design conscious traveller. Here is a precise informative insiders checklist of all you need to know about the worlds most intoxicating cities. Whether you are staying for 48 hours or five days visiting for business or a vacation weve done the hard work for you from finding the best restaurants bars & hotels (including which rooms to request) to the most extraordinary stores & sites & the most enticing architecture & design. Wallpaper* City Guides enable you to come away from your trip however brief with a real taste of the citys landscape & the satisfaction youve seen all that you should. In short these guides act as a passport to the best the world has to offer. ...

Wallpaper* City Guides present a tightly edited discreetly packaged list of the best a location has to offer the design conscious traveller. Here is a precise informative insiders checklist of all you need to know about the worlds most intoxicating cities. Whether you are staying for 48 hours or five days visiting for business or a vacation weve done the hard work for you from finding the best restaurants bars & hotels (including which rooms to request) to the most extraordinary stores & sites & the most enticing architecture & design. Wallpaper* City Guides enable you to come away from your trip however brief with a real taste of the citys landscape & the satisfaction youve seen all that you should. In short these guides act as a passport to the best the world has to offer. ...