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The Book of the British Library
As well as holding some of the world's most prized cultural treasures, the British Library is the repository of the nation's collective memory. Owing its origin to the generosity and far-sightedness of a handful of 18th-century scholars and booklovers, and built up over 250 years, the Library's very extensive collections--of books, manuscripts, maps, music, newspapers, photographs, sound recordings, stamps, and digital media--offer keys to the understanding of human achievement in literature, art, music, politics, journalism, exploration, and much else, from ancient times to the present day. In this highly illustrated book, Michael Leapman tells the Library's story, highlighting the most significant and beautiful items in its care, as well as exploring some of the lesser known, more surprising artifacts housed in its iconic building in the heart of London.
One Man and His Plot
Writer of The Times Diary, Michael Leapman, became a tenant of an allotment next to Brixton Prison for 35p a year in 1974 when food and energy shortages inspired many people to attempt self-sufficiency. This book tells the story of the plot and the author's first year of cultivating it, written with humour and wit while providing a wealth of information for the would-be urban horticulturalist."It is splendid stuff and if your husband is a gardening bore and you want to shut him up for an hour or three, this is the answer.' The Guardian'It makes fine bedside reading, laced with plenty of anecdotes, good gardening information, plus an Idle Gardener's Almanac.' Good Housekeeping
DK Eyewitness Travel Guide
The new-look DK Eyewitness London Travel Guide will lead you straight to the best attractions England's bustling capital has to offer. You'll find detailed listings of the best hotels, restaurants, bars and shops for all budgets in this fully updated and expanded guide, plus insider tips on everything from where to find the best markets and traditional pubs to great attractions for children. It also includes in-depth coverage of all London's unforgettable sights, from the Houses of Parliament and Buckingham Palace to trendy Covent Garden piazza. DK's uniquely visual DK Eyewitness London Travel Guide includes unique cutaways, floorplans and reconstructions of the city's stunning architecture, plus 3D aerial views of London's best districts to explore on foot. The DK Eyewitness London Travel Guide shows you what others only tell you.
DK Eyewitness Travel Guide
The uniquely visual DK Eyewitness Great Britain Travel Guide is your indispensible guide to the British Isles. This fully updated guide includes unique cutaways, floorplans and reconstructions of Great Britain�s must-see sites, plus street-by-street maps of all the fascinating cities and towns of Great Britain. The new-look guide is also packed with photographs and illustrations leading you straight to the best attractions England, Scotland and Wales have to offer. DK�s Eyewitness Great Britain Travel Guide will help you to discover Great Britain region by region; from taking a 'flight' on the London Eye to punting on the river in Cambridge. Detailed listings will guide you to the best hotels, restaurants, bars and shops for all budgets, whilst detailed practical information will help you to get around, whether by train, bus or car. Plus, DK�s excellent insider tips will help you make the most of Great Britain, from recommended Victorian beach resorts to finding the most authentic British pub grub. DK Eyewitness Great Britain Travel Guide - showing you what others only tell you.
Great Britain
From historic treasures and charming villages to stunning national parks and traditional pubs, this guide to Great Britain should prove useful. The birds-eye-view maps and 3D models cover all the major sites. Also, it features the most comfortable places to stay as well as the best bars and restaurants.
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Eyewitness Travel Guides have become renowned for their visual excellence--including unparalleled photography, maps, and illustrations--as well as their extensive coverage of hotels and restaurants, themed itineraries, and more.
The World for a Shilling
Conceived as a showcase for Britain's burgeoning manufacturing industries and the exotic products of its Empire, the Great Exhibition at the Crystal Palace was Britain's first truly national spectacle. Michael Leapman explores how the exhibition came into being; the key characters who made it happen (from Prince Albert, who was credited with the idea, to Thomas Cook, whose cheap railway trips ensured its accessibility to all); and the fascinating tales behind the exhibits that fired the imagination of the era. 'The best kind of popular history: exact, imaginative and full of fun.' Sunday Telegraph `Splendid... Michael Leapman brings a child's delight to the wonders of the Exhibition and his enthusiastic prose makes his readers feel they are almost walking down its aisles.' Mail on Sunday `Entertaining and engaging' Independent
Inigo
Best known for the Banqueting House in Whitehall, architect Inigo Jones was also a theatre designer and traveller. A difficult, troubled man he revolutionised British architecture by introducing the classical forms he had discovered on his journeys to Italy. Originally published: 2003.
The Biggest Beetroot in the World
Each autumn in villages all across Britain, marquees fill up with giant vegetables of every description – onions the size of cannonballs, carrots like drainpipes, pumpkins that could sink a ship. In what seems a peculiarly British tradition (though it also thrives in North America), gardeners compete fiercely against one another for the honour of having grown the largest specimen, with frequently comic results. These monstrous vegetables are the result of a year’s dedicated feeding and cosseting, usually conducted in secrecy, with potential prize-winners being guarded against saboteurs as the autumn show approaches. To produce a carrot more than 17 feet long and get it to the show bench ...
