Greater: Britain After the Storm (Mordaunt Penny)(Pevná vazba)

Greater: Britain After the Storm (Mordaunt Penny)(Pevná vazba)

Is the Britain of 2021 a nation hopelessly divided? Stuck in outmoded political convention and economically outclassed on the world stage? Penny Morduant and Chris Lewis don't think so. And neither should anyone else. In this ground-breaking polemic, they argue that Britain is a country with still

My Pictures After the Storm (Veill Eric)(Pevná vazba)

With its funky format, clever rhymes, and funny images, My Pictures after the Storm is a witty and inventive take on 'before' and 'after.' What happens to a lion after a storm? His mane is swept into a disheveled mess. What becomes of a pear after an elephant passes by? Compote! A frog after a

After the Rain (Okorafor Nnedi)(Pevná vazba)

During a furious storm a young woman's destiny is revealed . . . and her life is changed forever After the Rain is a graphic novel adaptation of Nnedi Okorafor's short story 'On the Road.' The drama takes place in a small Nigerian town during a violent and unexpected storm. A Nigerian-American

Through the Storm (Parker Rosalie)(Pevná vazba)

Buses in Greater Manchester in the 1990s (Wilde Howard)(Paperback)

Like many of the conurbations across Britain, the Greater Manchester region in the 1990s offered a fascinating mixture of buses from operators both large and small, new and established. The deregulation of the bus industry that began in October 1986 created a lively if sometimes chaotic

Prince Valiant Vol. 17: 1969-1970 (Foster Hal)(Pevná vazba)

After his long sojourn in the Mediterranean, Prince Valiant is back in Britain, where he takes on a new, intricate mission on behalf of King Arthur. Here, Valiant finds himself in the middle of a conflict between Saxon settlers and violent Viking raiders. Gawain's return journey to Camelot is

Storm Dragon (Hofmeyr Dianne)(Pevná vazba)

Storm Storm Rain raps the window, wind rattles the door. 'Let's look for storm dragons,' says Grandpa. 'Watch out, dragons. We're coming ' Off they go, Grandpa and grandchild, down to the beach for a wild and wonderful adventure . . . They find dragon footprints, dragon jewels, and even a dragon

TRACKatlas of Mainland Britain - A Comprehensive Geographic Atlas Showing the Rail Network of Great Britain(Pevná vazba)

Recording Britain (Saunders Gill)(Pevná vazba)

Recording Britain was an artistic documentary project sponsored by the British government in the late 1930s as the country faced the potentially devastating impact of a second world war. The resulting collection of more than 1,500 watercolors and drawings, by both well-known and amateur artists, is

Travels with My Sketchbook (Riddell Chris)(Pevná vazba)

After two years traveling Great Britain, visiting schools, libraries and festivals, and meeting thousands of children, Chris Riddell shares a glimpse of the incredible journey he has been on during his time as Children's Laureate. Full of sketches, doodles, and pages from The Laureate Log--his

The Pennines: Backbone of England (Shaw Helen)(Pevná vazba)

Photographer Helen Shaw takes you on a fascinating journey celebrating the Pennines, that magnificent range of hills and moors which make up the backbone of England. The book covers the length of the Pennines, from south to north. It will enhance anyone's pleasure in this sometimes over-looked area

Irving Penn: Centennial (Hambourg Maria Morris)(Pevná vazba)

The definitive book on the work of a virtuosic and revered American photographer Irving Penn (1917-2009) was among the most esteemed and influential photographers of the 20th century. Over the course of a nearly seventy-year career, he mastered a pared-down aesthetic of studio photography that is

Haldane - The Forgotten Statesman Who Shaped Modern Britain (Campbell John)(Pevná vazba)

Great Britain (Halliday Stephen)(Pevná vazba)

Great Britain unearths the hidden legends, laws, landscapes, discoveries, adventures and locations that have shaped Britain's compelling, and at times, tumultuous

History of Britain (Brocklehurst Ruth)(Pevná vazba)

Offers a comprehensive compendium of the history of Britain, encompassing various things from prehistoric times to the turn of the millennium. This book features internet links to additional resources, including video clips, games and interactive

The Penny Politics of Victorian Popular Fiction (Breton Rob)(Pevná vazba)

Penny politics examines the way Victorian popular literature from the 1830s and 1840s attempted to appeal to working-class audiences by including overtures to radical and at times explicitly Chartist politics.The book challenges the approach to 'low life' or crime literature that sees it as merely

Astrology in the Workplace - The Zodiac Guide to Creating Great Working Relationships (Thornton Penny)(Pevná vazba)

Hard Choices - What Britain Does Next (Ricketts Peter (author))(Pevná vazba)

A groundbreaking exploration of the difficult decisions Britain faces outside the EU in a fast-changing world. After decades of peace and prosperity, the international order put in place after World War II is rapidly coming to an end. Disastrous foreign wars, global recession, the meteoric rise of

State of Terror (Penny Louise)(Pevná vazba)

From the #1 bestselling authors Hillary Clinton and Louise Penny comes a novel of unsurpassed thrills and incomparable insider expertise--State of Terror. State of Terror follows a novice Secretary of State who has joined the administration of her rival, a president inaugurated after four years of

Mulberry (Coles Peter)(Pevná vazba)

Since antiquity, few trees have had a greater impact on the world's cultures and economies than the mulberry. The sole food of the silkworm, the leaves of the mulberry brought prosperity not only to ancient China, but to all nations that learned the art of silk production. Mulberry bark was used to

Foundations: How the Built Environment Made Twentieth-Century Britain (Wetherell Sam)(Pevná vazba)

An urban history of modern Britain, and how the built environment shaped the nation's politicsFoundations is a history of twentieth-century Britain told through the rise, fall, and reinvention of six different types of urban space: the industrial estate, shopping precinct, council estate, private

Twelve Days That Made Modern Britain (Hindmoor Andrew)(Pevná vazba)

This is the story of modern Britain, focusing on twelve formative days in the history of the United Kingdom over the last five decades. By describing what happened on those days and the subsequent consequences, Andrew Hindmoor paints a suggestive - and to some perhaps provocative - portrait of

Uncivil Mirth: Ridicule in Enlightenment Britain (Carroll Ross)(Pevná vazba)

How the philosophers and polemicists of eighteenth-century Britain used ridicule in the service of religious toleration, abolition, and political justice The relaxing of censorship in Britain at the turn of the eighteenth century led to an explosion of satires, caricatures, and comic hoaxes. This

Bordering Britain: Law, race and empire (El-Enany Nadine)(Pevná vazba)

(B)ordering Britain argues that Britain is the spoils of empire, its immigration law is colonial violence and irregular immigration is anti-colonial resistance. In announcing itself as postcolonial through immigration and nationality laws passed in the 60s, 70s and 80s, Britain cut itself off