Tiepolo - Venice in the North (Paloposki Hanna-Leena)(Paperback / softback)

Tiepolo - Venice in the North (Paloposki Hanna-Leena)(Paperback / softback)

Tiepolo's Hound (Estate Derek Walcott)(Paperback / softback)

'Tiepolo's Hound' joins the quests of two Caribbean men: Camille Pisarro, who leaves his native St Thomas to follow his vocation as a painter in Paris; and the poet himself, longing to rediscover a detail from a Venetian painting encountered on an early visit to New

Knitting From the North (Grant Hilary)(Paperback / softback)

In Knitting from the North Hilary Grant - who lives in Orkney, at the very north of Scotland, closer to Norway than London - has translated her most popular patterns from her luxury Scottish knitwear range into 30 colourful hand-knitting projects - hats, mittens, scarves and jumpers - to keep your

History of Venice (Norwich John Julius)(Paperback / softback)

Tells the story of Venice of cities from its founding in the fifth century, through its unrivalled status for over a thousand years as one of the busiest and powerful city states, until its fall at the hands of Napoleon in

Scottish Rock Volume 2 - North (Latter Gary)(Paperback / softback)

A selected guide to over 2,550 climbing routes in the North-West, the Far North, the Hebrides and

Sorcerer in the North (Ranger's Apprentice Book 5) (Flanagan John (Author))(Paperback / softback)

The Sorcerer in the North is the fifth thrilling book in John Flanagan's Ranger's Apprentice series - over eight million sold worldwide.Will is finally a full-fledged Ranger with his own fief to look after - but his new land is already under threat. The Grimsdell Forest is being haunted by eerie

Kurds - my friends in the north (Cookson John)(Paperback / softback)

A memoir about the author's travels among the

The Stones of Venice (Ruskin John)(Paperback)

'It is in Venice, and in Venice only, that effectual blows can be struck at this pestilent art of the Renaissance. Destroy its claims to admiration there, and it can assert them nowhere else.' This was Ruskin's war cry as he entered the now almost forgotten Battle of the Styles on the side against

Ruskin's Venice: The Stones Revisited (Quill Sarah)(Paperback)

In Ruskin's Venice: The Stones Revisited, newly published in a revised, extended and re-designed edition, photographer Sarah Quill has selected passages from Ruskin's The Stones of Venice and has linked them to her own photographs of Venetian architecture, so creating a fascinating guide that fuses

Sport in North Korea(Paperback / softback)

Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi (Dyer Geoff)(Paperback / softback)

Winner of the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize and a New York Times Notable Book of the

The Merchant of Venice (Shakespeare William)(Paperback)

In this lively comedy of love and money in sixteenth-century Venice, Bassanio wants to impress the wealthy heiress Portia but lacks the necessary funds. He turns to his merchant friend, Antonio, who is forced to borrow from Shylock, a Jewish moneylender. When Antonio's business falters, repayment

REFUSING TO FIGHT THE "GOOD WAR" - Conscientious objectors in the North East of England (Anderson Stuart)(Paperback / softback)

Lives of Titian (Vasari Giorgio)(Paperback / softback)

Titian was recognised very early on as the leading painter of his generation in Venice. Starting in the studio of the aged Giovanni Bellini, Titian, with his contemporary Giorgione, almost immediately started to expand the range of what was possible in

Shadow in the North (Pullman Philip)(Paperback / softback)

The second book in Philip Pullman's classic SALLY LOCKHART quartet in a beautiful new edition. Sally Lockhart is a thoroughly modern woman in a world of pompous men. Soon she is ensnared in a whirl of high-society danger and deceit, which can lead her in only one direction - to the terrifying

How I Became a North Korean (Lee Krys)(Paperback / softback)

At the lawless border between North Korea and China, three young lives converge in the hope of a better future. Yongju is an accomplished student from a prominent but recently disgraced

Venice (Ackroyd Peter)(Paperback / softback)

In this magnificent vision of Venice, Peter Ackroyd turns his unparalleled skill at evoking place from London and the River Thames, to Italy and the city of myth, mystery and

North York Moors - 50 walks in the National Park (Dillon Paddy)(Paperback / softback)

Guidebook describing 50 varied walks in England's beautiful North York Moors National Park. Showcasing the region's sweeping moorlands, sheltered valleys, woodlands and cliff coasts, routes range from short and easy low-level walks to long and strenuous routes across the high moors, including the

North Ship (Larkin Philip)(Paperback / softback)

The North Ship, Philip Larkin's earliest volume of verse, was first published in August 1945 and reissued in 1966 by

The Merchant of Venice (Shakespeare William)(Paperback)

In The Merchant of Venice, the path to marriage is hazardous. To win Portia, Bassanio must pass a test prescribed by her father's will, choosing correctly among three caskets or chests. If he fails, he may never marry at all. Bassanio and Portia also face a magnificent villain, the moneylender

Across the River and into the Trees (Hemingway Ernest)(Paperback / softback)

The War is just over. In Venice, a city affectionately described, the American Colonel, Richard Cantrell, falls in love with Renata, an Italian countess who has 'a profile that could break anyone's heart'. Cantrell is war-scarred and old enough to be Renata's father, but he is overwhelmed by the

Eastern Approaches (MaClean Fitzroy)(Paperback / softback)

After adventures in Soviet Russia before the war, Fitztroy Maclean fought with the SAS in North Africa in 1942. This book presents his adventures in the Western Desert and later fighting alongside Tito's partisans in

Playtime's Over(Paperback / softback)

In the seconds before death, Will finds himself transported from the depths of the North Sea to the end of a deserted pier. Deserted, until Viktor

If Venice Dies (Settis Salvatore)(Paperback / softback)

What is Venice worth? To whom does this urban treasurebelong? This eloquent book by the internationally renownedart historian Salvatore Settis urgently poses these questions,igniting a new debate about the Pearl of the Adriatic andcultural patrimony at