Very Heath Robinson - Stories of His Absurdly Ingenious World (Hart-Davis Adam)(Pevná vazba)

Very Heath Robinson - Stories of His Absurdly Ingenious World (Hart-Davis Adam)(Pevná vazba)

Adam Hart-Davis explores the delightful work of William Heath Robinson, the prolific artist and

Heath Robinson Masterpieces of Art (Grange Susan)(Pevná vazba)

Illustrator and cartoonist W. Heath Robinson is renowned for his ingenious and haphazard contraptions. His witty drawings of complicated machines, are ironically designed to simplify everyday life, but always manage to make everything appear more complicated His work is steeped in the humour of

Heath Robinson's Second World War: The Satirical Cartoons (Robinson W. Heath)(Pevná vazba)

With Heath Robinson's Second World War, Britain's 'Gadget King' uses his characteristic madcap contraptions to poke good-natured fun at the war. From a series of cork bath mats strung together to enable soldiers to cross a treacherous stream to a tank complete with piano attachment for campsite

Engineers - From the Great Pyramids to Spacecraft (Hart-Davis Adam)(Pevná vazba)

Heath Robinson: How to Be a Motorist (Robinson W. Heath)(Pevná vazba)

Heath Robinson (1872-1944) is Britain's 'Gadget King'--master of the art of creating madcap contraptions that made use of ropes, weights, and pulleys to perform relatively simple tasks, from wart removal to peeling potatoes. Although he trained as a painter and also worked as a book illustrator,

Heath Robinson: How to Be a Perfect Husband (Robinson W. Heath)(Pevná vazba)

Heath Robinson (1872-1944) is Britain's 'Gadget King'--master of the art of creating madcap contraptions that made use of ropes, weights, and pulleys to perform relatively simple tasks. Although he trained as a painter and also worked as a book illustrator, Robinson developed his forte with

Heath Robinson: How to Make a Garden Grow (Robinson W. Heath)(Pevná vazba)

First published in 1938, the book gives an insight into gardening trends on the eve of the Second World War while also addressing common concerns faced by gardeners. Poking gentle fun at a British obsession with a detailed illustration on almost every page, this book will delight both aspiring and

Inventors - Incredible stories of the world's most ingenious inventions (Winston Robert)(Pevná vazba)

Very Short Stories (Royston Mike)(Pevná vazba)

A New Windmill Book of Very Short Stories contains a collection of very short stories from a range of genres chosen to interest and appeal to students at Key Stage 3. Some of the stories are written by well-known authors, such as Paul Jennings, Jan Mark, Susan Price and Ray Bradbury. Others are by

Medical Grade Music (Davis Steve)(Pevná vazba)

The unlikely story of a 6 time World Snooker Champion turned techno DJ and his relationship with a psychedelic True Believer and their adventures as emerging underground music legends, The Utopia

Death of a Selkie (Hart-Davis D. P.)(Pevná vazba)

A dark net tightens on the tiny fishing Scottish fishing community of Kildrumna as conflicting forces loom. Tensions mount between owner of an expanding salmon farming enterprise in the pristine bay, local conservationists and the owners of a sporting lodge. When renowned millionaire

Robinson Crusoe (Defoe Daniel)(Pevná vazba)

Despite the wishes of his parents, Robinson Crusoe is determined to devote himself to a life at sea. Luck, however is not with him in his various voyages - his first is shipwrecked and his second taken by pirates, yet nothing dissuades him from his passion. One day, en route to Africa, his ship is

Hero of Kumaon: The Life of Jim Corbett (Hart-Davis Duff)(Pevná vazba)

Jim Corbett became the hero of thousands of impoverished local families in the remote Indian region of Kumaon when, throughout the 1920s and 30s, he answered their pleas to rid them of the man-eating tigers and leopards which were ravaging their populations. Man-eaters roamed a region of hundreds

Voices of the Future: Stories from Around the World(Pevná vazba)

Spearhead: An American Tank Gunner, His Enemy, and a Collision of Lives in World War II (Makos Adam)(Pevná vazba)

From the bestselling author of A Higher Call comes the untold story of a World War II tank company fighting from Normandy to the Rhine, where a humble gunner would meet destiny in an iconic duel. Clarence Smoyer began the war as a gentle giant, a factory worker from Pennsylvania coal country

Unfit for Purpose: When Human Evolution Collides with the Modern World (Hart Adam)(Pevná vazba)

Forged by natural selection and honed by evolution, humans are perfectly adapted machines. . . for a world that no longer exists. In Unfit for Purpose, biologist and broadcaster Professor Adam Hart explores the mismatch between our fundamental biology and the modern world we have created. In each

Classic Science Fiction Stories - Adam Roberts

An entertaining and wide-ranging collection of science-fiction short stories featuring space aliens, spectacular inventions, futuristic technologies and vividly imagined worlds. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, cloth-bound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled

The World Atlas of Wine 8th Edition (Robinson Jancis)(Pevná vazba)

2020 JAMES BEARD AWARD WINNER JANCIS ROBINSON - 2020 JAMES BEARD COOKBOOK HALL OF FAME HONOREE 'The most useful single volume on wine ever published... If I owned only one wine book, it would be this one.' - Andrew Jefford, Decanter A major new edition of this landmark wine book that has sold 4.7

Russian Tanks of World War II: 1939-1945 (Hart Stephen)(Pevná vazba)

Organized chronologically by type, Russian Tanks of World War II offers a highly-illustrated guide to the main armoured fighting vehicles used by the Red Army during World War II. The book offers a comprehensive survey of Soviet AFVs, from the pre-war T-18 light tank and BT fast tank series to the

Robinson Crusoe - His Life and Strange Surprising Adventures (Defoe Daniel)(Pevná vazba)

Defoe's most celebrated story of Crusoe's shipwreck, his resourcefulness and ingenuity in his soliatry life on a desert island and his rescue of Man Friday has been abridged and retold many times since its publication (in two volumes) in

Cool for America: Stories (Martin Andrew)(Pevná vazba)

Expanding the world of his classic-in-the-making debut novel Early Work, Andrew Martin's Cool for America is a hilarious collection of overlapping stories that explores the dark zone between artistic ambition and its achievement The collection is bookended by the misadventures of Leslie, a young

Voices of the Pacific, Expanded Edition: Untold Stories from the Marine Heroes of World War II (Makos Adam)(Pevná vazba)

From the bestselling author of Devotion, now a Major Motion Picture, comes an unflinching firsthand chronicle of the heroic US Marines who fought on Guadalcanal, Peleliu, Iwo Jima, and in other pivotal battles during the Pacific War, a classic book now expanded with new stories from the flyboys

The King of White Hart Lane: The Authorised Biography of Alan Gilzean (Donovan Mike)(Pevná vazba)

The King of White Hart Lane is the authorised life story of Alan Gilzean, the legendary, world-class Tottenham Hotspur, Dundee and Scotland footballer. Exclusive insights provided by his family, closest friends and colleagues add to the author's own experience to reveal Gilzean, the man and the

Milkier Pigs & Violet Gold - Philippine Food Stories (Koh Bryan)(Pevná vazba)

For Bryan Koh, Milkier Pigs & Violet Gold marked his first foray into the world of cookbook publishing. It was the first Filipino cookbook written by a foreigner, inspired by the food he had enjoyed during his childhood and that which he encountered on travels throughout the Philippines. It was