Portico imprint: 123 books
by Tom Quinn
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2017
More extraordinary but true stories from London’s history. In this fascinating follow-up to his bestselling London’s Strangest Tales, Tom Quinn makes a further foray into the weirder side of the capital, bringing us a splendiforous collection of bizarre-but-true stories that explore a thousand...
The Travel Survival Guide
Get Smart, Stay Safe
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2018
The rewards you can reap from exploring this amazing planet are incalculable. Every year, more and more of us are discovering the joy, the excitement, the sheer sense of adventure in roaming the world.
But travelling, particularly to the more remote and volatile corners of the globe, can be...
365 Reasons to be Proud to be Scottish
Magical moments in Scotland's history
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013
365 Reasons To Be Proud To Be Scottish is a year-long scenic route of jollyness taking in the quirky events, inventions, traditions, people, places and characters that make Scotland a country worth celebrating every day of the year. Has there ever been a more eccentric, creative, inventive and passionate...
365 Reasons to be Proud to be English
Magical Moments in England's History
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2014
However well our boys do in the 2014 World Cup, we can be sure that English pride will be riding higher than ever. So it's time to celebrate our Englishness! Take a year-long stroll around the joys of English inventiveness, eccentricity and fighting spirit with this fascinating collection of stories,...
365 Reasons to be Proud to be a Londoner
Magical Moments in London's History
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2015
London - one of the world's most exciting cities. Teeming with life, bursting with history, it houses over 8 million people, and has thousands of stories to tell. 365 Reasons to be Proud to be a Londoner is a quirky, fun exploration of the people and events that make London so special, with an entry...
365 Reasons To Be Cheerful
Magical Moments to Cheer Up Miserable Sods... One Day at a Time
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013
Its a well-observed fact that human beings (well, men) can be a grumpy old bunch, always choosing to see that infamous metaphorical glass as constantly half empty rather than half full. Wheres the fun in that? 365 Reasons To Be Cheerful is, well, its exactly that. Its a whole years worth of funny...
365 Reasons To Be Proud To Be British
Magical moments in our great history
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013
365 Reasons To Be Proud To Be British is a year-long scenic route of jollyness taking in the quirky events, inventions, traditions, people, places and characters that make Great Britain a nation worth celebrating every day of the year. Because it is great. Come on, admit it, has there ever been a...
Cool Philosophy
Filled with facts for kids of all ages
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2016
Inside this philosophy-stuffed book are fifty fact-tastic ways to advance your thinking skills, so you’ll never be scratching your head in bemusement ever again. Featuring the key philosophic principles of every philosopher you've heard of (and some you haven't), from prominent ancient Greek thinkers...
Mindbenders and Brainteasers
100 Maddening Mindbenders and Curious Conundrums
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2014
Puzzles have intrigued and entertained generations of children - and their parents - for over 2,000 years. Here is an irrestible assortment of 100 challenging puzzles. These brilliant brainteasers range from the neatly lateral to the downright perplexing.
The Water Road
A Narrowboat Odyssey Through England
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2013
The Water Road is the story of a four month circumnavigation by narrowboat of 'The Grand Cross', the name given to the inland waterway linking the Thames to the Humber, Severn and Mersey. Starting in London, Paul Gogarty follows a figure of eight through Britain's major cities and across the Pennines....
How to Remember (Almost) Everything, Ever!
Tips, tricks and fun to turbo-charge your memory
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2015
Struggling to remember all that information they're stuffing you with at school? Want to impress your friends with amazing memory feats? Can't keep on top of all your online passwords? Then you need this book! Packed with cool tricks and fun exercises, How To Remember Almost Everything, Ever will...
by Bill Oddie
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2014
Bird-watchers are tense, competitive, selfish, shifty, dishonest, distrusting, boorish, pedantic, unsentimental, arrogant and - above all - envious'. So says Bill Oddie, and he should know! It's a tough environment out there on marsh and moorland, and this scurrilous little classic is a must for all...
Cinema's Strangest Moments
Extraordinary but true tales from the history of film
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2015
How did Leonardo DiCaprio become a hero on The Beach? Why would the Droids lode control in Star Wars? What persuaded Mad Max to become Hamlet? Who made Long John Silver's parrot dread Treasure Island? When was there a curse on The Exorcist? Where did Harrison Ford's quick-thinking profit Raiders Of...
by Nathan Joyce
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2018
A highly diverting celebration of television’s favourite naturalist, packed with games, trivia and Attenborough-inspired activities.
Attenborough. Just saying the name makes everyone feel better. Words like 'dependable', 'inspiring' and 'soothing' cascade like the rains returning to the...