Icon Books: 345 books
Things I Wish I'd Known
Women tell the truth about motherhood
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2015
THE PERFECT GIFT FOR MOTHER'S DAY!
Look at the front cover of any parenting book and what do you see? Glowing mothers-to-be, or pristine, beautifully-behaved children.
But the reality is, your pregnancy might be a sweaty, moody rollercoaster, and your children will almost certainly spend...
Pandaemonium 1660–1886
The Coming of the Machine as Seen by Contemporary Observers
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2012
Collecting texts taken from letters, diaries, literature, scientific journals and reports, Pandæmonium gathers a beguiling narrative as it traces the development of the machine age in Britain. Covering the years between 1660 and 1886, it offers a rich tapestry of human experience, from eyewitness...
Introducing Jesus
A Graphic Guide
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2015
Christianity depends on the belief that the Jesus of history is identical with the Christ of faith, and that God in the person of Jesus intervened finally and decisively in human history. But is the historical Jesus the same as the Christian Saviour? And how did an obscure provincial religion based...
Introducing Islam
A Graphic Guide
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2014
Islam is one of the world's great monotheistic religions. Islamic culture, spanning 1,500 years, has produced some of the finest achievements of humanity. Yet the religion followed by a fifth of humankind is too often seen in the West in terms of fundamentalism, bigotry and violence- a perception...
Imagine That - Football
The History of Football Rewritten
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2013
International football’s most intriguing stories are the tales of what might have been, those seemingly insignificant incidents that would have had the largest unforeseen effects. Imagine That… Messi is unable to afford growth hormone treatment … and Spanish football loses its charitable nature...
Shakespeare on Toast
Getting a Taste for the Bard
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2015
Actor, producer and director Ben Crystal revisits his acclaimed book on Shakespeare for the 400th anniversary of his death, updating and adding three new chapters. Shakespeare on Toast knocks the stuffing from the staid old myth of the Bard, revealing the man and his plays for what they really are:...
Third Man in Havana
Finding the heart of cricket in the world's most unlikely places
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2012
When Tom Rodwell embarked on a cricketing tour of India, he had only ever thought of the game as great fun. But the simple joy of the local street kids when his team donated their kit to them made him realise that it could be more than that. By turns touching and amusing, and imbued with a deep love...
Tales From the Turf
Reflections from a Life in Horseracing
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2013
Britain and Ireland's Top 100 Racehorses of All Time author Robin Oakley takes us on a canter through the colourful world of horseracing. Join him as he shares evocative personal stories of being there at racing legends’ key moments, such as Frankie Dettori riding seven winners in a day at Ascot....
Balotelli
The Remarkable Story Behind the Sensational Headlines
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2015
Mario Balotelli has a reputation like no other in football. Since exploding on to the scene at Inter Milan in 2007, he has won league titles in both Italy and England, moving between Europe’s elite clubs. Yet for all his undoubted talent, he is better known for his off-field antics – not least...
by Robin Oakley
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2012
Kauto Star, Nijinsky, Arkle, Desert Orchid, Frankel, Red Rum … how do you rank the best British and Irish horses from both Flat racing and jumping? How do you compare a fleet-footed sprinter with the robust staying power of a steeplechaser? Robin Oakley’s highly personal list will provoke debate...
by Anthony Lambert
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2016
Whether you’re on the Orient Express or the Inverness to Wick and Thurso route traversing some of the wildest country in Britain, train travel affords a vision of the world like no other. From the modest line through North Yorkshire’s Esk Valley to the Trans-Siberian; from a narrow-gauge web of...
by Luca Caioli, Cyril Collot
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2018
The youngest player to score in the World Cup final since Pelé, for the tournament-winning team, in his brief career to date Kylian Mbappé is breaking records at a rate matched by only the likes of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, and is fast becoming one of the biggest names in football.
But...
by Luca Caioli, Cyril Collot
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2019
**Mohamed Salah needed little time to settle in to life at Liverpool. **
Since signing for the Anfield club in 2017 for a then-club record fee, he has broken the club’s scoring record for a debut season, as well as becoming the leading goalscorer in Europe’s top five leagues, overtaking...
by Barry Stone
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2016
Author Barry Stone has served his apprenticeship as a western movie geek and aficionado. The Magnificent Seven, The Wild Bunch, Red River – for 50 years the western has been the only genre in a life that ‘just ain’t big enough for two’. He has written on the history of cinema for the illustrated...