Pavilion Books: 614 books
by Tom Quinn
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2015
Military campaigns, pivotal battles and extraordinary leaders have collectively shaped the course of history and in this fascinating book, author Tom Quinn examines some of the most remarkable campaigns, incidents and characters from the earliest recorded histories to the second Gulf war. These strange...
Fishing's Strangest Days
Extraordinary But True Stories From Over Two Hundred Years of Angling History
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2014
Fishing's Strangest Tales gathers together choice stories and bizarre fishing tales from all over the world. Consider the Oxford scientist who in 1910 discovered the marvellous life-giving properties of brandy to fish who had otherwise gasped their last. Or how about the nine-year-old boy fishing...
How to Be A Chilli Head
Inside the red-hot world of the chilli cult
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2015
Welcome to the world of the chilli cult. All over the globe, people are getting together to grow chilli, taste chilli and make sauce hot enough to blow their heads off. Competition among chilli -growers is fierce, and tall tales of dastardly deeds abound. This sizzling-hot book is your essential guide...
Benny Hill - Merry Master of Mirth
the Complete Companion
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2014
Benny Hill is the best known and best loved British comedian on world television - from the USA to the Pacific Rim. Feted for his unique brand of coy awareness, innuendo and saucy songs - but seemingly out of favour in his homeland before his death - Benny Hill can now be rated as having had one of...
by Carol Meldrum
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
The Clangers and their friends live on a blue cratered moon, far away in space. Resembling small pink anteaters, the adorable knitted Clangers have transfixed audiences for the past forty years. As all Clangers fans know, their favourite foood is soup, made for them by the Soup Dragon. There is nothing...
Cassandra Eason's Illustrated Directory of Healing Crystals
An Illustrated Guide to 150 Crystals and Gemstones
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2015
Cassandra Eason's unique directory offers accessible information on more than 150 crystals. Each crystal is explored in detail and set in context with its associated mythology, herbs, oils, incenses and astrological significance. Divided into sections by colour, the book describes methods of crystal...
by David Cook
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2019
A compendium of 28 beautiful, historical Scottish Castles for local and visitor alike
Scotland: A land with rich history, wild landscapes and some of the most beautiful castles on Earth. There have been over 2000 castles in scottish history; some have been preserved in superb condition, some...
Tony Miles: It's Only Me
England's First Chess Grandmaster
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2014
The charismatic Tony Miles has been much missed since his tragic and premature death in 2001. Regarded as one of England's greatest ever chess players and analysts, he was also one of the wittiest writers on the game. By sheer force of example and ebullient peronality, he inspired the 'English chess...
The Girl in the Song
The Real Stories Behind 50 Rock Classics
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2014
The Girl in the Song tells the stories of 50 women who have inspired classic rock songs. Who was Emily in Pink Floyd's See Emily Play? What happened to Suzanne Verdal, immortalised in Leonard Cohen's Suzanne? Did life change for Prudence Farrow after John Lennon penned Dear Prudence? And whatever...
The Boy in the Song
The real stories behind 50 classic pop songs
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2014
The Boy in the Song is a follow up to 2010's The Girl in the Song. It features the real-life stories that inspired some classic pop songs about the male of the species. While the first book was filled with songs about unrequited love, the follow-up is more varied, with songs written from a number...
Henry Stephens's Book of the Farm
concise and revised edition
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2013
The Book of the Farm, written by the 19th-century farming expert Henry Stephens, was the indispensable farming 'bible' referred to by the historians living and working on the BBC series Victorian Farm. This brand new version has been fully revised and edited by Alex Langlands, who starred on the programme,...
How Not to Talk Like an Arse
101 Words You Shouldn't Use Any Time Soon
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2013
Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the bookshop, comes bestselling author Richard Wilson's triumphant follow up to Can't Be Arsed and Don't Even Think About It!, How Not to Talk Like an Arse is Mr Wilson's hilarious, and topical, self righteous stab at the modern day vernacular, taking...
Learn Chess Quick
How to Play the World's Greatest Board Game, And Win
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2013
This fun and chatty book provides the ideal way to learn the world's greatest board game - the easy way.
by Richard Palliser
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2014
A comprehensive study book for players who would like to cultivate a reliable yet initiative-seeking opening repertoire as White, based on the opening moves 1 d4 followed by 2 c4. Specific main lines and side-variations are given to combat Black's possible choices of the King's, Queen's and Bogoljubow-Indian...