Pavilion Books: 614 books
by Veronica Sorenson
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2015
This multi-language lace book provides the enthusiast with a collection of 75 quick and easy bobbin lace patterns. The (mainly) small designs are worked in a range of styles: Bruges Flower, Schneeberg, Russian Tape and Free, plus Torchon, Honiton and Bedfordshire The patterns assume a certain level...
London Underground's Strangest Tales
Extraordinary but true stories
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2013
Welcome to the weird and wonderful world of London's Underground, or as it is affectionately referred to, the Tube. Though this isnt the usual side of the Tube the tourists, travellers and residents see. (Though, of course, they do see a great deal of strangeness in their daily commutes!). This is...
Fix Your Garden
How to make small spaces into green oases
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2016
Just moved in and don’t know what to do with a messy garden or bleak-looking balcony? Want to stake your claim on a little corner of a shared garden? No gardening experience whatsoever? Fix Your Garden is the perfect solution. Packed with tips and tricks to get your green fingers going straight...
Fix Your Home
Turn Your Pad Into a Palace
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2017
A stylish, practical guide to making your home beautiful and keeping it in tip-top condition. Fix Your Home is an illustrated little guide to decorating and maintaining your home, aimed at young urban professionals who have just moved into their first flat. With no-nonsense writing and straightforward...
Running's Strangest Tales
Extraordinary but true tales from over five centuries of running
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2016
Running’s Strangest Tales is a fascinating collection of weird and wonderful stories from the world of running, from the earliest marathon to today’s high-tech, apped-up approach. Within these pages you’ll find the bizarre story of the Norwegian footballer forced to miss a crucial World Cup...
Cricket's Strangest Matches
Extraordinary but true stories from over a century of cricket
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2016
Cricket’s Strangest Tales is a fascinating collection of cricketing weirdness – and there’s a lot of it to choose from! Within these pages you’ll find a game that was played on ice, meet a plague of flying ants who failed to dampen players’ enthusiasm, and examples of the grand old tradition...
Horse-Racing Strangest Races
Extraordinary but true stories from over 150 years of racing
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2015
This hilarious, sideways look at horse racing vividly recounts many of the strangest moments and oddest incidents from over 150 years of the sport's history. Andrew Ward recalls the time when spectators mounted two fallen horses and rode them to second and third places; the race which had to be re-run...
What is a Loose-head?
The Mysteries of Rugby Explained
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2015
The laws of the game are made simple - for players, referees, coaches and spectators. This is a book packed full of useful information and advice on how the modern game is played and how it all began. Now all players, novice referees and school coaches seeking to understand more about the rules and...
Rugby's Strangest Matches
Extraordinary but true stories from over a century of rugby
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2016
Rugby fans will delight in this astonishing collection of outlandish stories from the past 150 years of the game. Here you’ll find, among many other curious events, the Irish international who arranged his marriage in order to play against England, the team of top soccer players who beat their rugby...
Flying's Strangest Moments
Extraordinary But True Stories from Over 1100 Years of Aviation History
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2015
The history of flying is packed with incredible feats of bravery and endurance, human ingenuity and recklesness, mystery, romance and tragedy. From the first hot air balloons of the 18th century to the supersonic jet flights of today, magnificent men (and women) have taken their incredible flying...
Sailing's Strangest Moments
Extraordinary But True Stories From Over Nine Hundred Years of Sailing
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2014
This fascinating collection of entertaining stories from the seven seas reveals unusual and bizarre sailing trips, vessels and characters, and recounts perilous journeys in freak weather, meetings with pirates and sea monsters, and other legendary tales.
Sailing's Strangest Tales
Extraordinary but true stories from over nine hundred years of sailing
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2016
This fascinating collection of entertaining stories from the seven seas reveals unusual and bizarre sailing trips, vessels and characters, and recounts perilous journeys in freak weather and other legendary tales.
Within these pages you’ll find stories of pirates holding ships to ransom and...
Learn Poker in 10 Minutes
The Quickest Way to Learn Poker
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2013
Poker has never been more popular. It's played in all sorts of places - in serious international tournaments, at the casino, socially with friends and, of course, online. If you don't know how to play it, you're missing out, and here's where this book comes in! It gives you all the information you...
The Secrets of Your Handwriting
Your personality in your penmanship
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2015
Discover the venerable art of graphology - how to interpret the curves, arcs and loops of the handwritten word to reveal the personality of the writer. This fascinating book is an exhaustive exploration of the art, taking each aspect of handwriting in turn - spacing, baseline, movement, speed, tension,...