Pavilion Books: 614 books
by BBC Radio 4 Saturday Live, Richard Coles
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2014
BBC Radio 4's Saturday Live, the network's flagship Saturday morning programme, has been on the air since 2006 and is hugely popular, with 1.8 million weekly listeners. Since 2013 it has featured a slot called 'Thank You', for which members of the public phone in to thank people for kind acts they...
by Nicholas Clayton
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2016
Who better to ensure the nation's table manners come up to scratch than an English butler with over 10 years' experience? With the revival in good manners, etiquette, spelling and grammar, this is a timely book on table manners and dining etiquette to ensure grace at the table at all times. Covers...
by Frank Hopkinson
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2016
London Then and Now – People and Places takes an amazing cross-section of vintage photographs of London from the 1850s through to the 1960s, and pairs them up with the same view as it looks today. The great tourist destinations are all included: Buckingham Palace, Tower of London, Houses of Parliament,...
by Twentieth Century Society
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2018
A fascinating insight into Britain’s built heritage and the diverse housing styles of the twentieth and twenty-first century. This book showcases 100 houses – one from each year from 1914 – that represent the range of architectural styles throughout the years and show how housing has adapted...
365 Reasons to be Proud to be Irish
Magical moments in Ireland's history
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2016
365 Reasons To Be Proud To Be Irish is a year-long scenic route of jolliness taking in the quirky events, inventions, traditions, people, places and characters that make Ireland a country worth celebrating every day of the year. Within this humorously illustrated and entertaining book you'll find...
A Steroid Hit The Earth
The Catastrophic World of Misprints
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2014
A Steroid Hit The Earth' is a catalogue of errors, omissions, mistakes and other disasters, ranging from the straight typo or the ambiguous statement to the downright bizarre. Each demonstrates a sub-editor or proofreader taking their eye off the ball, to the delight of millions, every single example...
Leaves on the Line
What the British say ... And what they really mean
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013
In every walk of life, from relationships, to work, to politics, sport and the news, our everyday use of English harbours duplicities of meaning. We say 'I'm sorry' when we mean 'absolute nonsense', and write 'Yours faithfully' when we're thinking 'Sod you!' Jealousy, rage, love, affection we're equally...
The Ants Are My Friends
Misheard Lyrics, Malapropisms, Eggcorns and Other Linguistic Gaffes
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2013
A very amusing book. Or, possibly, an evilly musing buck - Simon Hoggart Linguistic mistakes. We all make them.
by Soraya French
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2017
A great guide for painters who want to experiment with mixed media and make their landscape paintings more adventurous. Popular artist and teacher, Soraya French, encourages readers to experiment with mixing media and to create more adventurous paintings and broaden their artistic horizons. The media...
Paper Planes 25
Superdynamic Aeroplanes to Make and Fly
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2017
A practical step-by-step guide to creating and flying 25 amazing paper planes. Whether you fly them indoors or outdoors, the pleasure of building and flying a paper plane appeals to all ages. Paper Planes contains everything you need to know about how to fold and fly a squadron of custom-designed...
100 Documents That Changed the World
From Magna Carta to WikiLeaks
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2015
100 Documents That Changed the World brings together the most important written agreements, declarations and statements in history. The documents included here have changed the course of history by rewriting laws, granting freedoms and laying out constitutions. But as well as official charters and...
Railways' Strangest Journeys
Extraordinary but true stories from over 150 years of rail travel
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2014
A fascinating collection of entertaining stories from as far afield as Europe, Indian and America revealing unusual railway journeys across the centuries, including ghost trains, vanishing passengers and trains fitted with homing pigeons instead of a communication cord! From eccentric lords, who transferred...
Beginner's Guide to Abstract Art
Making abstract art in watercolour, acrylics, mixed media and collage
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2014
The Beginner's Guide to Abstract Art is an inspirational but practical book that will help artists to paint in a less figurative way. Laura Reiter demonstrates different ways to approach an abstract painting from 'just a little bit abstract' to 'completely abstract'. She does this by focussing on...
by Robert Tanitch
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2014
This biography, lavishly illustrated, traces Dean's development as an actor through his film work and numerous lesser-known roles in the theatre and television.