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London Underground by Design

By Mark Ovenden

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Published 18-Jan-2013


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Beginning in the pioneering Victorian age, the author charts the evolution of architecture, branding, typeface, map design, interior and textile styles, posters, signage and graphic design and how these came together to shape the Underground's identity, and the character of London itself.


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Sightlines

By Kathleen Jamie

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Published 05-Apr-2012


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Offers a fresh look at the authors native Scottish landscapes, before sailing north into iceberg-strewn seas. Her gaze swoops vertiginously too; from a countryside of cells beneath a hospital microscope, to killer whales rounding a headland, to the constellations of satellites that belie our sense of the remote.


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Snowdon

By Jim Perrin

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Published 22-Nov-2012


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The life-story of the British mainland's finest mountain through Jim Perrin's words.


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Wild

By Cheryl Strayed

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Published 01-Jan-2013


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Wild is angry, brave, sad, self-knowing, redemptive, raw, compelling, and brilliantly written, and I think it's destined to be loved by a lot of people, men and women, for a very long time.' Nick Hornby


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Wild Places

By Robert Macfarlane

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Published 07-Jul-2008


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Explores our ideas of the wild. This book also tells the story of a friendship, and of a loss. It mixes history, memory and landscape in a strange and beautiful evocation of wildness and its vital importance.


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Watermark: an Essay on Venice

By Joseph Brodsky

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Published 28-Feb-2013


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Looking at every aspect of the city, from its waterways, streets and architecture to its food, politics and people, the author captures its magnificence and beauty, and recalls his own memories of the place he called home for many winters, as he remembers friends, lovers and enemies he has encountered.


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Wild Swim

By Kate Rew & Dominick Tyler

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Published 16-Apr-2009


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A guide to outdoor swimming in Britain from the Outer Hebrides to the Isles of Scilly and everywhere in between.


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Juice

By Jay McInerney

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Published 10-May-2012


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Acclaimed novelist and wine connoisseur Jay McInerney returns to the grapevine in this captivating new book, perfect for buffs and beginners alike


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City-pick St Petersburg

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Published 12-Sep-2012


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From Helen Dunmore, J.M Coetzee and Malcolm Bradbury to Joseph Brodsky, Alexander Pushkin and Fyodor Dostoyevsky - over sixty writers on St Petersburg, past and present.


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Walking Home

By Simon Armitage

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Published 04-Apr-2013


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In summer 2010 the author decided to walk the Pennine Way. The challenging 256-mile route is usually approached from south to north, from Edale in the Peak District to Kirk Yetholm, the other side of the Scottish border. He resolved to tackle it other way round: through beautiful and bleak terrain, across lonely fells and into the howling wind.


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