Containing over 900 fresh photographs, this title provides recipes, tips, cooking styles and origins for various dish in history.

Covers a range of garden uses, from relaxation to entertainment. This work asks readers to look beyond the garden gate to consider garden styles worldwide. It provides practical information on how to fulfil the requirements for each garden type and as well as presenting classic solutions, provides imaginative and inspirational alternatives.

A series of essays which begin by introducing how design has its place in modern cultural history. This book deals with iconic people, products and processes from 20th century onwards with biographies of designers, as well as corporate histories, product appraisals, and accounts of relevant management, cultural and social theories.

With his home as the starting point, the author explains what he sees, what he has seen, and what we should look for in good design. This is a part visual biography, part guided tour of just what has inspired him throughout his varied career.

The story of the car is the story of how the objects of industry became a medium of artistic expression. This book tells that story in a series of case studies which reveal national characteristics: American flair, German technical suprematism, French vernacular chic, gorgeous Italian sculpture, English antiquarianism, and Japanese ingenuity.

They say that in life, there are winners and there are losers. This two-volume collection selectys the movies that are winners indeed. From horror to comedy, fantasy to tragedy, epic to musical, it features 100 movies that are the finest examples of filmmaking.

Tells the history of the nation through 500 of the 'landmarks' most associated with the greatest national events and figures. This book encompasses battlefields, cathedrals and palaces, and also places linked with great events in the worlds of science, literature, architecture, espionage, philanthropy, religion, romance, agriculture and industry.

Britain's best loved gardener, Monty Don, presents in a lavish format some of the most extraordinary gardens he visited in his successful BBC television series AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 GARDENS.

Interior design is a subject of general interest as manufacturers, retailers and marketers race to promote and define themselves and their brands through design. Divided into six chapters, this book delves into materials, processes and styles throughout history to the present, and gives an impression of what the future may look like.

Includes maps of the USA and Canada; maps of Torres Strait and Panama Canal; international airports in Congo, Cape Verde Islands, Philippines, South Korea and India; high-speed rail lines in China; the rail link joining North Korea and South Korea, and the Lotschberg rail tunnel in Switzerland; and national parks in Norway, Turkey, and Costa Rica.

Includes maps of each state in the USA and large-scale maps of Britain and Ireland; Canada; Mexico; Scandinavia; Israel, Lebanon and Jordan; Central Asia; Korea; Taiwan; Australia; New Zealand; and the islands of the Caribbean, Indian Ocean and Pacific. This title includes a set of five ocean floor maps, and maps of Moon and the night sky.

The Ivy restaurant is known as a theatrical, literary and artistic haunt, which keeps its roots in quick and simple food, not tied to any style or regional cuisine. A.A. Gill has combined its recipes, all suitable for the home kitchen, with the history of the restaurant.

No other item of furniture has been invested with more ingenuity of design, craftsmanship and sheer wow factor than the chair. This title scrutinises more than 100 of the author's favourite chairs reflecting on their iconic status, designers, historical facts, overall style, design details and ergonomic properties.

Looking at British design, this book discusses the major figures that have led the way and those who have turned it on its head. Divided by subject matter, it includes chapters that cover Architecture - how the shape of commercial rebuilding has evolved in Britain and Identity - how the logos and marks measure out the history of Britain.

Covers the basics of cooking - offering information about choosing the best raw materials, understanding the different cuts and the cooking techniques associated with each of them. This title offers recipes for 150 meat classics from both British and foreign food cultures.

A photographic celebration of the country's most popular sporting icon

A guide to more exquisite bulbous plants than most gardeners will ever grow in their lifetime. It provides an introduction explaining why bulbs are different from other kinds of plant, where they come from, and their history. It features the different types of bulbs.

'A counter-top bible, designed for the whole family ! crammed with delicious, child-friendly recipes, simply and clearly explained' The Sunday Times

New title in the authoritative and prestigous Times world atlas range. This stunning reference atlas provides the accuracy of a Times Atlas at an affordable price.

Buildings are the biggest polluters on the planet, responsible for a far greater proportion of the carbon dioxide emissions that get pumped into the atmosphere every year than cars, planes or factories. This title provides the information you need to reduce your home's carbon footprint and in the process directly improve the quality of your life.