A reference to the history of the London Underground that reveals fresh insights into the history of the iconic transport system. It helps to discover the tales of the building of the first lines in the mid-nineteenth century and the steam trains that ran along them, and the abandoned ghost stations.

Featuring 32 must-know crafts, this 416-page hardback book includes step-by-step instructions for different techniques, catering for those ranging from first-time dabblers to the more adventurous crafters. It also includes illuminating glossaries, a full rundown of essential tools and materials, professional tips and handy UK resources.

Takes you back to the 1950s and 1960s, reminding you the trains and personal accounts, journey logs, timetables and photographs. Divided into the six regions of British railways, this book includes chapters that documents the favourite stations and engine sheds that were a magnet to the spotter.

Offers twelve practical quilt projects. This book includes designs that come with a colour styled photograph, comprehensive making instructions and diagrams.

A guide to fifty of the most famous locomotives of the steam train and early diesel age, including the people, power and popularity that made them famous. It features photographs of the locomotives at full steam, as well as colour photos taken after their restoration.

Takes you on a fascinating journey around Britain's eerie and mysterious places. This book lets you discover a ghostly singing mermaid at Zennor in Cornwall, read about the 'hairy hands' at Postbridge, Dartmoor, and marvel at the mystical Rollright stones which stand on a hillside in Oxfordshire.

A guide to basic stitching techniques, from threading a needle to simple tips for machine sewing. It introduces you to a range of needlecrafts including applique, patchwork, hand sewing and sashiko.

Features identification and details on lifestyle and habitat for 216 species of bird commonly found in Britain, and a further 117 rarer species whose irregular visits add excitement to the birdwatcher's year.

From shadowy figures, strange mists and apparitions to angels and demons, this title presents a compendium of phenomena caught on film. It presents a collection of some of the most intriguing in seven enigmatic chapters. It includes a gallery of explainable photographic effects that are commonly mistaken for pictures of ghosts.

Presents the social history of post-war Britain, from 1945-1951, through hundreds of interviews and photography. This book draws on individual experiences to revive the struggles, the triumphs and the changes that took place in the years following the Second World War.

Helps to expand your sewing creativity with freestyle machine embroidery. This title demonstrates how to create quirky, fun and memorable pictures and motifs.

From castles, cathedrals, stately homes and natural wonders to power stations, bellfoundries and even a water tower, this book reflects the diversity of places that Britain has to offer. It is arranged by county and region for easy reference and includes a regional map for each section pinpointing the places featured.

Features over 150 recipes from dinner party dishes to farmhouse cakes. This book introduces the recipes, providing country kitchen wisdom and glimpses of the author's youth.

From a messy room to a button that's popped off your shirt to a burnt roast to a rain-soaked shoe, this book offers solutions to some of the most conceivable problems or annoyances.

A guide to the clouds, helping you to identify various cloud types and related phenomena, and understand its implications for the weather. It follows a logical progression from low clouds to the high stratus clouds, and on to special clouds. It features an introduction on the history of cloud classification.

A collection of 25 quick-and-easy step-by-step projects. All the projects are sewn by hand using accessible fabrics and actual-size templates. The projects include snowmen, mice, penguins, reindeer and other cute Christmas characters. This work includes quick and simple Christmas cards, hearts, tree decorations and gift bags.

Contains advice on simple ways to run an environmentally-friendly home, based around well known, and not so well known, sayings. This title presents a collection of traditional wisdom that shares how our forbears lived well within the resources available.

A touring guide that features 200 walks through the best of Britain's countryside. It describes each walk using step-by-step instructions, each one accompanied by a map, and arranged by region and country with large regional maps for reference.

A selection of some of the most startling and unusual cloud formations, from the uniform streaks of 'cloud streets' to the odd bulbous 'lenticularis' that are commonly mistaken for UFOs.

Contains advice for those fixing, extending, decorating, renovating or building their home. Whether you want to know how to repair a leak, wallpaper a stairwell or lay a patio, this work features projects that are laid out with instructions and photographs, drawings and diagrams.