Booker Prize Finalist "Wickedly funny." -- The New York Times Imagine an England where all the pubs are quaint,where the Windsors behave themselves (mostly), where the cliffs of Dover are actually white, and where Robin Hood and his merry men really are merry.This is precisely what visionary tycoon, Sir Jack Pitman, seeks to accomplish on the Isle of Wight, a "destination" w...(展开全部)

From a writer acclaimed by everyone from Graham Greene to John Fowles to John Irving, a new novel, short-listed for the Booker Prize, which The Sunday Times of London calls "both funny and serious, a double-act that English novels rarely manage . . . A commanding imaginative achievement." Picture an England where all the pubs are quaint, the Royals behave themselves (more or l...(展开全部)

As every schoolboy knows, you can fit the whole of England on the Isle of White. Grotesque, visionary tycoon Sir Jack Pitman takes the saying literally and does exactly that. He constructs on the island 'The Project', a vast heritage centre containing everything 'English', from Big Ben to Stonehenge, from Manchester United to the white Cliffs of Dover. The project is monstrous,...(展开全部)

Discover the USA Buckle up for a classic road trip along California Hwy 1 or legendary Route 66, the 'Mother Road' Indulge in world-class regional and multicultural cuisine, from Jewish delis to fish tacos to Southern BBQ Stargaze among towering red cliffs, stark cacti and distant howls of coyote in the Southwest's awe-inspiring national parks Tap into the pulse of America in...(展开全部)

Follow the heartbeat of America through towering forests, undulating fields, pulsating metropolises and offbeat oases. Whether day-tripping from the Big Apple s core or dreaming of the California Coast, this definitive, award-winning guide inspires you to go the distance and discover the USA s very best. DISCOVER & DECONSTRUCT - in-depth culture and history sections o...(展开全部)

Follow the heartbeat of America through towering forests, undulating fields, pulsating metropolises and offbeat oases. Whether day-tripping from the Big Apple s core or dreaming of the California Coast, this definitive, award-winning guide inspires you to go the distance and discover the USA s very best. DISCOVER & DECONSTRUCT - in-depth culture and history sections o...(展开全部)

'It was tempting to think, at times like this, that some bizarre hysteria had gripped the British people' Beginning eight years ago on the outskirts of Birmingham, where car factories have been replaced by Poundland, and London, where frenzied riots give way to Olympic fever, Middle England follows a brilliantly vivid cast of characters through a time of immense change. There a...(展开全部)

From the Cadillac to the Apple Mac, the skyscraper to the Tiffany lampshade, the world in which we live has been profoundly influenced for over a century by the work of American designers. But the product is only the end of a story that is full of fascinating questions. What has been the social and cultural role of design in American society? To produce useful things that consu...(展开全部)

New-for-this-edition features include 'First Time' for visitors who haven't been to England before, museum itineraries to help readers get to the heart of attractions like the British Museum, and driving routes around the Cotswolds;The maps in the London chapter will be in full-colour to help readers better navigate the country's capital.