(Hardback)
By: Alex Johnson
ISBN: 9780008636999
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2024
UK Publication Date: 11th April 2024
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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- Supported by the National Trust, who know a thing or two about British weather
- Packed with information youll want to share quirky history, surprising facts, folklore, strange words and even stranger people
- A 2015 survey found that 9 out of 10 Britons had talked about the weather in the last six hours.
(Paperback)
By: Alex Johnson
ISBN: 9780712352253
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2018
UK Publication Date: 18th October 2017
Publisher: British Library Publishing
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This is a book of book lists. From Bin Laden's bookshelf to the books most frequently left in hotels, from prisoners' favourite books to MPs' most borrowed books, these lists are proof that a person's bookcase tells you everything you need to know about them, and sometimes more besides.
(Hardback)
By: Alex Johnson
ISBN: 9780711258013
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2022
UK Publication Date: 19th April 2022
Publisher: Quarto Publishing PLC
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Rooms of Their Own travels around the world, examining the unique spaces in which famous writers created their most notable work.
(Hardback)
By: Alex Johnson
ISBN: 9780711293786
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2024
UK Publication Date: 19th September 2024
Publisher: Quarto Publishing PLC
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Studios of Their Own travels around the world, examining the unique spaces in which famous artists created their most notable works.
(Hardback)
By: Alex Johnson
ISBN: 9780008744007
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2025
UK Publication Date: 10th April 2025
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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During the long years of the Second World War, tea remained the cornerstone of British hospitality, drunk and enjoyed by civilians and members of the armed forces alike.
(Hardback)
By: Alex Johnson
ISBN: 9780500023648
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2021
UK Publication Date: 9th September 2021
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
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A daily almanac that presents a selection of art historical events for every day of the year from momentous and headline-grabbing, to intimate, amusing or revelatory.
(Hardback)
By: Alex Johnson
ISBN: 9780857835284
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2019
UK Publication Date: 5th September 2019
Publisher: Octopus Publishing Group
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Delve into this captivating collection of the world's 75 most iconic menus which reveal not just the story of food but periods of history, famous works of literature, notable events, and celebrity figures from prehistoric times up to the modern day.
(Hardback)
By: Alex Johnson
ISBN: 9781915279781
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2025
UK Publication Date: 18th July 2025
Publisher: University of Wales Press
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(Paperback)
By: Alex Johnson
ISBN: 9780712352864
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2019
UK Publication Date: 11th October 2018
Publisher: British Library Publishing
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The many facets of book-mania are pondered and celebrated with both sincerity and irreverence in this lively selection of essays, poems, lectures and commentaries ranging from the 16th to the 20th century.
(Hardback)
By: Alex Johnson
ISBN: 9780712354240
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2024
UK Publication Date: 5th October 2023
Publisher: British Library Publishing
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Mark the passing of the days with this delightfully illustrated Almanac.
