A "Savile Row suit" is universally understood to be the best one can possibly get. There can be few other streets in the world that have become such a byword for excellence. Yet how did this come about? One tailor more than any other is responsible—Henry Poole &amp; Company. Carefully researched and beautifully illustrated, Henry Poole chronicles the evolution of Savile Row as well as encompassing a social record of Britain's emergence to international prominence. Author Stephen Howarth cleverly interweaves the various threads of the Henry Poole story with people and events to make this a truly fascinating history. Through the doors of Henry Poole's shop and onto the pages of this book stride an impressive array of emperors and entrepreneurs, kings and courtesans, princes and politicians, crowned heads and cowboys, aristocrats and authors, gangsters and grand dukes, Hollywood stars, hoteliers, and war heroes—each bringing something special to this story.

Henry Poole: Founders of Savile Row: The Making of a Legend

Arts & Photography

HOWARTH, Stephen

Graphic Design

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What risks did early European plant collectors take to bring to Europe and America those plants we know and love. Who found what where? Christian has gone to extraordinary lengths to find out. This book reflects the story of some of the special and most unusual which she grows in her own garden.

From the Ends of the Earth: Passionate Plant Collectors Remembered in a Cornish Garden

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Lamb, Christian

Gardening & Landscape Design

Two Vagabonds in Languedoc: Classic Portrait of a French Village

Biographies & Memoirs

Gordon, Jan

Historical

Romanian Furrow, written in 1933, is an enchanting and evocative chronicle of a journey made by a young Englishman, Donald Hall, to Romania in search of a rural lifestyle that was rapidly disappearing in Western Europe. Hall's account of rural life in Romania—surprisingly much of which has survived today—admirably meets the reading requirements of Green or Eco tourists, a market segment that Romania is investing much of its tourism budget to attract.

Romanian Furrow: 'Touches the Very Soul of Rural Romania'

Travel

HALL, DONALD

Europe

In 1939 the young Christian Lamb felt she had to "do her bit" for the war effort. Her comfortable life was about to be turned upside down. With a Naval background, the Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS) was the obvious choice, besides it had by far the most attractive uniform—topped by the splendid tricorne hat. On joining as a lowly Wren rating she found that this crowning glory was not for her but strictly for officers only. It was to be the first of many nasty surprises. In I Only Joined For The Hat the author wittily describes how class and snobbery had no place in a world of girls from all social backgrounds, suddenly plunged into life together. From scrubbing floors and squad drill to coding and catering, Christian peppers her pages with amusing observations.

I Only Joined for the Hat...: Redoubtable Wrens at War . . . Their Trials, Tribulations and Triumphs

Community & Culture

Fourth edition of a consistently successful and respected book, this re-titled edition brings many new insights to the skill of communications. Effective communication is a key business and personal skill. The conversational style is the best way to communicate anytime anywhere and author Lee Bowman is the acknowledged international expert.

High Impact Communications: The Best Way to Communicate Anytime Anywhere

Bowman, Lee

Business & Money

London-born photographer Chris Craymer launches his first photographic book in June 2009. Titled Romance, the 200 page book is a personal project which Chris has been working on for several years—an evocative series of photographs capturing moments which perfectly articulate the true meaning of romance. The couples featured in the book are sometimes models, sometimes not, but they are all real couples in varying stages of what Chris has described as "pre mortgage love." The 130 images, some in color, some in black and white, still-life alongside lifestyle, are wistful, lustful, joyful, and most importantly playful—the light, witty touch being an important element in much of Chris's work.

Romance

Photography & Video

<div> <div>A slightly irreverent take on stories and myths that surround the world famous Salisbury Cathedral, its Close and the surrounding area--from the 13th century through to the present day. Some of the stories are hilarious, others sensational, many published for the first time--and most of them are true!</div> </div>

Almost Heaven: True and Almost True Tales About a Cathedral

Humor & Entertainment

THOMAS, Leslie

Humor

In September 1939, as a 10 year-old boy, Michal Giedroyc watched the Russian security police seize his home in Eastern Poland. His father, a senator and judge, was imprisoned while his mother, with Michal and his two sisters, were left on the streets of the local town to fend for themselves. Later they were transported in cattle trucks to the wastes of Soviet Siberia, with hundreds of thousands of other deportees. "Here, by the will of the rulers of the Soviet Empire, we were to toil and die." Eighteen months of deprivation and hunger on a collective farm brought them to the brink of extinction. Exhausted, half starved, and ill, Michal's mother and her children set off on a second grueling journey that would take them across Central Asia to Persia, the Middle East, and finally England. In one dramatic incident their survival hinged remarkably on the just two simple objects—a potato and a penknife.

Crater's Edge: A Family's Epic Journey Through Wartime Russia

Giedroyc, Michal

Contributions from over 115 celebrities including internationally famous TV chefs and those from, the worlds of business, media, military, royalty, politics, sport, and stage and screen. First class cook book in its own right supported by entertaining food quotes.

A Salute to Cooking: Celebrity Recipes in Aid of the Chelsea Pensioners

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Currie, Angela

Cooking Education & Reference

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