THE ART OF SCOOTERS

The scooter scene is truly a unique one in the people it attracts, the scooters we ride and the places we visit.

Featuring heavily are the classic Italian marques of Lambretta and Vespa, on their own a beautiful example of automotive design, but in the hands of a creative scooter enthusiast they are an inspirational blank canvas.

Format: Glossy A4 perfect bound Book
Number of pages: 132
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Triumph - Scrapbook

This will be the first in a projected ‘scrapbook series’ which will be A4 bookazines produced using mainly Mortons archive.

The idea behind the scrapbook series is to recapture the feel and look of scrapbooks, traditionally put together by enthusiasts (young and old) to detail their particular pastime.
With the Mortons archive a goldmine of images – both famous and unpublished – there is an opportunity to use so many of these pictures, to create an evocative and nostalgic history of Triumph.
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Coming soon... 15th September 2008 - [Pre-order online]

Format: Glossy A4 perfect bound Book
Number of pages: 132

Heartbeat - The story behind the series

An EXCLUSIVE book on the history and facts surrounding this massive TV series, produced in conjunction with the series makers and stars, BY NICHOLAS RHEA author of the books that inspired Heartbeat.

Heartbeat, Britain’s best-loved television drama series, is produced by Yorkshire Television for the ITV network. Set in rural North Yorkshire during the 1960s and accompanied by music of the era, it chronicles the life of a village policeman as he goes about his varied duties in a small moorland community. The series includes a strong medical strand and some gentle humour as it focuses on the lives and problems of the local population, although it is inevitable that some serious crimes and detection methods are featured.

Coming soon... end of September 2008 - pre-orders will be available from 1st September 2008

Format: Glossy A4 perfect bound Book
Number of pages: 132

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MORE TITLES COMING SOON:

British Railways - The Days After Steam

British Steam Preserved

Rossi

JUST ROSSI is the perfect companion to the motorcycle racing year and the ongoing legend of seven times World Champion Valentino Rossi.
Delivering never-seen-before pictures of the greatest motorcycle racer of all time, Just Rossi is an unofficial 132 page publication that combines amazing photography with the complete story of Valentino, from his humble beginnings as the son of a racer to one of the most revered sportsmen on the planet.

CELEBRATE: Steam - The Grand Finale

Steam: The Grand Finale is a landmark publication chronicling the last months of steam on the British Railways main line. Years of painstaking research by Alan Castle, who viewed the proceedings at first hand 40 years ago, and interviews with drivers, firemen and engine shed staff, have resulted in this authoritative and definitive account of the year in which the final whistle sounded on a steam era dating back more than 150 years.

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Format: Glossy A4 perfect bound Book
Number of pages: 132
On sale now • Available in W H Smith stores from 24th July.

CELEBRATE: British Steam - 1948-1968

British Railways came into existence as a nationalised company on 1 January 1948 replacing the ‘Big Four’ companies GWR, SR, LMS and LNER. The newly formed company went on to operate standard gauge steam locomotives for a little over 20 years.

However by midnight on 8 August 1968 they had ceased to do so. BR’s discontinuation of steam traction marked not only the end of one era it signalled the beginning of another; the age of railway preservation, which started a year or so before the demise of BR, was given a kick-start..

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Format: Glossy A4 perfect bound Book
Number of pages: 132
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Doncaster's Railway Legends

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Flying Scotsman, Silver Link, Mallard, Blue Peter; ‘The Plant’ as Doncaster’s railway workshops were known, produced many of Britain’s finest, fastest and most-famous steam locomotives, many named after the racehorses which were synonymous with the town.

It was also a railway centre with a character all of its own; The Carr, the Crimpsall shops and Decoy yard; these were names with a fascination all of their own, familiar to many generations of enthusiasts. This is the story of the town’s railways and its locomotives, from the opening of the first line, up to the present day.
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Format: Glossy A4 perfect bound Magazine
Number of pages: 132
On sale now • Available in W H Smith stores throughout

Homegrown

The A-Z guide to growing and cooking fruit & veg.

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Home Grown is a brand new 132-page A-Z guide offering detailed advice for growing over 70 different crops, including all the major fruit, veg and herbs.
The publication is designed to provide the novice gardener with all the advice and know-how they need to begin growing their own fresh produce whether they have an allotment, small veg patch in the back garden or no more than a sunny patio with a few containers.

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