The popularity of secondhand & vintage shopping reflects our interest in exploring more eco-friendly consuming & also satisfies our ongoing fascination with objects that have a history. Add to that the fascinating secondhand culture of a city & you have a way of delving into both the past & present life around you while you shop for objects that you won`t find in your average chain store or shopping mall. ` Secondhand & Vintage Berlin` gives you an insider`s guide to the best shops & markets for almost anything you would want to buy. The first part of the book is organised into sections by types of objects. All the key information you need to know (address, contact details, website & opening hours) is provided along with a brief description of the shop or stall. The second part of the book is organised by area so if you are in a particular neighbourhood you can visit any of the shops, colour coded to the types of objects they sell. Each district has a useful map & a QR so that you can connect to interactive maps specially created for this book. There is a special section of the book devoted to Berlin`s hidden gems including places that reflect its past as a divided city. In addition, the author has interviewed the owners of particularly interesting shops & asked local residents for recommendations on where to grab a coffee or a bite to eat. Whether you live in Berlin or you are visiting the city, this guide provides everything you need to find those special places. It is not about buying cheaply, but about affording more! ...

The culture of thriftiness runs deep in New Yorkers. The immigrants of the Lower East Side knew about h&-me-downs, mending & making-do, pushcarts & the rag-&-bone pickers; in 1921 the actress Fanny Brice sang about ' Secondhand Rose' in the Ziegfeld Follies. Covering Manhattan plus Williamsburg & downtown Brooklyn, this new volume in our popular series provides an insider's guide to the best shops & markets for almost anything you would want to buy. The first part of the book is organised into sections by type of object. All the key information you need to know (address, contact details, website & opening hours) is provided along with a brief description of the shop or stall. The second part of the book is organised by area so if you are in a particular neighbourhood you can visit any of the shops. Each district has a useful map & a QR so that you can connect to interactive maps specially created for this book. There are interviews with some of the shop owners & a special chapter devoted to New York's hidden gems, as well as a list of places to grab a coffee or a bite to eat in each neighbourhood when you need a break from shopping. Whether you live in New York or are visiting this exciting city, ' Secondhand & Vintage New York' provides everything you need to know. It is not about buying cheaply, but about affording more! ...

From the bouquinistes along the banks of the Seine to the lively flea markets dotted around the city, secondhand & vintage is a part of Paris. Covering the breadth of the city, this new volume in our popular series provides an insider's guide to the best shops & markets for almost anything you would want to buy. The first part of the book is organised into sections by type of object. All the key information you need to know (address, contact details, website & opening hours) is provided along with a brief description of the shop or stall. The second part of the book is organised by area so if you are in a particular neighbourhood you can visit any of the shops. Each district has a useful map & a QR so that you can connect to interactive maps specially created for this book. There are interviews with some of the shop owners & a special chapter devoted to the hidden gems of Paris, with a detailed guide to the Puces de St-Ouen, the biggest flea market in the world. The author also tells you the best local cafes where you can sip an espresso or have a bite to eat while you watch the world go by. Whether you live in Paris or are visiting this romantic city, ' Secondhand & Vintage Paris' provides everything you need to know. It is not about buying cheaply, but about affording more! ...

It is Florence, 1691. The Renaissance is long gone, & the city is a dark, repressive place, where everything is forbidden & anything is possible. The Enlightenment may be just around the corner, but knowledge is still the property of the few, & they guard it fiercely. Art, sex & power
- these, as always, are the obsessions. Facing serious criminal charges, Gaetano Zummo is forced to flee his native Siracusa at the age of twenty, first to Palermo, then Naples, but always has the feeling that he is being pursued by his past, & that he will never be free of it. Zummo works an artist in wax. He is fascinated by the plague, & makes small wooden cabinets in which he places graphic, tortured models of the dead & dying. But Cosimo III, Tuscany's penultimate Medici ruler, gives Zummo his most challenging commission yet, & as he tackles it his path entwines with that of the apothecary's daughter Faustina, whose secret is even more explosive than his. Poignant but paranoid, sensual yet chilling, Secrecy is a novel that buzzes with intrigue & ideas. It is a love story, a murder mystery, a portrait of a famous city in an age of austerity, an exercise in concealment & revelation, but above all it is a trapdoor narrative, one story dropping unexpectedly into another, the ground always slippery, uncertain...
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Growing up in post-war Paris the sickly only child of glamorous, athletic parents, the narrator invents for himself a make-believe brother
- older, stronger, & more brilliant than he can ever be. It is only when the boy begins talking to an old family friend that he comes to realise that his imaginary sibling had a real predecessor: a half-brother whose death in the concentration camps is part of a buried family secret that he was intended never to unearth.
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Secret Amsterdam in the Jonglez series of guides; profiling a range of European cities as well as thematic titles & designed to explore the undiscovered & hidden attractions usually hidden from tourists. The ‘ Secret’ titles present a range of sites
- including gardens, museums, squares, churches, parks & distinctive architecture
- that are often not covered by other guides. Double page spreads have a description of the site & a glossy full length photograph opposite. Addresses, opening times, contact details & relevant transport information is also provided. Jonglez also publish a range of “ Unusual…” titles, with an emphasis on thematic experiences, including hotels & shopping, to a range of destinations. Each guide has a similar format to the ‘ Secret’ series, with individual recommendations & suggestions accompanied by colour photographs throughout the text.

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Secret Anchorages of Brittany provides concise pilotage directions for practically all the natural anchorages along the Brittany coast, from the Bay of Mont St Michel round to the great estuary of the Loire. As with the first edition, the anchorages start near Cap de la Hague on the Cotentin Peninsula & include Iles Chausey. The book enters Brittany waters near Cancale & follows the whole 300-mile coastline, with its rivers, estuaries & offshore islands, looking into every nook & cranny on the way. This stylish second edition

Includes:: many new anchorages & is lavishly illustrated in colour, while the anchorage charts have been redrawn & verified against the Admiralty or French SHOM charts. The pilotage sections are peppered with short features on the maritime traditions, life & history of this inimitable coast. Peter Cumberlidge is a well known writer & photographer who cruises widely under sail & power. He always returns to Brittany with affection & the new Secret Anchorages reflects his sympathy for this fabulous cruising area, the people who live here & the superlative seafood for which the coast is justly renowned.

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Secret Anchorages of Brittany provides concise pilotage directions for practically all the natural anchorages along the Brittany coast, from the Bay of Mont St Michel round to the great estuary of the Loire. As with the first edition, the anchorages start near Cap de la Hague on the Cotentin Peninsula & include Iles Chausey. The book enters Brittany waters near Cancale & follows the whole 300-mile coastline, with its rivers, estuaries & offshore islands, looking into every nook & cranny on the way. This stylish second edition

Includes:: many new anchorages & is lavishly illustrated in colour, while the anchorage charts have been redrawn & verified against the Admiralty or French SHOM charts. The pilotage sections are peppered with short features on the maritime traditions, life & history of this inimitable coast. Peter Cumberlidge is a well known writer & photographer who cruises widely under sail & power. He always returns to Brittany with affection & the new Secret Anchorages reflects his sympathy for this fabulous cruising area, the people who live here & the superlative seafood for which the coast is justly renowned.

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The secrets of Gaudi & the Sagrada Familia, a taxi-ride in the nude, a fantastic model railway network below the central station, a mysterious h&, an extraordinary dissection hall, an unsuspected anti-aircraft shelter, a deadly kiss, a museum in the back shop, some very special toilets, romance in love hotels or helicopters, ants & scorpions on the menu... Night & day, Barcelona only reveals its secrets to those residents & visitors who know how to stray off the beaten track. But you have to know where to look... An indispensable guide for those who thought they knew Barcelona well, or who would like to discover the hidden face of the city.” ...

Let Secret Belfast guide you around the unusual & unfamiliar. Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Belfast guide book & let our local experts show you the well-hidden treasures of this amazing city. Ideal for local inhabitants & curious visitors alike. Discover how the city stood up against the evils of the slave trade, admire its stunning art deco facades, unearth beautiful stained-glass windows by an accomplished yet little-known female artist, take to the windy coastal paths just out of town & peak into caves where smugglers once hid their loot, visit the humble cottage of an American president, uncover the mysteries of Bronze Age burial grounds & Stone Age forts, squeeze down a secret underground tunnel or take a boat ride to see the city`s seal colony, visit the place where Marconi sent his first wireless signal across the waves, go to a cinema shaped like a ship... Small, yet bursting with history & mystery, Belfast, far from the crowds & the usual cliches, is a reserve of well-concealed treasures that only reveal themselves to those who know how to wander off the beaten track, whether residents or visitors. An indispensable guide for those who thought they knew Belfast well, or who would like to discover the hidden face of the city. ...