On the eve of the 2016 Olympic Games, the biggest moment of her life, Lizzie Armitstead`s career was thrown into turmoil. After being cleared to ride the Games at the final hour following a successful court appeal to overturn an alleged missed drugs test, the ensuing leak & backlash threatened to engulf her. Now, for the first time, she tells her story, & reveals how she went from World Champion & darling of Team GB road cycling, to one of the most scrutinised athletes in British sport
- how it happened, why it happened, & how Lizzie cleared her name & came out fighting. In Steadfast Lizzie Armitstead takes the reader to the heart of the most demanding of endurance sports & the challenges faced by one of its most gifted competitors: from sexism & the fight for equality, to doping & the incredible sacrifices required to self-coach herself to world titles. From the rolling hills of Yorkshire through to the treacherous climbs of the Vista Circuit in Rio de Janeiro
- through setbacks, life lessons & ups & downs of a professional life in cycling
- Steadfast is an intense & inspiring story of sporting triumph.


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When asked to talk to students at Broome Community College in upstate New York in the spring of 2011, Austin Kleon wrote a simple list often things he wished he`d heard when he was their age: ` Steal like an artist; Don`t wait until you know who you are to start making things; Write the book you want to read; Use your hands; Side projects are important; Do good work & put it where people can see it; Geography is no longer our master; Be nice (the world is a small town.); Be boring (it`s the only way to get work done.); &, Creativity is subtraction.` After giving the speech, he posted the text & slides to his popular blog, where it quickly went viral. Now Kleon has expanded his original manifesto into an illustrated guide to the creative life for writers, artists, entrepreneurs, designers, photographers, musicians, & anyone attempting to make things
- art, a career, a life
- in the digital age. Brief, direct, & visually interactive, the book

Includes:: illustrative anecdotes & mini-exercise sections calling out practical actions readers can take to unleash their own creative spirits.



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Pietrp is eleven years old. His father is alcoholic, his mother mentally disturbed, & he dreams of running away. But befroe he can leave, a weary traveller arrives in town. This ageing Casanova has a penchant for young women & flamenco. Life in Ischiano Scalo will never be the same again. ...

In the winter of mid-eighties, two surfers are battling for supremacy at Waimea Bay, home to the biggest waves in the world. Old-school, & some say too old, Ken Bradshaw commands respect with his fearlessness & fearsome temper. Mark Foo is the new kid on the block. Icon of the younger generation, this photogenic Chinese-American wows the crowds with his lightning repertoire of cool moves. One perfect day at Sunset Beach, Foo audaciously steals a wave from under Bradshaw`s nose, sparking a bitter feud that is to last for over ten years & end in tragedy. ...

Will Buckingham travelled to Tanimbar Islands (Indonesia) as a trainee anthropologist to meet three remarkable sculptors: the crippled Matias Fatruan, the buffalo hunter Abraham Amelwatin, & Damianus Masele, who was skilled in black magic, but who abstained out of Christian principle. Part memoir, part travel-writing, Stealing with the Eyes is the story of these men, & also of how stumbling into a world of witchcraft, sickness & fever lead him to question the validity of his anthropological studies, & eventually to abandon them for good. Through his encounters with these remarkable craftsmen & weaving together Tanimbarese history, myth & philosophy of this part of the world from ancient times we are shown the forces at play in all of our lives: the struggle between the powerful & the powerless, the tension between the past & the future, & how to make sense of a world that is in constant flux. ...

The steam locomotive was a British invention & even today, the world speed record for steam remains with a British locomotive, Mallard. Steam`s first significant contribution to British industry was through powering pumping engines for mines. When steam was applied to the railways, the `railway age` began. The steam locomotive went through several distinct phases during its long life, which came to an end on regular service in the late 1960s. The early phase was followed by the trend for large single driving wheels, then compound locomotives with connected driving wheels once steel became strong enough for the connecting rods. Further developments included tank engines that could run equally well forwards & backwards; the 4-6-0 & 4-6-2 expresses; the passion for speed records & streamlining; & the standardisation years of British Railways. This insightful, fully illustrated story book follows the history of the steam locomotive & will delight all those interested in the steam age. ...

The Steam Railways of Great Britain 18-Month Wall Calendar 2014 including one page for July to December 2013, offers beautiful images of steam combustion engine powered trains against the modern British landscape.A must for locomotive & railways enthusiasts. ...

Symbols of the Industrial Revolution & modernity, the steam railways of Great Britain offer glimpses of the past against the British modern-day landscape. The steam combustion engine powered trains through the countryside of 19th-century Engl&, Scotl&, & Wales, & in so doing, made historical tracks toward modern industrial development. The steam engine railways of Great Britain mark a defining moment in the history of transportation. Locomotive enthusiasts will surely enjoy this square wall calendar that pays homage to these important pieces of British history. ...

Between 1815 & the American Civil War, the greatest invention of the Industrial Revolution delivered a sea change in oceanic transportation. Steam travel transformed the Atlantic into a pulsating highway, dominated by ports in Liverpool & New York, as steamships ferried people, supplies, money, & information with astounding speed & regularity. American raw materials flowed eastward, while goods, capital, people, & technology crossed westward. The Anglo-American “partnership” fueled development worldwide; it also gave rise to a particularly intense competition. Steam Titans tells the story of a transatlantic fight to wrest control of the globe`s most lucrative trade route. Two men
- Samuel Cunard & Edward Knight Collins
- & two nations wielded the tools of technology, finance, & politics to compete for control of a commercial lifeline that spanned the North Atlantic. The world watched carefully to see which would win. Each competitor sent to sea the fastest, biggest, & most elegant ships in the world, hoping to earn the distinction of being known as “the only way to cross.” Historian William M. Fowler brings to life the spectacle of this generation-long struggle for supremacy, during which New York rose to take her place among the greatest ports & cities of the world, & recounts the tale of a competition that was the opening act in the drama of economic globalization, still unfolding today.

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From a Flying Scotsman poster to a USA Railways magazine plate, a range of stunning images to suit any vintage train or travel ...