Have you ever thought about turning your life into one long road trip? This fascinating book could be the inspiration you need to make it happen.
VanLifers: Beautiful Conversions for Life on the Road (published by The History Press), by Alex Waite, showcases 18 remarkable vehicle rebuilds and the intriguing stories behind them. Among others, readers meet a family who turned a shiny red firetruck into their home on wheels and a couple who gutted an out-of-service ambulance to transform
En-suite bathroom? Check. Restaurant and bar? Check? Mysterious footsteps, spectral hounds and phantom pianos being played? Check.
Welcome to some of Britain’s most haunted hotels and inns, accommodation steeped in history – and writhing in wraiths.
Too nervous to spend the night? Some of the properties here offer guided tours of their most spine-chilling spots. Read to find out where to go for the ultimate spooky stay.
The Mermaid Inn, Rye, East Sussex
The 12th-century Mermaid Inn houses ‘six ghosts’,
This isn’t your normal poolside lunch. Yes, we’re watching people splashing about in the water below the sun-drenched terrace at Tenerife’s Bahia del Duque resort, but the procession of small courses in exquisitely made dishes couldn’t be further from your usual club sandwich or limp salad.
That’s because my teenage son and I are at the Michelin-starred Nub, which opened earlier this year at the hotel – and the food is as good as it is unusual, mixing influences
In September, The Wall Street Journal published a report, based on leaked documents, describing Facebook’s awareness of the harmful effects one of its platforms was having on young people. “Thirty-two percent of teen girls said that when they felt bad about their bodies, Instagram made them feel worse,” the company’s internal research revealed. “Comparisons on Instagram can change how young women view and describe themselves.” Here, though, is another finding: Many of the same young
There was a time, Jonny Trunk reminds us in the introduction to his new book, Auto Erotica, when cars had no electric windows, no sat navs, no central locking, no power steering and drivers had to de-ice the locks and radiator when it was freezing cold.
And cars back in this pre-digital age were ‘way, way more sexy’, he says.
Jonny sets out his evidence in the tome with a time-travel ‘grand tour’ through British car brochures from the 1960s
In 2019, renowned photographer Anouk Krantz produced an incredible photobook – West: The American Cowboy – documenting the time she spent with contemporary cowboys.
Luckily for fans of her work, she’s admitted that she’s only ‘scratched the surface of this great western culture and their way of life’ and has produced another beautiful coffee-table book full of brand-new pictures from the American West.
Titled American Cowboys, the book captures the pioneering spirit of modern cowboys and cowgirls, turning the camera
Ein Autor schreibt ein Buch, und dann schickt ein unterbezahlter Buchliebhaber mehrere Hundert Exemplare davon an dieselben Medienkontakte, um die Leute dazu zu bringen, es sich anzusehen, darüber zu schreiben oder ein Foto davon online zu stellen. Das ist Veröffentlichung, Baby!
Hier sind ein paar neue Ideen für Verlage, die garantiert Eindruck machen.
Ein Lesezeichen des Buches, das Sie beim Lesen des Buches verwenden können.
Eine Tragetasche, die Sie im Zug schick aussehen lässt.
Eine gedruckte Kopie der bereits mehrfach
No living historian has done more to illuminate the origins of our constitutional heritage in the Revolutionary era. His latest book adds to this record.
Legislators pandering to populist mobs, printing endless supplies of devaluing fiat currency. Lenders worried that rampant inflation will corrode their assets, diminishing their wealth through irregular means of de facto appropriation. Proliferation of legislation, each new act superseding
There have been one or two improvements in bicycle design over the years – as a fascinating book makes abundantly clear.
Bicycling Through Time showcases some of the weird, wonderful and sometimes utterly ludicrous bikes that renowned collector Paul Farren spent decades hunting down, the majority of which were from the 19th century.
The collection numbers around 200 bicycles. About 40 of them are on display in The Museum of Vehicle Evolution in the Australian town of Kialla, Victoria, and
Diese Woche hat The New Yorker die Longlists für die National Book Awards 2021 bekannt gegeben. Zuvor haben wir die Listen für Jugendliteratur, Übersetzte Literatur, Poesie und Sachbücher vorgestellt.
Die diesjährige Longlist für den National Book Award for Fiction umfasst drei Debütromane: Jakob Guanzons „Abundance“, der 24 Stunden im prekären Leben eines obdachlosen Vaters und Sohnes festhält; „The Prophets“ von Robert Jones, Jr., eine schwule Liebesgeschichte, die auf einer Baumwollplantage vor dem Bürgerkrieg spielt; und die Dichterin Honorée Fanonne
