Portico imprint: 123 books
Fix Your Garden
How to make small spaces into green oases
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2016
Just moved in and don’t know what to do with a messy garden or bleak-looking balcony? Want to stake your claim on a little corner of a shared garden? No gardening experience whatsoever? Fix Your Garden is the perfect solution. Packed with tips and tricks to get your green fingers going straight...
Fix Your Home
Turn Your Pad Into a Palace
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2017
A stylish, practical guide to making your home beautiful and keeping it in tip-top condition. Fix Your Home is an illustrated little guide to decorating and maintaining your home, aimed at young urban professionals who have just moved into their first flat. With no-nonsense writing and straightforward...
Running's Strangest Tales
Extraordinary but true tales from over five centuries of running
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2016
Running’s Strangest Tales is a fascinating collection of weird and wonderful stories from the world of running, from the earliest marathon to today’s high-tech, apped-up approach. Within these pages you’ll find the bizarre story of the Norwegian footballer forced to miss a crucial World Cup...
Cricket's Strangest Matches
Extraordinary but true stories from over a century of cricket
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2016
Cricket’s Strangest Tales is a fascinating collection of cricketing weirdness – and there’s a lot of it to choose from! Within these pages you’ll find a game that was played on ice, meet a plague of flying ants who failed to dampen players’ enthusiasm, and examples of the grand old tradition...
Horse-Racing Strangest Races
Extraordinary but true stories from over 150 years of racing
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2015
This hilarious, sideways look at horse racing vividly recounts many of the strangest moments and oddest incidents from over 150 years of the sport's history. Andrew Ward recalls the time when spectators mounted two fallen horses and rode them to second and third places; the race which had to be re-run...
What is a Loose-head?
The Mysteries of Rugby Explained
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2015
The laws of the game are made simple - for players, referees, coaches and spectators. This is a book packed full of useful information and advice on how the modern game is played and how it all began. Now all players, novice referees and school coaches seeking to understand more about the rules and...
Rugby's Strangest Matches
Extraordinary but true stories from over a century of rugby
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2016
Rugby fans will delight in this astonishing collection of outlandish stories from the past 150 years of the game. Here you’ll find, among many other curious events, the Irish international who arranged his marriage in order to play against England, the team of top soccer players who beat their rugby...
The Splendid Book of the Bicycle
From boneshakers to Bradley Wiggins
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016
Cycling is hugely popular nowadays. Since 2003 more than 100 million bikes have been produced each year, more than twice the amount of cars. And in 2011, more than 741,000 people cycled to work, an increase of 90,000 from 2001. The Splendid Book of the Bicycle is a wide-ranging celebration of the...
Flying's Strangest Moments
Extraordinary But True Stories from Over 1100 Years of Aviation History
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2015
The history of flying is packed with incredible feats of bravery and endurance, human ingenuity and recklesness, mystery, romance and tragedy. From the first hot air balloons of the 18th century to the supersonic jet flights of today, magnificent men (and women) have taken their incredible flying...
Sailing's Strangest Tales
Extraordinary but true stories from over nine hundred years of sailing
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2016
This fascinating collection of entertaining stories from the seven seas reveals unusual and bizarre sailing trips, vessels and characters, and recounts perilous journeys in freak weather and other legendary tales.
Within these pages you’ll find stories of pirates holding ships to ransom and...
The Secrets of Your Handwriting
Your personality in your penmanship
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2015
Discover the venerable art of graphology - how to interpret the curves, arcs and loops of the handwritten word to reveal the personality of the writer. This fascinating book is an exhaustive exploration of the art, taking each aspect of handwriting in turn - spacing, baseline, movement, speed, tension,...
by John Haigh, Rob Eastaway
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2014
The Hidden Mathematics of Sport takes a novel and intriguing look at sport, by exploring the mathematics behind the action. Discover the best tactics for taking a penalty, the pros and cons of being a consistent golfer, the surprising link between boxing and figure skating, the unusual location of...
How Long Is a Piece of String?
More Hidden Mathematics of Everyday Life
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2014
Why do weather forecasters get it wrong? What are the best tactics for playing"Who Wants to be a Millionaire?"and"The Weakest Link"? And what is the link between a tin of baked beans and a men's urinal? These and many other questions are answered in this book. It is for anyone...
Courtroom Art
In The Dock with the Rich and Famous
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2015
A book about a strange form of pop art where the criminal and the celebrity meet' Jeremy Deller 'I've been waiting for a book like this for years, and this is the best I could have hoped for. Daniel Scott's pithy summaries are always as crisp and appealing as a freshly sharpened HB.' Bob Stanley 'Daniel...