Pavilion Books: 614 books
Alexander Technique
An Introductory Guide to Natural Poise for Health and Well-Being
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2016
The Alexander Technique is a simple method of improving posture and body movement in order to reduce the physical and mental tensions that we all accumulate throughout our lives. Developed at the turn of the nineteenth century by F.M. Alexander, this practical system has been used by millions of people...
by John Richards
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2014
The classic text on primulas updated and revised by the leading expert, Professor John Richards of the University of Newcastle. Primula is one of the greatest garden genera, in terms of the number of varieties grown and its popularity. It is also among the largest and most widespread - approximately...
Free the Manchester United One
The Inside Story of Football's Greatest Scam
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2014
In 1915 one of the most shameful occasions in sporting history took place. The players of Manchester United and Liverpool conspired to arrange that United would win their game with Liverpool by 2-0, thus permitting the conspirators to cash in on bets placed on that pre-arranged score-line of odds...
by Caroline Taggart
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2016
Wherever you are, whatever the company, the ability to engage and entertain your companions will always stand you in good stead. For many though, summoning up the courage to be heard in a crowded room, or seated next to a stranger at a dinner party, can test one’s nerves to the limit. What to say,...
by Clare Gogerty
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2018
The official TV-tie in to the popular Channel 4 programme 'Penelope Keith's Hidden Villages'
Explore the most interesting and beautiful examples of British village life in this lavishly illustrated book, published as a companion volume to the highly successful Channel 4 television series, 'Penelope...
Vita & Virginia
The lives and love of Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2018
**A double biography of Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West, their friendship and love affair. **
Virginia Woolf is one of the world’s most famous writers – a leading light of literary modernism and feminism – and a British icon. During the 1920s she had a passionate affair with...
by Halima Sadat
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2018
Since the announcement from Kensington Palace that Harry and Meghan had chosen St George’s Chapel on 19 May, 2018 as their wedding venue, the world has been gripped by wedding fever. Pitkin is delighted to publish this new royal souvenir in commemoration of their special day.
This is the...
London's Strangest Tales: Historic Royal Palaces
Extraordinary but True Stories
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2014
London's Royal Palaces are still some of the most visited places in England. A great deal of their official histories are well known. But London's Strangest Tales: Historic Royal Palaces reveals the bizarre, funny and surreal events and episodes that have occurred over the centuries on the grounds...
Fix Your Bike
Repairs and Maintenance for Happy Cycling
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2015
Everyone's cycling nowdays. City streets are thronged with cyclists on the latest cool bikes, and more and more of us are cycling for fun at the weekends. You may love to cruise the streets and lanes with the wind in your hair, but would you be able to fix your bike if it let you down? Fix Your Bike...
Shakespeare's Strangest Tales
Extraordinary but true tales from 400 years of Shakespearean theatre
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2016
A fascinating playbill of stories from the weird and wonderful world of Shakespearean theatre through the centuries, including distinguished actors falling off stages, fluffed lines, performances in the dark, and why you must never, ever say the name of that Scottish play, especially if you are Peter...
Golf's Strangest Rounds
Extraordinary but true stories from over a century of golf
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2016
‘The most eccentric golf book ever’ Sports and Leisure Magazine Golf’s Strangest Rounds is an absorbing collection of bizarre tales from the lengthy annals of the sport’s history. There are stories of tragedy, eccentricity, tactical slipups and ones that defy categorization altogether –...
Boxing's Strangest Fights
Incredible but true encounters from over 250 years of boxing history
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2015
That boxing has always attracted colourful, larger-than-life figures is amply borne out by the bizarre collection of true stories gathered together in this fascinating book.Bringing together the rich history and folklore of the fight game, Graeme Kent, who first became interested in boxing after listening...
Motor Racing's Strangest Races
Extraordinary but true stories from over a century of motor racing
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2016
Since 1894, when motor racing’s colourful history began with a bang (and a banger!), drivers, racers and lunatics alike have done many stupid and bizarre things all in the name of motor sport. Author Geoff Tibballs has gathered together this absorbing collection of stories from over a century of...
by Graham Sharpe
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2015
Whether it be one pound on the National Lottery or a million pounds on the turn of a card, the instinct to bet is the same. Over the centuries there have been many strange gamblers - and even more strange gambles - and in this unique collection of punts and punters, Graham Sharpe reveals fearless,...