THE ART OF XENZ: Collector’s Edition Box Set
Release Date: November 28, 2013
British artist, Xenz is proud to present a collector’s edition box set which includes his first ever book release along with a signed, original painting.
As the “Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness” draws to a close to be replaced by the stunning sights of an English winter, successful North East photographer and film maker Cain Scrimgeour asks members of the public to enter a competition celebrating all things bright and beautiful about Northumberland National Park.
A growing number of Britons are planning their own alternative funerals or those of their loved ones.
Driving Performance at its most beguiling
Sunnyvale, California, 20th November – Powerful, fast and as graceful as a big cat on the hunt: with the Mercedes-Benz AMG Vision Gran Turismo, the Stuttgart-based premium brand today presented its visionary concept for a super sports car. Mercedes-Benz designers developed it specifically for the new PlayStation®3 driving simulator, Gran Turismo®6 (GT6 ™). Extreme proportions, sensual contours and precise graphics blend to form a body that visually confirms the breathtaking performance of 430 kW (585 hp) and 800 Nm of torque. As a 1:1-scale model, the Mercedes-Benz AMG Vision Gran Turismo is celebrating its world premiere at the opening of the new Mercedes-Benz Research & Development Center in Sunnyvale, California. Before the end of the year, this super sports car with hallmark Mercedes gullwing doors will take to the virtual racetrack. As the first “Vision Gran Turismo” model, it will be available for download when Gran Turismo 6 goes on sale in December 2013.
Middle-earth – closer than you think
Air New Zealand is giving Hobbit fans the chance to join the celebration with the stars at the red carpet premiere of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug in Hollywood.
Cauls, Mary Carleton and the Chatham Chest!
by BigJules
In our household I’m the hoarder; not only physical artefacts from the past, numerous tins of assorted screws & wires, books & journals – but countless snippets and esoteric facts from the Golden Age of Sail. Over the years I’ve filed these away, adding to them when I started the Thomas Kydd series and began extensive research on the Georgian Navy. Someone once said that an author only uses 10% of the research he undertakes, but you never know which 10% that will be! So true! And this was the reason I wrote STOCKWIN’S MARITIME MISCELLANY. It gave me a way to share some of the fascinating facts and sea lore I’d tucked away.
So – cauls, Mary Carleton and the Chatham Chest! Just three of the hundreds of items in my little non-fiction title.
A leading contemporary gallery has combined the expertise of some of Britain’s most renowned artists with the best tools of the trade to unveil a new range of create-it-yourself art kits.
The countdown is on to the South’s largest model engineering and modelling exhibition –
Show steams into London for birthday celebrations
One of the largest model engineering exhibitions in the UK is set to return to Alexandra Palace to celebrate its milestone 18th birthday in January 2014.
This book is published in conjunction with the Naval Gallery that has been updated to match more closely the visiting public. Nelson has become an international icon that for many marks the height of Royal Navy achievement in protecting the interest of the British people.
The book is intended to match the new National Maritime Museum long-term gallery entitled Nelson, Navy, Nation. The publisher has done a first rate job of setting out the material and the lavish illustration, much of it in full colour. The authors shown above are more accurately editors and the book includes biographies for those contributing to the content. Collectively, the contributors have painted a picture of the Royal Navy, its ships, equipment and weapons, together with an insight into the society over the period of roughly one hundred years.
This very low price high quality pocket manual is what it claims in the title. It is based on documents and training manuals produced during WWII for use by newly minted spies and covert operatives. It is a worthy addition to a fine series of pocket books from this publisher, priced within the pockets of the young readers but with a quality of text and a multitude of drawings and photographs to appeal to the professional and the dedicated enthusiast. Few books cover such a wide potential readership.