John Gillard – författare

This panoramic collection showcases stadiums, venues, and pitches, from the quirky to the historic, covering both men s and women s leagues, professional to amateur, wherever the game is played with enthusiasm and great style. For those who love the sport, either from birthright or from newly kindled passion, there s a distinct and beloved resonance and local character to each stadium. This is one of soccer s great charms, and this book is a road map to a pilgrimage to 1000 arenas that anyone in love with the beautiful game would want to visit in person: some visionary and new, some ageing but iconic, some remote yet picturesque, some tumbledown, quirky yet historical and utterly lovable but all with such genuine personality, the fans hearts beat a little faster to see a match there. This book covers the world and the game, from well-known shrines to amateur venues; from the Faroe Islands to Argentina s storied La Bombonera. Along the way, it gives the reader the feeling of being at the game, immersed in the crowd experience whether it be a rabid 100,000 national fans cheering their team or watching with two men and a dog in the Scottish Highlands.

Think about your writing from a new perspective and learn to tell a story in the most effective way possible with this flash fiction workbook. Popular with creative writers around the world, flash fiction is an ultra-short story format (usually 1,000 words or less) that distills a narrative into its most economic and impactful form. In this lay-flat paperback workbook you’ll find 101 flash fiction writing prompts, each crafted to inspire an incredible variety of very short stories. Some prompts instruct you to focus on setting or developing a specific character. Other prompts ask you to play with story structure, to begin at the end or jump right into the middle of the action. You are also encouraged to bring the journal to different locations (a coffee shop or a museum) and take story cues from your surroundings. With helpful writing tips and just the right amount of space to write, this journal is the perfect tool to jump-start a flash fiction writing practice.

Unravel a trail of botanic mysteries in this collection of 60 themed puzzles inspired by the world's greatest gardens.Solve each puzzle, gather clues and piece together evidence as you journey across twelve botanic gardens, from Kew to Sydney, Paris to New York - until the final mystery comes into bloom. These immersive challenges, sure to test even the sharpest investigators, include:- Word and logic puzzles, such as anagrams, word searches, nonograms and connections- Cryptic codes and number puzzles, including ciphers, sudoku, cryptograms, futoshiki and sujiko- Visual and memory puzzles, such as mazes, tangrams, map deductions and spot-the-differencesPerfect for armchair detectives and lovers of the natural world alike, this beautifully illustrated book invites you to explore global gardens - and uncover their secrets.Gardens featured:ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEWKEW WAKEHURSTROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGHJARDIN DES PLANTES, PARISORTO BOTANICO DI PADOVABOTANISCHER GARTEN BERLINNEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDENSINGAPORE BOTANIC GARDENSKOISHIKAWA BOTANICAL GARDEN, TOKYOROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN SYDNEYKIRSTENBOSCH NATIONAL BOTANICAL GARDENJARDIM BOTÂNICO DO RIO DE JANEIRO