Reading other people's letters always provides a guilty pleasure. There's no such joy for two West Yorkshire policemen. They contemplate 27 letters with the task of solving a crime: the shocking attack, just before Christmas, on a post box in the village of Burley Cross.

This illustrated book offers a comprehensive guide to western artists, themes, paintings, techniques and stories. Packed full of large, full-colour images of iconic works and lesser-known gems, 'Art' covers over 650 artists, providing an expansive view of art history. Covering every era, from early art in 3000 BCE to contemporary work, with chronological features on the major schools and movements and close-up critical appraisals of 22 masterpieces, this book is a broad but thorough introduction to art history.

From its earliest origins in the 16th century, through the formation of the MCC and the opening of Lord's cricket ground in 1787, to the spread of county cricket in the next century, when the Ashes series was born, cricket has captured the imagination of the masses. Here, Simon Hughes charts the history of English cricket.

'Climate Change' examines some of the major weather issues that people are facing around the world. It explains the science behind the headlines and suggests some of the ways in which people can slow down the effects of global warming and start to tackle climate change.

As a young man, Ed Catmull had a dream: to make the world's first computer-animated movie. He nurtured that dream first as a Ph.D. student at the University of Utah, where many computer science pioneers got their start, and then forged an early partnership with George Lucas that led, indirectly, to his founding Pixar with Steve Jobs and John Lasseter in 1986. Nine years later and against all odds, 'Toy Story' was released, changing animation forever. Since then, Pixar has dominated the world of animation, producing such beloved films as 'Monsters, Inc.', 'Finding Nemo', 'The Incredibles', 'Up', and 'WALL-E', which have gone on to set box-office records and garner 27 Academy Awards. Now, in this book, Catmull reveals the ideals and techniques, honed over years, that have made Pixar so widely admired-and so profitable.

Grandma Hippo comes for a visit to the delight of the family. This humorous illustrated story with rhythmic and repetitive text encourages parents and the very young to share the pleasure of reading and being read to.

1894. A well-respected academic is found dead in a gentlemen's convenience cubicle at the British Museum, the stall locked from the inside. Professor Lance Pickering had been due to give a talk promoting the museum's new 'Age of King Arthur' exhibition when he was stabbed repeatedly in the chest. Having forged a strong reputation working alongside the inimitable Inspector Abberline on the Jack the Ripper case, Daniel Wilson is called in to solve the mystery of the locked cubicle murder, and he brings his expertise and archaeologist Abigail Fenton with him. But it isn't long before the museum becomes the site of another fatality and the pair face mounting pressure to deliver results. With enquiries compounded by persistent journalists, local vandals and a fanatical society, Wilson and Fenton face a race against time to salvage the reputation of the museum and catch a murderer desperate for revenge.

For a huge and devoted science-fiction audience around the world, news of the most wide-ranging visual reference work ever is a landmark publishing event. Here, the vision of 2 centuries of science-fiction writing is recorded in all its forms.

Discover the darker side of the Yorkshire Dales with this terrifying collection of true-life tales from across the region. Featuring chapters on ecclesiastic ectoplasms, ghostly creatures, ladies in black and star-crossed spooks, this book is guaranteed to make your blood run cold.

Do you know your carbon cycle from your carbon footprint? Can you tell your greenhouse effect from your green house? And what exactly is a tipping point? If any of these questions leave you curious, then this is the book for you.

'Jane Eyre', 'Wuthering Heights', 'The Tenant of Wildfell Hall' - these fictional masterpieces are all recognised as landmarks of English Literature. Still inspirational and challenging to readers today, upon release in the mid-19th century they caused a veritable sensation, chiefly due to their subject matter and unconventional styles. But the greatest sensation of all came when these books were revealed to be the creations of women. This is the story of those women and of the forces that shaped them into trailblazing writers.

This volume of the year's best science fiction and fantasy features over 30 stories by some of the genre's greatest authors, including Yoon Ha Lee, James Patrick Kelly, Ken Liu, Robert Reed, Lavie Tidhar, Carrie Vaughn, and many others. It is your guide to magical realms and worlds beyond tomorrow.

Gavin Mortimer calls together a cast of salt-of-the-earth Yorkshiremen, American billionaires and dashing Indian princes to tell the strange and remarkable tale of cricket's journey from medieval village sport of 'club-ball' to the global media circus graced by superstars from Denis Compton to Sachin Tendulkar.

With a helpful timeline, fun imaginary accounts, cool old photos and amazing top facts on the history of Leeds.

Many characteristics of the Yorkshire Dales alter day-by-day, changing with the seasons, the weather and the hour - making the area an ideal destination for the walker. This illustrated guide contains 20 family-friendly walks across the Yorkshire Dales.

From the arrival of Italian ice-cream vendors to the rise of the Indian curry as the national dish, this book uncovers the history of British food over the last 150 years. The author argues that a combination of immigration, increased wealth, and globalization has transformed the eating habits of the British.

In this edition, we witness the arrival of the Black Prince and revisit Leeds United during their breakthrough years of 1964 and 1965. There is also a glimpse of life at school, work and play in the City during 19th and early 20th century.

Colin Spencer traces the changes to and influences on food in Britain from the Black Death, through the Enclosures, the Reformation, the Industrial Revolution and the rise of capitalism to the present day.

For anyone attempting to explain what makes a truly great writer, this title discusses the Brontë sisters: Charlotte, Emily and Anne, who immortalised the Yorkshire countryside where they lived, in such novels as 'Jane Eyre', 'Wuthering Heights' and 'The Tenant of Wildfell Hall'.

This text discusses the key principles and processes involved in animation, from finding and researching a concept, through the preparation and techniques used, to the execution of the work.