BigPicture REVERENCE LIBRARY VOLUME ONE Reverence Library Volume One is the first in a new series of abridged pocket encyclopaedias, 'inspired by fact and reworked by fiction'. Essentially reference books with lies in. Printed by Edinburgh publishers, Sing Statistics, each volume sees a handful of writers and illustrators interpreting three subjects through art and short fiction. Volume One concerns galleons, Nikola Tesla, and the Trans-Siberian Railway. Georges Nagelmackers, depicted here by illustrator William Goldsmith, was the Belgian transport mogul who founded the company responsible for operating the Orient Express trains. ■ Available from singstatistics.co.uk or Analogue Books, Candlemaker Row, Edinburgh, £10.