Category Archives: Maps
World Atlas Sticker Book: 2019
The 400+ reusable stickers in this oversized, 32-page collection guide children on a fact-packed journey around the world, teaching them about each region’s people, plants, animals and landmarks. This engaging companion to the celebrated `Barefoot Books World Atlas` includes a labeled, pull-out world map poster by award-winning artist David Dean.Suitable for ages 6-10.
Windsor and Eton: British Historic Towns Atlas: Volume IV
This atlas is the definitive account in maps and words of the historic royal towns of Windsor and Eton. There has never been an account of the history of Eton town, and although Windsor Castle has been much studied, the last historical account of the town of Windsor was published as long ago as 1858.The
Stranger Places: Take a Trip to the World`s Weirdest Locations
Travel around the world in this fascinating book, which explores some of the strangest and spookiest places on Earth! From an island in Japan that is filled with creepy dolls, to a town that is so overrun with spiders its residents are forced to eat them, via a vast 70-metre-wide crater that is always on
The Rise of the Ultra Runners: A Journey to the Edge of Human Endurance
“Finn has written the definitive book on ultra running today. I couldn`t put it down.” Dean KarnazesMarathons are no longer enough. Pain is to be relished, not avoided. Hallucinations are normal.Ultra running defies conventional logic. Yet this most brutal and challenging sport is now one of the fastest-growing in the world. Why is this? Is
Girl on a Plane
Jordan, 1970. After a summer spent with her family, fifteen-year-old Anna is travelling back to her English boarding school alone. But her plane never makes it home. Anna`s flight is hijacked by Palestinian guerillas. They land the plane in the Jordanian desert, switch off the engines and issue their demands. If these are not met
Back in the USSR: Heroic Adventures in Transnistria
Ian Fleming could not have imagined a better place to set his latest thriller: an upstart mini-state at the edge of Europe, Transnistria is a nowhereland, a Soviet museum occupied by Russian peace-keepers near the Black Sea. Its oligarchs in Adidas tracksuits hunt wild boar with AK-47s. Its young people train for revolution at the
Rinse, Spin, Repeat: A Graphic Memoir of Loss and Survival
On Boxing Day in 2004, Edie Fassnidge set off for a day of kayaking off the coast of Thailand with her boyfriend, mother and sister. That`s when disaster struck. She felt a shift in the air; she spotted something on the horizon; and seconds later, the first wave came crashing down upon them. Separated from
The Miracle Brew: Hops, Barley, Water, Yeast and the Nature of Beer
Beer is the most popular alcoholic drink on the planet, but few who enjoy it know much about how its four ingredients – malted barley, hops, yeast and water – miraculously combine. We`ve been brewing and drinking beer for thousands of years, without understanding how or why the brewing process works. In the Middle Ages,
Empire of Booze
Winner of the Fortnum and Mason Best Debut Drink Book Award 2017From renowned booze correspondent Henry Jeffreys comes this rich and full-bodied history of Britain and the Empire, told through the improbable but true stories of how the world`s favourite alcoholic drinks came to be. Read about how we owe the champagne we drink today
Miracle Brew: Hops, Barley, Water, Yeast and the Nature of Beer
Shortlisted for the 2017 Andre Simon Food and Drink Book AwardsBeer is the most popular alcoholic drink on the planet, but few who enjoy it know much about how its four ingredients – malted barley, hops, yeast and water – miraculously combine. We`ve been brewing and drinking beer for thousands of years, without understanding how
Maps Special Edition
Explore the world with this lavish new edition of the bestselling Maps. Released to mark the 10th anniversary of the very first edition, this book features 16 brand new maps and has new material on every page. Each highly illustrated map details not only geographical features and political borders but also places of interest, iconic
Noontide Toll
Vasantha is a van driver for hire, ferrying aid workers, returning exiles, and tentative entrepreneurs across the battle-scarred landscapes of Sri Lanka. The civil war is finally over, but the traumas of the past are still haunting. Behind the facade of peace we are made to remember the war: mysterious hoteliers conceal scars under their
Stranger in a Strange Land: Searching for Gershom Scholem and Jerusalem
Gershom Scholem, the great humanist thinker and founder of modern Kabbalah, is all but forgotten today. But here, in a biography as daring and inquisitive as its subject, George Prochnik goes in search of Scholem, restoring the reputation of a vital intellectual and finding in his work a vision with the power to reinvigorate contemporary
The Way to the Spring: Life and Death in Palestine
Over the past three years, American writer Ben Ehrenreich has been travelling to and living in the West Bank, staying with Palestinian families in its largest cities and its smallest villages. He has witnessed the extremes to which they are pushed, the daily deprivation and oppression that they face, and the strategies they construct to
Walk! Tenerife
TENERIFE – A WALKER`S ISLAND Tenerife is a big island – 2034 square kilometres big. It offers walkers a wide variety of exciting landscapes to choose from; everything from coastal strolls, high altitude summits, pine forests and laurel forests, challenging and strenuous routes to easy country walks. Walk! Tenerife is a comprehensive walking guide book
Mountains of the Mind: A History of a Fascination
WINNER OF THE GUARDIAN FIRST BOOK AWARDOnce we thought monsters lived there. In the Enlightenment we scaled them to commune with the sublime. Soon, we were racing to conquer their summits in the name of national pride. In this ground-breaking, classic work, Robert Macfarlane takes us up into the mountains: to experience their shattering beauty,
Romeo and Juliet in Palestine: Teaching Under Occupation
Is `Romeo and Juliet` really a love story, or is it a play about young people living in dangerous circumstances? How might life under occupation produce a new reading of `Julius Caesar`? What choices must a group of Palestinian students make, when putting on a play which has Jewish protagonists? And why might a young
South East & Central England A-Z Wall Map PAPER
South East & Central England at 1:316,800 (5 miles to 1 inch) on an indexed road map from A-Z. Coverage extends west to Cardiff and north to Stoke-on-Trent, Derby and Nottingham. The index is in a separate booklet attached to the map cover. Current edition of this title was published in 2014.Maps in this ‘Five
Bath A-Z Handy Map
This A-Z map of Bath is a self-covered, double-sided foldout street map that also includes a large scale map of the city centre; the perfect choice for those visiting this popular tourist destination.This A-Z map of Bath is a self-covered, double-sided street map covering an area that extends to include Bathampton, Claverton, Combe Down, Newbridge,
Norwich A-Z Street Atlas
This A-Z map of Norwich is a full colour street atlas featuring 37 pages of street mapping. Coverage includes Taverham, Wroxham, Blofield, Hethersett, Wymondham and Poringland. A large scale city centre map of Norwich is also included.Postcode districts, one-way streets, park and ride sites, safety camera locations with their maximum speed and The Broads Authority
