Category Archives: Maps
The Cruel Way: A John Murray Journey
INTRODUCED BY FIONA MOZLEY, Booker-shortlisted author of ElmetWITH EXCERPTS FROM ALL THE ROADS ARE OPEN BY ANNEMARIE SCHWARZENBACH`We were both travellers – she always running away from an emotional crisis (not seeing that she was already wishing for the next), I always seeking far afield the secret of harmonious living, or filling up time by
The Little Book of Bhavana: Thai Secrets of Everyday Resilience
When a dozen young boys found themselves trapped in Tham Luang cave in June 2018 in Northern Thailand with their 25-year-old coach, their chances of survival seemed very slim. They had only a handful of snacks they`d bought for one of the boys` birthday that day, and no drinking water.Not only that, while they sat
To the Greatest Heights: One woman`s inspiring journey to the top of Everest and beyond
`What a wonderful, honest, refreshing book, full of free-spirited adventure, humour and profound thoughts to provide inspiration to anyone who simply dreams of getting out and doing their own thing` SIR CHRIS BONINGTON`Ernest Shackleton listed those qualities an explorer should possess over a century ago: optimism, patience, idealism with imagination, and courage. Vanessa`s qualities are
Latitudes of Longing: A prizewinning literary epic of the subcontinent, nature, climate and love
** The phenomenal Indian bestseller ** **Winner of the Tata Lit Live Best First Book of the Year Award **`Intense, lyrical, and powerful. This is a remarkable debut` Jeet Thayil, author of Narcopolis and The Book of Chocolate Saints`Latitudes of Longing is a book to be savoured` The Hindu `Bold and imaginative` India TodayA prizewinning
How to Climb Everest
What does it take to climb the world`s highest mountain? This delightful short book reveals everything you need to know about climbing Mount Everest – and who better to tell you than Kami Rita Sherpa, a Nepali guide who holds the record for most ascents to the summit of this extraordinary mountain. In May 2019
The Art of Cycling
`An exceptional read` – Paul Kimmage, author of Rough RideA meditative love letter to the sport of cycling, THE ART OF CYCLING traces the journey of a former professional racer regaining his love for the sport and shows how cycling can shed new light on age-old questions of selfhood, meaning, and purpose.Interweaving cycling, philosophy, and
Mountains According to G
Geraint Thomas`s inside guide to twenty-five of the greatest cycling climbs in the world.Cycling fans obsess about climbs and big mountains. They love reading about their tests and tribulations and they love to ride them – a cricket lover can never bat at Lord`s, or a football supporter score at Wembley, but any rider can
Breasts and Eggs
`Breathtaking` – Haruki MurakamiA New York Times `Notable Book of 2020` and one of Elena Ferrante`s `Top 40 Books by Female Authors`On a hot summer`s day in a poor suburb of Tokyo we meet three women: thirty-year-old Natsuko, her older sister Makiko, and Makiko`s teenage daughter Midoriko. Makiko, an ageing hostess despairing the loss of
British Columbia Pocket Road Atlas
Pocket road atlas of British Columbia presenting the whole province at 1:1,500,000, plus enlargements for the Vancouver – Fraser Valley and Saanich Peninsula – Cowichan Valley areas, plus five downtown street plans including Vancouver and further 26 municipal maps.Road network, from motorways to selected loose surface and unimproved roads is easy to see on a
How to be Really Well Informed in Minutes
Based on the `Briefings` columns that appear in every issue of The Week, here is a book that addresses the key issues of our day and breaks them down into bite-sized questions and answers. Each one takes minutes to read yet provides objective and meticulously researched perspectives on the major matters of our times. How
Vancouver Greater and Fraser Valley Street Atlas Deluxe Edition
Spiral-bound edition of the street atlas of Greater Vancouver and the towns of Fraser Valley, including Abbotsford, Burnaby, Chilliwack, Coquitlam, Hope, Langley, Maple Ridge, Mission, New Westminster, North Vancouver, Pitt Meadows, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody, Richmond, Squamish, Surrey, West Vancouver, Whistler and White Rock. The atlas is part of an extensive coverage of Canadian cities
The New Pocket Kobbe`s Opera Book
The New Pocket Kobbe`s Complete Opera Book is the world`s leading reference work on opera, and (in the words of Bernard Levin) `no single-volume operatic guide can possibly compare with it`. Kobbe is the only book which summaries the libretti of the world`s opera, describes their music and gives a history of their performance within
Alberta Pocket Road Atlas
Pocket road atlas of Alberta presenting the whole province at 1:1,325,000, with numerous enlargement showing in more detail most visited areas, including Banff, Jasper, Canmore, Calgary, Edmonton, etc. The index includes a listing of the province’s national and provincial parks.Road network indicates loose surface and unimproved roads, showing driving distances on main and on many
The City & The City: TV tie-in
When the body of a murdered woman is found in the extraordinary, decaying city of Beszel, somewhere at the edge of Europe, it looks like a routine case for Inspector Tyador Borlu of the Extreme Crime Squad. But as he probes, the evidence begins to point to conspiracies far stranger, and more deadly, than anything
Jerusalem Ablaze: Stories of Love and Other Obsessions
In Jerusalem`s Old City a young priest and a dominatrix converse in the dying light; on Oregon`s windswept coast a fragile woman discovers a body washed up on the beach after a storm; and in Postwar Japan a young protege watches his master`s corpse burn, with bitter thoughts blazing in his mind. Jerusalem Ablaze: Stories
Coconut&Sambal
Be transported to the bountiful islands of Indonesia by this collection of fragrant, colourful and mouth-watering recipes. `An exciting and panoramic selection of dishes and snacks` – Fuchsia Dunlop, author of The Food of Sichuan `Start with Lara`s fragrant chicken soup, do lots of exploring on the way whilst dousing everything with spoonfuls of sambal,
Broken Verses
By the acclaimed author of the Women`s Prize for Fiction 2018Fourteen years ago Aasmaani`s mother Samina, a blazing beauty and fearless activist, walked out of her house and was never seen again. Aasmaani refuses to believe she is dead and still dreams of her glorious return. Now grown up and living in Karachi, Aasmaani receives
Kartography
Shortlisted for the John Llewellyn Rhys PrizeBy the acclaimed winner of the Women`s Prize for Fiction 2018Soul mates from birth, Karim and Raheen finish one another`s sentences, speak in anagrams and lie spine to spine. They are irrevocably bound to one another and to Karachi, Pakistan. It beats in their hearts – violent, polluted, corrupt,
Autumn Light
We cherish things, Japan has always known, precisely because they cannot last; it`s their frailty that adds sweetness to their beauty.Returning to his home in Japan after his father-in-law`s sudden death, Pico Iyer soon picks up the steadying patterns of his everyday rites: going to the post office in the day and engaging in spirited
