Category Archives: Maps
Scotland`s Winter Mountains with one axe
A book that will take you through the best Scottish winter journeys from the comfort of your favourite chair. There`ll be detailed descriptions, accompanied by some fine photographs, of all the well-known winter classics such as the traverse of An Teallach, Ledge Route on the Ben Nevis, the Aonach Eagach Ridge and the Black Spout
The Second Jungle Book
First published by Macmillan in 1895, and now returning to print in this beautiful edition, The Second Jungle Book is a sequel to Rudyard Kipling`s classic, The Jungle Book. Mowgli, the boy raised by wolves learns more of life and survival in the Indian jungle in the company of well-loved characters such as Baloo the
India: An Area Of Darkness, India: A Wounded Civilization & India: A Million Mutinies Now
With an introduction from Paul Theroux, author of The Great Railway Bazaar.Nobel laureate V.S. Naipaul first visited India in 1962 at the age of twenty-nine, hoping to settle the ghosts of a painful ancestral past. That journey was the first in what would become a decades-long project. An Area of Darkness chronicles the author`s initial
india – a million mutinies now
With an introduction from Paul Theroux V.S. Naipaul first visited India in 1962 at twenty-nine. His most recent visit was in 2015 at eighty-two. The intervening years and visits sparked by an inquisitiveness about a country he had never seen but had been a dream of his since childhood have resulted in three books: India:
Alone on the Wall: Alex Honnold and the Ultimate Limits of Adventure
“Riveting… Honnold is neither crazy nor reckless. `Alone on the Wall` reveals him to be an utterly unique and extremely appealing young man” Jon Krakauer, bestselling author of `Into the Wild`.This updated edition contains the account of Alex`s El Capitan climb, which is the subject of the Oscar and BAFTA winning documentary, `Free Solo`.Alex Honnold
A History of Modern Britain
A History of Modern Britain by Andrew Marr confronts head-on the victory of shopping over politics. It tells the story of how the great political visions of New Jerusalem or a second Elizabethan Age, rival idealisms, came to be defeated by a culture of consumerism, celebrity and self-gratification. In each decade, political leaders think they
Welcome to Nowhere
Welcome to Nowhere is a powerful and beautifully written story about the life of one family caught up in civil war by the award-winning author Elizabeth Laird.Twelve-year-old Omar and his brothers and sisters were born and raised in the beautiful and bustling city of Bosra, Syria. Omar doesn`t care about politics – all he wants
The Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everest
In May 1996 a number of expeditions attempted to climb Mount Everest on the Southeast Ridge route. Each group contained world class climbers and relative novices, some of whom had paid tens of thousands of pounds for the climb. As they neared the summit twenty-three men and women, including the expedition leaders, were caught in
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,
The Rock Climber`s Exercise Guide: Training for Strength, Power, Endurance, Flexibility, and Stability
The only conditioning book a rock climber needs! Rock climbing is one of the most physically challenging sports, testing strength, endurance, flexibility, and stamina. Good climbers have to build and maintain each of these assets. This revised and updated edition of the classic book, `Conditioning for Climbers`, provides climbers of all ages and experience with
Why We Climb: The World`s Most Inspiring Climbers
`Why We Climb` is a celebration, in word and image, of those aspects of the climbing life that are most universal, meaningful, and long lasting- the strong connection to partners and nature; the physical and mental mastery required (and how to achieve it); the rewards of exploring oneself and the world through climbing. Through interviews
Ultralight Bike Touring and Bikepacking: The Ultimate Guide to Lightweight Cycling Adventures
Ultralight Bike Touring and Bikepacking is the result of over 100,000 miles of lightweight human-powered travel undertaken domestically and internationally by Justin Lichter and Justin Kline. Together they detail backcountry skills, bikepacking gear, and lightweight traveling techniques for self-supported cycling adventures, whether you`re planning an overnighter or multi-month adventure. Whether you are a beginner or
Travelling with Ghosts: An intimate and inspiring journey
`A courageous memoir of love and loss . . . compelling` Sunday ExpressOn a warm evening on a beautiful beach in Thailand, Shannon Leone Fowler`s life was shattered when a box jellyfish – the most venomous animal in the world – wrapped itself around her fiance Sean`s legs, stinging and killing him in minutes. Devastated
Godzilla FAQ: All That s Left to Know About the King of the Monsters
Perhaps no other character in all of international film is as beloved by American audiences as Godzilla. Since 1954, Godzilla has been one of the cinema s most enduring and popular characters, and with a total of 28 films under his massive belt (not even including two American reboots), he s also the star of
The Future Is Asian: Global Order in the Twenty-first Century
Five billion people, two-thirds of the world`s mega-cities, one-third of the global economy, two-thirds of global economic growth, thirty of the Fortune 100, six of the ten largest banks, eight of the ten largest armies, five nuclear powers, massive technological innovation, the newest crop of top-ranked universities. Asia is also the world`s most ethnically, linguistically
Aurangzeb: The Life and Legacy of India`s Most Controversial King
The Mughal emperor Aurangzeb Alamgir is one of the most hated men in Indian history. Widely reviled as a religious fanatic who sought to violently oppress Hindus, he is even blamed by some for setting into motion conflicts that would result in the creation of a separate Muslim state in South Asia. In her lively
