Category Archives: Non-Fiction & Reference
Coal, Frankincense and Myrrh
The reputed home of the Queen of Sheba, Yemen has been at the crossroads of Africa, the Middle East and Asia for thousands of years thanks to its position on the ancient spice routes. Ten thousand years of trade along Yemen`s Red Sea and Indian Ocean coasts, over its mountains and across its deserts made
Conde Nast Johansens Luxury Hotels, Inns, Resorts, Spas & Villas: The Americas, Caribbbean & Pacific
Eco-Centres and Courses
Would you like to: i learn how to install a solar panel on your roof ? i build with cob or straw bales? i learn how to keep bees, or make cider? i see wind and hydro power in action? i learn how to safeguard seed varieties for the future? i take part in a
Bohemian London: From Thomas De Quincey to Jeffrey Bernard
London has always been home to outsiders. To people who won`t, or can`t, abide by the conventions of respectable society. For close to two centuries these misfit individualists have had a name. They have been called Bohemians.This book is an entertaining, anecdotal history of Bohemian London. A guide to its more colourful inhabitants. Rossetti and
London Gardens – A Seasonal Guide
This book is a must for every lover of plants and green spaces either living in or visiting London. It has a month-by-month section highlighting what`s in season and where best to see it, followed by an A Z listing giving comprehensive details of each garden with information on public transport and disability access. From
The Munros Pocket Log & Tick List
The Munros Pocket Log is a very small and classy note book which has been carefully crafted for Munro-Baggers. The texture of the cover and the gold trimmings give it a stylish retro feel. The contents are in black & white, with the hills arranged logically and geographically. Its size is its charm but also
Jack the Ripper
No-one in the annals of crime is capable of arousing such passionate debate as the perpetrator of the Whitechapel Murders in 1888. Was he a demented royal, a Masonic assassin, a misogynist don, a member of the Czarist secret police, a crazed reformist or even an escaped gorilla? Over a hundred years have passed since
Argonauts of the Western Isles
The west coast of Scotland casts a spell on anyone with a taste for adventure, a feeling for the past or a love of the wild, uninhabited places. With tidal currents of awesome power running between fascinating patterns of islands, it is a challenging place for any type of small craft. Robin Lloyd-Jones has been
Beyond The Imaginery Gates
There are now precious few places left on earth with which we do not feel familiar, if not from first hand experience then at least from the perspective of the armchair traveller – and fewer still where the camera has not yet prescribed our vision. An unrivalled collection of images of one of the last
I Love My India
A visual journey through Indian cities from a rare non-western point of view, this account of street life, kitsch and popular culture moves through the spaces and signs of the city-both imaginative and physical, commenting on the complex and often surreal forms of human arrangements.
Calcutta – Bombay; Eight Days by Taxi
The taxi journey of a lifetime – eight days across India. Andreas Herzau`s photographic travel book records an eight-day journey that he undertook by taxi from Calcutta to Mumbai (formerly Bombay). It provides impressive insights into the culture and life styles of central India and is a closeup view of the country`s complex and stratified
Bombay Mix
`Ketaki Sheth`s photographs, so formally interesting, so sharply seen, so deeply felt.` – Salman Rushdie. `Sheth`s Bombay is subtle, considered and thoughtful, even when it is outwardly brutal.` – Suketu Mehta, author of “Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found”. “Stunning photographs…Her work is terrific, fuelling me with energy and and inspiration.` – Mira Nair.”Bombay Mix”
Hotel Afrique
The elite hotels of Africa serve as an interface between the tribal, religious, social and cultural aspects of Africa and the global uniformity of international business culture. They are also the places where the unseen resources of many African countries – oil, diamonds, minerals – are bartered away behind closed doors. These are environments which
