Category Archives: Travel Guides
Don McCuillin in Africa
Don McCullin`s reputation stands as one of the greatest war photographers of our times. In recent years he has photographed the landscape surrounding his home in Somerset, but his later travels have taken him to some of the most remote regions in the world. His skill in photographing people in extreme situations has enabled him
In England
Don McCullin`s view of England is rooted in his wartime childhood and growing up around Finsbury Park in the fifties. His first published photograph was a picture of a gang from his neighbourhood, which appeared in a newspaper after a local murder; McCullin always balanced his anger at the unacceptable face of the nation with
Ocean Worlds: The story of seas on Earth and other planets
Oceans make up most of the surface of our blue planet. They may form just a sliver on the outside of the Earth, but they are very important, not only in hosting life, including the fish and other animals on which many humans depend, but in terms of their role in the Earth system, in
Pyongyang: Journey in North Korea
Guy Delisle’s ‘Pyongyang ‘“ A Journey in North Korea”, continues in the great tradition of non-fiction comic books looking at difficult subjects in difficult parts of the world, like Joe Sacco’s and Marjane Strapi’s work.Famously referred to as an ‘Axis-of-Evil’ country, North Korea remains one of the most secretive and mysterious nations in the world
Copenhagen Tales
Exploring the many moods of the Danish capital. From the narrow twisting streets of the old town centre to the shady docklands, this rich anthology captures the essence of Copenhagen and its many faces. Through seventeen tales by some of the very best of Denmark`s writers past and present, we travel the length and breadth
The Accidental Angler
Meet Charles Rangeley-Wilson. He’s one of Britain’s best-kept secrets ‘“ angler, conservationist, traveller. He’s also one of our finest fishing writers. Now join him on the trip of a lifetime, on a journey that will make the familiar new, and the strange familiar.Published to accompany the new BBC TV series, The Accidental Angler takes us
In the Field, Among the Feathered
America is a nation of ardent, knowledgeable birdwatchers. But how did it become so? And what role did the field guide play in our passion for spotting, watching, and describing birds? In the Field, Among the Feathered tells the history of field guides to birds in America from the Victorian era to the present, relating
Safe Area Goradze
In late 1995 and early 1996, cartoonist/reporter Joe Sacco travelled four times to Gorazde, a UN-designated safe area during the Bosnian War, which had teetered on the brink of obliteration for three and a half years. Still surrounded by Bosnian Serb forces, the mainly Muslim people of Gorazde had endured heavy attacks and severe privation
In God`s Path: The Arab Conquests and the Creation of an Islamic Empire
In just over a hundred years-from the death of Muhammad in 632 to the beginning of the Abbasid Caliphate in 750-the followers of the Prophet swept across the whole of the Middle East, North Africa, and Spain. Their armies threatened states as far afield as the Franks in Western Europe and the Tang Empire in
Slaying the Badger: LeMond, Hinault and the Greater Ever Tour de France
Slaying the Badger: LeMond, Hinault and the Greater Ever Tour de France describes the explosive rivalry between the Greg LeMond, then a prodigious newcomer, and Bernard Hinault, by 1986 already a five-time winner of the Tour. Though teammates in the powerful La Vie Claire squad, the two cyclists fought each other until LeMond’s final victory
Russia: What Everyone Needs to Know
Today`s Russia, also known as the Russian Federation, is often viewed as less powerful than the Soviet Union of the past. When stacked against other major nations in the present, however, the new Russia is a formidable if flawed player. Russia: What Everyone Needs to Know(R) provides fundamental information about the origins, evolution, and current
Spain: What Everyone Needs to Know
Spain has undergone significant transformations over the past three decades, from a dictatorship to a democracy and from a mostly local and agriculture-based economy to one of the biggest financial systems in the EU and internationally. Until 2008, it enjoyed a major influx of foreign investment and the most rapid economic growth of any of
Godforsaken Sea
“Non-fiction it may be, but it contains all the tension of a thriller” Stuart Alexander, The Independent The Vendee Globe is a 27,000 mile, single-handed yacht race through the world`s most treacherous seas. A four month journey where the sailors pit themselves against icebergs, hurricane-force winds and waves the height of six-storey buildings. On 3
It`s Not About The Bike
It`s Not About the Bike was first published in 2000. Detailing Lance Armstrong`s battle with life-threatening testicular cancer and his return to professional cycling, it became a huge bestseller, appealing to fans of cycling as well as cancer survivors inspired by his full and dramatic recovery. Dogged by suspicion and allegations of doping throughout his
The Longest Silence
Thomas McGuane`s obsession with fish has taken him from the river in his backyard to the holiest waters of the fly-fisher`s world. As he travels the fish take him to many and various subjects ripe for random speculation: rods and reels, the classification of anglers according to the flies they prefer, family and memory –
The Oxford Book of French Short Stories
This collection of French short stories in translation expands our idea of French writing by including new stories by women writers and by authors of Francophone origin. Spanning the centuries from the late eighteenth to the late twentieth, the collection opens with a rumbustious tale from the Marquis de Sade, takes in the masters of
The Oxford Book of Japanese Short Stories
This collection of short stories, including many new translations, is the first to span the whole of Japan`s modern era from the end of the nineteenth century to the present day. Beginning with the first writings to assimilate and rework Western literary traditions, through the flourishing of the short story genre in the cosmopolitan atmosphere
Oxford Book of Exploration
The Oxford Book of Exploration, edited by modern-day explorer Robin Hanbury-Tenison, is a comprehensive anthology of explorers` writings through the ages, documenting how geographical discoveries were viewed by the people whose eyes beheld them. The collection contains the very words of the explorers who changed the world through their pioneering search for new lands, new
Oxford Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases
One of the most distinctive characteristics of English is the number of words and phrases it has borrowed – and continues to borrow – from other languages, originally and most notably from Latin and French but now also from every corner of the globe. From the frequently used veranda and futon to the less familiar
Madrid Tales
The buzzing life of bars, warm evenings by the Manzanares river, the subterranean terrors of the Metro, icy winters and hot, empty summers, student days in the sixties, the ruthless underworld of the city`s mafia – this captivating anthology reflects the character of Madrid and the lives of the madrilenos, as its inhabitants are called,
