Category Archives: Travel Guides
Wildcare
This title tells the stories – some heart-warming and some heartbreaking – of a few of the thousands of animals that have passed through the wild animal rehabilitation centre, Wildcare. Karen Trendler started the centre from her kitchen in 1986, and it has since developed into a South African success story. Karen Trendler has become
The Carrot Who Was Too Big For His Bed
Carrot loves his nice warm bed. But soon he wants to explore the big wide world. Who will help him pull up his roots and move on?This delightful story for youngsters is printed on paper containing real carrot seeds. So you can have lots of fun reading the story and growing your own carrots together.
It Rose Up: A Selection of Lost Irish Fantasy Stories
A mystical battle between foreign gods and local saints is unleashed as idols are mistaken for garden ornaments; an ambiguous wizard spies on his neighbours from an invisible tower; a cursed duelling pistol influences its owners to commit suicide. With strange combinations of occultism, electricity, magic and playfully Biblical archetypes, the fifteen darkly funny stories
Macedonia – The Cookbook: Recipes from the Balkan Peninsula
Discover the flavours and traditions of Northern MacedoniaThe cuisine of Northern Macedonia is a rich mosaic of influences from the Mediterranean and Middle East, and the neighbouring countries of the Balkan Peninsula. Known for its opulent family meals, the regional dishes play important symbolic roles in local traditions and family celebrations.`Macedonia – The Cookbook` is
The Flower Market Year: 12 Months at New Covent Garden Flower Market
The New Covent Garden Flower Market plays an integral part in Simon Lycett`s life as a florist and has done for the last 25 years. Originally opened in London`s Covent Garden in 1670, the Market moved to Nine Elms in Vauxhall in November 1974 and became known as the New Covent Garden Flower Market. Now
On The Ho Chi Minh Trail – The Blood Road, The Women Who Defended It, The Legacy
Part travelogue, part history, and part reflective meditation on conflict and reconciliation, Sherry Buchanan`s new book offers both a personal and historical exploration of the Ho Chi Minh Trail, highlighting the critical role women militia and soldiers played in defending the Ho Chi Minh Trail during the Vietnam War. Accompanied by two travelling companions, Buchanan
I Want To Leave This Book!
What happens when half of the characters don`t like the book they`re in?What happens when half of the characters vote to leave?And what happens when they get told the zombie unicorns are coming?Brexit boiled down into a children`s story about choice, democracy and why it`s important to understand one another… before the pages run out.
The Ruins Of The Reich
This exploration of German identity unfurls as the author journeys through the former German Reich, through the eighteen territories memorialised in the Hall of Liberation. His travels cover present-day Germany and Austria and those regions of Italy, Czech Republic, Poland, Lithuania and Russia which were once German or which remain German-speaking. Geoghegan witnesses a parade
Slow Road to San Francisco: Travels Through Small-Town America
As he moseys from east to west, driving slowly, stopping frequently he meets a huge variety of Americans – white, black, Hispanic, Asian, native American; Christian, Muslim, atheist, Mormon, Mennonite; rich, middling, poor. They talk about everything from slavery, Indian reservations, fracking and forest fires to baseball, beer, the blues, Butch Cassidy, and Marilyn Monroe.
Not Far From The Junction
Will Ashon spent the day of Tuesday May 21st 2019 hitching around the motorways and `A` roads of England, chatting to whoever picked him up about their lives, dreams, aspirations, fears and favourite foods. The resulting transcripts, presented here edited and cross-cut through one another into a collage of voices, form a work in which
The Lure
Noel Cumming`s life is about to change irrevocably. After witnessing a brutal murder he is recruited to assist the police by acting as the lure for the elusive killer. That killer has been targeting gay men. Undercover, Noel moves deeper and deeper into the dark side of Manhattan`s gay scene. A journey that stirs his
The Gaudy Image
Originally published in Europe in the 50s to avoid prosecution for obscenity, `The Gaudy Image` is one of the most important `lost` gay novels. A classic of gay fiction available in a new edition for the first time in 30 years.
The Ministry of Guidance
Set mostly in Iran, but making forays to London, Mecca, Germany, and the transit area of a Ukrainian airport, the stories are brilliantly deft in summoning up the dilemmas of their protagonists, be they characters who are kicking against the confines of the society into which they are born, or characters wanting to embrace those
Adventure Starts at Bedtime: 30 real-life stories of danger and intrigue
30 true stories of danger and intrigue, written by a real-life female adventurer. Packed with near escapes and inspirational, re-live jaw-dropping moments from some of history`s most intrepid adventurers in this book that will have young readers counting down the hours until bedtime.
Magical Creatures and Mythical Beasts: Includes magic torch which illuminates more than 30 magical beasts
Discover the fantastical creatures that inhabit famous historical landmarks around the world using the UV flashlight included with the book. Shine the light on 18 real-life locations to reveal a unicorn at dawn in the Harz Mountains of Germany, come face-to-face with Bigfoot in Yosemite National Park, and watch a Pegasus soar over the Parthenon
Follies: An Architectural Journey
`a colourful and enjoyable read… welcome escapism from today`s troubling times`THE RIBA JOURNAL***Follies: An Architectural Journey is an illustrated travel account of Rory Fraser`s journey painting England`s follies the summer after leaving university. From towering monastic ruins to the modern `man cave`, Fraser introduces us to an architectural cabinet of curios including treasonous renaissance symbols,
Soviet Signs & Street Relics
French photographer Jason Guilbeau has used Google Street View to virtually navigate Russia and the former USSR, searching for examples of a forgotten Soviet empire. The subjects of these unlikely photographs are incidental to the purpose of Google Street View – captured by serendipity, rather than design, they are accorded a common vernacular. Once found,
Soviet Cities: Labour, Life & Leisure
In recent years Russian cities have visibly changed. The architectural heritage of the Soviet period has not been fully acknowledged. As a result many unique modernist buildings have been destroyed or changed beyond recognition. Russian photographer Arseniy Kotov intends to document these buildings and their surroundings before they are lost forever. He likes to take
London`s Lost Music Venues
A photographic guide to the iconic lost live music venues of London, as they are today. Did you get tinnitus from too many gigs at The Bull & Gate? Spent your youth propping up the bar at The Marquee Club? Or witness early gigs by rock legends on Eel Pie Island? Then this book is
