Category Archives: Travel Guides
The Centre Cannot Hold
Peter Geoghegan takes an in-depth journey through some of the unexpected people and far-flung places along Scotland`s road to referendum. September 19, 2014. The ballots are in, and the votes are counted. Scotland has either chosen to remain part of the Untied Kingdom, or to form a new independent state. The result is black and
Ultimate Guide To The Munros Vol 1
“The Ultimate Guide to The Munros” is a guidebook with a difference. Rather than telling the reader which are the `best` routes, it describes all practicable ascent routes up all the Munros, and rates them in terms of difficulty and quality (using comprehensive grading systems). This enables the reader to make his/her own choices from
Tales of Loch Ness
This book helps you explore the myths and legends surrounding one of Scotland`s most famous locations. The home of the fabled Loch Ness monster, or Nessie as she is affectionately known, is a favourite tourist spot. Every year thousands flock to her shores hoping for a glimpse of the mysterious creature. But hers is not
1989: the Berlin Wall: My Part in its Downfall
Follow Peter Millar on a journey in the heart of Cold War Europe, from the carousing bars of 1970s Fleet Street to the East Berlin corner pub with its eclectic cast of characters who embodied the reality of living on the wrong side of the wall.
Tomorrow, Berlin
Berlin. A city where nightclubs stay open from Friday night till Monday morning. A city with an underbelly as dark and addictive as the 24-hour drugs, drinking, dancing and sex in filthy toilets that it serves up. Three young men, from different backgrounds, meet here by chance, struggling to find a future and to escape
RYA Handy Guide to CEVNI
The CEVNI (Code Europรฉen des Voies de la Navigation Intรฉrieure) code governs navigation on all interconnected European inland waterways, and a good knowledge of it is vital for every user of these waters.This new book will help anyone to pass the CEVNI test, whether taken online or in written form. It is colourfully illustrated and
Old Men Can`t Wait
This epic exploration of thirteen countries takes Gandolfi across desert and over mountains, through the Amazon forest and the length of the Appalachians. Guide books may warn of thieves, bandits, corrupt police and border officials; Gandolfi writes of the remarkable kindness and generosity he encounters. Courtesy, patience and good humour are his passports while hurry
RYA Rules of Sailing 2017-20
The Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS) are revised and published every four years by the International Sailing Federation (ISAF), the international authority for the sport.The RYA, as the ISAF Member National Authority for the UK, makes ‘National Prescriptions’, (which are variations to certain areas within the rules) and publishes them together with other addenda in
Messengers: City Tales from a London Bicycle Courier
Fresh from a world of deserts, oceans and human kindness Julian Sayarer goes about adjusting back to the hard indifference of a city amongst ever-rising skyscrapers and the turning waters of the Thames. From a bicycle view of the streets, Messengers watches a merry-go-round of media sensation, consumerism and crony politics. Against this background Julian
RYA Handy Guide to the Racing Rules 2017-2020
The Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS) are revised and published every four years by the International Sailing Federation (ISAF), the international authority for the sport.This pocket guide is a simplified view of the basic racing rules and has been updated to reflect the Racing Rules of Sailing 2017-2020. It is essential reading if you are
Messengers
Messengers sees Julian Sayarer return to work as a London bicycle courier, after six months cycling around the world. From saddle and kerbside, his stories of delivering flowers to politicians, and administration notices to banks toppled by the financial crisis, make for a social history of a less seen city, written from the perspective of
RYA Weather Handbook
If you are doing an RYA course or are simply seeking to gain a greater understanding of the weather, this edition of the RYA Weather Handbook (which covers the Northern and Southern Hemispheres) is full of practical and useful information, on aspects such as theory, weather charts, clouds, predicting the wind, and the technology used
RYA Training Almanac (Northern Hemisphere Edition)
Updated RYA Training Almanac, containing practice navigation tables. Buy separately or in a pack with training charts 3 and 4.Please note that this product is for training purposes only, and is not to be used for navigation.
RYA Training Almanac (Southern Hemisphere Edition)
RYA Training Almanac – Southern, containing practice navigation tables. This Almanac is to be used with RYA Training Charts 5 & 6.Please note that this product is for training purposes only, and is not to be used for navigation.
RYA Handy Guide to Marine Radio (G22)
This handy book for the leisure user is a quick-reference guide to radio procedures (including Urgency, Safety, and Distress messaging); installing and maintaining a VHF radio; the licensing requirements, and GMDSS including Navtex.It also features useful extras, including prowords, the phonetic alphabet and numerals, and two sample Distress Procedure Cards for vessels with and without
The Fault
Chilling thriller set on Gibraltar – at the heart of The Rock are secret tunnels, hard to navigate and even harder to escape. Sebastian is a civil engineering prodigy and his latest project is his most ambitious to date: to build a new city on the sheerest face of The Rock. His fiancee, Eva, a
Beetle Queen
Cruel beetle fashionista, Lucretia Cutter, is at large with her yellow ladybird spies. When Darkus, Virginia and Bertolt discover further evidence of her evil, they`re determined to stop her. But the three friends are in trouble. Darkus` dad has forbidden them to investigate any further – and disgusting crooks Humphrey and Pickering are out of
