Category Archives: Travel Guides
City of Soldiers
Behind the headlines, the strategies, the surges, what is life really like in Afghanistan? What is it like to live and work there as a civilian on state-building with its people, fighting the Taliban with flip-charts and pens, not guns? In her account of sixteen months in the capital of Helmand province, Lashkar Gah, working
Gear Guide 1967
This `hip pocket guide to Britain`s swinging fashion scene`, gives a charming and now quite humorous look back at the emergence of London as a major player in the world of style during the 1960s. Opening with an informative and entertaining chapter exploring how the trend began and developed, it lists the most with-it Carnaby
Marseille
The reality of Marseille, with its secret life and scarred beauty, has little in common with its sulphurous reputation. Its inhabitants, who like to keep themselves and their city`s true character to themselves, prefer it that way. A taste for independence has been part of the city`s nature and history from the beginnings 2,600 years
Feast of Vegetables
This is a new series of beautifully-produced re-issues of some of the great classics of food and recipe-writing from the 20th century. In these days of celebrity TV cooks and their garish, over-hyped blockbusting tie-ins, there never was a better time for an antidote: the quiet rediscovery of great, unsung classics such as these. Each
Poor Cook: Fabulous Food for Next to Nothing
Poor Cook, which rapidly became a household classic and today is still quoted in lifestyle magazines, was originally published at the height of the 1971 recession and the rising threat of supermarket convenience food. The book is aimed at busy families with young children and contains over 300 recipes showing how to make cheaper cuts
My Greek Island Home
Artist, designer and photographer Claire Lloyd enjoyed a phenomenal career in London for many years. Living in a beautiful apartment, with a life filled with excitement and travel, she continued working like a maniac until 2004 when glandular fever stopped her in her tracks. During her long recuperation, she realised her priorities were changing, and
The East Highland Way
The East Highland Way is a detailed and descriptive guide to the route developed by Kevin Langan in 2007. Beginning in Fort William and culminating in Aviemore, the trail forms a new link route between the northern end of the West Highland Way and the southern end of the Speyside Way. In addition, the route
Walking With Wildness: Experiencing the Watershed of Scotland
The Watershed of Scotland is a line that separates East from West and divides those river basin areas which drain towards the North Sea on the one hand, and those which flow west into the Atlantic Ocean on the other. It meanders from Peel Fell on the English border all the way to the top
Brave Land: 10,000 Years of Scotland in Story
From bold heroines to clan battles, standing stones to castles, there is hardly any aspect of Scotland`s heritage that does not feature in our storytelling traditions. This collection of stories from all parts of Scotland, and from all periods of our dramatic – and often truly heroic – history is both an introduction to and
The Ultimate Guide to the Munros: Cairngorms South: Volume 4
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
Charlie, Meg and Me: An Epic 530 Mile Walk Recreating Bonnie Prince Charlie`s Escape After the Disaster of Culloden
For the first time, Bonnie Prince Charlie`s arduous escape of 1746 has been recreated in a single journey. The author, along with his faithful border collie Meg, retraces the Prince`s epic 530 mile walk through remote wilderness, hidden glens, modern day roads and uninhabited islands. Gregor Ewing tells the Prince`s story alongside the trials of
The Ultimate Guide to the Munros: Volume 5: Cairngorms North
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
Berlin Cantata
`A city that has lost one of its limbs and is receiving a miraculous gift, a little bump under the flesh, where the limb is just beginning to grow back`. Thus does the American girl in Jeffrey Lewis` remarkable polyphonic novel describe Berlin and the `remnant Jews, secret GDR Jews…Soviet Jews…Jews who`d fled and come
The Call of the Mountains: Sights and Inspirations from a Journey of a Thousand Miles Through Scotland`s Munro Ranges
An adventure across a thousand miles of Scotland`s mountains. In this personal guide to the triumphs, hardships and perils of scaling the Munros, Landsberg brings the joys and pitfalls of hill-climbing to life. Landsberg`s adventures are presented in vivid detail, with insights ranging from encompassing the wonder of unique experiences like seeing the birth of
The Barbarians Spring
Preising, Swiss industrialist and garrulous fusspot, finds himself in Tunisia, attending the wedding of two City traders from London. At an old Berber oasis transformed into a luxury resort, the bride rides in on a camel to take her vows. The ludicrous excesses of these braying, young, high-flying wealth-creators knows no bounds. But as they
Know Your Trains
These 44 models of train have been chosen to represent well-loved contemporary machines as well as a few unusual examples. Each machine has been photographed in the UK where most of them can be see working today. Accompanying each picture is a concise, informative text which gives details of the history, manufacture and engine specifications.
My House in Damascus: An Inside View of the Syrian Revolution
How did Syria`s revolution lose its way? Drawing on the author`s firsthand knowledge of the country`s complex religious and ethnic communities, this book illuminates the darker recesses of Syria`s history, politics, and society. With the unique perspective of an Arabic-speaking British woman, Diana Darke became deeply embedded in all levels of Syrian society when she
Know Your Dogs
The latest book in the Know Your – series is dedicated to man`s best friend, the dog. The 45 breeds selected by Jack Byard for his latest book are chosen to represent some of the most popular and well known dogs that you will see out and about around you. Each breed had a full
The Flying Scotsman: The World`s Most Famous Train
Hoping to attract attention and passengers, in 1923 the newly-established London and North Eastern Railway Company officially named its premier service – the 10am from London King`s Cross to Edinburgh – the Flying Scotsman.The following year one of the newest class of express locomotives, named for the service, was proudly displayed at the British Empire
