Category Archives: Travel Guides
The Fish Can Sing
The Fish Can Sing is the 1957 modern classic of Icelandic fiction from celebrated novelist Halldรณr Laxness; a tender coming-of-age story of a boy and a nation, dragged unwillingly into the modern world.Abandoned as a baby, รlfgrรญmur is content to spend his days as a fisherman living in the turf cottage outside Reykjavรญk with the
The French
It is hard to describe Theodore Zeldin, he his at once a historian, a psychoanalyst and a sociologist. He is concerned less with facts and more of human emotions / “He opens up before us a marvellouly varied landscape, not of fields and cathedrals, but of anger and passion, of love and ridicule, a subtle
The New Rulers Of The World
John Pilger is one of the world`s most renowned investigative journalists and documentary film-makers. In this fully updated collection, he reveals the secrets and illusions of modern imperialism. Beginning with Indonesia, he shows how General Suharto`s bloody seizure of power in the 1960s was part of a western design to impose a `global economy` on
In the Spirit of Crazy Horse.
On a hot June morning in 1975, a shoot-out between FBI agents and American Indians erupted on a reservation near Wounded Knee in South Dakota. Two FBI agents and one Indian died. Eventually four Indians, all members of the American Indian Movement (AIM) were indicted on murder charges, Twenty-two years late, one of them, Leonard
The Man Who Planted Trees
Jean Giono`s beautiful allegorical tale is legendary. Written in the 1950s, its message was ahead of its time, inspiring readers to rediscover the harmonies of the countryside and prevent its wilful destruction. The narrator, journeying by foot across the barren plains of the lower Alps, has his thirst assuaged by the well water drawn by
Miss Smilla`s Feeling for Snow
Peter Hoeg`s Miss Smilla’s Feeling For Snow is a novel that has been translated into countless different languages and has been made into a film starring Juliette Binoche. Yet despite the film’s release, the text remains the best, most engaging of all forms for Hoeg’s thriller.One snowy day in Copenhagen, six-year-old Isaiah falls to his
The Cotswold Collection
The Cotswold Collection, now in its third edition, is an extraordinary collection of photographs that captures the very essence of the Cotswolds. From the picturesque market towns to the rolling hills and vales, this rich and familiar landscape is captured in a unique and striking way in this wonderful keepsake book. The Cotswolds are peppered
Eleni
A son`s quest to avenge his mother`s murder. In 1948, in a Greek mountain village, Eleni Gatzoyiannis was arrested, tortured and shot. She was one of the 158,000 victims of the Greek Civil War. Her crime had been to help her children escape from the Communist guerrillas who occupied their village. Her son, Nicholas Gage,
Cornwall Cycling Country Lanes
Explore Cornwall by bike with this laminated, waterproof Cornwall map. With 21 circular, clearly-marked routes this easy-to-use map will help you discover the best of Cornwall along the quietest country lanes.Cornwall has something for everyone regardless of the bike you ride or your level of fitness. From the breath-taking moors and rolling hills to the
Roads to Santiago
Roads to Santiago by Cees Nooteboom is a multi-faceted pilgrimage through ten centuries of Spanish history, politics, art, literature, architecture, climate and people. Nooteboom unlocks doors to a hidden Spain, embarking on detours and encountering riddles, presenting the lands and history of the country with all the weight of a passion accumulated over forty years
Eucalyptus
On a property in New South Wales, a man named Holland lives with his daughter Ellen. As years pass and Ellen grows into a beautiful young woman, her father announces his decision: she will marry the first man who can name all the species of the eucalypt, down to the last tree.
White Savages in the South Seas
This is a book about Polynesia after the cruise ship has left, the jet has flown off into the sunset, and the mai tai curtain has dropped on a dream that was more performance than reality. This first-hand narrative introduces the reader to the Cook Islands and an extraordinary array of their inhabitants: Susy No
To Kill A Nation – The Attack on Yugoslavia
Drawing on a wide range of unpublished material and observations gathered from his visit to Yugoslavia in 1999, Michael Parenti challenges mainstream media coverage of the war and uncovers hidden agendas behind the Western talk of genocide, ethnic cleansing, and democracy.
We are everywhere: the irresistible rise of global anti-capitalism
We Are Everywhere is a whirlwind collection of writings, images and ideas for direct action by people on the frontlines of the global anticapitalist movement. This is a movement of untold stories, because those from below are not those who get to write history, even though we are the ones making it. We Are Everywhere
Blue Meridian
In 1969 Peter Matthiessen set out with the expedition led by Peter Gimbel, whose aim was to find and film underwater for the first time the most dangerous of all sea creatures – the great white shark. Acting as the expedition`s chronicler and spare hand (both on the surface and below), Matthiessen accompanied the crew
