Category Archives: Travel Guides
Single Point Mooring Maintenance and Operations Guide (SMOG)
Single Point Mooring Maintenance and Operations Guide (SMOG) is an industry guide with technical recommendations and guidance for the operation and maintenance of single point moorings (SPM).
Maps of London`s Transport: Design Variety in the First Half of the Twentieth Century
Underground, Bus, Green Line Coach, Tram and Main Line Suburban – all these are covered in this brand new survey of London`s public transport maps from 1900-1950. Many of the maps in this carefully researched new work by John Dodd will be new to readers, and all will be seen in a new light.
Tube Station Trivia
How many baies have been born on the Underground and when was the first?When was First Class withdrawn on the system?Why is the line with greatest number of stations south of the Thames called the Northern?Where can you see owls in booking halls?When was the first royal visit to the Tube?Which station has a once-a-day
Tube Map Travels: Imitations, Adaptations and Explorations Worldwide
A heavily illustrated guide to tube maps issued overseas, including weird and wonderful artwork from around the world. Full colour throughout.
London`s Railway Termini: Photographs at the End of the Line
Professional photographer Kevin Nixon has two particular passions in his work: live music events and architecture. The latter led to this album of stunning images of London`s mainline railway termini in both colour and black and white. Brief histories of the stations by architectural writer Peter Lloyd introduce each chapter.
Spain – Speak The Culture
Spain is a complex country. Beyond the stereotypes of sangria and bullfighting lies a cultured mosaic of regions, languages and customs. “Speak the Culture: Spain” picks at the surface to uncover the key events, themes and people that have shaped the nation, from green Galicia to dusty Andalucia.From the lingering Moorish flavours of Spain`s Middle
Great Britain : Speak the Culture
This title is the third in an exciting new concept and series which will make you fluent in each country`s life and culture.Few nations rival the rich history, artistic achievement and contemporary verve of Britain. But who are the British? What does it mean to be British and is there such a thing as British
Live and Work in New Zealand
New Zealand has long been a favourite with those wishing to start a new life overseas: this book gives all the information necessary to make the idea of moving to the antipodes a reality. The book is illustrated with first-hand accounts from people living in New Zealand and is full colour, with numerous helpful maps
Live and Work in the USA
This book is a complete guide to daily life in the USA, from finding a home to finding work or even setting up a business from scratch. Live & Work in the USA is illustrated with first-hand accounts from people living in America and is full colour, with numerous maps and photographs throughout. Set out
Real Cider Making on a Small Scale
Cider is a quite delicious drink which has been known for thousands of years and which has enjoyed a fashionable makeover in recent years. This practical book by Michael Pooley and John Lomax, both cidermakers of national repute for more than 20 years, explores both modern and traditional approaches, and has been designed to enable
Moustaches, Whiskers and Beards
Taking as her starting point images from the holdings of the National Portrait Gallery, London, writer and art historian Lucinda Hawksley explores the history of facial hair, from prehistoric times to the present day. By way of introduction, she investigates how cave men shaved, the Pharaonic beard in ancient Egypt, the work of barbers in
The Aldwych Branch
This is the story of a now-disused branch of the Underground between Holborn and Aldwych. Although just a quarter of a mile long, it was a hopeless enterprise from the early 20th century beginnings and never covered its costs. For such a small stretch of railway, it has a surprisingly colourful history, especially during wartime
Mutant Message From Down Under
“Mutant Message Down Under” is the gripping fictional account of the spiritual odyssey of an American woman in Australia. Summoned by a remote tribe of nomadic Aboriginals to accompany them on a walkabout through the outback, she makes a four month long journey with the `Real People`, as the tribe calls itself. During this time
Mrs. Miniver
Shortly before the Second World War, a column by `Mrs Miniver` appeared in THE TIMES, the first of many recounting the everyday events of a middle-class Chelsea family: Mrs Miniver`s thrill at the sight of October chrysanthemums; her sense of doom when the faithful but rackety car is replaced; the escapades of Vin, Toby and
Daughters of the House
Shortlisted for the Booker Prize Secrets and lies linger in the very walls of the solid old Normandy house where Therese and Leonie, French and English cousins, grow up after the war. Intrigued by adults` guilty silences and the broken shrine they find in the woods, the girls weave their own fantasies, unwittingly revealing the
Turkish Embassy Letters
The critical and biographical introduction tells of Lady Wortley Montagu`s travels through Europe to Turkey in 1716, where her husband had been appointed Ambassador. Her lively letters offer insights into the paradoxical freedoms conferred on Muslim women by the veil, the value of experimental work by Turkish doctors on inoculation, and the beauty of Arab
Community Tourism Guide
The “Community Tourism Guide” will lead you to a new type of holiday. Tribal people and rural villagers in Africa, Asia, Australia, North and South America and the Pacific islands are setting up their own tours: tours from which they, and not the international hotel chains, derive some income. For the traveller, they offer uniquely
Decolonizing Nature
British imperialism was almost unparalleled in its historical and geographical reach, leaving a legacy of entrenched social transformation in nations and cultures in every part of the globe. Colonial annexation and government were based on an all-encompassing system that integrated and controlled political, economic, social and ethnic relations, and required a similar annexation and control
