Category Archives: Travel Guides
The Eye of the North
Emmeline Widget has never left Widget Manor – and that`s the way she likes it. But when her scientist parents mysteriously disappear, she finds herself being packed off on a ship to France, heading for a safe house in Paris. Onboard she is befriended by an urchin stowaway called Thing. But before she can reach
The Dog of the Marriage
A quietly powerful presence in American fiction in during the past two decades, these collected stories show the true scale of Hempel`s achievement. Her compact fictions, populated by smart neurotic somewhat damaged narrators, speak grandly to the longings and insecurities in all of us, and in a voice that is bracingly direct and sneakily profound.
Frost
The neighbours all complain about the foxes hanging around the flat where Cassie lives, close to the river Thames, but Cassie thinks they’re beautiful. Her favourite is a small fox with a white tail-tip, who she names Frost. One night she catches sight of him out in the snow, looking cold and thin, and decides
An Atlas of Impossible Things
Beginning in 1907 with the founding of a factory in Songarh, a small provincial town where narrow attitudes prevail, the story is of three generations of an Indian family, brilliantly told, in which a sensitive and intelligent foundling boy orphan who is casteless and without religion and Bakul, the motherless granddaughter of the house, grow
Young Heroes
Discover over 100 extraordinary children from across the world. Featuring an international selection of passionate young people, this collection highlights the stories of musical talents, environmental activists, engineers, artists and authors, as well as political voices, among others. Including entertainers such as Taylor Swift and Daniel Radcliffe, sporting heroes like Pele and Michelle Kwarn, and
There`s an egg in my soup…
Five years in the Polish wilderness. Queues for groceries, unfathomable bus timetables, inexplicable traditions and truly bizarre soup – this is Poland in the mid-1990s, where Tom Galvin innocently went as a trainee teacher. Without a word of Polish, he is plunged into a strange and rapidly changing culture, as the country shakes off its
Wild Dublin
This book is new in paperback and takes the readers above buildings, beneath rivers and canals, amidst bushes and trees, inside the M50 nature abounds. It is a lavish, entertaining and uniquely visual nature book. It is exciting to read, up to date and comprehensive in its information. Minks in the Dodder, whales on the
Where`s Harry?
Follow Larry the Leprechaun around Ireland, and see if you can find him in Newgrange, at the Rock of Cashel and in Dublin`s St Patrick`s Day Parade! But it won`t be easy: he is hiding in the middle of Irish dancers, traditional musicians, climbers, tourists, hurlers and many others. Great fun for all the family.
Around Ireland On A Bike
Why would someone set out on a bicycle tour of Ireland? Because Ireland is as stunning a country as any you`ll ever visit. There`s the extraordinary light, which adds intensity to everything, making greens and whites appear greener and whiter. It`s all there: moss-covered mountains rising ominously from the mist, bright blue skies over white
The Mournes Walks
Newly revised and updated. Where the mountains of Mourne sweep down to the sea They sweep down to the sea, they rise in huge heathery humps, surrounded by farmlands divided into tiny, stone-walled fields. Explore the Mournes in the company of walking expert Paddy Dillon, taking in rugged coast, high mountains and forest parks. Follow
Kerry Walks
The perfect walking guide to the wilderness and beauty of Kerry. Discover the landscape and wildlife of Ireland`s most beautiful county with walking enthusiast and expert naturalist Kevin Corcoran. These twenty walks explore heathland and bog, Ireland`s highest mountains, coastal peninsulas, beaches, islands, forests, rivers, lakes. *20 walks, spread throughout the county * walks from
Measuring the World
At the end of the eighteenth century, two brilliant and eccentric young scientists set out to measure the world. Alexander von Humboldt swashbuckled his way across the globe: navigating ocean and jungle, eating with cannibals, swimming with electric eels, lowering himself into volcanoes and scaling the highest mountain known to man. Carl Friedrich Gauss, on
How many lightbulbs does it take to change a planet?
The human world sits on the brink of potentially catastrophic environmental change. If we do not drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and start that process now, it is projected that in the second half of the 20th century the cost of climate damage could amount to a fifth of global GDP. The latest science confirms
Diamond Dove
Emily Tempest has been away from the outback for a long time – uni, travel, dead-end jobs finding trouble all over the world. Now she`s back at Moonlight Downs, the community where she grew up, half in the Aboriginal world, half in the white. And true to form, there`s trouble. Within hours of her arrival
Paris To The Moon
In 1995, Adam Gopnik, his wife, and their infant son left the familiar comforts and hassles of New York for the urbane glamour of Paris. Charmed by the beauties of the city, Gopnik set out to experience for himself the spirit and romance that has so captivated American writers throughout the twentieth century. In the
Death in Breslau
Set in 1933, with Germany sliding under Gestapo’s control, Marek Krajewski’s Death in Breslau is a powerful thriller bringing to life this interesting city which 12 years later would pass to Poland and become Wroclaw.Mutilated bodies of a young woman and her ladies’ maid are found dead on a train. Scorpions writhe in their slashed
This Dog Loves You Too Much
Dogs know that their human is the greatest in the whole world! They`ll stop at nothing to show their owners just how much they love them. They`ll remodel the garden, lick the dishes clean and keep the bed nice and warm. They just can`t figure out why their displays of affection don`t always get the
Disco for the Departed
Dr Siri Paiboun may be in his seventy-third year, but he`s still as sturdy as a jungle boar – and as crafty as one. Reluctant coroner to the Lao People`s Democratic Republic, he`s been despatched to the country`s mountainous north where the sudden appearance of a mummified arm protruding from a concrete path laid in
Amazing Women: 101 Lives to Inspire You
Discover the stories of 101 extraordinary women of our time. Featuring an international selection of female figures, this carefully curated collection highlights those who have achieved significantly in their fields, ranging from science and politics to sport and the arts. Empowering and inspiring accounts of female pioneers include the likes of JK Rowling, Rosalind Franklin,
The First Fingerprint
In an underwater cavern off the coast west of Marseille are the first human engravings known to man. Among them is a crude drawing of a three-fingered hand, which has long puzzled archaeologists. Is it a hunting signal? A mystic sign invoking the spirits? Or is it, as many believe, evidence of ritual mutilation in
