Category Archives: Travel Guides
Cumbria & the Lake District – Waterside Walks
Water always add something special to a walk and Cumbria and the Lake District have many notable waterside landscapes to explore. Stroll by delightful stretches of the Cocker, Derwent and Rothay River to name a few, and enjoy the beautiful lakes and reservoirs, set in stunning scenery, at such places as Derwentwater, Buttermere Lake and
The Peak District – Kiddiwalks
Here is a book of twenty safe walks devised with active children in mind. Packed with fun things to see and do, each circular route offers a great outing.
Lancashire – Kiddiwalks
A collection off twenty circular walks designed for children and family groups which explore the local countryside. Includes routes around Rochdale, Southport, Blackpool, Morecombe and Colne. With maps and photographs.
Lincolnshire – Footpaths For Fitness
The twenty graded circular routes in this book vary in length from 1 and a half miles to 8 and a half miles, and have been designed as a simple programme for those who want to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Each route has been graded from 1 – 3 to indicate the level of effort
Norfolk – Drive & Stroll
A collection of twenty circular routes for those who enjoy a country drive to an attractive spot for a refreshing walk. Includes routes at Wenhaston, Kedington, Bury St. Edmunds, Long Melford, Flatford, Needham Market and Aldeburgh. With maps and photogrpahs.
West Yorkshire – Footpaths for Fitness
Twenty circular walks graded by length and degree of engergy needed. They range from 2 to 8 miles and include Boston Spa, Badsworth, Denby Dale, Todmorden and Addingham. With maps and photographs.
ยกNo Pasaran!: Writings from the Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil War captured the imaginations of writers and readers around the world. !No Pasaran! collects thirty-eight of the most vivid, poignant stories to come out of the conflict, by writers from across the political, geographical and artistic spectrum. The writers include celebrated international figures such as Jean-Paul Sartre, Leonardo Sciascia and Victor Serge
Leicestershire & Rutland – Drive & Stroll
Circular country walks including routes near Castle Donington, Walton on the Wolds, Hungarton, Wing, Oadby and Peatling Parva. In full colour.
Time Out London Walks – Volume 1
Time Out’s London Walks – Volume 1 is a collection of 30 walks recommended by London writers, journalists, novelists, comedians, cartoonists and historians, revealing personal insights into specific corners of the capital. The guide can be used at home as a collection of writing about London or as a practical companion to the city’s streets
Shropshire – Kiddiwalks
Twenty short circular walks especially designed for children including routes at Ludlow and Whitcliffe Common; Lyth Hill Country Park; and Shrewsbury`s battlefield site. in colour and with maps and photographs.
Time Out Country Walks: 52 Walks Near London
Time Out’s Country Walks – Volume 1 is a collection of 52 walks within easy reach of London, recommending a range of different strolls and rambles for those seeking to escape from the city. The walks are largely based in the countryside and on scenic footpaths, with a minimum of road walking involved, are between
Suffolk – Kiddiwalks
Short circular walks especially designed to interest children including routes at Snape, West Stow, Walberswick, Lavenham and Cavendish. In full colour and with maps and photographs.
Berkshire & Oxfordshire – Walks into History
A collection of walks exploring different aspects of the historical past of both counties. With maps and photographs.
The Peddars Way & Norfolk Coast Path – Pub Walks
Based on these two long-distance footpaths, the twenty circular walks include routes at East Harling, Newton, Brancaster, Cley and Cromer. With sketch maps and photographs.
Derbyshire – Pub Walks
Twenty circular walks around Derbyshire based on good pubs, with sketch maps and photographs.
Essential Maps for Family Historians
This comprehensive book covers all the principal types of map relevant to family and local historians. These include Estate and Manorial maps, Enclosure and Tythe maps, Town maps, and Valuation Office survey maps. The maps in the book are reproduced in colour and there are integrated case studies within each chapter.
Somerset – A Dog Walker`s Guide
The circular routes vary in length from 1 and three quarter and 5 and a half miles and each walk has information on the distance and terrain, livestock likely to be encountered, number and type of stiles en route and, in an emergency, the nearest veterinary surgery. The routes give dogs and their owners the
Sounds Like London: 100 Years of Black Music in the Capital
Acclaimed writer Lloyd Bradley explores the influence of immigrant cultures on the capital`s music scene. For as long as people have been migrating to London, so has their music. An essential link to home, music also has the power to shape communities in surprising ways. Black music has been part of London`s landscape since the
Black Bazaar
This is a riotous account of a Black dandy trying to cut it in Paris today. Buttocks Man is down on his uppers. His girlfriend, Original Colour, has cleared out of their Paris studio and run off to the Congo with a vertically challenged drummer known as The Mongrel. She`s taken their daughter with her.
Washington Black
FROM THE MAN BOOKER AND ORANGE PRIZE SHORTLISTED AUTHOR OF HALF BLOOD BLUES`A masterpiece` Attica Locke`High adventure fraught with cliffhanger twists mark this runaway-slave narrative, which leaps, sails, and soars … broadens inventive possibilities for the antebellum novel` Kirkus starred review When two English brothers take the helm of a Barbados sugar plantation, Washington Black
