Category Archives: Travel Guides
My Heroes
The `World`s greatest living explorer` as described in the Guinness Book of Records, writes about the people who have inspired him, `from a London policeman hacked to death by a local mob to the bravest, boldest, parlour maid in the world`. Ranulph, or Ran as he likes to be called, gives lectures all over the
Scarp
AN INDEPENDENT BOOK OF THE YEAR An extraordinary book by a man with a unique and inspiring perspective, SCARP will change the way you view the places and spaces around you, and reveal a forgotten London you never knew existed. Nick Papadimitriou has spent a lifetime living on the margins, walking and documenting the landscapes
The Life of an Unknown Man
One night in St Petersburg, two men meet, both adrift in the brash new Russia: Shutov, a writer visiting after years of exile in Paris, and Volsky, an elderly survivor of the Siege of Leningrad and Stalin`s purges. His life story – one of extreme suffering, courage and an extraordinary love – he considers unremarkable.
The Camper Van Cookbook
Say goodbye to roughing it. And hello to a new kind of freedom. With over 80 fabulously tasty recipes you can cook on just two rings and a few barbeque feasts and camp fire crackers, this is the dashboard bible for anyone who ever dreamed of hitting the road at the wheel of a classic
Bill`s – The Cookbook
Ever eaten at Bill`s? If you haven`t, then put it on your To Do list. If you have, then you`ll know it`s all about the atmosphere and the food – it`s delicious, it`s different, it`s full of fabulous flavours and textures; a unique celebration of eating. From breakfast to bedtime, from the first green shoots
Grace Williams Says It Loud
Shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction Winner of the McKitterick Prize 2011 Runner up, Mind Book of the Year 2011 Shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers` First Book Award, the Waverton Good Read Award, the Authors Club First Novel Award the Wellcome Trust Book Prize The doctors said no more could be done and advised
How to Eat Out
How to Eat Out, Giles Coren`s hilarious and practical wisdom on eating out – from McDonalds to Michelin star – is now available in paperback. It has taken Giles Coren a lifetime to master the art of eating out. From a lonely childhood spent in pub car parks, peering in at a magical world of
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NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE – Stephen King`s terrifying classic.`They float…and when you`re down here with me, you`ll float, too.`To the children, the town was their whole world. To the adults, knowing better, Derry Maine was just their home town: familiar, well-ordered for the most part. A good place to live.It is the children who
A Child`s Christmas in Wales
Dylan Thomas`s classic account of his childhood Christmases, newly illustrated in full colour by Peter Bailey, now in paperback. All the Christmases roll down toward the two-tongued sea, like a cold and headlong moon bundling down the sky that was our street; and they stop at the rim of the ice-edged, fish-freezing waves, and I
Katy`s Pony Summer
It`s summertime at Barton Farm in Victoria Eveleigh`s latest Exmoor Pony adventure. Katy is looking forward to a carefree summer on the farm, riding and having fun with her best friend, Alice. But all that changes when an injured foal leads to a mystery that no one can solve. It`s up to Katy and her
The Magic Sword
Full colour red Early Reader about the legendary Arthur, Merlin and the sword in the stone, written and illustrated by James Mayhew. Early Readers are stepping stones from picture books to reading books, perfect for building confidence in new readers and reluctant readers. A blue Early Reader is perfect for sharing and reading together. A
Swahili
Are you looking for a complete course in Swahili which takes you effortlessly from beginner to confident speaker? Whether you are starting from scratch, or are just out of practice, Complete Swahili will guarantee success! Now fully updated to make your language learning experience fun and interactive. You can still rely on the benefits of
Study Skills – Geography, Earth and Environmental Science
There are moments in everyone`s degree when you are expected to do something unfamiliar and daunting – present a seminar, go on a fieldtrip, create a wiki page, lead a lab team – and how to do it or what to expect is unclear. Studying at university requires a different approach from studying at school
Walking London`s Medical History
Highly Commended, BMA Medical Book Awards 2013 The history of health care is complex, confusing, and contested. It involves more than just the creation of hospitals and dispensaries, infirmaries, and health centers. There are also royal colleges, trades unions, medical schools, nurses` homes, coroners` courts, nursing sisterhoods, ambulance stations, patients` organizations, and medical missions. Usually,
Cycling Philosophy for Everyone: A Philosophical Tour de Force
Cycling Philosophy for Everyone: A Philosophical Tour de Force from those heavyweights of academic publishing Wiley-Blackwell, with 25 separate essays of interesting and informative musings on various aspects of cycling, why it appeals to us, and what it does for us.The book was published as part of the publishers’ extensive ‘Philosophy for Everyone” series and
Ashes to Dust
The third crime novel from international bestseller Yrsa Sigurdardottir, and the third featuring her popular heroine Thora, ‘Ashes to Dust” is tense, taut and terrifying.Bodies are discovered in one of the excavated houses at a volcanic tourist attraction dubbed `The Pompeii of the North`. Markรบs Magnรบsson, who was only a teenager when the volcano erupted,
The Day is Dark
When all contact is lost with two Icelanders working in a harsh and sparsely populated area on the northeast coast of Greenland, Thora is hired to investigate. Is there any connection with the woman who vanished from the site some months earlier? Why are the locals so hostile? And could one of the team staying
Blush Pink Midi Lined Notebook
An intricate yet delicate pattern of silver scrolling overlaying a vivid pink background creates an almost three dimension effect on the cover of this silvered meditation on the nature of beauty. The filigree pattern adorning the cover was originally designed and handcrafted in Germany circa 1800. To achieve the gilded and polished motif, a base
History of England
This book presents an accessible introduction to Maculey`s major work with a masterly introduction by John Burrow. Thomas Babington Macaulay`s “History of England from the Accession of James II” was his masterwork and one of the great enduring classics of English historical writing. The first two volumes were published in 1848 and achieved a huge
History of the Conquest of Mexico
J.H. Elliott sets Prescott`s work against the background of the growth of historical research. This book contains a substantial extract from William H. Prescott`s major work “A History of the Conquest of Mexico”. Prescott lived from 1796-1859 and his book was a pioneering view of the Aztec civilisation. The country of the ancient Mexicans or
