Category Archives: Travel Guides
Scotland Campsites and Caravan Parks
The 5th Edition of this map has over 400 sites listed with their contact details on the reverse along with what units they accept. The colour coding on the front allows readers to distinguish between seasonally opening or all year round sites. Map numbers tie in directly with the website making it perfect to be
Understanding Welsh Place Names
Puzzled by Welsh place names – but want to know what they mean and how to say them? Look no further. This is an exciting full colour pocket guide, “Understanding Welsh Place Names: What They Mean and How to Say Them”, from outdoor specialists Northern Eye Books. This innovative yet carefully thought out guide means
Lake District – Lakeside Walks
This attractive and cleverly structured guidebook gives walkers the ten finest routes around or beside the Lake District`s best-known lakes, in a popular pocketable format. With clear information, an overview and introduction for each walk, expertly written numbered directions, Ordance Survey maps, superb, eye-grabbing panoramic photographs, and interpretation of points of interest along the way,
Lake District – Low Fells
This is one of six books in the new “Top 10 Walks: Lake District” series. These are handy, pocket-sized, full colour walking guides written by experts, for under a fiver. It is the perfect impulse buy. Other titles in the series include: “Lakeside walks”, “High Fells”, “Woodland & Waterfall walks”, “Pub walks”, and “walks to
The Hill of Kronos
In “The Hill of Kronos”, Peter Levi paints a radiant portrait of the Greece he came to know through a lifetime of exploration. As a young scholar he sought out its ancient spirit, the keys to its mythology and civilisation, in its ruined cities and majestic mountains. Later, as a priest working as a diplomat
Lake District – High Fells
This attractive and cleverly structured guide gives walkers the ten finest, classic routes on the Lake District`s High Fells in a popular pocketable format. With clear information, an overview and introduction for each walk, expertly written numbered directions, large scale Ordnance Survey maps, superb, eye-grabbing panoramic photographs, and interpretation of points of interest along the
Persia – Through Writers` Eyes
The land of the Iranians, known to European travelers for centuries as Persia, is a land riven by mountain-ranges, made inhospitable by deserts, yet rich in plains, forests and jewel-like gardens. Home to the most sublime architecture in the world, and a breeding ground for poets, Empires, Mystics and saints, it has an enduring and
Lake District – Walks to Tarns
This book is one of six books in the new “Lake District: Top 10 Walks” series. It is part of handy, pocket-sized, full colour walking guides written by experts, for under a fiver. This is the perfect impulse buy. Other titles in the series include: “Lakeside Walks”, “High Fells”, “Low Fells”, “Woodlands & Waterfalls” and
Egypt – through writers` eyes
Egypt – through writers’ eyes continues Eland’s tradition of unearthing forgotten classics of world travel-writing, with a fantastic selection of some of the best travel writing that Egypt has ever given birth to.No land on earth has been so long observed as Egypt, which was attracting awestruck travellers back in the days of Herodotus and
Colour in Classics: Sherlock Holmes
A brand new series from Jumped Up Publishing, available exclusively from Bookspeed which lets you colour in imaginative images inspired by much-loved classics. Create a colourful journey of discovery where every picture tells a story. Seventy images to colour and keep in each book provide a colouring marathon for adventure lovers of all ages and
Norway: The Outdoor Paradise- A Ski and Kayak Odyssey in Europe`s Great Wilderness
This book is the story of James Baxter`s 2700 kilometre ski up the entire length of Norway, followed by his 3100 kilometre kayak down the whole of Norway`s coast. This eight month journey took him through Europe`s most pristine natural wonders; the empty snow-covered spine of Scandinavia`s mountain chain, the Arctic taiga forests and tundra,
Epping Forest Challenge Walk
The Epping Forest Challenge Walk is a guidebook to John Merrill’s 21 mile circular challenge walk through Epping Forest. This challenge walk is designed to be completed in a day – between 7 and 8 hours – and the route follows good level paths across fields, beside the River Lee Navigation and through Epping Forest.
Pub Paddles
This is an inspiring, high quality guidebook for the South East of England. It is written for the recreational, non-specialist paddler and the trips are suitable for all kinds of canoes, kayaks, sit-on-tops and inflatables. The guidebook will also be useful for group leaders planning organised trips. This family-friendly guide features 26 easy but interesting
Canoe & Kayak Guide to North West England: Of White Water Lake District
This is the second edition of the guide book `White Water Lake District`.The new title better shows the wide coverage of the guide book. The first edition soon built a reputation as being the `must-have guide to paddling in North West England`. The book covers some 110 rivers with 700km of river descriptions from the
The Cloths of Heaven
AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4 WOMAN`S HOUR In this assured debut about loneliness and passion in Africa, Sue Eckstein enthrals with a deliciously intricate plot, compelling characters and razor-sharp dialogue. West Africa in the early 1990s. Isabel Redmond is tiring of her iconoclastic husband`s penchant for pendulous black breasts; the High Commissioner and his
Travel Photographer of the Year 2013 – Journey Five
Travel ‘“ Photographer of the Year – Journey Five is a collection of images from Travel Photographer of the Year 2012 Award Winners. The categories featured here include People Watching, Wild Planet, Journeys, New Talent and Condรฉ Nast Traveller Award, and more.The pictures were taken by people from all walks of life, professional photographers as
Journey Six: Travel Photographers of the Year 2013
Journey Six from the Travel Photographer of the Year presents a collection of images chosen as winners, runners up, commendations and special mentions from the 2013 entries. The entries are grouped into nine categories: Travel Photographer of the Year, Young Travel Photographer of the Year, Vanishing and Emerging Cultures, Monochromal, Wild Stories, One Shot ‘“
Travel Photographer of the Year- Journey Seven
Travel Photographer of the Year takes us on a journey with another collection of remarkable imagery inspired by the natural world, the diverse and different cultures which inhabit our planet and moments in time captured forever. It captures people, landscapes, adventures and wildlife with unique views of a changing planet and an untouched planet brought
