Category Archives: Travel Guides
Landscape Photographer of the Year – Collection 9
Now in its ninth year, the Landscape Photographer of the Year Award was devised by Charlie Waite, one of Britain`s foremost landscape photographers and created in association with AA Publishing. Landscape Photographer of the Year: Collection 9 features all of the winning and commended images from each of the competition categories. Artists have always strived
The Commitments
Barrytown, Dublin, has something to sing about. The Commitments are spreading the gospel of the soul. Ably managed by Jimmy Rabitte, brilliantly coached by Joel `The Lips` Fagan, their twin assault on Motown and Barrytown takes them by leaps and bounds from Paris Hall to immortality on vinyl. But can The Commitments live up to
Sticker and Quiz Atlas of Britain
This fantastic, fun-fact filled book contains 199 stickers of the most famous and interesting sights in Britain and Northern Ireland, and maps to stick them on. Engaging illustrations bring each region of Britain to life, accompanied by fascinating facts about the area.There is also a quiz to put your map-reading skills to the test, and
Mr Nice
During the mid 1980s Howard Marks had forty three aliases, eighty nine phone lines and owned twenty five companies throughout the world. At the height of his career he was smuggling consignments of up to thirty tons of marijuanna, and had contact with organisations as diverse as MI6, the CIA, the IRA and the Mafia.
Restaurant Guide 2017
With over 2,000 restaurants awarded Rosettes by the AA`s professional inspectors, this is the food lover`s guide to enjoying the best cuisine in Britain.Rosetted restaurants feature purely on merit with no charge for inclusion.There are three national AA Wine Awards, with over 100 notable wine list symbols awarded to the runners up. Other features include
Malgudi Omnibus
Here are three of R. K. Narayan`s most famous and best loved novels, all set in the imaginary Indian town of Malgudi. These irresistable worksprovide the perfect introduction to a universal world of humour, sadness, wisdom and joy.
The Berlin Novels
“Mr Norris Changes Trains”: The first of Christopher Isherwood`s classic `Berlin` novels, this portrays the encounter and growing friendship between young William Bradshaw and the urbane and mildly sinister Mr Norris. Piquant, witty and oblique, it vividly evokes the atmosphere of pre-war Berlin, and forcefully conveys an ironic political parable. “Goodbye to Berlin”: The inspiration
Captain Corelli`s Mandolin
It is 1941 and Captain Antonio Corelli, a young Italian officer, is posted to the Greek island of Cephallonia as part of the occupying forces. At first he is ostracised by the locals, but as a conscien-tious but far from fanatical soldier, whose main aim is to have a peaceful war, he proves in time
On the Contrary
Estienne Barbier, born in the Loire Valley in 1699, lays claim to service in the armies of the kings of France and Prussia, but he is an inveterate liar, and the truth is less glorious: irate husbands have made the Lowlands too hot to hold him, and he has deserted his pregnant wife to stow
London`s Sewers
London`s sewers could be called the city`s forgotten underground: mostly unseen subterranean spaces that are of absolutely vital importance, the capital`s sewers nonetheless rarely get the same degree of attention as the Tube. Paul Dobraszczyk here outlines the fascinating history of London`s sewers from the nineteenth century onwards, using a rich variety of colour illustrations,
British Sheep Breeds
Sheep have been farmed in Britain for hundreds of years and more than thirty million sheep now inhabit these islands. The many breeds developed over this time have been carefully matched to their surroundings – from the hardy, seaweed-eating North Ronaldsay to the tough hill-dwelling Swaledale and the docile Dorset Down of the lowlands. Susannah
Navigational Instruments
With over two-thirds of the globe covered by water, the ability to navigate safely and quickly across the oceans has been crucial throughout human history. As seafarers attempted longer and longer voyages from the sixteenth century onwards in search of profit and new lands, the tools of navigation became ever more sophisticated. The development of
Absolute Beginners
`I swore by Elvis and all the saints that this last teenage year of mine was going to be a real rave. Yes, man, come whatever, this last year of the teenage dream I was out for kicks and fantasy` London, 1958. A new phenomenon is causing a stir: the teenager. In the smoky jazz
Freya Stark
Born in Paris in 1893, the wandering life of Freya Stark`s childhood left her `precocious and pretty tough`. Self-disciplined, courageous yet flamboyant and unorthodox, she became a great explorer, a travel writer, geographer, historian and archaeologist. Freya Stark remained fearlessly independent throughout her life. Despite her high regard for tradition and Empire, as an explorer,
Scottish National Dress and Tartan
Tartan is an enormously popular pattern in modern fashion. Beginning as Highland dress, it was originally peculiar to certain areas of Scotland, but is now generally accepted as its national costume: what was once ordinary working clothing of a distinctive local style has been formalised into a ceremonial dress, with tartans once woven according to
Iris Origo: Marchesa of Val D`Orcia
Iris Origo was one of the twentieth century`s most attractive and intriguing women, a brilliantly perceptive historian and biographer whose works remains widely admired. Iris grew up in Italy with her Irish mother after the death of her wealthy American father. They settled in the Villa Medici in Florence, where they became part of the
Debutantes and the London Season
Until the middle of the last century, London`s social calendar was dominated by `the Season`, a round of social events and parties during which the daughters of the upper classes made their `debuts`. Debutantes and their families descended on the capital from all over Britain to take part in this elaborate process that in its
River of Time
Between 1970 and 1975 Jon Swain, the English journalist portrayed in David Puttnam`s film, “The Killing Fields”, lived in the lands of the Mekong river. This is his account of those years, and the way in which the tumultuous events affected his perceptions of life and death as Europe never could. He also describes the
Golden Age of Air Travel
For much of the twentieth century travel by air was a luxury available only to the wealthy, and accordingly the airlines – Pan Am, BOAC, TWA, BEA and many others – offered premium services that connected far-flung parts of the world with con trails of glamour. This book looks back at the golden age, from
Mario and the Magician and Other Stories
In this extraordinary collection of short stories, Thomas Mann uses settings as diverse as Germany, Italy, the Holy Land and the Far East to explore a theme which always preoccupied him: the two faces of things. Thus, in A Man and His Dog and Disorder and Early Sorrow, small domestic tempests become symbolic of the
