Category Archives: Travel Guides
Reluctant Cook.
Reluctant Cook gives the no-frills low-down on how to cope as Chief Cook and Bottlewasher in cramped and difficult conditions or when time, ingredients or equipment are short. Here are quick and easy ways of producing tasty meals with ordinary ingredients, using easy cup measures and handy gadgets to replace powered appliances. This book will
Watersteps Through France
Watersteps Through France” is a look at France through the eyes of two seasoned travellers as they make their way through the country’s canals and rivers, ready to take a fresh view of the unexpected.When Bill and Laurel Cooper decided to spend the winter in the South of France, they took they seaworthy (but half
Motorboat Electrical
This all-encompassing book covers the selection, installation, troubleshooting and repair of all the equipment and systems found on power and motorboats from 20-220 feet, whether coastal, inland or blue water. Covering everything from bow thrusters, generators, air conditioning and refrigeration to fishfinders, sonar, autopilots, water and sewage systems and lightening protection, this book will be
Birds of Chile – Including the Antarctic Peninsula, the Falkland Islands and South Georgia
This field guide covers all species occurring in the country of Chile. Chile holds a great diversity of habitat types, from the Andes in the north down to the tundra and sub-Antarctic rainforest of Tierra del Fuego in the far south. Chile supports an interesting range of breeding and visiting birds, including nine species found
Birds of Melanesia
This new Helm Field Guide covers the species-rich Melanesia region of the south-west Pacific, from New Caledonia and the Solomons through the Bismarcks to Vanuatu, an increasingly popular destination for tours and travellers and one that has never before had complete field-guide coverage. The cover star is the Kagu, the region`s most iconic bird species
British Birds: Their Folklore, Names, & Literature
Birds have always been with us. Around them has grown up a substantial body of folklore, often regionally based and dating from as far back as the Druids. They have proved an inspiration for some of the finest writing in the English language from the work of Anglo Saxons to modern poets. Species by species,
Cruising French Waterways
Cruising French Waterways has rapidly become the leading descriptive guide to the astonishingly varied network of rivers and canals that penetrate almost every region of France. Winner of the Thomas Cook Guide Book Award, it is full of fascinating information on the history and commercial activities of each area, as well as the historical sites,
Shipwreck of the Whaleship Essex
On 20 November 1820, just south of the equator, the whaling ship Essex, out of Nantucket, spotted a `shoal` of sperm whales. It was a fine clear day, about eight in the morning. Two whaling boats, lightly built for rowing speed, were lowered from the Essex. The crew pursued and harpooned tree of the whales,
Michelangelo and the Pope`s Cieling
In 1508 Pope Julius II commissioned Michelangelo to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. He had been advised against doing so. The painting of the vaults was so difficult and Michelangelo so inexperienced in fresco that it was considered a folly. Indeed, Michelangelo himself was reluctant. He considered himself primarily a sculptor rather than
East Asia – From Chinese Predominanec to the Rise of the Pacific Rim
In recent decades there has been a dramatic transformation around the Pacific Rim. No longer `the Far East` – that exotic, mysterious land at the distant fringe of Western consciousness – East Asia today commands the attention of the entire world. In East Asia, Arthur Cotterell condenses into a compact, highly readable book an immense
How We Lived Then
Although nearly 90% of the population of Great Britain remained civilians throughout the war, or for a large part of it, their story has so far largely gone untold. In contrast with the thousands of books on military operations, barely any have concerned themselves with the individual`s experience. The problems of the ordinary family are
Charles Darwin Power of Place
This concluding volume of Janet Browne`s biography covers the transformation in Darwin`s life after the first unexpected announcement of the theory of evolution by natural selection and the publication of On the Origin of Species in 1859. Always a private man, Darwin found himself a controversial figure, reviewed and discussed in circles that stretched far
Nikolaus Pevsner
Born Nikolai Pewsner into a Russian-Jewish family in Leipzig in 1902, Nikolaus Pevsner was a dedicated scholar who pursued a promising career as an academic in Dresden and Gottingen. When, in 1933 Jews were no longer permitted to teach in German universities, he lost his job and looked for employment in England. Here, over a
The Decline and Fall of the British Empire
No empire has been larger or more diverse than the British Empire. At its apogee in the 1930s, 42 million Britons governed 500 million foreign subjects. Britannia ruled the waves and a quarter of the earth`s surface was painted red on the map. Yet no empire (except the Russian) disappeared more swiftly. Within a generation
Travels With Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf had a lively sense of place and delighted in `lighting accidentally…upon scenes which would have gone on, have always gone on, will go on, unrecorded, save for this chance glimpse. Following Virginia`s footprints from her beloved Sussex and Cornwall to wartime London, Italy and the Riviera to Greek mountains and the wilds of
Bright Paradise
`A fabulously rich, anecdotal and gripping account of those men and women who ventured out from Britain into the swamps and jungles of the tropics in search, knowingly or not, of the missing link. Through their stoical-sometimes crack-brained-voyages, the shape of the world, geographically and biologically, was elucidated. Never have more significant journeys been made…Enthusiastic,
Globalization on World History
Globalisation was the buzzword of the 1990s; it promises to become even more important in the first decade of the new century. There is now a flood of literature on the economics, politics and sociology of globalization, and regular commentary in the serious daily and weekly press. Virtually all of this discussion makes assumptions, and
Microcosm Portrait of a Central European City
The story of Central Europe is anything but simple: as a result of invasions and resettlements, the people of Central Europe have witnessed a profusion of languages, cultures, religions and nationalities. The two most important waves of settlement came from the Germans and Slavs, but Central Europe also became the great haven for Jews. In
Dragon in the Land of Snows
Based entirely on unpublished primary sources, this remarkable book -the first authoritative history of modern Tibet – is also the first to provide detailed accounts of: * The covert political manoeuverings in Tibet and the role of the Tibetan, Chinese and British governments; * The Dalai Lama`s escape in 1959; * The CIA`s involvement and
Cruising Under Sail
This book has for many years enjoyed a considerable reputation as an important work which covers every practical aspect of cruising for the beginner and expert alike.
