Category Archives: Travel Guides
Silk Road Adventure – On Horseback in the Heart of Asia
Rebelling against the predictability of banking life, and with only her wits to equip her, Claire sets off on her own on an eighteen-month, 6,000-kilometre horseback adventure across Central Asia. “Silk Route Adventure” takes you through rolling Mongolian prairie lands, monotonous Kazakh steppes, scales 4,000-metre passes in Kyrgyzstan, and crosses the black sands of the
Papua New Guinea
Howard Beck is no ordinary travel writer. When visiting a country, he immerses himself totally in his experiences, taking his readers to new levels of awareness. In “Papua New Guinea: Tales from a Wild Island”, the earthy narrative introduces the reader to a rugged land of 10,000 colourful tribes, a weird and wonderful bestiary and
Hardy`s Landscape Revisited
Hardy’s Landscape Revisited is a twenty-first century look at Thomas Hardy’s Wessex, consisting of a series of described walks through the novelist’s literary landscapes. Based upon the texts of The Return of the Native, Far From the Madding Crowd, Under the Greenwood Tree, The Woodlanders, Tess of the d’Urbervilles and Jude the Obscure, as well
English Thatched Churches
This remarkable guide is devoted to the picturesque thatched churches in the English countryside. This invaluable and unique reference tool presents the churches county-by-county and is enhanced with a delightful host of colour photographs of the churches and their interiors. In addition to the artistry of the thatched roofs, the interiors reveal a host of
A Patch Made in Heaven
The popular view of birdwatchers (or `twitchers`) is of people who rush madly from one end of the country to another to tick birds off their lists. But behind the headlines are an army of enthusiasts who do quite the reverse – they stay devotedly within a small local area, their Patch, and enthuse and
Criminal River
Criminal River explores the social and legal history of the police on the River Thames, from the founding of the Thames Marine Police in 1798 to the contemporary establishment working in co-operation with other security and crime prevention organizations. The book begins with an account of eighteenth-century crime on the river, and goes on to
National Trust Handbook 2017
The definitive illustrated guide for visitors to National Trust houses, gardens, coast and countryside areas. 2017 brings fresh and exciting things to discover throughout the National Trust, with newly renovated properties and gardens, unusual buildings and World Heritage sites as well as exquisite collections to suit every taste and age group. Together with historic buildings
History of the English Language in 100 Places
A History of the English Language in 100 Places is a joyous ride through time, where readers can criss-cross the British Isles and the world at large to land in a hundred contrasting places and light on a hundred wonderful topics that bring the extraordinary story of the English language alive. Any selection of places
The Underground Railroad: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2017
National Book Award Winner for Fiction 2016″Whitehead is on a roll: the reviews have been sublime” Guardian “Luminous, furious, wildly inventive” Observer “Hands down one of the best, if not the best, book I`ve read this year” Stylist”Dazzling” New York Review of Books Cora is a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. All the
Natural Beauty of Cornwall
The Natural Beauty of Cornwall is the ideal companion to help you explore a landscape of quite extraordinary variety. From the wild northern coast to the peaceful estuaries of the south and from the high windswept moors and heaths to the hidden wooded valleys, this book captures the very essence of Cornwall. Author Peter Maxted
The Fourth Shore 03/20
`Effortlessly enjoyable . . . an emotionally rewarding novel so succulent with detail that you can almost feel the Tripoli sand storms whipping across your face` Daily Mail The Fourth Shore: the sliver of fertile land along the Tripoli coast, the `lost` territory Mussolini promised to reclaim for Italy. Which is how, in 1929, seventeen-year-old
Chichester Harbour: England`s Coastal Gem
Chichester Harbour Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is a special place of tranquillity in the crowded south of England. It is recognized nationally and internationally and is appreciated by many hundreds of thousands of visitors each year. This book, which includes previously unpublished memoirs and features famous figures from King Canute to P.G. Wodehouse, draws
The Colossus of New York: By the 2017 Winner of the Pultizer Prize
In a dazzlingly original work of non-fiction, the Pulitzer-Prize winning author of `The Underground Railroad` recreates the exuberance, the chaos, the promise, and the heartbreak of New York. Here is a literary love song that will entrance anyone who has lived in – or spent time – in the greatest of American cities.A masterful evocation
Ethiopia Photographed
Following on from “Ethiopia Engraved”, an illustrated book of engraving by foreign travellers from 1681 to 1900, “Ethiopia Photographed” covers the inception of photography in the country up until the Italian Fascist invasion in 1936. The people, terrain, buildings and rulers of Ethiopia – such as the Emperor Menelik and the Emperor Haile Selassie –
Nina X – Winner of the Saltire Literary Award Fiction Book of the Year
Winner of the Saltire Literary Award Fiction Book of the Year”Literary gold… Morrison has published his masterpiece” Sunday Times”Sensational. Like nothing I`ve ever read. A tour de force” Ian Rankin”This moving tale of growing up in a Maoist cult, and the traumatic aftermath, explores ideas of freedom, control and identity with warmth and humour” ObserverNina
Stubborn Archivist
When your mother considers another country home, it`s hard to know where you belong. When the people you live among can`t pronounce your name, it`s hard to know exactly who you are. And when your body no longer feels like your own, it`s hard to understand your place in the world.This is a novel of
We Swim to the Shark
Georgie Codd is scared of fish. Really, really scared. Even on dry land there`s no escape: Georgie sees sharks in the dining room, squid tentacles in the street, has nightmares of being stranded at sea. Granny Codd understands. She has spent her life beside the water, but won`t so much as paddle in it. Georgie`s
The Nickel Boys
Author of `The Underground Railroad`, Colson Whitehead, brilliantly dramatizes another strand of American history through the story of two boys sentenced to a hellish reform school in 1960s Florida.Elwood Curtis has taken the words of Dr Martin Luther King to heart: he is as good as anyone. Abandoned by his parents, brought up by his
ADMIRALTY Leisure Folio SC 5602 – Falmouth to Teigmouth
ADMIRALTY Leisure Chart Folios contain A2 charts to support coastal navigation around the UK. Quality assured by maritime experts at the UKHO, each folio contains appropriate chart coverage and scales to help leisure yachtsmen, motor boat cruisers, ocean racing skippers and other leisure mariners maintain safety of life at sea.Charts included in this folio:1 The
ADMIRALTY Leisure Folio SC 5603 – Falmouth To Hartland Point
ADMIRALTY Leisure Chart Folios contain A2 charts to support coastal navigation around the UK. Quality assured by maritime experts at the UKHO, each folio contains appropriate chart coverage and scales to help leisure yachtsmen, motor boat cruisers, ocean racing skippers and other leisure mariners maintain safety of life at sea. Charts included in this folio:1A
