` Take a view`, the Landscape Photographer of the Year competition, is the brainchild of Charlie Waite, one of today`s most respected landscape photographers. Together with the AA, he has created this prestigious competition & award with a total prize fund exceeding GBP 20, 000, plus an eight-week exhibition at the National Theatre & publication of ” Landscape Photographer of the Year”, the full-colour book of best entries. Britain`s heritage is celebrated by people around the world & entries are welcome from everyone, whether resident in the UK or simply visiting, as long as the image is from the British Isles. This book showcases the best pictures from amateur & professional photographers alike, from the fifth annual competition. ...

Now in its seventh year, the Landscape Photographer of the Year Award was devised by Charlie Waite, one of Britain`s foremost landscape photographers & created in association with AA Publishing. Landscape Photographer of the Year: Collection 7 features all of the winning & commended images from each of the competition categories. Artists have always strived to capture the unique beauty & diversity of the British landscape, in the 21st century, this small island continues to provide photographers with an astonishing source of inspiration. From classic shots of the verdant countryside of Engl&, Wales & the rugged Scottish Highlands to the iconic structures of Britain`s industrial & urban landscapes, this magnificent collection, showcasing both the very best of Britain & the very best photographic talent, cannot fail to please. Every image in the book is accompanied by the photographer`s personal account of the story behind the picture, in his or her own words. There are tales of chance encounters, snapshots in time where the moment just had to be seized, & of long hours spent exposed to the elements waiting for the opportunity to capture the perfect picture, which all too often turns out to be the final frame of the day. The book also features a special section on technical information, detailing the equipment & techniques used by the photographers, adding a practical resource to this outstanding collection of images of the British landscape. ...

Now in its eighth year, the Landscape Photographer of the Year Award was devised by Charlie Waite, one of Britain`s foremost landscape photographers & created in association with AA Publishing. Landscape Photographer of the Year: Collection 8 features all of the winning & commended images from each of the competition categories. Artists have always strived to capture the unique beauty & diversity of the British landscape, in the 21st century, this small island continues to provide photographers with an astonishing source of inspiration. From classic shots of the verdant countryside of Engl&, Wales & the rugged Scottish Highlands to the iconic structures of Britain`s industrial & urban landscapes, this magnificent collection, showcasing both the very best of Britain & the very best photographic talent, cannot fail to please. Every image in the book is accompanied by the photographer`s personal account of the story behind the picture, in his or her own words. There are tales of chance encounters, snapshots in time where the moment just had to be seized, & of long hours spent exposed to the elements waiting for the opportunity to capture the perfect picture, which all too often turns out to be the final frame of the day. The book also features a special section on technical information, detailing the equipment & techniques used by the photographers, adding a practical resource to this outstanding collection of images of the British landscape. ...

Now in its ninth year, the Landscape Photographer of the Year Award was devised by Charlie Waite, one of Britain`s foremost landscape photographers & created in association with AA Publishing. Landscape Photographer of the Year: Collection 9 features all of the winning & commended images from each of the competition categories. Artists have always strived to capture the unique beauty & diversity of the British landscape, in the 21st century, this small island continues to provide photographers with an astonishing source of inspiration. From classic shots of the verdant countryside of Engl&, Wales & the rugged Scottish Highlands to the iconic structures of Britain`s industrial & urban landscapes, this magnificent collection, showcasing both the very best of Britain & the very best photographic talent, cannot fail to please. Every image in the book is accompanied by the photographer`s personal account of the story behind the picture, in his or her own words. There are tales of chance encounters, snapshots in time where the moment just had to be seized, & of long hours spent exposed to the elements waiting for the opportunity to capture the perfect picture, which all too often turns out to be the final frame of the day. The book also features a special section on technical information, detailing the equipment & techniques used by the photographers, adding a practical resource to this outstanding collection of images of the British landscape. ...

` Take a view`, the Landscape Photographer of the Year competition, is the brainchild of Charlie Waite, one of today`s most respected landscape photographers. Together with AA Publishing, he created this prestigious competition & award with a total prize fund exceeding GBP20, 000, coupled with an exhibition in central London showcasing the best of the competition. Landscape Photographer of the Year, the full-colour book of best entries, has been hugely successful in its first ten years. Like the others before it, the eleventh edition features both classic shots of verdant rural countryside & stark urban landscapes capturing the beauty & diversity of Britain in the 21st century. ...

This new Pocket Wales series of books features a collection of the best landscapes, coasts, castles & mountain views in a handy pocket size. Each image has an extended caption which gives the reader an insight & background to the picture. Individually or as a set, these books are great little souvenirs of Wales. At only GBP3.99 a book these are ideally placed for point of sale displays in bookshops, gift shops & Tourist Information Centres. ...

Richard Jefferies was the most imaginative & least conventional of nineteenth-century observers of the natural world. Trekking across the English countryside, he recorded his responses to everything from the texture of an owl`s feather & `noises in the air` to the grinding hardship of rural labour. This superb selection of his essays & articles shows a writer who is brimming with intense feeling, acutely aware of the land & those who work on it, & often ambivalent about the countryside. Who does it belong to? Is it a place, an experience or a way of life? In these passionate & idiosyncratic writings, almost all our current ideas & concerns about rural life can be found. Richard Jefferies (1848-1887) was the son of a Wiltshire farmer. He never worked the land but made his living from writing, trekking across the countryside with his notebook. He spent much of his life struggling against poverty & tuberculosis, which would eventually kill him at the age of thirty-nine. As well as being in many ways the father of English nature writing, Jefferies also wrote the classic children`s book Bevis & the apocalyptic science-fiction novel After London. Richard Mabey`s introduction to his selection of Jefferies` work discusses the author`s life, his views on the paradoxes of rural life & his place in the tradition of nature writers. ...

Award-winning author M. T. Anderson explores themes of art, truth & colonization in this sharply wrought satire of a future Earth. From the author of dystopian tour de force Feed comes a soon-to-be literary classic that will resonate with young adults & adults alike. When the vuvv first landed, it came as a surprise to aspiring artist Adam & the rest of planet Earth
- but not necessarily an unwelcome one. Can it really be called an invasion when the vuvv generously offered free advanced technology & cures for every illness imaginable? As it turns out, yes. With his parents` jobs replaced by alien tech & no money for food, clean water, or the vuvv`s miraculous medicine, Adam & his girlfriend, Chloe, have to get creative to survive. & since the vuvv crave anything they deem ”classic” Earth culture, recording 1950s-style dates for them to watch in a pay-per-minute format seems like a brilliant idea. But it`s hard for Adam & Chloe to sell true love when they hate each other more with every passing episode. Soon enough, Adam must decide how far he`s willing to go
- & what he`s willing to sacrifice
- to give the vuvv what they want.


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Part of a series of exciting & luxurious Flame Tree Notebooks. Combining high-quality production with magnificent fine art, ...

Landscapes along the River Ter map in an extensive & very popular series of walking maps from Editorial Alpina covering the Pyrenees, Catalonia & other selected hiking areas in Spain, including Picos de Europa, Sierra Nevada & parts of Andalucía, Majorca, etc. Scales vary from 1:50, 000 to 1:10, 000, with the majority of the titles at 1:25, 000. The maps have contours, usually at 20m or 10m intervals, with additional hill shading & spot heights. An overprint highlights hiking trails, long-distance footpaths, campsites, mountain huts, refuges, etc. Many maps also show climbing sites, potholing caves, mountain bike routes, equestrian & ski centres. All the latest editions have a UTM grid, plus margin ticks for latitude & longitude at intervals of 1’. Map legend in most titles

Includes:: English. Each title has a separate booklet with general information on the area, descriptions of selected hiking routes, a list of accommodation with addresses, etc. In several titles the booklet now

Includes:: English.* In this title:* the map has altitude colouring & contours at 50m intervals, with a UTM grid for GPS users. The overprint highlights both local & long-distance hiking routes, as well as cycling & mountain bike trails. Also marked are various types of accommodation, places of interest, sport & recreational sites, etc. The accompanying 160-page booklet provides descriptions of the area, several suggestions for hiking excursions, etc. * Map legend & all the text ate in Spanish & Catalan only.*



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