“ Walking Literary London” is a walking guide through the lives, loves, haunts & homes of writers both historic & recent. In 25 walks ranging from Highgate in north London to Putney & Wimbledon in the south, Roger Tagholm reveals the literary links of so much of London’s landscape. Discover the history of the Peter Pan statue in Kensington Gardens, or visit the church where Sylvia Plath & Ted Hughes were married. When in need of refreshment, you can stop off at the restaurant frequented by T. S. Eliot or one of the pubs immortalised in prose by Charles Dickens. Literary clubs & publishers, bookshops, statues & quiet retreats are all added into the mix, making for a fascinating experience. The book is full of clear & easy to follow maps highlighting each route & pinpointing places of literary interest. ...

Guidebook to over 70 walking routes in the hills of Loch Lomond & the Trossachs National Park in Scotland`s Southern Highlands. Including 21 Munros on less-popular routes, as well as plenty of Corbetts & Grahams. Hill summits of Ben Lomond, the Cobbler, Ben Lui & the Arrochar Alps have plenty of routes to explore. The routes in this guide range from 1 to 17 miles, & are clearly graded for distance & difficulty, as well as dividing between low-level, mid-level & mountain walks. From short, loch-side strolls suitable for all walkers, to long, challenging mountain routes with rocky scrambling, the Loch Lomond & Trossachs hills have plenty to offer. The glen & mountains walks in this guide are divided into area: the Trossachs, Callander & Loch Lubnaig, Balquhidder & Lochearnhead, Crianlarich to Inveraran, Tyndrum, Ben Lomond, Loch Lomond West, Arrochar Alps & Glen Croe to Loch Goil. The hills & glens of the Trossachs & Loch Lomond are the first of the Highlands as you come from the south & first in the affections of many hill-goers. Slightly less savage than their northern counterparts, they have a rugged charm all of their own. Their ridges are wrinkly schist & grassy picnic places, their lower slopes are oakwoods & ferries cruise the lochs in between. This guidebook

Includes:: plenty of background information on the area, as well as practical information on getting to & around the region`s walks, as well as advice on accommodation, what equipment to take, when to go, as well as interesting details on the schist rock that makes the hills, & important information on access in the hills & on Scottish estates.

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Walking London is the essential companion for any urban explorer
- visitor or native
- committed to discovering the true heart

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' Walking London' contains 24 themed walking tours of 1-6 miles which offer the walker an opportunity to discover the history, architecture, skulduggery & the ghost stories of the city, while not missing those all-important places to stop & admire the view or to have a cup of coffee. First-time & regular visitors will relish the carefully designed tours, which explore Dublin's best-known landmarks as well as the secret places known only by locals. ...

” Walking London” offers 15 carefully curated itineraries, written by an expert travel writer, that showcase the city`s best sights. Fun features include in-depth looks at major icons, best of lists of quintessential things to see & do, & insider sidebars full of local knowledge. A travel essentials section has planning tips & h&-picked hotels. Travellers will find top-notch, streamlined, & useful information that goes beyond the internet basics to ensure a rewarding, authentic, & memorable urban experience. Expert authors organise each itinerary with on-the-ground information, allowing the traveller to avoid long queues, visit at its most opportune time, & see the sites in the most expedient way possible. ...

London is strewn with waterways, but the River Thames twisting through the capital can be seen from a radically different perspective in the futuristic Docklands area to the more sleepy suburbs of Putney, Chiswick & Barnes. Much of Camden's quaint charm would be lost without the Regent's Canal, & further out in the suburbs the Wandle, Lea & Brent rivers are well worth discovering. Walking London's Waterways is an exploration, in 21 carefully researched walks, of London's varied waterways in all their glory. Gilly Cameron-Cooper's engaging text is steeped in historical detail, & is accompanied by clear & detailed route maps & enchanting photographs. ...

” Walking London” is the essential companion for any urban explorer visitor or native committed to discovering the true heart of one of the world`s greatest capital cities. In 30 original walks, distinguished historian Andrew Duncan reveals miles of London`s endlessly surprising landscape. From wild heathland to formal gardens, cobbled mews to elegant squares & arcades, bustling markets to tranquil villages Duncan reveals the pick of the famous sights, but also steers walkers off the tourist track & into the city`s hidden corners. Handsomely illustrated with specially commissioned color photographs & complete route maps, the book provides full details of addresses, opening times & the best bars & restaurants to visit en route.” ...

Highly Commended, BMA Medical Book Awards 2013 The history of health care is complex, confusing, & contested. It involves more than just the creation of hospitals & dispensaries, infirmaries, & health centers. There are also royal colleges, trades unions, medical schools, nurses` homes, coroners` courts, nursing sisterhoods, ambulance stations, patients` organizations, & medical missions. Usually, to enhance our understanding we sit & read books, or, nowadays, surf the Internet. But it`s more fun to go out, visit the buildings where events unfolded & transport yourself back in time. The story of how health care has developed from medieval times to the present day is told through seven walks in central London, each with a key theme, such as: * Competition between the church, crown, & city for control * Changing fortunes of particular districts * Radical reform between 1840 & 1880 * Individual creativity & entrepreneurship * Hospitals` unavoidable choice between merger or migration * Transformation of health care trades into professions * Development of primary care The book takes as much interest in one of the six ambulance stations build in 1915 by the London County Council as it does in the grandest teaching hospital. Although some important buildings have been destroyed, & others are threatened, many remain. The walks aim to help preserve our legacy as, increasingly, former health care buildings are converted into hotels, offices, homes, & shops. Awareness of their original functions is in danger of being lost. The book also aims to increase our understanding of the current challenges we face in trying to improve health care. For there are many lessons to be learnt from the past. Packed full of curious & surprising facts about medicine & beautifully illustrated with maps, photographs, & images, this is the perfect guide book for anyone with a passion for urban walks, the history of London, &, of course, medicine. ...

Walking London’s Statues & Monuments is Rupert Hill’s illustrated tour guide of London’s public art, presented in 13 fact-filled walks in the capital. Elegant colour-washed pen & ink illustrations bring the en-route statues & monuments to life. Each art work/site is accompanied by an insight into the history behind its creation, giving an enlightening overview of some of London’s key events & personalities, as well as a look at the different ways, in different eras, that commissions have been undertaken & fulfilled. Each of the 13 routes described is introduced with summary details of where to start, where the walk finishes, its distance & duration. The book features a key to route maps & an overall map of London, & is indexed by works, sculptors & artists. ...

London is strewn with waterways, but the River Thames twisting through the capital can be seen from a radically different perspective in the futuristic Docklands area to the more sleepy suburbs of Putney, Chiswick & Barnes. Much of Camden`s quaint charm would be lost without the Regent`s Canal, & further out in the suburbs the Wandle, Lea & Brent rivers are well worth discovering. Walking London`s Waterways is an exploration, in 21 carefully researched walks, of London`s varied waterways in all their glory. Gilly Cameron-Cooper`s engaging text is steeped in historical detail, & is accompanied by clear & detailed route maps & enchanting photographs. ...