Between the Elbe & the Weser, Hamburg
- Bremen area in a series of cycling maps of Germany at 1:150, 000 from the ADFC (Allgemeiner
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Between the Lines is an intimate account by Victoria Pendleton, one of the most compelling & popular characters in British cycling, of her decade at the peak of professional sport, culminating in her tumultuous farewell in London where she won her second Olympic gold medal. Written with Donald Mc Rae, twice winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year, Between the Lines tells a moving story of determination & devotion needed to succeed in sport against the background of harrowing personal crisis & a fraught standoff with her coaches & the management of British Cycling. ...

Between the Lines is an intimate account by Victoria Pendleton, one of the most compelling & popular characters in British cycling, of her decade at the peak of professional sport, culminating in her tumultuous farewell in London where she won her second Olympic gold medal. Written with Donald Mc Rae, twice winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year, Between the Lines tells a moving story of determination & devotion needed to succeed in sport against the background of harrowing personal crisis & a fraught standoff with her coaches & the management of British Cycling. ...

I watched the mirror for a last view, for now, of the frozen mountains of Glen Coe. As the road bent & the outline of Buachaille Etive Mor slid into sight, I did what I always did, & always would. I felt for that flutter of awe & that indefinable, unmistakable quickening of the pulse. In the late 18th century, mountains shifted from being universally reviled to becoming the most inspiring things on earth. Simply put, the monsters became muses
- & an entire artistic movement was born. This movement became a love affair, the love affair became an obsession, & gradually but surely, obsession became lifestyle as mountains became stitched into the fabric of the British cultural tapestry. In his compelling new book, Simon Ingram explores how mountains became such a preoccupation for the modern western imagination, weaving his own adventures into a powerful narrative which provides a kind of experiential hit list for people who don`t have the time nor the will to climb a thousand mountains. For some of these mountains, the most amazing thing about them might be the journey they`ve taken to get here. Others, the tales of science, endeavour & art that have played out on their slopes. The mythology they`re drenched in. The history they`ve seen. The genius they`ve inspired. The danger that draws people to them. The life that clusters around them, human & otherwise. The extreme weather they conjure. The adventure they fuel. The way that some raise the hairs on the back of your neck, & trigger powerful, strange emotions. & moreover, what they`re like to be amidst, under, on
- just what that indefinable quality is that the British mountains wield which takes possession of you so powerfully, & never goes away. Ingram takes us high into the rafters of Britain`s most forbidding, unflinching & unchanging wild places through all the seasons of the year
- from the first blush of spring to the deepest, darkest bite of the mountain winter. From Beinn Dearg to Ben Nevis, he takes us on a journey spanning sixteen of Britain`s most evocative mountainous landscapes, & what they mean to us today.


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Simon Ingram takes us high into Britain`s most forbidding & astonishing wild places through all the seasons of the year
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At the end of 1918 one prescient American historian began to write a history of the Great War. ” What will you call it?” he was asked. ” The First World War, ” was his bleak response. In Between the Wars Philip Ziegler examines the major international turning points
- cultural & social as well as political & military
- that led the world from one war to another. His approach is panoramic, touching on all parts of the world where history was being made, examining Gandhi`s March to the Sea & the Chaco War in South America alongside Hitler`s rise to power. It is the tragic story of a world determined that the horrors of the First World War would never be repeated, yet committed to a path which in hindsight was inevitably destined to end in a second, even more devastating conflict. Each chapter bears the unmistakable stamp of Ziegler`s scholarship: a keen eye for the telling anecdote, elegant & fluid prose, & calm & fair judgments. In a world that grows ever more uncertain, its perspective on how hopes of peace can dissolve into the promise of war becomes more relevant with each passing day.

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In 1933, at the age of eighteen, Patrick Leigh Fermor set out to walk from the Hook of Holland to Constantinople & the first part of his adventure was detailed in A Time of Gifts. Between the Woods & the Water, the second volume in a trilogy, is the account of the second stage of his journey, from Esztergom to the ” Iron Gates”, on the border between Yugoslavia & Romania. Crossing the Great Hungarian Plain on horseback he journeyed over the Rumanian border into Transylvania, exploring the forests & mountains, remote castles, monasteries & villages of these beautiful countries little known to the West. He vividly captured the pervading atmosphere of the time & knowing, that shortly after Patrick Leigh Fermor passed through these lands, they were swallowed up by Nazi Germany & then sealed away for nearly 50 years behind the Iron Curtain, makes his account even more fascinating. This is a 2013 reissue of the original book published in 1986, & features redrawn maps & an introduction by Jan Morris. ...

LONGLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 2017 From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sportswriter comes a deeply personal account of his parents
- an intimate portrait of American mid-twentieth century life, & a celebration of family love Edna Akin & Parker Ford married young. For fifteen years they traveled the American south of the 1930s as Parker went about his work as a traveling salesman, selling laundry starch. Life was hotels rooms, roadside bars & always each other. Then a single child was born to them, & a life went a new way. Blending his parents` lives, drawing on memory, history, anecdote, Richard Ford`s Between Them is a stirring contemplation of love`s mystery & of loss.
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The second magical picture book from the author & illustrator of The Night Box. High above the bustle of the city, are eyes that watch, & hands that know, it`s time to pause the clock... & for one tiny second between tick & tock, the city stops! Liesel notices the things that everyone else is too busy to see. When she hears a stray whimper & watches a lonely boy on a roundabout, she decides it`s time to pause the clock & lend a helping h&. While the city freezes, Liesel quietly carries out little acts of kindness & breathes colour, life & happiness back into the city. Louise Greig`s lyrical storytelling highlights the magic in everyday experiences & is accompanied by Ashling Lindsay`s warm, endearing illustrations. A wonderful picture book about the importance of kindness, looking out for others & taking time to appreciate the world around you. Louise & Ashling`s debut picture book, The Night Box, has been nominated for the Kate Greenaway Award & shortlisted for the Waterstones Children`s Book Prize, the Teach Primary Book Awards & the Klaus Flugge Prize. Louise Greig is an award-winning poet & a children`s picture book author with a unique, lyrical voice. Her childhood was filled with animals, the poems of Robert Louis Stevenson & picture books by iconic children`s writers such as Margaret Wise Brown, Charlotte Zolotow, Ruth Krauss, Maurice Sendak, Astrid Lindgren & Tove Jansson. Her debut picture book for Egmont, The Night Box, has been translated into 10 languages & has been nominated for the 2018 Kate Greenaway Medal & shortlisted for the Klaus Flugge Prize, the Waterstones Children`s Book Prize, the Association of Illustrators (AOI) & the Teach Primary Book Awards. Louise lives in Aberdeen & when not writing is a director of a dog rescue & re-homing organisation. The wild solitude of Scotland & the beauty of nature remain strong influences in her life. Ashling Lindsay is an illustrator & animation director from Belfast. She was shortlisted for the AOI Illustration Awards two years running (2013 & 2014) & was also shortlisted for the AOI Serco prize for illustration (2015). ...

Photographer Hans Neumann travels to southern Italy in search of the light that has long attracted artists. There he meets Giorgio Bellusci, who dreams of rebuilding the South`s most famous inn. The dark secret behind Giorgio`s obsession will change the course of both men`s lives. The first of Abate`s novels to appear in English & winner of the Fenice-Europa Prize for Fiction
- a touching journey that takes readers to the storied heart of Italy & on an exploration into the meaning of memory.
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