Participation in the sport of rock climbing has exploded in New Zealand in recent decades, & New Zealanders & visitors alike flock to the diverse range of crags & alpline cliffs that are found all over the country. Rock climbing is now taught in virtually all outdoor recreation courses, & the interest in the sport is also reflected in the many indoor climbing walls that have sprung up in virtually all urban areas in New Zeal&. Classic Rock Climbing in New Zealand is the natural response to this interest, the latest in our ' Classic' series that has been so successful for Craig Potton Publishing. As always, these books work by wrapping a high-quality photographic essay around a reflective & informed text on the subject to create a beautiful memento. This has always been successful when the only other books available on the subject are guidebooks, which is absolutely the case with Classic Rock Climbing. Nothing like this has been published in New Zealand before, & we are confident that it will find an enthusiastic audience. The author, rock climber & professional mountain guide Mark Sedon, has followed the obvious geographic structure for writing the book, starting in Auckl&, moving to the limestone outcrops of the Waikato, & the volcanic buttresses of Taupo & the North Island volcanoes. Moving south, Wellington, Golden Bay & the West Coast are featured, while the wider Canterbury region has plenty of superb climbing. & in the deep south the often spectacular & highly scenic climbing areas around Dunedin, Wanaka, Queenstown & Fiordland are all covered. The images have been collected together from the best climbing photographers in New Zeal&. They are of the highest quality, & on the strength of this alone they will create a stunning book that anyone who enjoys rock climbing in New Zealand will not be able to overlook. ...

More than a tuitional how-to guide to rock climbing, this captures the enthusiasm & spirit of classic rock climbs, as well as a personal description of difficult or rewarding sections on each. Climbs are grouped into areas around the UK with each climb having a dedicated data box
- a summary of an exact reference to the location of the climb, access, parking, difficulty, weather factors, guidebooks available etc. There follows an enthusiastic account of over 75 classics.
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Climbers come from all over the world to experience the magic & beauty of climbing at southern Nevada`s Red Rocks, but often they only have a few days to climb & don`t want to invest in a huge guidebook. That`s why Todd Swain, author of the bestselling Rock Climbing Red Rocks, has taken the ”best of the best” out of that volume & put it into this smaller book -- which sells for less than half the cover price. Perfectly suited to the traveling climber on a tight budget, this book provides information on 200 classic climbs, from one pitch clip-ups in The Gallery to multipitch routes in Black Velvet Canyon. Long-time climber Todd Swain has authored guidebooks to Red Rocks in Nevada & the Shawangunks in New York. ...

Classic Safari Camps of Africa was started 11 years ago as an association of independent, privately-operated camps & lodges
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Of all the hundreds of types of pleasure craft, large & small, that you can see on any given day in any given body of water, you may rest assured that the one that will draw your eye will invariably be a classic sailing yacht. & this is the case not only with sailors, who can be presumed to recognize a yacht's pedigree; the rankest landlubber almost always reacts the same way, in the universal spontaneous appreciation of beauty that we all feel when confronted with it. This book, then, is dedicated to a celebration of that beauty, that indescribable quality that makes a sailing yacht a classic in the truest sense of the word. We will begin by defining, or attempting to define, just exactly what a classic yacht is. We will review & discuss some of the typical factors we should consider: design, materials, vintage, size, & builder. Also discuss how different countries
- & different builders within one country
- developed individual solutions to common problems, as well as investigating the events & trends that led to those problems. This attempt at defining the meaning of classic will lead to the inescapable conclusion that, when applied to yachts, the word encompasses a remarkably broad range of parameters. A 50-meter steel gaff schooner is no more a classic than a perfectly proportioned small one-design such as a Herreshoff 12-1/2. In between those two extremes there is a world of beautifully crafted sailing yachts that truly illustrate our argument. The main body of the book will be devoted to classic sailing yachts, chosen to represent various aspects of the genre in its most interesting, most challenging, & certainly most beautiful manifestations. Each chapter will be dedicated to a specific boat, providing an in-depth analysis of her background, design, construction, & sailing characteristics. Also included in each chapter will be several other similar yachts, in order to provide a contextual frame of reference. Clearly, no book of this type can exist without the visual stimulus provided by gorgeous photography, just as no sailing yacht can be fairly described without illustrating why we consider her to be a classic, a timeless nautical work of art. The background descriptions will enhance the reader's enjoyment of the images, providing a more thorough appreciation of the beauty displayed. The book will give the reader a comprehensive understanding of the concept of classic yachts, how to appreciate both looking at them & sailing on them, & ultimately simply provide a basis for enjoying them on a more knowledgeable basis.

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Lars Sjoberg is one of Sweden`s national treasures. He is as widely known for his encyclopaedic knowledge of Sweden`s historic houses as he is for his passionate concern to preserve them. Presented here are the eight houses (and one church) that he has acquired over forty years, many of which he bought in order to save them from being demolished. They range from a miniature Baroque manor house to an imposing Italianate Neoclassical villa, from a late 17th-century aristocratic mansion to the two-room dwellings of early 19th-century smelting workers. Each house tells a story giving an insight into why it was built & how it changed with succeeding generations. Each has been lovingly photographed by Ingalill Snitt. Text & pictures combine to show how the appealing style that has come to be recognized as quintessentially Swedish developed from its roots in the late 17th century to flower in the late 18th & early 19th centuries. Here are the pale wood floors & muslin curtains, the elegant Gustavian furniture, the gleaming gilded mirrors, the charming painted wall decorations & the simple sprigged or striped fabrics, used in entirely authentic interiors. An art historian & a museum curator, Sjoberg is also a superb self-taught craftsman who believes ardently in the value of learning from the past to preserve the future. His principles are borne out by the meticulous way in which he has restored & conserved his houses. His first & most complex undertaking was the manor of Regnaholm. Built in the 1770s, redecorated in the early years of the 19th century & unoccupied for about forty years when he took it on in 1966, it allowed him to experiment with interior decoration & refurnishing. He has built on this knowledge over the decades, reproducing furniture, having fabrics rewoven & reprinted & lighting & even porcelain copied. This book is a ravishingly beautiful, deeply personal summary of everything Lars Sjoberg has learnt in his years of working & living with classic Swedish interiors. ...

This beautifully illustrated edition of the classic Brer Rabbit folk-tales is re-presented in a brand new, smaller format. The Brer Rabbit folk tales have deep roots in traditional African stories which have been told for hundreds of years. Joel Chandler Harris heard them from Southern African Americans & retold them as classic yarns of Uncle Remus, a fictitious old slave who spun stories to a boy from the big house of a plantation. The witty & wise stories, complemented by the detailed illustrations of Don Daily, will be loved by children of all ages, who will laugh aloud at the adventures of Brer Rabbit, Brer Fox & Brer Bear. ...

Classic Turkish cooking ranks among the greatest cuisines of the world. It has a long & colourful history from its nomadic Central Asian roots to the refined recipes of the Ottoman empire which influenced culinary traditions throughout the Middle East & Mediterranean. In this classic & much-loved work
- shortlisted for the Glenfiddich Cookery Award & now published in paperback for the first time
- Ghillie Basan presents a unique collection of delicious traditional dishes from the Anatolian heartlands & sophisticated & classical recipes from the palace kitchens of the Ottoman sultans. With its long & rich history, Turkish cuisine has profoundly influenced culinary traditions across the Middle East & Mediterranean.

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Classic Walks of New Zealand is a best-selling tribute to nine of New Zealand's finest walking tracks. This revised & updated edition now

Includes:: superb Bird's Eye maps that show each route in three

Dimensions. Classic Walks will serve both as an inspiring introduction to walking these tracks & a high-quality memento of great experiences.



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This tour of the classical city of Athens takes the reader from the Acropolis to the theatre, from the political, civic & commercial centres, to the harbour & surrounding countryside. Rather than describing the areas & their buildings, it provides the historical & social background to the different parts of the city giving some idea of what life might have been like in Athens. This is not an aid to navigating around the city, there are no maps or directions, but it fills in the gaps between what you see & what you may alreadt know. ...