Claudius has survived the murderous intrigues of his predecessors to become, reluctantly, Emperor of Rome. Here, he recounts his surprisingly successful reign: how he cultivates the loyalty of the army & the common people to repair the damage caused by Caligula; his relations with the Jewish King Herod Agrippa; & his invasion of Britain. But the growing paranoia of absolute power & the infidelity of his promiscuous young wife, Messalina mean that his good fortune will not last forever. In this second part of Robert Graves` fictionalized autobiography, Claudius
- wry, rueful, always inquisitive
- brings to life some of the most scandalous & violent times in history.

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Emma`s sister is missing. Her parents have spent all their money trying to find her & the family has moved to a trailer park for Crags
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” After Mark Cocker`s glorious book, you will never look at a blackberry bush the same way again.” (Philip Hoare, New Statesman). In 2001 Mark Cocker moved to Claxton, a small village in Norfolk. In a series of daily writings spanning the course of a year he explores his relationship to the landscape he lives in, to nature & to all the living things around him
- the birds, plants, trees, mammals, hoverflies, moths, butterflies, bush crickets, grasshoppers, ants & bumblebees. Passionate, astonishing & inspiring, this book is a celebration of the wonder that lies in our everyday experience.
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Shortlisted for the 2015 Thwaites Wainwright Prize
- In a single twelve-month cycle of daily writings Mark Cocker explores his
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A boy creeps down from a high-rise block in the half-light of dawn to see the neat prints left by a fox on the frosty grass. He is TC, eight years old & skipping school to spend his time exploring the city's waste ground & long-forgotten wild corners. At school & at home he is barely missed. Sophia, seventy-eight & a half & still wearing her dear dead husband's shoes, looks out through her kitchen window at the little city park outside her flat, its grassy acres grimy & litter-blown, but to her eyes beautiful. She is writing her weekly letter to her granddaughter Daisy, whose privileged upbringing means she exists in a different world to that of TC, even though they live less than a mile apart. Jozef spends his days clearing houses & works night shifts at the local takeaway, but he is unable to forget the farm he left behind in Pol&, the woods & fields he grew up with still a part of him, although he is a thousand miles away. When he meets TC in the little park one night he finds a kindred spirit, despite the forty years between them: both lonely, both looking for something, both lost.A lyrical debut novel about innocence & experience, class & consumerism, Clay captures the delicate balance of life in the city, between young & old, between nature & development, between recklessness & caution. ...

Clayton & Thornton East in 1933 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. In this title: the map covers the centre of Clayton & the eastern part of Thornton. Features include Thornton Hall, St James church, School Green, Leventhorp Hall, tramway, Clayton Beck, Leventhorp Mills, St John's church Clayton, Town End, Oak Mills, Victoria Park etc. On the reverse is a selection of street directory entries for 1936. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25 ...

Clayton & Thornton East in 1933 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. The map covers the centre of Clayton & the eastern part of Thornton. Features include Thornton Hall, St James church, School Green, Leventhorp Hall, tramway, Clayton Beck, Leventhorp Mills, St John`s church Clayton, Town End, Oak Mills, Victoria Park, etc. On the reverse is a selection of street directory entries for 1936. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series: Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK. ...

Clean Breaks unearths 500 unique experiences & new ways to travel that make a real difference to the lives of local people & the planet. Discover a wealth of new adventures from sleeping in houseboats in Kerala & witnessing the zebra migration in Botswana to taking the train-hotel from Paris to Madrid. Whether you fancy living like a local in a tipi with Native American Indians, riding with cowboys in Venezuela or staying in a bunkhouse barn in the Brecon Beacons, this guide is packed with the how, where & when to plan your next extraordinary experience. Authors Richard Hammond, Green Travel Correspondent for The Guardian, & Jeremy Smith, former Editor of The Ecologist Magazine, combine cultural sensitivity with practical advice, h&-picking the best hotels, resorts, & tours run by earth-friendly people who are passionate about what they do, assuring a spectacular choice of inspirational travel ideas without compromising on the quality of your holiday. Whether you wish to experience a climate-friendly home-stay or simply want to see the world in a new light; make your next trip a Clean Break. ...

Clear Waters Rising is an acknowledged classic of modern day travel writing. Winning the Thomas Cook/ Daily telegraph Travel Book Award when first published in 1996, the book documents Nicholas Crane’s mountain walk across Europe. Crane spent seventeen months, alone & on foot, tramping across Europe from Cape Finisterre to Istanbul
- across the Pyrenees, the Cévennes, the Alps, the Carpathians & the Balkans. Along the way he meets shepherds, cheesemakers, gunslingers & a bad-tempered bear who won’t take no for an answer…
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Cleckheaton in 1905 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. The map covers the northern half of Cleckheaton, extending from the station & St John`s church northward to Hunsworth Mills, & from West End Park eastward to Spen Upper. Features include the LYR Cleckheaton Branch, Providence Place, Victoria Mills, The Prospect, cemetery, Waterfield Mill, Water Lane Mill, Spring Field Mills, Spen Mills, LNWR Heaton Lodge & Wortley line with station at Spen Bank, Spen House, Round Hill, Merchant Fields, Hunsworth Mills Bridge, disused Cleckheaton Colliery, Exchange Mills, Moorland Mills, Scandinavia Mills, Spen Valley Chemical Works, Flatt Lane Chemical Works, etc. An 1889 directory is on the reverse. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series: Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK. ...