For over thirty years Jonathan Raban has written about people & places in transition or on the margins, of journeys undertaken & destinations never quite reached; of isolation & alienation, but also of what it means to belong, to feel rooted. Driving Home, a collection of pieces spanning two decades, charts its course through American history & recent world events. Raban writes with an outsider`s eye for the public & the personal, about political, social, & cultural affairs, & about literature, his tone intimate but never nostalgic, & always fresh. Variously frank, witty, & provocative, Driving Home is part essay collection, part diary -- & wholly engrossing. `A passionate history buff & a skilled raconteur.. .it`s a fine ride` Sunday Times `A fabulous collection` Observer ...

Jump in & buckle-up. P.J. O` Rourke delivers his rapid-fire wit from the driver`s seat of Buicks, Land Rovers, Harley-Davidsons & at least one Soviet army surplus truck. ” Driving Like Crazy” is a hilarious collection of fender-bending pieces that career along at O` Rourke`s full-throttle, breakneck Gonzo best... ...

Driving Over Lemons begins with Chris Stewart, a one-time Genesis drummer, turned sheep-shearer, turned bestselling writer as he sees an old peasant farm on the wrong side of the river in southern Spain, buying it at the drop of a hat. Except the incumbent farmer has no intention of leaving. & of course, there is the general lack of running water, electricity… & a bridge. This bestselling book sees how Chris & his wife move to the farm, El Valero, having sunk all their savings into it, buy a flock of sheep & make running an Andalucian farm seem like a half-decent career move.* This Anniversary Edition

Includes:: an extensive author interview with Chris Stewart, bringing events up to date at El Valero.*

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Meet Chris Stewart, the eternal optimist. At age 17 Chris retired as the drummer of Genesis & launched a career as a sheep shearer & travel writer. He has no regrets about this. Had he become a big-time rock star he might never have moved with his wife Ana to a remote mountain farm in Andalucia. Nor forged the friendship of a lifetime with his resourceful peasant neighbour Domingo...not watched his baby daughter Chloe grow & thrive there...nor written this book. Fate does sometimes seem to know what it's up to. Driving Over Lemons is that rare thing: a funny, insightful book that charms you from the first page to the last...and one that makes running a peasant farm in Spain seem like a distinctly good move. Chris transports us to Las Alpujarras, an oddball region south of Granada, & into a series of misadventures with an engaging mix of peasant farmers & shepherds, New Age travellers & ex-pats. The hero of the piece, however, is the farm that he & Ana bought, El Valero
- a patch of mountain studded with olive, almond & lemon groves, sited on the wrong side of a river, with no access road, water supply or electricity. Could life offer much better than that?
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Created in collaboration with Dronestegram, the world-leading drone photography website, & Ayperi Karabuda Ecer, a highly renowned photography editor, Dronescapes is the first book to bring together the very best photographs taken by quadcopters around the globe. It grants us the thrilling opportunity to see our planet from entirely new vantage points, whether this is a bird`s-eye view of Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro, a photograph taken inches away from an eagle in mid-flight, or a vertiginous shot taken above Mexico`s Tamul Waterfalls. There are extended commentaries on how individual images were created, profiles on notable photographers & a separate user guide containing key advice on how to use your drone. An introduction also discusses how the arrival of drone photography signals a major shift in the history of aerial photography. Dronescapes is a landmark publication at the cutting edge of contemporary photography, taking the medium
- for once, literally
- to newfound, dizzying heights.

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Droylsden & Medlock Vale in 1906 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 northern part of Droylsden, north-east of Manchester; coverage stretches from Baguley Street Droylsden northward to Medlock Vale. Much of the map is semi-rural, but features include Droylsden station, Bee Hive Works, Albion Mill, Oakfield Mill, Daub Hole, Royal Mill, Droylsden cemetery, Lumb Farm, Lumb Mill, Cinderland Hall, Greenside, Clayton Bridge Dyeing Works (at left margin), Medlock Vale Works etc. On the reverse are street directory entries for Greenside Lane, Market Street, Medlock Street & Moorside Street. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25 ...

Droylsden & Medlock Vale in 1906 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 part of Droylsden, north-east of Manchester; coverage stretches from Baguley Street Droylsden northward to Medlock Vale. Much of the map is semi-rural, but features include Droylsden station, Bee Hive Works, Albion Mill, Oakfield Mill, Daub Hole, Royal Mill, Droylsden cemetery, Lumb Farm, Lumb Mill, Cinderland Hall, Greenside, Clayton Bridge Dyeing Works (at left margin), Medlock Vale Works, etc. On the reverse are street directory entries for Greenside Lane, Market Street, Medlock Street & Moorside Street. 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. ...

Learn how to play a drum kit by pressing the buttons in this exciting book. There are six different tunes to drum along to & seven drum buttons, including a snare, bass & cymbal, arranged in the shape of a drum kit. With links to Quicklinks to hear all the tunes & drum parts, this is a fun introduction for beginner drummers. ...

Veronica Cecil was twenty-five years old when her husband was offered a job at a large multi-national company in the Congo. Filled with enthusiasm for their new life, the couple & their eleven-month-old son set off for an African adventure. Very soon, however, Veronica began to realise that life in the Congo was not what she had imagined. Food shortages were an everyday occurrence; she felt like an outsider at the club in Leopoldville, which only the Belgians & other expats frequented; & flickers of violence were starting to erupt everywhere. Six months later Veronica & her family were sent to Elizabetha, a remote palm oil plantation on the banks of the Congo River. But even here paradise didn`t last. Civil war broke out, & the rebels captured the neighbouring town of Stanleyville & took all the whites hostage. Despite the fact that Veronica was on the verge of giving birth, the situation was so dangerous that she & her toddler had to be evacuated. Leaving her husband & all their possessions behind, she & her son began on a two-day journey through the jungle. But on the plane back to Leopoldville, the first labour pains began... Praise for ” Letters From Abroad”, written & read by Veronica Cecil, BBC Radio 4: ”...absolutely enthralling.” (” Daily Telegraph”). ” Blending her personal memories with the wider picture, Miss Cecil effortlessly packs more into her quarter hour than many an hour long documentary...” (” Daily Mail”). ...

Drumsagard, Hallside & Newton in 1896 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 area from Newton southward to Flemington & eastward to Blantyreferme House. Features include Hallside Steel Works, St Columba`s church, Calderglen, Westburn Rows, Hallside Newhouse Farm, Newton Colliery Pits 1 & 2, Hallside Colliery, West & East Hallside, Blantyreferme Colliery, NBR railway with Newton station, stretch of CR Hamilton Branch, severeral mineral lines, etc. On the reverse is a directory of Cambusland entries E to Z. 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. ...