About this series: Re-issues of A. Wainwright's classic series of h&-illustrated fell walking guides. These compact hardbacks have not been amended, so they should be used with caution & alongside up-to-date maps when walking. However, Mr. Wainwright's sheer enthusiasm for fell walking is communicated to the reader & each title will add a further dimension of enjoyment to the experience of walking in the areas they cover. This series represents a landmark in the history of walking guides & is a fitting memorial to one walker's definitive contribution to the genre. ...

One name above all others has become associated with walking in the Lake District: Alfred Wainwright, whose seven-volume Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells, first published in 1955-66, has become the definitive guidebook. Wainwright`s meticulously h&-drawn maps, diagrams & drawings take walkers up the 214 principal hills & mountains of the Lake District, describing the main routes of ascent from different starting points, as well as lesser-known variants, showing the summit viewpoint panoramas & the ridge routes that can be made to create longer walks. Every page combines words & illustrations to present the routes in a way that is original, visually appealing & easy to follow. The Far Eastern Fells, Book Two of the Pictorial Guides, covers the entire area east of Kirkstone Pass, bordered by Ullswater in the north by Windermere in the south, &

Includes:: the ascents of High Street, Ill Bell, Place Fell & Wansfell.

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One name above all others has become associated with walking in the Lake District: Alfred Wainwright, whose seven-volume Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells, first published in 1955-66, has become the definitive guidebook. Wainwright`s meticulously h&-drawn maps, diagrams & drawings take walkers up the 214 principal hills & mountains of the Lake District, describing the main routes of ascent from different starting points, as well as lesser-known variants, showing the summit viewpoint panoramas & the ridge routes that can be made to create longer walks. Every page combines words & illustrations to present the routes in a way that is original, visually appealing & easy to follow. This new edition of Wainwright`s Walking Guide to the Lake District Fells has been comprehensively revised. Paths, maps, diagrams & route descriptions have been checked & corrected throughout. These revisions have been undertaken by writer & designer Clive Hutchby, author of The Wainwright Companion. The Far Eastern Fells, Book Two of Wainwright`s Walking Guide, covers the entire area east of Kirkstone Pass, bordered by Ullswater in the north & Windermere in the south, &

Includes:: the ascents of High Street, Ill Bell, Place Fell & Wansfell.

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The Near Eastern Fells is part of a planned 8-part Cicerone series of Lakeland Fellranger volumes written by Mark Richards that provide a comprehensive survey of the fells of the English Lake District. This volume covers the mighty range of hills, including Helvellyn, that lie between Ambleside & that is flanked to the west by Grasmere, Dunmail Rise & Thirlmere & to the east by Kirkstone Pass, Patterdale & Ullswater. The guide reveals the contemporary pattern of fell approaches, ascents & ridge routes & gives walkers the flexibility to choose between the well-known peaks & the more hidden areas of the District. The guide is structured into 35 sections with each Fell in the area having its own dedicated chapter. Each section describes the variety of routes on the fell & has a ...

” Far Eastern Tales” is a collection of short stories born of Maugham`s experiences in Malaya, Singapore & other outposts of the former British Empire. Whether portraying a ship-borne flight from a lover`s curse, murder in the jungle, or a marriage shattered by a past indiscretion, they all reveal Maugham at his best
- sometimes caustic, sometimes gently comic, but always the shrewd & human judge of character & soul.
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This very funny collection of 120 quirky & beautiful photographs of British signposts is backed by information about their most likely etymologies with six pages of maps to locate them. It features Dull, Perth & Kinross. From the Gaelicdail, a plain or meadow. ...

Will I ever see my home again? I do not know. Will I ever see my father again? I do not know. Will life ever be the same again? I do not know. Katie & Tariro are worlds apart but their lives are linked by a terrible secret, gradually revealed in this compelling & dramatic story of two girls grappling with the complexities of adolescence, family & a painful colonial legacy. 14-year-old Tariro loves her ancestral home, the baobab tree she was born beneath, her loving family
- & brave, handsome Nhamo. She couldn't be happier. But then the white settlers arrive, & everything changes
- suddenly, violently, & tragically. Thirty-five years later, 14-year-old Katie loves her doting father, her exclusive boarding school, & her farm with its baobab tree in rural Zimbabwe. Life is great. Until disaster strikes, & the family are forced to leave everything & escape to cold, rainy London. Atmospheric, gripping & epic in scope, Far from Home brings the turbulent history of Zimbabwe to vivid, tangible life. Visit the special Far From Home website at www.far-from-home.com

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Survival is hard in a land where no woman can live alone Layla is just thirteen when the men with the beards & guns burn down her beloved father`s school & begin to terrorise the Swat valley region of Pakistan. She has to flee, exchanging the tranquil beauty of the Himalayas for the squalor of a camp for refugees from the Taliban near Peshawar. With her life torn apart by tragedy, Layla must choose between the old fashioned way of life with her family
- or a journey into independence which could threaten her very survival. Trying to find out what lies behind mysterious deaths at the camp is foreign correspondent Ellen Thomas. As a strong woman in a man`s world, Ellen is used to risking her life to uncover the truth. United by the gentle schoolteacher who had risked his life to save books, the paths of Layla & Ellen collide in a common cause.
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Far from the Madding Crowd is perhaps the most pastoral of Hardy`s Wessex novels. It tells the story of the young farmer Gabriel Oak & his love for & pursuit of the elusive Bathsheba Everdene, whose wayward nature leads her to both tragedy & true love. It tells of the dashing Sergeant Troy whose rakish philosophy of life was `...the past was yesterday; never, the day after`. & lastly, of the introverted & reclusive gentleman farmer, Mr Boldwood, whose love fills him with `...a fearful sense of exposure`, when he first sets eyes on Bathsheba. The background of this tale is the Wessex countryside in all its moods. ...

Bathsheba Everdene arrives in the small village of Weatherbury & captures the heart of three very different men; Gabriel Oak, a quiet shepherd, the proud, obdurate Farmer Boldwood & dashing, unscrupulous Sergeant Troy. The battle for her affections will have dramatic, tragic & surprising consequences in this classic tale of love & misunderstanding. ...