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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Jeremy can hear voices. But when he admits this, the townspeople of Never Better treat him like an outsider. Life has been tough after his mother left & his father became a recluse, but one voice in particular proves his salvation: the voice of the ghost of Jacob Grimm. Jacob watches over Jeremy, protecting him from an unknown dark evil whispered about in the space between this world & the next. But when a provocative local girl Ginger takes an interest in Jeremy (and his unique abilities), a heartbreaking chain of events is put into motion. & as anyone familiar with the Grimm Brothers know, not all fairy tales have happy endings... ...

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. ...

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. ...

WINNER OF THE U.S. NATIONAL BOOK AWARD 2017 FOR YOUNG PEOPLE`S LITERATURE!` Sometimes, family hurts each other. But after that`s done you bandage each other up, & you move on. Together. So you can go & think that you`re some lone wolf, but you`re not. You`ve got us now, like it or not, & we`ve got you.` When 16 year-old Grace gives up her baby for adoption, she decides that the time has come to find out more about her own biological mother. Although her biological mum proves elusive, her search leads her to two half-siblings she never knew existed. Maya, 15, has been adopted by wealthy parents & seems to have the picture-perfect family
- that is, if you look past her alcoholic mother & the fact that Maya stands out like a sore thumb. Older brother Joaquin hasn`t been so lucky. At 18, he`s shuffled between foster home after foster home, always careful never to get attached to anyone or anything, because it always gets taken away. When these three siblings come together, they find in themselves the place they can belong, while the secrets they guard threaten to explode... For fans of John Green, Rainbow Rowell & Nicola Yoon, Far From the Tree is a raw, compelling, & ultimately uplifting story of what it means to be family. ` Benway`s unforgettable novel explores the paradoxes & entanglements of unconventional families.. . It`s a melodrama, to be sure, but with as much brain as heart. Benway writes with remarkable control & has the rare talent of almost vanishing as an author as she inhabits each character`s perspective.` The New York Times` Family issues are neither airbrushed nor oversimplified... From the first page to the last, this compassionate, funny, moving, compulsively readable novel about what makes a family gets it right.` Kirkus Reviews ` Equally heartwarming & heart-wrenching... Benway delves into the souls of these characters as they wrestle to overcome feelings of inadequacy, abandonment, & betrayal, gradually coming to understand themselves & each other.` Publishers Weekly ` Far from the Tree is the kind of book that strikes close to a reader`s heart. I had to know what happened to Grace, Maya, & Joaquin, & I couldn`t turn the pages fast enough. Beautiful.` Ally Condie, author of The Matched Trilogy ` Far From the Tree is a touching story about the strength & love of unconventional families, & the unbreakable bond of siblings near & far. Robin Benway`s characters are authentically crafted, full of heart, hurt, & hope.` Brandy Colbert, author of Pointe & Little & Lion ` In the eloquent confidence of its life-embracing argument, the book really is something special` The Wall Street Journal Praise for Emmy & Oliver: ` Robin Benway writes with her full heart. Emmy & Oliver is a genuinely sweet & funny novel bursting with the inextinguishable forces of love-between parents & children, distant & inseparable friends, new & reunited lovers.` Stephanie Perkins, New York Times bestselling author of Isla & the Happily Ever After ` Emmy & Oliver is wonderful. Funny, heartbreaking, & true. Robin Benway has written characters I felt like I`d known forever, & was so sad to see go. A must-read.` Morgan Matson, author of Since You`ve Been Gone
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” Far Horizons” is Frank Gardner’s look back at all the travelling he has done in his varied life, much of which he undertook before becoming the BBC’s security correspondent. Lost on a remote Sumatran volcano...pursued through a Tokyo backstreet by a Japanese gangster...picnicking with the French Foreign Legion in the Horn of Africa: Frank Gardner`s idea of a holiday is not everyone`s. In June 2004, while on what should have been a routine assignment in Riyadh, his life
- never mind his ability to travel the world
- was nearly brought to a violent end by Islamist gunmen. Frank survived against all the odds & through force of will, has found himself looking towards far horizons once more. He`s not only been skiing in the Alps, scuba diving in the Red Sea & explored the jungles of Cambodia, he is also reporting once more from far-flung destinations like Afghanistan & Colombia
- & this is a man who no longer has the use of his legs. This is Frank Gardner`s compelling, personal account of the myriad adventures that made him the man he was on that fateful day
- & of the journeys he`s made since, & how they`ve helped him to become the remarkable & inspiring individual he is today.



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