This is a major reference book for every walker as well as for those who wish to lead groups in the British hills. It's functional design with easy reference colour coded pages, striking illustrations that complement the text & accurate mapping make this book an indispensable guide to the skills required for summer hill walking. The publisher (Mountain Leader Training) has been at the forefront in the development of walker's skills for forty years. This book is the first of a series of manuals for walkers & climbers & has been produced by collaboration between the authors at the Mountain Training Trust's centre, Plas y Brenin, & experts within Mountain Leader Training. ...

This attractive & cleverly structured guide gives walkers ten of the finest short circular walks to the most popular hills & easy summits in the Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park in a popular pocketable format. With clear information, an overview & introduction for each walk, large scale Ordnance Survey maps, superb eye-grabbing panoramic photographs, & interpretation of points of interest along the way, these guides set a new standard in clarity & ease-of-use. Featured walks include: Cruach Tairbeirt, Beinn Dubh & Mid Hill, Duncryne, Conic Hill, Craigmore, Lime Craig, Ben Gullipen, Ben A`an, Callander Craig & Beinn ant-Sidhein. One of two books in the Top 10 Walks series covering this national park. The other title in the series is: Lochside Walks. ...

Based on its predecessor, Walks In the Cairngorms (1984), this book comprises a number of new walks spread widely across the ` Monarch of the Glen Country`, in addition to some favourites from the first book. The problems posed by the opening of the Cairngorm funicular, & restricted access to the mountains, are dealt with effectively by this informative & comprehensive guide to the area. ...

SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE ` The political book of the year` Sunday Times ` You will not read a more important book about America this year` Economist Hillbilly Elegy is a passionate & personal analysis of a culture in crisis-that of white working-class Americans. The decline of this group, a demographic of our country that has been slowly disintegrating over forty years, has been reported on with growing frequency & alarm, but has never before been written about as searingly from the inside. J. D. Vance tells the true story of what a social, regional, & class decline feels like when you were born with it hung around your neck. The Vance family story begins hopefully in post-war America. J. D.`s grandparents were ”dirt poor & in love, ” & moved north from Kentucky`s Appalachia region to Ohio in the hopes of escaping the dreadful poverty around them. They raised a middle-class family, & eventually their grandchild (the author) would graduate from Yale Law School, a conventional marker of their success in achieving generational upward mobility. But as the family saga of Hillbilly Elegy plays out, we learn that this is only the short, superficial version. Vance`s grandparents, aunt, uncle, sister, &, most of all, his mother, struggled profoundly with the demands of their new middle-class life, & were never able to fully escape the legacy of abuse, alcoholism, poverty, & trauma so characteristic of their part of America. Vance piercingly shows how he himself still carries around the demons of their chaotic family history. A deeply moving memoir with its share of humour & vividly colourful figures, Hillbilly Elegy is the story of how upward mobility really feels. & it is an urgent & troubling meditation on the loss of the American dream for a large segment of this country. ...

`THE POLITICAL BOOK OF THE YEAR` Sunday Times ` You will not read a more important book about America this year` Economist ` The memoir gripping America... Vividly articulates the despair & disillusionment of blue-collar America` Sunday Times ` Hillbilly Elegy` is a passionate & personal analysis of a culture in crisis-that of white working-class Americans. The decline of this group, a demographic of our country that has been slowly disintegrating over forty years, has been reported on with growing frequency & alarm, but has never before been written about as searingly from the inside. J. D. Vance tells the true story of what a social, regional, & class decline feels like when you were born with it hung around your neck. The Vance family story begins hopefully in post-war America. J. D.`s grandparents were ”dirt poor & in love, ” & moved north from Kentucky`s Appalachia region to Ohio in the hopes of escaping the dreadful poverty around them. They raised a middle-class family, & eventually their grandchild (the author) would graduate from Yale Law School, a conventional marker of their success in achieving generational upward mobility. But as the family saga of Hillbilly Elegy plays out, we learn that this is only the short, superficial version. Vance`s grandparents, aunt, uncle, sister, &, most of all, his mother, struggled profoundly with the demands of their new middle-class life, & were never able to fully escape the legacy of abuse, alcoholism, poverty, & trauma so characteristic of their part of America. Vance piercingly shows how he himself still carries around the demons of their chaotic family history. A deeply moving memoir with its share of humour & vividly colourful figures, ` Hillbilly Elegy` is the story of how upward mobility really feels. & it is an urgent & troubling meditation on the loss of the American dream for a large segment of this country. ...

Hillhead area of Glasgow in 1909 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 a largely residential area of north-western Glasgow. Coverage stretches from Kelvingrove Museum & Art Gallery eastward to Port Dundas Road, & northward to Cambridge Drive & the Botanic Gardens. Features include the University buildings on Gilmore Hill, Kelvingrove Park, Kelvinbridge station, River Kelvin, Grovepark Mills, Forth & Clyde Canal Glasgow Branch including North Spiers Wharf, Rockvilla, Garnethill, Milton Iron Works, tramways, St George`s Cross, Park Circus, New City Road, Elmbank Foundry & countless residential streets. A street directory for New City Road 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. ...

Hillingdon South in 1935 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. This detailed map covers the southern part of Hillingdon & eastern part of Cowley. Coverage stretches from St Lawrence`s church, Cowley, eastward to Heath Road & Pistills Lane, & from St John`s church Hillingdon southward to Moorcroft Lane. Features include Hillingdon Heath area, Pield Heath area, Bishopshalt School, Cony Green, St John the Baptist church, Hillingdon County Hospital, Hillingdon & Uxbridge cemteries, nurseries, Moorcroft, tramways, Isolation Hospital, Colham Green area etc. On the reverse are 1933 directories for Hillingdon & Colham Green. 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. ...

The Hillwalker’s Manual is Bill Birkett’s definitive Cicerone guide that is a source of reference for all those outdoor enthusiasts lured by hill-walking. The guide describes what to wear & how to use the right equipment, how to navigate terrain, scale & traverse the hills & imparts an overall awareness of the concept of survival. It also

Includes:: information on hill-walking photography. The guide is organised into 5 main sections
- Equipment, Navigation, Techniques, Survival & Photography
- exploring all of the practical aspects of hill-walking. A detailed introduction also provides information on weather & the seasons, important physical features, altitude & nature, organisations representing hill-walkers & the hill environment.



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Guidebook to 32 walks in the hills of Shropshire. The walks, which are graded easy, moderate or hard, range from 3 miles (5km) to 12 miles (19km) & can be walked in all seasons. The selected routes take in highlights such as The Wrekin, Wenlock Edge, Long Mynd & Stiperstones, Castle Ring & Bury Ditches. Featuring 1:50K OS mapping (shown at 1:40K for greater clarity), step-by-step route descriptions, as well as information on accommodation, getting around, bases for the Shropshire hills & history of the region, the guide details everything you need to walk in Shropshire
- & more. From Neolithic standing stones, Bronze Age stone circles, & hilltop forts dating back to the Iron Age, Shropshire offers more than just picturesque landscapes & rewarding walking. Discover history on the hills as well as natural beauty, all within easy driving distance from Birmingham & Manchester.
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Hilpoltstein in a series of GPS compatible recreational editions of the Bavarian topographic survey at 1:25, 000, with waymarked hiking trails & cycling routes, campsites & youth hostels, etc. Coverage

Includes:: Freystadt, Greding, Thalmässing. Contours used in this map vary between 5 to 20m according to the terrain, with 20m interval predominantly used for hilly areas. Varied colouring show different types of landscape: woods, vineyards, fields etc. Maps in this series feature extensive overprint highlighting local & long-distance footpaths & cycle routes, including King Ludwig Way or different variants of the Way of St James, indicating their waymarking. Symbols highlight different types of accommodation (campsites, youth hostels, refuges, etc), sport & recreational facilities, various places of interest, etc. The maps have a 1-km UTM grid. Map legend & all the text are in German only. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link.

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