In this colourfully illustrated guide we visit both Eastern & Western Kent, looking at the history of this county of open landscape & ancient villages. A particular focus of the guide is the historic city of Canterbury & its magnificent cathedral. An informative text, fabulous photographs & county map combine to make this a useful guide & a wonderful souvenir. ...

A souvenir guide to London & its outskirts, packed with colour photographs & fascinating information. London & its outskirts has much to offer visitors & this lovely souvenir guidebook is a veritable treasure trove bursting with delightful colour photographs & fascinating information that capture the very essence of the best sights on offer in this fabulous capital city. It is available in a variety of languages. ...

London & its outskirts has much to offer visitors & this lovely souvenir guidebook is a veritable treasure trove bursting with delightful colour photographs & fascinating information that capture the very essence of the best sights on offer in this fabulous capital city. It is available in a variety of languages. ...

In one of the great defining moments in human history, more people now live in cities than in rural areas, & the effects of this depopulation & the plummeting birthrate are being felt keenly throughout Europe, which has the fastest-declining population in the world. Tom Pow sets out to explore what this means in some of the most rapidly vanishing areas of Europe. From Spain to Russia, he uses the tools of his trade
- travelogue, essay, story & poem
- to make connections, not only with what he encounters in numerous dying villages, but to reflect on his own experiences of memory, identity & loss. In Another World is an open book: not an argument, but an invitation to remember, to reflect & to engage with one of the most significant social issues affecting Europe today.

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Shortly after the 2005 London bombings, Tahir Shah was thrown into a Pakistani prison on suspicion of spying for Al-Qaeda. What sustained him during his terrifying, weeks-long ordeal were the stories his father told him as a child in Morocco. Inspired by this, on his return to his adopted homeland he embarked on an adventure worthy of the mythical Arabian Nights, going in search of the stories & storytellers that have nourished this most alluring of countries for centuries. Wandering through the medinas of Fez & Marrakech, criss-crossing the Saharan sands & tasting the hospitality of ordinary Moroccans, he collected a treasury of traditional stories recounted by a vivid & eccentric cast of characters: from master masons who work only at night to Sufi wise men who write for soap operas & Tuareg guides addicted to reality TV. Himself a link in the chain of scholars & teachers who have passed such tales down from father to son, mother to daughter, Shah reveals a world & a way of thinking that most visitors to Morocco barely know exist. ...

For as long as Jake Tilson can remember he has always been scared of fish. Mysterious ice-laden market stalls have been sidestepped & intimidating seafood recipes left safely on the shelf, while the few occasions he has attempted to cook it have met with disaster. In at the Deep End sees the award-winning artist, designer, writer & cook finally overcome his last culinary taboo by travelling the globe on a quest to buy, prepare & cook fish & seafood. An evocative, marvellously layered & wonderfully illustrated exploration of Jake`s many experiences with fish, this delightful food memoir & recipe book catalogues his journey from fish-phobic to seafood obsessive. Whether cooking mussels in Sydney or sprats in Sweden, visiting the fish markets of Tokyo or snorkelling on the Great Barrier Reef, Jake`s unquenchable interest in every aspect of the sea & fish cookery is unstoppable. His acute eye & enticing culinary experiments & recipes make In at the Deep End a book to be read, savoured, used &, above all, enjoyed. ...

One of the titles in a series of topographic maps covering much of north-west Africa, produced as part of the IMW* project in 1960’s. Each map covers an area spanning 6° in longitude & 4° in latitude. There is some variation in colouring & the depiction of terrain, but hill-shading, spot heights & contours are used to show the general relief. Additional graphics show features such as dunes, rock outcrops, cliffs, sand areas, escarpments, marshes, seasonal lakes & watercourses, & areas liable to flooding. Bathymetric contours are also included. Communications detail

Includes:: roads, major trails & railways, although there is some inconsistency in colouring & the extent of classification, e.g. not all maps distinguish seasonal roads. On most maps intermediate road distances are indicated on main routes. Symbols show airports, mosques, mines, oil & gas fields, lighthouses, ruins & significant isolated buildings. Administrative boundaries are marked & latitude & longitude lines are drawn at 1° intervals, with further margin ticks at 1’ intervals. The map legend is in French only on some sheets, & in English & French on others.* The International Map of the World was a project conceived in the early 20th century to compile a world map series at 1:1, 000, 000 through the efforts of participating nations. The value of the program has declined since 1970 & the IMW is no longer regarded as an active international series.

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Bears are a symbol of the health of an ecosystem
- & the global population is dwindling to the point where only eight different
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Fourteen years after independence, the enduring childhood friendship of three women has carried them through times of violence & loss in Kenya, their chosen homel&. Hannah Olsen & her husband Lars own Langani Farm & Safari Lodge where they struggle to protect their wildlife & land from poachers & corrupt officials. But the developing relationship between their daughter & a young African boy with a terrifying legacy tests the strength of their family. Sarah Singh, wildlife researcher & renowned photographer, is married to an Indian journalist. However, their inability to have children puts Sarah`s relationship with her husband & his family under increasing pressure. & Camilla Broughton Smith, international model & fashion designer, has given up a sparkling career to work with the charismatic safari guide Anthony Chapman, who has been injured in a tragic accident. Yet his bitterness & fear of commitment threaten to shatter her dreams. The final part of the Langani trilogy is an unforgettable story of courage & fortitude, of loyalty & murderous deceit, of friendship & betrayal, set against the backdrop of the beauty & wilderness of Kenya. ...

In Brazil, you can commune with spirits & dance with gods. In Brazil, you can learn a lot about life`s possibilities. Seven years of travel in Brazil saw Fran Bryson`s fascination with the country develop into something of an obsession with its culture, religions, & history. During many journeys from her island home in Australia, she explored the country: from the glittering modern city of Brasilia to small, deeply religious towns; from the inner reaches of the Amazon jungle to the vibrant backlands
- home to outcasts & the possessed
- & finally to the sweat-drenched streets of Rio during Carnaval. Lyrical & mesmerising, In Brazil is Fran`s account of her experiences travelling through one of the world`s most colourful & contradictory nations &, in doing so, making sense of the world around them.

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