I disappeared on the night before my twelfth birthday. Washed up on an island in the Pacific, Michael struggles to survive on his own. With no food & no water, he curls up to die. When he wakes, there is a plate beside him of fish, of fruit, & a bowl of fresh water. He is not alone... This is from the author of the internationally acclaimed War Horse, this is a spellbinding adventure story about friendship & survival. Kensuke`s Kingdom was shortlisted for the Whitbread Prize & won the FCB Award. ”A dazzling adventure”. (The Times). ...

Kent in the Landmark Visitor Guides series, exploring a range of places in Britain, Europe & the Caribbean, with a particular expertise in UK destinations. Each guide presents the reader with detailed, wide-ranging & accessible overview of the region or area, with a particular focus on history & culture, notable local attractions, the landscape, local events & family activities. A series of recommended walks & guided car tours exploring the region are also included in each title. The guides are arranged geographically by region & are ideal both for short & longer breaks, with practical guidance on recommended routes & tourist attractions, in addition to insightful inset boxes into local history, culture & traditions. Information on accommodation, restaurants & day-to-day information are more limited, though a compact Directory at the end of each guide provides basic listings of recommended accommodation & restaurants, as well as tourist information contacts & regional event calendars. International destinations also carry climate & country facts, basic phrases & other general travel practical guidance for travelling to the region. The British titles in the Landmark Visitor Guides series are highly recommended, covering titles that are rarely available from other publishers. ...

” Kent & East Sussex” is one of 10 titles in the ” Cycle Tours” series. The series has now been in continuous print for more than 15 years & with regular route revisions & updating the successful formula has gathered a large following. Each book in the series contains 20 routes all of which are either totally new or have been re-ridden & updated. There are 15 lane rides of between 26 & 36 miles taking you along low-traffic or traffic free roads, tracks & paths. These visit the towns & villages of Kent`s Garden of Engl&, the Sussex Weald & Romney Marsh with suggested short cuts for shorter rides, & suggested links to other nearby rides for a full day out. The 5 off-road rides of between 11 & 17 miles explore the North & South Downs. A unique feature of the ” Cycle Tours” series is the superb Ordnance Survey 1:50, 000 Landranger mapping showing the routes of the rides. The mapping not only gives the detail & clarity you need to follow the route with ease & safety, but means that you can plan short-cuts & detours, to look out for new places of interest, & to become truly involved in the landscape you are cycling through. Clear directions are given alongside the mapping & elevation profiles make planning the pacing of each ride an easy task. Extra information

Includes:: an introduction to the area of the route, nearest railway stations, places of interest with descriptions, guides to refreshment stops, & clear indications of distance, grade & terrain. The books are practically designed with a spiral-binding to make route-following as simple as possible.

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` Keith Spence shows how much as yet survives & how rich & fascinating this part of England still is. He writes sensitively & knowledgeably about buildings & architecture, & has a keen sense of the detail that gives identity to a place.` OBSERVER ` It is [in] the penetration into the small & remainingly typical aspects of the two counties that Keith Spence so informatively indulges. This book is a delight for all who live in or visit this yet typical area of Engl&.` FINANCIAL TIMES For thousands of years Kent has been on the main road to everywhere. Julius Caesar landed there in 55 BC, as did St Augustine more than six centuries later. Kings & armies, merchants & travellers, embarked from Dover; in recent times the skies above Kent witnessed the dogfights of the Battle of Britain, while the 1990s have seen Kent linked directly with the rest of Europe via the Channel Tunnel. By contrast, in earlier centuries Sussex was largely covered by impenetrable woodl&, useful in medieval times for fattening pigs in the clearings or supplying wood to power the forges, but at the same time cutting it off from London & the rest of the country. It was not until the building of good roads & the arrival of the railway that Sussex lost its backwoods status. Geographically, however, the two counties belong together, & Keith Spence, who has lived in both but will admit to no preference, here weaves together their history & landscape to interpret them for the twenty-first century. Third revised edition. ...

As the closest areas of England to the continent, Kent & Sussex have been a route favoured by invaders. The Romans came this way, as did the English, the Normans & the French. But the area has also seen its share of civil strife, in medieval baronial conflicts, the Wars of the Roses & Tudor religious uprisings. Rupert Matthews, `the History Man`, presents fifteen guided walks around the battlefields of Kent & Sussex. He provides an account of events as they unfolded on the ground along with full background & context. His expertise, descriptive powers & lively enthusiasm bring the drama of history vividly to life. ...

Kent
- Family Walks features 30 flat walks, of varying lengths, around the coastline & countryside, & the history & landscape,
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Walkers in Kent enjoy a number of long distance footpaths, including the North Downs Way, Wealdway, Pilgrims` Way & Greensand Way, & sections of them are incorporated into several walks in this guide. Routes starting at Tenterden & Penshurst wind through a typical Kentish landscape, characterised by orchards, medieval churches & coast houses. Deal & Sandwich, featured on another walk, were once centres for smugglers, while walks along the cliffs of Dover & Folkestone evoke historic maritime events. In contrast, Romney Marsh & the Swale have a wild & lonely beauty which evoke a more contemplative mood. ...

Kent
- Walks into History is a slim volume containing twenty circular routes in Kent, which take walkers on journeys through both
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Kent Cycle Map at 1:110, 000 from Sustrans, including the Crab & Winkle Way, Viking Coastal Trail, Chalk & Channel Way, & Heron Trail, plus 5 day rides: Lanes south from Canterbury, Roberstbridge & Battle, Rye & Romney Marsh, Around Sandwich, & Headcorn & the North Downs. Street plans show Canterbury, Maidstone, Ashford, & Rochester with Chatham. Maps is this Sustrans series show all the National & Regional Cycle Network routes clearly numbered & have the colouring distinguishing between the on-road & traffic-free sections. The publishers’ own recommendations are shown in contrasting colour &, in most titles, are in addition presented on the reverse side on separate panels where each circuit is annotated with useful notes. The maps have contours & altitude colouring to show the topography, with additional gradient markings. Towns along the routes are annotated with symbols indicating what facilities can be found there. Also marked are various places of interest, on or near the routes, & railway lines are shown with stations for access to the routes by rail. On the reverse each title also provides large, clear city centre street plans of main towns, highlighting the Cycle Network and/or the recommended routes. Also included are contact details of tourist information centres. To see the list of titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

Kent 1610 Replica Map by the Old Map Company is a reproduction of the map created for the famous atlas of the period by the master map maker John Speede Esq. The Old Map Company has recreated the antique maps of British counties, European cities & World countries originally crafted by master map maker John Speede Esq. whose work had accuracy & quality not surpassed for centuries. Each map is treated & presented on specially crafted paper then h&-treated giving it texture & an aged appearance before being beautifully engraved & detailed. ...