Now in its ninth year, the Landscape Photographer of the Year Award was devised by Charlie Waite, one of Britain`s foremost landscape photographers & created in association with AA Publishing. Landscape Photographer of the Year: Collection 9 features all of the winning & commended images from each of the competition categories. Artists have always strived to capture the unique beauty & diversity of the British landscape, in the 21st century, this small island continues to provide photographers with an astonishing source of inspiration. From classic shots of the verdant countryside of Engl&, Wales & the rugged Scottish Highlands to the iconic structures of Britain`s industrial & urban landscapes, this magnificent collection, showcasing both the very best of Britain & the very best photographic talent, cannot fail to please. Every image in the book is accompanied by the photographer`s personal account of the story behind the picture, in his or her own words. There are tales of chance encounters, snapshots in time where the moment just had to be seized, & of long hours spent exposed to the elements waiting for the opportunity to capture the perfect picture, which all too often turns out to be the final frame of the day. The book also features a special section on technical information, detailing the equipment & techniques used by the photographers, adding a practical resource to this outstanding collection of images of the British landscape. ...

` Take a view`, the Landscape Photographer of the Year competition, is the brainchild of Charlie Waite, one of today`s most respected landscape photographers. Together with AA Publishing, he created this prestigious competition & award with a total prize fund exceeding GBP20, 000, coupled with an exhibition in central London showcasing the best of the competition. Landscape Photographer of the Year, the full-colour book of best entries, has been hugely successful in its first ten years. Like the others before it, the eleventh edition features both classic shots of verdant rural countryside & stark urban landscapes capturing the beauty & diversity of Britain in the 21st century. ...

Landscape Wales captures the varied moods & seasons of the Welsh landscape & provides a pictorial celebration of the countryside for all to enjoy. The title portrays the people who work on the land & those who enjoy its immense pleasures during their leisure time. Large format hardback with over 110 superb colour pictures. From climbing the spectacular mountains of Snowdonia to surfing on the dramatic coastline of Pembrokeshire, Landscape Wales covers the most scenic locations across the Welsh countryside. ...

This new Pocket Wales series of books features a collection of the best landscapes, coasts, castles & mountain views in a handy pocket size. Each image has an extended caption which gives the reader an insight & background to the picture. Individually or as a set, these books are great little souvenirs of Wales. At only GBP3.99 a book these are ideally placed for point of sale displays in bookshops, gift shops & Tourist Information Centres. ...

Richard Jefferies was the most imaginative & least conventional of nineteenth-century observers of the natural world. Trekking across the English countryside, he recorded his responses to everything from the texture of an owl`s feather & `noises in the air` to the grinding hardship of rural labour. This superb selection of his essays & articles shows a writer who is brimming with intense feeling, acutely aware of the land & those who work on it, & often ambivalent about the countryside. Who does it belong to? Is it a place, an experience or a way of life? In these passionate & idiosyncratic writings, almost all our current ideas & concerns about rural life can be found. Richard Jefferies (1848-1887) was the son of a Wiltshire farmer. He never worked the land but made his living from writing, trekking across the countryside with his notebook. He spent much of his life struggling against poverty & tuberculosis, which would eventually kill him at the age of thirty-nine. As well as being in many ways the father of English nature writing, Jefferies also wrote the classic children`s book Bevis & the apocalyptic science-fiction novel After London. Richard Mabey`s introduction to his selection of Jefferies` work discusses the author`s life, his views on the paradoxes of rural life & his place in the tradition of nature writers. ...

Part of a series of exciting & luxurious Flame Tree Notebooks. Combining high-quality production with magnificent fine art, ...

Landscapes along the River Ter map in an extensive & very popular series of walking maps from Editorial Alpina covering the Pyrenees, Catalonia & other selected hiking areas in Spain, including Picos de Europa, Sierra Nevada & parts of Andalucía, Majorca, etc. Scales vary from 1:50, 000 to 1:10, 000, with the majority of the titles at 1:25, 000. The maps have contours, usually at 20m or 10m intervals, with additional hill shading & spot heights. An overprint highlights hiking trails, long-distance footpaths, campsites, mountain huts, refuges, etc. Many maps also show climbing sites, potholing caves, mountain bike routes, equestrian & ski centres. All the latest editions have a UTM grid, plus margin ticks for latitude & longitude at intervals of 1’. Map legend in most titles

Includes:: English. Each title has a separate booklet with general information on the area, descriptions of selected hiking routes, a list of accommodation with addresses, etc. In several titles the booklet now

Includes:: English.* In this title:* the map has altitude colouring & contours at 50m intervals, with a UTM grid for GPS users. The overprint highlights both local & long-distance hiking routes, as well as cycling & mountain bike trails. Also marked are various types of accommodation, places of interest, sport & recreational sites, etc. The accompanying 160-page booklet provides descriptions of the area, several suggestions for hiking excursions, etc. * Map legend & all the text ate in Spanish & Catalan only.*



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What were the landscapes of the past like? What will landscapes look like in the future? Landscapes are all around us, but most of us know very little about how they have developed, what goes on in them, & how they react to changing climates, tectonics & human activities. Examining what landscape is, & how we use a range of ideas & techniques to study it, Andrew Goudie & Heather Viles demonstrate how geomorphologists have built on classic methods pioneered by some great 19th century scientists to examine our Earth. Using examples from around the world, including New Zeal&, the Tibetan Plateau, & the deserts of the Middle East, they examine some of the key controls on landscape today such as tectonics & climate, as well as humans & the living world. They also discuss some key `landscape detectives` from the past, including Charles Darwin who did some important, but often overlooked, research on landscape. Concluding with the cultural importance of landscape, & exploring how this has led to the conservation of much `earth heritage`, they delve into the future & look at how we can predict the response of landscapes to climate change in the future. ...

” In the craven world of architectural criticism Hatherley is that rarest of things: a brave, incisive, elegant & erudite writer, whose books dissect the contemporary built environment to reveal the political fantasies & social realities it embodies.” (Will Self). During the course of the twentieth century, communism took power in Eastern Europe & remade the city in its own image. Ransacking the urban planning of the grand imperial past, it set out to transform everyday life, its sweeping boulevards, epic high-rise & vast housing estates an emphatic declaration of a non-capitalist idea. Now, the regimes that built them are dead & long gone, but from Warsaw to Berlin, Moscow to post
- Revolution Kiev, the buildings, their most obvious legacy, remain, populated by people whose lives were scattered & jeopardized by the collapse of communism & the introduction of capitalism. Landscapes of Communism is an intimate history of twentieth-century communist Europe told through its buildings; it is, too, a book about power, & what power does in cities. Most of all, Landscapes of Communism is a revelatory journey of discovery, plunging us into the maelstrom of socialist architecture. As we submerge into the metros, walk the massive, multi-lane magistrale & pause at milk bars in the microrayons, who knows what we might find?
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The Landscapes of the Imagination guide series provides an in-depth cultural & account of some of the world’s most memorable & evocative landscapes. Presented as a cultural & literary guide, each title in the series explores the cultural history of a landscape, providing an overview of the area’s development from its earliest roots to the modern day. Particular emphasis is placed on the literary, poetic, architectural, cultural & historical elements that make up the landscape & each title is written & researched by an academic expert. An Epilogue offers suggestion for further reading & indices of literary, artistic & historical names & places & landmarks. ...