Born in the foothills close to the Himalaya Steve Berry had from an early age an urge to become a traveller, an adventurer, an explorer, & until the age of 38 years he tried hard to satisfy two opposing forces. Half of him wanted to find a satisfactory career path while the other half wanted to be free & specifically explore the Himalaya. In the end he found a compromise to satisfy both needs. In 1987 with his climbing friend Steve Bell he founded Himalayan Kingdoms, a travel company specialising in trekking & expedition holidays. This book is a collection of stories from his early expeditions to the Himalaya prior to 1987. There are tales of encounters with bears, escapes from avalanches, summit successes & failures, love stories, mystical connections, Himalayan storms, near death accidents, raw travel across the Indian sub continent, & grapples with bureaucracy. It is told warts & all. It starts with tales of youthful naivety in the mountains of Himachal Pradesh, progresses to what Steve describes as his best ever adventure, the first British ascent of Nun, 7, 135m/23, 410ft, in Kashmir, & finishes with the truth of what happened on the failed attempt to climb Bhutan`s highest peak, Gangkar Punsum, 7550m/24, 770ft. Of Straight Up Steve says, ”I just really wanted people to enjoy reading of our adventures the way they were”. ...

How great would it be to have access to the world`s experts to help you choose the coolest & most interesting bars, wherever you find yourself in the world? Well, now you do. Straight Up is a carefully curated collection of insider tips that will allow you to discover the best drinking spots around the globe. From a 10-seat basement bar in Tokyo, to classic hotel-bar glamour & a glitzy rooftop poolside bar in Milan, this book contains everything you need to drink in style, brought to you by the locals in the know. Spirits experts Joel Harrison & Neil Ridley have gathered a team of expert contributors among the world`s bartending community to nose out the most interesting & characterful experiences. Throughout the book you`ll also find lots of features on signature cocktails, the low-down on star bartenders, & even `A Day Drinking in...` with the perfect city itinerary. ...

The Mediterranean coast of Spain from the Straights of Gibraltar along the Costa del Sol & past Malága to Almería, at 1:500, 000 in a series of regional road maps from the country’s civilian survey organization IGN-CNIG (Instituto Geográfico Nacional
- Centro Nacional de Información Geográfica), vividly presenting the topography by altitude colouring, boundaries of national/natural parks, etc. Coverage

Includes:: the Moroccan coast with the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta & Melilla. Road network is graded & coloured into six types; road numbers are given only on main national roads & no driving distanced are marked. Railway lines are shown with stations & local airports are marked. Icons prominently indicate UNESCO World Heritage sites & state-run parador accommodations. The maps also show administrative boundaries & all place names & other information (roads, railways, topographic features) are presented classified according to its official status. Topography (shown only within Spain’s borders) is indicated by satellite imagery enhanced by altitude colouring, with spot heights, names of mountain ranges, boundaries of national/natural parks, etc. The maps have latitude & longitude lines at 30’ intervals. Map legend is in Spanish only. The series was first published in 2014. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link.


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Stralsund on a topographic map at 1:200, 000 from the Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie, Germany’s federal mapping agency. The map covers an area of Approx. 100 x 90km. This map is belongs to a series of 58 topographic maps from Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie, the federal cartographic agency of Germany responsible for topographic mapping at 1:200, 000 & maps at smaller scales (the more detailed topographic & leisure maps are prepared & published by the survey organizations of the individual states). Cartography is from the 200K topographic survey & the maps have very elegant, modern look whilst retaining the traditional German presentation of names of smaller towns & villages in italics. Contours are at 12, 5m intervals, enhanced by relief shading, with colouring for woodlands, moors, marches, vineyards & hop plantations. Waterways & rivers are also described in detail, with currents, waterfalls, dams, & jetties clearly marked. Road network, graded into five types, highlights in colour national & regional roads; no driving distances are marked Railway network is also shown in detail, with stations, goods only lines, etc. The maps show administrative boundaries of states & counties, & have a UTM grid plus margin ticks for latitude & longitude at 2’ intervals. Map legend is in German only.PLEASE NOTE: maps in this series provide an excellent presentation of the areas covered by them, with plenty of place names & detailed representation of the road network, & will appeal to anyone who likes quality cartography, but they are not necessarily the best option for holiday & business travel. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

Map No. 858, Stralsund
- Greifswald
- Grimmen, in a series of hiking maps from Kompass providing extensive coverage of Austria

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The Strand is a visually appealing 30cm (12) desktop globe mounted on a stylish chrome spindle & full ring maple wood base. The physical topography of the world is beautifully presented & remarkably detailed, whilst political boundaries & place names are subtly outlined in black, allowing for the straightforward identification of locations. A distinctive addition to the home & workplace. ...

“ Strand Lane & the entrance to the Roman bath” in a series of prints of sepia photos of some of old London’s best loved landmarks, presented by Soho Publishing in an A3 (29.6 x 39.6 cm) format. Under the photo are brief notes about the history of this area. Ideal for framing, these reproductions show many long gone or much changed sites & offer a unique way of decorating your home or office with photos of near by or close-to-your-heart parts of the capital. Please note: the prints are supplied flat rather than rolled, with an A3 protective piece of cardboard, so the package will be larger than the standard size letterbox. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

You might be forgiven for thinking that, when radio presenter Cash Peters got the call asking him to front a reality-adventure travel programme, he had struck gold. The premise of the show was simple: take a man & dump him in an unfamiliar culture in a faraway land with no money & nowhere to stay, then leave him to survive using his own resources. There`s just one drawback
- Cash is not the adventurous type. On the contrary, he has phobias, allergies, an obsession with hygiene & a fear of eating weird food & sleeping in bug-ridden huts made from cow dung. In short, they picked the wrong man for the job. In this wickedly funny look behind the scenes, Cash recounts with searing wit & unfailing honesty the year he spent struggling to make a TV survival show when the odds were clearly against his surviving at all. On epic journeys from Kenya to Cambodia, Morocco to Dubai, he experiences fascinating cultures, sleeps with them, eats with them
- & finally proves that whatever doesn`t kill you makes you stronger. Though, to be honest, killing you is more likely...

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Strandir, map no. 8, in the topographic survey of Iceland at 1:100, 000 published by Mál og menning, with excellent, vivid presentation of the terrain, footpaths & bridleways, campsites, etc. The maps have contours at 20m intervals, enhanced by bold relief shading plus colouring and/or graphics to show glaciers, lava fields, sands & mudflats, as well as to distinguish land with vegetation cover from the more sparsely covered terrain. The series provides a splendid presentation of the country’s topography, with large amount of detail & over 43, 000 place names. Road network indicates gravel roads &

Includes:: country tracks. Also marked are local footpaths, clear to see with their distinctive colouring, & bridleways. Symbols shows campsites, tourist huts or shelters, emergency shelters, summer houses, river fords, golf courses & swimming pools, hydro-electric or thermal power stations, local airports, etc, & detail such as individual farms, abandoned farms or ruins, sheepfolds, etc. Each map covers an area of 84 x 67km (53 x 42 miles approx.) & has latitude & longitude lines drawn at intervals of 2’ & 5’ respectively. Map legend

Includes:: English, German & French. To see the other titles in this series please click on the series link.



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Strands describes a year`s worth of walking on the ultimate beach: inter-tidal & constantly turning up revelations: mermaid`s purses, lugworms, sea potatoes, messages in bottles, buried cars, beached whales & a perfect cup from a Cunard liner. This is a series of meditations prompted by walking on the wild estuarial beaches of Ainsdale Sands between Blackpool & Liverpool, Strands is about what is lost & buried then discovered, about all the things you find on a beach, dead or alive, about flotsam & jetsam, about mutability & transformation
- about sea-change.
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