Swahili for the Broken Hearted sees Peter Moore following the fabled Cape Town to Cairo route across Africa. After being dumped by the “ Girl Next Door”, Moore decides that the Dark Continent is the place in which to lose himself for a while; the ideal place to find solitude & anonymity in the face of personal crises. With almost every country along the route in a state of political turmoil, Moore not only has to grapple with wild animals & natural disasters, but also civil wars & corrupt governments
- not to mention the usual motley crew of locals & fellow travellers who manage to show him how, in the face of greater adversity than a broken heart, life really should be lived.
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The Lonely Planet Swahili Phrasebook is not only an extensive list of useful phrases, but also an ideal tool to start getting to grips with a language & beginning two-way communication. Containing excellent sections on language basics such as numbers, question phrases, dates, phrase construction, grammar & pronunciation, as well as containing concise but well-rounded two-way dictionaries, Lonely Planet phrasebooks enable you to quickly & confidently construct your own phrases in addition to those given. The given phrases cover all the essential travel & tourism categories such as transport, communications, business meetings & accommodation, as well as in-depth categories such as health, food & social interaction. The phrasebooks are designed to enable more than just simple question-answer communication, allowing the start of two-way conversations ...

comprehensive food section, etiquette & cultural tips easy-to-use pronunciation guide sections include phrases for finding accommodation & for hitting the town useful suggestions for health needs & emergencies extensive two-way dictionary & user-friendly sentence builder Swahili is spoken in Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, the Comoros & is the most widely spoken tribal language in East Africa Tanzania's reputation as a peaceful & secure destination combined with the fact that it has relaxed its entry formalities has contributed to its increased popularity as a tourist destination (source: WTO Tourism Market Trends 2003). Tanzania is the only country in Africa whose indigenous inhabitants include members of each of the continents four major ethno-linguistic families. Kenya's arrivals in 2004 have increased by 18 per cent & Uganda's has increased by 41 per cent ...

The northernmost of the Yorkshire Dales, Swaledale can well claim to be the most beautiful; certainly to be the wildest & most romantic. It is, a local writer claimed `as close to Heaven as you get on Earth` & it has been celebrated by Yorkshiremen & others for over two hundred years. Stretching from the wilds around Muker & remote Arkengarthdale, through a landscape once scarred by lead mining, but now marked out by regular grey field walls & barns, & picturesque villages, to the splendour of Richmond with its great Medieval castle & its graceful eighteenth century bridge, theatre & houses, Swaledale is the classic Yorkshire dale, & here is a photographic portrait of it in all seasons & all weathers by a local photographer, ...

John, Susan, Titty & Roger return to the lake for another summer camping on their island with their old allies, Nancy & Peggy, otherwise known as the Amazon pirates. But immediately disaster strikes when the Swallows find themselves marooned ashore by the shipwreck of their boat. But if they can`t have the isl&, there`s always Swallowdale, the secret valley, hidden from the world & containing an extra secret concealed within it. ...

The ultimate children`s classic
- long summer days filled with adventure. John, Susan, Titty & Roger sail their boat, Swallow,
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” An utter delight”
- Jennifer Tetlow. In the Encounters in the Wild series, renowned nature writer Jim Crumley gets up close
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`A completely fascinating novel & a marvellously skilful re-imagining of real people, times & places. Outstanding.`
- William
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This book was formerly available as one part of a two-volume set, detailing limestone cliff climbs in Dorset. This single volume is a reprint of the 1995 edition of Vol. 2, which covers covers Swanage to St Aldhelms Head &

Includes:: a section on the Isle of White. Some brief additional notes for 2002 are included in an appendix. About this series: Specialist climbing guides published by the Climbers' Club, established in 1898, a founder of & affiliated to the British Mountaineering Council. These guides are extremely comprehensive, individual titles list hundreds of climbs, each with brief descriptions. They are written in accordance with the Climbers' Club policy, which is: to reflect the best style matched to the ethos & traditions of British Climbing.

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Swanage in 1900 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. Coverage extends from the coast & Peveril Point westward to Herston & northward to Caldron Barn Farm, about half a mile north of the town. Features include the town centre, station, pier, High Street, Newton Manor, Herston including St Mark`s church, Purbeck stone quarries, St Mary`s church, St Aldhem`s church & Prospect Farm. There is a directory 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. ...