This area map shows the National Cycle Network & local routes in this area. It covers the Fens area of the East of Engl&, including King`s Lynn, Boston, Peterborough & Grantham. Directly across the North Sea from the low-lying lands of The Netherlands is a similar English landscape known as The Fens. This region of England was once fresh or salt-water wetl&, drained many centuries ago for its fertile soil. Like the Netherlands, the area provides excellent terrain for cycling with some of the flattest, longest & straightest sections of road in Europe. This

Includes:: a superb section of National Cycle Network Route 1, the longest overall National Cycle Route, running from Ingoldisthorpe to Boston via King`s Lynn & Wisbech. This pocket-sized colour map shows clearly mapped on-road & traffic-free paths, easy to read contours, & detailed inset maps for the major towns & cities as well as recommended linking routes connecting the NCN with quiet roads. The map also features 5 day rides with directions & a description of the area, highlighting key cycle routes, local history & places of interest.

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Which festival is right for you? What should you wear? What should you pack? How much glitter could you possibly need? With the answer to every festival question, The Festival Book is your go-to survival guide. It is packed full of hilarious anecdotes, a guide to the very best festivals on offer & tips & tricks to get you festival ready. & if you want to learn to play the nose-flute or attend a wedding conducted by a priestess called Glenda, well, that`s all here too. With sections on:A Short History of Festivals
- from the Pilton, Pop, Folk & Blues Festival (now more commonly known as Glastonbury) to the revival of the communal rock festival experience in the 90s. Festival Tribes
- You`re looking for self-improvement? Latitude offers drama classes & qualifications. More interested in food? Try Wilderness. Forest walking, foraging & wild swimming more your thing? Green Man`s the one for you. Festival Fashion
- Florals, leather, a onesie, full fancy dress
- all will do, but don`t forget your wellies!

Includes:: a fool proof packing list with everything you`re likely to forget. Anecdotes
- From getting married at Glastonbury, to being diagnosed with trench foot, to being attacked by a cow
- it`s all here! Tips & Tricks
- How to get in for free, how to find your way back to your tent in the dark & a bluffer`s guide to legendary performances (you remember Oasis in 1994, right?)








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This is the new novel from Milan Kundera. Casting light on the most serious of problems & at the same time saying not one serious sentence; being fascinated by the reality of the contemporary world & at the same time completely avoiding realism
- that`s The Festival of Insignificance. Readers who know Kundera`s earlier books know that the wish to incorporate an element of the ”unserious” in a novel is not at all unexpected of him. In Immortality, Goethe & Hemingway stroll through several chapters together talking & laughing. & in Slowness, Vera, the author`s wife, says to her husband: ”you`ve often told me you meant to write a book one day that would have not a single serious word in it...I warn you: watch out. Your enemies are lying in wait.” Now, far from watching out, Kundera is finally & fully realizing his old aesthetic dream in this novel that we could easily view as a summation of his whole work. A strange sort of summation. Strange sort of epilogue. Strange sort of laughter, inspired by our time, which is comical because it has lost all sense of humor. What more can we say? Nothing. Just read.
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Casting light on the most serious of problems & at the same time saying not one serious sentence; being fascinated by the reality of the contemporary world & at the same time completely avoiding realism-that`s The Festival of Insignificance. Readers who know Kundera`s earlier books know that the wish to incorporate an element of the ”unserious” in a novel is not at all unexpected of him. In Immortality, Goethe & Hemingway stroll through several chapters together talking & laughing. & in Slowness, Vera, the author`s wife, says to her husband: ”you`ve often told me you meant to write a book one day that would have not a single serious word in it...I warn you: watch out. Your enemies are lying in wait.” Now, far from watching out, Kundera is finally & fully realizing his old aesthetic dream in this novel that we could easily view as a summation of his whole work. A strange sort of summation. Strange sort of epilogue. Strange sort of laughter, inspired by our time, which is comical because it has lost all sense of humor. What more can we say? Nothing. Just read. ...

Part biography, part musings on biology & nature, The Fetish Room is a moving portrait of one of our greatest travel writers & eccentrics, Redmond O' Hanlon Redmond O' Hanlon is known as an amiable anti-hero
- the debunker of classical exploration literature
- & here on this joint road trip with journalist Rudi Rotthier, O' Hanlon visits places from his dark childhood. With a fine sense of the comic & beautifully rendered observations of the people they encounter, Rotthier excels in painting a portrait of this English author as he details the escapades of their journey. O' Hanlon provides a stream of jokey anecdotes which offset the bleakness of almost all his memories as do their conversations on God, Darwin & nature. Plagued by depression & scarred by his childhood & sadistic teachers, he drinks excessively, pops caffeine & nicotine pills. One of his most important possessions is a jar containing some of the charred remains of a close friend who committed suicide. In his house in Oxfordshire piles of books have spilled over tables & shelves & tottering mounds of dirty crockery obscure the sink. Yet, unlikely as it may seem, this is a remarkably light-hearted, sensitive & funny book.

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The world has ended: the earth is scorched, & fever rages through the poulation. Out of the chaos, a boy emerges with the power to change everything: Thomas. This is the start of his story. An electrifying Maze Runner prequel, The Fever Code holds all the answers: How did WICKED find the Gladers? Who are Group B? Whose side are Thomas & Teresa really on? Lies will be exposed. Secrets uncovered. Loyalties proven. You`ll never see the truth coming.. . ...

” The Fever Tree” by Jennifer Mc Veigh is a critically acclaimed novel set in nineteenth century South Africa. 1880. South Africa. A country torn apart by greed. Frances Irvine, destitute in the wake of her father`s sudden death, is forced to abandon her life of wealth & privilege in London & emigrate to the Cape. In this remote & inhospitable land she becomes entangled with two very different men. One driven by ambition, the other by his ideals. Only when the rumour of a smallpox epidemic takes her into the dark heart of the diamond mines does she see her path to happiness. But this is a ruthless world of greed & exploitation, where the spoils of the rich come at a terrible human cost & powerful men will go to any lengths to keep the mines in operation. Torn between passion & integrity, she makes a choice that has devastating consequences. ” The Fever Tree” is a compelling portrait of colonial South Africa, its raw beauty & deprivation alive in equal measure. But above all it is a powerful love story about how
- just when we need it the most
- fear can blind us to a truth. ” Place & people come alive in this book.. .a gripping story”. (Kim Edwards, author of ” The Memory Keeper`s Daughter”). ”I loved it. It`s a beautifully written novel of great feeling”. (Rachel Hore, best-selling author of ” The Place of Secrets”). ” Engrossing, emotionally poised & elegantly written
- I absolutely loved it”. (Vanora Bennett, author of ” The People`s Queen”). ” There is nothing more exciting than a new writer with a genuine voice. I loved it”. (Julian Fellowes, creator of ” Downton Abbey”). ”A compelling read with a Gone with the Wind feel to it
- I was hooked”. (Katharine Mc Mahon, author of ” The Alchemist`s Daughter”). ”A skilled unfolding of a woman`s struggle with desire, class divide & disease in 19th Century South Africa”. (” Financial Times”). ” Mc Veigh`s attention to the material culture of South Africa that really fascinates: no object is too small to attract her notice, & through accumulation such objects become evocative & strangely moving
- well worth reading”. (”TLS”). ” An epic story of love, deception & courage”. (Patricia Wastvedt, author of ” The German Boy”). ”A bewitching tale of loss, betrayal & love”. (” Vogue”). ” Epic, enchanting, emotional & engrossing”. (” Easy Living”). ` Must-read of the Month`.” An unforgettable journey into a heart of darkness: romantic & tragic, a tale of honour & redemption, it leaves wide vistas of a harsh yet beguiling landscape shimmering in the imagination long after the last page is turned”. (Deborah Lawrenson, author of ” The Lantern”). ” All the delicious elements of a romantic classic, seasoned by evocative prose & keen moral commentary. Gobble it up & then shelve it next to the Bronte sisters”. (Hillary Jordan, best-selling author of ” Mudbound”). Jennifer Mc Veigh graduated from Oxford University in 2002 with a First in English Literature. She went on to work in film, television, radio & publishing, before giving up her day job to write fiction. She has travelled across East Africa & South Africa, often in off-road vehicles, driving & camping along the way. ” The Fever Tree” is her first novel.




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For the past thirteen years Ken
- originally from Scotland
- & his wife have lived in France, in a Breton hamlet, Kerkelven.

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Book 1 of The Spiderwick Chronicles in which Mallory, Simon & Jared get acquainted with their new home but find many unexpected things. It all started when Jared Grace found their great uncle`s book, ” Arthur Spiderwick`s Field Guide to the Fantastic World Around You.” & they realise that are not alone in their new house. Now the Grace kids want to tell their story but the faeries will do everything to stop them... Its up to you to spread the word about their discovery. But heed their warnings, wear some red, turn your clothes inside out
- all anti-faerie devices
- & get ready to enter a world that you never knew existed... Its closer than you think!

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The Field Guide to Typography explores & explains the myriad typefaces that we see around us in our day-to-day lives, from airplane liveries to computer screens, from billboard hoardings to signage systems. It presents over 120 typefaces old & new, common & unusual with photographic references to help font spotters identify particular typefaces in the wild. Accompanying background information explains the origin, usage & key features of each typeface, & Field Facts provide little-known nuggets of information to expand your typographical awareness. Attractive & informative, The Field Guide to Typography is a unique visual reference for novice font fans & experienced designers alike, & a comprehensive celebration of our expanding typographic world. ...