The 34th edition of this much-loved guide is as invaluable as ever. Organised county by county, its comprehensive yearly updates & countless reader recommendations ensure that only the very best pubs make the grade. Here you will not only find classic country pubs, town centre inns, riverside retreats & historic havens, but also popular newcomers including gastropubs & pubs specialising in malt whisky & craft beer. Discover the top pubs in each country for beer, food & accommodation, & find out the winners of the coveted titles of Pub of the Year & Landlord of the Year. Packed with hidden gems, The Good Pub Guide provides a wealth of honest, entertaining, up-to-date & indispensable information. ...

The 35th edition of this much-loved guide is as invaluable as ever. Organized county by county, its comprehensive yearly updates & countless reader recommendations ensure that only the very best pubs make the grade. Here you will not only find classic country pubs, town centre inns, riverside retreats & historic havens, but also popular newcomers including gastro pubs & pubs specialising in malt whisky & craft beer. Discover the top pubs in each country for beer, food & accommodation, & find out the winners of the coveted titles of Pub of the Year & Landlord of the Year. Packed with hidden gems, The Good Pub Guide provides a wealth of honest, entertaining, up-to-date & indispensable information. ...

The 36th edition of this much-loved guide is as invaluable as ever. Organized county by county, its comprehensive yearly updates & countless reader recommendations ensure that only the very best pubs make the grade. Here you will not only find classic country pubs, town centre inns, riverside retreats & historic havens, but also popular newcomers including gastro pubs & pubs specialising in malt whisky & craft beer. Discover the top pubs in each country for beer, food & accommodation, & find out the winners of the coveted titles of Pub of the Year & Landlord of the Year. Packed with hidden gems, The Good Pub Guide provides a wealth of honest, entertaining, up-to-date & indispensable information. ...

Britain`s bestselling travel guide for over 30 years & the only truly independent guide of its kind.*** Featured in the Guardian, the Times & on BBC Radio 4*** The 37th edition of this much-loved book is as irreplaceable as ever. Organised county by county, its yearly updates & reader recommendations ensure that only the best pubs make the grade. Here you will not only find a fantastic range of countryside havens, bustling inns & riverside retreats, but also a growing number of gastropubs & pubs specialising in malt whiskey & craft beers. Discover the top pubs in each county for beer, food & accommodation, & find out the winners of the coveted titles of Pub of the Year & landlord of the Year. Packed with hidden gems, The Good Pub Guide continues to provide a wealth of honest, entertaining & up-to-date information on the countries drinking establishments. ...

Under the main sections of Good Home & Office, Good Energy, Good Travel, Good Money, Good Food & Drink, Good Health & Beauty & Good Fashion, The Good Shopping Guide guides readers towards the most ethical brands from companies who do not cause harm to or exploit humans, animals or the environment. Each of the 70 plus product sections

Includes:: an 'easy-view' summary table of the good, the bad & the ugly plus an in-depth table showing each company's involvement (or not) in the following areas: environmental reporting; genetic modification; membership of ethical schemes; nuclear power; animal welfare; human rights; armaments; political donations; boycott calls; &, other criticisms. The Good Shopping Guide 8 features a whole body of research from the Ethical Company Organisation & is backed by Friends of the Earth, Christian Aid & Oxfam. Full colour throughout, the book

Includes:: many beautiful photographs of the natural world. The book is read by activists, consumers, businesses, NGOs & government & has 60, 000 copies in print.



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` Listen, Svejk, are you really God`s prize oaf?` ` Humbly report, sir, ` Svejk answered solemnly. `I am!` The chaotic, hilarious adventures of an ordinary soldier, who is either genuinely a total idiot or a genius pretending to be one
- perhaps the greatest book to come out of the First World War, as Svejk tries with endless ingenuity to avoid getting to the trenches. This is a new series of twenty distinctive, unforgettable Penguin Classics in a beautiful new design & pocket-sized format, with coloured jackets echoing Penguin`s original covers.
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Hasek`s most important work was centered around the deeply funny story of a hapless Czech soldier in the Austro-Hungarian army -- dismissed for incompetence only to be pressed into service by the Russians in World War I (where he is captured by his own troops). A mischief-maker, bohemian & drunk, Hasek demonstrated his wit in this classic novel of the Czech character & preposterous nature of war. ...

In January 2007, the young & optimistic soldiers of the 2-16, the American infantry battalion known as the Rangers, were sent to Iraq as part of the surge. Their job would be to patrol one of the most dangerous areas of Baghdad. For fifteen months, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter David Finkel was with them, following them almost every grueling step of the way. The resulting account of that time, The Good Soldiers, is a searing, shattering portrait of the face of modern war. In telling the story of these soldiers, both the heroes & the ruined, David Finkel has also written a classic work of war reporting. ...

In its earliest days, the American-led war in Afghanistan appeared to be a triumph
- a `good war` in comparison to the debacle
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This play, written during Brecht`s exile to the United States & set in pre-Communist China, is a parable of a young woman torn between obligation & reality, between love & practicality, & between her own needs & those of her friends & neighbours. ...