A powerful & moving novel about one man`s final, fatal, heroic act of resistance in Nazi France When a Czech engineer arrives in Paris in 1939, he cannot know that three years later he will be in hiding, confined to the damp, dark cellar of a French doctor. Alone with his memories, he writes to his ”dearest Hanichka”, confessing everything: the hope of a love affair for which he travelled to Paris, the discovery of the German warrant for his arrest, & the murder he was forced to commit.A claustrophobic classic of Czech literature, The Hideout is one man`s last love letter to his wife. As he contends with his failing eyesight & the loss of his teeth, so too must he grapple with the guilt of leaving his family & the dwindling hope of ever returning home. ...

As the Nazi madness swept across Europe, a quiet watchmaker`s family in Holland risked everything for the sake of others, & for the love of Christ. Despite the danger & threat of discovery, the ten Boom family courageously offered shelter to persecuted Jews during the Nazi occupation of Holl&. Then a trap brought about the family`s arrest. Could God`s love shine through, even in Ravensbruck? ...

The High Atlas: Treks & Climbs on Morocco`s Biggest & Best Mountains, a illustrated guide from Cicerone Press – publishers with an already well established reputation for excellent coverage this very popular region. The guide provides detailed descriptions of 48 routes based on the author’s personal experiences & illustrated with photos to show both the landscape & the culture of the local Berber people. Each group of trails is presented on a ridge map of the area. An introductory section

Includes:: general advice on planning the trip, health & safety aspects, etc. Map recommendations are included although this particular chapter does not include some of the most recent titles covering this region.

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Are you planning a holiday to the Lake District? Do you enjoy a hill-walking challenge with impressive mountain-top views? Inside Pathfinder (R) Guide to the High Fells of Lakeland are 20 majestic & challenging fell walks amid the glorious scenery of the Lake District mountains with clear & easy-to-follow route directions compiled from the author`s 40 years` experience of Lakeland walking. For adventurous ramblers & walkers wanting a hill-walking challenge, this brand new Pathfinder (R) walking guide features 20 demanding day-walks in the mountains of the Lake District, from Scafell Pike (highest mountain in the Lake District), to Helvellyn, Skiddaw, Great End & Bowfell
- all over 900m (nearly 3000 feet) high. Giving a detailed guide to 20 inspiring expeditions on the high fells of Lakel&, Pathfinder (R) Guide to the High Fells of Lakeland explores some of the best fell walking country in the Lake District. With views over to Buttermere, Derwentwater & Grasmere, the Lakeland Fells offer some of the most superb experiences of the Lake District for the adventurous walker & Pathfinder (R) Guide to the High Fells of Lakeland allows ramblers to easily enjoy these mountain views with clear, large-scale Ordnance Survey route maps & GPS waypoints to help you navigate your walk with ease. If you`re a walker who really wants to make the most of what Wainwright described as the `splendid walking country` of the Lake District, make sure you don`t set off on your fell walk without a copy of Pathfinder (R) Guide to the High Fells of Lakeland in your rucksack. Pathfinder (R) Guides are Britain`s best loved walking guides. Made with durable covers, they are the perfect companion for countryside walks throughout Britain. Each title features circular walks with easy-to-follow route descriptions, tried & tested by seasoned walkers & accompanied by beautiful photography & clear, large-scale Ordnance Survey mapping.
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High Fells of Lakeland Mountain Walks
- challenging walks for adventurous ramblers
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The definitive guide for the dedicated Munroist & mountain walker. Spectacular colour photographs accompany descriptions of 133 one-day excursions on all the mountains in Britain & Ireland over 3000ft. Each walk is shown on a clear & simple contoured map & is described in detail often with many alternative ascents. The walks are arranged into chapters, each covering a major range of mountains. The inclusion of many spectacular colour photographs mean this book is a delightful companion. Partially revised in 1997. ...

Shortlisted for a 2016 Edward Standford Travel Writing Award. In Lisbon in 1904, a young man named Tomas discovers an old journal. It hints at the location of an extraordinary artefact that
- if it exists
- would redefine history. Travelling in one of Europe`s earliest automobiles, he sets out in search of this treasure. Some thirty-five years later, a Portuguese pathologist finds himself at the centre of a murder mystery. Fifty years on, a Canadian senator takes refuge in northern Portugal, grieving the loss of his beloved wife. But he comes to his ancestral village with an unusual companion: a chimpanzee. Three stories. Three broken hearts. One exploration: what is a life without stories? The High Mountains of Portugal takes the reader on a road trip through Portugal in the last century
- & through the human soul.


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Shortlisted for a 2016 Edward Standford Travel Writing Award. Lost in Portugal. Lost to grief. With nothing but a chimpanzee. A man thrown backwards by heartbreak goes in search of an artefact that could unsettle history. A woman carries her husband to a doctor in a suitcase. A Canadian senator begins a new life, in a new country, in the company of a chimp called Odo. From these stories of journeying, of loss & faith, Yann Martel makes a novel unlike any other: moving, profound & magical. ...

Better known as Harry Griffin, & for fifty years the Guardian`s country diarist, A.H. Griffin also wrote a weekly feature called ` Leaves from a Lakeland Notebook` for the Lancashire Evening Post for almost thirty years until his death in 2004. The High Places is a selection of those articles with illustrations by a man who shared his passion for the Lake District: Alfred Wainwright. Griffin`s descriptions of days spent in the mountains & discussions of diverse Lake District matters
- from the number of cairns being built by walkers to the quality of a farmer`s wife`s mutton pie
- perfectly combine with drawings from Wainwright`s five-volume Lakeland Sketchbook series to make The High Places a delightful celebration of the mountains & fells of Lakeland & their history.

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In 1774, British traders longed to open relations with China so they sent a young Scotsman, George Bogle, as an envoy to Tibet. Bogle became smitten by what he saw there, & struck up a remarkable friendship with the Panchen Lama. This gripping book tells the story of their two extraordinary journeys across some of the harshest & highest terrain in the world: Bogle`s mission, & the Panchen Lama`s state visit to China, on which British hopes were hung. Piecing together extracts from Bogle`s private papers, Tibetan biographies of the Panchen Lama, the account of a wandering Hindu monk & the writings of the Emperor himself, Kate Teltsher deftly reconstructs the momentous meeting of these very different worlds. ...