This collection of 20 tried-&-tested circular walks has been written specifically for dogs & their owners, allowing for maximum off-lead time. These routes, covering every corner of the Surrey Hills, will allow you to explore somewhere new, safe in the knowledge that the surroundings will be suitable for your dog. The hills stretch from the county border with Kent almost to Hampshire & were officially designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in 1958. Explore Leith Hill, Box Hill & the Devil`s Punch Bowl as well as the extensive footpaths & tracks including the famous North Downs Way, Greensand Way & the ancient Pilgrims Way. There are many open commons & rolling hillsides, dotted with rural pubs, market towns & villages, rich in wildlife & woodl&, making the Surrey Hills an ideal place to walk your dog. All the walks include details of:* Distance & terrain* Details of livestock & stiles* Recommended dog-friendly pubs & cafes* Numbered route directions* Points of interest along the way* Contact details for the nearest vets David & Hilary Staines are the authors of many popular dog walking guides, including Kent: A Dog Walker`s Guide & East Sussex: A Dog Walker`s Guide. ...

Survive anything life throws at you with The Survival Handbook. Served in a handy mess tin, The Survival Book is the ultimate visual guide to camping, wilderness, & outdoor survival skills. Written by Colin Towell, an ex-SAS Combat Survival Instructor, The Survival Handbook is bursting with survival tips, manual skills, camping essentials, & advice on how to survive whatever the great outdoors throws at you. Learn how to read a map, how to light a fire, & how to build a raft & be prepared for every outdoor situation. Catch your own dinner & cook it in the mess tin, revel in inspirational real-life survival stories, or serve The Survival Handbook up as a truly unique gift. From survival basics such as finding water & catching fish, to extreme situations including being adrift at sea or lost in the jungle, The Survival Handbook will steer you through life`s toughest adventures in the world`s harshest climates. ...

Every year, ordinary people find themselves facing extraordinary, life-threatening survival situations brought about by hostile encounters, adverse weather or freak accidents. The methods & techniques used by survivors in remote regions, or on city streets, can easily be learned & adapted to suit every life-threatening situation. Written by a world-leading expert, The Survival Manual discusses & reveals all the skills you will ever need. The subjects covered include the psychology of survival, shelter & food, as well as tips on the mental & emotional resilience required in the face of adversity. Illustrated throughout with specially commissioned illustrations, the information contained within The Survival Manual will remain invaluable throughout your life. ...

Every year, more than 40, 000 people climb Mount Kilimanjaro & millions head for the great outdoors every weekend. If you are one of them, would you know what to do if you got stranded or hurt?THE SURVIVAL MANUAL gives essential, practical advice for handling situations that weren`t part of the plan & can quickly escalate. It starts with ten life-saving tips then outlines the crucial components for staying alive, starting with water, food & shelter. Covering every possible scenario, from basic survival skills to advanced insight into surviving in hostile conditions, this is the ultimate survival guide for anyone who spends any time outdoors. ...

Beautifully presented in a large, hardback format, & fully illustrated in colour throughout, this wonderful anthology is a treat for all the family. Be shocked & amazed by these incredible real-life stories of extreme survival, including... The Man Who Sucked Blood from a Shark, a sailor who survived for 133 days on a raft in the Atlantic when his ship was torpedoed, using shark`s blood in place of fresh water. The Girl Who Fell From the Sky, a teenager who fell 2 miles from an aeroplane & trekked through the Amazon jungle to safety. The Woman Who Froze to Death
- Yet Lived, a woman who was trapped under freezing water for so long her heart stopped. Four hours later, medics managed to warm her blood enough to revive her. Combining classic tales such as Ernest Shackleton`s Antarctic voyage, as well as more modern exploits such as the adventurer who inspired the movie 127 Hours, these astonishing stories will be retold by young readers to all of their friends.
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A beautiful new limited edition paperback of The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher, published as part of the Bloomsbury Modern Classics ...

` Already it looked as if the police were up against a carefully planned & cleverly executed murder, &, what was more, a murder without a corpse!` Two brothers, John & William Rother, live together at Chalklands Farm in the beautiful Sussex Downs. Their peaceful rural life is shattered when John Rother disappears & his abandoned car is found. Has he been kidnapped? Or is his disappearance more sinister
- connected, perhaps, to his growing rather too friendly with his brother`s wife? Superintendent Meredith is called to investigate
- & begins to suspect the worst when human bones are discovered on Chalklands farml&. His patient, careful detective method begins slowly to untangle the clues as suspicion shifts from one character to the next. This classic detective novel from the 1930s is now republished for the first time, with an introduction by the award-winning crime writer Martin Edwards.

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The Sutherland Trail
- A Journey Through North-west Scotl&, is the long awaited latest book by the UK's best known hillwalker
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Since the ascendancy of the Taliban the lives of Mosheen & his beautiful wife, Zunaira, have been gradually destroyed. Mosheen`s dream of becoming a diplomat has been shattered & Zunaira can no longer even appear on the streets of Kabul unveiled. Atiq is a jailer who guards those who have been condemned to death; the darkness of prison & the wretchedness of his job have seeped into his soul. Atiq`s wife, Musarrat, is suffering from an illness no doctor can cure. Yet, the lives of these four people are about to become inexplicably intertwined, through death & imprisonment to passion & extraordinary self-sacrifice. The Swallows of Kabul is an astounding & elegiac novel of four people struggling to hold on to their humanity in a place where pleasure is a deadly sin & death has become routine. ...

The Swan Book is set in the future, with Aboriginals still living under the Intervention in the north, in an environment fundamentally altered by climate change. It follows the life of a mute teenager called Oblivia, the victim of gang-rape by petrol-sniffing youths, from the displaced community where she lives in a hulk, in a swamp filled with rusting boats, & thousands of black swans driven from other parts of the country, to her marriage to Warren Finch, the first Aboriginal president of Australia, & her elevation to the position of First Lady, confined to a tower in a flooded & lawless southern city. The Swan Book has all the qualities which made Wright`s previous novel, Carpentaria, a prize-winning bestseller. It offers an intimate awareness of the realities facing Aboriginal people; the wild energy & humour in her writing finds hope in the bleakest situations; & the remarkable combination of storytelling elements, drawn from myth & legend & fairy tale, has Oblivia Ethylene in the company of amazing characters like Aunty Bella Donna of the Champions, the Harbour Master, Big Red & the Mechanic, a talking monkey called Rigoletto, three genies with doctorates, & throughout, the guiding presence of swans. ...