The Treasures of the Olympic Games brings to life, through more than 200 photographs & 20 removable artefacts, the glorious history of the summer Olympic Games, illustrating the Olympic values that unite the world through sport every four years. Beginning in 776 BC in ancient Greece through to its revival in 1896 & the 26 subsequent Games, this exceptional title charts the event`s absorbing & exemplary history as well as a wealth of world sporting achievement. A book of dreams, this is the first time that the Olympic Museum has co-operated in producing an interactive book containing facsimiles of rare historical documents from their exclusive archive, allowing readers to get closer to the world`s greatest sporting spectacle than has ever been possible before. ...

This incredible 30cm (12”) globe can serve two purposes, as well as floor-standing on a highly durable metal base & wooden pedestal, the Treasury becomes a table globe simply by removing the centre-post. The politically-mapped globe is gyro-matically mounted within a calibrated full-meridian. The Treasury is a beautiful globe that, with its dual uses, proves an economical solution for any home or office. ...

John Fowles` writing life was dominated by trees. From the orchards of his childhood in suburban Essex, to the woodlands of wartime Devon, to his later life on the Dorset coast, trees filled his imagination & enriched his many acclaimed & best-selling novels. Told through his lifelong relationship with trees, blending autobiography, literary criticism, philosophy & nature writing, The Tree is a masterly, powerful work that laid the literary foundations for nature-as-memoir, a genre which has seen recent flourishings in Roger Deakin`s Wildwood, Richard Mabey`s Nature Cure, Robert Macfarlane`s The Old Ways & Helen Macdonald`s H is for Hawk. As lyrical & precise as his novels, The Tree is a provocative meditation on the connection between the natural world & human creativity, & also a rejection of the idea that nature should be tamed for human purpose. Now, nearly forty years after its first publication, Little Toller is proud to republish this classic book as a special hardback, featuring a new foreword by William Fiennes & especially commissioned wood engravings, in the spirit of The Man Who Planted Trees. This edition will be an important addition to Fowles` published works & appeal to the growing audience for new nature writing as a classic of the genre. ...

A wonderful cocktail of extraordinary writing, beautiful illustration & heartfelt appreciation for the natural world. An essential oddity for any book collection. In this charming, witty & exquisitely illustrated companion, Jack Cooke explores the city through its canopy; teetering on the edge of an oak`s branches, scurrying up a Scots pine, spying views from the treetops that few have ever had the chance to see. He takes us through the parks, over the canals & rivers & into secret gardens in his journey sometimes only ten foot above the street. Part guidebook, part meditation on the consolations of nature, The Treeclimber`s Guide is as uniquely odd, alluring & motley as the trees themselves. It is a journey into the tangle of bark & branches that surround us all & a welcome reminder that the best things in life are free
- they just sometimes require a step in the right direction.
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` After I finished this book I alarmed my family by going into the garden & climbing the apple tree.`
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* Learn to unplug & live life off-grid * Packed with practical information & know-how * Full of expert hunting, fishing & foraging advice
- complete with recipes! Looking for an alternative way of living, Nick Weston escaped from the London rat-race to live entirely off the l&, building his own tree house in a secret location deep in the woods of Sussex for six months. The Tree House Diaries chronicles this amazing real life Boy`s Own adventure, from the construction of his tree house (complete with hot shower, compost loo & double bed) to the planting of his vegetable patch. The diaries contain practical information on every project undertaken, with delicious recipes made from natural produce; incorporating anything that Nick could catch, shoot, forage or grow. The book is illustrated with fascinating step-by-step photographs. Witness all of Nick`s trials & errors & the highs & lows of tree house life
- each day usually ending with a glass of home brewed nettle beer & a wistful yearning for the time when the elderflower champagne could be popped open! The Tree House Diaries is an inspiring tale that shows how it is possible to unplug from the modern world & live the dream off-grid.

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A compulsive, mesmerising & wildly imaginative novel in the vein of Pan`s Labyrinth & Station Eleven from the award-winning author of The Girl with Glass Feet There came an elastic aftershock of creaks & groans & then, softly softly, a chinking shower of rubbled cement. Leaves calmed & trunks stood serene. Where, not a minute before, there had been a suburb, there was now only woodland standing amid ruins... There is no warning. No chance to prepare. The trees arrive in the night: thundering up through the ground, transforming streets & towns into shadowy forest. Adrien Thomas has never been much of a hero. But when he realises that no help is coming, he ventures into this unrecognisable world. Alongside green-fingered Hannah & her teenage son Seb, Adrien sets out to find his wife & to discover just how deep the forest goes. Their journey will take them to a place of terrible beauty & violence, to the dark heart of nature & the darkness inside themselves. ...

This guidebook describes the 570km (354 mile) Traumpfad or ` Dream Way`, an Alpine trek from Munich`s Marienplatz to the Piazza San Marco in Venice. The route is broken into 30 stages of between 5hrs 30mins & 9hrs, graded according to difficulty, with 5 alternative stages & the option to spend a day traversing a section of via ferrata in the Dolomites. Previous experience of Alpine trekking is not necessary as the route is suitable for most able walkers: however, a head for heights is essential. Known as ` Europe`s playground`, the Alps boast an unrivalled walking infrastructure & breath-taking views of angular peaks, flower-strewn valleys & verdant slopes. Hugely popular with German trekkers but little-known in the English-speaking world, Der Traumpfad revels in this stunning scenery. The route passes through German Bavaria then Austria before entering the Italian Tyrol, taking advantage of the region`s extensive network of mountain huts for accommodation en route. With custom-designed mapping & stunning colour photography, the guide has all you need to get the best from your trek. Alongside detailed route descriptions, there is useful practical advice on when to go, what to take & refreshment stops, background information on the region`s fascinating history, plants & wildlife & full contact details for over 80 places to stay. The result is an ideal companion to discovering this amazing route, regarded by many German trekkers as `the hiking experience of a lifetime`. ...

Howard Ingham finds it strange that no one has written to him since he arrived in Tunisia
- neither the film director that he is
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The Trench
- Life & Death on The Western Front
- with a Foreword by Michael Morpugo. The horrors of the First World War scarred

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