` As if The Remains of the Day had been written by Kingsley Amis... brilliantly exquisite... This book is a meal you won`t want to finish.` J. Ryan Stradal Welcome to The Hills, Oslo`s most esteemed restaurant, an institution stewed in tradition & clinging to the faded grandeur of old Europe. A neurotic waiter tends to the desires of his regular
- & irregular
- clientele. Aristocrats & artistes, wealthy widows & roguish entrepreneurs, he observes all their dramas with a wit as sharp as a filleting knife. At table ten sits the impeccable Mr Graham, the most demanding of them all, impatiently awaiting a special guest. When at last she arrives
- young, beautiful, mysterious
- she will prove a challenging new flavour, throwing into disarray our waiter`s nerves, & the delicately balanced ingredients of the room. Exquisitely observed & wickedly playful, The Waiter is a novel for lovers of food, wine, & of European sensibilities, but also for anyone who spends time in restaurants, on either side of the service.



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In ” The Waiting Land” (first published in 1967) Dervla Murphy affectionately portrays the people of Nepal`s different tribes, the customs of an ancient, complex civilization & the country`s natural grandeur & beauty. This is the third of Dervla Murphy`s early travel books: an exploration of Nepal by a feisty, generous-hearted young Irish woman. Yet it can also be seen as the completion of a trilogy of books concerned with her experience of self- sufficient mountain cultures, first tasted in crossing Persia & Afghanistan in ” Full Tilt”, & deepened with her experience of working with Tibetan refugees in the frontiers of Northern India, as told in ” Tibetan Foothold”. Having settled in a village in the Pokhara Valley to work at a Tibetan refugee camp, she makes her home in a tiny, vermin-infested room over a stall in the bazaar. In diary form, she describes her various journeys by air, by bicycle & on foot into the remote & mountainous Lantang region on the border of Tibet. Murphy`s charm & sensitivity as a writer & traveller reveal not only the vitality of an age-old civilization facing the challenge of Westernisation, but the wonder & excitement of her own remarkable adventures. ...

A field, a perfect morning, a family destroyed in a single moment. Every night, before he cuts the engine & lets the boat drift, Guy writes the diary of the man he should have been
- of a husband with his wife & their young daughter; of a new family that may not have been perfect but who were, at least, together. & every morning, as he`s rocked in his berth by the waves all around, he wakes to the memory of that fateful day & the knowledge that things can never be the same. Embarking on a moving & eventful journey from the calm estuaries of East Anglia to the southern states of America & the storm-filled waters of the North Sea, Guy meets Marta & her daughter Rhona, who are on a life-affirming journey of their own.
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A post-apocalyptic novel set in 1066
- unlike anything else you will read this year... Everyone knows the date of the Battle of
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The only guide to its full 896 mile route, The Wales Coast Path
- A Practical Guide for Walkers is an essential companion for
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The orchestra have an important concert to play... but all the musicians have gone walkabout! Can you help the Maestro & his faithful assistant to track them down using clues from their postcards? Take a trip from Reykjavik to Rio, through Greek islands, Venetian canals & Egyptian pyramids in this search-&-find tour of the world & learn all the instruments of the orchestra as you work your way through this spotting extravaganza. ...

Almost every author who has ever written has had something to say on the subject of walking. In this anthology, Deborah Manley has drawn on the writings of more than 50 literary figures from around the world
- Bill Bryson, Agatha Christie, Charles Dickens, Daniel Defoe, Peter Fleming, Rudyard Kipling, Patrick Leigh Fermor, Eric Newby, George Orwell, JB Priestley, Bayard Taylor, Robert Louis Stevenson, HD Thoreau, Colin Thubron & Mark Twain among many others. The book is divided into 10 themed chapters
- Setting Out, Through Countryside, Processions & Marches, Pilgrimages & Walking for Work, Walking in Winter, On Hills & Mountains, Walking in Parks & Gardens, Walking by Water, Walking in Towns & Cities & Walking at Night. Brief biographies of all the writers"ed are included plus a complete bibliography for all the books"ed.

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Following the success of The Walker s Anthology, The Railway Anthology, & The Cyclist`s Anthology we re continuing this series with further short excerpts from the writings of famous literary figures on the subject of hiking, trekking & climbing around the world. In this fascinating anthology, Bryn Thomas has drawn on writings of more than 50 literary figures Bill Bryson, Agatha Christie, Arthur Conan Doyle, William Dalrymple, Daniel Defoe, EM Forster, Amitav Ghosh, Graham Greene, Ernest Hemingway, Rudyard Kipling, Eric Newby, JB Priestley, Bayard Taylor, Paul Theroux, Henry David Thoreau, Colin Thubron, Mark Twain & H.G. Wells among many others. This entertaining hardback anthology will appeal to hikers & armchair travelers alike & make the perfect gift.” ...

`I have two doctors, my left leg & my right`
- G. M. Trevelyan. As Henry David Thoreau said, an early morning walk is a blessing
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Longlisted for the 2015 Thwaites Wainwright Prize
- Walker`s Guide to Outdoor Clues & Signs by Tristan Gooley, winner of the BBC
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