Beginning with the promise of Manifest Destiny, buckskin adventurers opened the American frontier to a steady stream of settlers. The lure of land rich in minerals, fertile for farming & grazing, & plentiful with buffalo bred an all-out obsession with heading westward. The Wild West: 365 Days takes the reader back to these booming frontier towns that became the stuff of American legend, breeding characters such as Billy the Kid & Jesse James who were worshipped as well as feared. Author Michael Wallis spins a colourful narrative, separating myth from fact, in 365 vignettes. The reader will learn the stories of Davy Crockett, Wild Bill Hickok, & Annie Oakley; travel to the OK Corral & Dodge City; ride with the Pony Express; & witness the invention of the Colt revolver. ...

Put on your spurs, fill your pockets with gold dust & ammunition, & plan your trip back in time to America`s legendary frontier in 1880. The newest book in Thames & Hudson`s bestselling ” Time Travel Series” shows the reader what it was really like in everybody`s favourite film landscape: the American Wild West in the days of Jesse James & Dodge City. Drawing on contemporary newspapers & travel memoirs, Joan Tapper offers advice on the cleanest boarding houses & filthiest saloons, what to eat, what to wear, who to meet & who to avoid & how to get out of Dodge in a hurry if you fail to spot the difference. From navigating the new railroads to avoiding calamity when you finally meet Calamity Jane, this entertaining guide belongs in the holster of every time-travelling tourist. ...

Adventures, games & crafts to get you outdoors all the year round. Playing outdoors should be an essential part of growing up; developing your imagination, keeping fit & letting the wild world weave its magic spell on you. In The Wild Year Book, Fiona & Jo have selected 70 of their favourite activities to help you enjoy spending time outdoors, season by season. Perhaps you`ll want to play camouflage games in Spring & make enormous bubbles in the summer, challenge your friends to a foraging bake-off in the autumn, or create ice mobiles in the winter. With this book you will never be short of inspiration! Over 100, 000 copies sold of Fiona & Jo`s Going Wild series. ...

Following on from the huge success of her previous titles, Wilderness Weekends (2015) & Britain`s Best Small Hills (2016), outdoor guru Phoebe Smith returns with her top tips about wilderness cooking on a single stove, including fifty recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner, dessert & snacks. She also adds that secret extra ingredient to each recipe
- an incredible sense of place, from moorland to coast, woodl&, mountains or riverside. This innovative title is packed with advice on how to get the most out of walking in wild places, wild camping & wild cooking. Heading out into the wilds is incredible, but the food you eat when you go wild can be unimaginative
- all pre-packed, dehydrated camping meals crammed with salt & colouring. This book, the first written specifically for wild campers, teaches you the tricks to make the tastiest food with limited ingredients & all at the lightest weight so that you can be assured of good food that won`t break your back. Bradt`s Wilderness Cookbook also

Includes:: countryside safety tips, information about understanding the countryside & suggestions & instructions for things to make on the fly, be it an item of cutlery or a driftwood den. The basics of foraging are also covered, from using sphagnum moss to clean your pots to finding cockles to add to your stew or bilberries to mix into your porridge. No matter where you are, what type of terrain you`re covering or what season it is, this inspirational new title will have a recipe to fit the moment, from Deviled Eggs in Disguise or Lemon & Cinnamon Muffins for breakfast to Brilliant Burritos or Cracking Couscous for lunch, Rosemary & Garlic Mushrooms for dinner &, to round off, Real Ale Pancakes or Baked Apple & Ginger Bombs for dessert. With Bradt`s Wilderness Cookbook, you can ensure the wild food you prepare offers maximum taste & energy for minimum kit, weight & hassle



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Kobie Kruger`s fascinating, funny & moving account of life; When Kobie Kruger, her game-ranger husband & their three young daughters moved to one of the most isolated corners of the world
- a remote ranger station in the Mahlangeni region of South Africa`s vast Kruger National Park
- she might have worried that she would become engulfed with loneliness & boredom. Yet, for Kobie & her family, the seventeen years spent in this spectacularly beautiful park proved to be the most magical
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- of their lives. Kobie recounts their enchanting adventures & extraordinary experiences in this vast reserve
- a place where, bathed in golden sunlight, hippos basked in the glittering waters of the Letaba River, storks & herons perched along the shoreline, & fruit bats hung in the sausage trees. But as the Krugers settled in, they discovered that not all was peace & harmony. They soon became accustomed to living with the unexpected: the sneaky hyenas who stole blankets & cooking pots, the sinister-looking pythons that slithered into the house, & the usually placid elephants who grew foul-tempered in the violent heat of the summer. And one terrible day, a lion attacked Kobus in the bush & nearly killed him. Yet nothing prepared the Krugers for their greatest adventure of all, the raising of an orphaned prince, a lion cub who, when they found him, was only a few days old & on the verge of death. Reared on a cocktail of love & bottles of fat-enriched milk, Leo soon became an affectionate, rambunctious & adored member of the fmaily. It is the rearing of this young king, & the hilarious endeavours to teach him to become a `real` lion who could survive with his own kind in the wild, that lie at the heart of this endearing memoir. It is a memoir of a magical place & time that can never be recaptured.




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Winner of the Boardman-Tasker Award 2000 The discovery of the body of George Mallory on the wind-scoured North Face of Everest on 1st May 1999, marked the latest episode in a tale of heroism & tragedy. In 1924, Mallory & his companion Andrew Irvine, wearing rudimentary clothing & using primitive oxygen equipment, disappeared during a valiant bid to reach the world`s highest summit. Although their fate has now been partly resolved, the riddle of whether they succeeded in their bid, 29 years ahead of Hillary & Tenzing, remains as tantalising as ever. Behind the image of the intrepid adventurer, who really was George Mallory? In this book, Peter & Leni Gillman consider the motives & aspirations of this inspirational yet complex figure. Winner of the Boardman-Tasker Award 2000 ...

Everest was, to George Mallory, `the wildest dream`. This gentleman adventurer was obsessed with taming the unconquered peak. But in 1924 he & climbing partner Sandy Irvine disappeared forever into the clouds encircling the peak. Might they have reached the summit before their tragedy? It is mountaineering`s greatest mystery. Seventy-five years later, Conrad Anker made an extraordinary discovery. He spotted `a patch of white` on Everest`s North Face. It was Mallory`s frozen body. Artefacts found on Mallory`s body implied that he might have made it to the top. But that route had never since been climbed without modern equipment. Was it possible? To find out Anker returned to Everest, with death-defying young `rock star` of climbing Leo Houlding as his partner. Kitted out in period clothing, they set off to replicate the unaided climb. Mallory`s fate was a chilling reminder of the mountain`s might. But they knew that to solve Everest`s greatest mystery they must push their very limits. ...

`I adored The Wildflowers. A sweeping, epic, moving read` Marian Keyes RICHARD & JUDY SUMMER BOOK CLUB PICK 2018 The new novel by Sunday Times bestseller Harriet Evans will transport you to a Dorset beach house, where you can feel the sand between your toes. Enter the home of Tony & Althea Wilde
- the Richard Burton & Elizabeth Taylor of their generation & with a marriage every bit as stormy. This glorious tale of tangled family secrets & lies will leave you warm & glowing.`A wonderful, engrossing novel, full of the most vivid characters & a truly memorable setting. A triumph` Sophie Kinsella` She reels you in & then you`re hooked, right to the last page` Patricia Scanlan`I love it on so many levels, the immense feeling of place, the slow, irresistible sense of being drawn deep into the family & its story, & the strange hovering of menace somewhere in the idyll. Wonderful` Penny Vincenzi Tony & Althea Wilde. Glamorous, argumentative.. . adulterous to the core. They were my parents, actors known by everyone. They gave our lives love & colour in a house by the sea
- the house that sheltered my orphaned father when he was a boy. But the summer Mads arrived changed everything. She too had been abandoned & my father understood why. We Wildflowers took her in. My father was my hero, he gave us a golden childhood, but the past was always going to catch up with him.. . it comes for us all, sooner or later. This is my story. I am Cordelia Wilde. A singer without a voice. A daughter without a father. Let me take you inside. Harriet Evans is `perfect for fans of Jojo Moyes & Maeve Binchy` Best

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This is a `workshop in a book` to follow at your own pace, from Ben Hall & Ross Hoddinott, two of the UK`s leading natural-history photographers. Suitable for any level of expertise plus reader assignments to promote practical learning, it

Includes:: answers to frequently asked questions. Wildlife watchers & aspiring natural-history photographers
- collect up your kit & get ready for a practical course with a difference. Photographic workshops are exceptionally popular but not everybody has the time or budget to attend one in person. This `workshop in book form` means that you can absorb the benefits of the workshop experience without actually being on location with the professionals. Whatever your level of experience, this comprehensive book will help you improve & capture better photographs whether you are a beginner or an enthusiast who wants to brush up on some skills. Be guided by the authors` breadth of knowledge & follow the progression of technical advice.


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A unique & hugely entertaining anthology of facts, amazing stories, snippets & lore about the birds, bugs & blooms of Britain. Hundreds of nuggets of practical (and not so practical) information to fascinate & amuse, including: how to identify animal footprints, the good manners guide on how to behave in a birdwatchers` hide, how gossamer got its name, how to tell the difference between a stoat & a weasel, the bizarre mating habits of dragonflies, & what the connection is between the table football game, Subbuteo & the small falcon-type bird, the hobby. ...