A drinker`s crown of sorrow is remembering wetter days Through a Glass Lightly is part of ` Found on the Shelves`, published with The London Library. The books in this series have been chosen to give a fascinating insight into the treasures that can be found while browsing in The London Library. Now celebrating its 175th anniversary, with over 17 miles of shelving & more than a million books, The London Library has become an unrivalled archive of the modes, manners & thoughts of each generation which has helped to form it. ...

For thirty years, St. George Littledale & his wife Teresa mounted expeditions in North America & Asia
- they were an unlikely
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Perlmutter`s work is a historical treasure that will be presented for the first time in a book. Beginning in 1954, on assignment for the US Army, Perlmutter traveled through Europe. ” Europe in the Fifties. Through a Soldier`s Lens” shows a selection of his images taken in Germany, France, Italy, Portugal & Spain. ...

An A-Z of wine stories, information & life lessons. Entertaining & educational, each essay or entry concludes with a list of key facts about the particular subject. Through a Sparkling Glass firmly places wine & all its wonder at the centre of our enjoyment of life & culture & the way we live our lives. Entries cover aspects of wine production, varieties, history & myth, tradition & custom, modern manners, the philosophy of life & celebrating the mystery of wine. A delight to dip into, Through a Sparkling Glass will inform you in the most entertaining way & introduce you to pleasures found in your wine glass. The book taps into the emerging 'emotional palate' category of wine writers such as Alice Fiering (US) & Terry Thiesse (US). This has been successfully replicated in food writing & literature. A perfect book for those who love wine, food & the finer things in life. Those who want to enhance their knowledge of wine but want an entertaining way to attain that information. The book will be a well-designed gift package making it the perfect gift for intelligent men or women who enjoy wine as part of a sophisticated mix of culinary delights rather than as an academic or technical pursuit. This book lifts wine writing out of the niche market full of technical information & into the domain of human engagement & real ife where wine is enjoyed & broadly experienced. ...

This anthology of travel writings on the Balkans is the first attempt to compile a representative sample of such commentary in a single volume. Taking the seventeenth century as a starting point, Through Another Europe comprises over fifty passages from some of the most interesting & exciting British & American travelogues, many of which are long out of print. ...

New Zealand schoolteacher Les Horn had a brainstorm: why not navigate Europe's inland waterways, from England to Greece, in a small sailboat? Much to his surprise, he managed to sell his wife, Despina, & preteen children, Victoria & Charles, on the idea, & the following summer, installed in their 24-foot fixer-upper, Alea Jacta Est (the die is cast), the Horns set sail on the wry family odyssey chronicled in this delightful tale of misadventure. The Horns' ambitious plan was to pilot their balky boat down the Thames River to the English Channel & then on to Despina's native Greece via the Seine, Rhine, Danube, Black Sea, & Aegean. Along the way, the Horns would be treated to transforming glimpses of the real Europe; by plying the meandering waterways that nourish the continent like a gigantic circulatory system, they would discover all the hidden splendors not covered in any tour book & out of reach to all but the most intrepid wayfarers. Needless to say, things didn't turn out quite as expected. Plagued by accidents, breakdowns & delays, forced to forage for provisions, stymied at every turn by petty officials & cantankerous natives, the Horns, propelled more by pluck than by their cranky outboard motor, eventually made it to the Aegean, but not without their share of uproarious adventures in France, Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, & Turkey. In Through Europe at Four Knots, Les Horn combines an appreciation of the absurd with a journalist's eye for detail to weave a shrewdly funny account of a family voyage through Europe's variegated landscapes. Especially memorable are the family's surreal experiences of the epochal upheaval that swept Eastern Europe in the early 1990s. Through Europe at Four Knots is a rousing good read for fellow expatriates, sailors, travelers, & adventurers
- both actual & armchair. 'A riotous cruising adventure, liberally sprinkled with nuggets of comedy & history, which builds in tension as the Horn family crosses the European continental divide & is swept by the inexorable current of the Danube River deeper & deeper into Eastern bloc trouble. A great read that holds you to the end. Highly recommended'
- Nigel Calder, boating author.

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Through Siberia by Accident is Dervla Murphy’s book about a journey that didn’t happen
- & what happened instead. Suffering from
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The letters of Peter Le Mesurier (1789-1813) cover his service in the 9th Foot, from leaving for Portugal as an ensign in 1808 at the very start of the Peninsular War, up until Le Mesurier`s death at the Battle of the Nive in December 1813. The ` Fighting Ninth` saw more action than any other regiment, & this correspondence covers most of the key events of the Peninsular War; finally, grimly, `book-ended` by the young lieutenant`s death, just as Wellington invades France. He fought through Spain & Portugal: Salamanca, Corunna, San Sebastian, Vitoria these battles are spectacularly bloody & of great interest to the Napoleonic Wars reading public. The letters bring fresh insights & a wealth of telling detail. Le Mesurier had a fine eye: ` The Portuguese of our Division behaved uncommonly well when the cannon shots were thinning their ranks; not a man stirred.` The letters show the transformation of the boy into the man. He falls in love, suffers retreats & celebrates victories, witnesses sieges, rape & plunder, always spicing his letters with fascinating asides, wry humour, rich period detail, some very human fears & admissions, & the casual understatement of the British officer. Any unpublished letters from the conflict are scarce, but such an extensive unpublished collection is rare indeed. With background information & commentary provided by expert Adrian Greenwood, meticulously footnoted, this is a worthy addition to the literature of the Napoleonic Wars. ...

In 2005, aerial photographer & author Robert Haas introduced his first National Geographic title, ” Through the Eyes of the Gods: An Aerial Vision of Africa”. Two years later came the popular ” Through the Eyes of the Condor: An Aerial Vision of Latin America”. When Haas undertook his third high-flying project, he set out to conduct extensive aerial photography in the lands of the Vikings
- concentrating on regions that transect the Arctic Circle, specifically Alaska, northern Canada, Greenl&, Icel&, Norway, Sweden, & Finl&. While photographing these lands over a three-year period, Haas endeavoured to capture imagery reflecting three key visual elements of the region: landscapes, wildlife, & human footprint. As the resulting body of work makes abundantly clear, the shots that Haas brought back reveal a much deeper & more complex picture than anyone expected. In portraying the far north, ” Through the Eyes of the Vikings: An Aerial Vision of Arctic Lands” goes far beyond simply attractive pictures. Rather, this unusual book tells a combined visual & textual story about an endangered region whose unexpected beauty is worth preserving for its own sake
- & whose precarious fate will impact the entire globe. Several narrative features add context to the visuals. Haas contributes a thoughtful introduction, & essays in each chapter"e from the works of noted Arctic authors & explorers, both historical & contemporary. These messages span 100 years of human interaction with the northlands & reflect on topics that range from the risks inherent in Arctic exploration to the appealing simplicity of native life to the current challenges posed by climate change. To help readers navigate the lands of the Vikings, National Geographic`s hallmark maps appear in full colour & detail. In addition to a large two-page map of the Arctic at the front of the book, the back matter features several pages of country maps, complete with notes on history, culture, topography, & environment, as well as facts on population, area, industries, & more.” Through the Eyes of the Vikings” reveals, in an unforgettable way, the visual magnificence & unique characteristics of each Arctic region
- & it delivers a potent message of environmental urgency that cannot be ignored.


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Can you find the best way through the forest & meet all the fascinating characters that live there? Some are noisy, some are tiny & some are quite scary. You choose which route to take, jumping from page to page, so no two adventures are the same. You might fly with the birds or scamper with the insects, but watch out
- you never know who`s hiding on the next page...
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