This book was first published by The Great Western Railway in 1924 to enhance the enjoyment of their passengers on the 305 mile journey from Paddington to Penzance. Maps, line drawings & information about the towns & villages describe the glorious countryside of southern England that could be seen from the windows of The Cornish Riviera Express. This new edition

Includes:: 20 pages from Bradshaw's Railway timetables at the time this book was first published. Do you yearn for the days when train journeys were a pleasure? The creaking timbers of the carriages; the aroma of steam & smoke; the rattle & clank of points & the sudden sound of the whistle as you pass an unmanned crossing? This was when the sedate pace of the train, with windows held open by a thick leather strap, allowed time to watch the world go by. How much more you could see in those days! This book was published by The GWR to help their customers enjoy the experience. Each spread has a map & exquisite line drawings describing about six miles of the journey with charming descriptions of the 'long swift journey from London to Land's End that has about it a certain savour of romance, a spice of adventure, which no amount of familiarity of railway travelling can destroy'. We read of ' The Grand Junction Canal with bridges, barges & ducks all doing their best to make it picturesque'; crossing the Thames by the widest brick spanned bridge in the world & seeing the river crowded with punts & rowing boats; hurrying through Royal Berkshire where The River Kennet 'serpentines through a landscape too flat to offer any resistance to its whims & fancies'. Across 'the forbidding expanse of Salisbury Plain', beside The White Horse of Westbury & over the flat lands of Sedgemoor. A glimpse of Exeter Cathedral & the first sight of the sea! On beneath the rugged hills of Dartmoor to the 'tangled forest of shipping in Plymouth Sound'. Over Brunel's 'vast piece of imagination' the Royal Albert Bridge into Cornwall with palms on the platforms & viaducts over wooded valleys. Sandy beaches, rocky headlands & majestic St. Michael's Mount arriving at Penzance in time for tea. This beautifully written book describes more than a wonderful railway journey for it allows us a peep at the great swathe of southern Britain that was so well served by The Great Western Railway.

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H.E. Bates carried a woodland in his imagination. He fell under its spell as a boy growing up in the Midlands, becoming increasingly enchanted each time he stepped below the wooded canopy. Memory magnified its mystery over the years, enriching his stories as he grew successful as a writer. But why did this place become a part of him? What are the qualities of all woodlands that make them so special? Set in Kent, Bates returns to those trees of his youth to breathe life into the changing character of a single woodland year, revealing how precious they are to the English countryside. Our new edition is illustrated throughout with Agnes Miller Parker`s wonderful engravings. ” Bates`s 1936 volume is aptly named as it unfurls the life cycle of a British forest over a 12-month period, covering its flora, fauna, & human interactions. The text is illustrated with 73 absolutely gorgeous woodcuts by Agnes Miller Parker, making this a nearly irresistible package.”-Library Journal First published 1936 by Victor Gollancz. ...

This series offers a unique journey through different periods in history. Detailed artworks tell the story of a specific location as it changes with time. As they explore each scene, readers learn about the people who lived in this place, looking at their beliefs & way of life. Through Time: Pompeii follows the story of a townhouse at the centre of this famous Roman city. Beginning in the 6th century BCE, a simple hut becomes a farmhouse, & gradually the farmhouse is swallowed up by the expanding new city. The house grows as the city prospers, but it also suffers the devastating effects of Pompeii's famous natural disasters. ...

Hilarious & riveting, Thowim Way Leg chronicles mammologist Tim Flannery`s adventures among the mountain people of New Guinea while in hot pursuit of giant rats, tree-kangaroos, bats, possums & bandicoots. In the local pidgin, ”throwim way leg” describes the first decisive step in a journey. Flannery takes that step, clambering up steep peaks & braving jungle critters like sweat bees, hairy spiders, pythons & the occasional crocodile, as well as coming perilously close to ending up in hot water more than once. Cannibalism, Flannery assures the reader, is a thing of the past, but when he comes into contact with the Miyanmin--a people who refer to a neighbouring tribe as ”bokis es bilong mipela” (literally, ”our refrigerator”)
- we`re left wondering how he got out alive. It is Flannery`s exuberance over the wildlife he encounters & his ability to capture the indigenous perspective of New Guinea makes this book worth reading.
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Topographic survey of France at 1:25, 000 in IGN`s excellent TOP25 / Série Bleue series. All the maps are GPS compatible, with a 1km UTM grid plus latitude & longitude lines at 5’ intervals. Contours are at 5m intervals except for mountainous areas where the maps have contours at 10m intervals, vividly enhanced by hill shading & graphics for rocky terrain. Colouring with graphics indicates different types of vegetation or land use (deciduous or coniferous forests, moors, orchards, vineyards, etc). PLEASE NOTE: coverage of France at this scale is currently being revised – the format & the presentation of each title are indicated by the letters at the end of its Sheet Reference number (e.g. 0416ET, 3531ETR, 1923SB, etc.)MAPS WITH FULL TOURIST OVERPRINT & AN ENGLISH MAP LEGEND: all TOP25 maps & the SB editions of Série Bleue have an overprint highlighting waymarked walking trails including long-distance GR routes &, where appropriate, ski routes. Symbols indicate campsites, gîtes d’etape, refuges, equestrian centres & other recreational facilities or sites, tourist information centres, cultural heritage, etc. Towns & locations of particular interest are highlighted.- ET or OT = single-sided TOP25 map covering approx. 29x 21 km / 18x 13 miles.- ETR or OTR = waterproof & tear resistant TOP25 map covering the same area as the corresponding ET or OT number, but double-sided, printed on a smaller size sheet with a good overlap between the sides.- SB = Série Bleue map with full tourist overprint; these maps, first introduced in summer 2014, each cover approx. 29x 24km / 18x 15 miles.SÉRIE BLEUE maps with numbers ending in E (Est) or O (Ouest): most editions now indicate the GR routes, but do not show any other tourist information. Map legend is in French only. Each map covers approx. 14x 20km / 9x 12 miles. ...

Featuring over 100 recipes for parties of any kind; from appetisers like Deviled Chickpea Bites to main events like Mexican Lasagna, The Party Grub Guide is here to make sure you are equipped with dishes to bring the flavour without the side of fat, calories, & guilt. Also included are cocktail recipes, because sometimes these parties need a pick-me-up of the liquid variety. Thug Kitchen was an instant internet phenomenon when they launched their foul-mouthed site in 2012 & their book has been a fixture on the New York Times bestseller list since the week it was published. Finally some exciting healthy, vegan food with easy-to-follow directions & damn entertaining commentary. ...

Thug Kitchen started their wildly popular website to inspire people to eat some Goddamn vegetables & adopt a healthier lifestyle. Beloved by Gwyneth Paltrow (` This might be my favorite thing ever`) & with half a million Facebook fans & counting, Thug Kitchen wants to show everyone how to take charge of their plates & cook up some real f*cking food. Yeah, plenty of blogs & cookbooks preach about how to eat more kale, why ginger fights inflammation, & how to cook with microgreens & nettles. But they are dull or pretentious as hell -and most people can`t afford the hype. Thug Kitchen lives in the real world. In their first cookbook, they`re throwing down more than 100 recipes for their best-loved meals, snacks & sides for beginning cooks to home chefs. (Roasted Beer & Lime Cauliflower Tacos? Pumpkin Chili? Grilled Peach Salsa? Believe that sh*t.) Plus they`re going to arm you with all the info & techniques you need to shop on a budget & go & kick a bunch of ass on your own. This book is an invitation to everyone who wants to do better to elevate their kitchen game. No more ketchup & pizza counting as vegetables. No more drive-thru lines. No more avoiding the produce corner of the supermarket. Sh*t is about to get real. ...

Topographical survey of Belgium at 1:50, 000 from the country’s national survey organization, Nationaal Geografisch Instituut / Institut Géographique National. Contour interval varies according to the terrain, from 2.5 metres in the coastal areas to 10 metres in the Ardennes. The maps provide all the information expected of topographic mapping at this scale & in addition have an unusually large amount of vegetation and/or land use information (different types of woodlands, gardens, orchards, heath, etc). Each standard sheet covers Approx. 32 x 20 km / 20 x 12 miles, with larger maps published for the border or coastal areas. The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, with margin ticks for latitude & longitude at intervals of 1`. Map legend & a glossary of terms used on the maps include English.PLEASE NOTE: the Long-Distance Footpaths Map of Belgium at 1:300, 000 is overprinted with the grid for the 1:50, 000 topographic survey, showing the exact coverage of each sheet. Stanfords keeps as regular stock 50K maps for the World War I battlefields around the Ypres, Messines & Passchendaele, & for the area of the Battle of Waterloo. Maps for other regions can be supplied as special orders – to see the list of all the titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

On the Road meets Down Under in this really rough guide to the adventures of an enthusiastic hitchhiker & his reluctant girlfriend on their quest for the real Australia. Hitching lifts with the desert`s dodgiest drivers & taking breaks in the roughest roadhouses, this is Tom Parry`s witty, warts-&-all tale of hitchhiking 8, 000 miles across
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- the Australian outback with his thumb, his backpack & his French girlfriend, Katia. As the couple hitch their way around the near empty highways, they encounter as wide a cross-section of Aussie society as you could ever hope to meet. In cattle stations, Aboriginal communities, remote waterholes, caravan parks, hippy communes & roadhouses, they see a country that remains as extraordinary today as it was for the first nineteenth century settlers. Loosely following the routes carved out by the legendary explorers who first traversed the great continent, the couple get to grips with the country`s fascinating history. Set against a backdrop of the real Australia
- not `as seen on TV`- ” Thumbs Up Australia” is full of wonderful anecdotes & endearing tales of some of the country`s most idiosyncratic characters, from the grizzled Aboriginal elder with his tales of dreamtime, to an amphetamine-swallowing road train driver. & at the end of their journey, it is ironically Katia who suggests thumbing a lift to the airport!


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Map No. 1207, Thun, in the topographic survey of Switzerland at 1:25, 000 from Bundesamt für Landestopographie (swisstopo), covering the whole country on 247 small format sheets, with special larger maps published for popular regions including some titles now available in hiking versions. Highly regarded for their superb use of graphic relief & hill shading, the maps give an almost 3-D picture of Switzerland`s mountainous terrain. Contours are at 10 m intervals, with 20m intervals in the mountainous areas. All the maps have a 1-km grid for Swiss national coordinates (datum CH 1903). * Small format sheets (Nos. 1011
- 1374)* Map legend in the language of the area covered by the map. Additional margin ticks show latitude & longitude in steps of 2`. The area covered by each map is 17 x 12 km (11 x 7 miles approx). * Special larger sheets (Nos. from 2501 onwards) – STANDARD editions:* No map legend is included but a separate leaflet can be provided instead. The area covered by each map is 25 x 17 km (15 x 11 miles approx).* Special larger sheets (Nos. from 2501 onwards) – HIKING editions:* An overprint highlights hiking, mountain & alpine paths, including regional & national long-distance trails. The maps also show bus routes with bus stops, plus inns in remote locations. The area covered by each map is 25 x 17 km (15 x 11 miles approx).
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