Now a major motion picture starring Mia Wasikowska & Adam Driver 'I experienced that sinking feeling you get when you know you have conned yourself into doing something difficult & there's no going back.' So begins Robyn Davidson's perilous journey across 1, 700 miles of hostile Australian desert to the sea with only four camels & a dog for company. Enduring sweltering heat, fending off poisonous snakes & lecherous men, chasing her camels when they get skittish & nursing them when they are injured, Davidson emerges as an extraordinarily courageous heroine driven by a love of Australia's landscape, an empathy for its indigenous people, & a willingness to cast away the trappings of her former identity. Tracks is the compelling, candid story of her odyssey of discovery & transformation. WITH A NEW POSTSCRIPT BY THE AUTHOR & A stunning COLOUR PICTURE SECTION ...

A revised, reissued fortieth anniversary edition of this prize-winning, bestselling account of one woman`s solo journey across 1, 700 miles of Australian Outback`I experienced that sinking feeling you get when you know you have conned yourself into doing something difficult & there`s no going back.` So begins Robyn Davidson`s perilous journey across 1, 700 miles of hostile Australian desert to the sea with only four camels & a dog for company. Enduring sweltering heat, fending off poisonous snakes & lecherous men, chasing her camels when they get skittish & nursing them when they are injured, Davidson emerges as an extraordinarily courageous heroine driven by a love of Australia`s landscape, an empathy for its indigenous people, & a willingness to cast away the trappings of her former identity. Tracks is the compelling, candid story of her odyssey of discovery & transformation.WITH A NEW POSTSCRIPT BY THE AUTHOR & A stunning COLOUR PICTURE SECTION ...

In 1840, Matthew Fontaine Maury became the first superintendent of the US Naval Observatory, where he began his life's work mapping the great ocean routes & providing sailing directions for navigators the world over. This book uses his career as a window on 19th-century maritime history: the ascendancy of the US as a maritime power; the brief, but glorious, clipper-ship era of the 1850s; the rise of steam & steel; & the Civil War & the destruction of the US merchant fleet. ...

Everything the wildlife enthusiast needs to spot the presence of a mammal. Each species has a distribution map showing where one is likely to see it. Other clues are also covered, e.g. droppings, tracks, marks left on the vegetation, etc. Bone structures of the major species are also covered. So whatever clue the beastie leaves, working out what left it is 'elementary my dear Watson'! ...

In over 140 superbly reproduced artworks, the distinguished artist Philip Hughes records eleven iconic walks across the length & breadth of Britain, from Allt Coire Pheiginn in Scotland to Zennor Head in Cornwall. Inspired & informed by maps, aerial photographs & the latest electronic survey techniques, Hughess clean, spacious artworks, with their arresting blocks of colour, make contemporary some of the most ancient & formidable landmarks of the British Isles. This is a beautiful, reflective book that will resonate with artists, walkers & anyone who shares a deep love of art & landscape. Eleven sections, organized geographically by location, come complete with short introductions by the artist, noting key routes & impressions, & illustrated by Ordnance Survey map openers. Each section features important local heritage sites, whether Neolithic settlements such as Maes Howe in Orkney, standing stones such as Stonehenge in Wiltshire, mountains of special geological interest such as the Three Peaks in Yorkshire, or locations of particular mystery & beauty such as Silbury Hill, the oldest & tallest artificial mound in Europe. Written notes, archaeological scans & contour maps are often incorporated into Hughess aquacryl, acrylic, gouache & tempera artworks; notebook spreads, containing exquisite drawings & paintings made on the spot, are also on display here. Pull"es throughout consist of evocative extracts from the artists diaries & notes, shedding light on the mood & atmosphere of the awe-inspiring landscapes in view. ...

Steam, & then cumbersome motor, tractors existed in small numbers before 1914, after which the need to produce more foods using less horse & man power saw the origins of the machine we know today. Thanks to mass production, Ford brought the price down to suit average farmers, & in the 1920s to 1940s numerous rivals brought in such novelties as diesel engines, pneumatic tyres, hydraulic implement lifts & even cost-effective all-wheel drive & weather protection. After the Second World-War, a strong new indigenous tractor industry was led by Ferguson, David Brown, Nuffield & Ford. This book highlights these developments & goes on to show the dramatic improvements of the 1950s & 1960s. ...

Traditional, or simply, trad climbing, is a do-it-yourself adventure requiring the climbing team to negotiate the climb & to carry, h&-place & remove most if not all components of the roped safety system. In The Trad Climber`s Bible, two of the most revered & respected trad climbers in the world, John Long & Peter Croft, offer hard-won knowledge to aspiring trad climbers in a narrative format that is as informative as it is entertaining. With photos by iconic climbing photographer Greg Epperson & AMGA Certified Rock Instructor Bob Gaines, this full color book will appeal to climbers of all stripes. ...

What`s it like to be there? Travelers` Tales gives the best possible answer through the true stories of other travelers. Delightful, funny, cautionary, or inspiring, there`s no better road map than the experiences of others for deepening & enriching one`s travels. An essential part of travel planning, these award-winning Travelers` Tales Guides have sold more than 300, 000 copies.-- 23 titles capture the soul of a country, region, or city, including the l&, people, culture, food, & history-- Each book contains five sections: ” Essence, ” ” Some Things to Do, ” ” Going Your Own Way, ” ” In the Shadows, ” & ” The Last Word”-- A new addition to the Travelers` Tales Classics series Down on his luck in old age, Horn recounts his wild youth as an ivory trader in central Africa, journeying into jungles, navigating treacherous rivers, freeing slaves, & meeting Cecil Rhodes, the founder of Rhodesia. This is the stuff of legends. ...

In Trading Places
- The Merchants of Nairobi, Steve Bloom & his camera venture away from the dynamic metropolis into the neighbourhoods
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Saudi Arabia encompasses a greater variety of architectural styles than any other country in the Arabian peninsula. The buildings of the coastal, mountain & plains regions are entirely distinctive & local in their character. By contrast, several towns, especially Mecca & Medina, have naturally been directly exposed to foreign architectural influences. In this painstaking work, Geoffrey King records in text & an extensive range of pictures, line drawings & ground plans a tradition of Islamic architecture unique to Arabia. He describes the characteristic features of the vernacular style for the towns & villages of each region
- the Red Sea coast, the northern inland oases, the southwestern mountains, the central plains of Najd & the eastern Gulf Coast
- & how buildings were used. In the process, King draws on the record of earlier visitors to Arabia`s cities, towns & villages to provide a rich historical context for the country`s architecture, while at the same time providing a detailed description of building materials, construction techniques & technology in the use of coral, plaster, mudbrick & stone.

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