Written by the acclaimed historical novelist Lee Jackson, this book recreates the sights & sounds of ” Dickens` London” & provides a detailed itinerary for those keen to follow in the footsteps of ` The Inimitable Boz`. Each of the eight walks conjures up forgotten scenes of London life
- stage-coaches racing through the Borough; herds of cattle driven through suburban streets to reach Smithfield market; the uproar of a hanging outside Newgate Gaol
- together with directions to the most atmospheric & intriguing parts of the Victorian metropolis which have survived into the twenty-first century.

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' Walking Dublin' contains 24 themed walking tours of 1-6 miles which offer the walker an opportunity to discover the history, architecture, skulduggery & the ghost stories of the city, while not missing those all-important places to stop & admire the view or to have a cup of coffee. First-time & regular visitors will relish the carefully designed tours, which explore Dublin's best-known landmarks as well as the secret places known only by locals. ...

' Walking Edinburgh' contains 24 themed walking tours of 1-6 miles which offer the walker an opportunity to discover the history, architecture, skulduggery & the ghost stories of the city, while not missing those all-important places to stop & admire the view or to have a cup of coffee. First-time & regular visitors will relish the carefully designed tours, which explore Dublin's best-known landmarks as well as the secret places known only by locals. ...

Updated for the most intrepid London visitors & residents, “ Walking Haunted London” is a spine-chilling guide that wends it way through eerie &, in many cases, long-forgotten parts of one of the world`s greatest cities. From ” Deadman`s Walk” & the ” Screaming Wood” to ” Dick Turpin” & ” Jack the Ripper”, professional tour guide & inveterate ghost hunter Richard Jones leaves no haunted house or lost soul unmentioned. Join him on a truly hair-raising journey through shadowed alleyways, sleepy pubs & the darkest recesses of London`s historic homes
- if you dare! Chillingly illustrated with atmospheric pictures & complete route maps
- & with full details of transport, opening times & the moments when ghosts are most likely to appear
- ” Walking Haunted London” is another winning title from New Holland`s ” Walking Guides” series.


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In the spring of 2007, hard on the heels of the worst winter in the history of Juneau, Alaska, Lynn Schooler finds himself facing the far side of middle age & exhausted by labouring to handcraft a home as his marriage slips away. Seeking solace & escape in nature, he sets out on a solo journey into the Alaskan wilderness, travelling first by small boat across the formidable Gulf of Alaska, then on foot along one of the wildest coastlines in North America. Walking Home is filled with stunning observations of the natural world, & rife with nail-biting adventure as Schooler fords swollen rivers & eludes aggressive grizzlies. But more important, it is a story about finding wholeness-and a sense of humanity-in the wild. His is a solitary journey, but Schooler is never alone; human stories people the landscape-tales of trappers, explorers, marooned sailors, & hermits, as well as the mythology of the region`s Tlingit Indians. Alone in the middle of several thousand square miles of wilderness, Schooler conjures the souls of travellers past to learn how the trials of life may be better borne with the help & community of others. In Walking Home Schooler creates a conversation between the human & the natural, the past & present, & investigates, with elegance & soul, what it means to be a part of the flow of human history. ...

In summer 2010 Simon Armitage decided to walk the Pennine Way. The challenging 256-mile route is usually approached from south to north, from Edale in the Peak District to Kirk Yetholm, the other side of the Scottish border. He resolved to tackle it the other way round: through beautiful & bleak terrain, across lonely fells & into the howling wind, he would be walking home, towards the Yorkshire village where he was born. Travelling as a `modern troubadour` without a penny in his pocket, he stopped along the way to give poetry readings in village halls, churches, pubs & living rooms. His audiences varied from the passionate to the indifferent, & his readings were accompanied by the clacking of pool balls, the drumming of rain & the bleating of sheep. ” Walking Home” describes this extraordinary, yet ordinary, journey. It`s a story about Britain`s remote & overlooked interior
- the wildness of its landscape & the generosity of the locals who sustained him on his journey. It`s about facing emotional & physical challenges, & sometimes overcoming them. It`s nature writing, but with people at its heart.
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Walking Home
- Clare Balding`s unmissable new book of Great British Adventures. Clare Balding is on a mission to discover Britain
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Longlisted for the 2015 Thwaites Wainwright Prize
- I am at home with my brother Andrew banging on about the joys of walking. Suddenly
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Guidebook for walking in Abruzzo, a wild region of Italy incorporating the Abruzzo, Maiella, & Gran Sasso national parks & the Sirente-Velino regional park. 40 day-walks are described including an ascent of Corno Grande, the highest point in the Apennines of peninsular Italy. The area is easily reached from the airports at Pescara & Rome. ...

This guidebook explores six of Andalucia`s most beautiful Natural Parks
- the Sierra Nevada regions of Aracena, Grazalema, Los
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