The Island That Dared" is a passionate book from the pen of Dervla Murphy which begins with a three-generational family holiday in Cuba. Led by their redoubtable hard-walking grandmother the trio of young girls & their mother soon find themselves camping out on empty beaches beneath the stars with only crabs & mosquitoes for company. This pure Swallows & Amazons experience confirms Dervla in her quest to understand the unique society that has been created by the Cuban Revolution. She returns again & again to explore the island investigating the experience of modern Cuba with her particular candid curiosity. Through her own research & through conversations with Fidelistas & their critics alike " The Island That Dared" builds a complex picture of a people struggling to retain their identity in the face of insistent hostility & to stand against the all-but-overwhelming fire-power of capitalism. Whatever the fate of Cuba " The Island That Dared" beautifully fulfils the role of a great travel book to catch the moment on the wing & stop it in Time
- Colin Thubron."
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My childhood socks were always white my frocks ironed. Each day predictable safe. I escaped. Aged 19 I was swept off my feet by a wild adventurer & married within months. Two small children later (with three more to come) complete with Labradors cats a heavy horse & hearts full of dreams we arrived on a remote Hebridean island to begin our life on the Tapsalteerie Estate. Nothing was ever predictable again. ISLAND WIFE tells the story of Judy who at 19 met her Wild Pioneer. He whisked her off into an adventure a marriage of forty years & a life on a remote Hebridean isl&. Along the way she bears five children learns how to run a rocky hill farm a hotel a recording studio & the first whale watching business in the UK
- all the while inventively making fraying ends meet. When her children start to leave home things fall apart & there is sadness & joy in how she puts things back together. Judy tells her story in a clear & unique voice in turns funny unforgettable & intensely moving. br
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Divided into three parts Islands in the Stream is Hemingway's last work originally published posthumously in 1970 nine years after his death. Thomas Hudson is an artist & adventurer. In the 1930s Hudson is living in the Bimini Islands in the Gulf Stream. Separated from his sons for most of the year by their controlling mother Hudson lives a life carved out by the rolling waves of the sea & the currents of the tide. When his sons come to visit the island Hudson is forced to come to terms with his unfamiliar role as a father. This compelling novel follows Hudson's evolution from contemplative artist to antisubmarine adventurer during WWII. Hudson must face the harsh realities of life & death alongside a cast of colourful & vivid characters in war-time Cuba & at sea. Drawing on Hemingway's own experiences Islands in the Stream combines one of his most complex & troubled characters with his most exquisite descriptions of nature in a novel rich in both reflection & action. ...

OS Explorer Map is the Ordnance Surveys most detailed map & is recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities like walking horse riding & off-road cycling. Providing complete GB coverage the series details essential information such as youth hostels pubs & visitor information as well as rights of way permissive paths & bridleways. ...

OS Explorer Map is the Ordnance Surveys most detailed map & is recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities like walking horse riding & off-road cycling. Providing complete GB coverage the series details essential information such as youth hostels pubs & visitor information as well as rights of way permissive paths & bridleways. ...

OS Explorer Map is the Ordnance Survey's most detailed map & is recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities such as walking horse riding & off-road cycling. The series provides complete GB coverage & can now be used in all weathers thanks to OS Explorer Map
- Active a tough versatile version of the OS Explorer Map.
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OS Explorer Map is the Ordnance Survey's most detailed map & is recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities like walking horse riding & off-road cycling. Providing complete GB coverage the series details essential information such as youth hostels pubs & visitor information as well as rights of way permissive paths & bridleways. ...

OS Explorer Map is the Ordnance Surveys most detailed map & is recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities like walking horse riding & off-road cycling. Providing complete GB coverage the series details essential information such as youth hostels pubs & visitor information as well as rights of way permissive paths & bridleways. ...

Chaos breaks loose when the Governor of Virginia orders that speed traps be installed on all streets & highways & warns that motorists will be caught by monitoring aircraft flying overhead. But the eccentric inhabitants of Tangier fourteen miles off the coast of Virginia in the Chesapeake Bay respond by threatening to secede & set up an independent state claiming that their independence lies in the history of America's first settlers those who set sail from London's Isle of Dogs in 1607. Judy Hammer newly installed as the superintendent of Virginia State Police & Andy Brazil state trooper & Hammer's right hand confidant find themselves at their wit's end as they try to protect the public from the politician's & vice versa in this pitch-perfect darkly comic romp. With a Swiftian eye for the absurd & a deadly accurate aim on her targets Cornwell has created another knowing story about real life policing. Visit the author's own website at patricia-cornwell.com ...

Perfect for day trips & short breaks the OS Landranger Map series covers Great Britain with 204 detailed maps. Each map provides all the information you need to get to know your local area &

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