As a fourteen year old bursting with energy & life Willie lied about his age to get a job on the milk truck. Well maturity was called for. Delivering milk may not be everyones idea of a glamorous start to your working life but it came to represent far more than Willie & his best friend Gordon could possibly imagine. Their eyes were swiftly opened to the big bad/good world & so they quickly learnt the vital necessity of thinking on their toes. Despite the hard backdrop of an industrial town (The Ruskies wouldnt drop the atom bomb on Dundee; theres nothing here worth bombing) this is a fabulous story of boys growing up in the sixties of camaraderie & optimism innocence & the harshness of life. ...

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Published amid a firestorm of controversy in 1859 this is a book that changed the world. Reasoned & well-documented in its arguments it offers coherent views of natural selection adaptation the struggle for existence survival of the fittest & other concepts that form the foundation of evolutionary theory. ...

Now in paperback this richly illustrated edition of Charles Darwin's paradigm-shattering masterpiece brings his life & controversial theories into full view. Edited & with an introduction by award-winning science journalist David Quammen it features more than 300 illustrations including paintings personal photographs botanical & zoological studies & newspaper engravings. Excerpts from Darwin's other works (especially The Voyage of the Beagle") & facsimile pages from his letters & diaries invite readers to experience Darwin's journey & scientific breakthrough." ...

Five decades after it was first published Jack Kerouac's seminal beat novel On the Road" finally finds its way to the big screen in a production from award-winning director Walter Salles (" Motorcycle Diaries") starring Sam Riley (" Control Brighton Rock") Garret Hedlund (" Friday Night Lights") Kristen Stewart (" Twilight") Kirsten Dunst Amy Adams & Viggo Mortensen. Sal Paradise (" Sam Riley") a young innocent joins his hero Dean Moriarty (" Garrett Hedlund") a traveller & mystic the living epitome of Beat on a breathless exuberant ride back & forth across the United States. Their hedonistic search for release or fulfilment through drink sex drugs & jazz becomes an exploration of personal freedom a test of the limits of the American dream. A brilliant blend of fiction & autobiography Jack Kerouac's exhilarating novel swings to the rhythms of 1950s underground America racing towards the sunset with unforgettable exuberance poignancy & autobiographical passion. One of the most influential & important novels of the 20th century " On the Road" is the book that launched the Beat Generation & remains the bible of that literary movement. Jack Kerouac (1922-69) was an American novelist poet artist & part of the Beat Generation. His first published novel " The Town & the City" appeared in 1950 but it was " On the Road" published in 1957 that made Kerouac famous. Publication of his many other books followed among them " The Subterraneans" " Big Sur" & " The Dharma Bums". Kerouac died in Florida at the age of forty-seven. " The most beautifully executed the clearest & the most important utterance yet made by the generation Kerouac himself named years ago as "beat"' The New York Times ' Pop writing at its best. It changed the way I saw the world making me yearn for fresh experience." (Hanif Kureishi " Independent on Sunday"). "" On the Road" sold a trillion Levis & a million espresso machines & also sent countless kids on the road." (" William Burroughs")." ...

Ned Boulting has noticed something. It's to do with bikes. They're everywhere. & so are their riders. Some of these riders seem to be sporting sideburns & a few of them are winning things. Big things. Now Ned wants to know how on earth it came to this. & what exactly is 'this'. In On the Road Bike Ned Boulting asks how Britain became so obsessed with cycling. Ned's search puts him in contact with some of the wonderful & wonderfully idiosyncratic people who have contributed to this nation's two-wheeled history. It's a journey that takes him from the velodrome at Herne Hill to the Tour of Britain at Stoke-on-Trent via Bradley Wiggins Chris Boardman David Millar (and David's mum) Ken Livingstone both Tommy Godwins Gary Kemp (yes him from Spandau Ballet) & many many more. The result is an amusing & personal exploration of the austere nutty soul of British cycling. ...

The Pacific Ocean covers one-third of the earths surface & encompasses many thousands of islands the home to numerous human societies & cultures. Among these indigenous Oceanic cultures are the intrepid Polynesian double-hulled canoe navigators the atoll dwellers of Micronesia the statue carvers of remote Easter Island & the famed traders of Melanesia. Recent archaeological excavations combined with allied research in historical linguistics biological anthropology & comparative ethnography have begun to reveal much new information about the long-term history of these Pacific Island societies & cultures. On the Road of the Winds" synthesizes the grand sweep of human history in the Pacific Islands beginning with the movement of early people out from Asia more than 40 000 years ago & tracing the development of myriad indigenous cultures up to the time of European contact in the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries. Questions that scholars have posed & puzzled over for two centuries or more are illuminated here: Where did the Pacific Islanders come from? How did they discover & settle the thousands of islands? Why did they build great monuments like Nan Madol on Pohnpei Island in Micronesia or the famous Easter Island statues? This book provides an up-to-date synthesis of archaeological & historical anthropological knowledge of these fascinating indigenous cultures. In particular Kirch focuses on human ecology & island adaptations the complexities of island trading & exchange systems voyaging technology & skills & the development of intensive economic systems linked to the growth of large populations. He also draws on his own original field research conducted on many islands ranging from the Solomons to Hawaii as he takes us on an intellectual voyage into the Oceanic past." ...

This jolly interactive board book features indented footprints & trails on every page for children to follow with their fingers as they read the story. On the Road to Bethlehem tells the Nativity story with lots of footprints donkey prints shepherd prints & camel prints for children to follow. By enabling children to interact with the story in a tactile way the storyline becomes more concrete & engaging & adds a fun touch to storytime for early learners. ...

On the Road to Vegetarian Cooking" is for everyone: the beginner trying this style of cooking for the first time the committed vegetarian who wants help with meal planning & is keen to try new & wonderful culinary delights & the basic "meat & potatoes" cook wanting to incorporate healthy dishes into the family diet. Anne Lukin has compiled an exciting combination of international recipes & home-grown favourites. Complementing the recipes are sections on the benefits of a vegetarian diet common vegetarian ingredients a guide to herbs & spices & the specifics of menu planning. Lukin has also included information on kitchen equipment & a glossary." ...

With his trademark charm & sharp wit Newby leaves no stone unturned in his quest for wonderfully detailed & quirky knowledge to share with his reader. Insightful hilarious & sheer fun this is an adventure not to be missed by Britain's best-loved travel guide & father of the genre. ' Why don't you start in Naples & go clockwise round the Mediterranean instead of dashing off in all directions like a lunatic?' Fortunately Eric Newby followed his wife Wanda's advice & so begins the wonderfully madcap adventure ' On the Shores of the Mediterranean'. Beginning during the Newbys' wine harvest in Tuscany the adventurous but disaster-prone pair follow a path using every form of transportation conceivable (public bus taxi foot bike boat) from Naples to Venice along the Adriatic to Greece Turkey Jerusalem & North Africa from sipping wildly extravagant cocktails in San Marco to being cordially invited to Libya by Colonel Gaddafi. ...