' It's a lost world out there'. Hal & Roger Hunt sink deep into danger when a specimen-collecting trip takes them into the lost world of the South Seas. But the deep-sea trawl has a hidden agenda
- a top secret mission for Professor Stuyvesant & his scientific experiments in Pearl Lagoon...
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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 &

Includes:: places of interest tourist information picnic areas & camp sites plus Rights of Way information for England & Wales.

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This is a portfolio of the best of Steve Mc Currys photography: classical magical & powerful images from South & Southeast Asia. Mc Curry takes photographs all over the world for National Geographic magazine & his own projects but it is the people places colours & forms of Afghanistan India Sri Lanka Cambodia & Myanmar (Burma) that have inspired his most sublime images -- photographs which transcend their original editorial purpose to become classics of photography. South Southeast features sixty-seven photographs with brief captions. A short text about Mc Curry introduces the book & he has written commentaries to accompany eight of the images telling the stories behind them. ...

In the eighteenth & nineteenth centuries the Ironbridge Gorge was the scene of dramatic industrial activity which todays resident or visitor finds difficult to envisage. Coal had been extracted from the hillsides of Benthall Brosely & Madeley for some time before Abraham Darby I settled in Coalbrookdale in 1708. However it was the rapid growth of the iron industry which transformed this part of East Shropshire. The old-established town of Madeley expanded to meet the needs of a growing workforce whilst Dawley developed as an important centre for mining & iron making. The town of Ironbridge sprang up as a direct result of the building of the Iron Bridge & another settlement was created at Coalport. On the south side of the river Jackfield thrived as a busy inland port. From the mid-nineteenth century problems with transport & the availability of better raw materials elsewhere led to the migration of the iron making industry to other parts of the country. Thus by the time photography came on the scene the area although still dependent on heavy industry was in decline. This trend continued into the twentieth century & was only reversed with the arrival of Telford New Town on the 1960s. This selection of photographs will appeal equally to those who recall the scattered & fiercely independent communities of the industrial era & to the many recent arrivals who only know Telford as it is today. There is a companion volume North Telford. ...

The story of mining in South Wales has been one of the people who extracted the black gold from the hillsides & valleys of the area. Their hard work has often been accompanied by danger & countless thousands have lost their lives in the valleys of Wales as a result of mans urge & need to extract coal. From the children squashed by coal trucks as they opened doors underground for ventilation to the huge disasters at Aberfan & Senghenydd David Owen takes us down the mine & into a tale of human misery of families destroyed livelihoods lost all in the hunt for coal. ...

Guide to walking the South West Coast Path National Trail from Minehead to Poole along the north Devon Cornish south Devon & Dorset coastline Engl&. The tradition of walking the route anti-clockwise has arisen because in this direction there are more miles with the wind & weather behind you than against you. To assist forward planning of both day walks & continuous long-distance hikes the guide divides the coast path into sections beginning & ending where there are amenities for refreshment or accommodation (or access inland to them). Each section begins with a summary of its length the kind of terrain & gradients to be expected & with details of amenities & access points. An attempt has been made to grade the walking for difficulty although such an exercise will always be subjective. Whether your coastal journey is a modest jaunt or a long-distance trek you will surely gain new perspectives a sharpening of the senses & a fuller appreciation of the interplay between nature & the hand of man. ...

All-in-one route guide to walking the third & final section of the South-West Coast Path from Plymouth to Poole Harbour.
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The South West Coast Path follows Britain's stunning coastline for 630 miles around the southern tip of Britain. This volume ...

The South West Coast Path is the spectacular 630-mile (1008-km) National Trail around the tip of Britain. This volume features the section of the Path from Exmouth to Poole a distance of 116 miles (186 km) along the Jurassic Coast a designated World Heritage Site. Following Natural Englands acorn waymarks the route wends its way along the cliffs past The Cobb at Lyme Regis & the impressive sweep of the Chesil Beach to Lulworth Cove & Studland Bay. This complete official guide for the long-distance walker or the weekend stroller has been fully revised & updated for 2013. It has also been completely re-designed & features many more colour photographs & much more backgrpound information on local history & wildlife. It is less a guidebook than a complete companion for anyone visiting this part of the landscape. National Trail Guides are the official guidebooks to the fifteen National Trails in England & Wales & are published in association with Natural England the official body charged with developing & maintaining the Trails. ...

The South West Coast Path is the spectacular 630-mile (1008-km) National Trail around the tip of Britain. This volume features the section of the Path from Exmouth to Poole a distance of 116 miles (186 km) along the Jurassic Coast a designated World Heritage Site. Following Natural England's acorn waymarks the route wends its way along the cliffs past The Cobb at Lyme Regis & the impressive sweep of the Chesil Beach to Lulworth Cove & Studland Bay. This complete official guide for the long-distance walker or the weekend stroller has been fully revised & updated for 2013. It has also been completely re-designed & features many more colour photographs & much more backgrpound information on local history & wildlife. It is less a guidebook than a complete companion for anyone visiting this part of the landscape. National Trail Guides are the official guidebooks to the fifteen National Trails in England & Wales & are published in association with Natural England the official body charged with developing & maintaining the Trails. ...