In 1612 ten Pendle Witches went to the scaffold. These miserable wretches & their supposed victims lived in the villages & farmsteads surrounding Pendle Hill. Though nearly four centuries have since elapsed the magical aura of witchcraft still pervades an area which is as wild & beautiful now as it was in King Jamess day. All the walks are circular & fairly uniform in length with an average of about 6 miles making them ideal as half-day family rambles. Access is easy along the A56 & A59 whilst the M65 extends from the national motorway network into the heart of Lancashire Witch Country. ...

Wainwrights h&-drawn walking guides are perhaps the most distinctive & unusual such guides ever devised. This guide first published in 1992 contains Wainwrights original instructions & route maps for 34 walks in a land of suprises
- the interesting limestone country in the Whernside Ingleborough & Penyghent areas of Yorkshire. Wainwright writes of ithis wonderland as follows: For the explorer there are places of fascinating interest or strange beauty of thrilling adventure such as are not to be found elsewhere.
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In 25 carefully planned walks Walks in the Country Near London" reveals the myriad treasures that lie just beyond Londons urban sprawl. From easy rambles through apple orchards & lush pastures in Kent to more exhilarating rambles along Sharpenhoe Clappers chalk escarpments in Bedfordshire there is a walk here for everyone. Full-colour photographs capture each areas refreshing rural charms while clear mapping pinpoints everything from designated trails & stately homes to traditional pubs & cosy tea rooms. With characteristic humour Christopher Somerville guides readers along hedged grassy lanes across open airy farmland & through some of the finest historic homes castles & churches that England has to offer. Along the way he shares fascinating tales about the characters who trod these same paths throughout the centuries
- from persecuted Catholic priests making their way to safe houses under the cover of night to such celebrated figures as Anne Boleyn John Bunyan William Blake & Benjamin Disraeli. With a wealth of interesting anecdotes & intriguing information this is the perfect guide for history buffs & casual walkers alike."
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Twenty five circular trails range from five to ten miles long around some of the most unspoilt & spectacular scenery in England on waymarked public footpaths bridleways old coach roads & an occasional tarmac lane. Most routes feature a particular landmark viewpoint monument or preserved antiquity touching the more familiar long distance trails in passing but creating new viewpoints for the present from some perspectives of the past. ...

This book is one of six books in the new Lake District: Top 10 Walks" series. It is part of handy pocket-sized full colour walking guides written by experts for under a fiver. This is the perfect impulse buy. Other titles in the series include: " Lakeside Walks" " High Fells" " Low Fells" " Woodlands & Waterfalls" & " Pub Walks". This attractive & cleverly structured guide gives walkers ten of the finest walks to Lakeland tarns in a popular pocketable format. With clear information an overview & introduction for each walk expertly written numbered directions large scale Ordnance Survey maps superb eye-grabbing panoramic photographs & interpretation of points of interest along the way these guides set a new standard in clarity & ease-of-use." ...

Joshua is thirteen. He lives with his mother & stepfather in Amarias an isolated town on top of a hill where all the houses are brand new. At the edge of Amarias is a high wall guarded by soldiers which can only be crossed through a heavily fortified checkpoint. Joshua has been taught that beyond the concrete is a brutal & unforgiving enemy & that The Wall is the only thing keeping him & his people safe. One day looking for a lost football Joshua stumbles across a tunnel which leads towards this forbidden territory. He knows he won't get another opportunity to see what is beyond The Wall until he's old enough for military service & the chance to crawl through & solve the mystery is too tempting to resist. He's heard plenty of stories about the other side but nothing has prepared him for what he finds... The Wall is a novel about a boy who undertakes a short journey to another world to a place where everything he knows about loyalty identity & justice is turned upside down. It is also a political fable that powerfully evokes the realities of life on the West Bank telling the story of a Settler child who finds there are two sides to every story. ...

Hadrian's Wall is the largest most spectacular & one of the most enigmatic historical monument in Britain. Nothing else approaches its vast scale: a land wall running 73 miles from east to west & a sea wall stretching at least 26 miles down the Cumbrian coast. Many of its forts are as large as Britain's most formidable medieval castles & the wide ditch dug to the south of the Wall the vallum is larger than any surviving prehistoric earthwork. Built in a ten-year period by more than 30 000 soldiers & labourers at the behest of an extraordinary emperor the Wall consisted of more than 24 million stones giving it a mass greater than all the Egyptian pyramids put together. At least a million people visit Hadrian's Wall each year & it has been designated a World Heritage Site. In this new book based on literary & historical sources as well as the latest archaeological research Alistair Moffat considers who built the Wall how it was built why it was built & how it affected the native peoples who lived in its mighty shadow. The result is a unique & fascinating insight into one of the Wonders of the Ancient World. ...

Artistic genius political activist painter & decorator mythic legend or notorious graffiti artist? The work of Banksy is unmistakable except maybe when it's squatting in the Tate or New York's Metropolitan Museum. Banksy is responsible for decorating the streets walls bridges & zoos of towns & cites throughout the world. Witty & subversive his stencils show monkeys with weapons of mass destruction policeman with smiley faces rats with drills & umbrellas. If you look hard enough you'll find your own. His statements incitements ironies & epigrams are by turns intelligent & cheeky comments on everything from the monarchy & capitalism to the war in Iraq & farm animals. His identity remains unknown but his work is prolific. Here's the best of his work in a fully illustrated colour volume
- including brand material.
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Artistic genius political activist painter & decorator mythic legend or notorious graffiti artist? The work of Banksy is unmistakable except may be when its squatting in the Tate or New Yorks Metropolitan Museum. Banksy is responsible for decorating the streets walls bridges & zoos of towns & cites throughout the world. Witty & subversive his stencils show monkeys with weapons of mass destruction policeman with smiley faces rats with drills & umbrellas. If you look hard enough youll find your own. His statements incitements ironies & epigrams are by turns intelligent & cheeky comments on everything from the monarchy & capitalism to the war in Iraq & farm animals. His identity remains unknown but his work is prolific. & now for the first time hes putting together the best of his work
- old & new in a fully illustrated colour volume.
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The name Phil Spector is legendary in the music world. Writer & producer of countless chart-topping hits that have now become household names his innovative genius in the studio revitalised musical production in the 1960s & changed the way we listen to music forever. But his success soon became overshadowed by his reputation for eccentricity & excess his fractious personality & fascination with handguns eventually proving a lethal combination. Arrested in 2003 for the murder of B movie start Lana Clarkson this star-studded career nosedived into scandal & rumour. He is now in prison serving a 19 year sentence for murder & will be 88 years old before he is considered eligible for parole. Featuring interviews from those closest to him including second wife Ronnie Spector Wall of Pain" concludes the painful tale of pops tortured genius." ...