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." ...

This attractive & cleverly structured guide gives walkers ten of the finest walks to Lakeland waterfalls 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. Featured waterfalls include: Lodore Falls Aira Force Scale Force Stock Ghyll Skelwith Force Colwith Force Stanley Ghyll Force Tom Gill The Howk & Holme Force. ...

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 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." ...

Using clay in a contemporary manner for wall space is an increasingly fashionable & innovative solution both for decorators & makers. Wall pieces are the perfect solution for those who enjoy sculpture but have no space; they fulfill the same function as a picture while being much more dynamic & 3D. Current wall pieces vary enormously from simple tiled pieces to huge installations & this book looks at all the problems solutions & diverse approaches to designing making & hanging wall pieces. The book is filled with illustrations of fantastic pieces of finished work by a variety of international makers. It gives an insight into the methods of contemporary makers showing how to plan design make mount & safely hang their own ceramic pieces. This guide aims to provide both inspirational images with a practical approach. ...

A must for all Wallace & Gromit fans this Haynes Manual gets under the skin of the various vehicles & contraptions employed by the duo during their hugely popular adventures. Featuring the motorcycle & sidecar & Austin A35 van (both with special modifications) & various inventions such as the Techno Trousers (The Wrong Trousers) & Knit-o-matic (A Close Shave) this book gives a fascinating insight into the inner workings of the machines & the mind of everyones favourite inventor. This Haynes Manual is complete with how-it-works explanations cutaway drawings sketches & blueprints along with workshop notes from Wallace himself. ...

Wallace & Gromit are back! In their latest adventure A Matter of Loaf & Death" our two heroes start a new bakery business & Wallace finds a new love interest
- Piella Bakewell bread enthusiast. This official all-singing all-dancing book is timed to coincide with the film's release in late 2008. " Grand Adventures & Glorious Inventions" is set out as Wallace's secret invention scrapbook packed with snippets of information & personal memorabilia about his cracking contraptions & all his madcap capers with Gromit. It features all the main characters from the three previous films (" The Wrong Trousers" "A Close Shave & Curse of Were-Rabbit") & offers a taster of the new film. It uses actual stills from the films &

Includes:: an interactive element woven throughout the book in the form of fold-out blueprints pull-tabs & practical 'how to create' suggestions. Knitting patterns " Cheese Week" magazine world-class marrows...prepare to enter the chaotic world of an amateur inventor & his dog! This book is a delight for young & old & a must for every discerning Wallace & Gromit fan. 37.6 million BBC viewers watched Wallace & Gromit over the Christmas period!"


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