Nowhere else can so many cultures be found in such a tight space you can wake up on the Mediterranean coast have lunch in Paris & see a show that night in London. Ryan Ver Berkmoes Lonely Planet Writer Our Promise You can trust our travel information because Lonely Planet authors visit the places we write about each & every edition. We never accept freebies for positive coverage & you can rely on us to tell it like we see it. Inside This Book 14 expert authors 13 mountain ranges crossed 6 354 782 sq km explored 73 local beers sampled Inspirational photos Clear easy-to-use maps In-depth background Easy-to-read layout Comprehensive planning tools At-a-glance practical info ...

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Lakeland Fellranger walking guide by Mark Richards covering 34 summits in the Western Fells of the Lake District including a wide range of walks old & new between the rivers Irt (Ennerdale) to the west & Cocker (Crummockwater / Buttermere) to the east. Among the summits features are fells of high fellwalking ambition such as Pillar High Stile & Haystacks & they shelter wild dales such as Ennerdale & the beautiful lakes of Loweswater & Buttermere. Author Mark Richards combines his passion for the Lake District & artistic flair with all the information the experienced walker needs to explore & enjoy the Western Fells. For each of the 34 hills covered this guide offers a dedicated chapter with full descriptions of a range of new & old routes full-colour Harvey maps & clear elevation diagrams detailed summit panoramas & lots of inspiring photographs. This guide is the fifth to be published in Cicerone's 8-volume Lakeland Fellranger series which provides a comprehensive new guide to the fells of the English Lake District with a selection of new routes up more than 220 hills. ...

The Western Fells offer widely diverse scenery & popular resorts such as Buttermere & Wasdale Head. They include fine peaks such as Pillar & Great Gable that rise close to 3 000 feet. There is also the fascinating Haystacks (where Wainwright asked that his ashes be scattered) & valley & lake scenery of the very best vintage. The Pictorial Guides by A. Wainwright written half a century ago have been treasured by generations of walkers. This edition of The Western Fells is freshly reproduced from Wainwright's original h&-drawn pages. ...

There they sit the great tomes of classical literature taunting you with their length & difficulty as you ask: which books are the most important & why
- & whats actually any good? Why does most writing about the classics have words like seminal or oeuvre in it? What does postmodernism mean? Can I get away with just reading the introduction? Now you can enjoy the classics without fear. This survival kit will guide you painlessly through the Western literary canon century by century: from Ancient Greek drama to the modern novel via Beowulf Chaucer Shakespeare Romantic poetry Tolstoy & Proust. There are entertaining plot summaries unpretentious definitions of literary movements & fresh insights into authors lives. With each work assigned ratings from 1 to 10 on Importance Accessibility & Fun youll discover whats really worth bothering with & what you can safely discard without guilt. This book will make the things youve read clearer inspire you to tackle the ones youve always meant to & make you sound far cleverer than you really are.
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The Great Western Railway promoted its holiday lines with enterprise & imagination none more so than the routes to the south-west which somehow seemed to be everybodys favourite destination for a break at the seaside. The famous Cornish Riviera Express restaurant car train between London & Penzance was easily the best-known on the route. After the Second World War holidays with pay became the norm for the masses & this sparked a massive upsurge in holiday traffic. Using finest top quality images this album looks back at the last years of steam on the former Great Western routes in Devon & Cornwall which retained much of their distinctive atmosphere well into the 1960s. ...

1st edition focuses on the US West; Covers California Washington Oregon Idaho Montana Wyoming Colorado Utah Nevada New Mexico Arizona; Perfect for mult.-state trips thru' the region or short trips from within; Best of the Golden State colour chapt. highlights beaches cuisine wine scenic drives; Pac. Coast Hwy & Route 66 covered. ...

Even among the Mob the Westies were feared. Out of a partnership between two sadistic thugs
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Christopher Vine a Treasury clerk working in solitary piety in the Painted Chamber of the Palace of Westminster is not alone. A killer waits in the draughty hall to ensure Vine will not live to see in the New Year. & Vine is not the only government official to die that season. The Lord Chancellor fears his enemies will skew any investigation to cause him maximum damage so he decides to commission his own inquiries into the murders & with his suspicions centred on Greene another clerk he instructs Thomas Chaloner to prove that Greene is the killer. Chaloner can prove otherwise but unravelling the reasons behind his employer's suspicions is as complex as discovering the motives for the killings. His search for the real murderer plunges him into a stinking seam of corruption that leads towards the Royal apartments & to people determined to make Christmas 1663 Chaloner's last.. . ...

This is the remarkable story of Westminster a royal capital that became the birthplace of parliamentary government & the centre of a world power. It is about the place its people & their close relationship. They have made & shaped one another. The ancient heart of Westminster is only the size of a village yet it boasts world famous buildings: the Abbey the Houses of Parliament & Number 10 Downing Street. As befits a village Westminster is rich in folklore & gossip yet its story is central to Britains history & anywhere that has parliamentary government. This biography of Westminster traces the extraordinary transformation of a secluded island on the banks of the Thames into a spiritual centre a royal ceremonial stage & a political capital. It brings to life the monarchs & prime ministers for whom Westminster has been home the architects & writers whom it inspired & the protestors & rebels whom it provoked. It is a tale of inspiration intrigue power protest & terror. ...