In 1769 Thomas Gray (best known for his Elegy in a Country Chuchyard) made a tour of the English Lakes & recorded it in a journal that is now widely accepted as the first example of modern travel writing. He delighted in what he saw & conveys vividly to us the lakes & the mountains through eighteenth-century eyes. A few years later the watercolourist Joseph Farington followed in Grays footsteps & painted a series of key views along the way. These paintings which were later engraved & published are beautiful in the picturesque tradition & from a topographical point of view are remarkably accurate unlike the work of most artists of the time. John Murray has brought together for the first time Thomas Grays journal Joseph Faringtons watercolours & the engravings after the watercolours that sold widely at the time & were key to the popularising of the lakes. In addition he has photographed Faringtons views as they appear today & it is remarkable how many of them are so clearly & still easily recognisable today. Here is an unusual & original view of the Lake District & one that has not been attempted before. ...

Geoffrey Wheatcroft's hugely entertaining & well researched history of the Tour de France is already established as the definitive account of cycling's greatest event. Since the book was last published in 2007 much has changed. Bradley Wiggins' historic victory in 2012
- the first Briton ever to secure the yellow jersey
- brought him a knighthood & garnered more interest in the race than ever before. Yet the months after were dominated by an even bigger story as Tour legend & seven-time winner Lance Armstrong was stripped of his titles & confessed on Oprah to doping in each of his victories. Suddenly everything that we thought we knew had happened was no longer true. In this new & comprehensively revised edition of the book Wheatcroft not only brings his story of the Tour fully up to date to mark the race's 100th running in 2013 he also reflects on the changes brought about by the scandals that have rocked the sport to its core. Yet for all the controversies of modern times he vividly captures the essential glory & romance of the heroes who battle to conquer one of sport's greatest challenges.

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Scale: 1:1 500 000.

Features: Easy-to-read detailed road network with road numbers & distances on main routes;

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This title is presented on a scale 1:250 000. It is a folded road map of Kruger National Park featuring: easy-to-read road network with road numbers & distances on all routes; area guides for vegetation trees mammals & birds; places of interest water features & all camps; main camp layouts showing hut numbers; street plans of Polokwane & Nelspruit; detailed area map of Blyderivierspoort Nature Reserve; detailed distance chart including facilities for each main camp; park & camp gates opening & closing times; & checklist for mammals & birds. ...

Tourism: Change Impacts & Opportunities provides a comprehensive & balanced discussion of the impacts of tourism. The authors address the nature of tourism & tourists & the economic physical & social impact that can result from their activity. New approaches to impact assessment are also considered. A wide range of examples from developed & developing countries illustrate the points raised in the text. This timely & perceptive book is essential reading for anyone involved in tourism planning or development & is also suitable for students of geography planning economics & sociology. ...

1322: Lord Hugh de Courtenay's plan to host a tournament is a fantastic opportunity for the money-lenders of Oakhampton. When the defeated knights find themselves unable to pay the traditional ransoms to their captors they will have only one avenue open to them -- & will accrue interest by the hour. But when the most prominent money-lender Benjamin Dudenay is found brutally murdered a month before the festivities Sir Baldwin Furnshill & Bailiff Simon Puttock find themselves on the trail of a sinister killer... ...

In her mid-thirties Karen has it all: a career as a fashion editor a handsome boyfriend a fab flat in west London & an array of gorgeous shoes. But when her 'plus one' leaves she wonders if there is more to life than high fashion. So she hangs up her Manolos & waves goodbye to her city lifestyle deciding to go it alone in a run-down house in rural Poitou-Charentes western France. Once there she encounters a host of new friends & unsuitable suitors soon learning that true happiness can be found in the simplest of things
- a bike ride through the countryside on a summer evening or six glasses of Pinot in a neighbour's garden. If you've ever dreamed of chucking away your Black Berry & downshifting Tout Sweet" is perfect summer reading."
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There is so much to look forward to in the months ahead
- to lengthening evenings bike rides past fields of sunflowers or wild
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An elderly widow is murdered at a clifftop seaside house! What is the connection between a failed suicide attempt a wrongful accusation of theft against a schoolgirl & the romantic life of a famous tennis player? To the casual observer apparently nothing. But when a houseparty gathers at Gulls Point the seaside home of an elderly widow earlier events come to a dramatic head. Its all part of a carefully paid plan -- for murder! ...

Castle royal palace prison torture chamber execution site zoo mint treasure house armoury record office observatory & the most visited tourist attraction in the country the Tower of London has been all these things & more. No building in Britain has been more intimately involved in our islands story than this mighty brooding stronghold in the very heart of the capital a place which has stood at the epicentre of dramatic bloody & frequently cruel events for almost a thousand years. Now historian Nigel Jones sets this dramatic story firmly in the context of national
- & international
- events. In a monumental history drawn from primary sources he pictures the Tower in its many changing moods & a bewildering array of functions. Here for the first time is a thematic portrayal of the Tower of London as more than an ancient structure. The fortress is a living symbol of the nation itself in all its kaleidoscopic colour & rich diversity. Incorporating a dazzling panoply of political & social detail Tower" puts one of Britains most important buildings firmly at the heart of our national story."

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