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. ...

Not only an artistic & breathtaking view of Lancre but also an interesting & informative guide to one of the Discworld's more er picturesque kingdoms. Granny Weatherwax Nanny Ogg & Magrat Garlick live there. Lancre could hardly be somwhere ordinary could it? Magic glues the Discworld together & a lot of it ends up in Lancre principal Kingdom of the Ramtop Mountains. Between Uberwald & Whale Bay the Octarine Grass Country & the Windersins Ocean lies the most exciting & dangerous terrain in all Discworld. The Ramtops supply Discworld with most of its witches & wizards. The leaves on the trees move even when there is no breeze. Rocks go for a stroll in the evening. Even the land at times seems alive. The mapp may be only two-dimensional but watch it very carefully & you might just see it jostle about a bit. ...

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
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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
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- 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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No building has been more intimately involved in the story of Britain than the Tower of London
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The final instalment in the bestselling conspiracy thriller trilogy by Simon Toyne author of SANCTUS: ' Plenty of action plenty of intrigue & wonderfully imaginative. The sort of novel to devour in one sitting' Kate Mosse. For all fans of Dan Brown. AFTER THE RISE COMES THE FALL. The forbidden Citadel at the heart of the ancient Turkish city of Ruin opens its gates for the first time in history. Why now after centuries of secrecy? A deadly disease has erupted within & threatens to spread beyond its walls. Infected charity worker Gabriel Mann may hold the cure
- but can one dying man stop an epidemic? Without him former journalist Liv Adamsen is vulnerable surrounded by strangers in the desert oasis that is her new home. Liv however has far bigger concerns than just her own life... In the USA newly qualified FBI Agent Joe Shepherd investigates the disappearance of NASA's most senior professor. Is it a vanishing act an abduction or something darker? Shepherd's investigation approaches a powerful conspiracy with global reach & profound consequences. For them all this much is clear: something big is coming. Something that will change everything. But will it be a new beginning or the End of Days?
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Fate has brought together four young people from our world into the enchanted world of Tir. Together Kate Alan Mark & Mo present a formidable new force for good in this war-ravaged world: they are Hope for the millions of oppressed peoples that live here. The four have been split up with one of their number kidnapped one lost & one changing almost beyond recognition & it falls to Alan to unite them once again & restore their strength. But the Great Witch Olc scheming in her Tower of Bones is planning to lure Alan into a trap. & she has resurrected the demigod Fangorath a dreadful force for malice for her own evil ends. ...

War rages across Santhenar as the quest for the Mirror of Aachan continues. In desperation Tensor leader of the Aachims flees with the Mirror into the wilderness taking the chronicler Llian with him. Only Karan can locate them but it will be a perilous journey. Tensor wants her dead other powers are hunting her down & Rulke the Charon broods over them all from his Nightland prison.. . The complex cultures detailed geography & the palpable weight of history provide a solid background to an intense story.. .this stands out as a worldbuilding labour of love with some truly original touches LOCUS Look out for more information on this book & others on the Orbit website at www.orbitbooks.co.uk ...