The longest continuous footpath in the world the Appalachian Trail stretches along the East Coast of the United States from Georgia to Maine through some of the most arresting & celebrated landscapes in America. At the age of forty-four in the company of his friend Stephen Katz (last seen in the bestselling Neither Here nor There) Bill Bryson set off to hike through the vast tangled woods which have been frightening sensible people for three hundred years. Ahead lay almost 2 200 miles of remote mountain wilderness filled with bears moose bobcats rattlesnakes poisonous plants disease-bearing tics the occasional chuckling murderer &
- perhaps most alarming of all
- people whose favourite pastime is discussing the relative merits of the external-frame backpack. Facing savage weather merciless insects unreliable maps & a fickle companion whose profoundest wish was to go to a motel & watch The X-Files Bryson gamely struggled through the wilderness to achieve a lifetime's ambition
- not to die outdoors.


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The Appalachian Trail covers 14 states & over 2 000 miles. It stretches along the East Coast of the United States from Maine in the north to Georgia in the south. It is famous for being the longest continuous footpath in the world. (Compare this with the Pennine Way which is a mere 250 miles long.) It snakes through some of the wildest & most spectacular landscapes in America as well as through some of its most poverty-stricken & primitive backwoods areas
- Redneck country
- Moonshine Lil Abner theres bears in them thar hills. Remember the film Deliverance? God only knows what possessed Bill Bryson a reluctant adventurer if ever there was one to undertake this gruelling hike. Perhaps it was just a long-held ambition to lose weight: he has lost two stone so far. As he recently wrote from the trail to his publisher: Speaking of vigorous exercise boy have I just had some. Maine was a bitch. I want you to come back & walk it with me so that when you die if you go to hell you will be able to say: Call this hell? Try walking across Maine in August." Reared in the tradition of Mark Twain James Thurber & S.J. Perelman Bryson used his many years in Britain to soak up a peculiarly English sense of irony & humour & to hone a laugh-out-loud style that is uniquely hilariously his own."

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As he enters his sixties Bruce Springsteen remains a paragon of all that is cool & right. He's a genuine voice of the people an elder statesman who has inspired generations of bands. There are dozens of books about the Boss so what's left to say? Nothing objective perhaps. But when it comes to music objectivity is highly overrated. WALK LIKE A MAN is liner notes for a mixtape a frank & funny blend of biography music appreciation & memoir. Novelist Robert Wiersema grew up with Springsteen's songs from his own working-class youth through dreams of escape falling in love & becoming a father. His book tells the story of a man becoming a man (despite getting a little lost along the way) & of the man & the music that have accompanied him on his journey. ...

Ronnie Whelan was a mainstay of the iconic 1980s Liverpool FC side that won six League Championships two FA Cups three League Cups as well an unforgettable European Cup. Under the management of Kenny Dalglish Whelan & his club team mates including Alan Hansen John Barnes & Bruce Grobbelaar formed one of the finest club sides in English football history -- a side that is dear to the hearts of Liverpool fans to this day. It was also though a time of great tragedy; when the twin disasters of Heysel & Hillsborough devastated the club & its supporters. In this frank & full-hearted autobiography Ronnie Whelan tells the story of the good & the bad times at the club as well as his international career with Irel&. ...

As a lifelong fan of London Mark Mason embarks on a mission to 'conquer' the capital once & for all. The only way to truly discover a city they say is on foot. Taking this to extremes Mark sets out to walk the entire length of the London Underground
- overground
- passing every station on the way. Over the course of several hundred miles he comes to understand a sprawling metropolis that never ceases to surprise. In a story packed with historical trivia personal musings & eavesdropped conversations Mark learns how to get the best gossip in a City pub how the Ritz made its female guests feel good about themselves & why the Bank of England won't let you join the M11 northbound at Junction 5. He has an East End cup of tea with the Krays' official biographer discovers what cabbies mean by 'on the cotton' & meets the Archers star who was the voice of Mind the Gap". On a broader level Mark contemplates London's contradictions as well as its charms. He gains insights into our fascination with maps & sees how walking changes our view of the world. Above all in this love letter to a complicated friend he celebrates the sights sounds & soul of the greatest city on earth."

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Can you resist the depths of the human heart? It is 1958 & seventeen-year-old Landon is revelling in his youth: dating girls & even claiming to have been in love. He is a world apart from shy reclusive Jamie Sullivan a Baptists daughter who carries a bible with her school books cares for her widowed father & volunteers at the orphanage. But fate will intervene. Forced to partner up at the school dance Landon & Jamie embark on a journey of earth-shattering love & agonising loss far beyond their years. In the months that follow Landon discovers the true depths of the human heart & takes a decision that is so stunning it will lead him irrevocably down the road to manhood.. . ...

Can you resist the depths of the human heart? It is 1958 & seventeen-year-old Landon is revelling in his youth: dating girls & even claiming to have been in love. He is a world apart from shy reclusive Jamie Sullivan a Baptist's daughter who carries a bible with her school books cares for her widowed father & volunteers at the orphanage. But fate will intervene. Forced to partner up at the school dance Landon & Jamie embark on a journey of earth-shattering love & agonising loss far beyond their years. In the months that follow Landon discovers the true depths of the human heart & takes a decision that is so stunning it will lead him irrevocably down the road to manhood.. . ...

Walk! Dartmoor with Kate & Alan Hobbs covers walks of varying length across Dartmoor
- from the dramatic high moors gentle riversides
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Adventurous walking tastes are as varied as Devons many landscapes. Theres always something special to explore from spectacular coastlines & wild moors to pretty villages & tranquil river valleys. Walk! Devon delivers walking experiences of the highest quality. Its amazing geological history has created a multi-faceted landscape ranging from rough uncut cliff faces to polished sun kissed sands crystal clear waters & smooth rounded hills; even the luminous Devon air adds clarity & sparkle to the brillance of the landscape. Walk! Devon

Includes:: 40 fully detailed walk descriptions plus short walk alternatives including OS maps & colour photos by the authors of Walk! Dartmoor & Walk! Exmoor. All walking routes include:-
- walking route summary.
- ratings for Effort Time Distance Ascents/ Descents Refreshments & Vertigo Risk.
- fully detailed walk description including frequent timings to aid navigation & check your progress.
- GPS Waypoints at every key point on every route.
- full colour map of the route licenced from OS.
- short walk & stroll alternatives. Full GPS Track & Waypoint files for Walk! Devon are included on the Personal Navigator Files CD published by Discovery Walking Guides.







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New revised & updated edition of Walk! La Palma including latest 2010 Tour & Trail Mapping plus Altitude Profiles & available for the 2011 walking season. Walk! La Palma

Includes:: 34 fully detailed walking route itineraries. Each walking route itinerary
Includes::-
- walking route summary
- ratings for Effort Time Distance Ascents/ Descents Refreshments & Vertigo risk
- fully detailed walk description including frequent timings to aid navigation & check your progress
- GPS Waypoints at every key point on every route where there is good gps reception
- full colour 1:40 000 scale map of the route
- short walk & stroll alternatives There are some easy routes. There are some challenging routes for fit experts. With Charles Davis excellent walk descriptions youll know which routes are for you
- & all of them are a true adventure. The steepest island in the world the deepest crater the clearest skies: volcanoes you can climb without being shot into orbit; a subtropical forest minus the slimy things slinking up your trouser leg; black beaches blue seas high mountains vegetation that is literally flamboyant everything linked by 1080 kilometres of waymarked paths; & all virtually untouched by tourism. If this sounds divine or like some lost paradise youre not the first to think so previous commentators have identified La Palma as the prototype for both the Elysian Fields & Atlantis! The fanciful stuff aside the island is a walkers idyll utterly tranquil verdant & almost unspoiled. Full GPS Track & Waypoint files for Walk! La Palma are included on the Personal Navigator Files CD published by Discovery Walking Guides. Synopsis 34 detailed walking route itineraries. Each of it
Includes::- walking route summary; ratings for Effort Time Distance Ascents/ Descents Refreshments & Vertigo risk; & more. It also provides background information along with details of accommodation buses official walking routes mountain biking museums & information offices.










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