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Each page features a normal view as well as an bird’s-eye view of
each of Cape Town’s most iconic sites and attractions, with an
extended caption for each attraction.
The only guide offering a healthconscious take on all that London
has to offer. Combining reviews and articles about food, fitness
and relaxation, the guide provides a well-rounded offering of
wellbeing pursuits, which will appeal to anyone interested in sport
and fitness as well as those looking for a trvel or lifestyle
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For your best adventures, use the best map. Water-proof,
split-proof, tear-proof, adventure-proof. Azores Tour & Trail
Super-Durable Map is the most detailed, accurate, toughest, large
scale map of these 9 islands that you can buy. 1:60,000 scale for
each island, Sao Miguel at 70,000 scale, produces a double sided
map sheet of 960mm by 694mm; big enough to show masses of detail
but compact enough to use in the car or on the trail. Our special
concertina map fold means your map is easy to unfold, and more
importantly easy to refold back to its pocket size. Faial, Pico,
Santa Maria and Sao Jorge are on the facing sheet of the map, with
Corvo, Flores, Graciosa, Sao Miguel and Terceira on the reverse
side. You get the most detailed map of the Azores islands that is
produced, including our Tour & Trail level of detail ranging
from major roads to secondary roads to minor roads to streets and
narrow country roads, plus dirt tracks and walking trails. Altitude
shading is designed to clearly show the altitude range when
travelling across the island by car or on foot. 20 metre and 100
metre contours combined with altitude shading bring this beautiful
landscape to life. There are plenty of individual height points and
all of the official 'Trig' points are on the map. Tour & Trail
attention to detail includes our useful symbol range including
viewpoints, picnic areas, petrol stations, bar/restaurants and
parking areas where you can pull off the road safely. You will
easily identify springs, caves, sports grounds, cemeteries,
monasteries, churches, chapels, lighthouses, castles, camping
areas, wind turbines, windmills etc. All of the official GR, PR and
PRC walking routes are specially highlighted on the map, with
summaries for each island, including distances, timings and grades
of difficulty. It all adds up to the most detailed, most durable
map of the Azores that you can buy anywhere. 'Super-Durable' means
a waterproof, tear-proof map that can take the roughest treatment
and still folds up like new after your adventures. Super-Durable
Maps come with a 2 year adventurous use 'Wear and Tear' guarantee.
Expectation meets Julie and Julia, The Yellow Kitchen is a
brilliant exploration of food, belonging and friendship. London,
2019. A yellow kitchen stands as a metaphor for the lifelong
friendship between three women: Claude, the baker, goal-orientated
Sophie and political Giulia. They chase love and careers; dreaming
and consuming in the city, but always returning to the yellow
kitchen to share a meal. That is, until a trip to Lisbon unravels
unexplored desires between Claude and Sophie. Having sex is one
thing, waking up the day after is the beginning of something new.
Exploring the complexities of female friendship, The Yellow Kitchen
is a hymn to the last year of London as we knew it and a
celebration of the culture, the food and the rhythms we live by.
Praise for The Yellow Kitchen: 'Rich and thoroughly intoxicating,
The Yellow Kitchen is a sensual journey into friendship, food and
female sexuality, full of complex, fascinating characters and bold
ideas. I loved it' Rosie Walsh 'A heady mix of politics,
friendship, sex and food, poignant, provocative and utterly
distinctive' Paula Hawkins 'An exquisite novel - beautifully
rendered, powerfully told, and so deeply felt. I urge you to read
this novel - you will never forget it' Lucia Osborne-Crowley
'Mixing female friendship, romance, loss, redemption, and memorable
meals, The Yellow Kitchen is the perfect recipe for a flavorful
literary feast. With subtle dashes of wit and generous sprinklings
of honesty, Margaux Vialleron has crafted a brave and tender tale'
Kim Fay, author of Love & Saffron 'The Yellow Kitchen is so
warm and convivial in atmosphere, and its discussion of the
politics of the UK and their impact very poignant. It portrayed
beautifully the sense of adventure of being a certain age, with its
rush and richness and emotional confusion, and I found it such a
satisfying read' Emily Itami, author of Fault Lines
The Rob Roy Way is one of Scotland's Great Trails and is very
popular with both walkers and cyclists. It runs through many places
linked with Scotland's most famous outlaw, Rob Roy MacGregor
(1671-1734). The route starts at Drymen (near Glasgow) and ends at
Pitlochry in the eastern Highlands, so it takes you away from the
crowds following the West Highland Way to some of Scotland's finest
lochs and glens. Its main spine runs for 79 miles (127 km) and is
waymarked. There is an optional extra 17 miles if you take the
wilderness extension through Glen Almond and Glen Quaich. Most
walkers complete it in 6-8 days and most cyclists in 3-4 days. The
main route goes through Loch Ard forest to Aberfoyle, goes beside
Lochs Venachar, Lubnaig and Tay and passes through superb scenery,
with interesting aqueducts, viaducts and a 3600 year-old stone
circle. The terrain is a mixture of forest tracks, cycleway,
disused railway trackbed and moorland footpaths. The Way passes
through a succession of friendly villages with welcoming pubs and
B&Bs. Our fourth edition has more content, with full coverage
for cyclists and detailed description of the Glen Quaich
alternative. It is now longer, 80 pages in place of 64, with 111
colour photos, many of them fresh. However thanks to its robust
perfect binding it is 10 grams lighter than the previous edition
and more pocketable. This guidebook contains all that walkers and
cyclists need to plan and enjoy the Rob Roy Way: details of
distance, terrain and food/drink for walkers and cyclists
eight-page section for the extension via Glen Quaich visitor
attractions, side-trips and mountains to climb including Ben Ledi
planning information for travel by car, train, bus or plane concise
biography of Rob Roy MacGregor background on pre-history, heritage
and wildlife detailed mapping on 18 pages at 1:50,000 in full
colour, with 111 colour photos
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A notable sanitarium site in the late 19th and early 20th
centuries, the southwestern San Bernardino County area that became
known as Loma Linda, meaning "pretty hill," was originally dubbed
Mound City and now includes the historic communities of Bryn Mawr,
Cottonwood Row, and Idlewild. The place evolved further as a center
for the treatment of medical and mental illness when the
Seventh-day Adventists, particularly one of their visionary
authors, Ellen G. White, recognized the need for another sanitarium
within the geographic triangle formed by the cities of San
Bernardino, Riverside, and Redlands. Citrus fortunes also enlivened
the economy from the 1870s through the World War II years, and Loma
Linda was incorporated as a city in 1970. The world-class Loma
Linda University Medical Center and the Seventh-day Adventists
combine to still shape the area's politics, economy, and culture.
The Meaning of Geese is a book of thrilling encounters with
wildlife, of tired legs, punctured tyres and inhospitable weather.
Above all, it is the story of Nick Acheson's love for the land in
which he was born and raised, and for the wild geese that fill it
with sound and spectacle every winter. Renowned naturalist and
conservationist Nick Acheson spent countless hours observing and
researching wild geese, transported through all weathers by his
mother's 40-year-old trusty red bicycle. He meticulously details
the geese's arrival, observing what they mean to his beloved
Norfolk and the role they play in local people's lives - and what
role the birds could play in our changing world. During a time when
many people faced the prospect of little work or human contact,
Nick followed the pinkfeet and brent geese that filled the Norfolk
skies and landscape as they flew in from Iceland and Siberia. In
their flocks, Nick encountered rarer geese, including Russian
white-fronts, barnacle geese and an extremely unusual grey-bellied
brant, a bird he had dreamt of seeing since thumbing his mother's
copy of Peter Scott's field guide as a child. To honour the geese's
great athletic migrations, Nick kept a diary of his sightings as
well as the stories he discovered through the community of people,
past and present, who loved them, too. Over seven months Nick
cycles over 1,200 miles - the exact length of the pinkfeet's
migration to Iceland.
The man on the mic for countless memorable moments from Larry
Walker, Todd Helton, Nolan Arenado, and more, Drew Goodman has
lived and breathed Rockies baseball as the team's longtime
television broadcaster. In If These Walls Could Talk: Colorado
Rockies, Goodman provides insight into the Rockies' inner sanctum
as only he can. Featuring conversations with players past and
present as well as off-the-wall anecdotes, this indispensable
volume is your ticket to mile high history.
A guidebook to 80 walking routes on Scotland's Northern Isles of
Orkney and Shetland. Routes are described on the islands of Orkney
(Orkney Mainland, Hoy, South Ronaldsay, Burray, Rousay, Eday,
Westray, Papa Westray, North Ronaldsay) and the islands of Shetland
(Shetland Mainland, West Burra, East Burra, Foula, Fair Isle, Isle
of Noss, Bressay, Whalsay, Papa Stour, Muckle Roe, Out Skerries,
Esha Ness, Yell, Fetlar and Unst). Routes vary in length from 1
mile to 16 miles, with something to suit all abilities. Offering a
variety of landscapes together with a wealth of remarkable
archaeological sites such as Skara Brae and Jarlshof, Orkney and
Shetland are a walker's dream. Step-by-step route descriptions are
accompanied by clear OS mapping and a time estimate for completing
each route. The book includes plenty of information on the region's
wildlife, archaeology and history, as well as practical tips such
as when to go, what to take and getting to and around Orkney and
Shetland. Quiet, remote and abounding in rare plants and wildlife,
together with some of the world's most fascinating archaeological
sites, Orkney and Shetland offer a treasure trove of natural and
historic wonders, and makes an ideal walking holiday destination.
Guidebook describing 40 circular walks in the Pembrokeshire
National Park, including the Preseli Hills, the Daugleddau and
walks on the Pembrokeshire Coast. The routes, which range from 1 to
12 miles, are suitable for beginners or experienced hikers and walk
descriptions are accompanied by 1:50,000 mapping. Information is
also given regarding parking and public transport options, as well
as toilets and refreshments available along the way. The guide also
includes a useful route summary table, plus information on tides,
the terrain, and weather in the region. This collection of circular
walks showcase the spectacular cliffs and superb beaches of the
Pembrokeshire Coast National Park but also explore further inland,
exploring the expansive Preseli hills, medieval castles and the
unfrequented upper Daugleddau. Pembrokeshire offers delightful
walking at any time of the year but highlights include: spring
flowers and countless seabirds; summer days on the beaches; autumn
colours and seals. Winters are generally mild but snow occasionally
visits high ground and coastal storms can be ferocious.
After a family day out, Rebecca would record where they had been
and what they had done whilst visiting a landmark, point of
interest or town in Yorkshire/North Lincolnshire. The journal
aspects to 'The Visiting Book' allows users to doodle, colour,
comment and remember their fantastic days out. Rebecca has
illustrated the book to encourage not only people to visit these
places but to also remember them in the most unique way! The
possibilities are endless, this is just the beginning with covering
Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire.
This guidebook describes the Snowdonia Way in Wales, a
long-distance route through Snowdonia National Park from
Machynlleth to Conwy. A low-level route of 97 miles (in 6 stages of
between 13 and 21 miles) passes through the heart of Snowdonia's
stunning mountain scenery and includes Pass of Aberglaslyn, Ogwen
Valley and Aber Falls. It is suitable for walkers of average
fitness and stamina, though the day stages are long. An alternative
mountain route covers 122 miles in 9 stages of 12-18 miles giving a
spectacular journey over the most famous peaks such as Cadair
Idris, Snowdon and Glyders. The high-level route is more physically
challenging and requires good navigation skills. Full route
descriptions for each stage are accompanied by OS maps and
profiles. The guide also includes lists of accommodation and
transport providers and a table of facilities to help with
itinerary planning. Background notes on Snowdonia's geology,
wildlife and history and extra information about features
encountered along the way will help you discover more about this
ancient and beautiful land.
The Speyside Way runs for 85 miles (136 km) from the fishing port
of Buckie to Newtonmore in the Cairngorms National Park, with an
optional 16-mile spur to Tomintoul via Glenlivet. Following the
lovely valley of the River Spey, you walk through countryside rich
in malt whisky and wildlife, along riverside paths, railway
trackbed and forest and moorland tracks. This fully revised edition
of the essential trail guide is based on several field trips in
2021 to research the newly extended route. It has custom mapping at
1:42,500 and plans of villages and towns along the Way. The book
contains all you need to plan and enjoy your holiday: detailed
mapping of the whole route; the Way step-by-step, with summaries of
distance, terrain and refreshment stops; habitats and wildlife,
including ospreys, dolphins and wildcats; explanation of
whisky-making and distilleries; planning information for travel by
car, train, bus or plane; printed on rainproof paper throughout.
This is a story about two young girls' who have just moved to a
seaside town. They experience a magical adventure with their dog
Flossie, during a particularly dull wet English summer. Returning
from a shopping trip they stumble upon a small antique shop in the
older part of town. Curiosity leads them to enter and discover the
owner is a wizard called Beerfroth. He is enchanted by the children
and they make him laugh, so he gives them a small box as a gift.
They return home to discover it has a secret drawer containing a
ring with magical properties. With the ring the children are able
to visit Rasnaucty Island, a safe haven for threatened animals,
hidden in another dimension governed by the Laird, Archie McBear.
But there's trouble on the island and Beerfroth needs their help.
The mine at Cold Mountain has collapsed and the ice cream bears
have gone on strike. Can the two girls help repair the mine and
restore peace and harmony to the troubled island?
The extraordinary story of how the Endurance, Sir Ernest
Shackleton's ship, was found in the most hostile sea on Earth in
2022 On 21 November 1915, Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship, Endurance,
finally succumbed to the crushing ice. Its crew watched in silence
as the stern rose twenty feet in the air and then, it was gone. The
miraculous escape and survival of all 28 men on board have entered
legend. And yet, the iconic ship that bore them to the brink of the
Antarctic was considered forever lost. A century later, an
audacious plan to locate the ship was hatched. The Ship Beneath the
Ice gives a blow-by-blow account of the two epic expeditions to
find the Endurance. As with Shackleton's own story, the voyages
were filled with intense drama and teamwork under pressure. In
March 2022, the Endurance was finally found to headlines all over
the world. Written by Mensun Bound, the Director of Exploration on
both expeditions, this captivating narrative includes countless
fascinating stories of Shackleton and his legendary ship. Complete
with a selection of Frank Hurley's photos from Shackleton's
original voyage in 1914-17, as well as from the expeditions in 2019
and 2022, The Ship Beneath the Ice is the perfect tribute to this
monumental discovery.
In Alycia Pirmohamed's debut collection, Another Way to Split
Water, a woman's body expands and contracts across the page, fog
uncoils at the fringes of a forest, and water in all its forms
cascades into metaphors of longing and separation just as often as
it signals inheritance, revival, and recuperation. Language unfolds
into unforgettable and arresting imagery, offering a map toward
self-understanding that is deeply rooted in place. These poems are
a lyrical exploration of how ancestral memory reforms and
transforms throughout generations, through stories told and retold,
imagined and reimagined. It is a meditation on womanhood,
belonging, faith, intimacy, and the natural world. 'Pirmohamed is
an immensely gifted poet' - Eduardo C. Corral 'An electric, taut,
and glimmering achievement' - Aria Aber
Sardinia, the second largest island in the Mediterranean, is a
countryside lover's paradise. Touring Sardinia by car, you quickly
leave all traces of tourism behind: the six car tours cover about
1600km (1000 miles). The tours are arranged in such a way that they
can be combined, allowing you to tour round the whole
island.-------------------- As you tour, explore on foot: walking
in Sardinia, crushing the fragrant Mediterranean macchia underfoot,
will give you the real flavour of the island. Its scenic diversity
ranges from rough and primeval landscapes to gentle golden sand
dunes, from scorching rocky plateaux and windswept plains
reminiscent of Africa to rolling hills with lush pastures and dense
brushwood, from towering mountains cloaked in fine oak woods to a
turquoise sea that touches the rocky coast. Colourful rock roses
and an extravaganza of wild flowers flourish in
spring.----------------- 6 car tours (with accompanying touring
maps), 37 long and short walks (each with 1:50,000 topo map), 16
picnic suggestions. Plans of Cagliari and Sassari. Free online
update service with specific route change information on the
publisher's website, maintained daily.- --------------- The
'Landscapes' series, with 50 destinations, has been dubbed 'the
blue Bibles' by the Sunday Times and led to Sunflower coming third
out of a field of 15 publishers in the 2014 Holiday Which?
guidebook roundup.-------------- As with all Sunflower books, these
are great walking books, and you can use the Sunflower website to
check for any updates to the routes before you go on each trip. A
great book and great after-sales service from the writers. We did
some fantastic walks and you get so much good local information on
the region too. Would recommend all Sunflower books. [We also have]
the Crete, Majorca and Menorca books...(JJ, Amazon)----------------
A great book!!! I highly recommend it, even if, like me, you are
not fluent in English, all terms are easily understandable. (PG,
Amazon)---------------- Another faultless Sunflower Book. Sunflower
guides are always the ones I look for whenever I'm considering a
destination. Although pitched heavily at walkers they generally
offer a very good synopsis of the best natural sites which are
available to the visitor and even those who don't walk much will
get something out of them.The detail [in the car tours] is
excellent and we were able to use them for the basis of a week long
road tour of Sardinia and certainly felt well guided around much of
the natural wonder of the island. The few walks we had the chance
to do were excellently described in both terms of difficulty and
directions, meaning we had no worries about being lost at any time.
(Cubegame, Amazon)
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