Patagonia is the ultimate landscape of the mind. Like Siberia and the Sahara, it has become a metaphor for nothingness and extremity. Its frontiers have stretched beyond the political boundaries of Argentina and Chile to encompass an evocative idea of place. A vast triangle at the southern tip of the New World, this region of barrensteppes, soaring peaks and fierce winds was populated by small tribes of hunter-gatherers and roaming nomads when Ferdinand Magellan made landfall in 1520. A fateful moment for the natives, this was the start of an era of adventure and exploration. Soon Sir Francis Drake and John Byron, and sailors from Europe and America, would be exploring Patagonia's bays and inlets, mapping fjords and channels, whaling, sifting the streams for gold in the endless search for Eldorado. As the land was opened up in the nineteenth century, a crazed Frenchman declared himself King.A group of Welsh families sailed from Liverpool to Northern Patagonia to find a New Jerusalem in the desert. Further down the same river, Butch and Sundance took time out from bank robbing to run a small ranch near the Patagonian Andes. All these, and later travel writers, have left sketches and records, memoirs and diaries evoking Patagonia's grip on the imagination. From the empty plains to the crashing seas, from the giant dinosaur fossils to glacial sculptures, the landscape has inspired generations of travellers and artists. This place is a land of myth and legend: the "big foot" Indians and sea monsters; the mad King of Araucania and Patagonia; penal colonies and Nazi fugitives. It is land of explorers and settlers: Magellan and Drake; the journey of the Beagle; Welsh migrants and gauchos; Salesians and sheep farmers. It is the land of writers: W. H. Hudson and Charles Darwin; Chatwin and Theroux; Baudrillard's post-modern Patagonia.

The 21st century commuter is a tragic hero. Long-suffering, long-journeying and subject to lengthy delays, he survives through an iron will and by burying his head in a freesheet. Chris Moss's Smoothly from Harrow takes its title from John Betjeman, the bard of Metro-land, but brings the world of the London commuter up to date with facts and fictions, poems and propaganda, statistics and self-help advice. Did you know that John le Carre, Mrs Beeton and Henry VIII were commuters? Did you know Waterloo station 'processes' more than 94 million passengers a year? Did you know that you are not just a number, but a modern-day, latte-drinking flaneur - London's key witness, greatest survivor and chief psychogeographer? This compendium will help you get through the dawns and dusks of your eternal, everyday, Herculean trial: to get to work and back.

It's 9:00 Sunday morning. Do you know where your husband is? If the answer to that question is difficult for you, then you might be spiritually single and you may find elements of your life written in the pages of this book. Loneliness, frustration, and dashed expectations of change don't have to be the norm in your home. This book will explain how: *To get your spiritual needs met and stop feeling guilty *To meet God's expectations as a spiritually-single wife (it's way easier than you ever thought ) GP1] *To meet your husband's needs without overlooking yours *To "keep it real" with God and your husband *To raise healthy kids who love Dad and God But the tougher questions are these: Is your husband going to join you in God's eternal plan? Are you going to put off God while you wait for your hubby? GP2] Can you balance your love for Jesus Christ - and the need to serve that naturally wells up - with the love you have for your husband? Ideal for small group study and filled with personal examples, biblical principles, and thought-provoking questions, as well as a free study guide, Spiritually-Single Wives is a straight forward, fun way to look at your life and marriage. It offers advice and guidance to undergo the transformation God has in mind for you: to be the Christian woman, wife, and mother He designed.