The eight walks in this book look beyond Oxford's famous dreaming spires to uncover a diverse story of millstreams and medieval lanes, breweries and jam factories, social housing and grand suburbs, religion and science. As well as including the many colleges and majestic University buildings, the walks explore the particular circumstances of the areas they cover and tell the stories of the extraordinary people who shaped Oxford's history - and often that of the world beyond * 8 illustrated walks * details on the best cafes & pubs * information on local attractions, museums and galleries * maps - to help you navigate

This is a collection of ten women's accounts of their experiences of cancer. None of the accounts are "conventional" cancer stories of heroic defiance in the face of adversity.;Debbie Dickinson imagines herself as music incarnate, as instruments and voices, different selves, combine and conflict. Jackie Stacey confronts the cancer narrative head on - likening it to Hollywood structures, with heroes, villains and closures - and looks for a different way to convey her own story. Patricia Duncker examines the anger so often excized from the heroic stories, and looks at the reaction of others to her and her disease. Felly Nkweto Simmonds finds cancer a tempering experience, bringing strength, but also aloneness. Poet Marilyn Hacker uses a sonnet sequence to convey the emotions her "Cancer Winter" aroused. Carole Colbourn chronicles the painful dissolution and renewal of her marriage.

Ariel had always given her marriage her all. But a particularly cruel act leaves her fraught with guilt and no other option but to build up enough momentum to run. And because Ariel is not alone in her decision making, her daughter Nia becomes the real reason why Ariel finds herself in the most overwhelming city in the world. Scared, intimidated and completely out of her element, sees Ariel embarking on the most unbelievable journey of self-discovery. Trying to navigate herself around this city is easier said than done, but getting to know her neighbours, catapults Ariel into a whole new stratosphere of what it actually means to live. She stumbles across an unexpected love that contradicts everything about the one she knew before, and because of lessons learnt, leaves her feeling more vulnerable than ever. But its true that things are never quite that simple, and a lurking evil threatens to derail everything Ariel is trying so hard to accomplish. A desperate act by her ex-husband leaves her wondering about just how far he's willing to go to be the sole ruler of her life. Exactly how long is it going to take before what he does, affects her children in the worst possible way? The only thing left for Ariel to do is to become the only one writing the rulebook of her life. Going back to the place she once called home, and trying to find a way to make her ex-husband stop his unpredictable harassment, sees shocking secrets come to the fore. And because Ariel is stronger than she initially thought, she ultimately does something that most of us wish we could. (This is book one of a two part series. 'How to Conquer Boredom and Live to Tell the Tale' - coming soon.)