Christopher Brown has spent the last forty years as a river guide hiking, rafting, & photographing the Grand Canyon. Avoiding the all-too-familiar rim views of the Canyon, Brown & his camera explore the remote & seldom-seen grottoes along the Colorado River. He returns from these trips with new & stunning images, including many never-before & rarely photographed views, to create transcendent, painterly prints of the wilderness. Path of Beauty is a refreshingly original trip to the Grand Canyon from a photographer who approaches the natural wonder as a giant art gallery full of undiscovered tableaux. The result of Brown's lifelong love affair with the Earth, this book

Includes:: seventy-four profoundly beautiful, full-color photographs, as well as reflective essays exploring the physical, emotional, & aesthetic aspects of life in the Canyon. Brown's work transcends literal description, evoking deep pleasure, & inviting introspection. With a vision both unique & compelling, he shows us a Canyon full of aesthetic delights that will please lovers of the wilderness, photography, & fine art alike.

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Path of Blood tells the horrifying true story of the underground army which Osama Bin Laden created in order to attack his number one target: his home country, Saudi Arabia. His aim was to conquer the land of the Two Holy Mosques, the birthplace of Islam &, from there, to re-establish a Muslim Empire that could take on the West & win. Thomas Small & Jonathan Hacker use new insider evidence to expose the real story behind the Al Qaeda. Far from the image of single-minded holy warriors they presented to the world, the bands of soldiers are shown to be riven by infighting & lack of discipline. Yet the threat they posed was unquestionable. Ill-disciplined or not, these were men who killed with impunity, & who tried to acquire a nuclear bomb. Drawing on unprecedented access to Saudi government archives, interviews with top intelligence officials in the Middle East & in the West, as well as with captured Al Qaeda militants, & with access to exclusive captured video footage from Al Qaeda cells, Path of Blood tells the full story of the terrorist campaign & the desperate attempt by Saudi Arabia`s internal security services to put a stop to it. ...

Dorset must rank as one of the most unspoilt counties in Engl&. Dominating the landscape are the chalk downs open, sweeping, grassy uplands that stretch from the former forest lands of Cranborne Chase on the Wiltshire & Hampshire borders right across the middle of the county to the coast. The many ridge-top footpaths (including one starting from Cerne Abbas which ends with the Cerne Giant in all its glory) that cross these downs provide splendid walking & a succession of panoramic views. -See walk locations by Looking Inside Inside: -28 great walks in Dorset all revised & updated -Clear, large scale Ordnance Survey route maps -GPS reference for all waypoints -Where to park, good pubs & places of interest en route -All routes have been fully researched & written by expert outdoor writers -Beautiful photography of scenes from the walks Pathfinder (R) Guides are Britain's best loved walking guides. Made with durable covers, they are the perfect companion for countryside walks throughout Britain. Each title features circular walks with easy-to-follow route descriptions, large-scale Ordnance Survey route maps & GPS waypoints. With over 70 titles in the series, they offer essential information for walkers throughout the country. ...

Walkers in Kent enjoy a number of long-distance footpaths, including the North Downs Way, Wealdway, Pilgrims' Way & Greensand Way, & sections of them are incorporated into several walks in this guide. Routes starting at Tenterden & Penshurst wind through a typical Kentish landscape, characterised by orchards, medieval churches & oast houses. Deal & Sandwich, featured on another walk, were once centres for smugglers, while walks along the cliffs of Dover & Folkestone evoke historic maritime events. In contrast, Romney Marsh & the Swale have a wild & lonely beauty which evoke a more contemplative mood. ...

Britain's best loved walking guides brings you a brand new Pathfinder (R) Guide to Shropshire & Staffordshire Walks containing 28 fabulous walks exploring the unspoilt rural landscapes of Shropshire & Staffordshire from the Welsh borders to the fringes of the Peak District, & from the mosses & meres near the Cheshire border to Cannock Chase & the Shropshire Hills. The walks range in length from 3.5 to 9 miles & in typical Pathfinder (R) Guide style offer something for all tastes & abilities. With Pathfinder (R) Guide to Shropshire & Staffordshire Walks, you can enjoy the landscape that inspired AE Housman, Arnold Bennett & George Eliot, exploring routes from Ludlow, Knighton, Church Stretton, Ironbridge & Ellastone, among many others. The variety of walking on offer

Includes:: secluded wooded gorges at Badger Dingle & the Dane valley; gentle walks across the tranquil countryside of the Shropshire plain & undemanding towpath walking along the canals & waterways of the region; to more energetic rambles above the Manifold valley in the Staffordshire Peak District & hills of the Welsh border country including Offa's Dyke, the Long Mynd, Brown Clee, Stiperstones & Caer Caradoc & the Cardington Hills. Sleepy-thatched villages, engaging market towns, the birthplace of the industrial revolution, history, wildlife & inspirational views are all in this new edition of Pathfinder (R) Guide Shropshire & Staffordshire Walks. Pathfinder (R) Guides are Britain's best loved walking guides. Made with durable covers, they are the perfect companion for countryside walks throughout Britain. Each title features circular walks with easy-to-follow route descriptions, tried & tested by seasoned walkers & accompanied by beautiful photography & clear, large-scale Ordnance Survey mapping. Contents 1. Badger Dingle 2. Grinshill & Yorton 3. Norbury Junction & the Shroppie 4. Kinver Edge 5. Wyre Forest 6. Brown Moss & Melverley 7. Stokesay Castle & View Wood 8. Whixall Moss 9. Rushton Spencer 10. Llanymynech Hill 11. Burntwood & Blore Heath 12. Ludlow, Mary Knoll Valley & Whitcliffe 13. Milwich 14. Tutbury, Hanbury & Fault 15. Ironbridge World Heritage Site 16. Shugborough Park & Sherbrook valley 17. Froghall & the Churnet Valley 18. Corvedale & Wenlock Edge 19. Ellastone, Calwich & Wootton Park 20. Snailbeach, Eastridge Wood & the Hollies 21. Stiperstones 22. Above the Manifold 23. Bridgnorth & the River Severn 24. Caer Caradoc & Cardington 25. Brown Clee Hill 26. The Long Mynd 27. Clun & Bury Ditches 28. Knighton, Terne Valley & Offa's Dyke Path

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In ” Pathfinders: The Golden Age of Arabic Science”, Jim al-Khalili celebrates the forgotten pioneers who helped shape our understanding of the world. For over 700 years the international language of science was Arabic. Surveying the golden age of Arabic science, Jim Al-Khalili reintroduces such figures as the Iraqi physicist Ibn al-Haytham, who practised the modern scientific method over half a century before Bacon; al-Khwarizmi, the greatest mathematician of the medieval world; & Abu Rayhan al-Biruni, a Persian polymath to rival Leonardo da Vinci. ” Jim Al-Khalili has a passion for bringing to a wider audience not just the facts of science but its history... Just as the legacy of Copernicus & Darwin belongs to all of us, so does that of Ibn Sina & Ibn al-Haytham”. (” Independent”). ” He has brought a great story out of the shadows”. (” Literary Review”). ” His command of Arabic & mathematical physics invests his story with sympathy as well as authority”. (” Guardian”). ”A fascinating & user-friendly guide”. (” Sunday Telegraph”). ” This captivating book is a timely reminder of the debt owed by the West to the intellectual achievements of Arab, Persian & Muslim scholars”. (” The Times”). Jim Al-Khalili OBE is Professor of Physics at the University of Surrey, where he also holds the first Surrey chair in the public engagement in science. He was awarded the Royal Society Michael Faraday Prize for science communication in 2007, elected Honorary Fellow of the British Association for the Advancement of Science & has also received the Institute of Physic`s Public Awareness of Physics Award. Born in Baghdad, Jim was educated in Iraq until the age of 16 & it was there, being taught by Arabic teachers in Arabic that he first heard & learnt about the great Arab scientists & philosophers. ...

` When we walk, we walk through two landscapes: an exterior land of trees, seas, cities, mountains & fields but we also follow the paths that lead into our own interior world.` This thoughtful, & beautifully written, book offers 21 circular walks. They span the length & breadth of the British Isles: Suffolk, Northamptonshire, Wiltshire, Wales, Staffordshire, Scotl&, Sussex & Cornwall are just a few of the varied landscapes that they cover. As one of the prime `walks correspondents` of The Sunday Times, Peter Owen Jones already has a loyal following. This book will only increase his audience, & will be both for those who love walking in the countryside & those who enjoy reading, & musing on it, in their armchair at home. ...

Discover the hidden corners & forgotten crevices of Britain`s landscapes, from lost rural treasures to unseen urban gems. Landscapes reflect & shape our behaviour. They make us who we are & bear witness to the shifting patterns of human life over the generations. Bringing to bear a lifetime`s digging, archaeologist Francis Pryor delves into Britain`s hidden urban & rural landscapes, from Whitby Abbey to the navvy camp at Risehill in Cumbria, from Tintagel to Tottenham`s Broadwater Farm. Through fields, woods, moors, roads, tracks & towns, he reveals the stories of our physical surroundings & what they meant to the people who formed them, used them & lived in them. These landscapes, he stresses, are our common physical inheritance. If we can understand how to make them yield up their secrets, it will help us, their guardians, to maintain & shape them for future generations. ...

From the processional routes of ancient Britain to Victorian promenades along the sea-front, Britain's pathways are inextricably woven into our landscape & history. In this magical book, David Stewart & Nicholas Rudd-Jones set out to explore some of the most evocative & beautiful tracks & ways that criss-cross the nation, explaining how they came about & what they tell us about the people who made them. As they do so, they give both the keen & the casual walker a very real sense of what it is like to walk in our ancestors' footsteps. ...

If you`ve ever dreamed of being able to conjure up the mouthwatering pastries you`ve enjoyed in a Parisian cake shop but thought it would be too hard, think again! Will Torrent is a rising star in the pastry world & in this, his first book, he aims to take the fear factor out of French patisserie. With step-by-step photography, a nononsense approach to the key pastry techniques & more than 60 beautifully illustrated recipes, this bible will become an invaluable source of inspiration & a constant reference for all your favourite French-inspired sweet treats. There are chapters on Basic Techniques, Patisserie, Tarts, Petits Fours, Gateaux & Desserts, & Viennoiserie, & you`ll find recipes for mocha eclairs, lemon tart, honey madeleines, brioche & macarons. ...