Based on Stephen Walter`s stunningly detailed map of London, The Isl&, this jigsaw puzzle offers a chance to explore the city in a whole new way. Walter converts the city`s densely packed streets into a tangle of insightful yet humorous words & symbols. This jigsaw puzzle has been designed to preserve its detail, with the puzzle pieces specially cut along geographical lines in the map. Over the years, Walter`s maps have gained a cult following & this puzzle will bring his wondrous creations to a wider audience, eager to discover more about London`s history & culture through this quirky, cartographic masterpiece. ...

Tomas O` Crohan was born on the Great Blasket Island in 1865 & died there in 1937, a great master of his native Irish. He shared to the full the perilous life of a primitive community, yet possessed a shrewd & humorous detachment that enabled him to observe & describe the world. His book is a valuable description of a new vanished way of life; his sole purpose in writing it was in his own words, `to set down the character of the people about me so that some record of us might live after us, for the like of us will never be again`. The Blasket Islands are three miles off Irelands Dingle Peninsula. Until their evacuation just after the Second World War, the lives of the 150 or so Blasket Islanders had remained unchanged for centuries. A rich oral tradition of story-telling, poetry, & folktales kept alive the legends & history of the islands, & has made their literature famous throughout the world. The 7 Blasket Island books published by OUP contain memoirs & reminiscences from within this literary tradition, evoking a way of life which has now vanished. ...

This guide features 40 circular hill routes on Skye & many other islands off the west coast of Scotl&. From the windswept machair of the Outer Hebrides to the sawtooth ridge of the Black Cuillin, the islands always enchant & inspire. The routes in this volume take in many great hills on Arran, Islay, Jura, Mull, Eigg, Rum, Skye, Raasay, Harris & the Uists. ...

This volume of pen-&-ink drawings of Scottish mountain scenery by A. Wainwright
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Buenos Aires, 1992. Hacker Felipe Felix is summoned to the vertiginous twin towers of magnate Fausto Tamerlan & charged with finding the witnesses to a very public crime. Rejecting the mission is not an option. After a decade spent immersed in drugs & virtual realities, trying to forget the freezing trench in which he passed the Falklands War, Felix is forced to confront the city around him
- & realises to his shock that the war never really ended. A detective novel, a cyber-thriller, an inner-city road trip & a war memoir, The Islands is a hilarious, devastating & dizzyingly surreal account of a history that remains all too raw.
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This guidebook describes 30 day walks on the islands of the Croatian Adriatic
- an outstandingly beautiful landscape incredibly
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Rebecca Seal & Steven Joyce have been travelling to the Greek Islands on holiday for years, drawn back time & again by the glorious weather & delicious cuisine. In The Islands of Greece, Rebecca shares her favourite recipes from their travels, celebrating Greece`s regional specialties. Simple yet delicious, she captures the very essence of the islands, using fresh produce & classic Greek flavours in remarkable combinations. Feast on classics like stuffed calamari or chargrilled aubergine salad, or experiment with a more modern pork souvlaki with apples & pancetta. For a sweet treat, Rebecca`s polenta cake with figs & pine nuts is impossible to resist. Beautiful photographs complement the recipes & capture the magic & glitz of these stunning islands, from Crete to Mykonos, Santorini to Rhodes. ...

A profusely illustrated, revelatory tour of Ireland's little-known islands.
Ireland has long been renowned for its beautiful
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The Scottish Mountaineering Club District Guide to the Islands of Scotland Including Skye is a comprehensive guide to hill-walking & climbing in all the major islands of Scotl&. The book is structured in three parts; Part 1 covers Ailsa Craig to Ardnamurchan; Part 2 covers the Island of Skye; whilst Part 3 covers Ardnamurchan to Shetl&. Each island chapter begins by providing information on available maps, principle hill & mountain groups with elevation details, access, transport, accommodation & a general description of the isl&. Following this, detailed descriptions are given for the areas hills & mountains, walking on the isl&, as well as rock climbing opportunities. Each chapter is accompanied by hand drawn maps & is illustrated throughout with photographs. An introductory section provides general information on the region as a whole, including access, transport, accommodation, weather, mountain rescue, geology, natural history & social history. About this series These sturdy hardbacked volumes could be said to be the definitive guides to the mountaineering districts of Scotl&. An enormous amount of detail is included in these titles. Each chapter covers a specific area, with a detailed diagrammatic map & a separate description for each of the principle hills, including ascent & descent instructions. Extensive additional information is included for walkers, cavers, geologists & climbers. There is also advice on public transport & accommodation. ...

About this series: Ideal companions for any visitor to islands & areas of interest. Each guide

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