This guidebook offers a wide range of walks from the source of the river Lune in the Howgill Fells to Glasson Dock, just below Lancaster. The 40 day walks range between 3 & 11 miles in length & are all illustrated with extracts of 1:50, 000 OS mapping. They explore the infinitely varied landscape as the river Lune flows between the Lake District & Yorkshire Dales national parks & the Forest of Bowland & Arnside & Silverdale Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Also included is a suggested 60-mile, 6-day route walking the River Lune from end to end, with lots of background information about the area`s history, geology & also all the local facilities to help you plan your trip. There are magnificent views from the empty hilltops, delightful natural woodlands full of wildlife, stunning secluded side valleys & open moorland vistas to be explored in Yorkshire, Cumbria & Lancashire. & the walks are equally superb at any time of the year. ...

In 1967, at the age of 23, Elizabeth Laird set off for Addis Ababa to take up her first teaching post. She was introduced to Haile Selassie, made a pilgrimage across the mountains on foot to the ancient city of Lalibela, hitched a ride on an oil tanker across the Danakil Desert, & was arrested for a murder she had not committed. Back in Britain, Laird established herself as a major author of fiction for children & young adults, but she always wanted to return to Ethiopia. Her chance came in the late 1990s, when the British Council in Addis Ababa invited her to collect folk stories from every region of the country. Encountering ex-guerrilla fighters, camel traders, Coptic nuns & tribespeople en route, Laird has written a remarkable account of her journey interwoven with a treasure trove of stories featuring princes & maidens, snakes & lions, zombies & hyena-women. ...

The Lure of the Lake District describes Steve Goodier’s passion for fell-walking & explores lesser-known routes around the region, including some of the author’s favourite but generally disregarded hills & a few of the area’s oddities. Famous writers, such as Coleridge, Wordsworth & Wainwright, who have celebrated The Lakes in their work & share the author’s love of the district, are called upon to further evoke the region. ...

” If you give anything to a Norwegian (old meat tins are always thankfully received), he will give your hand a silent grip more expressive than many words” The Lure of the North is part of ` Found on the Shelves`, published with The London Library. The books in this series have been chosen to give a fascinating insight into the treasures that can be found while browsing in The London Library. Now celebrating its 175th anniversary, with over 17 miles of shelving & more than a million books, The London Library has become an unrivalled archive of the modes, manners & thoughts of each generation which has helped to form it. This book is special to us because it contains an essay by Edward Stanford Junior, the son of our founder who later took over the business. He wrote `A Cruise on the Hardanger Fiord` in 1881 about his tour to Norway. It`s an exceptional piece of travel writing, if we do say so ourself. ...

Vladimir Nabokov`s early novel is the dazzling story of the coarse, strange yet oddly endearing chess-playing genius Luzhin. Discovering his prodigious gift in boyhood & rising to the rank of International Grandmaster, Luzhin develops a lyrical passion for chess that renders the real world a phantom. As he confronts the fiery, swift-swooping Italian Grandmaster Turati, he brings into play his carefully devised defence. Making masterly play of metaphor & imagery, ” The Luzhin Defense” is the book that, of his early works, Nabokov felt `contains & diffuses the greatest warmth`. ...

The Lycian Way is one of the few guides dedicated to Turkey’s popular long-distance walking route, written by walker Kate Clow. The guide covers the 500km long-distance walking route along the coastline & is organized into 29 daily walking stages, allowing walkers to complete the entire distance or to choose individual routes. A double-sided fold-out map at the back of the book gives an overview of the Lycian Way & general coverage of Turkey’s coastline. The guide is structured in three main parts
- an Introduction, History & Nature & The Route. A detailed introduction provides practical information on the Lycian Way, waymarking, when to walk, travelling independently, what to bring, sleeping & shopping & food & drink. Part 2 offers a brief history of Lycia, what to look out for & natural history, in addition to an exploration of rural Turkish life. Each stage of the route begins with a general overview of the day’s trek & hourly times indicate the progression of the walk throughout the day. Detailed route descriptions are accompanied by gradient profiles showing the difficulty of the walking as well as commentary on significant sites & places of interest on route. Black & white & colour photographs illustrate some of the highlights of the region.
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Imagine a disused living room in a grand house. In it is a tiger rug & a statue of a little girl. But is the tiger a real tiger, a fake or a magical carpet? Is the little girl real but bewitched or just a stone statue & will she ever come to life? By turns comical & lugubrious, the tiger gives the little girl plenty of versions of the truth, but how will she decide what is true & will she be able to break free? A parable about outgrowing your childhood & becoming what you want to be, this is a book for anyone who has ever felt `stuck` in their circumstances. ...

The twisting new thriller from international sensation Ruth Ware, author of Sunday Times bestsellers In a Dark, Dark Wood & The Woman in Cabin 10` Another heart-stopping belter of a thriller from an epic talent` Heat The text message arrives in the small hours of the morning: I need you. Isa drops everything, takes her baby daughter & heads straight to Salten. She spent the most significant days of her life at boarding school on the marshes there, days which still cast their shadow over her. Isa & her three best friends used to play the Lying Game, competing to convince people of outrageous stories. Now, after seventeen years of hiding the truth, something terrible has been found on the beach. The friends` darkest secret is about to come to light...`I could not put this book down` REESE WITHERSPOON` Atmospheric, mysterious, gripping` MARIAN KEYESNow available for pre-order: Ruth Ware`s brand new psychological thriller, The Death of Mrs Westaway. Coming June 2018. ...

`I cannot be killed indoors, ` he said, `nor out of doors; I cannot be killed on horseback, nor on foot.` ` Well, ` she said, `how can you be killed?` Celtic mythology, Arthurian romance, & an intriguing interpretation of British history
- these are just some of the themes embraced by the anonymous authors of the eleven tales that make up the Welsh medieval masterpiece known as the Mabinogion. They tell of Gwydion the shape-shifter, who can create a woman out of flowers; of Math the magician whose feet must lie in the lap of a virgin; of hanging a pregnant mouse & hunting a magical boar. Dragons, witches, & giants live alongside kings & heroes, & quests of honour, revenge, & love are set against the backdrop of a country struggling to retain its independence. This new translation, the first for thirty years, recreates the storytelling world of medieval Wales & re-invests the tales with the power of performance. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World`s Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford`s commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, & much more.
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The Macmillan Alice Colouring Book is a beautifully produced colouring book, with black line illustrations by Sir John Tenniel, taken from the original Alice`s Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass, with added decoration & imagery to stimulate the imagination & soothe the mind, as you lose yourself in Wonderl&. This gorgeous colouring book, from the original publisher of Lewis Carroll`s beloved masterpiece, features all of Wonderland`s favourite characters, the White Rabbit, the Cheshire Cat, the Mad Hatter, the Red Queen & of course Alice herself
- just waiting to be brought to life with colour.
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