Who were the Norse gods
- the mighty Aesyr, led by Odinn, & the mysterious Vanir? In The Norse Myths we meet this passionate
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Welcome to the NC500. This tourist route takes in over 500mi (900km) of some of the UK`s most stunning scenery. The North Coast ...

A guidebook to walking the North Downs Way National Trail, a 130 mile (208km) walk between the high downland of Farnham & the historic city of Dover on the Kent coast, with an optional visit to Canterbury. The route is described in 11 stages, & is fully illustrated with colour photographs & OS map extracts. The North Downs Way is one of the easier national trails with a modest number of steep (but short) ascents & descents & long sections with no noticeable height gain or loss. Several historic sites including Neolithic burial chambers, Roman roads & Norman churches are passed & much of the route follows The Pilgrims` Way. The area also boasts many literary connections with some of the most celebrated voices in English literature. A separate pocket-sized map booklet is included & shows the full route on 1:25, 000 scale OS maps. ...

A ship sets sail with a killer on board.. .1859. A man joins a whaling ship bound for the Arctic Circle. Having left the British Army with his reputation in tatters, Patrick Sumner has little option but to accept the position of ship`s surgeon on this ill-fated voyage. But when, deep into the journey, a cabin boy is discovered brutally killed, Sumner finds himself forced to act. Soon he will face an evil even greater than he had encountered at the siege of Delhi, in the shape of Henry Drax: harpooner, murderer, monster. ...

The Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty have been described as the jewels of the English landscape & the North Wessex Downs, the third largest AONB, is no exception. Its predominant feature is its underlying chalk geology & it covers one of the most continuous tracts of chalk downland in Engl&. As well as its treasures in the form of chalk & ancient woodl&, the North Wessex Downs also has a fascinating human history, stretching back some 5, 000 years. The archaeology of the area is both rich & varied, with a number of impressive monuments, including the Neolithic stone circle at Avebury
- which forms part of a World Heritage Site, the truly beautiful Uffington White Horse & the magical Wayland`s Smithy, plus a myriad of Bronze Age barrows & Iron Age hill forts. Despite being located in southern England
- a densely populated region
- the North Wessex Downs is surprisingly unspoilt & sparsely populated, giving it a true sense of the idyllic England of old. Hidden amongst the folded contours of this chalk countryside are picture-postcard villages with thatched cottages, historic churches & magnificent stately houses, while out on the open downs breathtaking views stretch over rounded chalk hills, with wide open skies above. Explores the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in depth, covering the landscape, prehistoric treasures & more modern developments, from the Kennet & Avon Canal to crop circles Takes you on a journey through a landscape steeped in 5, 000 years of history Illustrated throughout with more Approx. 150 colour photographs Written by a local author who has explored the area over many years

Includes:: useful visitor information so that readers can more easily explore & enjoy for themselves, the many places mentioned in the book




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The North West Trail Cycle Route at 1:125, 000 in a series of cycling maps from Sustrans, the charity behind developing UK’s National Cycle Network. The map is printed on light waterproof synthetic paper & presents several routes in the western part of Northern Irel&, taking in Strabane, Omagh, Enniskillen & the Upper & Lower Lough Erne. The routes also cross over to Donegal & Sligo in the Irish Republic Each title in the Sustrans series of cycling maps covers either a single route, presented in sections on separate strip maps, or a wider area with the main cycling route (s) prominently highlighted but other recommendations for cyclists also marked. The area covered each map is shown on our website on its individual “coverage” image. The route has markers indicating steep gradients, controlled access, distances & possible danger points. Route profiles indicate riding surface & the density of traffic (main road, minor road & traffic-free) &, where appropriate, street plans show the course of the route across towns & cities. On maps covering a wider area around the main National Cycle Route suggestions of possible day ride excursions are also marked. A range of symbols highlight various facilities & places of interest, including tourist information centres, youth hostels, cafes & pubs, grocery shops, cycle shops & hire, historical & natural sites, etc. For access by rail, the rail network is shown with stations &, where appropriate, metro stations are also marked. Topography is shows by altitude colouring. Unless specifically indicated in the individual description, the maps do not show British National Grid lines for GPS. Each title also contains contact addresses for various useful organizations, etc. Many titles are printed on light, waterproof & tear-resistant synthetic paper. ...

Paul Morley grew up in Reddish, less than five miles from Manchester & even closer to Stockport. Ever since the age of seven Morley has always thought of himself as a northerner. What that meant, he wasn`t entirely sure. It was for him, as it is for millions of others in Engl&, an absolute, indisputable truth. Forty years after walking down grey pavements on his way to school, Paul explores what it means to be northern & why those who consider themselves to be believe it so strongly. Like industrial towns dotted across great green landscapes of hills & valleys, Morley breaks up his own history with fragments of his region`s own social & cultural background. Stories of his Dad spreading margarine on Weetabix stand alongside those about northern England`s first fish & chip shop in Mossley, near Oldham. Ambitiously sweeping & beautifully impressionistic, without ever losing touch with the minute details of life above the M25, The North is an extraordinary mixture of memoir & history, a unique insight into how we, as a nation, classify the unclassifiable. ...

Exploring Woodland is a series of guides from The Woodland Trust that describe & illustrate beautiful woodland sites
- both publicly
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* Shortlisted for the 2008 Man Booker Prize.* Beginning in 1974 & ending with the fading of Thatcher`s government in 1996, The Northern Clemency is Philip Hensher`s epic portrait of an entire era, a novel concerned with the lives of ordinary people & history on the move. Set in Sheffield, it charts the relationship between two families: Malcolm & Katherine Glover & their three children; & their neighbours, the Sellers family, newly arrived from London so that Bernie can pursue his job with the electricity board. The day the Sellers move in there is a crisis across the road: Malcolm Glover has left home, convinced his wife is having an affair. The consequences of this rupture will spread throughout the lives of both couples & their children, in particular 10-year-old Tim Glover, who never quite recovers from a moment of his mother`s public cruelty & the amused taunting of 15-year-old Sandra Sellers, childhood crises that will come to a head 20 years later. In the background, England is changing: from a manufacturing- & industrial-based economy into a new world of shops, restaurants & service industries, a shift particularly marked in the North with the miners` strike of 1984, which has a dramatic impact on both families. Inspired by the expansive scale & webs of relationships of the great 19th-century Russian novels, The Northern Clemency shows Philip Hensher to be one of our greatest chroniclers of English life. ...

Their relative isolation, stunning scenery & Norse history make Orkney & Shetland a very special place. For the sea kayaker ...