The North-West Highlands, which for the purposes of this book

Includes:: all the Scottish mainland north &

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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
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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. ...

The Lake District is England`s pre-eminent National Park. Nowhere else is the pattern of mountain, wood & water so compactly & harmoniously arranged. Nowhere else is so artfully entwined within a network of paths, & nowhere else so draped in raw beauty. As a place to explore on foot it is unique. In the first of a two-book series exploring the Lake District, Dominic North presents 40 shorter walks
- most under 10km
- traversing the history & landscape of the Northern Lakes. These inspirational & varied circular routes capture the diverse moods around Ullswater, Keswick, Buttermere & Borrowdale, presenting a fresh look at old friends, overlooked corners & new places to explore. This is the perfect companion, whether beginning or completing a Lake District education.

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Shot with ultra-high definition cameras, this book of amazing photographs showcases a period of unusually high solar activity in the Northern Lights. The northern lights, also known as the aurora borealis, put on remarkable shows of light & motion in high latitudes
- Alaska being the perfect place to see them. These new photos take full advantage of the latest advances in photographic technology & especially active solar storms of the past several years that cause the lights. With 160 images that have never been collected in book form, we are witnessing the interaction of charged particles in the earth`s atmosphere clash with electrons & protons released by the sun. Photographers Calvin Hall & Daryl Pederson are dedicated aurora borealis hunters, enduring frigid nights in remote locations to get the best shots. The results are amazing.
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The Northmen`s Fury tells the Viking story, from the first pinprick raids of the eighth century to the great armies that left their Scandinavian homelands to conquer larger parts of France, Britain & Irel&. It recounts the epic voyages that took them across the Atlantic to the icy fjords of Greenland & to North America over four centuries before Columbus & east to the great rivers of Russia & the riches of the Byzantine empire. One summer`s day in 793, death arrived from the sea. The raiders who sacked the island monastery of Lindisfarne were the first Vikings, sea-borne attackers who brought two centuries of terror to northern Europe. Before long the sight of their dragon-prowed longships & the very name of Viking gave rise to fear & dread, so much so that monks were reputed to pray each night for delivery from `the Northmen`s Fury`. Yet for all their reputation as bloodthirsty warriors, the Vikings possessed a sophisticated culture that produced art of great beauty, literature of abiding power & kingdoms of surprising endurance. The Northmen`s Fury describes how & why a region at the edge of Europe came to dominate & to terrorise much of the rest of the continent for nearly three centuries & how, in the end, the coming of Christianity & the growing power of kings tempered the Viking ferocity & stemmed the tide of raids. It relates the astonishing achievement of the Vikings in forging far-flung empires whose sinews were the sea & whose arteries were not roads but maritime trading routes. The blood of the Vikings runs in millions of veins in Europe & the Americas & the tale of their conquests, explorations & achievements continues to inspire people around the world. ...

The Northmen`s Fury tells the Viking story, from the first pinprick raids of the eighth century to the great armies that left their Scandinavian homelands to conquer larger parts of France, Britain & Irel&. It recounts the epic voyages that took them across the Atlantic to the icy fjords of Greenland & to North America over four centuries before Columbus & east to the great rivers of Russia & the riches of the Byzantine empire. One summer`s day in 793, death arrived from the sea. The raiders who sacked the island monastery of Lindisfarne were the first Vikings, sea-borne attackers who brought two centuries of terror to northern Europe. Before long the sight of their dragon-prowed longships & the very name of Viking gave rise to fear & dread, so much so that monks were reputed to pray each night for delivery from `the Northmen`s Fury`. Yet for all their reputation as bloodthirsty warriors, the Vikings possessed a sophisticated culture that produced art of great beauty, literature of abiding power & kingdoms of surprising endurance. The Northmen`s Fury describes how & why a region at the edge of Europe came to dominate & to terrorise much of the rest of the continent for nearly three centuries & how, in the end, the coming of Christianity & the growing power of kings tempered the Viking ferocity & stemmed the tide of raids. It relates the astonishing achievement of the Vikings in forging far-flung empires whose sinews were the sea & whose arteries were not roads but maritime trading routes. The blood of the Vikings runs in millions of veins in Europe & the Americas & the tale of their conquests, explorations & achievements continues to inspire people around the world. ...

Exploring Woodland is a series of guides from The Woodland Trust that describe & illustrate beautiful woodland sites
- both publicly
...