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United Kingdom
- Bruges City Guide 2019
- This definitive little guide will lead you on an adventure through the heart of a city you thought you knew, introducing the best shops, hotels, bed and breakfasts, cafes and restaurants. It includes three atmospheric walks through the city, which showcase Bruges` range of diverse museums: from the Groeninge Museum, featuring fine art from the... Read more
Stanfords
United Kingdom
- Bruges City Guide 2020
- This definitive little guide will lead you on an adventure through the heart of a city you thought you knew, introducing the best shops, hotels, bed and breakfasts, cafes and restaurants. It includes three atmospheric walks through the city, which showcase Bruges` range of diverse museums: from the Groeninge Museum, featuring fine art from the... Read more
Stanfords
United Kingdom
- We Should All be Feminists
- A personal and powerful essay from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the bestselling author of `Americanah` and `Half of a Yellow Sun`, based on her 2013 TEDx Talk of the same name. What does ”feminism” mean today? That is the question at the heart of We Should All Be Feminists, a personal, eloquently-argued essay - adapted from her much-viewed Tedx... Read more
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United Kingdom
- A Thing of Beauty: Travels in Mythical and Modern Greece
- ”Essential reading” Helen MoralesWhat do the Greek myths mean to us today?It`s now a golden age for these tales - they crop up in novels, films and popular culture. But what`s the modern relevance of Theseus, Hera and Pandora? Were these stories ever meant for children? And what`s to be seen now at the places where heroes fought and gods once... Read more
Stanfords
United Kingdom
- Walking Palestine: 25 Journeys Into the West Bank
- Walk the plains and hills of Burqin, Jenin and Zebabde; experience the the cool springs of al-Bidaan; explore the tides of empire at charming Sebastia; indulge in Palestinian food, beer and hospitality in Taybeh and Birzeit; wander about in Palestine’s most colourful wadis around Aboud; descend through spectacular wadis towards the lows of the... Read more
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United Kingdom
- Failure is an Option: On the trail of the world`s toughest mountain race
- `We`re not at parkrun any more,` I mutter to myself, quietly longing for the presence of nice marshals in high-visibility vests.Failure is an Option is the story of an average runner who sets out to discover just how far he can go. With the support (and misgivings) of his family, and aware that his quickest years are behind him, Matt Whyman... Read more
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United Kingdom
- A Geisha`s Journey - My Life as a Kyoto Apprentice
- This is the story of a contemporary Japanese teenager who, in a search for an identity, became fascinated with the world of geisha, and discovered in herself the will and the commitment to embark on the many years of apprenticeship necessary to become one. It is also the story of a young Japanese photographer who grew up overseas, and who also... Read more
Stanfords
United Kingdom
Stanfords
United Kingdom
- Under the Banyan Tree
- “Under the Banyan Tree” is yet another book from one of the twentieth century’s greatest writers, R. K. Narayan. Here, he has crafted together a collection of short stories and tall tales that look warmly at characters from all walks of Indian life that are so well observed they all come together to give an insight into the human experience.As... Read more
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United Kingdom
- Diary Of A Dog-walker
- `If you are accompanied by a dog you can talk to anyone, and anyone can talk to you - about anything`. And they do. Edward Stourton`s walks with, Kudu, his dog, become an opportunity for wonderfully unlikely encounters, and reflecting on the world from the dog-walker`s perspective proves remarkably illuminating. Ed and Kudu`s small trips to the... Read more
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United Kingdom
- The Met Office Cloud Book - How to Understand the Skies
- Learn how to understand the skies with this comprehensive cornerstone guide to cloudspotting.Clouds have been the object of fascination throughout history, their fleeting magnificence and endless variability providing food for thought for scientists and daydreamers alike. Clouds may have many individual shapes, but there are a few basic forms.... Read more
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United Kingdom
- Strolling Through Rome: The Definitive Walking Guide to the Eternal City
- Rome, the Eternal City - birthplace of western civilisation and soul of the ancient world - has a history that stretches back two thousand five hundred years. It is also one of the most-visited places in the world, but where does one begin to delve into two millennia of history, culture, art and architecture, whilst also navigating the vibrant... Read more
Stanfords
United Kingdom
- Banaras: Walks Through India`s Sacred City
- Banaras is a city on the banks of the river Ganges. It is the holiest of the seven sacred cities in Hinduism and Jainism, and played an important role in the development of Buddhism. It is regarded as one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. It is portrayed beautifully through Majumdar`s captivating perspective on different... Read more
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United Kingdom
- The Blackbird Diaries: A Year with Wildlife
- With its enchanting song, striking orange bill and endearing willingness to share our living space, the blackbird is one of our best-loved birds. But robins, swifts, goldfinches and blue tits can captivate us equally and, in The Blackbird Diaries, Karen Lloyd shares her deep-rooted affection for all our treasured garden wildlife. Over the four... Read more
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United Kingdom
- Hardy`s Landscape Revisited
- Hardy’s Landscape Revisited is a twenty-first century look at Thomas Hardy’s Wessex, consisting of a series of described walks through the novelist’s literary landscapes. Based upon the texts of The Return of the Native, Far From the Madding Crowd, Under the Greenwood Tree, The Woodlanders, Tess of the d’Urbervilles and Jude the Obscure, as... Read more