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Le Great British Tour de Cake
Le Great British Tour de Cake is aseries of 25 bike rides around the quiet country lanes of West Berkshire,Oxfordshire and Wiltshire. Designed for chatty cyclists, groups offriends, families and with specific ones for children the focus is onenjoyment, rather than endurance. Each ride features the very bestindependent coffee and cake stops that our beautiful villages have to offer. From cheese toasties in barns to cakes in thatched cottages - it is the mostcomprehensive guide you'll find to the region's perfect pitstops. Plus. It is funny. And quite unlike anyother guide book you will ever have read.
I Never Knew That About Devon and Cornwall
Praise for the I Never Knew That Series'I never knew there was so much I never knew!' - GYLES BRANDRETH'Winn's touch is always light, and unfailingly interesting' - THE GUARDIANDiscover the incredible trivia and hidden stories of one of Britain's best loved destinations, Devon and CornwallDid you know…… The world’s first lift was installed at the Tresavean Mine in Cornwall in 1842… The oldest working lighthouse in England can be found in Devon… The first transatlantic radio signals were sent from CornwallWith more than 700 miles of coastline, two national parks and a never-ending debate over the correct way to prepare a cream tea, Devon and Cornwall are two of the best loved counties in Britain. In the latest in his bestselling I Never Knew That trivia series, Christopher Winn goes beyond the famous landmarks to root out the hidden places, legends and human stories of Devon and Cornwall. Featuring amazing facts as well as illustrations by artist Mai Osawa, this entertaining guide is the perfect holiday accompaniment to Britain’s favourite destination.
Thoughtlands
This is a book is about walking and writing; about walkers who wrote, and writers who walk. And because it is a book about walking and writing it is also a book about thinking, the circuit that exists between mind and feet, and about moving through a landscape that can be both physically in front of you, and exist in a line of words or the flight of a line of thought. And since all this walking and writing and thinking must have somewhere to take place, it is also a book about Suffolk, where I come from as a writer. So it also has a something in it of the journal, the writer's notebook; a little of the memoir and a little of the love-letter. You might call it the literary biography of a landscape. You may follow the walks on foot, with this book in your backpack perhaps, for those moments when walking must give way to reading, or you can follow them from within the deep comfort of a favourite armchair. You will travel in it from west to east, from chalk plain to crag; from velvety farmlands muffled by leaves to deafening shingle and uncompromising sea. You will be in excellent company - the walkers who will join you along the way range from Daniel Defoe and Robert Louis Stevenson to Patricia Highsmith, Maggie Hemingway, Rebecca Solnit and Noreen Masud. They will include the poets George Crabbe, Robert Bloomfield, Algernon Swinburne, Stevie Smith and Blake Morrison; the literary greats Wilkie Collins, George Orwell and W. G. Sebald, who found a new native land here; and those born to it, such as M. R. James and Edward Fitzgerald. All have their own thoughts, their own connections and reflections to add to the conversation. Let us walk.
Around the Bend
The Missouri River is one of the most dangerous rivers in the United States—and one of the most economically important. Even as prolonged drought in the Midwest has imperiled urban drinking water and agricultural water supplies, parched regions in the basin far from the river have proposed piping water from the Missouri to alleviate their own water shortages. In an attempt to better understand the river and its place in the American imagination, Lisa G. Dill set out with four of her mother's cousins on a forty-year-old pontoon boat on a modern voyage of discovery. The hope was to sail nearly 750 river miles from Sioux City, Iowa, to St. Louis, Missouri, a goal whose success was by no means assured, given the rickety state of the family vessel. From departure—a day late, because the motor wouldn't start—until she got off the boat, Dill bears witness to the river, its flora and fauna, the efforts to control it, and its history, along with the misadventures of a crew of "relative strangers" and the boat's tenuous viability on one of the world's most powerful rivers. In Around the Bend Dill teases out the cultural and environmental history of the Missouri and urges readers to change the way they think about America's rivers and the landscapes through which they flow.
Zápisky z poutí a cest
Laskavé pozvání k objevování krás Evropy a Blízkého východu. Po předchozím svazku Zápisky z poutí (Flétna 2018) přichází Miroslava Jetelinová s dalším cestopisným vyprávěním a opět nás zve na fascinující místa. Tentokrát je nalézáme v zemích: Izrael, Kypr, Francie, Švýcarsko, Gibraltar, Lotyšsko, Estonsko, Rusko, Litva, Jordánsko, Itálie a Rumunsko. Úchvatné přírodní krásy, historické památky biblického, antického i středověkého světa, nádherné chrámy z dějin křesťanství, neopakovatelná atmosféra chvil, kdy je člověk povznesen nad starosti všedních dnů. V tomto rozpoložení lze žasnout, rozjímat, zakoušet vděčnost.
Plane Food
This colorful guide gives plane food the spotlight it deserves, serving up sky-high in-flight meal critiques in a hilarious global travelogue with a side of wanderlust. Every year, Sadovnik, celebrated producer and electronic music DJ (Instagram 54.4K followers), logs tens of thousands of flight miles a year circling the globe on dozens of airlines to play DJ gigs and festivals and, in the process, has written a wry travelogue from the airline meals served to him, which he's obsessively chronicled. This humorous catalog captures the sky's most brilliant culinary creations and its near-misses. Ranging from bleak to inspired, photographs of the oft-inventive personal-tray tablescapes from around the world are paired with simple, wholly unscientific meal descriptions, airlines, and rankings from "Inedible" to "Gourmet" a gift book and illustrated memoir that truly captures the adventurous spirit of flight and the pleasures and perils of eating on the wing. With approximately five billion tickets sold annually and an estimated 700 million individual passengers, air travel is an experience shared by an ever-growing slice of humanity. No matter where you're from or where you're headed, the ritual of peeling back seals and lids to decipher mystery meals is a strangely universal one, uniting us all in midair moments of curiosity, delight, or dismay. Capturing this shared slice of sky-high culture, PLANE FOOD is a hilarious and oddly heartfelt tribute to the global quirks of in-flight dining proof that the real adventure begins with whatever s served at cruising altitude.
A LIFE APPRECIATED
A LIFE APPRECIATED choregraphs a solo unsupported cycling journey from the southernmost tip of Europe to the most northern point, taking in some classic cycling climbs en-route. The author travels through nine countries, providing an in-depth insight into cycle touring. This book will both inspire and enthral the reader. The author has combined his blog written at the time of the journey with further details of his experiences and personal anecdotes. With additional information about historic places, he visited. The book also provides details about the pros and cons of wild camping. With a sense of humour, the author refers to himself as an ’Old Git’. He carries many of life’s experiences with him, from summiting Everest to several brushes with death, such as being avalanched to being threatened with a rifle. He is, however, very much alive and continues to seek adventure.
Hip to the Trip
This fully revised and updated edition of Peter B. Dedek's classic is a thorough dive into the history and current delights of America's Road in time for its 100th birthday!In 2026, Route 66 reached a major mile marker: it has celebrated its one-hundredth anniversary. Commissioned by the federal government as US Highway 66 in 1926, Route 66 has weathered many bumps in the road. The old road even survived a near-death experience in 1985 when it was bypassed by interstate highways and officially decommissioned only to rise again as a historic landmark and symbol of the independent American spirit and America’s love affair with the automobile. Although much along the historic highway has been lost over the years, Route 66 still has a lot to offer. Old motels, vacant gas stations, vintage restaurants, and decayed tourist traps have been preserved and transformed into sites of reverence and memory. In the past few decades, the highway has evolved into a linear community, a heritage corridor, an American route of pilgrimage sustained by a series of preserved landmarks visited by tourists from all over the world. More recently built museums, visitors’ centers, roadside parks, and Route 66–themed businesses offer tourists the chance to experience myriad aspects of the highway and the ideas it represents. This book examines the many meanings of Route 66 and how they relate to its past, present, and future. More an idea than a highway, Route 66 symbolizes a sense of freedom and benign rebellion against the constrained routines of modern life, a place where one can wander and live in the moment. The old road also represents community, wholesome enjoyment, and an entrepreneurial, independent spirit. Route 66 is a road of stories and legends.
Wild Peaks
Join acclaimed travel writer and incurably curious hiker Tom Chesshyre in this celebration of the Peak District, Britain’s first National Park, on its 75th anniversary 'Funny, fair and honest, and effortlessly readable' Matthew Parris In the heart of England lies a fascinating landscape of rugged dark gritstone plateaus and gentle green limestone valleys: the Peak District. But this national treasure hasn’t always been open to all. On a spring day in 1932, 400 disgruntled ramblers embarked on a ‘mass trespass’ of Kinder Scout, the Peak’s highest point. Their aim? To establish a right to roam across the land, against the wishes of wealthy owners. And in 1951 they finally got what they wanted: the Peak District was established as Britain’s first national park. Home to striking dragon-back ridges of rock, vast expanses of peat, farms and villages, cloughs and caverns, the Peak is much more than the ‘howling wilderness’ described by Daniel Defoe three centuries ago. To mark the park’s 75th anniversary, celebrated travel writer Tom Chesshyre hit the trails on a 360-odd mile ramble to find out how this dramatic landscape has fared – and to celebrate this symbolic home of hiking. Wild Peaks follows winding paths, pausing at old inns and mountain huts, and along the way meeting a rich cast of landowners, farmers, historians, mountaineers, publicans, rangers, right-to-roamers, travellers, mountain-rescue members, mystics, dreamers and fellow hikers. Don your cagoule, grab a compass and join Tom as he explores how this place has changed, and how we have too.
Lochs and Legends
**THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER** A Scotsman’s guide to the extraordinary tapestry of the land, history, folklore and stories of his homeland. From the majestic beauty of the wild Scottish landscape to the hidden traces of its history waiting to be uncovered in every town and village, Andrew McAlindon is enthralled by the country he is lucky enough to call home. As one of Scotland’s busiest tour guides in real life and online, Andy travels around the country to ancient sites such as castles, cemeteries, burial chambers and prisons, celebrating the history, folklore, superstitions and the fascinating people that make Scotland so unique. Lochs and Legends is Andy’s love letter to Scotland, a love that began when he landed a part on the worldwide phenomenon Outlander, and led to him dedicating his life to learning more about the true star of the show – Scotland. A social media sensation as Andy the Highlander, his first book opens up Scotland’s secrets to anyone, even if they can only explore it from the comfort of their armchair. It invites you to time travel with Andy, walking in the footsteps of kings and queens, lairds and ladies, murderers, farmers, poets, invading armies, and everyday folks like himself. It is Scotland as you’ve never seen it before.
I Still Am A Woman, Pissed-Off & Curious
In 1976, Su Friedrich, the experimental filmmaker and visual artist known for exploring themes of identity, gender, and personal narrative through avant-garde cinema, embarked on a transformative six-month solo trip through nine countries in North and West Africa. Through her letters, diary entries, and images captured in black and white on her 35mm Olympus, she documented her day-to-day encounters with the people she meets from Algeria to Morocco (during the Western Sahara War), Burkina Faso to Nigeria (during a coup). Friedrich not only weaves a rich tapestry of Africa in the mid-1970s, but she also imbues each page with her thoughts, feelings, and discoveries. She travels south through the Sahara by hitching rides on trucks and recalls her surprise when she appeared in the central market of a town and was quickly invited to stay at the home of one of the curious locals. Thirty-nine years later, Friedrich has unearthed her journals, photographs and letters and has constructed a record of her discoveries on a journey that will resonate with readers who love to travel and fans with wanderlust.
The Years of Travelling Anxiously
Welcome to the topsy-turvy world of the anxious traveller, where panic strikes in the most serene situations, where each time you're convinced that the symptoms are in fact physical and your lungs or heart will stop working, and the only relief is a paramedic telling you that you won't die despite being stuck with them in an ambulance in a smoky Global Southern gridlock. Over the last twenty years, writer and academic Tom Sykes has been lucky enough to travel all over the world. But his trips have often been marred - if not ruined - by anxiety. Part travelogue, part wellbeing memoir, The Years of Travelling Anxiously recounts jittery visits to Nigeria to get married and undergo IVF treatment, stressful encounters with bigots and bureaucrats in France, the Philippines and the USA, and what can be learned about mental health on the road from a baby with an inspiringly calm attitude to travel. The Years of Travelling Anxiously tries to solve a lifelong conundrum about the causes and consequences of panic and distress, and in so doing help other anxious travellers, or indeed anyone who gets anxious about anything, wherever they go.
Japonské ostrovy - Zajímavosti a přízraky 47 prefektur
Japonsko představuje směs moderních technologií, tradic a místních přízraků – jeho hlavním rysem se tak stala harmonie zdánlivě neslučitelných věcí. Obři namahage hledají v Akitě líné děti, v horách prefektury Kóči hrozí babice jamauba, Amabie z Kumamota má tři ploutve a chrání před nemocemi, zatímco stonožka ómukade si troufne i na draka. Cestou na Hokkaidó vás může potopit šeredná okurka atui kakura, ale v Pekelném údolí už vám bude dobře – jsou tam úžasné sirné lázně! Nebo raději ochutnáte „amarouny“ konnjaku z prefektury Gunma, pivo Sapporo a krabí tyčinky narutomaki pojmenované podle slavných tokušimských vírů? V Kanazawě můžete navštívit původní domy samurajů i bývalé zábavní čtvrti s čajovnami a domy gejš. Vesmírné centrum leží na Cukubě, výroba ručního papíru v Gifu, jako kulisa mangy často slouží Čiba a aikidó pochází z Ibaraki. Knížka zve na cestu po japonských ostrovech od severu k jihu a nabízí k nahlédnutí i místa, zajímavosti a speciality, které nepatří mezi nejznámější turistické atrakce.
Královny a blázen
Nejdelší cesta nevede světem, ale vlastním vědomím.
872 kilometrů pěšky po Camino de Santiago, bez batohu, výbavy a jistot. Jen s vlastními démony. Ludva Klatovský vypráví otevřeně a s humorem o cestě ze závislosti, přes léčebnu až k novému začátku. Každý den pouti odkrývá vzpomínky na ženy, rodiče i děti a střet s vlastní slabostí i vírou. Královny a Blázen je syrový deník, který spojuje bolest i smích, pád i vzestup. Kniha o cestě, která mění život. A možná i ten váš.
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Syracuse
Syracuse, on the eastern coast of Sicily, was one of the great cities of the ancient Mediterranean: a place of brute power, dazzling culture, and vivid myth. Here, tyrants waged wars and built vast palaces, Aeschylus staged tragedies, Plato hoped to create his ideal ‘philosopher king’, and the nymph Arethusa, transformed into water, lived on as a spring fringed with papyrus. Moving to the city after a bereavement, the poet Joachim Sartorius discovers a place of haunting and haunted beauty, where the layers of the past are always visible. At his side we wander with demigods and generals through the old town of Ortigia and meet the people of the present-day city: its artists and police officers, café owners and barbers, barons and refugees. Unravelling the threads of Sicilian history, Sartorius explores the city’s mingling of ancient and modern, Greek and Arab, medieval and baroque, creating a portrait of a city inseparably entwined with its past.
A Road for All Seasons
A journey of 6,518 miles, that filled 14 notebooks and encompassed all 4 countries of the United Kingdom, travelling through 42 out of its 95 counties, visiting 23 cities; requiring 75 trains, 60 maps, 26 cars, 16 buses, 9 ferries, 4 tubes, 4 uber taxis, 4 black cabs, 2 DLR, 2 vans, a canal boat, a probation service minibus, an intercontinental articulated lorry, a 1953 Morris Oxford and a pair of size 9 boots ... A tumultuous period in British politics left writer Harry Bucknall questioning whether he really knew the place he called home. Propelled by a growing desire to better understand his island nation, Harry decided to undertake a pilgrimage of sorts; he embarked on a series of four walks across Britain that would mirror the changing seasons, covering a distance of nearly 1,600 miles.From fresh and heady spring through to the gloriously crisp winter months, Harry journeyed across Britain visiting cities, towns and vast swathes of the countryside from Mull to Sunderland and Aberystwyth to Lowestoft, meeting a host of diverse and charismatic characters along the way as he strove to uncover the beating heart of the nation. Uplifting, joyous and charming, A Road for All Seasons is a vivid, social and cultural snapshot of 21st-century Britain. Focusing as much on the beauty of the fertile land as the people who inhabit it, it explores a unique culture, its folklore both past and present, as well as the wealth of the nation''s history and heritage. Exquisitely written and filled with delightful people and places, this is Harry''s ardent tribute to the British Isles.
Argentina all inclusive
Kniha, kterou držíte v rukou, je mnohem víc než jen cestopis. Je to osobní mozaika příběhů, historických událostí, kulturních střípků a lidských setkání. Autor nás provádí od rozpálených ulic Buenos Aires až po tiché konce světa v Ohňové zemi. Poznáváme gauče i krajany, slavné i zapomenuté příběhy. Vstupujeme do rytmu tanga, ale i do ticha argentinských hor. Nechybí ani české stopy – od Škodaexportu až po příběhy krajanů, kteří si našli domov na druhém konci světa.
Tato kniha je určená těm, kdo milují opravdovost, kulturu i osobní pohledy. A těm, kdo věří, že i daleká země nám může říct něco o nás samých.
Vineyard Melody
One night nearly killed her. But it also set her free. Trapped in an abusive marriage and a society that demands her silence, Namratha knows survival comes at a cost. However, when a violent encounter nearly claims both her and her daughter’s lives, fear becomes a spark—and she is done being afraid. Armed with fluent French, a background in hospitality, and a spirit too fierce to break, she boards a plane to pursue an MBA in Bordeaux, France, temporarily leaving her daughter with her parents for safety. In the midst of the bucolic vineyards and ancient châteaux, Nam discovers the magical world of wine and winemaking. As she heals and reinvents herself, she hitchhikes through the vineyards of Margaux, masters the art of wine tasting in Italy, unlocks hidden cellars beneath Paris, and witnesses high-stakes wine auctions in London. But even as her name rises in the world of winemaking, a shadow follows—her husband’s relentless grip and the battle to reunite with her daughter. Vineyard Melody is a breathtaking tale of hope, survival and transformation—a true story of a woman who traded chains for courage, fear for passion, and a life defined by others for one written by her own hand.
Overnight
There is something special about the night. For many, dusk and evening conjure thoughts of starlit skies, romance, bedtime stories and rest. For others, the small hours mean fear, vulnerability and sleeplessness. At night things go bump, the familiar world becomes mysterious and uncanny; owls and bats take wing, foxes prowl. With new material delving deeper into all things nocturnal, Overnight is a hymn to nighttime wildlife, travel, dreams and art. Along the way, Dan Richards meets a fascinating array of people who labour while the rest of us sleep, and brings their work into the light. From night terror chills to the warmth of dawn on the summer solstice, Overnight will change the way you think about the hours after dark.
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