An English Library Journey With Detours To Wales And Northern Ireland
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An English Library Journey With Detours To Wales And Northern Ireland
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Author : John Bevis
language : en
Publisher: Eye & Lightning Books
Release Date : 2022-03-23
An English Library Journey With Detours To Wales And Northern Ireland written by John Bevis and has been published by Eye & Lightning Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-03-23 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
'An eccentric homage and passionate clarion call' – TLS "A hymn of praise to the palaces of delight that should grace every street corner. Absolutely exquisite." Ian McMillan John Bevis is a writer and book-lover on an eccentric quest: to obtain a membership card from every library authority in England. In a ten-year mission criss-crossing the country – from Solihull to Slough, from Cleveland to Cornwall – he enrols at libraries of all shapes and sizes: monuments to Art Deco or Brutalism; a converted corset factory; one even shaped like a pork pie. With the architectural eye of Pevsner and the eavesdropping ear of Bill Bryson, he engages us at every step with anecdotes and aperçus about the role of the public library in our national life, while ruing its decline in the age of austerity. As interested in the people he finds as he is in the buildings and their history, he is a humane, witty and erudite guide. The result is a book to be treasured by anyone who has ever used a library.
English Library Journey Detours Wales Hb
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Author : BEVIS
language : en
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Release Date : 2022-03-23
English Library Journey Detours Wales Hb written by BEVIS and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-03-23 with categories.
John Bevis is a writer and book-lover on an eccentric quest: to obtain a membership card from every library authority in England. In a ten-year mission criss-crossing the country - from Solihull to Slough, from Cleveland to Cornwall - he enrolls at libraries of all shapes and sizes: monuments to Art Deco or Brutalism; a converted corset factory; one even shaped like a pork pie. With the architectural eye of Pevsner and the eavesdropping ear of Bill Bryson, he engages us at every step with anecdotes and aperçus about the role of the public library in our national life, while ruing its decline in the age of austerity. As interested in the people he finds as he is in the buildings and their history, he is a humane, witty and erudite guide. The result is a book to be treasured by anyone who has ever used a library.
Shakar A Woman S Journey From Afghanistan
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Author : Shakardokht Jafari
language : en
Publisher: Eye & Lightning Books
Release Date : 2023-06-08
Shakar A Woman S Journey From Afghanistan written by Shakardokht Jafari and has been published by Eye & Lightning Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-06-08 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
An Afghanistani Woman's Journey 'Fascinating...an enticingly interesting read' Baroness Warsi, former Foreign Office Senior Minister of State Born in rural Afghanistan, Shakardokht Jafari became a refugee aged just six, after a harrowing half-year trek to Iran. There, at twelve, she discovered she had been promised in marriage at birth to an older cousin. Resisting no fewer than three arranged marriages, she fought to choose her own husband, education and career, defying convention to study radiation technologies at Tehran University. Returning to Afghanistan after the fall of the Taliban, she was asked to re-establish a cancer facility in Kabul, which meant studying first for higher qualifications in the UK. With Islamist insurgency on the rise again, her lawyer husband fled to join her, driving a minicab to make ends meet. The inventor of a method for improving outcomes of radiotherapy on cancer patients, Shakar has become one of Britain's leading medical entrepreneurs. Ironically, at the same time she has faced one of her biggest battles – to save her own health. This remarkable woman, winner of a string of awards for business innovation, is also a leading campaigner for girls' education in Afghanistan. She tells her extraordinary story with disarming candour.
Shakar A Woman S Journey From Afghanistan
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Author : Shakardokht Jafari
language : en
Publisher: Eye & Lightning Books
Release Date : 2023-06-08
Shakar A Woman S Journey From Afghanistan written by Shakardokht Jafari and has been published by Eye & Lightning Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-06-08 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
An Afghanistani Woman's Journey 'Fascinating...an enticingly interesting read' Baroness Warsi, former Foreign Office Senior Minister of State Born in rural Afghanistan, Shakardokht Jafari became a refugee aged just six, after a harrowing half-year trek to Iran. There, at twelve, she discovered she had been promised in marriage at birth to an older cousin. Resisting no fewer than three arranged marriages, she fought to choose her own husband, education and career, defying convention to study radiation technologies at Tehran University. Returning to Afghanistan after the fall of the Taliban, she was asked to re-establish a cancer facility in Kabul, which meant studying first for higher qualifications in the UK. With Islamist insurgency on the rise again, her lawyer husband fled to join her, driving a minicab to make ends meet. The inventor of a method for improving outcomes of radiotherapy on cancer patients, Shakar has become one of Britain's leading medical entrepreneurs. Ironically, at the same time she has faced one of her biggest battles – to save her own health. This remarkable woman, winner of a string of awards for business innovation, is also a leading campaigner for girls' education in Afghanistan. She tells her extraordinary story with disarming candour.
Making Space
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Author : Matrix
language : en
Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
Release Date : 1984
Making Space written by Matrix and has been published by Pluto Press (UK) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with Architecture categories.
Book Lovers Bucket List
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Author : Caroline Taggart
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-04
Book Lovers Bucket List written by Caroline Taggart and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04 with Travel categories.
Start with Chaucer, Dickens, Blake and Larkin in Westminster Abbey. Hop on a bus through Zadie Smith's North London or spend an afternoon at Colliers Wood Nature Reserve in Nottinghamshire and look at the lake 'all grey and visionary, stretching into the moist, translucent vista of trees and meadow' that D. H. Lawrence described in Women in Love. Come back to London to walk along Monica Ali's Brick Lane and try to push a trolley through the wall of Platform 93/4 at King's Cross Station. From the Bronte parsonage in Haworth to Waugh's Castle Howard; from Beatrix Potter's Lake District, Shakespeare's Stratford and Robert Louis Stevenson's Edinburgh, there are gardens, monuments, museums, churches and a surprising quantity of stained glass. There are walks both urban and rural, where you can explore real landscapes or imaginary haberdasher's shops. There's the club where Buck's Fizz was invented and a pub where you can eat Sherlock's Steak & Ale Pie. And there's a railway station where you can stroke the muzzle of one of the world's most famous and endearing bears. You can start in Cornwall and work your way up to the Gateway to the Scottish Highlands, taking detours to Northern Ireland in the west and Norfolk in the east. Or you can drop in on spec on the place nearest to you. Wherever you are in the United Kingdom, you're never far from something associated with a good book.
The Itinerary Of Archbishop Baldwin Through Wales
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Author : Giraldus Cambrensis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-06-04
The Itinerary Of Archbishop Baldwin Through Wales written by Giraldus Cambrensis and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-06-04 with categories.
A mediaeval Norman-Welsh cleric recounts his adventures travelling through his homeland, recruiting for the Third Crusade.
The Long Field
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Author : Pamela Petro
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2023-08-15
The Long Field written by Pamela Petro and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-08-15 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
For readers of H Is for Hawk, an intimate memoir of belonging and loss and a mesmerizing travelogue through the landscapes and language of Wales Hiraeth is a Welsh word that's famously hard to translate. Literally, it can mean "long field" but generally translates into English, inadequately, as "homesickness." At heart, hiraeth suggests something like a bone-deep longing for an irretrievable place, person, or time—an acute awareness of the presence of absence. In The Long Field, Pamela Petro braids essential hiraeth stories of Wales with tales from her own life—as an American who found an ancient home in Wales, as a gay woman, as the survivor of a terrible AMTRAK train crash, and as the daughter of a parent with dementia. Through the pull and tangle of these stories and her travels throughout Wales, hiraeth takes on radical new meanings. There is traditional hiraeth of place and home, but also queer hiraeth; and hiraeth triggered by technology, immigration, ecological crises, and our new divisive politics. On this journey, the notion begins to morph from a uniquely Welsh experience to a universal human condition, from deep longing to the creative responses to loss that Petro sees as the genius of Welsh culture. It becomes a tool to understand ourselves in our time. A finalist for the Wales Book of the Year Award and named to the Telegraph's and Financial Times's Top 10 lists for travel writing, The Long Field is an unforgettable exploration of “the hidden contours of the human heart.”
Bruised Passports
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Author : Savi Munjal
language : en
Publisher: Harper Collins
Release Date : 2022-02-20
Bruised Passports written by Savi Munjal and has been published by Harper Collins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-02-20 with Travel categories.
As young kids, SAVI and VID, as they are popularly known to their followers, dreamt of travelling the world together. In 2013, they turned this dream into reality with the launch of their travel blog, BRUISED PASSPORTS. And now, countless flights, dreamy destinations and beautiful pictures later, the OG couple of travel has decided to reveal the secret of their carefree and footloose life. But this isn't just a book filled with dreamy stories of travel, people and culture; in these pages, Savi and Vid share their insights on how you, too, can live a life full of memories, adventure and the excitement of discovering a new place. With tips, plans and advice inspired by the hurdles and successes they have faced, Savi and Vid tell you how to be successful digital nomads in a post-pandemic world. From financial planning to, risk analysis, to taking that leap of faith, to how to create a brand of your own, BRUISED PASSPORTS promises to be a treasure trove for anyone who wants to take the plunge and set off on a journey to live life on their own terms.
Lonely Planet Great Britain S Best Trips
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Author : Isabel Albiston
language : en
Publisher: Lonely Planet
Release Date : 2022-02-15
Lonely Planet Great Britain S Best Trips written by Isabel Albiston and has been published by Lonely Planet this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-02-15 with Travel categories.
Discover the freedom of the open road with Lonely Planet's Great Britain's Best Trips. This trusted travel companion features 36 amazing road trips, from 3-day escapes to 3-week adventures. Wind through majestic Welsh mountains, visit quaint English villages, and cruise grand Scottish moors. Get to Great Britain, rent a car, and hit the road! Inside Lonely Planet's Great Britain's Best Trips: Up-to-date information - all businesses were rechecked before publication to ensure they are still open after 2020s COVID-19 outbreak Lavish colour and gorgeous photography throughout Itineraries and planning advice to pick the right tailored trips for your needs and interests Get around easily - easy-to-read, full-colour route maps, detailed directions Insider tips to get around like a local, avoid trouble spots and be safe on the road - local driving rules, parking, toll roads Essential info at your fingertips - hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, prices Honest reviews for all budgets - eating, sleeping, sightseeing, hidden gems that most guidebooks miss Useful features - including Stretch Your Legs, Detours, Link Your Trip Covers England, Scotland, Wales, the West Country, the Cotswolds, Bath, Edinburgh, Stonehenge, Welsh Mountains, Cambridge, Oxford, the Scottish Highlands, Stratford-upon-Avon, Blenheim Palace and more The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet's Great Britain's Best Trips is perfect for exploring Great Britain via the road and discovering sights that are more accessible by car. Planning a Great Britain trip sans a car? Lonely Planet Great Britain, our most comprehensive guides to Great Britain, is perfect for exploring both top sights and lesser-known gems. Looking for a guide focused on a specific British country? Check out Lonely Planet's England, Scotland, or Wales guides for a comprehensive look at all that these countries have to offer. About Lonely Planet: Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company, providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveller since 1973. Over the past four decades, we've printed over 145 million guidebooks and phrasebooks for 120 languages, and grown a dedicated, passionate global community of travellers. You'll also find our content online, and in mobile apps, videos, 14 languages, armchair and lifestyle books, ebooks, and more, enabling you to explore every day. 'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' New York Times 'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves; it's in every traveller's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' Fairfax Media (Australia)