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Walking The Bones Of Britain
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Author : Christopher Somerville
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2023-08-24
Walking The Bones Of Britain written by Christopher Somerville and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-08-24 with Science categories.
‘Somerville’s infectious enthusiasm and wry humour infuse his journey from the Isle of Lewis to southern England, revealing our rich geological history with vibrant local and natural history’ Observer ‘A meticulous exploration of the ground beneath our feet. Glorious’ Katharine Norbury ‘A remarkable achievement’ Tom Chesshyre ‘His writing is utterly enticing’ Country Walking ............................................................................................................................................... The influence Britain’s geology has had on our daily lives is profound. While we may be unaware of it, every aspect of our history has been affected by events that happened ten thousand, a million, or a thousand million years ago. In Walking the Bones of Britain, Christopher Somerville takes a journey of a thousand miles, beginning in the far north, at the three-billion-year-old rocks of the Isle of Lewis, formed when the world was still molten, and travelling south-eastwards to the furthest corner of Essex, where new land is being formed. Crossing bogs, scaling peaks and skirting quarry pits, he unearths the stories bound up in the layers of rock beneath our feet, and examines how they have influenced everything from how we farm to how we build our houses, from the Industrial Revolution to the current climate crisis. Told with characteristic humour and insight, this gripping exploration of the British landscape and its remarkable history cannot fail to change the way you see the world beyond your door. ‘Somerville is a walker’s writer’ Nicholas Crane
The January Man
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Author : Christopher Somerville
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2017-01-12
The January Man written by Christopher Somerville and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-12 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
'Evocatively written and charming' - Countryfile 'The January Man is a book that makes you want to pull on your boots, grab a map and get out there' - Country Life The January Man is the story of a year of walks that was inspired by a song, Dave Goulder's 'The January Man'. Month by month, season by season and region by region, Christopher Somerville walks the British Isles, following routes that continually bring his father to mind. As he travels the country - from the winter floodlands of the River Severn to the lambing pastures of Nidderdale, the towering seabird cliffs on the Shetland Isle of Foula in June and the ancient oaks of Sherwood Forest in autumn - he describes the history, wildlife, landscapes and people he encounters, down back lanes and old paths, in rain and fair weather. This exquisitely written account of the British countryside not only inspires us to don our boots and explore the 140,000 miles of footpaths across the British Isles, but also illustrates how, on long-distance walks, we can come to an understanding of ourselves and our fellow walkers. Over the hills and along the byways, Christopher Somerville examines what moulded the men of his father's generation - so reticent about their wartime experiences, so self-effacing, upright and dutiful - as he searches for 'the man inside the man' that his own father really was.
Never Eat Shredded Wheat
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Author : Christopher Somerville
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
Never Eat Shredded Wheat written by Christopher Somerville and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Great Britain categories.
Christopher Somerville presents the basics of what belongs where in the UK, which counties border one another and what lies beyond the Watford Gap. He reminds us of the watery bits, the lumpy bits and the flat bits of the country, and gets to grips with the smaller islands surrounding Britain.
Book Of Britain S Walks
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Author : Automobile Association (Great Britain)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
Book Of Britain S Walks written by Automobile Association (Great Britain) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Great Britain categories.
Walking The Nile
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Author : Levison Wood
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2015-01-01
Walking The Nile written by Levison Wood 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 2015-01-01 with Travel categories.
A major Channel 4 series and a Sunday Times bestseller His journey is 4,250 miles long. He is walking every step of the way, camping in the wild, foraging for food, fending for himself against multiple dangers. He is passing through rainforest, savannah, swamp, desert and lush delta oasis. He will cross seven, very different countries. No one has ever made this journey on foot. In this detailed, thoughtful, inspiring and dramatic book, recounting Levison Wood's walk the length of the Nile, he will uncover the history of the Nile, yet through the people he meets and who will help him with his journey, he will come face-to-face with the great story of a modern Africa emerging out of the past. Exploration and Africa are two of his great passions - they motivate his inquisitiveness and resolution not to fail, yet the challenges of the terrain, the climate, the animals, the people and his own psychological resolution will throw at him are immense. The dangers are very real, but so is the motivation for this ex-army officer. If he can overcome the mental and physical challenges, he will be walking into history...
Walking The Great North Line
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Author : Robert Twigger
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2020-04-23
Walking The Great North Line written by Robert Twigger and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-23 with History categories.
Robert Twigger, poet and travel author, was in search of a new way up England when he stumbled across the Great North Line. From Christchurch on the South Coast to Old Sarum to Stonehenge, to Avebury, to Notgrove barrow, to Meon Hill in the midlands, to Thor's Cave, to Arbor Low stone circle, to Mam Tor, to Ilkley in Yorkshire and its three stone circles and the Swastika Stone, to several forts and camps in Northumberland to Lindisfarne (plus about thirty more sites en route). A single dead straight line following 1 degree 50 West up Britain. No other north-south straight line goes through so many ancient sites of such significance. Was it just a suggestive coincidence or were they built intentionally? Twigger walks the line, which takes him through Birmingham, Halifax and Consett as well as Salisbury Plain, the Peak district, and the Yorkshire moors. With a planning schedule that focused more on reading about shamanism and beat poetry than hardening his feet up, he sets off ever hopeful. He wild-camps along the way, living like a homeless bum, with a heart that starts stifled but ends up soaring with the beauty of life. He sleeps in a prehistoric cave, falls into a river, crosses a 'suicide viaduct' and gets told off by a farmer's wife for trespassing; but in this simple life he finds woven gold. He walks with others and he walks alone, ever alert to the incongruities of the edgelands he is journeying through.
Ramble On The Story Of Our Love For Walking Britain
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Author : Sinclair McKay
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Release Date : 2012-06-07
Ramble On The Story Of Our Love For Walking Britain written by Sinclair McKay and has been published by HarperCollins UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-06-07 with Travel categories.
A history of walking over the British countryside.
Walking In Britain
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Author : John Hillaby
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998-12
Walking In Britain written by John Hillaby and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-12 with Great Britain categories.
The Bones Of Ruin
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Author : Sarah Raughley
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2022-10-25
The Bones Of Ruin written by Sarah Raughley 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 2022-10-25 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
An African tightrope walker who can’t die gets embroiled in a secret society’s deadly gladiatorial tournament in this “bloodily spectacular” (Chloe Gong, New York Times bestselling author of These Violent Delights) historical fantasy set in an alternate 1880s London, perfect for fans of The Last Magician and The Gilded Wolves. As an African tightrope dancer in Victorian London, Iris is used to being strange. She is certainly an unusual sight for leering British audiences always eager for the spectacle of colonial curiosity. But Iris also has a secret that even “strange” doesn’t capture… She cannot die. Haunted by her unnatural power and with no memories of her past, Iris is obsessed with discovering who she is. But that mission gets more complicated when she meets the dark and alluring Adam Temple, a member of a mysterious order called the Enlightenment Committee. Adam seems to know much more about her than he lets on, and he shares with her a terrifying revelation: the world is ending, and the Committee will decide who lives…and who doesn’t. To help them choose a leader for the upcoming apocalypse, the Committee is holding the Tournament of Freaks, a macabre competition made up of vicious fighters with fantastical abilities. Adam wants Iris to be his champion, and in return he promises her the one thing she wants most: the truth about who she really is. If Iris wants to learn about her shadowy past, she has no choice but to fight. But the further she gets in the grisly tournament, the more she begins to remember—and the more she wonders if the truth is something best left forgotten.
Somerville S 100 Best British Walks
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Author : Christopher Somerville
language : en
Publisher: Haus Pub.
Release Date : 2012-04
Somerville S 100 Best British Walks written by Christopher Somerville and has been published by Haus Pub. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-04 with Great Britain categories.
Presents a personal selection of the author's best walks around Britain. This title includes over forty illustrations and area maps showing walk locations and easy-to-follow directions.