Recreates the retreat from southern Belgium to the Marne during the opening month of the Great War
Witty and engaging biography of James Sadler, the first Englishman to fly - in 1784, he rose approximately 3,600 feet over Oxford in a self-built balloon powered by hydrogen
Explores the fascinating history and culture of this archipelago, where nature and geology provide a spectacular setting
First English translation of the diaries of John Castle's journey to the Kazakh steppe in 1736. Rich ethnographic writing offers insight into the political unrest of the Russian Empire, hidden practices such as exorcism, and the role of Islam in eighteenth-century Kazakhstan.
A cultural guide to a region on the edge of Europe that has been visited by the Romans, Franks, Vikings, Anglo-Saxons and Germans
Unique guide to London that offers seven different walks illustrated with original poetry and watercolours
The authorised biography of the doctor who made the link between smoking & lung cancer and battled Big Tobacco
Compelling story of Prince Puckler-Muskau's matrimonial tour of England told for the first time
Biography of conservationist and tv broadcaster Kenneth Allsop
A history of black scholars at Oxford University
Emulating Patrick Leigh Fermor's feat of 1933, Jeremy Cameron walked from the Hook of Holland to Istanbul
Takes the reader through the historic fortresses and mansions of Havana, the tropical city of Santiago de Cuba, and the plantations and mountains of the island's countryside. This edition explores the sugar industry, and Cuba's other economic activities. It describes the island's flora and fauna, its varied topography, and its varied social life.
This text examines the causes and consequences of India and Pakistani nuclear tests. The book provides a framework for understanding the global context of these tests, and looks at approaches for nuclear abolition in Asia and the West.
The most thrilling and controversial cricketer of his generation, Brian Lara is a hero to millions worldwide. A naturally attacking style and limitless scoring arc, allied to phenomenal mental and physical stamina, proved a recipe for some of the biggest and most-compelling innings in cricket history. This new biography charts the influences that shaped Lara as a child batting prodigy, through an astonishing and turbulent career and onto his post-cricket life as businessman, benefactor and national icon. Through in-depth interviews with former international players, coaches, teachers, neighbours, friends and family members, new light is shed on this brilliant but complex man; a true Caribbean hero who still has many chapters to write.
Records the author's 1,500 km journey in vivid detail
In 1932 the young writer and political activist C.L.R. James arrived in London from his native Trinidad. This volume reveals C.L.R. James's first encounter with the colonial metropolis and the values that had already shaped his intellectual development in Trinidad.
Tracing the route taken by the enigmatic English writer and Bible salesman George Borrow in the 1830s, the author explores the varied landscapes and cities of the Iberian Peninsula in a journey that took him through Madrid, Lisbon, Toledo, Seville, Cadiz, Salamanca and Segovia as well as many small towns and villages.
In this text Robert Gibbings follows the Seine, starting at its source near Dijon on its course as it develops from a tranquil stream into the mighty waterway that links Rouen to the sea. The journey takes different forms: on foot, in a tiny boat, and on a boat used for transporting books.
For the amateur archaeologist - summarizes 65 archaeological sites with maps and coordinates
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