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London Underground's Strangest Tales
Price:£7.99- 2013 welcomes the 150th birthday of London's Underground – let's celebrate!
- Contains 80 entertaining (but bizarre!) stories about the most loved public transport system in the world
- A great gift book for both residents and travellers who are passionate about local history
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Cycling Touring Guide: Central England
Price:£9.99- Classic cycling book from 1949 revised for today's cycling community
- Includes original 1940s text by pioneering cyclist Harold Briercliffe, featured on tv's Britain by Bike Long and short cycle routes around Central England, including the Peak District, Cheshire and north Shropshire, East of the Pennines, the Midlands, the Malverns, The Wye Valley and the Forest of Dean
- Wonderful insight in cycling in a bygone era with suggestions for cycling in the region today
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Cycling Touring Guide: Southern England
Price:£9.99- Classic cycling book from 1950 revised for today's cyclists
- Includes original text by pioneering cyclist Harold Briercliffe, featured on tv's Britain by Bike
- Long and short cycles around southern England, including the Thames Valley, the Cotswolds, the New Forest and The South Coast
- Wonderful insight into cycling in a bygone era with suggestions for cycling in the region today
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When In Rome . . .
Price:£6.99- A side-splitting cultural etiquette guide to help travellers from embarrassing themselves, and their country, when holidaying abroad
- Illustrates the varying, confusing and contrasting customs, etiquettes and social graces between nations
- Perfect gift for the backpack, suitcase and carry-on luggage!
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Brian Cook's Landscapes of Britain
Price:£9.99- A glorious exploration of the iconic and highly collectable book covers created by Brian Cook in the mid-20th century, newly released in a compact edition
- Beautifully illustrated with over 100 full-colour examples of Cook's work
- Includes fascinating information from Brian Cook himself on how the images were created
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Mountain Heroes: Portraits of Adventure
Price:£30.00- The third volume in the spectacular Face to Face series, combining historical and contemporary portraits
- Series acclaimed by The Observer, The Explorers Journal and National Geographic
- Foreword by Sir Chris Bonington
- Afterword by Doug Scott
- A fascinating view of the personalities that make up the world of mountaineering, from world-famous explorers to native sherpas
- Visit the Mountain Heroes web page for more information
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In Search of the South Pole
Price:£20.00A century after Amundsen's triumph and Scott's tragedy, our fascination with Antarctica remains as acute as ever. This glorious visual history traces our search for the South Pole, from our earliest encounters through the Heroic Age to modern times. Learn More -
Titanic: A Passenger's Guide
Price:£7.99- A passenger's guide to the world's most famous ship
- Incorporates contemporary material from White Star Line, the International Mercantile Marine Company and Harland & Wolff shipbuilders
- Evokes the glamour of the age and the sumptuous luxury of the ship's fittings
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Arctic
Price:£20.00Explorer Bruce Parry takes an epic Arctic journey, following the six-month Polar summer through Greenland, Canada, Alaska, Russia and Scandinavia to document a vital part of our world at a point of extraordinary change.
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The Coast Road
Price:£9.99Winner of the 'Travel Narrative Book of the Year' in 2005 by the British Guild of Travel Writers (BGTW), 'The Coast Road' presents an idiosyncratic and illuminating snapshot of England and what it is to be English today.
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