An online guide to London by the oldest underground railway system (metro) in the world, locally called the Tube. It describes all the main visitor attractions, shopping venues and architectural landmarks in the central area of London (Zone 1) and how to get to them, has links to all their websites and is cross referenced by station and venue. Each entry is given its location; how far it is from the relevant station, and an explanation of its importance, its history and whom it has been as...

High Norfolk is what the folk of flatter parts of the county call that undulating but inexact area of North Norfolk that is so popular with visitors. Along the banks of its four main streams some extraordinary people have gathered over the centuries, and this little book is to introduce you to some of them; to Aesuminus, for instance, the potter of Brampton, and to Johnson Jex, the scientific anchorite of Letheringsett, from Margaret Paston, the matriarch of the Bure, to Mary Hardy, the di...

Zambezi Cavalcade is the story of the Zambezi River and the many visitors who have travelled its waters or settled by its banks, from the earliest riverside kingdoms and Muslim traders to the first tourist at the end of the 19th century. The author tells of some of the history of the river itself, and of its geology, legends, merchants, hunters, warriors and missionaries that travelled on it, and supplies more than 20 interesting links. Here you can discover the lost river ports of Ingombe...

Around North Norfolk looking at the unexpected side of this famous area; its less known monuments, its intriguing churches, its pubs and poets, its history and hammer beams, its fonts and folklore, pulpits and priories, famous phantoms, archaeology and more pubs, and linking to over 150 interesting websites.Developed from Hint of Secrecy, of which Simon Knott of the Norfolk Church Site wrote: This wholly excellent book is an account of a journey around north Norfolk by bicycle. As ...

This little guide introduced you to the City of Norwich and contains over 100 links to the principal hotels, restaurants shops and other facilities while at the same time giving independent advice about what to see and where to visit. It is not a sponsored advertisement for the city but nor is it an exhaustive guide. What it does do is tell you what's there, and connect you with the details. It is designed with the traveller with a portable or hand held device in mind.

Hidden north Norfolk on a bike; a ramble around the secret side of this English county, looking at its pubs and poets, priories and puritans, its ghosts and ruins and including 100 links to useful websites."This wholly excellent e-book is an account of a journey around north Norfolk by bicycle. As all civilised cyclists should, the journey stops regularly to take in the medieval churches and village pubs, and to stand and ponder the events of the past. Mark Igoe's writing is vivid ...

Ancient Lights is a visitor's guide to the old stained glass windows of Norfolk, the English county with the most medieval churches. The series begins with the Glaven Valley in North Norfolk. Subsequent books will journey around the whole county, looking at the windows, their stories, the stories of those they portray, and when known, the stories of those who put them there.

This is the story of Zimbabwe from the Stone Age to the present, told in a light but entertaining way by the country's first guide writer and its first archaeologist guide.Illustrated by both photos and line drawings it also describes the location of all the major historical and archaeological sites. This is an update of a highly successful hard copy guide first published over 20 years ago.

The Rivers of Good Portent is a tale of Africa, based on a real event that occurred in 1608, when two sons of an Emperor were sent to the house of a Portuguese official to be brought up as Renaissance gentlemen. Their tale and that of the lost Mines of Chikova, one of Africa's abiding mysteries, is set in a time of civil wars and commercial rivalry against the backdrop, of ancient cities, imperial fortresses and the mighty Zambezi Valley.In 1977 a British businessman is given some ...

all you need to help you buying property or relocating to France, including the words to do with houses, gardens, conveyancing, banking and the law; about its regions and departments, and about its infrastructure and including notes on its culture, its artists, scientists, great men and historical events.

A hilarious field guide to the world’s most remarkable and unusual creatures: the English.Thanks to television documentaries by Bruce Parry and David Attenborough, we are better acquainted with the hunting rituals of the San bushmen and the mating habits of Papua New Guinean tribes than we are with the everyday lives of that most peculiar of species – the English.Matt Rudd has been getting to know this curious breed, and now you’ll be able to spot the English in any number ...

Heart of Darkness, the 1899 masterpiece by Polish-British novelist Joseph Conrad, is about a voyage up the Congo River into the Heart of Africa. The story is narrated by Charles Marlow, recalling his obsessive quest to locate the ivory trader Kurtz, who has become ensconced deep in the jungle managing a remote outpost. As he ventures further and further down the Congo, Marlow finds himself and his surroundings become increasingly untethered. Heart of Darkness has been widely re-published a...