Trace the ancient boundary of Offa's Dyke Path, a 283km (177 mile) National Trail along Britain's longest ancient monument — the 8th-century earthwork separating England and Wales. The trail unfolds through diverse border landscapes, from the dramatic Wye Gorge and Tintern Abbey near Chepstow, across the remote Black Mountains and Hergest Ridge, to the industrial heritage of the Clwydian Range and the seaside finish at Prestatyn.This comprehensive guidebook describ...

Discover 15 of the best short walks in the Wye Valley, carefully chosen to showcase the area’s peaceful riversides, ancient woodland, historic churches and Iron Age hillforts, all in under three hours. With no technical terrain and only short climbs, these routes are ideal for families, casual walkers and anyone looking for easy access to outstanding scenery.This guidebook focuses on easy to moderate routes between 4 and 9km that are generally short and strai...

Explore the Forest of Dean with this collection of 15 carefully chosen short walks covering ancient woodland, dramatic viewpoints, wildlife-rich nature reserves and fascinating industrial heritage. Ranging from 4 to 9km and all completable in under three hours, these routes feature no challenging terrain or complicated navigation, making them ideal for families, casual walkers and visitors keen to make the most of their time in this unique corner of England.E...

Trace the ancient boundary of Offa's Dyke Path, a 283km (177 mile) National Trail along Britain's longest ancient monument — the 8th-century earthwork separating England and Wales. The trail unfolds through diverse border landscapes, from the dramatic Wye Gorge and Tintern Abbey near Chepstow, across the remote Black Mountains and Hergest Ridge, to the industrial heritage of the Clwydian Range and the seaside finish at Prestatyn.This comprehensive guidebook describ...

All I am is a fisherman. That's all I'm guilty of, Your Honour.On 31 May 2010 eleven holdalls were discovered along the shore near Freshwater on the Isle of Wight; when opened they contained £53m worth of cocaine – the biggest haul ever found in UK waters. A local fishing crew was accused of waiting in the Channel for the bags to be thrown from a passing cargo ship in an operation allegedly masterminded by a local scaffolder.The Freshwater Five is ...

Learn how to make mobile native app development easier. If your team frequently works with both iOS and Android—or plans to transition from one to the other—this hands-on guide shows you how to perform the most common development tasks in each platform. Want to learn how to make network connections in iOS? Or how to work with a database in Android? This book has you covered.In the book’s first part, authors Shaun Lewis and Mike Dunn from O’Reilly’s mobile engineering group provide ...

Golfers and Skiers is a humorous, enlightening, passionate and unique book looking at forty similarities between Golfing and Skiing. This book is intended to rekindle fond memories for you, your friends and family. It will be a fun conversation starter for years to come on your coffee table, for holidays or at parties.Fun will be had by all because everyone wants to talk about their golfing and skiing hero moments. Finally, When comparing aspects of a correct golf swing and a perfect skiin...

Developing applications for the Android mobile operating system can seem daunting, particularly if it requires learning a new programming language: Kotlin, now Androidâ??s officialdevelopment language. With this practical book, Android developers will learn how to make the transition from Java to Kotlin, including how Kotlin provides a true advantage for gaining control over asynchronous computations.Authors Pierre-Olivier Laurence, Amanda Hinchman-Dominguez, G. Blake Meike, and M...

Golfers and Skiers is a humorous, enlightening, passionate and unique book looking at forty similarities between Golfing and Skiing. This book is intended to rekindle fond memories for you, your friends and family. It will be a fun conversation starter for years to come on your coffee table, for holidays or at parties.Fun will be had by all because everyone wants to talk about their golfing and skiing hero moments. Finally, When comparing aspects of a correct golf swing and a perfect skiin...

The old gods are still with us.The world is constantly changing, evolving, growing. In order to stay relevant, deities must change with the times as well. In this anthology, fifteen science fiction and fantasy authors tackle how gods and goddesses have adapted to the surge in technology and the mercurial beliefs of humanity. So sit back and watch Hera try her hand at marriage counseling, while Macuilxochitl conquers the world of online gaming. Buy a ticket to Anubis’ magic act or r...

Portland, Oregon, 1988. The brutal murder of Ethiopian immigrant Mulugeta Seraw by racist skinheads shocked the city. In response disparate groups quickly came together to organize against white nationalist violence and right wing organizing throughout the Rose City and the Pacific Northwest.It Did Happen Here compiles interviews with dozens of people who worked together during the waning decades of the 20th century to reveal an inspiring collaboration bet...

Music therapists are trained to use their first study instrument in clinical practice, yet existing literature focuses almost exclusively on the use of piano, basic percussion and voice.This illuminating book brings together international music therapists who use a diverse range of musical instruments in their clinical work: the clarinet, the piano accordion, the flute, the cello, the trumpet and flugelhorn, the bassoon, the violin, the viola, the harp, the guitar, lower brass instr...