Best of
Walking
2006
Winter Skills: Essential Walking & Climbing Techniques
Andy Cunningham - 2006
Written by a mountain guide and a mountaineering instructor, this book's functional design with easy-reference, colour-coded pages and full colour images make it an indispensable guide to the skills required for winter walking and climbing.
Hostile Habitats: Scotland's Mountain Environment: A Hillwalker's Guide to the Landscape and Wildlife
Mark Wrightham - 2006
Compiled by some of the country's leading experts in their fields, this book offers a detailed introduction to the natural and man-made environment of Scotland's mountains, written by hillwalkers for hillwalkers.
London Pub Walks
Bob Steel - 2006
Each pub on every walk has been selected for its high quality ale, its location, and its superb architectural heritage. Trails of varying lengths suit everyone from the casual pub goer to active walkers, and there are routes to suit pub architecture aficionados, shoppers, theater goers, literary lovers, and beer tourists. The walks are accompanied by an easy-to-follow map, detailed pub listings with hours of operation, average walking times, and notes on interesting places to see along the way. Each starts and finishes close to public transportation and many link to adjacent walks. Neat, compact, and highly informative, this is the perfect companion for a day out discovering the real London.
Pennine Way Companion
Alfred Wainwright - 2006
This new edition has been brilliantly revised and updated by Chris Jesty to meet the goal Wainwright set for the original edition: 'to enable walkers to follow the Pennine Way without putting a foot wrong...'
Scotland's Mountain Ridges: Scrambling, Mountaineering and Climbing - the best routes for summer and winter
Dan Bailey - 2006
He breaks down the jargon into understandable English and takes you through GPS navigation in a clear and structured way. He recognizes that strong traditional navigational skills are the basis for effective GPS navigation, and gives a potted summary of how to navigate with a map and compass.
Everyday Life: Theories and Practices from Surrealism to the Present
Michael Sheringham - 2006
Since the 1960s numerous writers, artists, philosophers, and social theorists have tried to home in on the patterns and rhythms of our daily activities. This book provides a detailed mapof this territory, linking the pioneering work of such key figures as Georges Perec and Michel de Certeau, to currents in Surrealism, ethnography, fiction, film, and photography.