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Most travel guides suggest that the Ll¿n Coastal Path can be completed in 10 simple walks, perhaps over a week or two. Jean and her husband Jim, who have been visiting Ll¿n regularly since 1991, took a more leisurely approach, dividing the journey into 42 return walks and completing their ramble in August 2021 after just over three years!

Drowned. Buried by sand. Decimated by plague. Plunged off a cliff.This is the forgotten history of Britain's lost cities, ghost towns and vanished villages: our shadowlands.'Shadowlands is so well researched, beautifully written and packed with interesting detail. Green is both historian and prophet, offering a warning we need to pay attention to . . . alarming and valuable.'CLAIRE TOMALIN'A beautiful book, truly original. Shadowlands is poetic history written with great literary flair, inqusitiveness, soul-searching and humanity . . . It is a marvellous achievement.'IAN MORTIMER, author of The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England'An exquisitely written, moving and elegiac exploration . . . a book to savour and cherish.'SUZANNAH LIPSCOMB'A haunting, lyrical tour around the lost places of Britain.'CHARLOTTE HIGGINS, author of Under Another SkyBritain's landscape is scarred with haunting and romantic remains; these shadowlands that were once filled with life are now just spectral echoes. Peering through the cracks of history, we find Dunwich, a medieval city plunged off a Suffolk cliff by sea storms; the lost city of Trellech unearthed by moles in the Welsh Marches; and the ghostly reservoir that is Capel Celyn, one of the few remaining solely Welsh-speaking villages, drowned by Liverpool City Council.Historian Matthew Green tells the extraordinary stories of how these places met their fate and probes the disappearances to explain why Britain looks the way it does today. Travelling across Britain, Green transports the reader to these places as they teeter on the brink of oblivion, vividly capturing the sounds of the sea clawing away row upon row of houses, the taste of medieval wine, or the sights of puffin hunting on the tallest cliffs in the country. We experience them in their prime, look on at their destruction and revisit their lingering remains later as they are mourned by evictees and reimagined by artists, writers and mavericks.By exploring the lost causes and dead ends of history - places lost to natural phenomena, war and plague, economic shifts and technological progress - the precariousness of our own towns and cities, of humanity, becomes clear. Shadowlands is a deeply evocative and dazzlingly original account of Britain's past. 'A haunting and miraculous work of resurrection, stinging in a perpetual present'.IAIN SINCLAIR, author of The Gold Machine'Superb. A beautifully written atlas of Ghost Britain, a summoning of places lost to memory, and a deft excavation of the void underlying myths of national identity.'WILLIAM ATKINS, author of Exiles

Jamey Glasnovic's meandering journey to find solace in a chaotic world has already led him across three continents. Now, he finds himself in East Africa.As an atypical adventurer, Jamey Glasnovic was never likely to cross the high Arctic in search of records or glory or attempt new and audacious routes up remote peaks with hopes of writing his name in the annals of mountaineering lore. Truth be told, a dive bar in Kathmandu or Dar es Salaam counts as a good day out for this laid-back adventure enthusiast. But, a profound belief in the power of landscape continues to motivate him. A sense of place and a desire to understand the connection all humans have to their surroundings are what compel him to explore foreign cultures and unfamiliar terrain.In his third book, Everything Is Poa (poa means good in Swahili), Glasnovic commits to testing his physical limits beyond the comfort zone of the pub. Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro went a long way in accomplishing that goal. But, it was the misadventures on his bicycle in Tanzania and Rwanda that helped define the journey. The warm and generous people he met along the way, along with the spectacular wildlife that is part of the African continent's allure, are what stole his heart in the end.

While better known for her solo journeys across the Arctic, these essays detail Isobel Wylie Hutchison's journeys across Scotland, including visits to Skye, John O' Groats and the various literary shrines across the country.

THE SPINE-TINGLING AND GRIPPING NEW THRILLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF SUNDAY TIMES CRIME BOOK OF THE MONTH, BREATHLESS'Enthralling. Combines an intricate murder mystery with lyrical passages describing ice cliffs and spectacular skies' SUNDAY TIMES'Chillingly atmospheric, with sub-zero tension and a creeping plot that makes it impossible to look away' JANICE HALLETT'A chilling, atmospheric rollercoaster of a read filled with clever unpredictable twists' CLAIRE DOUGLAS'Transportive, absorbing and perfectly paced. You won't want to miss it!' LUCY CLARKE___________With her life back in London falling apart, Olivia cannot believe her luck when she's invited on a once-in-a-lifetime Antarctic cruise with her boyfriend, Aaron.Olivia has never been anywhere so spectacular: huge cliffs of ice loom high on the horizon, penguins dive through the sparkling sea, and above it all, the sun never sets in the eerie twilight sky.Then Aaron disappears. And a body is discovered on board.Surrounded by strangers, Olivia has no idea who she can trust.If she can't figure it out soon, she might not make it back alive . . .___________'Chills, thrills and intense suspense . . . A clever mystery, a twisting page-turner, and a blistering adventure' CHRIS WHITAKER'An atmospheric, chilling book. It was difficult to put down' CATHERINE COOPERPraise for Amy McCulloch:'A high-altitude, high-stakes thriller. I loved it' MATT HAIG'Had me on the edge of my seat. A must read' SARAH PEARSE'Suffocatingly tense, highly original and exhilarating' DAILY EXPRESS'Tense, chilling and terrifying' CLAIRE DOUGLAS'An addictive, tightly plotted thriller that will leave you chilled to the bone' LUCY CLARKE'Chilling, vivid and entirely unique' ABIGAIL DEAN'A real page-turner. Tense, terrifying and fascinating in equal measure' CATHERINE COOPER'A truly terrifying thriller with a tense and twisty plot. Superbly executed' ALLIE REYNOLDS

" An einem nebligen Spätherbstmorgen des Jahres 1849 rollte aus dem steirischen Alpenorte Obdach ein leichtes Steirerwäglein die Straße entlang ¿ in die weite Welt. Darauf saßen zwei Knaben in grauen Zeuggewändlein, wie es Bauernstudenten haben, wenn sie in die »Studie« gehen. Der eine blickte mit seinen braunen Augen, auf denen noch die Schatten des Abschiedes von daheim lagen, gegen den Himmel und sagte nach einer Weile betrübt: »Rudolf, es wird regnen!« »Hans, es wird nicht regnen!« gab der andere zurück, »morgen ist Vollmond, da regnet es nicht.« Und richtig war's. Als sie durch die Engschlucht unter der Ruine Eppenstein ins breite Murtal hinauskamen, löste sich der Nebel; als sie durch das alte Städtchen Judenburg fuhren, zeigte der Himmel die ersten blauen Scharten; als sie an der Felsenburg des streit- und sangeslustigen Ulrich von Lichtenstein vorüberrollten, blaute das ganze Firmament in herbstlicher Reine. So ging's zwischen den schönen Bergen dahin, und als es abendlich wurde, sind die jungen Reisenden eingezogen in das ehrwürdige Benediktinerstift zu St. Lambrecht. Daselbst waren sie aufgenommen, um als Schüler den Wissenschaften der Welt obzuliegen und als hellstimmige Chorknaben das Lob Gottes zu singen.

Never in human history has travel been so accessible to so many. But--amid an escalating climate crisis that threatens the homes of vulnerable people across the world--has the human cost of trekking the globe become too high? Paul Lindholdt links firsthand narratives with research about the travel trade, telling stories of his reluctant voyages while arguing that carbon-intensive trips abroad may be offset if adventurers come to know and love the landscapes closer to home. Tourism may be the planet's largest industry, but Interrogating Travel advises readers to stay mindful of the consequences of their journeys, whether visiting local getaways or some of Earth's most remote locations.

Too often, standard teaching books base their theory and therapeutic strategy on disease. Ancient books base their theory and therapeutic strategy on the energy state of the patient. Having understood the energy state of the patient, we can then act as ¿the second doctor¿, observe, provoke, or assist ¿the first doctor¿ who is nothing other than the patient¿s own body and Qi. If treatment is disease based, there is a risk of taking the ¿first doctor¿s¿ place and acting in a wrong direction. (Dr Li Xin).Dr Li Xin is a chinese doctor in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) who graduated from Beijing University in 1993. He was a student of Professor Song Zuo Min, well renowned in China for his teaching of TCM internal medicine and paediatrics. Dr Li Xin specialised in herbal medicine, acupuncture, meditation and psychology, and has a long experience of teaching TCM. He developed his own approach based directly on the principles described in Huang Di Nei Jing, Shang Han Lun, Shennong Ben Cao Jing, Pi Wei Lun and Wei Bing Jiao Bian, which are considered to be the main Classics of TCM. He currently practices as a doctor and teacher in the Shanghai Natural Way, Culture & Communication Academy and Beijing Oriental Inter-Cultural Medical Centre and is involved with Acupuncture without Borders and Dorje Medical Association , a humanitarian association supporting health promotion in remote areas of China.Dr Claudine Mérer is a doctor in western medicine and TCM. She met Dr Li Xin in Beijing and worked with him for several years. She was very impressed and moved by the quality and efficiency of his work, which, in her opinion, seems essential for the ones who really seek to understand TCM as a play of energetic movements. This led her to the co-writing of this book.¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿Note: The profits from this book will be donated to Acupuncture without borders, whose objective is to contribute to the development of disadvantaged population in the field of medical care.¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿(http://www.cornelius-celsus.org/)