Book List: Travel
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Sheds of the Seashore
Beach huts have become seaside icons. They may be small structures with basic facilities but we still love them. They feel quintessentially British, combining a shelter from our changeable weather with a place to brew a mug of tea.
They're nostalgic and trendy at the same time, a phenomenon which has turned into surprisingly hot property. Behind these colourful buildings is a history stretching back to the invention of the seaside and the first wheeled bathing machines of the mid-eighteenth century.
"Sheds on the Seashore" is based on two journeys: one into the past, and the other a contemporary tour around the English coast. Together they tell the story of how beach huts came into being and why they remain so beloved by their twenty-first century owners. This title is presented with a forward by Wayne Hemingway.
Sheds of the Seashore
Kathryn Ferry
ISBN 978-1906710-97-2 U.K. £12.99
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Cycling Back to Happiness: Adventure on the North Sea Cycle Route
'Don't let your biggest fears stand in the way of your dreams, even if your biggest dreams happen to be your biggest fears.'
That was exactly Bernie Friend's attitude when he ditched medication and group therapy to overcome a very unwanted companion - paranoia. A complete novice to long distance cycling, Bernie confronted many demons on his epic journey - a coastal cycle route which circles 6,000 kilometres of the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Scotland and England.Arm wrestling drunken trawlermen, a geriatric half marathon, Viking bring-and-buy sales, decapitated pirates, burning witches, Shakin' Stevens mega mixes, sea crossing motorways, walking sand giants and remote islands most people can't even be bothered to mark on a map are just some of the secrets coughed up by this adventure. Michael Palin and Bill Bryson watch out!
Bernie's very personal story told in an easy-going travelogue style will have you hooked from start to finish. This is hugely entertaining and downright inspirational!
Cycling Back to Happiness: Adventure
on the North Sea Cycle Route
Bernie Friend
ISBN 978-1906206-71-0 U.K. £8.99
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Travels with my Teddy Bear
Travels With My Teddy Bear is the fascinating record of Debra Schiman’s journeys, undertaken with her beloved teddy Bearsac, through the familiar cities of Europe and regions as remote as China and Mongolia. It is both a travelogue that expounds the joys and problems of voyaging through different countries and cultures, and an illustration of the highs and lows of Asperger’s Syndrome, a condition characterized by issues with social and communication skills, but also by such strengths as logic, focus and loyalty.
In combining the two topics, Schiman demonstrates how our perceptions of people are so often culture-specific, and shows how the challenges particular to travel can affect those whose minds are wired a little differently from the so-called ‘norm’.
Travels with my Teddy Bear
Debra Schiman
ISBN 978-1906206925 U.K. £9.99
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Two Pedestrians
on Bicycles
This quirkily entitled book is an account of a round-the-world bicycle
trip – a staggering 12,753 miles through twelve countries in fifteen
months – undertaken by the author and his partner Mary, two ‘ill-matched
individuals’ in their sixties who want more from life than the endless
empty days that retirement seems to offer.
Beginning with a sprint across Northern Europe that highlights the arduousness
of the task ahead, the book covers the route across France, through the
Rhone Valley in Switzerland, across the Alps and into Italy, then on to
Greece and a gruelling ascent of the Pindos Mountains. They then travel
to Turkey, where they discover the nature of Islam in practice, before
venturing as far afield as Thailand, Malaysia, Australia and New Zealand,
and ending in Canada, where their relationship (both cycling and personal)
is strained by some distressing family news.
With its recollections of the physical highs and lows, personal crises,
friendships formed, and enlightening, sometimes painful self-discoveries,
Two Pedestrians on Bicycles captures all the excitement and passion of
this astounding ‘rites of passage’ odyssey
Two Pedestrians on Bicycles
Graham Barden
ISBN 978-1906206-31-4 U.K. £8.99
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From Bad to Wurst
Set in the picturesque region of Bavaria, and spanning thirty-odd years
from the seventies to the noughties, from Bad to Wurst tells the story
of Denise’s experiences as a vegetarian cook in a health clinic.
Dreaming of a new life abroad, she chooses her maternal grandfather’s
country to throw caution to the winds and exchange her secure but tedious
job for the unknown quantity that is the Tannerhof Sanatorium in the village
of Bayrischzell. This, without knowing a word of German, much less of
cooking!
What follows is an often hilarious, sometimes poignant, but always heart-warming
tale that blends travelogue and social commentary with the ups and downs
of a Gastarbeiter, intermingled with unexpected friendships and romance.
From Bad to Wurst
Denise Barnes
ISBN 978-1906206-06-2 U.K. £8.99
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This is a fascinating story of one man's account of his fact-finding visits to Cuba.
Herman Martin explores Cuba and portrays the heritage and culture of this island rich in history. His experiences during his four visits give a true insight of the characteristics and lifestyles of typical Cuban families, whilst we are given a flavour of the magnificent beauty of this country.
Cuba Revisited
David Lessels
ISBN 1-905621-19-1 U.K. £5.99
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