Great Pub Great Walk
Author | : Kyle Cathie Limited |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2015-03-19 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780957575950 |
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Author | : Kyle Cathie Limited |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2015-03-19 |
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ISBN | : 9780957575950 |
Author | : Wayne Curtis |
Publisher | : Rodale |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 2014-09-09 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1609613724 |
In 1909, Edward Payson Weston walked from New York to San Francisco, covering around 40 miles a day and greeted by wildly cheering audiences in every city. The New York Times called it the "first bona-fide walk . . . across the American continent," and eagerly chronicled a journey in which Weston was beset by fatigue, mosquitos, vicious headwinds, and brutal heat. He was 70 years old. Using the framework of Weston’s fascinating and surprising story, journalist Wayne Curtis investigates exactly what we lost when we turned away from foot travel, and what we could potentially regain with America’s new embrace of pedestrianism. From how our brains and legs evolved to accommodate our ancient traveling needs to the way that American cities have been designed to cater to cars and discourage pedestrians, Curtis guides readers through an engaging, intelligent exploration of how something as simple as the way we get from one place to another continues to shape our health, our environment, and even our national identity. Not walking, he argues, may be one of the most radical things humans have ever done.
Author | : Robert Twigger |
Publisher | : Hachette UK |
Total Pages | : 283 |
Release | : 2020-04-23 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1474609074 |
Robert Twigger, poet and travel author, was in search of a new way up England when he stumbled across the Great North Line. From Christchurch on the South Coast to Old Sarum to Stonehenge, to Avebury, to Notgrove barrow, to Meon Hill in the midlands, to Thor's Cave, to Arbor Low stone circle, to Mam Tor, to Ilkley in Yorkshire and its three stone circles and the Swastika Stone, to several forts and camps in Northumberland to Lindisfarne (plus about thirty more sites en route). A single dead straight line following 1 degree 50 West up Britain. No other north-south straight line goes through so many ancient sites of such significance. Was it just a suggestive coincidence or were they built intentionally? Twigger walks the line, which takes him through Birmingham, Halifax and Consett as well as Salisbury Plain, the Peak district, and the Yorkshire moors. With a planning schedule that focused more on reading about shamanism and beat poetry than hardening his feet up, he sets off ever hopeful. He wild-camps along the way, living like a homeless bum, with a heart that starts stifled but ends up soaring with the beauty of life. He sleeps in a prehistoric cave, falls into a river, crosses a 'suicide viaduct' and gets told off by a farmer's wife for trespassing; but in this simple life he finds woven gold. He walks with others and he walks alone, ever alert to the incongruities of the edgelands he is journeying through.
Author | : Jen Darling |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 220 |
Release | : 2022-03 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781902512327 |
Route and walks for pubs in Cheshire
Author | : Ray Oldenburg |
Publisher | : Da Capo Press |
Total Pages | : 377 |
Release | : 1999-08-18 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0786752416 |
The landmark survey that celebrates all the places where people hang out--and is helping to spawn their revival A New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice "Third places," or "great good places," are the many public places where people can gather, put aside the concerns of home and work (their first and second places), and hang out simply for the pleasures of good company and lively conversation. They are the heart of a community's social vitality and the grassroots of a democracy. Author Ray Oldenburg portrays, probes, and promotes th4ese great good places--coffee houses, cafes, bookstores, hair salons, bars, bistros, and many others both past and present--and offers a vision for their revitalization. Eloquent and visionary, this is a compelling argument for these settings of informal public life as essential for the health both of our communities and ourselves. And its message is being heard: Today, entrepreneurs from Seattle to Florida are heeding the call of The Great Good Place--opening coffee houses, bookstores, community centers, bars, and other establishments and proudly acknowledging their indebtedness to this book.
Author | : Pete Brown |
Publisher | : Pan Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 436 |
Release | : 2011-08-11 |
Genre | : Cooking |
ISBN | : 033053680X |
It's an extraordinary tale of yeast-obsessed monks and teetotal prime ministers; of how pale ale fuelled an Empire and weak bitter won a world war; of exploding breweries, a bear in a yellow nylon jacket and a Canadian bloke who changed the dringking habits of a nation. It's also the story of the rise of the pub from humble origins through an epic, thousand-year struggle to survive misunderstanding, bad government and misguided commerce. The history of beer in Britain is a social history of the nation itself, full of catastrophe, heroism and an awful lot of hangovers. 'a pleasant antidote to more po-faced histories of beer' Guardian 'Like a good drinking companion, Brown tells a remarkable story: a stream of fascinating facts, etymologies and pub-related urban phenomena' TLS 'Packed with bar-room bet-winning facts and entertaining digressions, this is a book into which every pub-goer will want to dip.' Express
Author | : John Mark Reynolds |
Publisher | : Baker Books |
Total Pages | : 656 |
Release | : 2011-09-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1441259902 |
Great Books programs have become increasingly popular among Christian colleges, high schools, and even home schoolers. This one-of-a-kind book is designed for those who do not have the opportunity to attend such a program but are still interested in directly engaging with the Western Canon. It contains substantial excerpts from thirty of the most important books in history, with each excerpt followed by an essay placing the work in historical and Christian context. Readers can learn directly from such authors and thinkers as Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Dante, Chaucer, Shakespeare, Milton, de Tocqueville, Freud, and Chesterton. Selected as one of 2011's Best Books for Preachers by Preaching Magazine
Author | : Bill Bryson |
Publisher | : Anchor Canada |
Total Pages | : 322 |
Release | : 2012-05-15 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 0385674546 |
God only knows what possessed Bill Bryson, a reluctant adventurer if ever there was one, to undertake a gruelling hike along the world's longest continuous footpath—The Appalachian Trail. The 2,000-plus-mile trail winds through 14 states, stretching along the east coast of the United States, from Georgia to Maine. It snakes through some of the wildest and most spectacular landscapes in North America, as well as through some of its most poverty-stricken and primitive backwoods areas. With his offbeat sensibility, his eye for the absurd, and his laugh-out-loud sense of humour, Bryson recounts his confrontations with nature at its most uncompromising over his five-month journey. An instant classic, riotously funny, A Walk in the Woods will add a whole new audience to the legions of Bill Bryson fans.
Author | : Seddon Neudorfer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 96 |
Release | : 2018-05 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780993192388 |
This is the only book of its kind. Packed with stunning photography and beautifully designed. With humour and specific information about the pubs along each walk, this book will appeal to those planning their holidays or planning a day trip. The book reaches a huge market as it targets dog owners who enjoy a good walk and then visiting a pub. The simplicity of the guides and maps caters for all. This book can be sold in a wide range of stores and outlets and will appeal to anyone living, or intending to visit, the Peak District region. Due to its outstanding high quality and professional standard this book is real value for money. This attractive and cleverly structured guidebook gives dog walkers access to 15 pubs and 15 great walks in the Peak District. With clear information, an introduction for each walk, and simple, easy-toread maps. This beautiful book will appeal to all who want to venture out into the countryside with their dogs. The walks have no stiles ensuring a hassle free walk for both dog and owner.
Author | : Jim Shea |
Publisher | : Jim Shea |
Total Pages | : 202 |
Release | : 2020-12-11 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 173626060X |
In the summer of 2010, brothers-in-law Marty and Jim embark on a cycling trip along the Great Allegheny Passage and C&O Canal, a 335-mile trek from their home in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Jim's boyhood home in Washington, DC. Chance encounters with colorful local characters and other surprising escapades during five days on the trail make for nonstop laughs. As they travel through forests and along winding rivers, they experience the breathtaking scenery of western Pennsylvania, Maryland and West Virginia, exploring early American history while learning more about each other as well as themselves. This true story is for adventurers and cyclists as well as couch potatoes looking for a lighthearted take on friendship and some hilarious fun.