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John Cherrington and his seventy-four year old walking companion set out one fine morning in May to traverse the only English footpath that cuts south through the rural heart of the country, a formidable path called the Macmillan Way. Cherrington’s walking partner is Karl Yzerman, an irascible “bull of the woods”, a full twenty years his senior and the perfect foil to the wry and self-deprecating author. Their journey begins at Boston on the Wash and takes them...
| Автор | John A. Cherrington |
Join writer and motorcyclist George Lockyer and hit the road with him as he circumnavigates the wide brown land of Australia on his Kawasaki KLR 650 «Percy». On his ride through the awe-inspiring landscapes of this ancient land George interviews in his laid-back style, a cavalcade of colourful characters. From iconic country singer John Williamson and former leader of the opposition DR Brendon Nelson to among others, cattleman, indigenous author, restorer, journalist and multi-millionaire Tuna...
| Автор | George Lockyer |
This guidebook covers the iconic Overland Track in Tasmania's stunning Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park. The well-maintained 80km route from Cradle Valley to Lake St Clair is described over seven stages, along with optional sidetrips to the area's many accessible peaks including Mt Ossa, Tasmania's highest mountain. The track can be completed in between 5 and 9 days, depending on fitness and whether hikers undertake sidetrips. Each stage features clear 1:50,000...
| Автор | Warwick Sprawson |
A walker’s guide to Paris, taking us through its past, present and possible futures. Eric Hazan, author of the acclaimed The Invention of Paris, leads us by the hand in this walk from Ivry to Saint-Denis, roughly following the meridian that divides Paris into east and west, and passing such familiar landmarks as the Luxembourg Gardens, the Pompidou Centre, the Gare du Nord and Montmartre, as well as little-known alleyways and arcades. Filled with historical anecdotes, geographical observations...
| Автор | Eric Hazan |
A journey along a controversial European pipeline becomes a profound exploration of the oil economy. In a unique journey from the oil fields of the Caspian Sea to the refineries and financial centres of Northern Europe, James Marriott and Mika Minio-Paluello track the concealed routes along which flows the lifeblood of our economy. The stupendous resource of Azerbaijani crude has long inspired dreams of a world remade. From the revolutionary Futurism of the capital city, Baku, in the 1920s to...
| Автор | James Marriott |
Peter Farrelly's story «The Saturday Night Before Easter Sunday» has been nominated for an Edgar Award for Best Short Story!Named a Favorite Book of 2015 by Scott MacKay at Rhode Island Public Radio"Even Providence's signature public art has a dark side in Providence Noir (Akashic), which includes a story called 'WaterFire's Smell Tonight' by Pablo Rodriguez. Each tale in this anthology edited by Ann Hood is set in a different part of the city. Pulitzer Prize winner...
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The original Chicago Noir has been a perennial seller for Akashic. This volume comprises classic reprints from: Harry S. Keeler, Sherwood Anderson, Max Allan Collins, Richard Wright, Nelson Algren, Fredric Brown, Patricia Highsmith, Barry Gifford, Stuart Kaminsky, Libby Fischer Hellman, Sarah Paretsky, Percy Spurlark Parker, Sandra Cisneros, Hugh Holton, and Stuart Dybek. Major media coverage expected–print, broadcast, online. To be published simultaneously with Joe Meno's new novel, Hark...
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Breathtaking and brilliantly illustrated—reclaiming the city with extreme urban explorations It is assumed that every inch of the world has been explored and charted; that there is nowhere new to go. But perhaps it is the everyday places around us—the cities we live in—that need to be rediscovered. What does it feel like to find the city’s edge, to explore its forgotten tunnels and scale unfinished skyscrapers high above the metropolis? Explore Everything reclaims the city, recasting it as a...
| Автор | Bradley Garrett |
"A brilliant meditation on travel."— The New York Times In this acclaimed exploration of the culture of others, Rebecca Solnit travels through Ireland, the land of her long-forgotten maternal ancestors. A Book of Migrations portrays in microcosm a history made of great human tides of invasion, colonization, emigration, nomadism and tourism. Enriched by cross-cultural comparisons with the history of the American West, A Book of Migrations carves a new route through Ireland's...
| Автор | Rebecca Solnit |
"Oates's introduction to Akashic's noir volume dedicated to the Garden State, with its evocative definition of the genre, is alone worth the price of the book . . . Poems by C.K. Williams, Paul Muldoon, and others–plus photos by Gerald Slota–enhance this distinguished entry."–Publishers Weekly"It was inevitable that this fine noir series would reach New Jersey. It took longer than some readers might have wanted, but, oh boy, was it worth the wait . . . More than most of the...
| Автор | Joyce Carol Oates |
Atlanta Noir will be published simultaneously in paperback and eBook formats.Featuring brand-new stories by: Tananarive Due, Kenji Jasper, Tayari Jones, Dallas Hudgens, Jim Grimsley, Brandon Massey, Jennifer Harlow, Sheri Joseph, Alesia Parker, Gillian Royes, Anthony Grooms, John Holman, Daniel Black, and David James Poissant.The editor, Tayari Jones, is a successful novelist and one of the better-known writers coming out of Atlanta. She is also a fantastic and tireless self-promoter.Publicize...
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Included in MTV.com's «These 17 Music-Themed YA Books Could Be Your Life»A selection of the Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Program."Meno gives his proverbial coming-of-age tale a punk-rock edge, as seventeen-year-old Chicagoan Brian Oswald tries to land his first girlfriend…Meno ably explores Brian's emotional uncertainty and his poignant youthful search for meaning…His gabby, heartfelt, and utterly believable take on adolescence strikes a winning chord."–Publishers...
| Автор | Joe Meno |
Brand-new stories from John Jodzio, Tom Kaczynski (aka Tom K), Sujata Massey, and one more high-profile special guest to be added to the original volume's stories by David Housewright, Steve Thayer, Judith Guest, Mary Logue, Bruce Rubenstein, K.J. Erickson, William Kent Krueger, Ellen Hart, Brad Zeller, Mary Sharratt, Pete Hautman, Larry Millett, Quinton Skinner, Gary Bush, and Chris Everheart. Akashic Noir Series remains at the top of its game. . Publicize to major dailies, weeklies,...
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Boston Noir 2: The Classics is now a Boston Globe best seller!"The contributor list is delightfully quirky…The collection's unifying element is a deep understanding of Boston's Byzantine worlds of race and class–as seen terrifyingly in Andre Dubus's tale of milltown resentment and pampered preppies."–Boston Globe"14 superior selections in this 'classics' volume in Akashic's series of regional dark crime short stories, the works of established writers that have stood...
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Akashic will be promote the book to the trades and to Caribbean media.The title will be catalogued as already available with an July 2018 pub date.Featuring brand-new writing by: Tracy Assing (Trinidad and Tobago), Heather Barker (Barbados), Angela Barry (Bermuda), Cecil Browne (St Vincent and the Grenadines), Tammi Browne-Bannister (Antigua and Barbuda), Sabah Carrim (Mauritius), Damon Chua (Singapore), Marita Davies (Kiribati), Fetuolemoana Elisara (Samoa), Kendel Hippolyte (St Lucia), Erato...
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"In the latest entry to this globetrotting series, a man goes for a tarot reading and winds up poisoned by the daughter he never knew he had. And that’s just one story in a collection that takes us down the mysterious alleys and mazy favelas of Rio, just in time for the Olympic Games."–O, the Oprah Magazine"The latest installment of Akashic's geographically wide-ranging mystery series lands in Rio de Janeiro, a city whose famous imagery–the massive statue of Christ the...
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Many changes have taken place in the decade since Follow the Blue Blazes was first published, changes in the trails themselves and in the way we hike them. The Buckeye Trail still wends its way around the state of Ohio, following the course marked out by the characteristic blue blazes on trees and signposts along the way. In the intervening years, however, sections of the trail have changed their route, added amenities, or just grown more interesting. From the startling rock formations and...
| Автор | Connie Pond |
Revealing a side of the famed city that tourists rarely experience, this handbook uncovers a hidden realm of ghosts, apparitions, and paranormal phenomena in San Francisco. The guide delves into the haunted hotspots that unsuspectedly lie in the city's most famous landmarks and neighborhoods, including Alcatraz, Chinatown, and the Presidio, while directions to each hair-raising location are provided, encouraging adventurous sightseers to seek out their own ghostly encounters. With the...
| Автор | Loyd Auerbach |
• 25 step-by-step jewelry projects for necklaces, chokers, bracelets, cuffs, brooches, earrings, and rings.• Perfect for beginners—all the projects can be created in a matter of hours.• Great step-by-step photographs show the reader exactly what to do.• Projects use readily available semi-precious beads and stones: pearls, Swarovski crystals, and gems, along with silver- or gold-plated findings and wire.• Stunning designs, simple techniques.• Individual day and evening pieces that will brighten...
| Автор | Cheryl Owen |
Designed for all skill levels, this crafter’s companion features fun and versatile patterns for baby clothes, with simple projects that can be completed in just a weekend. Beginners will appreciate the advice on getting started and essential techniques, while experienced crocheters will enjoy the range of different effects created in these garments, such as chunky textured fabric and delicate lacy patterns. Twenty-four projects make use of a wide selection of available yarns, from pure cotton...
| Автор | Sue Whiting |
In Irish Celtic lore, «thin places» are those locales where the veil between this world and the otherworld is porous, where there is mystery in the landscape. The earth takes on the hue of the sacred among peoples whose connection to place has remained unbroken through the ages. What happens, then, when a Celtic view of nature is brought home to a North American landscape in which many inhabitants' ancestral connections to place are surface-thin? In a quest to find a deeper spiritual...
| Автор | Kevin Koch |
This collection of 42 first-person accounts about backpacking in Europe will awaken a taste for adventure in those who have yet to travel, and bring back memories for those who have. Romance, surprise, discovery and wisdom all bubble through these authors’ riveting pieces.– Find a surprise romance in the fresh sea air of Cinque Terre- Dance the flamenco in Granada or sleep beneath the stars on a Barcelona beach- Sneak past Vatican guards to see Michaelangelo's Pieta- Lose your...
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The critically acclaimed, first comprehensive, English-language informative AND highly entertaining overview of a region of vital importance to the European–and global–economy and that represents the ancestry of tens of millions of North Americans and others throughout the world Sales of some 6,000 print copies at $24.95 since 2013 and has been widely⎯and very well⎯reviewed (39 customer reviews at Amazon, 4.5 stars). The first book to demystify a region whose history has helped shape our own,...
| Автор | Tomek Jankowski |
Gerald Brenan returned to Spain in 1949 for the first time since the Civil War. He was determined to see what had become of the country he loved, to speak to ordinary people and to experience life in small towns unvisited by foreigners. He had earlier lived in a remote village in the Sierra Nevada – now he returned to a land in the grip of famine where guerrilleros[/i] roamed the mountains and thousands of people were reduced to living in caves. Whether searching for...
| Автор | Gerald Brenan |