A guide to your Alaskan adventure. It includes cutaways, floorplans and reconstructions of the state's must-see sites, and street-by-street maps of all its fascinating towns. It is also packed with photographs and illustrations leading you...

An engrossing and vivid account of life aboard an emigrant ship. Experience a mid-19th century journey to New Zealand! Paints a picture of the early settlement of Auckland. In 1863 there was only one method of travelling from Britain to the other...

Around the world in 80 flights! Circumnavigate the globe heading east from the historic Farnborough airfield in the UK on an epic 80-leg journey around the world. Fly over the Alps and Pyrenees before facing the challenge of the mighty Himalayan range. Explore the Far East and Australia. Blaze a trail from the frozen north to tropical Africa. Conquer the lonely Pacific leapfrogging across a series of islands as you make your way to the United States. Make landfall and catch your breath before flying over some of the most stunning scenery in the world as you head across the vast expanse of the USA to the Caribbean before venturing a trans-Atlantic crossing back to Farnborough. Each of the 80 flight legs can be flown as individual or consecutive missions and are comprehensively detailed with a flight plan pilots notes full briefing and a guide to many of the wonders of the world that pass beneath your wings. From man-made wonders such as the Great Pyramids and the Golden Gate Bridge to natural wonders such as Mount Kilimanjaro the Sahara Desert the Indonesian Archipelago and the Grand Canyon the entire route has been carefully chosen to showcase the breathtaking beauty of the planet.Features: The entire trip is a little over 400 hours flying time The trip covers nearly 35000 miles! Over 112 countries are either visited or flown over! The longest flight is nearly 3000 miles from Honolulu to San Francisco The shortest flight is 55 miles from Helsinki to Talinn Estonia crossing the Baltic The northernmost point of the trip is Sondre Stromfjord in Greenland whilst the southernmost point is Darwin Australia Complete the entire trip around the globe in a stunning recreation of the 1937 Lockheed Electra 10E and you will have truly earned the special circumnavigators’ certificate awarded to master aviators!

The Lion Man is back for a fantastic new third series! It is birth time at Zion Wildlife Gardens as white lionesses Imvula and Amafu are expecting and if all goes well these will be the first ever white lion cubs born in New Zealand! Not wanting to be outdone Rewa's pregnancy promises the birth of a new litter of tiger cubs and that's not to mention the arrival of cheetahs! ; ; The growth of Zion Wildlife Gardens into one of the world's largest 'big cat' sanctuaries over the last few years has been incredible and in order to ease accommodation issues a huge brand new tiger enclosure is being built to give more space to the pride of wild Barbary lions and hand-reared lions such as Zion Gandor and Shikira. ; ; The Lion Man himself continues his internation travels as he some of his cats to Africa in one of the most unique breeding programmes in the world. And Craig also takes the Zion Wildlife Gardens on the road for a series of captivating displays around New Zealand! With loads of activity around Zion including a series of highly significant births as well as lions tigers and cheetahs galore you will not want to miss out on all the excitement in The Lion Man Series 3!

Pippa de Bruyn, Keith Bain

Mr. Landon was a writer and journalist, now best remembered for a ghost story, Thurnley Abbey. As a journalist, he travelled throughout most of the world. This handsome volume is an illustrated account of his travels in India; it is subtitled "Impressions of Indian Cities, with a chapter dealing with the later life of Nana Sahib." (Nana Sahib was an Indian Leader during the 1857 rebellion against the British.) 15 x 23 cm. hardback. 288 pages. Seven colour, 59 b/w plates. For full list of cities visited, see photo. Cover has many small marks but is complete. Front cover a little loose. All contents lightly browned. All plates in good condition. Binding good. One small previous owner's name written at front. An elegant and now historically interesting account of city life in the India of the British Empire.

Sarina Singh

Alan Sillitoe

Marc Bennetts

Walking guide to u-Khahlamba-Drakensberg Park World Heritage Site, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa, accessible from Johannesburg, Harrismith, Pietermaritzburg and Durban. 75 day walks, up to 20km, in Royal Natal National Park, Cathedral Peak...