The UK's County Tops

The UK's County Tops
Author: John Muir
Publisher: Cicerone Press
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2011-10-05
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 9781852846299

Inspiring guide to 82 walking routes reaching the tops of the UK's 91 historic counties in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, from Inverness-shire's Ben Nevis (1344m) to Huntingdonshire's Boring Field (80m) visiting 10 national parks and the full range of UK countryside. OS maps, colour photography, many county facts.

Ireland's County High Points

Ireland's County High Points
Author: Kieron Gribbon
Publisher: Gill & Macmillan Ltd
Total Pages: 211
Release: 2012-03-05
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1848899629

Whether a leisurely rambler or a serious hill walker, there's a good chance you've visited or plan to visit at least one of Ireland's County High Points. While this special set of Irish hills and mountains continues to attract more visitors each year, they've never had a walking guidebook exclusively devoted to them. Ireland's County High Points – A Walking Guide explains everything you need to know as a walker before setting out on your County High Point quests. Each county-focused chapter contains a brief county profile and detailed walking route descriptions accompanied by easy-to-read maps. Also featured are various challenge options based on County High Points. This definitive guide is based on detailed desk-study investigation combined with on-site research, and dispels any commonly believed myths that may have previously lingered over certain County Top and County Peak locations. • Detailed route instructions and maps in practical format • Other Walking Guides also available: Carrauntohil & MacGillycuddy's Reeks by Jim Ryan; The Burren and the Aran Islands by Tony Kirby; Northern Ireland by Helen Fairbairn. For a complete list of walking guides available from The Collins Press, see www.collinspress.ie

The Real Counties of Britain

The Real Counties of Britain
Author: Russell Grant
Publisher: Virgin Books Limited
Total Pages: 264
Release: 1996
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Provides historical, geographical, and cultural information for every county in England, Wales and Scotland.

County Durham

County Durham
Author: Nikolaus Pevsner
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 656
Release: 1983-01-01
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9780300095999

The premier monument is Durham Cathedral, greatest of English Norman churches. Lovers of the Middle Ages will also seek out the county's exceptional Anglo-Saxon churches, while many of its great castles - Brancepeth, Raby, Auckland, Lambton - conceal palatial Georgian and Victorian interiors. The landscape varies dramatically, from the wilds of Teesdale and Weardale, in the west, to the pioneering industrial ports of Sunderland and Hartlepool on the coast, including fine gentry houses and stone-built market towns. South Tyneside and northern Cleveland, historically part of County Durham, are also covered.

The Peak Bagging Log Book

The Peak Bagging Log Book
Author: Matthew Arnold
Publisher:
Total Pages: 124
Release: 2018-12-03
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 9781999950941

This book provides a fantastic way of keeping a track record of how and when you have reached the highest point in every one of the United Kingdom's 108 counties. Each peak is listed in order from highest to smallest, providing stats, a short bio, and log to fill in, allowing you to tick off every county top once you have reached each summit.

Engel's England

Engel's England
Author: Matthew Engel
Publisher: Profile Books
Total Pages: 803
Release: 2014-10-23
Genre: History
ISBN: 1847659284

England, says Matthew Engel, is the most complicated place in the world. And, as he travels through each of the historic English counties, he discovers that's just the start of it. Every county is fascinating, the product of a millennium or more of history: still a unique slice of a nation that has not quite lost its ancient diversity. He finds the well-dressers of Derbyshire and the pyromaniacs of Sussex; the Hindus and huntsmen of Leicestershire; the goddess-worshippers of Somerset. He tracks down the real Lancashire, hedonistic Essex, and the most mysterious house in Middlesex. In Durham he goes straight from choral evensong to the dog track. As he seeks out the essence of each county - from Yorkshire's broad acres to the microdot of Rutland - Engel always finds the unexpected . Engel's England is a totally original look at a confused country: a guidebook for people who don't think they need a guidebook. It is always quirky, sometimes poignant and often extremely funny.

The Garden of England

The Garden of England
Author: Robin Whiteman
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Total Pages: 160
Release: 1996-05-13
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 9780297835240

Kent is traditionally known as the Garden of England, but the term could just as easily apply to Sussex and Surrey, for in addition to hopgardens, orchards and vineyards the region boasts some of the country's greatest gardens, such as Sissinghurst, Nymans, Sheffield Park and Wisley. Also found here, within easy reach of London and the coast, are romantic ruins like Bodiam and Scotney, great cathedral cities like Canterbury and Chichester, magnificent castles like Hever, Leeds and Arundel, princely residences like the Royal Pavilion at Brighton and historic houses like Chartwell and Bateman's -- all set in England's most fruitful countryside. Book jacket.

'Toons for Our Times

'Toons for Our Times
Author: Berke Breathed
Publisher: Little Brown
Total Pages: 95
Release: 1984
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 9780316107099

Cartoons deal with computer hackers, personal ads, political campaigns, rock musicians, and toxic waste

Man Enough to Be a Woman

Man Enough to Be a Woman
Author: Jayne County
Publisher: Serpent's Tail
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2021-05-20
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 178283768X

'If you stay alive long enough, people eventually catch up' Born in rural Georgia in 1947, Jayne moved to New York and became part of the 60s art scene surrounding Andy Warhol's Factory. Jayne's story follows the arc of LGBT liberation in the US - she came of age living hand-to-mouth, faced off against police at Stonewall and came out as a trans woman while she was touring Europe with her band. She went everywhere and met everyone and lived to tell the tale. Man Enough to Be a Woman is the funny, fierce memoir of Jayne's extraordinary journey, now including a new epilogue where she reflects on how the world has (almost) caught up with her.