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Ireland, a bicycle and a tin whistle
By David A Wilson. 1995
Cycling around Ireland in search of traditional music, David Wilson followed the coastline from Prebyterian Islandmagee to Gaelic Cape Clear,…
then from Dublin to Belfast. He explores the Ireland of fiddles, harps, and storytelling 'til dawn, sharing tales of the towns he visited and the people he met. Some strong language. 1995.The immortalization commission: science and the strange quest to cheat death
By John Gray. 2011
For most of human history, religion provided a clear explanation of life and death, but in the late 19th and…
early 20th centuries new ideas - from psychiatry to evolution to Communism - seemed to suggest that our fate was now in our own hands. Gray investigates the belief that the science-backed Communism of the new USSR could reshape the planet, and the belief among a group of Edwardian intellectuals that there was a non-religious form of life after death. c2011.Neither here nor there: travels in Europe
By Bill Bryson. 1991
Bryson retraces his journeys through Europe in 1972 and 1973, when he and a high school buddy backpacked through the…
continent. Bryson revisits many of those places, and describes the changes in the sites and within himself. As the interests of Bryson and his buddy were quite different then, Bryson blends the accounts of the two journeys, offering insight into the various countries as well as his own life. Bestseller. 1991.2 1/2 men in a boat
By Nigel Williams. 1993
Nigel Williams's first work of non-fiction retells one of the most famous journeys of English literature - how Jerome K.…
Jerome rowed up the Thames from Kingston to Oxford - which Jerome transformed into the 1889 classic of English comedy "Three men in a boat". Williams's odyssey of the 1990s shows what has changed and what remains the same.Strands: a year of discoveries on the beach
By Jean Sprackland. 2012
A series of meditations prompted by walking on the wild estuarial beaches of Ainsdale Sands between Blackpool and Liverpool, 'Strands'…
is about what is lost and buried then discovered, about all the things you find on a beach, dead or alive, about flotsam and jetsam, about mutability and transformation. 2012.The old ways: a journey on foot
By Robert Macfarlane. 2013
Following the tracks, holloways, drove-roads and sea paths that form part of a vast ancient network of routes criss-crossing the…
British Isles and beyond, the author discovers a lost world, a landscape of the feet and the mind, of pilgrimage and ritual, of stories and ghosts; above all of the places and journeys which inspire and inhabit our imaginations. 2013.Clear waters rising: a mountain walk across Europe
By Nicholas Crane. 1997
Alone, and on foot, Nicholas Crane embarked on an extraordinary adventure: a seventeen-month journey along the chain of mountains that…
stretches across Europe from Cape Finisterre to Istanbul, with only an umbrella for company. This classic account is both a tale of endurance and a celebration of the people and landscapes that exist on the periphery of the modern world.Great British railway journeys
By Charlie Bunce. 2011
Clearing in the West: my own story
By Nellie L McClung. 1965
Trekking west with her family in 1880, the author grew up on a Manitoba homestead and taught in prairie schools…
until her marriage. Also provides a clear picture of the important role women played in the frontier communities. 1965.Under the Tuscan sun
By Frances Mayes. 1998
The author opens the door on a wondrous new world when she buys and restores an abandoned villa in the…
spectacular Tuscan countryside. She explores the nuances of the Italian landscape, history and cuisine. Each adventure yields delightful surprises - the perfect panettone, an unforgettable wine, or painted Etruscan tombs. 1998.The pillars of Hercules: a grand tour of the Mediterranean
By Paul Theroux. 1995
The popular author of The Great Railway Bazaar and other travelogues traces a modern version of the Grand Tour of…
Europe--a lively, sometimes violent journey around the shores of the Mediterranean. Originally published in 1995.All points north
By Simon Armitage. 1998
True UFO stories
By Terry Deary. 1997
A collection of allegedly true UFO-based stories. Among the stories featured are that of two people who were kidnapped and…
used in horrific experiments by hideous, lizard-eyed aliens. There is also the story of strange beings descending in a beam of light to rescue a girl and her father.Witches, ghosts & loup-garous: scary tales from Canada's Ottawa Valley
By Joan Finnigan. 1994
The new wilderness and unpeopled silences of Canada have long been fertile land for stories of the mysterious and frightening.…
In the Ottawa Valley, the tradition of storytelling and the fertile imagination of its settlers have created the Valley's own legends and ghost stories. Finnigan has collected some of these stories from the lumber camps and farms of the Valley.Tim Moore tackles the 9000km route of the old Iron Curtain on a tiny-wheeled, two-geared East German shopping bike, reflecting…
on the collapse of the Communist dream along the way. He sets off from the northernmost Norwegian-Russian border at the Arctic winter's brutal height. After three months, 20 countries and a 58-degree jaunt up the centigrade scale, man and bike finally wobble up to a Black Sea beach in Bulgaria, older and a bit wiser. 2017.West Yorkshire within living memory
By West Yorkshire Federation of Women's Institutes. 1996
Richard Wagamese Selected: What Comes from Spirit
By Drew Hayden Taylor, Richard Wagamese. 2021
On Foot to Canterbury: A Son’s Pilgrimage (Wayfarer)
By Ken Haigh. 2021
Enchanted kitchen: connect to spirit with recipes & rituals through the year
By Gail Bussi. 2022
"Part guidebook, part recipe book, and part inspirational journey, Enchanted Kitchen is about the stories, magic, food, and traditions specific…
to each month and the nourishment for the body, heart, and soul that begins in our kitchens." -- Provided by publisherA year and a day of everyday witchcraft: 366 ways to witchify your life
By Deborah Blake. 2017
"Connect with your witchy self each and every day using quick, easy, and fun practices. This handy book features simple…
yet meaningful ways to integrate witchcraft into your daily life, inspiring you to take your magic to a new level whether you're a beginner or an experienced practitioner. Deborah Blake guides you on a journey through the Wheel of the Year, providing witchy wisdom, affirmations, spells, questions to ponder, and much more. From working with herbs and gemstones to connecting with deities, |A Year and a Day of Everyday Witchcraft| explores a variety of modern Pagan practices to help you get more in touch with your personal path of witchcraft." -- Provided by publisher