Gillian: 813 books
by Claire Gillian
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2016
No one ever said Gayle Lindley’s first job would be a killer.Fresh out of college, Gayle’s career path should follow the yellow brick road straight to the top. Thanks to a menial errand gone wrong, a wayward tongue, and a randy supervisor who won’t take ‘no’ for an answer, Gayle’s...
Alternative Modernities in French Travel Writing
Engaging Urban Space in London and New York, 18511986
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2016
Ever since human beings first travelled, cities have constituted important material and literary destinations. While the city has formed a key theme for scholars of literary fiction, travellers’ modes of writing the city have been somewhat neglected by travel studies. However, travel writing with...
A Small Book of Poems
Random Musings
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2007
This small book of poemsit could be about the journey and all the memories that make up the paths we take or not. It is about immature and nave lovelove that hurts and that which sometimes doesnt. There are themes that can be obviously seen and felt but isnt that what life is all about? These could...
by Gillian Page
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2013
This is an account of our trip to America on the Queen Mary 2. This was our first trip to the United States, and we decided to spend some time in America when we arrived in Fort Lauderdale, Miami. We hired a car, and drove down to The Keys, and then made our way back up the eastern coast of America,...
Complexity Theory and the Social Sciences
The state of the art
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2013
For the past two decades, ‘complexity’ has informed a range of work across the social sciences. There are diverse schools of complexity thinking, and authors have used these ideas in a multiplicity of ways, from health inequalities to the organization of large scale firms. Some understand complexity...
Walking in Corsica
Long-distance and short walks
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2012
A guidebook of long-distance and day walks on the island of Corsica. The three long-distance routes - Mare e Monti, Mare-Mare Nord and Mare-Mare Sud are covered in total over 26 days. A selection of 18 day walks in prime spots, explore the towering forests, gushing cascades, beautiful isolated coves,...
Walking and Trekking in the Gran Paradiso
Alta Via 2 trek and 28 day walks
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2018
A guidebook to walking in the Gran Paradiso National Park in the Italian Alps, describing the 12-stage Alta Via 2 trek between Courmayeur and Chardonnay, and 28 walks ranging from 2 to 33km, as well as suggestions for combining routes into long-distance hikes. The Gran Paradiso sits in the Valle d'Aosta,...
African Political Activism in Postcolonial France
State Surveillance and Social Welfare
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2018
African Political Activism in Postcolonial France engages with several areas of scholarly inquiry, ranging from the study of immigrants to the investigation of surveillance and the legacy of colonialism. Within migration studies, many important analyses have focused on integration, yielding critical...
Walking on the Amalfi Coast
Ischia, Capri, Sorrento, Positano and Amalfi
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2017
Walking on the Amalfi Coast describes 32 day-walks, ranging from 3km to 11km in length. The walks explore the Sorrento Peninsula, Amalfi Coast and Monti Lattari, as well as the islands of Capri and Ischia in the Gulf of Naples. The whole area is crisscrossed by ancient mule tracks, pilgrim routes...
Through the Italian Alps
The GTA - The Grande Traversata delle Alpi
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2012
The Granda Traversata delle Alpi (GTA) is an immensely rewarding 630km long-distance route across the western Italian Alps, and is an exciting proposition, traversing the Ligurian, Maritime, Cottian, Graian and Pennine Alps to finish near Monte Rosa, punctuated en route by stunning peaks including...
Walking in the Dolomites
25 multi-day routes in Italy's Dolomites
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2017
This guidebook describes 25 hut-to-hut treks in the Dolomites of northern Italy, covering 15 regions including Cortina, Sella, Sesto, Marmolada and Latemar. Ranging from 11.3km to 40.8km and from two to four days, the graded routes are suitable for walkers with a reasonable level of fitness and experience...
Italy's Sibillini National Park
Walking and Trekking Guide
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2012
A detailed guidebook to walking in Italy's Sibillini National Park. 21 day walks and one 8-day trek of the Monti Sibillini (that belongs to the Appenine Chain) route descriptions are provided in the guidebook, with maps and profiles given for each walk. The day walks range from 3 to 21km in length....
Trekking in the Apennines
The Grande Escursione Appenninica
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2015
This guidebook describes the Grande Escursione Appenninica (GEA), a nearly 400km long, three week trek crossing the Apenines in 23 stages, from Bocca Trabaria to Passo Due Santi on the edge of Liguria. The route dips in and out of Tuscany and Emilia-Romagna, never dropping below 400 metres. Best walked...
Sir John Franklin’s Erebus and Terror Expedition
Lost and Found
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2017
In 1845, British explorer Sir John Franklin set out on a voyage to find the North-West Passage – the sea route linking the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific. The expedition was expected to complete its mission within three years and return home in triumph but the two ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror,...