Great British Gravel Rides pays homage to the very best gravel cycling across England, Wales and Scotland. Markus Stitz has curated a collection of 25 routes across Britain – each a favourite route of a passionate gravel cyclist. You can join round-the-world cycling men's record holder Mark Beaumont in East Lothian, experience a different side of East Anglia with ultra-endurance racers and GBDURO20 winners Josh Ibbett and Gail Brown, embark on a coast-to-coast trip across Scotland with rou...

A thrilling historical novel and the sequel to the critically acclaimed Skin, perfect for fans of Outlander and Game of Thrones.One woman's quest to defend her culture.Haunted by the Roman attack that destroyed her home, Ailia flees to the remote Welsh mountains in search of the charismatic war king, Caradog, who is leading a guerrilla campaign against the encroaching army.Ailia proves herself an indispensable advisor to th...

Align with the natural cycles of the earth as you explore the 13 essential plants every green witch must know and have in their garden and cupboard for healing, spellwork, and divination.Plants are a sacred offering from Mother Earth. And witches have always known and understood their healing and magickal powers. Plants hold sustenance, medicine, and wisdom. They gift us with the essentials we need to live and thrive. In return, they ask to be used for the highest ...

S.A. Stitz's, Allyson is a fictionalized biography of true events. She is an extraordinary woman and he an unusually gifted man whose story of love, passion and their mystical union far exceeds any other. Sonny Schorr was born with a gift that enables him to experience every sensory feeling and thought to occur in the women with whom he has a physical and mental relationship with. His intimacies with these women empower them to reach spiritual levels of clarity, powerful climatic heights, ...

Why do students feel that mastering academic English is difficult?Is it really so different from other types of English? The authors present academic English as a particular type of English that is not necessarily better, fancier, or harder; rather, it is simply a different kind of English that is usually learned in scholastic settings after general English has been acquired. This easy-to-follow guide shows how learning academic language can be achieved by developi...

Gravel Rides Cairngorms & Perthshire showcases 15 of the best gravel bike rides across the Cairngorms National Park and south into Perthshire and the Angus Glens. From 14 to 77 kilometres in length and covering a variety of terrain, there is something for every gravel cyclist. Explore the fast-rolling gravel of disused railway lines on the Deeside Way and Dava Way, cross the mountain pass of the iconic Burma Road, and discover remote Highland glens such as Little Glen Shee where you're unl...

With this free, ebook-only extract, sample the haunting world of Ilka Tampke's debut SKIN, coming in August 2015. Also contains special extra material from the author.Celtic Britain, AD 28. Every seven years, the people of Durotriga unite at the Gathering to perform a ritual; one which will keep the peace amongst their tribe. Tonight, they will offer a gift to their tribal ancestors. That gift is a blood sacrifice.'The journeymen and -women started to s...

Do you think that the qualities of good writing are culture specific or universal?This reflective question and many others await your discussion and analysis in this revised edition of TESOL Press’s best-selling Teaching Writing, which explores different approaches to teaching writing in second language classrooms. This volume contains a new chapter, Designing Writing Assignments. New references and updated research, as well as lesson plans for teachers at...

Gravel Rides Edinburgh, Fife & the Lothians showcases 15 of the best gravel bike rides around Scotland's capital city and beyond. Covering East, West and Midlothian and crossing the Firth of Forth into the Kingdom of Fife, the rides range from 17 to 89 kilometres, plus a challenging 244-kilometre bonus route.Explore charming fishing villages and the industrial heritage of the Fife coast, follow the 1722 Waggonway – Scotland's oldest railway – in East Lothian, or venture in...

Align with the natural cycles of the earth as you explore the 13 essential plants every green witch must know and have in their garden and cupboard for healing, spellwork, and divination.Plants are a sacred offering from Mother Earth. And witches have always known and understood their healing and magickal powers. Plants hold sustenance, medicine, and wisdom. They gift us with the essentials we need to live and thrive. In return, they ask to be used for the highest ...

From warrior queens to King Arthur, this epic collection explores the tribes, rulers and civilisations of Britain's Iron AgeIn the first millennium BC, the Iron Age arrived in Britain, bringing with it huge technological and social changes. New civilisations arose, the landscape was transformed, and societies developed new cultures and lifestyles.In this comprehensive collection, we take an in-depth look at Iron Age Britain and its inhabitants. The Essa...

Reframing traditional conceptions of ecologyEcologies of Resistance brings together fourteen groundbreaking studies on Latin American and Latinx writing, visual and performing arts, film, and activism that propose alternatives to prevailing colonial and neocolonial conceptions of ecology. The contributors question the artificially imposed separation of the human and nonhuman, human dominance over place, and the concept of progress measured in strictly econ...