Vertebrate Publishing: 117 books
Mr Dan and the Dams of Kurdistan
A Cork Man in Saddam's Iraq
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2013
For Dan Coakley, Iraq ticked all the boxes. It had a mad dictator, a secret police that left the Gestapo far behind in terms of brutality and sadism and a temperature range that varied from minus fifteen to plus fifty degrees Celsius. Dan was asked to be the Technical Manager of the electricity sector,...
Hillwalking
The official handbook of the Mountain Training walking schemes
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
Hillwalking is an indispensable guide to the skills required for summer hill walking and is a major reference book for those who wish to lead groups in the UK and Ireland. It is the official handbook for Mountain Training's walking schemes. This fully updated third edition covers every aspect of walking...
Navigation in the Mountains
The definitive guide for Hill Walkers, Mountaineers & Leaders The official navigation book for all Mountain Training schemes
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2014
Navigation in the Mountains - The Definitive Guide for Hill Walkers, Mountaineers & Leaders is the official navigation book for all Mountain Training schemes. Packed with essential information and techniques, this handbook is split into sections including: all aspects of mountain navigation; the...
Bells & Bikes
On the Tour de France big ring for Yorkshire and its churches
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
Rod Ismay has a passion (some would say obsession) for the Tour de France. If you think you know someone who is obsessed, think again, but fortunately Rod’s issues found their natural home when his native Yorkshire became the host for the 2014 Grand Départ. Rod also has another passion - as well...
7 Summits
1 Cornishman climbing the highest mountains on each continent
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2016
Most of us can watch an old episode of the holiday programme Wish You Were Here without it having the life-changing effect that it had on postman Edward Buckingham. For Ed, a young man from humble origins in Cornwall, the draw of Kilimanjaro and the high mountains of the world would change his life...