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The ultimate book of running adventures across North America featuring 200 epic routes from city circuits to off-road trails plus amazing running stories from celebrated athletes. Discover tales of 50 incredible runs plus a further 150 awesome running trip ideas from easy-going jogs to one-of-a-kind challenges. Epic Runs of North America takes travelers across the US, Canada, and the Caribbean to experience heart-pounding trails that are a tonic for the mind, soul - and legs! 

• Publisert: September 2024
• Utgave: 1. utgave
• Antall sider: 320
  
• Innbinding: Innbundet
• Språk: Engelsk
• ISBN: 9781837581948

A comprehensive three-book set providing all the information needed to prepare for and hike the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT), a 2650-mile hike through California, Oregon and Washington. Designed to be compact and lightweight the set is separated into three books, an introduction to the trail (130g) and two map books (200g and 170g).

The introductory book covers all at-home planning and preparation for hiking the PCT.

• Detailed explanation of the trail structure, timings and how to approach the PCT
• Suggested itineraries for 110-, 120-, 130- and 140-day thru-hikes and an easy-going start option to aid with planning
• Advice on equipment and permits required on trail
• A background of the trail’s history
• A look at the wildlife, flora and fauna encountered on the trail
• The two map books are designed to be used on the trail, one covering the southern stages from the Mexico border to northern California at Interstate 5, the other detailing the northern stages in Oregon and Washington to the Canadian border
   
• Presented as 100 1–3-day stages for easy planning of either day, section or thru-hikes
• Where possible stages begin/end at trailheads for easy access to the route
• 1:100,000 topographic maps for the whole trail that can be used to supplement or replace digital mapping apps
• Each stage contains a waymarked route description with mileages, mapping, profiles, and locations of water sources and campsites
• Resupply tables are included detailing where food, mail drops and laundrettes are available close to the trail
   
• Forfatter: David Jordan
• Publisert: Februar 2025
• Innbinding: Boks med tre heftede bøker/kartbøker
• Antall sider: 424
• Språk: Engelsk
• ISBN: 9781786312129

During his campaign for the presidency, one of Donald Trump's signature promises was that he would build a "great great wall" on the border between the US and Mexico, and Mexico was going to pay for it. A year and a half into his term, with only a few prototype segments erected, the wall is the 2,000-mile, multibillion-dollar elephant in the room of contemporary American life. In The Great Great Wall, architectural historian and critic Ian Volner takes a deep dive into the story of Trump's wall.

Volner follows the conception, selling, design, and construction (or lack thereof)of this expensive and consequential barrier, giving readers a detailed look at what's happening in Washington, DC, and along the border. He also travels far afield, to China, the Middle East, Northern England, and back to our border to examine the barriers we've been building for centuries. Why do we build walls? What do they reveal about human history? The Great Great Wall is an absorbing, smart, and timely book on an incredibly contentious and newsworthy topic.

• Forfatter: Ian Volner
• Publisert: 2019
• Antall sider: 288
  
• Innbinding: Innbundet
• Språk: Engelsk
• ISBN: 9781419732829