A daily journal written by a Serviceman in 1946 whilst on leave in Kashmir. It tells of his trips to the many places of interest in the area, with much description of the scenery, including the bird and plant life he found there. The author had a great interest in the Church Mission Schools and has described these in great detail, giving an insight into how these schools were run at that time. He spent a month in Kashmir, and took advantage of every opportunity to explore the area. The book conveys the love he had for this beautiful part of the world and allows the reader to share in its...

As the title suggests, Beyond the Burghal Hidage takes the study of Anglo-Saxon civil defence away from traditional historical and archaeological fields, and uses a groundbreaking interdisciplinary approach to examine warfare and public responses to organised violence through their impact on the landscape. By bringing together the evidence from a wide range of archaeological, onomastic and historical sources, the authors are able to reconstruct complex strategic and military landscapes, and to show how important detailed knowledge of early medieval infrastructure and communications is...

This is the unlikely story of five scrappy students in culinary school from the western slope of Colorado who joined the competition team and beat all the odds.