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Featured Book #1

The Letter From Death

In The Letter from Death, Lillian Moats constructs an astonishing appraisal of humanity through the eyes of Death itself. As an insightful, philosophical and surprisingly witty narrator, Death takes a tour through the follies of human past, present and future to approach seemingly complex matters with a simple clarity. At once unsettling and comforting, tragic and comic, provocative and wise, The Letter from Death is an insightful examination of humanity that will give thoughtful readers quite a lot to think about.

Helen | February 16th, 2010 | Continued

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Featured Book #2

Cold Hands, Warm Heart

A grandmother of two, Tess Burrows came to climbing late in life when she found her true calling in campaigning for the Tibetan cause. In her latest book, Cold Hands, Warm Heart, Tess races to the South Pole to promote Earth Peace. She not only learns to push the limits of the human body, but [...]

Dan | February 16th, 2010 | Continued

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Featured Book #3

The Emperor’s River

In his second book, Liam D’Arcy-Brown sets out to be the first Westerner in modern times to travel the length of China’s great wonder, the Grand Canal. Attempting to remember the China that fascinated him as a child, Liam is faced with a modern, more open China now. He talks his way onto the enormous barges that carry bulk building materials for China’s rapid modernisation, follows the world’s longest man-made canal and accounts for a list of characters and historical but forgotten sites from China’s ancient past.

Helen | February 16th, 2010 | Continued

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Featured Book #4

Journey Journal

Going somewhere new is a massive opportunity to discover and make sense of cultures, environments, issues and alternative ideas. Journey Journal, by The Geography Collective, is a special passport-sized book that encourages young people to (re)think the places they visit. It is made for for holidays, school trips and transition between Primary and Secondary School.

Helen | October 21st, 2009 | Continued

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Featured Book #5

Crap Cycle Lanes

Probably the worst cycle lanes in the world (well, the UK, at any rate), exposed in full colour. Offenses from all over England and Wales. Local authorities are named and shamed, with photographic evidence and sentencing recommendations.

Helen | October 21st, 2009 | Continued

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Guerilla Geographer

It has been too long. Last Saturday (in truth over a month ago now) we launched our gorilla marketing campaign for Mission:Explore on the streets of London. Georgie our marketing guru was going ape, check out the missions demonstrated here: http://bit.ly/GuerrillaVideo

Journey Journal featured with Travel Matters

Our great passport-sized Journey Journal is receiving great kudos and support. The latest responsible travel organisation to join in our mission is Travel Matters. Travel Matters is “a family focused travel agency based in South West London, founded on the principle of service. With our expertise, knowledge and attention to detail, we’ll ensure your family travel arrangements from the UK will be enjoyable and memorable. We are pleased to be celebrating our 11th year of trading.” Travel Matters is making the Journey Journal available through their web site and services to children, families and schools throughout the UK. To visit their schools page and learn more about Journey Journal visit here: http://www.travelmatters.co.uk/pages/163-Schools_Page

Can of Worms and GeoCollective shortlisted

We are delighted to announce that the GeoCollective, Can of Worms and Workshop collaboration for a GeoVation award has been shortlisted. Presentation of our MISSION:EXPLORE based London iPhone application venture will be made to judges on January 26th at the Royal Geographic Society. To find out more about the GeoVation awards and our entry visit their site here: https://challenge.geovation.org.uk/ventures/54 . Fantastic news!

Alastair Humphreys to talk at Adventure Show

Serial adventurer, he’s currently walking around the M25 in the worst winter conditions in 50 years, and Eye Books’ author Alastair Humphreys will be talking at the Adventure Show at the end of this month, Sunday 31 January 2010.

Described as “The first great adventure of the 21st Century” by Sir Ranulph Fiennes, Alastair will be talking about his epic circumnavigation of the world by bike recounted in his two books: Moods of Future Joys and Thunder & Sunshine. (Alastair will also be talking at the National Geographic this month, details to come). You can check out Al’s blog, read about his cycling adventures by reading Moods of Future Joys and Thunder & Sunshine, or read about the wisdom he gained on his journey by reading Ten Lessons From the Road. Buy by using the buttons below.

For details on the adventure show go here: http://www.adventureshow.co.uk/visitor_information_show_features_talks_best_adventure.php

Time : 14:00 till 14:45
Where : Theatre 2

Around the world by bike. By Alistair Humphreys, Adventurer

Aged 24 Alastair Humphreys left England to cycle round the world. His journey along the length of the Earth’s three great land masses [Africa, the Americas, and Eurasia] took more than 4 years to complete. He has written three books about his adventure.

We may not have 20/20 vision, but we do have 2010

Can of Worms is getting ready for a new year of challenges. There are many lying in wait.  The first of which is its application for a GeoVation Award. In collaboration with The Geography Collective and TheWorkshop, Can of Worms hopes to bring MISSION:EXPLORE LONDON to an iPhone near you. To find out more and support our venture click here: http://challenge.geovation.org.uk/ventures/54


Jungle Beat – Drumming up Sales

We always appreciate readers’ reviews for our books whether good or bad. Feedback on what we publish is an invaluable tool to improving our selection process as well as the editorial and production work we undertake to challenge the way we see things. This year is the tenth anniversary of the publication of The Jungle Beat: Fighting Terrorists in Malaya, written by Roy Follows and published by Eye Books.

Sales of this book continue, especially on line where a cadre of enthusiasts, academics and people interested in military history have found and appreciate Roy’s book. This is just one example of a recent review, reproduced here in full from Amazon:

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely brilliant, 1 May 2009

I can’t think of enough superlatives for this book. It is exciting, funny, informing and very very observant all at the same time and written without the swaggering testosterone that is so evident in so many military accounts that one can read today (not saying that that is bad, just different). It harks back to the sunset of the British Empire and is a first hand account of a down-to-earth, no-nonsense individual who conducted exhausting and nerve racking operations deep into communist terrorist jungle territory. From the events and actions detailed in this book you would initally have thought this was some special forces unit, but in fact these were all the actions of the then Malayan Police, who were every bit as tough and uncompromising.
The book is quite short, but that in itself is a redeeming feature as they prose is kept short and sweet. It never goes into minute by minute break down of events but nevertheless paints a vivid picture.
I highly recommended this book.

Thank you for all the support that you provide to our “back catalogue”.

Alastair Humphreys Pecha Kucha talk at Big Chill House

Alastair Humphreys spoke last night to his usual great plaudits – “brilliant”, “good stuff!” for Pecha Kucha in the Big Chill House. For those of you who missed it and would like to hear Alastair speak, he will be speaking at the Oxford Union next Monday, 16th November. For other upsoming events featuring Alastair please visit his blog, link below. And please support Alastair’s career as an adventurer, author and motivational speaker by buying his books from us or directly from Alastair, or of course your local bookstore.

You can check out Al’s blog, read about his cycling adventures by reading Moods of Future Joys and Thunder & Sunshine, or read about the wisdom he gained on his journey by reading Ten Lessons From the Road. Buy by using the buttons below.