Archive for October, 2009
A Journey of a thousand miles starts with a Journey Journal
Just in from the printer, Journey Journal created in collaboration with our fabulous friends at The Geography Collective is ready to roll out with our test market of school age kids. If you have kids or have involvement with primary or secondary schools and would like to know more about the Journey Journal please get in touch.
What folks have to say about Journey Journal:
“We think this is a fabulous initiative to get young people interested in the people, culture and traditions of the countries they visit.” The Travel Foundation
“The ideal document for all aspiring geographers to keep alongside their passport – see a new place and write your own book about it.” Dr Nick Middleton, University of Oxford, writer and presenter of the ‘Extremes’ series on Channel 4
“So many children today interact more with the screen in front of their noses than the world around them. The Journey Journal is a really imaginative way of encouraging young travellers to look up and around at the places they visit, to engage with the people who live there, and to think about the impact their travels might have on themselves and others.” Hilary Wilce, education journalist and author of ‘Help Your Child Succeed at School’
To buy Journey Journal, use the button below:
Eye author Charlotte Metcalf
Check out Eye author, Charlotte Metcalf’s article on Marrakech in the Spectator magazine out this week.
Charlotte Metcalf is now the travel editor for The Spectator and has contributed to The Daily Mail, YOU Magazine, The Times, The Sunday Times, The Independent on Sunday and The Daily Telegraph.
She is the author of WALKING AWAY: A FILM MAKER’S AFRICAN JOURNAL, published by Eye Books.
In addition to writing, Charlotte is a renowned filmmaker and has filmed, directed and produced an impressive list of documentaries for the BBC and Channel 4: CHINATOWN (Films of Record/BBC), LIVING WITH HUNGER (Insight/Channel 4/Discovery Time/CNN), GLOBALISATION IS GOOD (Freeform/Channel 4); THE TROUBLE WITH CORPORATE AMERICA (MBC/Channel 4); THE END OF AN AFFAIR (BBC). UNREPORTED BRITAIN was a 3-part documentary series for Channel Four, uncovering crime and violence on the streets of Britain. Charlotte produced, directed and operated camera for two films in the series.
Chain Reaction – what goes around comes around
Interest in Eye Book’s hilarious Crap Cycle Lanes is creating a chain reaction of interest in the Twittersphere and elsewhere. Featured in last month’s Architect’s Journal as the Book of the Month, Crap Cycle Lanes has now found its way on to the Guardian’s blog: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/series/bike-blog. What started as a ‘farcility’ of the month on the Warrington Cycle Campaign’s website is now available as a great gift for cyclists, urban planners and anyone with a sense of humour.
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.
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.
Eye Books acquires world rights to Morgan Tsvangirai official biography
EYE BOOKS ACQUIRES WORLD RIGHTS TO
OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY OF
MORGAN TSVANGIRAI, PRIME MINISTER OF ZIMBABWE
Morgan Richard Tsvangirai: A Villager’s Journey to Prime Minister.
Proposed Publication Date: Spring 2010.
All rights available: enquiries contact Dan Hiscocks – dan@eye-books.com Tel: UK: 0203 239 3027
At Frankfurt Book Fair contact: Jill Hughes Foreign Rights International Rights Centre Y3
Nominated for the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize Morgan Tsvangirai is the first non-lawyer recipient of
The 2009 International Bar Association human rights award
International Lifetime Achievement Award 2009 from the Spanish Foundation Cristobal Gabarron
The worldview of Zimbabwe is a country in turmoil. Despite being rich in natural resources and minerals, the country has been run down by a Dictator and wracked with massive corruption, inflation and conflict. Zimbabweans have constantly called out to the world to intervene and end the rampant racism and “black-on-black” oppression that it strangling its chance to contribute to the world and provide a fair democratic society to its people.
The view of Morgan Tsvangirai is one of hope and change. A man who despite beatings and charges of treason and a personal tragedy of losing his wife, Susan, in a car accident, has stood by his resolve and strength to run the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) and a country which can lead Africa out of political and social mire.
What made the son of a rural bricklayer, who dropped out early from high school to help his family look after his eight younger siblings, feel equipped to challenge Robert Mugabe, the liberation war icon who turned into one of the most feared dictators in history?
Through a simple and consultative leadership style, which has parallels to US President Barrack Obama, he earned the simultaneous respect of the poor, academics and the famous. His nimble-footed and smart approach to rally the nation against serious odds surprised many, propelling him into the club of young, promising African leaders with as yet unexplained capacity to navigate through a murky political terrain for public good.
Tsvangirai is neither a Mahatma Gandhi nor a Nelson Mandela but very much his own man. This book gives us the insight to Morgan Richard Tsvangirai a new force on the world stage.
About the Author
As his personal assistant, advisor and spokesperson, T. William Bango and Morgan Tsvangirai have shared alot together over the last 6 years – not least the recent infamous beatings which nearly cost both their lives at the hands of Mugabe’s Zanu militia. Prior to this, Bango’s spent 23 years in journalism which took him as an aide to Robert Mugabe, a founding editor for the banned Daily News, and a Masters in journalism from University of Cardiff, and a three-year stint as a journalism lecturer at the Institute for Advancement of Journalism. He has recently completed a sabbatical to complete an MPA from Harvard University in Cambridge, MA.
T. William Bango lives in Harare, Zimbabwe.
First Contact
Cannibals and Crampons the award-winning film of Eye Books’ author Mark Anstice’s book First Contact is broadcasting tonight on ITV at 1:20 a.m. If you can’t be bothered to set your VCR, PVR or other broadcast recording device the film is available for free on DVD when you buy the book. Books are available here: www.eye-books.com
Book of the Month at the Architect’s Journal
Eye Books’ hilarious Crap Cycle Lanes is the book of the month in this Month’s Architect’s Journal. http://tinyurl.com/archjourn “Architects come up against short-sighted planning on a daily basis – not least when they get on their bikes”. An appropriate choice as the 2009 Cycle Show has just opened at Earls Court. See our special 2009 Cycle Show offers for special discounts on all Eye Cycle titles.
Alastair’s talk at Chester Literature Festival
The Shell Chester Literature Festival is in its 21st year, and they have invited one of our authors, the fantastic Alastair Humphreys, to give a talk. As well as being the author of three books, Al is a talented speaker, with the President of the Royal Geographical Society saying, “with the possible exception of Sir David Attenborough, that was the best lecture, and the longest applause that I have heard in the past 15 years.”
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.
Erratum – California the Beautiful
In our post about Galen Rowell’s wonderful book California the Beautiful, I originally posted that this book had been reissued by Random House. Random House now distribute Galen’s wonderful California the Beautiful but the book has been reissued by the lovely Lena Tabori at Welcome Books http://welcomebooks.com/californiathebeautiful/ -
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