The West Highland Way is the first and most famous of Scotland's Great Trails, running for 96 miles (154 km) through superb scenery. Starting from the outskirts of Glasgow, it passes through Scotland's first National Park, along the banks of Loch Lomond, across the wilds of Rannoch Moor and ends in Fort William at the foot of Ben Nevis, Britain's highest mountain. This new edition describes the route from Milngavie northward, including the improved lochside path north of Rowardennan and the final extra mile into Fort William. It has more pages, many more photos and much larger scale mapping than before, yet it's lighter and than ever.

This guidebook contains all you need to plan and enjoy the West Highland Way:

• the Way in sections, with summaries of distance, terrain and altitude profiles
• where to find food and drink, accommodation and how to split the distance
• concise background on the history, heritage and wildlife
• information about side-trips, e.g. Ben Lomond and Ben Nevis
• background information about Loch Lomond, history, habitats and wildlife
• planning information for travel by car, train, bus or plane
• 15 pages with detailed route mapping at 1:42,500
• in full colour, with 120 photographs
• rucksack-friendly format.

The Great Glen Way is one of Scotland's Great Trails and offers a superb experience for both walkers and cyclists. The Way runs for 77 miles (124 km) along Scotland's Great Glen between Fort William and Inverness. It follows the scenic Caledonian Canal and runs beside four of the Highlands' loveliest lochs - including Loch Ness, famous for its monster legend and for Urquhart Castle.

The route has been enhanced with several High Route options, most recently the 2024 Abriachan High Route taking walkers to a new high point at 434 m/1425 ft. The new edition covers this option and shows it in mapping.

This edition was revised in late April 2024 and covers several important route updates for 2024-25: the Invergarry link route is mandatory until Loch Oichside reopens in 2025, the Fort Augustus to Invermoriston High Route is closed until summer 2024 and the approach to Inverness has changed around Craig Dunain. The book is in our slim pocket-friendly format, with perfect binding (glued and sewn) and still on rainproof paper.

This guidebook contains all you need to plan and enjoy the Great Glen Way - on foot or on a bike:

detailed mapping on 13 pages at 1:38,000hill and mountain side-trips including Ben Nevisbackground on canal heritage, clan history and wildlifedetailed description for each section walked from Fort William to Invernesssummaries showing distance, terrain, food/drink stops and altitude profileplanning information for walkers and cycliststown plans of Fort William and Invernessin full colour, with 100+ photos, many of them newrucksack-friendly and on rainproof paper.

Antarctica may seem remote, extreme and perhaps even forbidding. Yet everybody who has visited comes back full of enthusiasm for its otherworldly scenery, amazingly well-adapted wildlife and brings home lasting memories and stunning photos. The author inspires interest in this amazing place while encouraging responsible, informed and sustainable tourism.

The book helps you to decide where and when to go, whether to include South Georgia and/or the Falklands, how to read between the lines of an itinerary, which operator to book with and what size of ship will suit you best. It provides practical information about weather, clothing, photography and biosecurity.

Antarctica's ice cap stores 90% of the world's freshwater ice, and it is a crucial place for climate monitoring and other scientific research. The author explains the 1959 Antarctic Treaty, and the Madrid and Montreal Protocols, and their implications both for the continent and for visitors on cruise ships. She interprets the formation of icebergs and glaciers, how the climate varies over different parts of Antarctica and how Antarctic ice affects sea levels.

The guide covers the history of Antarctica's discovery and exploration, not only the Scott/Amundsen famous race to the South Pole and Shackleton's extraordinary rescue, but also the less-known achievements of Douglas Mawson. The story is updated with Tim Jarvis's recreations of Mawson's and Shackleton's famous journeys, and the 2022 discovery of the Endurance shipwreck, 107 years after the ship was crushed and sank.

Use this book to plan your adventure of a lifetime, but be warned: many who visit Antarctica end up trying to return.

The West Highland Way is the first and most famous of Scotland's Great Trails, running for 96 miles (154 km) through superb scenery. Starting from the outskirts of Glasgow, it passes through Scotland's first National Park, along the banks of Loch Lomond, across the wilds of Rannoch Moor and ends in Fort William at the foot of Ben Nevis, Britain's highest mountain. This sixth edition was revised in 2024 and contains many route updates. It has more pages, many more photos and much larger scale mapping than before, yet it's lighter than ever.

This guidebook contains all you need to plan and enjoy the West Highland Way:

the Way in sections, with summaries of distance, terrain and altitude profileswhere to find food and drink, accommodation and how to split the distanceconcise background on the history, heritage and wildlifeinformation about side-trips, e.g. Ben Lomond and Ben Nevisbackground information about Loch Lomond, history, habitats and wildlifeplanning information for travel by car, train, bus or plane15 pages with detailed route mapping at 1:42,500in full colour, with 120 photographsrucksack-friendly format.

The World Yearbook of Education was first published by the Evans Brothers in 1965 in association with the University of London Institute of Education and Teachers College, Columbia University. Since then it has become established as one of the most important forums for work in comparative education in the world. Each volume addresses a major issue in comparative education and includes contributions from a range of leading international scholars. Subjects covered include: The impact of IT on education Gender, race and class in education Higher education Special educational needs and inclusive education Educational management

First Published in 2005. The phrase 'education of minorities' raises a variety of questions. As a World Yearbook theme it demands clarification. We are using the word 'minority' to refer not to relative numbers but to 'the condition of being inferior or subordinate'. This could be taken to include students with a variety of handicaps - physical, intellectual, socioeconomic, cultural; pupils with low literacy or language problems; and victims of race or sex discrimination. However, this book concentrates on the problems of students who are disadvantaged by differences of culture and language, especially ethnic minorities who do not possess the background, attributes and skills of the dominant group and are thus distanced from the sources of power and status in the country they inhabit.

First Published in 2005. The phrase 'education of minorities' raises a variety of questions. As a World Yearbook theme it demands clarification. We are using the word 'minority' to refer not to relative numbers but to 'the condition of being inferior or subordinate'. This could be taken to include students with a variety of handicaps - physical, intellectual, socioeconomic, cultural; pupils with low literacy or language problems; and victims of race or sex discrimination. However, this book concentrates on the problems of students who are disadvantaged by differences of culture and language, especially ethnic minorities who do not possess the background, attributes and skills of the dominant group and are thus distanced from the sources of power and status in the country they inhabit.

The World Yearbook of Education was first published by the Evans Brothers in 1965 in association with the University of London Institute of Education and Teachers College, Columbia University. Since then it has become established as one of the most important forums for work in comparative education in the world. Each volume addresses a major issue in comparative education and includes contributions from a range of leading international scholars. Subjects covered include: The impact of IT on education Gender, race and class in education Higher education Special educational needs and inclusive education Educational management