Creating and Planning the Corporate Data Base System Project

Business & Money

Cohen, Leo J.

Management & Leadership

Mountain House Pub

One wet and windy day in the British Museum, Bettina Selby decided, almost on an impulse, to travel the length of the Nile Valley, from the Mediterranean Sea to the mysterious Mountains of the Moon and the great lakes of central Africa. She designed a special, bright-red `all terrain' bicycle for the journey; and suitably equipped with insect repellants, sun hat, an invaluable filter pump for purifying the waters of the Nile, a Swiss army penknife and an impracticable aerosol spray for keeping rabid dogs at bay, she set off on her 4500-mile adventure. It took her from the Pyramids, the great temples of Luxor, the Valley of the Kings and all the magnificence and romance of Egypt, to the empty burning sands of the Nubian Desert; from Cairo's congenial bustle, and the hospitality of remote Nile-side villages, to the starving refugee camps of war-torn southern Sudan; from the world of international aid (about which she has very mixed feelings) to the terrifying child-soldiers of Uganda - the ruined paradise where her journey ends. Vivid, moving, and observant, alive with the encounters that befall a solitary traveller in remote and often dangerous countries, Riding the Desert Trail is travel writing at its most exciting and exhilarating.

Riding the Desert Trail

Travel

Selby, Bettina

Africa

Bettina Selby, traveller and explorer decided to spend a long summer idyll re-visiting the far flung islands of the Outer Hebrides. With an 'all-terrain' bicycle and a small tent she sets out on a leisurely tour following forgotten tracks and byways into deserted corners.She finds that neither wild weather, nor midges, nor even a sprained  ankle can dampen her enthusiasm for this fascinating threatened habitat.   Her interest in the people of the islands, their history and traditions is equally strong and the pages are filled with a range of characters from those whose families have crofted and fished for generations, to 'white setlers' from the south who have come to seek   an alternative life-style to 21st century  materialism,With a shrewd insight and a certain laconic humour, Bettina Selby gives an informed and unsentimental outsider's view.  And through it all there shines a love and concern for these marvellous but Fragile Islands, and compassion for a people's unenvialbe history

The Fragile Islands

Literature & Fiction

Since the Tenth Century pilgrims have travelled the ancient roads through France and Spain that lead to the fabled rown of Santiago de Compostella, the legendary shrine of St James the apostle. Travelling in groups for safety, they braved marauding Moorish armies, raging torrents and fearsome mountain passes, trusting in the protection afforded to them by the emblem of St James, a scallop shell.A thousamd years later, Bettina Selby tackled the pilgrim's trail alone on a bicycle, finding the scallop shell still a powerful talisman, opening doors and providing shelter. This is the story of her journey through countiries whose twentieth-century veneer barely conceals a wealth of history; from the magnificent architecture of the great cathedrals to the tiny hamlets that seem untouched by the present day, and the awe inspiring and dangerous beauty of the Pyrenees. Like her predecessors, Bettna had to contend with the natural hazards of the terrain, thieves and wild dogs, but she also encountered a host of fascinating characters along the route. Above all she found a vibrant tradition that lures more and more people to become pilgrims on the road to the 'Field of the Star'.

Pilgrim's Road: A Journey to Santiago De Compostela

Europe

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