ENJOY books by Adam Yamey
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BOOKS BY ADAM YAMEY:
All are available from Amazon either as a paperback or a Kindle eBook
EXPLORING ENGLAND FROM A TO Z:
Fascinating places in England: a quirky journey of discovery
TRAVEL THROUGH ENGLAND FROM ABBEY WOOD TO ZENNOR, passing on the way places such as Abingdon Piggotts, Barcelona, Come-to-Good, Freshwater, Indian Queens, Little London, Long Melford, New York, Outgate, Queen Camel, Six Mile Bottom, and Veryan. In this book, Adam Yamey describes a collection of mostly lesser-known places in England, many of which he visited during and after the period when covid19 pandemic restrictions made travelling abroad difficult. On the tour Adam will reveal aspects of life in England from before the Neolithic era to the reign of King Charles III. Adam’s profusely illustrated book contains historical as well as current information, along with personal observations. It will open your eyes to the delights and curiosities of England that can be discovered when you stray off the ‘beaten track’.
For list of places included in the book, go to:
https://adamyamey.co.uk/england-from-a-to-z/
Buy your copy now: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FVV6JLZ7/
Take a fascinating trip in India with Adam
Adam Yamey’s latest book invites you to join him on a fascinating 4000-mile journey through parts of India including Karnataka, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Telengana, Tamil Nadu, and Pondicherry. This travelogue records points of interest – their histories and current conditions; encounters with diverse people – from autorickshaw drivers to artists and academics; and discovering local foods. Enjoy travelling with Adam through the pages of his intriguing account of people and places in India, which contains maps and many of Adam’s photographs. Explore India without leaving home!
Available from Amazon:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/88-DAYS-INDIA-JOURNEY-DISCOVERY/dp/B0FKTFBFM2/
My mother was an artist. Here is her story…
HELEN YAMEY (1920-1980) was a sculptor. She worked in London at St Martins School of Art alongside well-known artists including Frink, Caro, Annesley, Kadishman, Paolozzi, and Tucker. Her works were exhibited alongside those of famous creators such as David Hockney, Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth, Paula Rego, Bridget Riley, Duncan Grant, and Jean Arp. This book by her son, Adam Yamey, describes her life as a mother and a flourishing artist. It includes many pictures of Helen’s sculptures, as well as some notes about them by her granddaughter, the art historian and curator Mala Yamey.
The book (and Kindle) are available from Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DKCZ7J7X/
An Albanian who fought the Portuguese in India
The Albanian, known as ‘Khwaja Safar’, was born in southern Italy. Just as the Albanian national hero Skanderbeg fought the invaders of Albania in the 15th century, Khwaja Safar valiantly opposed the invaders of his adopted country – Gujarat – in the 16th century.
My book, “AN ALBANIAN IN INDIA”, is illustrated with pictures and maps. It describes Khwaja Safar’s extraordinarily exciting life and my visits to places where he made his mark in India.
Buy your copy here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0D7HX2B8Q
101 traveller’s tales from India
True love drew me to India. Since my first trip there in late 1993, I have visited the country more than fifty times. My latest book, “CORACLES AND CROCODILES: 101 TALES OF INDIA”, is a literary ‘collage’ or anthology of some of my interesting and often intriguing experiences in India. All the episodes in it are based closely on actual occurrences. This is a book that will appeal to those who know India and for those who do not.
The book and Kindle are available from Amazon.
Paperback: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DJZ6DMYB
Kindle:
ABOUT A VICTORIAN PIONEER OF ARTISTIC PHOTOGRAPHY.
A chance encounter with an inventor of photography led to JULIA MARGARET CAMERON (1815-1879) becoming a pioneering artistic photographer. Her work transformed photography from the slavish copying of nature into a creative artform. Born in India, she was educated in France, worked in England, and died in Sri Lanka. For 15 years, she lived on the Isle of Wight, where she created most of her vast photographic oeuvre.
This book, illustrated with images and maps, describes Julia’s life; her remarkable family; her circle of eminent Victorian friends and acquaintances; her travels; and the nature of her photographic output. Adam Yamey has followed in her footsteps in London, the Isle of Wight, India, and Sri Lanka, and presents her intriguing life and milieu from an exciting new perspective.
Buy your copy now:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/BETWEEN-TWO-ISLANDS-MARGARET-CAMERON/dp/B0BZFCVLX9/
GOLDERS GREEN & HAMPSTEAD GARDEN SUBURB: VISIONS OF ARCADIA – is a book about Golders Green and its close neighbour Hampstead Garden Suburb. It describes these places past and present.
BEYOND MARYLEBONE AND MAYFAIR: EXPLORING WEST LONDON – Before the year 1800, the West End was truly the western end of London. West of Mayfair and Marylebone, there was countryside: woods, fields, private parks, farms, stately homes, villages, and highwaymen. After the beginning of the 19th century, the countryside began to disappear as villages grew and coalesced and the city of London expanded relentlessly westward. What had been rural Middlesex gradually became the west London we know today. My new book, illustrated with photographs and maps, explores the past, present, and future of many places, which became absorbed into what is now west London: that is London west of Park Lane and the section of Edgware Road south of Kilburn. Some of the places described will be familiar to many people (e.g., Paddington, Kensington, Fulham, Walham Green, and Chelsea). Other locations will be less known by most people (e.g., Acton, Crane Park, Harmondsworth, and Hayes). Many people have seen the places included in my book when they have looked out of the windows of aircraft descending towards the runways at Heathrow, and many of them will have passed some of these places as they travel from Heathrow to their homes or hotels. My book invites people to begin exploring west London – a part of the metropolis less often on tourists’ itineraries than other areas. “Beyond Marylebone and Mayfair: Exploring West London” is aimed at both the keen walker (or cyclist) and the armchair traveller.
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BENEATH A WIDE SKY: HAMPSTEAD AND ITS ENVIRONS – A fresh look at Hampstead, its history, sights, and personalities, written by Adam Yamey, who has known the area well since childhood.
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MORE BOOKS (available from Amazon and lulu.com):
ALIWAL – a novel. A young German sails to South Africa in 1849. Soon, he becomes successful and prosperous, but his life hits a great snag
ROGUE OF ROUXVILLE – a historical novel set in South Africa and the USA. When deception is insufficient to escape from debt, desperate measures are needed.
EXODUS TO AFRICA – A personalised history of the migration of Jewish people from Europe to South Africa
SOAP TO SENATE: A GERMAN JEW AT THE DAWN OF APARTHEID – Biography of a German Jewish migrant to South Africa and his rise from being a photographer’s assistant to becoming the first elected Jewish Senator in his adopted country.
SCRABBLE WITH SLIVOVITZ – Travel experiences in the former Yugoslavia.
ALBANIA ON MY MIND – Travel in Albania in 1984, when the country was under the rule of its tough dictator, Enver Hoxha. A travelogue.
REDISCOVERING ALBANIA – Visiting Albania in 2016. Comparison of contemporary Albania with Albania under Communism. A travelogue.
FROM ALBANIA TO SICILY – The history of Albanian refugees who settled in Sicily when the Ottomans invaded Albania in the 15th century. History and travel.
CHARLIE CHAPLIN WAVED TO ME – The world viewed through the eyes of a child. Tales of childhood travel.
TRAVELLING THROUGH GUJARAT, DAMAN, and DIU – A journey through a part of western India less visited by foreign tourists.
GOING WITHOUT THE FLOW – A true medical tale. Prostrate with a prostate.
BORN IN BRESLAU: A JEWISH SCHOLAR IN PRUSSIA – Prejudice against Jewish people in 19th century Prussia.
INDIAN FREEDOM FIGHTERS IN LONDON (1905-1910) – The story of a group of Indians in London, led by Shyamji Krishnavarma and Vinayak Savarkar, plotting the downfall of the British in India.
IMPRISONED IN INDIA – A South African in Bangalore – Experiences of a Boer POW captured by the British in 1901 during the Boer War.
BETWEEN OLYMPUS AND AEGEAN – Watching ants and camping in northern Greece. Travelogue.
ADAM YAMEY’s AMAZON AUTHOR PAGE:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/kindle-dbs/entity/author/B0046DCK7S
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