Category Archives: Travel Guides
Collins Bird Songs and Calls
A unique beginner`s guide to bird song with 3 CDs of crystal-clear digital recordings and a comprehensive guide to identifying more complex songs and calls. The new Collins Bird Songs and Calls includes re-recorded versions of the original habitat CDs – ensuring that they are even clearer, but just as atmospheric – introducing the user
From Season to Season
Continuing where her hugely successful Voluptuous Delights left off, best selling author Sophie Dahl offers up a seasonal almanac of bountiful dishes alongside warm food-filled memories and musings. Taking a gastronomic journey through the seasons, from the Victorian Beeton era to a recent sodden Parisian evening, Dahl captures the smoke filled days of Autumn with
On The Spartacus Road
In this inspiring and original book, former editor of The Times, Sir Peter Stothard, re-traces the journey taken by Spartacus and his army of rebels. In the final century of the first Roman Republic an army of slaves brought a peculiar terror to the people of Italy. Its leaders were gladiators. Its purpose was incomprehensible.
Atlantic – A Vast Ocean of a Million Stories
The definitive biography of the world`s most important body of water — the Atlantic. One hundred and ninety million years ago, the shifting of two of the world`s tectonic plates led to the creation of an immense chasm. This giant gash in the flanks of the planet slowly opened up and eventually evolved into the
The Map of Time
An epic, ambitious and page-turning mystery that will appeal to fans of The Shadow of the Wind, Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell and The Time Traveller`s Wife London, 1896. Andrew Harrington is young, wealthy and heartbroken. His lover Marie Kelly was murdered by Jack the Ripper and he longs to turn back the clock and
Mog In The Garden
Reissue of this board book about everyone`s favourite family cat, Mog. With new cover design. Mog and the little boy like the garden. They like the grass and the sun. There are things to eat in the garden and things to climb and even things to smell. They play all day until it starts to
Mallowan`s Memoirs
Agatha Christie`s widower`s recollections of his archaeological triumphs and life with Agatha. In these informal, often witty and always interesting memoirs, Sir Max Mallowan tells the story of his life, from his boyhood at Lancing where he was a contemporary of Evelyn Waugh, to the days when he was elected a Fellow of All Souls
Mog`s Christmas
Beautiful anniversary reissue of this children`s classic to celebrate Mog`s 40th birthday. A wonderful Christmas story about everyone`s favourite family cat, complete with a gorgeous Mog print and stunning foiled cover for extra Christmas sparkle! The house is full of strange bustling, there are new noises and new smells, and where is that tree going?
Harmony
A practical guide to what we have lost in the modern world, why we have lost it and how easily it is to rediscover. Harmony is a blueprint for a more balanced, sustainable world that the human race must create to survive. For more than 30 years His Royal Highness Prince Charles The Prince of
The Pagan Lord
The seventh novel in Bernard Cornwell`s number one bestselling series on the making of England and the fate of his great hero, Uhtred of Bebbanburg. BBC2`s major Autumn 2015 TV show THE LAST KINGDOM is based on the first two books in the series. Uhtred – sword of the Saxons, bane of the Vikings –
Island Beneath the Sea
From the sugar plantations of Saint-Domingue to the lavish parlors of New Orleans at the turn of the 19th century, Isabel Allende`s latest novel tells the story of a mulatta woman, a slave and concubine, determined to take control of her own destiny in a society where that would seem impossible. Born a slave on
The Last of the Gentlemen Adventurers: Coming of Age in the Arctic
In 1930 a sixteen-year-old boy left England to become one of the last of the `gentlemen adventurers` – the fur traders of the Hudson`s Bay Company. In the Arctic he found adventure, love and sadness as he came to grips with Eskimo life. Beautifully written, inspiring and funny, this is a boy`s own story that
War
From the author of The Perfect Storm, a gripping book about Sebastian Junger`s almost fatal year with the 2nd battalion of the American Army. For 15 months, Sebastian Junger accompanied a single platoon of thirty men from the celebrated 2nd battalion of the U.S. Army, as they fought their way through a remote valley in
Gentry
Adam Nicolson tells the story of England through the history of fourteen gentry families – from the 15th century to the present day. This sparkling work of history reads like a real-life Downton Abbey, as the loves, hatreds and many times of grief of his chosen cast illuminate the grand events of history. We may
The Last Kestrel
Two strong women. Two cultures. One unifying cause: survival. Ellen Thomas, experienced war correspondent, returns to Afghanistan`s dangerous Helmand Province on assignment, keen to find the murderer of her friend and translator, Jalil. In her search for justice in a land ravaged by death and destruction, she uncovers disturbing truths. Hasina, forced by tradition into
Far from my Father`s House
Survival is hard in a land where no woman can live alone Layla is just thirteen when the men with the beards and guns burn down her beloved father`s school and begin to terrorise the Swat valley region of Pakistan. She has to flee, exchanging the tranquil beauty of the Himalayas for the squalor of
The Silver Dark Sea Pb
This powerful novel from the award-winning author of Richard and Judy pick `Eve Green` is a tale of love and the lore of the sea. The islanders of Parla are still mourning the loss of one of their own. Four years since that loss, and a man – un-named, unclothed – is washed onto their
Titanic Lives
Marking the centenary of the Titanic disaster, `Titanic Lives` is a fresh investigation of the lives of the passengers and crew on board the most famous ship in history. On the night of 14 April 1912, midway through her maiden voyage, the seemingly unsinkable Titanic hit an iceberg, sustaining a 300-feet gash as six compartments
The Hidden Assassins
The gripping new psychological thriller featuring Javier Falcon, the tortured detective from `The Silent and the Damned` and `The Blind Man of Seville.` As Inspector Jefe Javier Falcon investigates a faceless corpse unearthed on a municipal dump, Seville is rocked by a massive explosion. An apartment block is destroyed, and when it`s discovered that its
The Silent and the Damned
The powerful second psychological thriller featuring Javier Falcon, the complex detective from `The Blind Man of Seville`. At seven years old, Mario Vega faces a terrible tragedy – his parents are dead in an apparent suicide pact. But Inspector Javier Falcon has his doubts. In the brutal heat of a Seville summer, he dissects the
