Category Archives: Travel Guides
The Pale House
From the author of `The Man from Berlin`, shortlisted for the CWA Endeavour Historical Dagger.German intelligence officer Captain Gregor Reinhardt has just been reassigned to the Feldjaegerkorps – a new branch of the military police with far-reaching powers. His position separates him from the friends and allies he has made in the last two years,
The Thieves of Ostia
The first in Caroline Lawrence`s internationally bestselling Roman Mysteries series, re-issued with a fantastic new cover look. Flavia Gemina is a natural at solving mysteries. The daughter of a ship`s captain living in Ostia, the port of Rome, in AD79, she and her three friends, Jonathan, a Jewish boy (and secretly a Christian); Nubia, an
The White Giraffe
When she is eleven years old, Martine is orphaned and sent to live with her grandmother on a game reserve in South Africa. Her grandmother seems strangely unwelcoming and Martine has a difficult time settling in at her new school, where she is conspicuously an outsider. But she has an ally in Tendai – one
Elmer in the Snow
At the first hint of a chill in the air, Elmer`s friends start complaining about the cold, so Elmer decides to show them what cold weather is really like. They set off for a walk up a mountain, and the higher they get, the colder it gets. A good snowball fight at the top warms
The Great Death
The visitors from downriver had strange pale skin and blue eyes, but they left a deadly sickness of red spots and fever. Thirteen-year-old Millie and her younger sister Maura were the only survivors. As the first snowflakes fell the dogs were turning wild, and it was clear that the two girls must leave to find
The Joy Of Hillwalking
Ralph Storer`s highly entertaining exploration of the lure of the hills is underpinned by hard-won experience – he has climbed extensively in the British Isles, Europe and the American West, though his abiding love is the Scottish Highlands. His breezy anecdotes of walking and climbing around the world in all sorts of conditions are gripping
Hill Walks in the Cairngorms
Based on its predecessor, Walks In the Cairngorms (1984), this book comprises a number of new walks spread widely across the `Monarch of the Glen Country`, in addition to some favourites from the first book. The problems posed by the opening of the Cairngorm funicular, and restricted access to the mountains, are dealt with effectively
Children`s Encyclopedia of the Ancient World
Children`s Encyclopedia of the Ancient World: Step Back in Time to Discover the Wonders of the Stone Age, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, the Aztecs and Maya, the Incas, Ancient China and Ancient JapanStep back in time to discover the wonders of the Stone Age, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, the Aztecs and
Snowdon – The Story of a Welsh Mountain
The story of Snowdon in Jim Perrin`s words. The secrets within its fractured rocks and its shy flora, its folk tales echoing an older race and its beliefs, travellers` chronicles, industry, sport and an anthology of literature all contribute towards our understanding of the mountain.
The Art of Wandering
From the author of Pocket Essentials London Writing, Occult London, Psychogeography and Utopia, Merlin Coverley’s latest offering on The Art of Wandering is a philosophical history of that strange but prolific hybrid ‘” the writer as walker. From the peripatetic philosophers of Ancient Greece to the streets of 20th-century London, Paris, and New York, the
Photographing Plants and Flowers
Destined to become the plant photographers bible, this book encourages the reader to `see` the art and design of the plant and to take photographs that are both accurate visual records and works of creativity. It shows you how to explore the beauty and variety of the natural world, from tropical rainforests, deserts and summer
Drive
Set mostly in Arizona and L.A., Drive is about a man who does stunt driving for movies by day and drives for criminals at night. Sallis combines murder, treachery and payback in a sinister plot with resonances of 1940s pulp fiction and film noir. Told through a cinematic narrative that weaves back and forth through
Knitlympics!
Dive into the Olympics with Knitlympics! This fantastic new book lets you knit all your favourite sporting heroes and heroines, past and present. Whether you`re a fan of athletics, swimming or gymnastics there is a project for you. Includes patterns for 20 Olympic icons, from ancient Greece to London 2012. You don`t have to be
Red Flags
Army cop Erik Rider is enjoying his war until he`s sent to disrupt Vietcong opium fields in a remote province. Rider lands in Cheo Reo, home to hard-pressed soldiers, spies and profiteers of all stripes. The tiny US contingent and their unenthusiastic Vietnamese allies are outnumbered by enemy infantry. And they`re surrounded by 60,000 tribespeople
Driven
Drive, James Sallis`s critically acclaimed thriller about a movie stunt-man who moonlights as a getaway driver for the mob, became an award-winning film, directed by Nicholas Winding Refn, starring Ryan Gosling and Carey Mulligan and introduced Sallis to a worldwide audience – this is the stunning sequel Seven years have passed since Driver ended his
Rare Earth
A washed up TV reporter stumbles onto a corruption scandal in Western China. Pursued through the desert by a psychotic spin-doctor and a world weary cop, he discovers the real China: illegal metal mines, a fashion-crazed gang of girl bikers, a whole commune of Tiananmen Square survivors and the up-market sleaze-joints of Beijing. En route,
The Last Leopard
Martine is looking forward to the holidays and riding Jemmy, her white giraffe, until an accident sends her and Ben on a journey to the Matobo Hills wilderness in Zimbabwe. It is a lawless land, where nothing is as it seems. When they uncover a plot in which the fate of a magnificent leopard and
A Short History of China: From Ancient Dynasties to Economic Powerhouse
The turbulent and chequered past of the world`s most populous country is one of the most fascinating in world history, and relatively little known in the west. From the beginnings of Chinese prehistory right through to internet censorship with the Great Firewall of China, Gordon Kerr offers a comprehensive introduction to the sprawling history of
Kew Gardens
This charming short story by one of the greatest literary figures of the 20th century, Virginia Woolf, is set on a hot July day in Kew Gardens. Woolf creates an impressionistic world with snippets of conversation, wondering thoughts and sparks of colour. The gentle narrative drifts between different characters as they stroll through the world
Ancient Oaks: In the English Landscape
England has more ancient native oak trees than the rest of Europe combined. How did that come about? The reasons are all historical, and nothing to do with climate or soil factors. This story goes back to the Norman conquest of England in 1066. They created Royal Forests, chases and deer parks, where only the
