Category Archives: Travel Guides
The Dinosaur Department Store
Eliza Jane was an unusual child. Some called her wilful, some called her wild!Our feisty heroine Eliza Jane isn`t your average child. Instead of a cute, fluffy bunny, she has her heart firmly set on a prehistoric pet. Join Eliza Jane and her parents on a marvellous magical tour of their local dinosaur department store.From
Slow Down, Monkey!
It`s a spider monkey`s birthday and every animal in the rainforest is invited to her party.But that means there`s some seriously speedy planning needed to make sure it`s a celebration to remember. Monkey rushes through the jungle to get the special cake, funky band and colourful decorations she needs, but nothing seems to be going
Reservation Road
At the close of a beautiful summer day near the quiet Connecticut town where they live, the Learner family – Ethan and Grace, their children, Josh and Emma – stop at a gas station on their way home from a concert. Josh Learner, lost in a ten-year-old`s private world, is standing at the edge of
Sons Of Thunder
`A fool couldn`t ride the Vincent Black Shadow more than once, but a fool can ride a Ducati 900 many times, and it will always be a bloodcurdling kind of fun. That is the Curse of Speed which has plagued me all my life. I am a slave to it. On my tombstone they will
Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops
`Can books conduct electricity?` `My children are just climbing your bookshelves: that`s ok…isn`t it?` A John Cleese Twitter question [`What is your pet peeve?`], first sparked the “Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops” blog, which grew over three years into one bookseller`s collection of ridiculous conversations on the shop floor. From `Did Beatrix Potter ever
Bloody London
Where did the real Jack the Ripper live? Which pub in London has been used more than any other by serial killers picking up their victims? Where was the capital`s Gladiators` Arena? Where in London did Anders Breivik, the Norwegian mass murderer, live as a child? Jack The Ripper (and 15 other London serial killers!),
The Thoughts And Happenings Of Wilfred Price Purveyor Of Superior Funerals
Everyone has to make decisions about love. Wilfred Price, overcome with emotion on a sunny spring day, proposes to a girl he barely knows at a picnic. The girl, Grace, joyfully accepts and rushes to tell her family of Wilfred`s intentions. But by this time Wilfred has realised his mistake. He does not love Grace.
Galore
An intricate family saga and love story spanning two centuries, “Galore” is a portrait of the improbable medieval world that was rural Newfoundland, a place almost too harrowing and extravagant to be real. Remote and isolated, exposed to savage extremes of climate and fate, the people of Paradise Deep persist in a realm where the
The Last Slave Market
John Kirk was the only companion of explorer David Livingstone to emerge untainted from the disastrous, tragic expedition up the Zambezi river between 1859 and 1863. Three years later, Kirk returned to Africa, to the notorious island of Zanzibar, ancient post of the slave trade between Africa and the Middle East. Half a century after
Native American Myths and Legends
In this brilliant reworking of Lewis Spence`s seminal Myths and Legends of the North American Indians, Jon E. Lewis puts the work in context with an extensive new introductory essay and additional commentary throughout the book on the history of Native Americans, their language and lifestyle, culture and religion/mythology. He includes examples of myths from
More Lake District
Pathfinder(R) More Lake District covering parts of Ennerdale, Dalegarth and St Bees Head. This selection offers interest, regional variety and balance of routes in the Lake District providing the best walks in the area. From an easy stroll through Orrest Head to the much more challenging walks around Crummock Water, this volume contains something for
A Life Without Limits
Chrissie Wellington is the world`s No 1 female Ironman triathlete, a four times World Champion, having recently won her fourth title in October 2011 and the World Record holder. In 2009 she was voted “Sunday Times Sportswoman of the Year” and in 2010 was awarded the MBE. She is the undefeated champion of Triathlon, having
Supepiss, Meltykiss, Spankers and Muff
Superpiss used to be a brand of windscreen washer fluid in Finland but they`ve changed the name for some reason. Bra milk has gone the same way. Luckily, there is still an Italian detergent called BumBum, a Ghanaian pepper sauce called Shitto, Jamaicans can buy Mannish Water Ram Goat Soup, those horrible Danish salt-liquorice pastilles
The English River: a journey down the Thames in poems & photographs
Virginia Astley has been a much admired songwriter and musician since the 1980s, known for her engaging lyrics as well as for her melodious style. Now her other two passions take centre stage in this book: poetry and the River Thames. She grew up by the river`s upper reaches, knew the old lock-keepers and was
Then Come Back: The Lost Poems of Pablo Neruda
This stunning collection gathers never-before-seen poems, found by archivists in boxes kept at the Pablo Neruda Foundation in Chile in 2014. Neruda is renowned for poetry that casts away despair and celebrates living, fired by his belief that there is no unsurmountable solitude. Then Come Back presents Neruda`s mature imagination and writing: signature love poems,
The Miracle of Olive Oil
Written by an experienced doctor who is also a trained cook, “The Miracle of Olive Oil” is packed with helpful information on everything from food preparation to health and beauty. With an A-Z section of ailments against which olive oil has proved effective, a collection of 32 delicious recipes, and tips on how to use
Celestial Geometry
This book travels the world to explore over 60 archaeological sites that enshrine the remarkable achievements of ancient astronomers. In many cultures an early understanding of the cosmos is expressed through architecture – stone circles that act as giant computers for the timing of eclipses; apertures that offer sightlines to the rising or setting sun
A Brief History of the Roman Empire
In this lively and very readable history of the Roman Empire from its establishment in 27 BC to the barbarian incursions and the fall of Rome in AD 476, Kershaw draws on a range of evidence, from Juvenal`s Satires to recent archaeological finds. He examines extraordinary personalities such as Caligula and Nero and seismic events
The Invisible Circus
In Jennifer Egan`s highly acclaimed first novel, set in 1978, the political drama and familial tensions of the 1960s form a backdrop for the world of Phoebe O`Connor, age eighteen. Phoebe is obsessed with the memory and death of her sister Faith, a beautiful idealistic hippie who died in Italy in 1970. In order to
Britain`s DNA Journey: Our Remarkable Genetic Story
In an epic narrative, sometimes moving, sometimes astonishing, always revealing, Moffat writes an entirely new history of Britain. Instead of the usual parade of the usual suspects – kings, queens, saints, warriors and the notorious – this is a people`s history, a narrative made from stories only DNA can tell, which offers insights into who
