Written by award-winning Scottish historian James Hunter, this groundbreaking & definitive account reveals how the Highlands & Islands of Scotland have evolved from a centre of European significance to a Scottish outpost. Never before has the history of the region been recounted so comprehensively & in so much fascinating, often moving, detail.

But this book is not simply the story of humanity

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In the chaotic aftermath of the fall of Acre in 1291 & the reconquest of the Holy Land by the Moslems, the last survivors of the Order of the Temple make their bloody retreat from the Middle East. Loading the treasure of their Order into a decrepit, leaky vessel, they set sail for Europe, where, unbeknownst to them, King Philip of France plots their destruction.

Among their number is Beltran, a native of the Holy L&, who has led the life of a soldier-monk for the past thirty years. World-weary yet incorruptible, Beltran is guardian both of the treasure & the Rule of the Order. As his companions

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' There was this terrible trough in the mid-70s: England didn't qualify forthe 1974 World Cup, Miss Hall our English teacher left school, & the Faces split.' Billy Bragg Do you remember The Faces? The group that was born out of the ashes of the legendary sixties band the Small Faces, but with the addition of Ron Wood on guitar (later to join the Stones) & Rod Stewart on vocals. Last Orders, Please is the first biography of the band who have acquired legendary status in the annals of rock 'n' roll history. It's also a book about Britain in a forgotten era
- the early seventies. Not the seventies of Glam Rock, Sweet & Gary Glitter, but the real seventies of the three day week, trade union strikes, blackouts, the IRA, steak, chips & warm beer. In these difficult times it was the Faces
- a soulful, goodtime band who drank & played hard, who didn't dress to impress, but just got on with the job
- that the working class adopted as its own. In the days before football was fashionable the Faces played soccer on stage on TOTP. In 1974 this was a near-political act that confirmed The Faces as truly a people's b&, & they are still loved, & revered to this day.


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When Penny Moon is banished from Fleet Street to ressurect an ex-pat magazine on the French Riviera, the worst news is yet to come. Her partner will be David Villers, the man she once tried
- & humiliatingly failed
- to seduce.

But when she arrives at the Riviera, she is surprised to find that, instead of the usual headaches & frustrations of restarting a magazine, all that should be impossible is easy. Then, quite unexpectedly, she meets Christian Mureau, a mysterious & elusive man who is wanted by the FBI, & her curiosity is instantly clouded by passion.

Swept along by the glamour & intrigue of Mureau's life & increasingly affected by David's charm & humour, Penny finds her loyalties as mixed as her feelings. Feelings which lead her deeper & deeper into a web of love & deceit towards the terrifying consequences of two men's crimes
- & beyond...






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When Penny Moon is banished from Fleet Street to ressurect an ex-pat magazine on the French Riviera, the worst news is yet to come. Her partner will be David Villers, the man she once tried
- & humiliatingly failed
- to seduce.

But when she arrives at the Riviera, she is surprised to find that, instead of the usual headaches & frustrations of restarting a magazine, all that should be impossible is easy. Then, quite unexpectedly, she meets Christian Mureau, a mysterious & elusive man who is wanted by the FBI, & her curiosity is instantly clouded by passion.

Swept along by the glamour & intrigue of Mureau's life & increasingly affected by David's charm & humour, Penny finds her loyalties as mixed as her feelings. Feelings which lead her deeper & deeper into a web of love & deceit towards the terrifying consequences of two men's crimes
- & beyond...






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Some go to Tibet seeking inspiration, others for adventure. The award-winning journalist, Claire Scobie, found both when she left her ordinary life in London & went to the Himalayas in search of a rare red lily. Her journey took her to Pemako, where few Westerners have set foot & where the myth of Shangri-la was born. It was here she became friends with Ani, an unusual Tibetan nun who was to change her life.

Through seven journeys in Tibet, Claire chronicles a rapidly changing world -- where monks talk on mobiles & Lhasa

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Some go to Tibet seeking inspiration, others for adventure. The award-winning journalist, Claire Scobie, found both when she left her ordinary life in London & went to the Himalayas in search of a rare red lily. Her journey took her to Pemako, where few Westerners have set foot & where the myth of Shangri-la was born. It was here she became friends with Ani, an unusual Tibetan nun who was to change her life.

Through seven journeys in Tibet, Claire chronicles a rapidly changing world
- where monks talk on mobiles & Lhasa


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A P.G. Wodehouse novel

Joey Cooley is a golden-curled child film star, the idol of American motherhood. Reginald,

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