In the company of his friend Stephen Katz (last seen in the bestselling Neither Here nor There) Bill Bryson set off to hike the Appalachian Trail the longest continuous footpath in the world Ahead lay almost 2200 miles of remote mountain wilderness filled with bears moose bobcats rattlesnakes poisonous plants disease-bearing tics the occasional chuckling murderer &
- perhaps most alarming of all
- people whose favourite pastime is discussing the relative merits of the external-frame backpack Facing savage weather merciless insects unreliable maps & a fickle companion whose profoundest wish was to go to a motel & watch The X-Files Bryson gamely struggled through the wilderness to achieve a lifetime's ambition
- not to die outdoors


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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Upon his arrival back in the United States following two decades in the UK Bill Bryson (Robert Redford) wants to find a way to reconnect with his homeland Impulsively he decides to hike The Appalachian Trail 1000 arduous miles stretching from Maine to Georgia When his old buddy Katz (Nick Nolte) a crude overweight recovering alcoholic calls him out of the blue & offers to accompany him Bill gets more than he bargained for as they set out on an expedition that men half their age struggle to complete ...

Can you resist the depths of the human heart? It is 1958 & seventeen-year-old Landon is revelling in his youth dating girls & even claiming to have been in love He is a world apart from shy reclusive Jamie Sullivan a Baptist's daughter who carries a bible with her school books cares for her widowed father & volunteers at the orphanage But fate will intervene Forced to partner up at the school dance Landon & Jamie embark on a journey of earth-shattering love & agonising loss far beyond their years In the months that follow Landon discovers the true depths of the human heart & takes a decision that is so stunning it will lead him irrevocably down the road to manhood ...

Many of us visit Bangkok but this is Bangkoklike you have never seen it before The author takes you on an architecturaladventure through the bustling streets & busy canals of this regal city Learn about the different building styles from Khmer Sukhothai & Ayutthayato Edwardian villas & marvel at the modern designs of today Thewell-researched text & beautiful sketches will heighten your appreciation of Bangkok's exotic palaces temples monuments pavilions markets publicbuildings & many other quaint corners In this third edition of the bookwalks have been modified to incorporate Bangkok's continuous urban developmentand new walks added Many illustrations have also been redrawn to provide abetter appreciation of the building facades ...

When you're as big & rough as Jack Reacher
- & you have a badly set freshly busted nose
- it isn't easy to hitch a ride At last

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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play This is the enchanting fairytale following courageous nine-year-old Savva We join our young warrior as he embarks on a heroic journey to save his family & village who have been attacked by a gang of ruthless hyenas ...

Will an unlikely friendship be enough to save them? After escaping a train bound for a death camp with a trusty German Shepherd dog a girl wakes to find that she has no memory of her former life Lily is fostered by the kind RAF pilot who found her & his wife Meg It is not long before their lives are disrupted once again by the war & with their home in ruins they are forced to flee to the country In the Somerset countryside Lily is reunited with Rudy the heroic German Shepherd However it soon becomes clear that Rudy is not just her companion he is protecting her too & someone wants him out of the way… ...

Two years ago Fever Crumb escaped the war-torn city of London in a travelling theatre Now she arrives in the extraordinary crater city of Mayda where buildings ascend the cliffs on funicular rails & a mysterious recluse is building a machine that can fly Fever is the engineer he needs
- but ruthless enemies will kill to possess their secrets The fabulous sixth book in the Mortal Engines series from the brilliant & award-winning Philip Reeve
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THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER London the week before Christmas 2007 Seven wintry days to track the lives of seven characters a hedge fund manager trying to bring off the biggest trade of his career; a professional footballer recently arrived from Poland; a young lawyer with little work & too much time to speculate; a student who has been led astray by Islamist theory; a hack book-reviewer; a schoolboy hooked on skunk & reality TV; & a Tube driver whose Circle Line train joins these & countless other lives together in a daily loop With daring skill the novel pieces together the complex patterns & crossings of modern urban life & the group is forced one by one to confront the true nature of the world they inhabit Sweeping satirical Dickensian in scope A Week in December is a thrilling state of the nation novel from a master of literary fiction ...

During their university holidays in the late 1880s SK Baker & three of his University College friends clad in stripy blazers & boaters spent time sailing & camping on the Norfolk Broads Baker a keen artist & diarist recorded their travels in watercolour in two small leather bound books The result is an entirely charming funny account along the lines of the legendary Three Men in a Boat with which the notebooks are entirely contemporaneous although the protagonists are younger & possibly naughtier Baker records their evenings in the pub their encounters with girls (both ashore & afloat) nude swimming & culinary disasters while recording lovingly the landscape & the boats on which they sailed The notebook is published as a facsimile with an introduction by Michael Goffe the son of one of Baker's fellow students to whom it was gifted ...