Perfect for puzzle fans who love to travel this fun challenging & beautifully illustrated activity book takes readers on a journey across 30 of the world's greatest cities Alongside famous sights like the Eiffel Tower & Empire State Building each maze reveals hidden gems flea markets unusual shops galleries restaurants & more 96 pages No Lonely Planet ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play This Hollywood remake of Wim Wenders& art-house hit & Wings of Desire& stars Nicolas Cage as an angel desperate to hang up his wings & join the mortal rank-&-file His chief object of affection is a distinctly down-to-earth surgeon (Meg Ryan) who needs some convincing that the man she starts falling in love with has sacrificed immortality to be with her ...

' Robert Jackson Bennett deserves a huge audience'
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Could you show me a djinn?' I asked Certainly' replied the Sufi But you would run away' From the author of the Samuel Johnson prize shortlisted The Return of a King' this is William Dalrymple's captivating memoir of a year spent in Delhi a city watched over & protected by the mischievous invisible djinns Lodging with the beady-eyed Mrs Puri & encountering an extraordinary array of characters
- from elusive eunuchs to the last remnants of the Raj
- William Dalrymple comes to know the bewildering city intimately He pursues Delhi's interlacing layers of history along narrow alleys & broad boulevards brilliantly conveying its intoxicating mix of mysticism & mayhem City of Djinns' is an astonishing & sensitive portrait of a city & confirms William Dalrymple as one of the most compelling explorers of India's past & present

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Return to the world of the Liveship Traders & journey along the Rain Wild River in the third instalment of high adventure from the author of the internationally acclaimed Farseer trilogy The secret is out The Tarman expedition has at last found Kelsingra a city filled with ancient treasures Rumours of the city have floated down the Rain Wild River Adventurers pirates & fortune hunters will soon be coming to pillage what they can Among them Hest Finbok determined to claim back his errant wife Alise Meanwhile Selden Vestrit finds himself a prisoner of the ailing Duke of Chalced who believes the 'dragon man's' flesh & blood may cure him Where is Tintaglia greatest of dragons when there is need of her? She holds the memories that will unlock the mysteries of Kelsingra & the power to defend it & dragonkind Without her all may be lost ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play City Of Ember stars Bill Murray Tim Robbins Martin Landau Saoirse Ronan & Harry Treadaway! For generations the people of the City of Ember have flourished in an amazing world of glittering lights But Ember&s once powerful generator is failing The great lamps that illuminate the city are starting to flicker Two teenagers must race against time to search Ember for clues that will unlock the ancient mystery of the city&s existence & help the citizens escape before the lights go out forever ...

A manhunt for the missing daughter of a wealthy tech billionaire becomes something altogether different when the young woman's body is discovered in an abandoned warehouse in Kew Gardens Queens but her head nowhere to be found Soon it becomes clear there are at least two killers on the loose
- one responsible for the young woman's death another responsible for the mutilation A pair of killers requires a team of equally talented investigators Luckily both Vincent D' Agosta & Special Agent Pendergast are back in town D' Agosta hopes that this latest case will distract Pendergast from Constance Green's decision to leave New York for Tibet
- & provide Pendergast the opportunity to work a case back on his home turf for the first time in years But neither is prepared to face a team of killers as diabolical as this It will take all of Pendergast's & D' Agosta's intelligence & strength simply to match wits with their latest adversaries
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A magisterial work of gripping history City of Fortune tells the story of the Venetian ascent from lagoon dwellers to the greatest power in the Mediterranean
- an epic five hundred year voyage that encompassed crusade & trade plague sea battles & colonial adventure In Venice the path to empire unfolded in a series of extraordinary contests
- the sacking of Constantinople in 1204 the fight to the finish with Genoa & a desperate defence against the Turks Under the lion banner of St Mark she created an empire of ports & naval bases which funnelled the goods of the world through its wharfs In the process the city became the richest place on earth
- a brilliant mosaic fashioned from what it bought traded borrowed & stole Based on first hand accounts of trade & warfare seafaring & piracy & the places where Venetians sailed & died City of Fortune is narrative history at its finest Beginning on Ascension Day in the year 1000 & ending with an explosion off the coast of Greece
- & the calamitous news that the Portuguese had pioneered a sea route to India
- it will fascinate anyone who loves Venice & the Mediterranean world




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City of Friends is the number one bestselling twentieth novel from the highly acclaimed author Joanna Trollope She glanced at her phone again There were appeals from the girls from her colleagues a text from Steve reading with uncharacteristic imperiousness & Call me& She couldn&t She couldn&t call anyone She leaned forward gripping the edge of the bench & stared at the ground God she thought am I losing my mind? Is this what happens when you lose your job? The day Stacey Grant loses her job feels like the last day of her life Or at least the only life she&d ever known For who was she if not a City high-flyer Senior Partner at one of the top private equity firms in London? As Stacey starts to reconcile her old life with the new
- one without professional achievements or meetings but instead long days at home with her dog & ailing mother waiting for her successful husband to come home
- she at least has The Girls to fall back on Beth Melissa & Gaby The girls now women had been best friends from the early days of university right through their working lives & for all the happiness & heartbreaks in between But these career women all have personal problems of their own & when Stacey&s redundancy forces a betrayal to emerge that was supposed to remain secret their long cherished friendships will be pushed to their limits

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When Cass's family heads off to Edinburgh Cass meets a girl who shares her gift of entering the world of the spirits Cass still has a lot to learn about the Veil
- & herself & fast A thrillingly spooky & action-packed tale of hauntings history mystery & the bond between friends (even if that friend is a ghost) 272 pages Schwab Victoria
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