When a counterfeit currency racket comes to light on the French Riviera, Detective Inspector Meredith is sent speeding southwards
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Larkin Mills: The Birthplace of Death! Larkin Mills is no ordinary town. It`s a place of contradictions & enigma, of secrets & mysteries. A place with an exquisite ice cream parlour, & an awful lot of death. An extraordinary mystery in Larkin Mills is beginning to take shape. First we meet the apparently healthy Albert Dance, although he`s always been called a sickly child, & he`s been booked into Larkin Mills` Hospital for Specially Ill Children. Then there`s his neighbour Ivor, who observes strange goings-on, & begins his own investigations into why his uncle disappeared all those years ago. Next we meet Young Olive, who is given a battered accordion by her father, & unwittingly strikes a dreadful deal with an instrument repair man. Make sure you keep an eye on Mr Morricone, the town ice-cream seller, who has queues snaking around the block for his legendary ice cream flavours Summer Fruits Suicide & The Christmas Massacre. & Mr Milkwell, the undertaker, who has some very dodgy secrets locked up in his hearse. Because if you can piece together what all these strange folks have to do with one another.. .well, you`ll have begun to unlock the dark secrets that keep the little world of Larkin Mills spinning.. . ...

An epic history of the battle of Quebec, the death of General James Wolfe & the beginnings of Britain`s empire in North America. Military history at its best. Perched on top of a tall promontory, surrounded on three sides by the treacherous St Lawrence River, Quebec -- in 1759 France`s capital city in Canada -- forms an almost impregnable natural fortress. That year, with the Seven Years` War raging around the globe, a force of 49 ships & nearly 9, 000 men commanded by the irascible General James Wolfe, navigated the river, scaled the cliffs & laid siege to the town in an audacious attempt to expel the French from North America forever. In this magisterial first solus book, tying into the 250th anniversary of the battle, Dan Snow tells the story of this famous campaign which was to have far-reaching consequences for Britain`s rise to global hegemony, & the world at large. Snow brilliantly sets the battle within its global context & tells a gripping tale of brutal war quite unlike any fought in Europe, where terrain, weather & native Canadian tribes were as fearsome as any enemy.`I never served so disagreeable a campaign as this, ` grumbled one British commander, `it is war of the worst shape.` 1759 was, without question, a year in which the decisions of men changed the world forever. Based on original research & told from all perspectives, this is history -- military, political, human -- on an epic scale. ...

A murder committed on paper, safely within the confines of a novel, is one thing. To see that same crime in the real world, is something else entirely... Frank Fons is a very successful crime writer. His novels, famed for their visceral descriptions of violent death, have made him a household name. But now someone is copying his crimes. For Frank what once seemed a clever, intriguing plot twist, has suddenly become a terrifying, blood-spattered reality. In the novel, a redhead who was scared of water is drowned. In the mirror-image of the real world, she has become an ex-girlfriend chained & left to die at the bottom of the harbour. A corrupt police-officer tortured to death becomes a contact who dies with fear in his eyes. Someone is taking Franks` fiction & using it to destroy his life. The writer must become the detective. In fiction, the bad guy always gets caught, but in real life there is no such guarantee. Fear becomes real. The knife cut hurts like hell. Our narrator may not survive. No-one is promising you a happy ending. For Frank what had once been a game is now a matter of life & death. ...

For much of the world, Iran's 2009 summer of upheaval was an epic piece of theatre distantly observed. As citizens took to the streets in their millions to protest a stolen election & the regime that made it possible, & later, in smaller numbers, did battle with the shock troops of the Islamic Republic, so the country became effectively off limits for the world's media. This dramatic confrontation
- & the deep divisions that opened among Iran's rulers as a result
- have yet to be convincingly described for a Western audience. Afsaneh Moqadam observed & took part in the momentous events of that summer. Here, through the eyes of Mohsen, one of Tehran's young, courageous protesters, Moqadam tells the story of these historic months, from the mass marches that greeted the disputed election results to their brutal suppression by the hated Basij militia
- & a dark aftermath of imprisonment, torture & a show trial worthy of Stalinist Russia. The result is an inspiring account of a confrontation that has signalled the fragility of the Islamic Republic & given pause to those Western leaders, notably President Barack Obama, who must grapple diplomatically with what may become the world's next nuclear power. Above all, Death to the Dictator! is testament to the resilience of the human spirit, & its ability to strike fear in the hearts of despots.


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High quality relief shaded topographic trekking map. Trails are clearly marked with distances between junctions shown in miles. Clear contours at 200ft intervals, vegetation information & symbols to show the location of various features & facilities of use to hikers, such as ranger stations & campsites. To ensure durability the map is printed upon special waterproof plastic paper.

Includes:: latitude & longitude & UTM grid markings

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Map No. 221, Death Valley National Park, CA/NV, in an extensive series of GPS compatible, contoured hiking maps of USA’s national & state parks or forests & other popular recreational areas. Cartography based on the national topographic survey, with additional tourist information. The maps, with most titles now printed on light, waterproof & tear-resistant plastic paper, highlight walking trails along with campsites & other accommodation, picnic sites, areas for various recreational pursuits such as horse riding or skiing, drinking water sources, & many other facilities of interest to the outdoor enthusiast. Cartography is based on information from the USGS (United States Geological Survey
- the country’s national survey organization), revised by the National Geographic Maps in cooperation with the National Park Service, USDA Forest Service, etc. Topography is excellently presented by contours (interval varies according to scale), enhanced by relief shading & colouring/graphics for wood cover, glaciers, etc. All heights are given in feet. The maps have a UTM grid plus latitude & longitude margin ticks & GPS waypoints for selected important locations. Each map is double-sided to give either maximum coverage of the chosen area or additional enlargements of its important sections. Accompanying notes provide useful information on relevant regulations, safety precautions, contact addresses, etc.* *IMPORTANT
- PLEASE NOTE: the series is very extensive, ranging in scale from 1:400, 000 for the vast national parks of Alaska to 1:25, 000 for local map in several states. We recommend, therefore, viewing the series by state rather than the whole list.*

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Death is the one inevitable fact of life. Throughout the centuries, humanity has sought to understand this sobering thought through art & ritual. The theme of memento mori informs medieval Danse Macabre, the Tibetan Book of the Dead, Renaissance paintings of dissected corpses & ”anatomical Eves, ” Gothic literature, funeral effigies, Halloween, & paintings of the Last Judgment. Deceased ancestors are celebrated in the Mexican Day of the Dead, while the ancient Egyptians mummified their dead to secure their afterlife.A volume of unprecedented breadth & sinister beauty, Death: A Graveside Companion examines a staggering range of cultural attitudes toward death. The book is organized into themed chapters: The Art of Dying, Examining the Dead, Memorializing the Dead, The Personification of Death, Symbolizing Death, Death as Amusement, & The Dead After Life. Each chapter begins with thought-provoking articles by curators, academics, & journalists followed by gallery spreads presenting a breathtaking variety of death-related imagery & artifacts. From skulls to the dance of death, statuettes to ex libris, memento mori to memorabilia, all the images are of artifacts in the astonishing collection of Richard Harris & range from 2000 BCE to the present day, running the gamut of both high & popular culture. ...

When it comes to death, is there ever a best case scenario? In this disarmingly witty book, Julian Barnes confronts our unending obsession with the end. He reflects on what it means to miss God, whether death can be good for our careers & why we eventually turn into our parents. Barnes is the perfect guide to the weirdness of the only thing that binds us all. Selected from the book Nothing to be Frightened Of by Julian Barnes VINTAGE MINIS: GREAT MINDS. BIG IDEAS. LITTLE BOOKS. Also in the Vintage Minis series: Calm by Tim Parks Drinking by John Cheever Babies by Anne Enright Psychedelics by Aldous Huxley. ...

From Dylan Thomas`s eighteen straight whiskies to Sylvia Plath`s desperate suicide in the gas oven of her Primrose Hill kitchen; from Chatterton`s Pre-Raphaelite demise to Keats` death warrant in a smudge of arterial blood, the deaths of poets have often cast a backward shadow on their work. The post-Romantic lore of the dissolute drunken poet has fatally skewed the image of poets in our culture. Novelists can be stable, savvy, politically adept & in control, but poets should be melancholic, doomed & self-destructive. Is this just an illusion, or is there some essential truth behind it? What is the price of poetry? In this book, two contemporary poets embark on a series of journeys to the death places of poets of the past, in part as pilgrims, but also as investigators, interrogating the myth. ...