A timeless classic dealing with the complexity & hardships of relationships, addiction & faith. Judith Hearne, a Catholic middle-aged spinster, moves into yet another bed-sit in Belfast. A socially isolated woman of modest means, she teaches piano to a handful of students to pass the day. Her only social activity is tea with the O` Neill family, who secretly dread her weekly visits. Judith soon meets wealthy James Madden & fantasises about marrying this lively, debonair man. But Madden sees her in an entirely different light, as a potential investor in a business proposal. On realising that her feelings are not reciprocated, she turns to an old addiction
- alcohol. Having confessed her problems to an indifferent priest, she soon loses her faith & binges further. She wonders what place there is for her in a world that so values family ties & faith, both of which she is without.
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From amazing animals & super sights to fun festivals & fabulous food, The Lonely Planet Kids Travel Book is packed with inspiring photographs & illustrations that will let kids discover amazing facts on every country in the world. Each page features a different country & shows a map, population, landmass as well as a number of other fun, weird, or just traditional facts on a number of subjects including sports, wildlife, culture, history & much more. Find out which country consumes a massive 450 tonnes of Worcestershire sauce each year (it’s not England), which country is famous for its tradition of adding a huge chunk of cheese to hot chocolate, where was the world’s first ice hotel, where is the deepest cave & where it is illegal to drive a dirty car. ...

“ The Lonely Planet Story
- Once While Travelling” tells the tale of how the world’s foremost guidebooks came to be. Lonely Planet
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A collection of great travel writing by authors from around the globe, including original stories set in Scotl&, Thail&, Malaysia, Moldova, Tanzania, Austria & beyond, edited by long-term Lonely Planet collaborator Don George. The 35 impassioned stories included in this collection
- of fortune tellers, tribal baboon hunters, a friendly Japanese family, & other notable characters
- span a worldwide spectrum of themes, styles & settings, but all show how travel in its unexpected turns tests & teaches us, making us aware that we are resilient, that we are not alone, & that there is so much love & connection to be had if we open ourselves up. This collection affirms that if we follow the compass of the heart, we will always find our way. Whether you read the book on the road or in an armchair at home, these tales are sure to entertain, amuse & inform you, & resonate long after the book is finished.

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The complete autobiography of the great adventurer Sir Francis Chichester, the first & fastest man to singlehandedly circumnavigate the globe Aged 18 & with a taste for adventure, Francis Chichester emigrated to New Zealand with ten pounds in his pocket. He tried his hand at a number of ill-fated careers--a boxer, shepherd, lumberjack, & gold prospector, to name a few--before returning to Engl&. Having qualified as a pilot, in 1929 he embarked on his most famous solo flight in the de Havilland Gipsy Moth from England to Australia. Shortly afterward, he survived a near-death catastrophe in an attempt to fly solo around the world. Turning to sailing, he won the first single-handed transatlantic yacht race in Gipsy Moth III, despite having been diagnosed with cancer two years previously. In 1967, he became the first person to sail around the world solo from west to east via the great capes. Here, his entire life--including his greatest failures & successes--are told by the man who experienced it all firsth&. A foreword from his son, Giles Chichester, is also included. ...

We`ve always measured the world around us, from how big things are, to how fast they go, how much they`re worth & practically everything in between. But who decided how we do it, & why? The Long & the Short of It takes us back in time to discover the origins & evolution of a huge variety of different units of measurement. On the way it answers such questions as: Why do we measure time in units of 60? How do you determine the height of a mountain when sea level keeps changing? Why did the length of a mile once depend on where you came from? What`s the width of a horse`s backside got to do with NASA`s booster rockets? Packed with fascinating stories, this is an intriguing guide to the many systems of measurement that make sense of our daily lives, from pounds & parsecs to bushels & barricades. ...

Winner of the Parliamentary Book Award, best memoir by a Parliamentarian, 2016 From the condemned slums of Southam Street in West London to the corridors of power in Westminster, Alan Johnson`s multi-award-winning autobiography charts an extraordinary journey, almost unimaginable in today`s Britain. This third volume tells of Alan`s early political skirmishes as a trades union leader, where his negotiating skills & charismatic style soon came to the notice of Tony Blair & other senior members of the Labour Party. As a result, Alan was chosen to stand in the constituency of Hull West & Hessle, & entered Parliament as an MP after the landslide election victory for Labour in May 1997. But this is no self-aggrandizing memoir of Westminster politicking & skulduggery. Supporting the struggle of his constituents, the Hull trawlermen & their families, for justice comes more naturally to Alan than do the byzantine complexities of Parliamentary procedure. But of course he does succeed there, & rises through various ministerial positions to the office of Home Secretary in 2009. In The Long & Winding Road, Alan`s characteristic honesty & authenticity shine through every word. His book takes you into a world which is at once familiar & strange: this is politics as you`ve never seen it before... ...

From the condemned slums of Southam Street in West London to the corridors of power in Westminster, Alan Johnson`s multi-award-winning autobiography charts an extraordinary journey, almost unimaginable in today`s Britain. This third volume tells of Alan`s early political skirmishes as a trades union leader, where his negotiating skills & charismatic style soon came to the notice of Tony Blair & other senior members of the Labour Party. As a result, Alan was chosen to stand in the constituency of Hull West & Hessle, & entered Parliament as an MP after the landslide election victory for Labour in May 1997. But this is no self-aggrandizing memoir of Westminster politicking & skulduggery. Supporting the struggle of his constituents, the Hull trawlermen & their families, for justice comes more naturally to Alan than do the byzantine complexities of Parliamentary procedure. But of course he does succeed there, & rises through various ministerial positions to the office of Home Secretary in 2009. In The Long & Winding Road, Alan`s characteristic honesty & authenticity shine through every word. His book takes you into a world which is at once familiar & strange: this is politics as you`ve never seen it before. ...

In classic British crime fiction, dazzling detective work is often the province of a brilliant amateur
- whereas the humble police
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Urszula Muskus (1903-1972) spent eighteen years as a prisoner in the Gulag Archipelago. Gradually travelling eastwards on long train journeys into Siberia she was first separated from her husband & later from her two children. Before being finally freed she entered into a state of `eternal exile` at Krasnoyarsk, the Long Bridge of the title. Her book is rich in stories of other prisoners, guards, work on the steppe, bandit molls, escapees & their fate. In the course of these travels she learned the fate of those who had been left behind including her husb&. Her story has been translated & pieced together from the many fragments she left behind. It comes from a generous spirit who looked on the world with a uniquely accurate & unselfpitying eye. Urszula`s is a unique voice speaking of terrible times that are still close to our own. ...