Alice & Louise are sisters united by a distant tragedy
- the house fire fourteen years ago which their brother lit & burned to
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Conn Iggulden’s Dangerous Book for Boys is destined to become a publishing classic. Writing for Harper Collins in his first non-fiction work, Iggulden writes with the verve & passion that his readers have come to expect. This book has been written with his brother as a celebration of the long summers of their youth & as a compendium of information so vital to men of all ages. Lavishly designed & fully illustrated in colour & black & white throughout, it is a wonderful gift for any occasion & for father or son. Dealing with activities as diverse as thrashing someone at conkers, racing your own go-cart, & identify the best"ations from Shakespearem, Iggulden provides the answers! The Dangerous Book for Boys gives you facts & figures at your fingertips
- swot up on the solar system, learn about famous battles & read inspiring stories of incredible courage & bravery. Teach your old dog new tricks. Make a pinhole camera. Understand the laws of cricket. If ever there was a book to make you switch off your television set, The Dangerous Book for Boys is it. There`s a whole world out there: with this book, anyone can get out & explore it. The book features chapters on The Seven Ancient Wonders of the World, Conkers, Laws of Football, Dinosaurs, Fishing, Juggling, Timers & Tripwires, Kings & Queens, Famous Battles, Spies, Making Crystals, Insects & Spiders, Astronomy, Girls, The Golden Age of Piracy, Secret Inks, Patron Saints of Britain, Skimming Stones, Dog Tricks, Making a Periscope, Coin Tricks, Marbles, Artillery, The Origin of Words & The Solar System.
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A little girl is transported with the help of magic glasses from the tedium of a summer afternoon into an exciting world of mangrove swamps, spluttering volcanoes & sea where birds fly upside down & wild things threaten to pounce. But she is not alone. Old friends from Moomin Valley
- Hemulen, Sniff, Snufkin, Thingummy & Bob
- have joined her in her journey, & Moomin too, who rides to their rescue in a stripey balloon. This brand new version of a `lost classic` pairs Jansson`s irresistible artwork with a playful rhyming text by one of Britain`s star poets.

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The Danish Girl is now a major motion picture starring Eddie Redmayne & Alicia Vikander, directed by Tom Hooper. Loosely inspired by a true story, this tender portrait of marriage asks: What do you do when the person you love has to change? It starts with a question, a simple favour asked by a wife of her husband while both are painting in their studio, setting off a transformation neither can anticipate. Uniting fact & fiction into an original romantic vision, The Danish Girl eloquently portrays the unique intimacy that defines every marriage & the remarkable story of Lili Elbe, a pioneer in transgender history, & the woman torn between loyalty to her marriage & her own ambitions & desires. The Danish Girl is an evocative & deeply moving novel about one of the most passionate & unusual love stories of the 20th century. ...

Boston. 1865. A small group of elite scholars prepares to introduce Dante`s vision of hell to America. But so does a murderer. The literary geniuses of the Dante Club
- poets & Harvard professors Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Dr Oliver Wendell Holmes, James Russell Lowell & publisher J. T. Fields
- are finishing America`s first translation of The Divine Comedy. The powerful old guard of Harvard College wants to keep Dante in obscurity, believing that the infiltration of such foreign superstitions will prove as corrupting as the immigrants invading Boston Harbor. The members of the Dante Club fight to keep their sacred literary cause alive, but their plans fall apart when a series of murders erupts through Boston & Cambridge. Only this small group of scholars realises that the gruesome killings are modeled on the descriptions of Hell`s punishments from Dante`s Inferno. With the police baffled, lives endangered & Dante`s literary future at stake, the Dante Club must shed its sheltered literary existence & find a way to stop the killer.

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The Danube in the Landscapes of the Imagination guide series; providing an in-depth cultural & account of some of the world’s most memorable & evocative landscapes. Presented as a cultural & literary guide, each title in the series explores the cultural history of a landscape, providing an overview of the area’s development from its earliest roots to the modern day. Particular emphasis is placed on the literary, poetic, architectural, cultural & historical elements that make up the landscape & each title is written & researched by an academic expert. An Epilogue offers suggestion for further reading & indices of literary, artistic & historical names & places & landmarks. ...

The Danube
- a River Guide- is the result of experienced yachtsman Rod Heikell's two journeys down the river from its source in
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This guidebook describes the Danube Cycleway along the lower part of the River Danube through Hungary, Croatia, Serbia & Romania. The 1717km long route is split into 32 stages averaging about 50km, & will typically take 3-4 weeks to complete. Following part of Euro Velo 6 (EV6) trans-continental cycle route, the cycling is mostly level, with long stretches off-road on flood dykes, or on quiet roads alongside the flood plain. In contrast to the sections through Austria & Germany, the lower Danube Cycleway goes through regions without a well-developed tourist infrastructure, & cyclists will need to plan ahead & be more self-sufficient. However, it is well within the capabilities of most cycle tourists. The route visits the great cities of Budapest & Belgrade, passes the rugged & spectacular Iron Gates gorge, & ends in the Danube Delta, Europe`s largest area of natural wetl&. Route descriptions are accompanied by route maps & town/city maps. The guide gives advice on travel & equipment, & lists facilities & accommodation available en route.” ...

Map No. 161, The Danube from Donauwörth to Regensburg (2-map set), including a nature guide to local wild flowers, in a series of hiking maps from Kompass providing extensive coverage of Austria & Germany plus the Slovenian Alps, with hiking routes on a topographic base, various types of accommodation, recreational facilities, places of interest, etc. Many titles are now published as competitively priced sets of two or more maps, offering a wider coverage. Kompass are Europe’s largest publishers of walking maps, with extensive coverage of hiking areas in other countries, all listed on our website. * Cartography:* all the maps are contoured with additional shading & graphic relief to provide a more detailed picture of the terrain, vegetation and/or land use. Contour interval varies from 10 metres in the coastal areas of Northern Germany to 40 or 50 metres in the mountainous parts of the two countries. All the maps highlight local & long-distance waymarked footpaths, including climbing trails. Most titles also show cycling routes, mountain bike trails, &, the in mountainous areas, ski routes. The maps indicate various types of accommodation (selected inns & hotels, youth hostels, campsites, mountain refuges), as well as recreational facilities, places of interest, etc. New editions also show access by public transport with bus stops and/or Park+ Ride facilities.* Geographical coordinates:* unless indicated to the contrary in the individual description, the maps have a UTM grid for GPS users. * Map legend:* most maps now include full English legend, particularly titles covering the Alpine areas. Some maps covering mainly eastern Austria or the less popular parts of Germany may still have a legend in German only.* Other
Features:* some titles now include on the reverse panorama drawings of their area with names of villages, peaks, valleys, etc. and/or have booklets with pictures of local wild flowers with their Latin names.*PLEASE NOTE BEFORE ORDERING!* * Booklets:* many titles come with booklets describing the area and/or various hiking routes. These booklets are in * German only*, apart from a handful of titles where an English language booklet is specifically indicated in the individual description. So, unless English language booklet is actually mentioned, the map can only be supplied with a German booklet. These booklets are not necessary to use the maps since, as stated above, most titles now include * full English language map legend.*
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The magnificent Danube both cuts across & connects central Europe, flowing through & alongside ten countries: Romania, Ukraine, Moldova, Bulgaria, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Slovakia, Austria & Germany. Travelling its full length from east to west, against the river's flow, Nick Thorpe embarks on an inspiring year-long journey that leads to a new perspective on Europe today. Thorpe's account is personal, conversational, funny, immediate & uniquely observant
- everything a reader expects in the best travel writing. Immersing himself in the Danube's waters during daily morning swims, Thorpe likewise becomes immersed in the histories of the lands linked by the river. He observes the river's ecological conditions, some discouraging & others hopeful, & encounters archaeological remains that whisper of human communities sustained by the river over eight millennia. Most fascinating of all are the ordinary & extraordinary people along the way
- the ferrymen & fishermen, workers in the fields, shopkeepers, beekeepers, waitresses, smugglers & border policemen, legal & illegal immigrants, & many more. For readers who anticipate their own journeys on the Danube, as well as those who only dream of seeing the great river, this book will be a unique & treasured guide.

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