On the day that Obinna`s village is savagely attacked by the rebel army & his father murdered, he witnesses violence beyond his imagination. Along with his older brother he finds himself thrown into a truck when the soldiers leave, to be shaped into an agent of horror
- a child soldier. Marched through minefields & forced into battle, enduring a brutal daily existence, Obinna slowly works out which parts of himself to save & which to sacrifice in this world turned upside down.
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Discover the amazing true story behind the inspiration for Herman Melville`s Moby Dick & the new feature film Heart of the Sea. A tragic yet riveting narration of life & death & man against the elements, Beneath the Heart of the Sea is an extreme account of shipwreck survival. On the morning of November 20, 1820, in the Pacific Ocean 2, 000 miles from the coast of South America, an enraged sperm whale rammed the Nantucket whaleship Essex. As the boat began to sink, her crew of twenty, including first mate Owen Chase, grabbed what little they could before piling into frail boats & taking to the open seas. So began their four-month ordeal & struggle for survival. A bleak story, only eight men survived having endured starvation & dehydration, giving in to cannibalism, murder & insanity. Owen Chase recorded the extraordinary account in his autobiography, originally published in 1821, which Hesperus is proud to reissue in a stylish new edition. With the Hollywood film Heart of the Sea, directed by Ron Howard & featuring Chris Hemsworth in the role of Owen Chase hitting cinemas in March 2015, readers will be enthralled to discover the intense, original story behind the film. ...

”A poetic voice of great sensitivity.”
- Alexander Mc Call Smith. Beneath the Ice tells the fascinating, often troubling, story
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Beneath the Lion`s Gaze opens in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 1974, on the eve of a revolution. Yonas kneels in his mother`s prayer room, pleading to his god for an end to the violence that has wracked his family & country. His father, Hailu, a prominent doctor, has been ordered to report to jail after helping a victim of state-sanctioned torture to die. & Dawit, Hailu`s youngest son, has joined an underground resistance movementoa choice that will lead to more upheaval & bloodshed across a ravaged Ethiopia. Maaza Mengieste`s powerful debut tells a gripping story of family & of the bonds of love & friendship set in a time & place that has rarely been explored in fiction. It is a story about the lengths to which human beings will go in pursuit of freedom & the human price of a national revolution. Emotionally gripping, poetic & indelibly tragic, ” Beneath the Lion`s Gaze” is a transcendent story that introduces a powerful new voice. ...

`I was gripped immediately` KATERINA DIAMOND, author of THE TEACHER `I didn`t want this book to end.` ELISABETH CARPENTER, author of 99 RED BALLOONS Three women. Three secrets. Antonia is beautiful & happily married. Her life is perfect. So why does she hurt herself when nobody`s watching? Sophie is witty, smart & married to the best-looking man in town. She likes a drink, but who doesn`t? Olivia is pretending to be a happy wife & mother. But her secret could tear her family apart. Their lies start small, they always do. But if they don`t watch out, the consequences will be deadly. `I loved Beneath the Skin. It`s so beautifully written & kept me hooked right to the end. Caroline England knows her wonderful cast of characters inside out. I didn`t want this book to end.` ELISABETH CARPENTER, AUTHOR OF 99 RED BALLOONS `I loved this book. A clever, glamorous, observational, page turning read which pulled me in right from the start until the pivotal, & most satisfying end. Beneath the Skin transcends the ordinary crime genre, taking it to another level.` AMANDA ROBSON, BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF OBSESSION ` Beneath the Skin is a startling debut. It slowly put me under its spell, until I was absolutely beneath its skin. With characters that pulsate off the page, complex relationships, & dark mysteries, this novel follows the lives of four couples. Their dramas are revealed slowly, patiently, & beautifully, until the breath-taking climax. I can`t recommend this enough.` LOUISE BEECH, AUTHOR OF HOW TO BE BRAVE ` Four couples with interlocking histories; eight individuals, all with secrets that are ready to explode. Set in the lush heartland of the Cheshire countryside, this is a tautly elegant psychological thriller, razor-sharp & utterly believable. I loved it.` SARAH JASMON, AUTHOR OF THE SUMMER OF SECRETS ...

The three Benelux countries & the northern tip of France at 1:150, 000 in an A4 spiral-bound road atlas from Michelin, plus a route planning map, 67 indexed city centre street plans, & coverage of Europe at 1:3, 500, 000. Mapping of Belgium & the Netherlands is taken from the publishers’ Regional Series at 1:200, 000 & simply enlarged to 1:150, 000 for greater clarity & presented with lighter shading & colouring for relief & woodlands to make the road network stand out better from the background. Coverage of northern France has cartography of Michelin’s Local Series, with similar changes in the presentation. Road network is presented with details characteristic of Michelin’s road maps: motorways with services & rest areas, interchanges with numbers, smaller roads indicating their widths, height & weight limits, difficult sections & steep gradients, scenic routes, etc. Driving distances are marked on main & on larger local routes. Railway lines are included, local airports are marked, & ferry connections indicate those for cars or passengers/bicycles only. Small symbols indicate campsites (Benelux only) & various places of interest or recreational facilities. Within France towns & other locations with visiting are also marked. Individual pages have no geographical coordinates. Map legend

Includes:: English. 67 towns have street plans of their city centre, indicating main traffic arteries, one way streets, car parks, tourist information offices & principal sights. Only selected streets are named & listed in the accompanying index. Each plan is presented with a road map of a wider area showing access to the centre. Also provided is a route planning map of the whole area at 1:1, 000, 000, a comprehensive distance table, plus mapping of Europe at 1:3, 500, 000. Please click on the series link to see the list of Michelin`s folded regional road maps for the Benelux countries.

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Benelux at 1:400, 000 from Michelin, with information on driving regulations in each country, a distance & journey time table, plus enlargements showing in greater detail road access to Amsterdam, Brussels & Luxembourg City. Coverage extends east to include the Ruhr & the Eifel in Germany. Roads network

Includes:: local roads & is graded according to the number of lanes. Junctions show full or partial interchanges. Steep gradients, level crossings & restricted entry sections are marked; scenic routes are highlighted. Railway lines & ferry routes are included. Relief shading is used to indicate the topography, with colouring for forested areas. National parks are also marked. Small symbols indicate various landmarks or places of interest including campsites & youth hostels, but the map is not primarily designed to highlight tourist sights. The map also indicates locations with street plans in Michelin

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Benelux road map at 1:500, 000 from Freytag & Berndt with good coverage of the Eifel & the Rhine Valley in Germany. The index booklet attached to the map cover has street plans of central Amsterdam, The Hague, Brussels & Luxembourg City. Road network is graded into six different types of roads, with driving distances shown on most routes & motorway services clearly marked. Scenic routes are highlighted. The map also shows railway network, local airports, & both internal & international ferry services. Small symbols indicate various places of interest. National parks are highlighted. Latitude & longitude lines are drawn at 30` intervals. Map legend

Includes:: English.

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Benelux at 1:400, 000 from Michelin, with information on driving regulations in each country, a distance & journey time table, plus enlargements showing in greater detail road access to Amsterdam, Brussels & Luxembourg City. Coverage extends east to include the Ruhr & the Eifel in Germany. Roads network

Includes:: local roads & is graded according to the number of lanes. Junctions show full or partial interchanges. Steep gradients, level crossings & restricted entry sections are marked; scenic routes are highlighted. Railway lines & ferry routes are included. Relief shading is used to indicate the topography, with colouring for forested areas. National parks are also marked. Small symbols indicate various landmarks or places of interest including campsites & youth hostels, but the map is not primarily designed to highlight tourist sights. The map also indicates locations with street plans in Michelin’s Red Guides to Hotels & Restaurants in Belgium & Luxembourg & in the Netherlands. Latitude & longitude lines are drawn at 20’ intervals. Multilingual map legend

Includes:: English. The index, arranged by country, is on the reverse of the map. Also provided is basic information on each country’s driving regulations, plus a table showing driving distances & journey times between 26 main cities* Please note: the same cartography but slightly enlarged to 1:350, 000 is used in Michelin’s road map of Belgium & Luxembourg, & at the same scale of 1:400, 000 in their road map of the Netherlands.



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Benelux Road Atlas at 1:250, 000 from De Rouck Geocart, with coverage including the Channel ports area of France, 20 enlargements at 1:100, 00 for environs of main cities, & 56 indexed street plans of towns in the three countries. The main section of the atlas covers Belgium, Netherlands & Luxembourg, with northern France from Lille to the coast to include the Channel Tunnel terminal at Calais, Boulogne & Dunkerque. Road presentation emphasizes the motorway network, shown with parking areas, fuel supplies & restaurant services. Driving distances are shown on main & selected secondary roads, both types classified according to the number of lanes. Railway lines are included & ferry connections are marked. Colouring & graphics show forested areas & nature reserves, with symbols indicating campsites & youth hostels, historical monuments, military cemeteries, sport & recreational facilities, etc. The maps have no geographical coordinated. Each page is divided in 12 numbered squares, making the index of place names very easy to use.20 enlargements at 1:100, 000 present access to main cities in greater detail, covering Antwerp (with the port area), Bruges, Brussels, Charleroi, Gent, Liege, Mons, Lille, Luxembourg City, Amsterdam, Apeldoorn, Arnhem, Breda, The Hague, Eindhoven, Groningen, Maastricht, Nijmegen, Rotterdam
- Delft area & Utrecht. Street plans include all the above cities except Lille, covering 34 towns in Belgium, 5 in Luxembourg & 18 in the Netherlands. Most plans cover one page of the atlas & in larger cities present the central area. Brussels, Antwerp, Bruges, Gent & Liege are shown on two or more pages with wider coverage. Each plan has a separate street index. Also provided in a comprehensive distance table which conveniently

Includes:: towns outside Benelux, e.g. Calais, Paris, Cologne, Frankfurt, etc.


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