This is a pocket-sized, traveller`s guide to some of the best walking & finest pubs in God`s own county. The walks are grouped geographically & explore some of the region`s fascinating historical & literary heritage as well as its thriving brewing scene. The book contains essential information about local transport & accommodation. The walks include: Settle & Upper Ribblesdale; Whitby to Robin Hood`s Bay; Bronte country: Haworth & Ponden; Sheffield: Kelham Island & the `valley of beer` & Hull`s old town: a fishy trail. ...

Duck wants to join a club. But he needs to be able to ROAR to join Lion Club, or TRUMPET to join Elephant Club. & all he can do is QUACK! What`s a Duck to do? Why, set up his own club of course...where everyone is welcome to join! With a laugh-out-loud text from John Kelly & brilliantly quirky illustrations by Steph Laberis, Can I Join Your Club? is a heart-warming story which celebrates the importance of diversity & friendship. Perfect for little ones who are learning to make friends at a new school or nursery. ...

Rory Stewart & Gerald Knaus distil their remarkable firsthand experiences of political & military interventions into a potent examination of what we can & cannot achieve in a new era of ”nation building”. As they delve into the massive, military-driven efforts in Iraq, Afghanistan & the Balkans, the expansion of the EU, & the bloodless ”colour” revolutions in the former Soviet states, the authors reveal each effort`s enormous consequences for international relations, human rights & our understanding of state-building. Stewart & Knaus carefully parse the philosophies that have informed interventionism
- from neoconservative to liberal imperialist
- & draw on their diverse experiences in the military, non-governmental organisations & the Iraqi provincial government to reveal what we can ultimately expect from large-scale interventions & how they might best realise positive change in the world.

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Topographic coverage of the Balearic Islands at 1:25, 000 published by the Instituto Geográfico Nacional – Centro Nacional de Información Geografica, the country’s civilian survey organization. The maps have contours at 10m intervals & colouring and/or graphics to show different types of vegetation or land use. Boundaries of national parks & other protected areas are marked. In addition to all the usual information shown on topographic mapping at this scale: detailed presentation of the road & rail networks, rural tracks & paths, etc, the maps also show campsites. The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, plus margin ticks for latitude & longitude at 1` intervals. The majority of the titles have been published since late 1990s. Map legend is in Spanish only.COVERAGE: each 25K map covers one quarter of the corresponding 1:50, 000 map, with the numbering system: I = NW quarter, II = NE quarter, III = SW quarter, & IV = SE quarter. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

A lighted-hearted scientific look at the rituals & icons of Christmas. How does snow form? Why are we always depressed after Christmas? How does Santa manage to deliver all those presents in one night? (He has, in fact, little over two ten-thousandths of a second to get between each of the 842 million households he must visit.) This book contains information on how drugs might make us see flying reindeer, how pollution is affecting the shape of Christmas trees & the intriguing correlation between the length of our Christmas card list & brain size. ...

` Utterly gripped me from beginning to end` Victoria Hislop ` Move over Ferrante, there`s a new Elena in town` Independent ` There is much beauty & sadness in this slim novel` The Times `A novel of crime & darkness that eschews straightforward domestic noir` Guardian In the August of 1978, the summer I met Anna Trabuio, my father took a girl into the woods...I was sixteen. He had been gone a long time already, but that was it
- not even a year after he lost his job & that boy disappeared
- that was when everything broke.1978. Ponte, a small community in Northern Italy. An unbearably hot summer like many others. Elia Furenti is sixteen, living an unremarkable life of moderate unhappiness, until the day the beautiful, damaged Anna returns to Ponte & firmly propels Elia to the edge of adulthood. But then everything starts to unravel. Elia`s father, Ettore, is let go from his job & loses himself in the darkest corners of his mind.A young boy is murdered. And a girl climbs into a van & vanishes in the deep, dark woods... Translated by Alex Valente Winner of an English PEN Award

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Can you keep a straight face? Straight eyebrows? Straight lips? A straight...nose? These pages are packed with interactive tabs that allow children to pull funny faces with impunity. A pop-up book with flaps to lift, tabs to pull & plenty of surprises! ...

Are you smarter than a Singaporean ten-year-old? Can you beat Sherlock Holmes? If you think the answer is yes
- I challenge you
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Are you smarter than a Singaporean ten-year-old? Can you beat Sherlock Holmes? If you think the answer is yes
- I challenge you
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Canada on a large overview map at 1:4, 000, 000 from Insight Guides, with extensive index including places of interest, plus 12 additional panels providing street plans & more detailed road coverage of the main urban areas. On one side is a clear map of the whole country, including the islands beyond the Northwest Passage, with just the northern part of Nunavut shown as an inset. Coverage of the adjoining regions of USA extends beyond New York, Chicago & the northern boundary of California. Topography is shown by relief shading & spot heights, with markings for marshlands & a very impressive number of rivers & lakes named on the map. Provincial boundaries are clearly marked, but time zones are not indicated. Road network

Includes:: selected local roads, with driving distances shown on main & many local routes. Railways & local airports in remote areas are included &, where appropriate, ferry routes are marked. A wide range of symbols mark various places of interest, including numerous Indian reservations. Latitude & longitude lines are drawn at intervals of 2

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