Six young people meet on an archaeological dig in a remote corner of Greenl&. Excavating the unsettling remains of a Norse society under attack, they also come to uncover their own demons, as it becomes apparent that a plague pandemic is sweeping across the planet & communication with the outside world is breaking down. Increasingly unsure whether their missives will ever reach their destination, each of the characters writes a letter to someone close to them, trying to make sense of their situation & expressing their fears & dwindling hope of ever getting back home... ...

On a frosty January day in Bergen, Private Detective Varg Veum is visited by a prostitute. Her friend Margrethe has disappeared & hasn`t been seen for days. Before her disappearance, something had unsettled her: she`d turned away a customer & returned to the neighbourhood in terror. Shortly after taking the case, Veum is confronted with a brutal, uneasy reality. He soon finds the first body
- & it won`t be the last either. His investigation leads him into a dark subculture where corrupted idealism has had deadly consequences.
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Terrifyingly authentic, London-set debut crime novel with a psychological edge, by an ex-Met detective. Perfect for fans ...

Published for the first time in flipback
- the new, portable, stylish format that`s taken Europe by storm. A soldier wounded
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A soldier wounded in the Civil War, Inman turns his back on the carnage of the battlefield & begins the treacherous journey home to Cold Mountain, & to Ada, the woman he loved before the war began. As Inman attempts to make his way across the mountains, through the devastated landscape of a soon-to-be-defeated South, Ada struggles to make a living from the land her once-wealthy father left when he died. Neither knows if the other is still alive. ...

When the world`s two largest steel producers went head to head in a bitter struggle for market domination, an epic corporate battle ensued that sent shockwaves through the political corridors of Europe, overheated the world`s financial markets & transformed the steel industry. Billions of dollars were at stake. At the heart of the battle were two men: Guy Dolle, Chairman & CEO of Luxembourg-based Arcelor, the world`s largest steel producer by turnover & Lakshmi Mittal, a self-made Indian industrialist & the richest man in Great Britain. Only one could prevail.. . ...

'I was aware that I was cold
- beyond cold. I was a lump of meat left for too long in a freezer, a body trapped beneath the ice,
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Winner of the 2012 Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature `I was aware that I was cold
- beyond cold. I was a lump of meat
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Surfers have always been drawn to warmer climes, like a migratory instinct triggered by dropping temperatures as winter draws in. Californians habitually seek refuge along the desert coastline of Baja, European waveriders flock south to the sun-baked point breaks of Morocco & Australians abandon the chill of Bells Beach for the balmy waters of Indonesia's jungle fringed reefs. The dream has always been for the perfect wave, chasing an ' Endless Summer' around the globe armed only with boardshorts & warm water wax. Over the last few years, pioneering souls have begun to swim against the current, eschewing the increasingly crowded tropics for a new search. In looking at the globe, they turned their attention to some of the planet's chilliest locations. Cold Water Souls is the first book if its kind. It's a blend of history, travel, memoir & characters coupled with a sleek design & beautiful images. It's a celebration of coastlines where waves are ridden by hardy surfers who have evolved into small, tight knit communities with distinct genes & characteristics, all living the surfing lifestyle in some of the most unexpected locations. There are new backdrops
- from the moss covered cedars of Vancouver Isl&, the frost dusted volcanic boulders of Iceland to the snowy wilds of Alaska. This book is about the heart of surf culture & the stories that surround the most adventurous travelers. Cold Water Souls tells the story of each surf destination through its waveriding community, exploring the local environment & landscape & how it shapes their lifestyle & surfing experiences. So pack away your boardshorts, the era of the Endless Summer is over, & a whole new front of surf exploration has opened up, a world pioneered by the Cold Water Souls. www.coldwatersouls.com
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From avalanches to glaciers & seals to snowflakes, from igloos to icebergs, permafrost to hoarfrost, chilblains to frostbite, Bill Streever unearths the consistent, ongoing influence of cold on the planet. Evoking history, myth, geography & ecology, Streever`s quest for icy, forty-below cold gains purchase in July, while he`s taking a dip in an Arctic swimming hole; in September, while excavating our planet`s ice ages; & in October, while exploring animals` hibernation habits, from humans to wood frogs to bears. In March he even does his best to escape it, bundling up in layers of polyester, spandex & Primaloft fill to face thermometers reading twenty-three below. Streever visits an underground Cold War-era tunnel, where preserved remains mingle with new-fangled machinery & gear; weighs in on the scientific quest to reach absolute zero (-459 F); & describes how refrigeration evolved from worldwide ice shipping to the chemical coolants we know today. ...