When Celine's first novel, Journey to the End of the Night was first published in 1932 it created an instant scandal, being extravagantly praised by its supporters & savagely attacked by its horrified opponents. Four years later came the sequel, Death on Credit. Both were a new kind of novel, frank about the author's thoughts & actions in a ways that readers had never encountered, ultra-realistic, & full of incidents that could not possibly be true to life, characters that stretched the imagination in spite of their having obviously been drawn from life. In Death on Credit Ferdinand Bardamu, Celine's alter ego, is a doctor in Paris, treating the poor who seldom pay him but who take every advantage of his availability. The action is not continuous but goes back in time to earlier memories & often moves into fantasy, especially in Bardamu's sexual escapades; the style becomes deliberately rougher & sentences disintegrate to catch the flavour of the teeming world of everyday Parisian tragedies, struggles to make a living, illness, venereal disease, the sordid stories of families whose destiny is governed by their own stupidity, malice, lust & greed. This fascinating book by one of the greatest 20th Century novelists is an unforgettable experience for the reader. ...

Ihaka is in the wilderness, having fallen foul of the new regime at Auckland Central. Called back to follow up a strange twist in the unsolved case that got him into trouble in the first place, Ihaka finds himself hunting a shadowy hitman who could have several notches on his belt. His enemies want him off the case, but the bodies are piling up. Ihaka embarks on a quest to establish whether police corruption was behind the shooting of an undercover cop &--to complicate matters-- he becomes involved with an enigmatic female suspect who could hold the key to everything. ...

For Miss Cordell, principal of Persephone College, there are two great evils to be feared: unladylike behaviour among her students, & bad publicity for the college. So her prim & cosy world is turned upside down when a secret society of undergraduates meets by the river on a gloomy January afternoon, only to find the drowned body of the college bursar floating in her canoe. The police assume that a student prank got out of h&, but the resourceful Persephone girls suspect foul play, & take the investigation into their own hands. Soon they uncover the tangled secrets that led to the bursar`s death
- & the clues that point to a fellow student. This classic mystery novel, with its evocative setting in an Oxford women`s college, is now republished for the first time since the 1930s.
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Agatha Christie`s most exotic murder mystery, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans & book lovers. The tranquillity of a cruise along the Nile is shattered by the discovery that Linnet Ridgeway has been shot through the head. She was young, stylish & beautiful, a girl who had everything
- until she lost her life. Hercule Poirot recalls an earlier outburst by a fellow passenger: `I`d like to put my dear little pistol against her head & just press the trigger.` Yet in this exotic setting` nothing is ever quite what it seems!
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When a counterfeit currency racket comes to light on the French Riviera, Detective Inspector Meredith is sent speeding southwards
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An epic history of the battle of Quebec, the death of General James Wolfe & the beginnings of Britain`s empire in North America. Military history at its best. Perched on top of a tall promontory, surrounded on three sides by the treacherous St Lawrence River, Quebec -- in 1759 France`s capital city in Canada -- forms an almost impregnable natural fortress. That year, with the Seven Years` War raging around the globe, a force of 49 ships & nearly 9, 000 men commanded by the irascible General James Wolfe, navigated the river, scaled the cliffs & laid siege to the town in an audacious attempt to expel the French from North America forever. In this magisterial first solus book, tying into the 250th anniversary of the battle, Dan Snow tells the story of this famous campaign which was to have far-reaching consequences for Britain`s rise to global hegemony, & the world at large. Snow brilliantly sets the battle within its global context & tells a gripping tale of brutal war quite unlike any fought in Europe, where terrain, weather & native Canadian tribes were as fearsome as any enemy.`I never served so disagreeable a campaign as this, ` grumbled one British commander, `it is war of the worst shape.` 1759 was, without question, a year in which the decisions of men changed the world forever. Based on original research & told from all perspectives, this is history -- military, political, human -- on an epic scale. ...

A murder committed on paper, safely within the confines of a novel, is one thing. To see that same crime in the real world, is something else entirely... Frank Fons is a very successful crime writer. His novels, famed for their visceral descriptions of violent death, have made him a household name. But now someone is copying his crimes. For Frank what once seemed a clever, intriguing plot twist, has suddenly become a terrifying, blood-spattered reality. In the novel, a redhead who was scared of water is drowned. In the mirror-image of the real world, she has become an ex-girlfriend chained & left to die at the bottom of the harbour. A corrupt police-officer tortured to death becomes a contact who dies with fear in his eyes. Someone is taking Franks` fiction & using it to destroy his life. The writer must become the detective. In fiction, the bad guy always gets caught, but in real life there is no such guarantee. Fear becomes real. The knife cut hurts like hell. Our narrator may not survive. No-one is promising you a happy ending. For Frank what had once been a game is now a matter of life & death. ...

For much of the world, Iran's 2009 summer of upheaval was an epic piece of theatre distantly observed. As citizens took to the streets in their millions to protest a stolen election & the regime that made it possible, & later, in smaller numbers, did battle with the shock troops of the Islamic Republic, so the country became effectively off limits for the world's media. This dramatic confrontation
- & the deep divisions that opened among Iran's rulers as a result
- have yet to be convincingly described for a Western audience. Afsaneh Moqadam observed & took part in the momentous events of that summer. Here, through the eyes of Mohsen, one of Tehran's young, courageous protesters, Moqadam tells the story of these historic months, from the mass marches that greeted the disputed election results to their brutal suppression by the hated Basij militia
- & a dark aftermath of imprisonment, torture & a show trial worthy of Stalinist Russia. The result is an inspiring account of a confrontation that has signalled the fragility of the Islamic Republic & given pause to those Western leaders, notably President Barack Obama, who must grapple diplomatically with what may become the world's next nuclear power. Above all, Death to the Dictator! is testament to the resilience of the human spirit, & its ability to strike fear in the hearts of despots.


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In his dark & fetid prison cell, serial killer Daniele de Robertis plans his retribution. The betrayals he has suffered haunt his dreams until, one night, he escapes. In a small, beautiful village in the Tuscan countryside a prominent lawyer & his wife are murdered. As the police inspect the scene they find nine terrifying photographs: nine women, slaughtered. It is Florentine Police Chief Michele Ferrara`s worst nightmare: a case involving the untouchable men & women at the top of Italian society, a dark & powerful cult which knows no bounds, & mounting victims. Amongst a web of obsession, manipulation & violence, Ferrara must face his demons. Death Under a Tuscan Sun is an incredibly gripping & atmospheric work of detective fiction, written with incomparable authenticity by former Florentine police chief Michele Giuttari. Originally published in Italian as Il Cuore Oscuro di Firenze. ...

High quality relief shaded topographic trekking map. Trails are clearly marked with distances between junctions shown in miles. Clear contours at 200ft intervals, vegetation information & symbols to show the location of various features & facilities of use to hikers, such as ranger stations & campsites. To ensure durability the map is printed upon special waterproof plastic paper.

Includes:: latitude & longitude & UTM grid markings

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