Harold & Raymond Mc Pheron are finally waving goodbye to their beloved Victoria, a young mother with a first chance at an education. Betty & Luther Wallace are struggling to keep their heads above water & their children out of care, & in the same town young friends Dena & DJ find solace away from their own troubled homes. As these stories unfold & entwine, tragedy strikes the Mc Pheron household & life is thrown irrevocably off course. Heart-breaking yet hopeful, Eventide is an unflinching depiction of the hardships of small-town life, lit up by astonishing moments of redemption. ...

In this entertaining & engaging memoir, former ambassador Sherard Cowper-Coles lifts the lid on embassy life throughout the world. In 1977 fresh-faced Oxford graduate Sherard Cowper-Coles entered the hallowed portals of the Foreign Office. Over the next thirty years he was invariably to be found at the frontline of international diplomacy, either striding the corridors of power at Westminster or jetting from one exotic location to the next. His tasks ranged from the challenging to the bizarre
- from speech writing for Margaret Thatcher (who scrawled an emphatic `NO!` over his first effort), to hiding an embarrassing bobble hat from Robin Cook. With recollections from the last three decades in international politics, taking us right up to Cowper-Coles`s posting to Afghanistan, ` Ever the Diplomat` is a revealing & witty account of a unique period in our history. Cowper-Coles reveals what went on behind-the-scenes of Whitehall as we encounter a swindler impersonating Liberian President Charles Taylor, the young, idealistic leader of Syria Bashar al-Assad & Tony Blair in his boxer shorts.
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Mike Peyton is the nautical world's best known & much loved cartoonist. For years he has made his mark, contributing witty, well executed & poignantly funny cartoons to the yachting & boating press, poking fun at seafarers of all types & capturing in his distinctive cartoon style their often eccentric & idiosyncratic ways. Now here, at last, is a wonderful collection of Mike Peyton's light hearted & amusing recollections of time spent messing about in boats, all illustrated in his unique cartoon style. A perfect bunkside read for seafarers & landlubbers alike. ...

This book is the RGS` only official publication on the expedition in 2013, marking the 60th anniversary of the first successful ascent &

Includes:: a foreword by Jan Morris. It contains the largest assemblage of images ever published in a book solely about the 1953 Mount Everest Expedition. It features over 250 unique photographs, h&-picked by the RGS` own collections staff. To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the first successful ascent of Mount Everest on 29th May, 1953, by Edmund Hillary & Tenzing Norgay, Ammonite Press, in association with the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG), presents a lavish photographic record of this historic event. The Earth`s highest mountain, with a peak 8, 848m (29, 029ft) above sea level, located in the Himalayas between Nepal & China, has long been a lure for mountaineers & explorers. The dangers of altitude sickness, adverse weather conditions & ferocious winds make the peak tantalisingly difficult to attain. The ninth British expedition, led by John Hunt, made two attempts in 1953. The first climbing pair came to within 100m (300ft) of the summit on 26th May, but were forced to turn back after experiencing oxygen problems. Two days later New Zealander Edmund Hillary & Tenzing Norgay, a Nepali Sherpa, made a second assault, reaching the summit at 11:30am on 29th May via the South Col Route. The Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)`s extensive archives contain an astonishingly detailed & intimate record of the landmark 1953 expedition, with many fascinating & beautiful images captured by the photographers who accompanied the climbing team. This is the first time the RGS has worked in association with a publisher to produce a photographic art book on the subject.

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The possibility of climbing the world`s highest mountain was first aired in 1885. Although Tibet & Nepal were initially forbidden to explorers, the challenge captured the imagination of the world`s mountaineers. Over the next 68 years, obstacles were overcome to allow 12 full-scale expeditions to attempt the summit. Eleven ended in failure
- until on 29 May 1953, the British team achieved the seemingly impossible. The magic of Everest remains undiminished. Since 1953, many expeditions have conquered the mighty peak, but it remains one of the world`s supreme challenges: its very name synonymous with the biggest, the best & the most dangerous. Packed with stunning photography & informative text, ” Everest” will chronicle the story of the mountain & those who attempted
- some successfully, others with fatal consequences
- the ultimate test of bravery.


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The Himalayan kingdom of Nepal is a trekker's dream. This third edition of the successful Everest guide leads the explorer through Nepal & the Sherpas' homel&. The mountain panoramas & lives of the Nepalese are clearly documented, together with the detailed needs of the trekker in this challenging but most rewarding region. Several trekking routes on the Nepalese side of Everest are described. In addition there is information on a trekking route to Base Camp on the Tibetan side of the mountain. ...

Accomplished trekker Kev Reynolds’ Cicerone guide to Everest
- A Trekker’s guide explores some of the best trekking routes in Nepal
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Everest – Gokyo
- Cho La
- Renjo Pass map at 1:60, 000 from the Himalayan Map House, prominently highlighting the Three Passes

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Harriet Tuckey’s Everest – The First Ascent is a fascinating & widely recognised book, awarded the 2013 Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature, & winner of the Canadian Banff Mountain Book Competition Award for Mountain & Wilderness literature, as well as been shortlisted for the Biographer’s Club HW Fisher Best First Biography Prize & longlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction. On 29 May 1953, the summit of Mount Everest was finally reached. The achievement brought fame & honours to many involved
- except the man who made the ascent possible. Now, for the first time, drawing upon previously unseen diaries & letters, rare archive material & interviews, ” Everest
- The First Ascent” tells the remarkable story of Griffith Pugh, the forgotten team member whose scientific breakthroughs ensured the world`s highest mountain could be climbed. A doctor & physiologist, Griffith Pugh revolutionised almost every aspect of British high-altitude mountaineering, transforming the climbers` attitude to oxygen, the clothes they wore, their equipment, fluid intake & acclimatisation. Yet, far from receiving the acclaim he was due, he was met with suspicion & ridicule. His scientific contributions were, quite simply, at odds with old-fashioned notions of derring-do & the gentlemanly amateurism that dogged the sport. This insightful biography shows Pugh to be troubled, abrasive, yet brilliant. Eight years in the writing, closely researched, & told with unflinching honesty by Pugh`s daughter, Harriet Tuckey, ” Everest
- The First Ascent” is the compelling portrait of an unlikely hero.


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This is the winner of the 2013 Boardman Tasker prize winner of the 2013 mountain & wilderness prize, Banff festival. For the first time, drawing upon previously unseen diaries & letters, rare archive material & interviews, Everest
- The First Ascent tells the remarkable story of Griffith Pugh, the forgotten team member whose scientific breakthroughs ensured the world`s highest mountain could be climbed. A doctor & physiologist, Griffith Pugh revolutionised almost every aspect of British high-altitude mountaineering, transforming the climbers` attitude to oxygen, the clothes they wore, their equipment, fluid intake & acclimatisation. Yet, far from receiving the acclaim he was due, he was met with suspicion & ridicule. His scientific contributions were, quite simply, at odds with old-fashioned notions of derring-do & the gentlemanly amateurism that dogged the sport. Later in his career, his impact in helping athletes enhance their performance lasts to this day in the fields of cycling, swimming & running. This insightful biography shows Pugh to be troubled, abrasive, yet brilliant. Eight years in the writing, closely researched, & told with unflinching honesty by Pugh`s daughter, Harriet Tuckey, Everest
- The First Ascent is the compelling portrait of an unlikely hero.

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