THE TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLERGUARDIAN TOP 10 BESTSELLERTHE NEW YORK TIMES TOP 5 BESTSELLER2017 most anticipated books pick -- Guardian, Daily Telegraph, New York Times & many more...` Spare, crystalline prose, mixing the real & the surreal & using old fairy-tale magic... An unnervingly dystopian portrait of what might lie down the road` Michiko Kakutani, New York Times An extraordinary story of love & hope from the bestselling, Man Booker-shortlisted author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist Nadia & Saeed are two ordinary young people, attempting to do an extraordinary thing
- to fall in love
- in a world turned upside down. Theirs will be a love story but also a story about how we live now & how we might live tomorrow, of a world in crisis & two human beings travelling through it. Civil war has come to the city which Nadia & Saeed call home. Before long they will need to leave their motherland behind
- when the streets are no longer useable & the unknown is safer than the known. They will join the great outpouring of people fleeing a collapsing city, hoping against hope, looking for their place in the world...


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THE NEW YORK TIMES TOP 5 BESTSELLERTHE TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLERGUARDIAN TOP 10 BESTSELLER2017 most anticipated books pick -- New York Times, Guardian, Daily Telegraph & many more...` Spare, crystalline prose, mixing the real & the surreal & using old fairy-tale magic... An unnervingly dystopian portrait of what might lie down the road` Michiko Kakutani, New York Times An extraordinary story of love & hope from the bestselling, Man Booker-shortlisted author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist Nadia & Saeed are two ordinary young people, attempting to do an extraordinary thing
- to fall in love
- in a world turned upside down. Theirs will be a love story but also a story about how we live now & how we might live tomorrow, of a world in crisis & two human beings travelling through it. Civil war has come to the city which Nadia & Saeed call home. Before long they will need to leave their motherland behind
- when the streets are no longer useable & the unknown is safer than the known. They will join the great outpouring of people fleeing a collapsing city, hoping against hope, looking for their place in the world...


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SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2017 Finalist for the Neustadt Prize 2018THE TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLERGUARDIAN TOP 10 BESTSELLERTHE NEW YORK TIMES TOP 5 BESTSELLER` Mixing the real & the surreal, using old fairy-tale magic... Compelling, crystalline, unnervingly dystopian` Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times An extraordinary story of love & hope from the bestselling, Man Booker-shortlisted author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist This is Nadia. She is fiercely independent with an excellent sense of humour & a love of smoking alone on her balcony late at night. This is Saeed. He is sweet & shy & kind to strangers. He also has a balcony but he uses his for star-gazing. This is their story: a love story, but also a story about how we live now & how we might live tomorrow. Saeed & Nadia are falling in love, & their city is falling apart. Here is a world in crisis & two human beings travelling through it. Exit West is a heartfelt & radical act of hope
- a novel to restore your faith in humanity & in the power of imagination.
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You are on a trip to the Florence Natural History Museum, intent on visiting the sunken treasure of the Santa Maria. Your relaxing day at the museum is quickly derailed by an incredible adventure! Can you solve the mysteries of the museum & find a way out? Difficulty Level: 2 of 5. This game can be played only one time because you must markup, fold, & tear the game materials to solve the riddles & escape. ...

A classic tale of murder on the Orient Express, reimagined. The culprit of a grisly crime is still on board your train. It’s a race against time to piece the clues together before the train reaches its destination. The case is perplexing, & you must solve it quickly so the assailant does not escape. Difficulty Level: 4 of 5. This game can be played only one time because you must markup, fold, & tear the game materials to solve the crime. ...

A wonderfully mild morning in the Arctic — only -15° Celsius! You belong to a large research organization, which is divided between several stations. As part of Division IMB-Q-12, you are researching climate change at the North Pole. Everything is strictly secret & you have no idea what the missions of the other teams are. From Division IMB-Q-13, for example, have not seen or heard anything for weeks. Suddenly the evacuation alarm goes off! You run to the door, but it has already been locked automatically. Through the window you can see your colleagues from the other stations run to the helicopters. You are left alone in the freezing Arctic.. . You crawl into an adjacent station via a ventilation shaft. Again, the door is already locked. The lab is devastated & you wonder what happened here. Then you find a notebook & a strange disk. Everything in the room is secured with numbered locks. Then it dawns on you that only if you can figure out all of the codes to unlock the locks in time, can you escape. If not, this will be your bitter (cold) end. This game can be played only one time because you must markup, fold, & tear the game materials to solve the riddles & escape. ...

A detailed topographic map from the Ordnance Survey Explorer series, covering Barstaple, Lynton, Minehead & Dulverton (showing part of Exmoor National Park & South West Coast Path). Edition B2; Publication date May 2008 About this series: These highly detailed maps show all the administrative boundaries, settlements as small as isolated farms, the road network down to unfenced roads & country tracks, & field boundaries (hedges & drystone walls) which make navigation across the countryside much easier. Steep gradients on roads are indicated. Various landmarks, e.g. powerlines, archaeological sites, windmills, churches & lighthouses are shown & additional graphics indicate natural terrain features such as cliffs, scree, mud & vegetation variations. The contour interval is 5 metres in the lower parts of the country & 10 metres in the uplands, & spot heights are marked. Each map covers an area of 30 x 20km (i.e. approx. 19 x 12 miles), with some double-sided maps covering more, as indicated in the individual descriptions. The maps are fully GPS compatible, with the National Grid shown at 1km intervals & latitude & longitude indicated by margin ticks at 1'. The Explorer series has replaced the earlier, green-cover Pathfinder maps. The Explorer series is now complete & covers all of Engl&, Wales & Scotl&. Some sheets for popular areas like the National Parks are still branded as Outdoor Leisure (OL) maps, but are now included in this series as the cartography is the same as that in the Explorer Maps. The Explorer maps offer a substantial improvement on the Pathfinder series, with greater use of colour, larger area per map, & stronger emphasis on information for ramblers & tourists. This series is ideal for walking & other outdoor pursuits & each map shows a large amount of information for ramblers & tourists. Public rights of way are shown (except in Scotland), together with other routes with public access: National Trails & Recreational Paths, permitted paths & bridleways, & selected cycle routes. Open access land created under the Countryside & Rights of Way Act 2000 is marked. Tourist information

Includes:: caravan & camp sites, Park & Ride locations, recreation/leisure/sport centres, museums, historic buildings, English Heritage & National Trust sites, rural pubs, etc. The map legend is in English only, except for the tourist information content which is also in French & German.

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All-in-one guide to walking Exmoor & North Devon Coast Path, the first section of the South-West Coast Path National Trail. The walking guide
Includes:: 55 large-scale walking maps, 13 town plans, 8 stage maps & 2 overview maps; reviews of places to stay
- pubs, hotels, B& Bs, hostels, bunkhouses, campsites, & places to eat, attractions along the way, history, & detailed public transport information showing access points on the path; GPS Waypoints. Ideal for walking the complete path, & for weekend & day walks. New edition also

Includes:: extra colour mapping for each stage of the walk. The information is written onto the maps, so walking directions, tricky junctions, places to stay & eat, points of interest & waking times are all written onto the maps themselves in the places to which they apply. These are not general purpose maps but fully-edited maps drawn by walkers for walkers. Also

Includes:: 40 colour photos & a 4pp colour flower guide.





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Exmoor & Taunton area of Devon & Somerset at 1:100, 000 on a handy size, 50x 35cm, double-sided contoured map from Croydecycle, printed on waterproof & tear-resistant synthetic paper & showing National Cycle routes & numerous local facilities, including campsites, pubs, etc. Coverage extends from Combe Martin, Barnstaple & South Molton in the west, across Exmoor, Brendon Hills & Quantock Hills to beyond Bridwater & Ilminster. Contours are at 30m intervals, with colouring for woodlands (indicating those with public access), sandy or pebble beaches, plus moors & common or other access l&. Interesting landscape features are highlighted with grading. Road network indicates A & B road numbers & has gradient markings. On roads which are part of the National Cycle Network route numbers are marked. Symbols indicate numerous facilities: campsites & caravan sites, pubs & cafes, car parks & picnic sites, local shops, cycle hire, tourist information, etc. National Grid coordinates are marked in the margins. Small panels provide street plans of central Taunton, Minehead, South Molton, Lynton, Tiverton, Wellington & Bridgwater. Also provided is a small overview map of the National Cycle Routes in the region. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

Exmoor & the Quantocks in the Pathfinder Guides series, produced in association with Ordnance Survey & published by Crimson; comprising a range of walking guides to popular British destinations. Each Pathfinder guide

Includes:: 28 varied walks ranging from easy strolls to exhilarating hikes & is accompanied by 1:25, 000 Ordnance Survey mapping with marked, colour-coded routes. Introductory sections profile the county or region covered, with recommendations on the best time to visit & a brief explanation of GPS. An

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