Five years ago, Rosa walked to the pier in the dead of night, looked into the swirling water, & jumped. She was a brilliant young Cambridge student who had just lost her father. Her death was tragic, but not unexpected. Was that what really happened? The coroner says it was suicide. But Rosa`s boyfriend Jar can`t let go. He sees Rosa everywhere
- a face on the train, a figure on the cliff. He is obsessed with proving that she is still alive. & then he gets an email. Find me, Jar. Find me, before they do...
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This graphically illustrated guided journal is tailor made for exploring the world around you, either on short jaunts around your hometown or on fantastic trips abroad. Brimming with prompts that encourage you to take a new look at your surroundings, this journal will engage your sense of curiosity & spirit of exploration. Each of the four sections centers around a different mode of adventuring: discover new locales as you map your day`s route in the Wandering chapter, pay attention to overlooked details as you compose a poem with street names in the Noteworthy chapter, get in touch with your feelings as you list what made you smile in the authentic chapter, & be bold as you photograph other travellers you meet in the Daring chapter. Beautiful details like a grain-embossed cover, foil stamping, & ribbon markers, make the journal an ideal keepsake with which to remember all your adventures. ...

Christopher Greenwood carried out the final stages of the large scale survey for this map in 1824-6. Original surveys of London were very rare. Most London maps were derived directly or indirectly from other people's surveys. In the previous eighty years there had been only two: John Roque's of 1746, & Richard Horwood's of 1792-99. Original scale: 8 to 1 mile. An index of over 8, 500 streets & locations is included with this CD ROM version, with a commentary by Ralph Hyde
- former Keeper of Prints & Maps at the Guildhall Library in the City of London. The map coverage

Includes:: the City of London, Westminster & Southwark.PC & Mac Version.


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John Roque's 9 year survey, culminating in the publication of this map in 1746, was the first map of London to be based on an original survey since that of William Morgan in 1682. The map was published as a gigantic 26 to the mile wall map in 24 sheets with an index. An index of over 5, 500 streets & locations is included, with a commentary by Ralph Hyde
- former Keeper of Prints & Maps at the Guildhall Library in the City of London. The map coverage

Includes:: the City of London, Westminster & Southwark.PC Version


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The Stanford's Library Map of London & its Suburbs was originally a 24-sheet set of maps covering Victorian London during a period of rapid expansion & improvement. Here the map is presented on CD ROM. Unlike the b/w paper version, in this case the map is a hand coloured version, retaining the original detail, naming streets & marking major buildings. Also an index of over 18, 000 streets & locations is included, with a commentary by Ralph Hyde
- former Keeper of Prints & Maps at the Guildhall Library in the City of London. The map coverage extend out to Highgate, Greenwich, Streatham & Hammersmith. Original scale: 6 to 1 mile.PC Version
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Choose your mode of transport & set off on an adventure that will take you all the way across the city. Can you navigate huge roundabouts with sleeping sea dragons, or cross bridges guarded by gorillas? Negotiate pesky road obstructions by solving the maths problems correctly. Pick up hidden objects, collect bonus points, & use your mapping skills to zoom backwards & forwards through the book. Incredibly busy & colourful artwork will delight young children, & once they reach their objective, readers can absorb themselves in all sorts of bonus maths activities. ...

A riveting crime thriller about a reader whose obsession with a reclusive writer goes too far, featuring the same trio of unlikely & winning heroes King introduced in MR MERCEDES. 1978: Morris Bellamy is a reader so obsessed by America`s iconic author John Rothstein that he is prepared to kill for a trove of notebooks containing at least one more unpublished novel. 2009: Pete Saubers, a boy whose father was brutally injured by a stolen Mercedes, discovers a buried trunk containing cash & Rothstein`s notebooks. 2014: After thirty-five years in prison, Morris is up for parole. & he`s hell-bent on recovering his treasure. Now it`s up to retired detective Bill Hodges
- running an investigative company called ` Finders Keepers`
- to rescue Pete from an ever-more deranged & vengeful Morris... Not since Misery has King written with such visceral power about a reader with such a dangerous obsession. Finders Keepers is spectacular suspense, & it is King writing about how literature shapes a life for good, for bad, for ever.

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Glory Vigil, newly married, unexpectedly pregnant at 41, is nesting in the home she & her husband Joseph have just moved to in Santa Fe, a house that unknown to them is rumored to have a resident ghost. Their adopted daughter Juniper is home from college for Thanksgiving & in love for the very first time, quickly learning how a relationship changes everything. But Juniper has a tiny arrow lodged in her heart, a leftover shard from the day eight years earlier when her sister Casey disappeared-in a time before she`d ever met Glory & Joseph. When a fieldwork course takes Juniper to a pueblo only a few hours away, she finds herself right back in the past she thought she`d finally buried. A love story, a family story, a story of searching & the bond between sisters, Finding Casey is a testament to human resilience. ...

The Finding Dory Essential Collection takes you beneath the surface of the sequel to the smash-hit Disney* Pixar movie Finding Nemo. A beautiful slipcase houses the Finding Dory Essential Guide & the Finding Dory Ultimate Sticker Book. Find out about all the exciting new Finding Dory characters as well as favourite Finding Nemo characters including Marlin, Nemo &, of course, Dory, plus new favourites like Destiny, Hank & Bailey. Explore key locations, themes, & iconic moments from the Finding Dory movie in DK`s lively & informative non-fiction style. With more than 150 stickers, this is a must-have for every fan of Finding Dory. Copyright (c) 2016 Disney Enterprises, Inc. & Pixar Animation Studios. All rights reserved. ...

The expedition triggered the global rainforest movement & highlighted, for the first time, how rich, diverse & ecologically important rainforests are. But since then, Borneo has gone from being a garden of Eden to a dry monocultural desert, where the traditional way of life of the indigenous people of the rainforests is being slowly eroded. Here, Hanbury-Tenison describes the months he spent in Borneo, using his original diaries & photographs. This is the story of complete immersion in a tribal way of life that is on the cusp of extinction. At its heart is the relationship between Hanbury-Tenison & Nyapun
- a member of the Penan tribe who would become a lifelong friend & inspiration.
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