The first book in the epic Masters of Rome series. Rome. 110BC. A city which is home to Gaius Marius, prosperous but lowborn, a proud & disciplined soldier emboldened by his shrewdness & self-made wealth. It is also home to Lucius Cornelius Sulla, a handsome young aristocrat corrupted by powerty, a shameless pleasure seeker. Two men of extraordinary vision, men of ruthless ambition, both blessed & cursed by the special favour of Fortune. men fated to lay the foundations of the most awesome empire ever known, & to play out a mighty struggle for power & glory
- for Marius & Sulla share a formidable ambition: to become First Man in Rome.
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Soon to be a major motion picture, First Man by James Hansen offers the only authorized glimpse into the life of America`s most famous astronaut, Neil Armstrong
- the man whose ”one small step” changed history. In First Man, Hansen explores the life of Neil Armstrong. Based on over 50 hours of interviews with the intensely private Armstrong, who also gave Hansen exclusive access to private documents & family sources, this ”magnificent panorama of the second half of the American twentieth century” (Publishers Weekly, Starred Review) is an unparalleled biography of an American icon. When Apollo 11 touched down on the moon`s surface in 1969, the first man on the moon became a legend. Hansen vividly recreates Armstrong`s career in flying, from his seventy-eight combat missions as a naval aviator flying over North Korea to his formative transatmospheric flights in the rocket-powered X-15 to his piloting Gemini VIII to the first-ever docking in space. For a pilot who cared more about flying to the Moon than he did about walking on it, Hansen asserts, Armstrong`s storied vocation exacted a dear personal toll, paid in kind by his wife & children. In the years since the Moon landing, rumors swirled around Armstrong concerning his dreams of space travel, his religious beliefs, & his private life. This book reveals the man behind the myth. In a penetrating exploration of American hero worship, Hansen addresses the complex legacy of the First Man, as an astronaut & as an individual. In First Man, the personal, technological, epic, & iconic blend to form the portrait of a great but reluctant hero who will forever be known as history`s most famous space traveler.
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Why not? After all, no-one had ever done it before. It would be one of the longest of all overland journeys half-way round the world, from the English Channel to Singapore. They knew that several expeditions had already tried it. Some had got as far as the deserts of Persia; a few had even reached the plains of India. But no-one had managed to go on from there: over the jungle-clad mountains of Assam & across northern Burma to Thailand & Malaya. Over the last 3, 000 miles it seemed there were just too many rivers & too few roads. But no-one really knew... In fact, their problems began much earlier than that. As mere undergraduates, they had no money, no cars, no nothing. But with a cool audacity, which was to become characteristic, they set to work wheedling & cajoling. First, they coaxed the BBC to come up with some film for a possible TV series. Then they gently persuaded Rovers to lend them two factory-fresh Land Rovers. A publisher was even sweet-talked into giving them an advance on a book. By the time they were ready to go, their sponsors (more than 80 of them) ranged from whiskey distillers to the makers of collapsible buckets. In late 1955, they set off. Seven months & 12, 000 miles later, two very weary Land Rovers, escorted by police outriders, rolled into Singapore to flash-bulbs & champagne. Now, fifty years on, their bestselling book, First Overl&, is republished with an introduction by Sir David Attenborough. After all, it was he who gave them that film. ...

Why not? After all, no-one had ever done it before. It would be one of the longest of all overland journeys-half-way round the world, from the English Channel to Singapore. They knew that several expeditions had already tried it. Some had got as far as the deserts of Persia; a few had even reached the plains of India. But no-one had managed to go on from there: over the jungle-clad mountains of Assam & across northern Burma to Thailand & Malaya. Over the last 3, 000 miles it seemed there were ”just too many rivers & too few roads”. But no-one really knew... In fact, their problems began much earlier than that. As mere undergraduates, they had no money, no cars, no nothing. But with a cool audacity, which was to become characteristic, they set to work-wheedling & cajoling. First, they coaxed the BBC to come up with some film for a possible TV series. Then they gently ”persuaded” Rover to lend them two factory-fresh Land Rovers. A publisher was even sweet-talked into giving them an advance on a book. By the time they were ready to go, their sponsors (more than 80 of them) ranged from whiskey distillers to the makers of collapsible buckets. In late 1955, they set off. Seven months & 12, 000 miles later, two very weary Land Rovers, escorted by police outriders, rolled into Singapore-to flash-bulbs & champagne. Now, fifty years on, their bestselling book, First Overl&, is republished-with a foreword by Sir David Attenborough. After all, it was he who gave them that film. ...

The Great Wall of China is the largest man-made structure ever built, stretching for over 4, 000 kilometres from central Asia, across the Gobi Desert, through the remote, cold mountains of northern China to end on the shores of the Pacific Ocean. Nathan Gray, a young New Zealand lawyer, wanted to be the first person in history to walk the entire length of the Great Wall. In October 2000 he set off with four fellow travellers
- a Buddhist monk from Singapore, a Jewish photojournalist from Argentina, a Catholic recording artist from Italy & a Mormon golfer. Conceived as an idealistic trek to mark the millennium in cultural, racial & religious harmony, one month in reality bit. Blizzards, lightning strikes, thirst, starvation, snakes & police detention all took their toll. After 3, 000 kilometres, having witnessed the fatal stabbing of a Chinese friend & being chased at gunpoint by soldiers, Nathan succumbed to physical & mental fatigue & returned to New Zeal&. Unable to accept defeat, he returned three months later to complete the challenge; the final 1, 000 kilometres.
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Six weeks to write for your life... In this blistering story of a ghostwriter haunted by his demonic subject, the Man Booker Prize winner turns to lies, crime & literature with devastating effect A young & penniless writer, Kif Kehlmann, is rung in the middle of the night by the notorious con man & corporate criminal, Siegfried Heidl. About to go to trial for defrauding the banks of $700 million, Heidl proposes a deal: $10, 000 for Kehlmann to ghostwrite his memoir in six weeks. Kehlmann accepts but begins to fear that he is being corrupted by Heidl. As the deadline draws closer, he becomes ever more unsure if he is ghostwriting a memoir, or if Heidl is rewriting him?his life, his future. Everything that was certain grows uncertain as he begins to wonder: who is Siegfried Heidl?and who is Kif Kehlmann? ...

Whether your child is learning English or Polish, Oxford First Polish Words gives your child a head start in learning another language by taking a picture-book journey through a day, with familiar settings, everyday things, & cute little dinosaurs. There is a bird`s eye view of getting ready for school in the morning, the journey to school, inside the classroom, a birthday party, & even a trip to the seaside. As a first picture word book, this is perfect for children & their language teacher, or native speaker, to share together picking out the familiar items, playing the matching game, recognizing numbers, shapes & time words. It is ideal for supporting the language skills children are learning in school, language clubs, & for those learning English as a 2nd language. Over 400 Polish words & their English translations are given next to their illustrations, on every page. There is also an expertly-levelled supplementary section at the back
- a picture/word matching game, counting the ladybirds up to twenty, shapes, opposites, weather, time, & a comprehensive index. The David Melling (The Kiss that Missed, Fidget & Quilly) illustrations make this an adorable first bilingual word book.
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An interactive way for preschool children to learn a range of first words & simple sentences, in Polish, with over 100 picture stickers to match with the correct words & phrases. Part of the Farmyard Tales series, set on Apple Tree Farm
- home to characters Poppy & Sam.
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This series presents brilliant books to help build vocabulary & literacy in a variety of languages. Each page contains a large detailed farmyard scene with objects clearly labelled which children then match the stickers to. Using the stickers helps children build their vocabulary & reinforce key words which they already know. It is illustrated by Stephen Cartwright. ...

All the engines love springtime! Read about this special season on the Island of Sodor, when flowers bloom & lambs are born & the most exciting day of all
- the day of the Great Sodor Easter Egg Hunt! With a young rhyming text & bright colourful pages this is the perfect first Thomas book.
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