Guero Davila is a pilot engaged in drug-smuggling for the local cartels. Teresa Mendoza is his girlfriend, a typical narco`s morra, quiet, doting, submissive. But then Guero`s caught playing both sides & in Sinaloa that means death. Teresa finds herself alone, terrified, friendless & running to save her life, carrying nothing but a gym bag containing a pistol & a notebook that she has been forbidden to read. Forced to leave Mexico, she flees to the Spanish city of Melilla where she meets Santiago Fisterra, a Galician involved in trafficking hashish across the Strait of Gibraltar. When Santiago`s partner is captured, it is Teresa who steps in to take his place. Now Teresa has plunged into the dark & ugly world that once claimed Guero`s life
- & she`s about to get in deeper.
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The summer of 2013 marks the 60th anniversary of one of the most joyous days in 20th-century British history the Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. This official souvenir album, which accompanies the Summer Opening exhibition at Buckingham Palace, recalls the celebrations of 1953, & recreates all the preparations & pageantry of the event for its 60th anniversary. Lavishly illustrated throughout with newly commissioned photography, it brings together the dresses, uniforms & robes, the jewels & the crowns worn at the Coronation for the first time since 1953, & tells the story in pictures of the people, the places, the ceremony & the events of this most extraordinary occasion. A stunning souvenir of royal history, The Queens Coronation 1953 will make the perfect gift for anyone with an interest in the pageantry at the heart of the British monarchy. ...

With a Jon Klassen appeal, Steve Antony is the one to watch. A naughty swan steals the Queen`s handbag, so naturally, the Queen races after it. She follows it all around the United Kingdom in various modes of transport, including an Aston Martin car, a motorbike, a Red Arrow plane, a speedboat, a train & a horse. Taking in sights such as Stonehenge, Snowdonia, Giants Causeway, Edinburgh Castle, Oxford & then arriving back in London, this chase

Includes:: the Queen`s butler & an awful lot of policemen. A witty & stylish celebration of the United Kingdom & the Queen. Praise for The Queen`s Hat: ` This is a wonderful romp of a read that`s a great introduction to London, royalty & all that makes Britain great.`
- Sun `...this picture book is hard to beat for its sweet simplicity & charming monochromatic drawings.`
- The Times



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With a Jon Klassen appeal, Steve Antony is the one to watch. A naughty swan steals the Queen`s handbag, so naturally, the Queen races after it. She follows it all around the United Kingdom in various modes of transport, including an Aston Martin car, a motorbike, a Red Arrow plane, a speedboat, a train & a horse. Taking in sights such as Stonehenge, Snowdonia, Giants Causeway, Edinburgh Castle, Oxford & then arriving back in London, this chase

Includes:: the Queen`s butler & an awful lot of policemen. A witty & stylish celebration of the United Kingdom & the Queen. Praise for The Queen`s Hat: ` This is a wonderful romp of a read that`s a great introduction to London, royalty & all that makes Britain great.`
- Sun `...this picture book is hard to beat for its sweet simplicity & charming monochromatic drawings.`
- The Times



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The Queen`s life is dedicated to her public
- every move is scrutinised, every word noted. But her homes are havens where peace
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In 1897, the UK Commercial Travellers Association commissioned ” The Queen`s London”: `a pictorial & descriptive record of the Great Metropolis`. The work, a collection of some of the finest photographs of the capital ever taken, was produced to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of her most excellent Majesty Victoria, Queen of Great Britain & Ireland & Empress of India. In 2012, when the eyes of the world will be on London, ” The Queens` London” brings this story up to date. Pairing these beautifully captured vintage views with 180 images taken from identical vantage points in the London of Queen Elizabeth II`s Diamond Jubilee, it gives the reader a fascinating perspective on the history behind London`s familiar streets. Richly illustrated with colour & with black & white, this stunning collection will delight Londoners & visitors alike. ...

`A sparkling slice of eighteenth-century life` Paul Bailey, Independent In August 1785 Paris buzzed with scandal. An eminent churchman, a notorious charlatan, a female fraudster, a part-time prostitute & the hated Queen herself were all involved. At its heart was the most expensive diamond necklace ever assembled
- & the web of fraud, folly & self-delusion it had inspired. In Szerb`s last major work, a witty & often surprising account of events, the story is used as a standpoint from which to survey the entire age. Written in war-torn Hungary in the early 1940s, it constitutes a remarkable gesture of defiance against the brutal world in which the writer lived & died.
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In August 1785, Paris buzzed with a scandal that had everything-an eminent churchman, a female fraudster, a part-time prostitute & the hated Queen herself. Its centrepiece was the most expensive diamond necklace ever assembled, & the tangle of fraud, folly, blindness & self-delusion it provoked. The humiliation the affair brought on the royal family contributed to their appalling deaths in the Revolution just four years later. In this unusual, witty & often surprising version of the story, the great Hungarian novelist Antal Szerb takes the narrative as a standpoint from which to survey the entire age-including aspects of it seldom considered by more orthodox historians. The author`s vast knowledge is worn very lightly & the book teems with amusing anecdotes, but it is, at heart, a deeply personal work, a remarkable gesture of defiance against the brutal world in which it was written. ...

A witty & erudite love letter to a bygone age, from one of Europe`s last great humanists. ”A sparkling slice of eighteenth-century life” Paul Bailey, Independent In August 1785 Paris buzzed with scandal. It involved an eminent churchman, a notorious charlatan, a female fraudster, a part-time prostitute & the hated Queen herself. At its heart was the most expensive diamond necklace ever assembled & the web of fraud, folly & self-delusion it had inspired. In Szerb`s last major work, a witty & often surprising account of events, the story is used as a standpoint from which to survey the entire age. Written in war-torn Hungary in the early 1940s, it constitutes a remarkable gesture of defiance against the brutal world in which the writer lived & died. Antal Szerb (1901-1945) was born in Budapest. Though of Jewish descent, he was baptised at an early age & remained a lifelong Catholic. He rapidly established himself as a formidable scholar, through studies of Ibsen & Blake & histories of English, Hungarian & world literature. He was a prolific essayist & reviewer, ranging across all the major European languages. Debarred by successive Jewish laws from working in a university, he was subjected to increasing persecution, & finally murdered in a forced labour camp in 1945. Pushkin Press publishes his novels The Pendragon Legend, Oliver VII & his masterpiece Journey by Moonlight, as well as the historical study The Queen`s Necklace & Love in a Bottle & Other Stories. ...