The Spanish are reputed to be amongst Europe`s most voluble people. So why have they kept silent about the terrors of the Spanish Civil War & the rule of dictator Generalisimo Francisco Franco? The appearance
- sixty years after that war ended
- of mass graves containing victims of Franco`s death squads has finally broken what Spaniards call `the pact of forgetting`. At this charged moment, Giles Tremlett embarked on a journey around Spain
- & through Spanish history. Tremlett`s journey was also an attempt to make sense of his personal experience of the Spanish. Why do they dislike authority figures, but are cowed by a doctor`s white coat? How had women embraced feminism without men noticing? What binds gypsies, jails & flamenco? Why do the Spanish go to plastic surgeons, donate their organs, visit brothels or take cocaine more than other Europeans?


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A family cloaked in secrets. A beguiling woman. A unique setting. Inspector Bordelli is back to solve one of the most difficult cases of his entire career in the sixth book in this atmospheric crime noir series
- perfect for fans of Andrea Camilleri. Florence, 1967. It is winter, & one year has passed since the historic & devastating flood of the Arno, though the memories of that day still linger with the stains on the city walls. The anniversary of the flood brings with it a new case for Inspector Bordelli, who is weighed down with remorse for having taken justice into his own hands, & yearning for Eleonora, the woman he`s lost, when the mystery opens. A local wealthy industrialist
- fiercely loved & respected by everyone he knew
- has been found murdered in his grand villa in the Fiesole hills, & the killer has left no trace. With no obvious leads to follow, Bordelli is patiently retracing the victim`s last days when he encounters an old friend from the war. Inviting the frail man into his home with the aim of restoring him to strength with good food & wine, Bordelli is yet to realise that this very friend will lead him ever closer to the secrets at the heart of the mystery
- starting with a mysterious woman...



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**WINNER OF THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE**‘ You will not read a finer work of narrative non-fiction this year.’ Economist ‘A breathtaking, extraordinary work of non-fiction.’ Times Literary Supplement‘A future classic of disaster journalism.’ Observer On 11 March 2011, a massive earthquake sent a 120-foot-high tsunami smashing into the coast of north-east Japan. By the time the sea retreated, more than 18, 500 people had been crushed, burned to death, or drowned. It was Japan’s greatest single loss of life since the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. Richard Lloyd Parry, an award-winning foreign correspondent, lived through the earthquake in Tokyo, & spent six years reporting from the disaster zone. He met a priest who performed exorcisms on people possessed by the spirits of the dead. & he found himself drawn back again & again to a village which had suffered the greatest loss of all, a community tormented by unbearable mysteries of its own. What really happened to the local children as they waited in the school playground in the moments before the tsunami? Why did their teachers not evacuate them to safety? & why was the unbearable truth being so stubbornly covered up? Ghosts of the Tsunami is a classic of literary non-fiction, a heart-breaking & intimate account of an epic tragedy, told through the personal accounts of those who lived through it. It tells the story of how a nation faced a catastrophe, & the bleak struggle to find consolation in the ruins. ...

On 11 March 2011, a massive earthquake sent a 120-foot-high tsunami smashing into the coast of north-east Japan. By the time the sea retreated, more than 18, 000 people had been crushed, burned to death, or drowned. It was Japan`s greatest single loss of life since the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. It set off a national crisis, & the meltdown of a nuclear power plant. & even after the immediate emergency had abated, the trauma of the disaster continued to express itself in bizarre & mysterious ways. Richard Lloyd Parry, an award-winning foreign correspondent, lived through the earthquake in Tokyo, & spent six years reporting from the disaster zone. There he encountered stories of ghosts & hauntings. He met a priest who performed exorcisms on people possessed by the spirits of the dead. & he found himself drawn back again & again to a village which had suffered the greatest loss of all, a community tormented by unbearable mysteries of its own. What really happened to the local children as they waited in the school playground in the moments before the tsunami? Why did their teachers not evacuate them to safety? And why was the unbearable truth being so stubbornly covered up? Ghosts of the Tsunami is a classic of literary non-fiction, a heart-breaking & intimate account of an epic tragedy, told through the personal accounts of those who lived through it. It tells the story of how a nation faced a catastrophe, & the bleak struggle to find consolation in the ruins. ...

Germany`s Baltic coast. A place of escape, of carefree summer holidays, of spa towns & health retreats. A place where some of the darkest stories of 20th Century German history played out. Inspired by his wife`s collection of family photographs from the 1930s & her memories of growing up on the Baltic coast in the GDR, Paul Scraton set out to walk from Lu beck to the Polish border on the island of Usedom, an area central to the mythology of a nation & bearing the heavy legacy of trauma. Exploring a world of socialist summer camps, Hanseatic trading towns long past their heyday & former shing villages surrendered to tourism, Ghosts on the Shore unearths the stories, folklore & contradictions of the coast, where politics, history & personal memory merge to create a nuanced portrait of place. ...

Includes: THE THREE BEST GHOST STORIES EVER Everyone knows someone who has seen a ghost
- Who among us, lying in bed

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Ghunsa Khola
- Olanchungola, sheet no. 2787-08, in the topographic survey of Nepal at 1:50, 000 published by the Nepali Government
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This is a new edition of this witty but thought-provoking picture book by bestselling author & illustrator Colin Mc Naughton. Deep in the rainforest, a huge giant meets a small boy & tells him an amazing story: a tale of friendly giants, terrible ogres, & the most dangerous creatures of all: the giant-killers. This is a new edition of this classic picture book, with an eye-catching new cover design. It is packed with Colin Mc Naughton`s trademark beautiful illustrations & witty cartoons. It is a funny, charming picture book with a subtle environmental message. ...

Giant Dinosaurs is jam-packed with novelty & features popular dinosaurs such as Tyrannosaurus, Stegosaurus & Diplodocus. Find out how much meat Tyrannosaurus ate in one go, why Stegosaurus had plates on its back, how Diplodocus used its tail & much, much more! Pairing bold, colourful scenes from illustrator Naray Yoon with rhyming text & a page full of further information, this is the perfect novelty book for children just starting to find out more about the world around them. With amazing, funny facts, bright infographics & a mixture of novelties that

Includes:: 30 flaps, Giant Dinosaurs is accessible & visual, with all facts checked by Barbara Taylor, a former Science Editor at London`s Natural History Museum. Discover more of the First Facts & Flaps series with Amazing Animals

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Giant Hugg-a-Planet is a HUGE soft, huggable 60cm (24) globe made from fibre-filled, sturdy cotton. This super-sized globe clearly depicts over 600 place names of the Earth in fantastic detail, allowing children of all ages to not only hug a planet, but learn about it as they play. Children will love to play with this brightly coloured ball
- & once worn out by playing with the world they can cuddle up next to it. As for those power hungry adults among us, hankering after world domination, with Hugg-a-Planet, you really can have the whole world in your hands. Build up a huggable solar system with the Hugg-a-Mars & Hugg-a-Moon also available!
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