The new Nitrosport range of roof prism binoculars feature a stylish modern open hinge design, making them lightweight & easy to handle. Great for birdwatching & general observing, all models feature high index silver coated Ba K-4 prisms & multi-coated optics. The 8x 42 & 10x 42 models have the additonal benefit of phase-coated prisms for increased brightness & image contrast, as well as being fully multi-coated on all glass to air surfaces. Waterproof to IPX Class 5 (0.5m depth for 3 minutes) & nitrogen-filled for clear, fog free operation. Twist-up eyepieces & suitable for spectacle wearers. Black protective rubber armouring. Integral tripod bush. Supplied with neck strap, eyepiece rainguard & soft case. Helios Nitrosport 8x 34, 10x 34, 8x 42 & 10x 42 models are covered by a 5-Year Limited Warranty. ...

The new Nitrosport range of roof prism binoculars feature a stylish modern open hinge design, making them lightweight & easy to handle. Great for birdwatching & general observing, all models feature high index silver coated Ba K-4 prisms & multi-coated optics. The 8x 42 & 10x 42 models have the additonal benefit of phase-coated prisms for increased brightness & image contrast, as well as being fully multi-coated on all glass to air surfaces. Waterproof to IPX Class 5 (0.5m depth for 3 minutes) & nitrogen-filled for clear, fog free operation. Twist-up eyepieces & suitable for spectacle wearers. Black protective rubber armouring. Integral tripod bush. Supplied with neck strap, eyepiece rainguard & soft case. Helios Nitrosport 8x 34, 10x 34, 8x 42 & 10x 42 models are covered by a 5-Year Limited Warranty. ...

On November 1st 1984, a day after the assassination of Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, a nineteen-year-old student travels back from a class trip with his mentor & chemistry teacher, Professor Singh. As the group disembark at Delhi station a mob surrounds the professor, douses him in petrol & sets him alight. Years later the student, Raj, is compelled to find his professor`s widow, the beautiful Nelly. As the two walk through the misty mountains of Shimla, Nelly comes up against a nation in denial & Raj faces the truth about his father`s role in the terrible pogrom against the Sikhs. ...

The Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) engaged an extraordinary number of exceptional artists & writers: Pablo Picasso, Joan Miro, Martha Gellhorn, Ernest Hemingway, George Orwell, John Dos Passos, to name only a few. The idealism of the cause
- defending democracy from fascism at a time when Europe was darkening toward another world war
- & the brutality of the conflict drew from them some of their best work: Guernica, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Homage to Catalonia. Paralleling the outpouring of writing & art, the war spurred breakthroughs in military & medical technology. So many different countries participated directly or indirectly in the war that Time magazine called it the ` Little World War`; Spain served in those years as a proving ground for the devastating technologies of World War II, & for the entire 20th century.

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The Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) engaged an extraordinary number of exceptional artists & writers: Pablo Picasso, Joan Miro, Martha Gellhorn, Ernest Hemingway, George Orwell, John Dos Passos, to name only a few. The idealism of the cause
- defending democracy from fascism at a time when Europe was darkening toward another world war
- & the brutality of the conflict drew from them some of their best work: Guernica, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Homage to Catalonia. Paralleling the outpouring of writing & art, the war spurred breakthroughs in military & medical technology. So many different countries participated directly or indirectly in the war that Time magazine called it the ` Little World War`; Spain served in those years as a proving ground for the devastating technologies of World War II, & for the entire 20th century.

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In June 2013 Sean Conway set out from Land`s End in his bid to be the first person to swim the length of Britain. It was a challenge so extreme that not only had it never been attempted before, but most of the sponsors Sean approached turned him down as they were worried that he would die trying. Landlocked Cheltenham
- Sean`s hometown
- isn`t really the ideal place to train for a long sea swim, & he only managed three miles in a local pool before setting off from Land`s End. Once in the water Sean had to develop incredible mental strength to deal with the extreme cold & hours alone. He also needed to devise ways to take on the huge number of calories he needed to sustain him. After taking a few jellyfish stings to the face, Sean decided to grow a huge beard to protect himself. The physical challenge was gruelling, but came with unexpected rewards. Sean swam with dolphins & seals & among stunning night-time phosphorescence. He had a unique view of the British coast, discovering tiny hidden coves & exploring shipwrecks. When there were problems with the support boat, Sean & his crew met many kindly people who were willing to come to their aid. This is a remarkable & funny story about how anything is possible if you truly put your mind to it.

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` Gripping, clever & impossible to put down. I`ve been a Kate Rhodes fan for years & in Ben Kitto she has created a detective who is just as complex & compelling as Kate`s elegant plotting & stunning prose. The claustrophobia & paranoia of the island are so brilliant evoked, I could almost feel the tide encroaching as time ran out to find the killer` Erin Kelly, author of He Said, She Said ` Absorbing & complex, Hell Bay kept me guessing until the final pages` Rachel Abbott, author of The Sixth Window ` The whole book tingles with tension. I hope it does for the Scilly Isles what Ann Cleeves did for Shetland` Melanie Mc Grath DI Ben Kitto needs a second chance. After ten years working for the murder squad in London, a traumatic event has left him grief-stricken. He`s tried to resign from his job, but his boss has persuaded him to take three months to reconsider. Ben plans to work in his uncle Ray`s boatyard, on the tiny Scilly island of Bryher where he was born, hoping to mend his shattered nerves. His plans go awry when the body of sixteen year old Laura Trescothick is found on the beach at Hell Bay. Her attacker must still be on the island because no ferries have sailed during a two-day storm. Everyone on the island is under suspicion. Dark secrets are about to resurface. & the murderer could strike again at any time. `I love reading Kate`s books in the way I love reading Sophie Hannah
- a poet writing crime fiction is a great thing. Kate really shows us round the community & the landscape so that we feel we know it all. It is at once a locked-room mystery, a story of the returning hero, & an examination of fear & abuse. It has the air of a twenty-first century Agatha Christie` Julia Crouch ` One to watch for 2018!` thebooktrail ` This book was an immensely enjoyable & satisfying read. Kate Rhodes has created a strong new lead in DI Ben Kitto & I`m excited to see that this is going to be the start of a brand new series. I really enjoy crime novels when every character falls under suspicion giving the reader, a really hard job of working out who the perpetrator is. There were occasions when I thought I had figured the identity of the killer out but Kate managed to pull the rug out from under my feet` Netgalley reviewer ` Very enjoyable book. Good characters (definitely interested in what happens next). Like the setting of the small town. Author created a good atmosphere with their descriptions. The start of the next book was already at the end so that whet my appetite for what`s to come! Netgalley reviewer ` This is a good book, well written & the characters are terrific. This is the first in a new series from Kate Rhodes & it looks like there will be lots of interesting stories to be had from DI Ben Kitto on the stunning backdrop of Bryher` Netgalley reviewer ` Ms Rhodes presents an enjoyable & readable detective novel, with added colour from various interweaving sub-plots. You won`t begrudge the time spent reading the book` Netgalley reviewer `I really, really loved this book. Having visited the Isles of Scilly in 2016, it was great to be able to place the events. It was a great mystery & good characters. I would love to read more by this author` Netgalley reviewer
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` Hell of a Journey` describes what is arguably the last great journey to be undertaken in Britain: the entire Scottish Highlands on foot in one winter. On one level it is a vivid & evocative account of a remarkable trek
- never attempted before
- on another it celebrates the uniqueness of the Highlands, the scenery & ecology of `the last wilderness in Europe`. The challenge Mike Cawthorne set himself was to climb all 135 of Scotland`s 1, 000-metre peaks, which stretch in an unbroken chain through the heart of the Highlands, from Sutherland to the Eastern Cairngorms, down to Loch Lomond, & west to Glencoe. His route traversed the most spectacular landscape in Scotl&, linking every portion of wilderness, & was completed in the midst of the harshest winter conditions imaginable. Acclaimed on its first publication in 2000, this edition contains an epilogue in which Mike Cawthorne reflects on his trek & wonders what has changed since he carried it out. He warns that `wild land in Scotland has never been under greater threat`. Hell of a Journey is a reminder of what we could so easily lose forever.

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One of the masterpieces of world literature, completed in 1320, Dante`s La Divina Commedia describes his journey through Hell, Purgatory & his eventual arrival in Heaven. In this new version of Dante`s masterpiece, Alasdair Gray offers an original translation in prosaic English rhyme. Accessible, modern & sublimely decorated, this remarkable edition told in three parts yokes two great literary minds, seven hundred years apart, & brings the classic text alive for the twenty-first century. ...

From the author who brought you 100 Greatest Cycling Climbs comes another essential guide to vertical pain. This time Simon Warren has turned his attention to the famous climbs of Belgium & the ascents that define the world`s greatest single day bike races. From the rugged cobbles of the Tour of Flanders, to the jagged peaks of Liege-Bastogne-Liege & beyond, this pocket guide pinpoints fifty climbs that once ridden will give a true appreciation of the races they epitomise. If you thought Belgium was flat.. .think again. ...