This harrowing tale of supernatural suspense kicks off a new series from the visionary mind of 1 New York Times bestselling author Scott Westerfeld. When a plane crash-lands in the arctic, eight young survivors step from the wreckage expecting to see nothing but ice & snow. Instead they find themselves lost in a strange jungle with no way to get home & little hope of rescue. Food is running out. Water is scarce. & the jungle is full of threats unlike anything the survivors have ever seen before--from razor-beaked shredder birds to carnivorous vines & much, much worse. With danger at every turn, these eight kids must learn to work together to survive. But cliques & rivalries threaten to tear them apart. & not everyone will make it out of the jungle alive. ...

Horley in 1912 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. Horley station, on the London-Brighton line, opened in 1841 & the map shows the village that grew up around it. The railway runs north-south through the map, & the station is almost in the centre; housing development is shown to the north & west, as far as Horley Street. A few houses are also being built to the east near the Balcombe Road. To the south-west is Gatwick manor house, & the northern part of Gatwick Race Course, today lost beneath the airport. A directory of Horley is on the reverse. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK. ...

The worlds rhinoceroses face extinction because a part of their anatomy is valued too much. Poachers hunt & slaughter them because their horns are treasured. Once an estimated 100, 000 black rhinos roamed from the Sahara to the Cape of Good Hope but now less than 3 per cent remain. In all of Africa, there is but a single infenced population numbering more than 100 individuals, in the inhospitable barrens of the Namib Desert. The hunger for money has resulted in the deaths of more than 160 Zimbabwean poachers as they tried to kill fro the valuable horns, Few options remain to stop the deadly harvest, Although guarded sanctuaries may now be working in Kenya, elsewhere foot patrols, helicopters, & high tech solutions have been tried & most have failed. In 1989 a radical strategy has developed
- cutting the horns, The rationale is simple. If a rhino has no horns, the incentive to kill it should disappear. What has since unfolded is a biological & political drama, Carol Cunningham & Joel Berger describe their passionate quest to help conserve Africa`s black rhinos. Arriving with their 19 month old daughter in the fiercely independent country of Namibia, they undertook a fascinating study to understand how horns are involved in the social lives of this charismatic species. This book blends natural history & biology, adventure & adrenaline. Africans & local attitudes. It moves beyond the typical nature study by bringing in real world components of conservation
- the delicate mix of western science, politics & economics, & personal despair & hope.

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One of the maps in the topographic survey of Iceland at 1:100, 000. The series was last revised in the early eighties. Contour interval is 20 meters. In addition to the usual features shown on survey mapping, the maps also include a large amount of information indicating the type of the terrain & land use (block or smooth surfaced lava, clay, boulders, sand & dunes, cultivated area, meadows, pastures, bogs, wetlands, etc.) & details not often found on maps: physicians` residences, parsonages, etc. Each map covers an area of 44 x 40 km / 27 x 25 miles. Margin ticks give latitude & longitude in steps of 6`. Map legend

Includes:: English.

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Hornafjörður, map no. 25, in the topographic survey of Iceland at 1:100, 000 published by Mál og menning, with excellent, vivid presentation of the terrain, footpaths & bridleways, campsites, etc. The maps have contours at 20m intervals, enhanced by bold relief shading plus colouring and/or graphics to show glaciers, lava fields, sands & mudflats, as well as to distinguish land with vegetation cover from the more sparsely covered terrain. The series provides a splendid presentation of the country’s topography, with large amount of detail & over 43, 000 place names. Road network indicates gravel roads &

Includes:: country tracks. Also marked are local footpaths, clear to see with their distinctive colouring, & bridleways. Symbols shows campsites, tourist huts or shelters, emergency shelters, summer houses, river fords, golf courses & swimming pools, hydro-electric or thermal power stations, local airports, etc, & detail such as individual farms, abandoned farms or ruins, sheepfolds, etc. Each map covers an area of 84 x 67km (53 x 42 miles approx.) & has latitude & longitude lines drawn at intervals of 2’ & 5’ respectively. Map legend

Includes:: English, German & French. To see the other titles in this series please click on the series link.



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The final Horatio Hornblower story tells of Napoleon`s plans to invade England... Set in 1805, Hornblower & the Crisis finds Horatio Hornblower in possession of confidential dispatches from Bonaparte after a vicious h&-to-hand encounter with a French brig. The admiralty rewards Hornblower by sending him on a dangerous espionage mission that will light the powder trail leading to the battle of Trafalgar... Hornblower & the Crisis was unfinished at the time of Forester`s death, but the author left notes
- included here
- telling us how the tale would end. Also included are two further stories
- Hornblower & the Widow Mc Cool & The Last Encounter
- that tell of Hornblower as a very young & very old man, respectively. This is the final book chronicling the adventures of C. S. Forester`s inimitable nautical hero, Horatio Hornblower.



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The Third Horatio Hornblower Tale of the Sea April 1803, & the Peace of Amiens is failing as Horatio Hornblower takes a sloop on a vital reconnaissance mission... On the day of his marriage to Maria, Hornblower is ordered to take the Hotspur & head for Brest
- war is coming & Napoleon will not catch His Majesty`s navy with its britches round its ankles. With thoughts of his new life as a husband intruding on his duties, Hornblower must prove himself to be not only the most capable commander in the fleet, but also its most daring if he is to stop the French gaining the upper h&. This is the third of eleven books chronicling the adventures of C. S. Forester`s inimitable nautical hero, Horatio Hornblower. Featuring an exclusive introduction by Bernard Cornwell, creator of Sharpe`A master of the genre` New York Times Book Review
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1815, the Napoleonic Wars are over. Yet peace continues to elude Horatio Hornblower overseas... As an admiral struggling to impose order in the chaotic aftermath of the French wars, Horatio Hornblower, Commander-in-chief of His Majesty`s ships & vessels in the West Indies, must still face savage pirates, reckless revolutionaries & a violent hurricane. & while his retirement at half-pay might well be in sight, Hornblower will need every ounce of his rapier wit & quick thinking
- not to mention his courage & leadership
- to ensure that the lasting peace in Europe reaches the turbulent seas of the West Indies. This is the tenth of eleven books chronicling the adventures of C. S. Forester`s inimitable nautical hero, Horatio Hornblower.

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Hornchurch in 1915 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. The map has Hornchurch High Street in the north-east; the sheetlines are not very kind & so Church Street is cut off by the margins & the church itself beyond the map. Coverage continues south along Station Road to Hornchurch station & west to Rainham Road. It, therefore, really covers the western part of a town which in 1886 was called ”one of the quaintest towns one could wish to see, with its straggling streets... & its general disregard for the amenities of locomotion”. It still remained much the same in 1915, & west of the town this map portrays a rural landscape. Station Road, Abbs Cross Road, Hornchurch Road, Rainham Road are the principal roads crossing the map, each with just a handful of buildings. Top centre are Hornchurch Cottage Homes, developed in 1886 for the orphans `and other needy` children of St Leonard, Shoreditch. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series: Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK. ...

Horner & Dunkery area on the western coast of Somerset & the edge of Exmoor on a very detailed, GPS compatible hiking, cycling & horse riding map from Croydecycle at 1:12, 500, printed on light, waterproof & tear-resistant synthetic paper. The map is part of publishers’ series covering the western coast of Somerset, both coastlines of Devon, & the adjoining areas of Dorset. Each handy size, 50 x 35cm, map is double-sided to cover a wider area. Topography is indicated by contours at 10m intervals with graphics and/or colouring for different type of terrain (s&, shingle, mud, high or low cliffs, etc) & vegetation (woodlands, gorse, scrub, etc). An overprint highlights footpaths, permissive paths & small permissive paths, Bridleways, cycle tracks & country roads which are byways for all traffic. On other roads markings indicate routes which are part of the National Cycle Network. Symbols show locations of campsites & caravan sites, riding stables, pubs/cafes/restaurants, shops & other local facilities, etc. For GPS users each map has in the margins National Grid coordinates. Most 1:12, 500 maps include enlargements of main town (s), an inset providing geological information, & details of transport options. To see other titles in this series, including cycle maps, please click on the series link. The 1:12, 500 maps are numbered on our website westwards along the Somerset & north Devon coast, & then eastwards along the southern coast of Devon & into Dorset. ...