Killarney National Park with its famous lakes & surrounding hills on a contoured, GPS compatible map at 1:25, 000 from the Ordnance Survey of Irel&, highlighting hiking trails, campsites, etc, plus on the reverse multilingual notes about the park. The map has cartography of the Irish topographic survey with contours at 10m intervals & altitude colouring, plus graphics to show different types of the terrain & vegetation (boulders, coniferous plantations, etc). The overprint highlighting hiking trails distinguishes between waymarked & unmarked paths. Symbols indicate locations of hostels (An ...

The Iveragh Peninsula, the largest in southwest Irel&, stretches from Killarney to Bolus Head & attracts thousands of visitors annually. The Ring of Kerry coastal road winds along its fringes & sandstone peaks soar high above. It is a landscape of raw & stunning beauty from the lakes that fill the corries to the spectacular cliff scenery along its coast. There is no better way to explore this landscape than on foot. This book helps you do just that with routes ranging from a few hours to full-day walks. Explore Valentia Isl&, the majestic Mac Gillycuddy`s Reeks & sections of The Kerry Way. Go off the beaten track & explore the coast, hills & woodlands from Killarney to Cahersiveen to Kenmare. Each route is prefaced with a reference summary & illustrated with maps & photographs. Route descriptions include GPS coordinates, navigation guidance, access notes & short variations. There is also material on the fauna, flora, folklore, history, geology & place names of each area. ...

Which frog uses poison to protect itself? What`s more deadly, a mosquito or a crocodile? Find out in ” Top Ten Worst: Killer Animals”. Filled with nasty creatures you certainly wouldn`t want to meet, this book features advice on how to avoid a shark attack & how to combat a mosquito attack, amongst other fascinating facts & vital statistics. Colourful & humourous illustrations accompany the terrifying text, which features information on how to survive everything from the worst volcanic eruption to the world`s deadliest animal. Captions & speech bubbles bring the illustrations to life while ` Vital Statistics` fact boxes fill you in on all the details. It features a full glossary & index, which backs up the scientific & historical information found within the book. ...

From the creased pages of 1930s pulp magazines Black Mask & Dime Detective come eight of Raymond Chandler`s finest short stories:KILLER IN THE RAIN, THE MAN WHO LIKED DOGS, THE CURTAIN, TRY THE GIRL, MANDARIN`S JADE, BAY CITY BLUES, THE LADY IN THE LAKE & NO CRIME IN THE MOUNTAINSSet against a Southern Californian backdrop, the stories are rich with suspense, violence & tragedy, & each comes laced with booze, bullets & a detective with an eye for a damsel in distress & an even keener eye for justice... Readers will also recognize episodes, characters & flashbacks from the Marlowe novels that made Chandler the undisputed master of his genre.` Anything he writes about grips the mind from the first sentence. It is a spare, finished performance: full of life & character: as tense as a tiger, springing into action` Daily Telegraph` One of the greatest crime writers, who set standards others still try to attain` Sunday Times` Chandler is an original stylist, creator of a character as immortal as Sherlock Holmes` Anthony Burgess ...

An assassin`s bullet. A deadly conspiracy. But who is calling the shots?; `A twisty, action-packed conspiracy thriller. Kent knows how to bring the thrills` -- MASON CROSS, author of the Carter Blake series; When an attempted assassination sparks a chain reaction of explosive events across London, Britain`s elite security forces seem powerless to stop the chaos threatening to overwhelm the government.; As the dark & deadly conspiracy unfolds, three strangers find their fates entwined: Joe Dempsey, a deadly military intelligence officer; Sarah Truman, a CNN reporter determined to get her headline; & Michael Devlin, a Belfast-born criminal barrister with a secret past.; As the circle of those they can trust grows ever smaller, Dempsey, Devlin & Truman are forced to work in the shadows, caught in a life-or-death race against the clock, before the terrible plot can consume them all. ...

Our world is about to change in ways we can barely imagine. KILLER T is a novel about growing up in that world. Harry & Charlie are teenagers whose lives are shaped by a society that`s shifting around them. He is a lonely Brit in his first term at a Las Vegas high school. She is an unlikely friend, who gets accused of mixing a batch of explosives that blew up a football player. The two of them are drawn together at a time when gene editing technology is starting to explode. With a lab in the garage anyone can beat cancer, enhance their brain to pass exams, or tweak a few genes for that year-round tan & perfect beach body. But in the wrong hands, cheap gene editing is the most deadly weapon in history. Killer T is a synthetic virus with a ninety per-cent mortality rate, & the terrorists who created it want a billion dollars before they`ll release a vaccine. Terrifying. Romantic. Huge in scope. A story for our times. ...

`A riveting true story of greed, serial murder & racial injustice` JON KRAKAUER `A fiercely entertaining mystery story & a wrenching exploration of evil` KATE ATKINSON `A fascinating accountof a tragic & forgotten chapter in the history of the American West` JOHN GRISHAM From the bestselling author of The Lost City of Z, now a major film starring Charlie Hunnam, Sienna Miller & Robert Pattison, comes a true-life murder story which became one of the FBI`s first major homicide investigations. In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Indian nation in Oklahoma. After oil was discovered beneath their l&, they rode in chauffeured automobiles, built mansions & sent their children to study in Europe. Then, one by one, the Osage began to be killed off. As the death toll climbed, the FBI took up the case. But the bureau badly bungled the investigation. In desperation, its young director, J. Edgar Hoover, turned to a former Texas Ranger named Tom White to unravel the mystery. Together with the Osage he & his undercover team began to expose one of the most chilling conspiracies in American history.` David Grann has a razor-keen instinct for suspense`LOUISE ERDRICH ...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN NON-FICTION `A riveting true story of greed, serial murder & racial injustice` JON KRAKAUER `A fiercely entertaining mystery story & a wrenching exploration of evil` KATE ATKINSON `A fascinating accountof a tragic & forgotten chapter in the history of the American West` JOHN GRISHAM From the bestselling author of The Lost City of Z, now a major film starring Charlie Hunnam, Sienna Miller & Robert Pattison, comes a true-life murder story which became one of the FBI`s first major homicide investigations. In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Indian nation in Oklahoma. After oil was discovered beneath their l&, they rode in chauffeured automobiles, built mansions & sent their children to study in Europe. Then, one by one, the Osage began to be killed off. As the death toll climbed, the FBI took up the case. But the bureau badly bungled the investigation. In desperation, its young director, J. Edgar Hoover, turned to a former Texas Ranger named Tom White to unravel the mystery. Together with the Osage he & his undercover team began to expose one of the most chilling conspiracies in American history. ` David Grann has a razor-keen instinct for suspense` LOUISE ERDRICH ...

January, 1649. After seven years of fighting in the bloodiest war in Britain`s history, Parliament had overpowered King Charles I & now faced a problem: what to do with a defeated king, a king who refused to surrender? Parliamentarians resolved to do the unthinkable, to disregard the Divine Right of Kings & hold Charles I to account for the appalling suffering & slaughter endured by his people. A tribunal of 135 men was hastily gathered in London, & although Charles refused to acknowledge the power of his subjects to try him, the death sentence was unanimously passed. On an icy winter`s day on a scaffold outside Whitehall, in an event unique in English history, the King of England was executed. When the dead king`s son, Charles II, was restored to the throne, he set about enacting a deadly wave of retribution against all those
- the lawyers, the judges, the officers on the scaffold
- responsible for his father`s death. Some of the `regicides`
- the killers of the king
- pleaded for mercy, while others stoically awaited their sentence. Many went into hiding in Engl&, or fled to Europe or America. Those who were caught & condemned suffered agonising & degrading ends, while others saw out their days in hellish captivity. Bestselling historian Charles Spencer explores this violent clash of ideals through the individuals whose fates were determined by that one, momentous decision. A powerful tale of revenge from the dark heart of royal history & a fascinating insight into the dangers of political & religious allegiance in Stuart Engl&, these are the shocking stories of the men who dared to kill a king.



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January, 1649. After seven years of fighting in the bloodiest war in Britain`s history, Parliament had overpowered King Charles I & now faced a problem: what to do with a defeated king, a king who refused to surrender? Parliamentarians resolved to do the unthinkable, to disregard the Divine Right of Kings & hold Charles I to account for the appalling suffering & slaughter endured by his people. A tribunal of 135 men was hastily gathered in London, & although Charles refused to acknowledge the power of his subjects to try him, the death sentence was unanimously passed. On an icy winter`s day on a scaffold outside Whitehall, in an event unique in English history, the King of England was executed. When the dead king`s son, Charles II, was restored to the throne, he set about enacting a deadly wave of retribution against all those
- the lawyers, the judges, the officers on the scaffold
- responsible for his father`s death. Some of the `regicides`
- the killers of the king
- pleaded for mercy, while others stoically awaited their sentence. Many went into hiding in Engl&, or fled to Europe or America. Those who were caught & condemned suffered agonising & degrading ends, while others saw out their days in hellish captivity. Bestselling historian Charles Spencer explores this violent clash of ideals through the individuals whose fates were determined by that one, momentous decision. A powerful tale of revenge from the dark heart of royal history & a fascinating insight into the dangers of political & religious allegiance in Stuart Engl&, these are the shocking stories of the men who dared to kill a king.



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