Christof, Christophe, Christopher & Cristofol are four brothers
- sons of the same father & four very different mothers, yet
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Christof, Christophe, Christopher & Cristofol are four brothers
- sons of the same father & four very different mothers, yet
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' Last night my son wanted to appease me because of some annoyance he had caused. Show me your desert things, he said, show me your crystals & stones. However tired & grumpy I might be, he knew how to revive me. I unwrapped everything from its newspaper roll. The chipped flint knives, the silica glass arrowheads, ancient porous pottery shards I'd found in the Gilf, fossils, the jawbone of a gazelle, palm nuts so desiccated they were like stone.. .' Robert Twigger's latest journey is in search of paradise: a desert adventure in the footsteps of seasoned explorers such as Theodore Almasy (the Inspiration for THE ENGLISH PATIENT) who tried to locate the lost oasis of Zezura, reportedly home to hoards of treasure, flocks of birds & a lush, verdant valley. The Egyptian Sahara is one of the most arid & hostile environments on earth. But it is also a wonder of desolate beauty, where in the ultra-clear light of the desert you can see for miles. Armed with plenty of water & a homemade wooden trolley (his Lada being too heavy for the sand), Twigger embarks on a desert trip ilke no other.. . ...

Featuring beautiful selections from Johanna Basford`s Lost Ocean, this set of 50 loose postcards in a premium gift box with a ribbon invites you to colour in shoals of exotic fish, curious octopuses, delicately penned seahorses & more
- all while exploring the magical depths of the sea. Perfect to colour, keep & share.
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This is a beautiful new colouring book that takes you on a magical journey beneath the waves, from the creator of the worldwide bestsellers, Secret Garden & Enchanted Forest. With Lost Ocean, Johanna Basford invites colour-inners of all ages to discover an enchanting underwater world hidden within the depths of the sea. With intricate pen & ink illustrations to complete, colour & embellish, readers will meet shoals of exotic fish, curious octopuses & delicately penned seahorses, visit coral reefs & barnacle-studded shipwrecks, & discover intricate shells & pirate treasure. Secret Garden & Enchanted Forest fans & newcomers alike will delight in this creative journey into an inky new world. It also features a large double-sided pull-out poster to colour & keep. ...

From the great cathedral-like railways stations of the steam age to obscure lines built through spectacular landscapes to open up countries before the advent of motorised road transport, this book is a celebration of our lost railway heritage & the lines that can no longer be travelled. Through stunning images, Lost Railway Journeysfrom Around the World evokes the romance & drama of these journeys, taking the reader as close as they can possibly get to this lost world of dining cars, sleeping cars, station porters & international rail travel. Organised by continent, all of these routes have stories to tell & the lost journeys are captured in the old postcards & posters that accompany photographs drawn from collections & archives across the world. ...

100 selected walks across the length & breadth of Britain`s lost railway lines. Each walk

Includes:: a short

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Collins Arabic Big Cat is a guided reading series for ages 3 to 11. The series is structured with reference to the learning progression of Arabic at nursery & primary schools researched especially for Collins. This carefully graded approach allows children to build up their reading knowledge of Arabic step by step. Level 11 books provide more literary language, more complex sentence structures & less support from illustrations. Characters are more varied, with action sustained over several pages. Non-fiction titles include glossaries where necessary. Sentences are still short for better understanding. However, grammatical vowel endings are more evident to encourage fluent reading & to provide familiarity with some higher-level features of written Arabic. What happens when a happy pair of socks goes missing? Where do all the lost socks go? Discover the mystical world of sock land for yourself. ...

The Lost Tombs of Thebes
- Life in Paradise is a lavish, photographic collection celebrating the hundreds of unique & wonderfully
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In an age when building developments seem to be advancing on every small plot of unspoilt countryside, it seems hard to imagine times when well-established settlements were declining & dying. Such times certainly did exist, & thousands of villages have perished. In fact, deserted settlement sites are all around us, & most British people will live within very few miles of an example. Empty houses only stand at the relatively recent settlements, like failed quarry villages. Elsewhere, hollows in the pasture marking former lanes & level platforms where dwellings once stood are more normal. In several of the more evocative cases, a ruined church presides over the site. Villages are not symbols of timeless stability as we are led to believe, & exist only for so long as they have a role to play. All the evidence suggests that villages can be lost & that a period of widespread abandonment might well return. This accessible, illustrated history & guide from Britain`s leading popular author on landscape history explores the contributing factors behind the desertion of our villages, & offers the reader practical advice for investigating lost villages in their locality. ...