Thor`s hammer is missing again. The thunder god has a disturbing habit of misplacing his weapon
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Rick Riordan`s Norse hero faces his greatest challenge yet in the final instalment of the series. Loki the trickster god is free from his chains. Now he`s readying Naglfar, the Ship of the Dead, armed with a host of giants & zombies, to sail against the Norse gods & begin the final battle of Ragnarok. It`s up to Magnus Chase & his friends to stop Loki`s plans, but to do so they will have to sail across the oceans of Midgard, Jotunheim & Niflheim in a desperate race to reach Naglfar before it`s ready to sail on Midsummer`s Day. Along the way, they will face angry sea gods, hostile giants, & an evil fire-breathing dragon who happens to be a former acquaintance. But Magnus`s biggest challenge will be facing his own inner demons. To defeat Loki, Magnus will need to use words, not force. This will require finding a magical elixir so deadly that it will either make Magnus Chase powerful enough to out-talk the silver-tongued Loki, or destroy Magnus utterly. ...

The first book in the incredible new series from the author of Percy Jackson, the Kane Chronicles & Heroes of Olympus. My name is Magnus Chase. I`m orphaned & living rough on the streets of Boston. & things are about to get much worse. My day started out normally enough. I was sleeping under a bridge when some guy kicked me awake & said, ` They`re after you.` Next thing I know, I`m reunited with my obnoxious uncle, who casually informs me that my long-lost father is a Norse god. Nothing normal about that. & it turns out the gods of Asgard are preparing for war. Apparently, if I can`t find the sword my father lost two thousand years ago, there will be doom. Doomsday, to be precise. A fire giant attacking the city? Immortal warriors hacking each other to pieces? Unkillable wolves with glowing eyes? It`s all coming up. But first I`m going to die. This is the story of how my life goes downhill from there... ...

The first book in the incredible new series from the author of Percy Jackson, the Kane Chronicles & Heroes of Olympus. My name is Magnus Chase. I`m orphaned & living rough on the streets of Boston. & things are about to get much worse. My day started out normally enough. I was sleeping under a bridge when some guy kicked me awake & said, ` They`re after you.` Next thing I know, I`m reunited with my obnoxious uncle, who casually informs me that my long-lost father is a Norse god. Nothing normal about that. & it turns out the gods of Asgard are preparing for war. Apparently, if I can`t find the sword my father lost two thousand years ago, there will be doom. Doomsday, to be precise. A fire giant attacking the city? Immortal warriors hacking each other to pieces? Unkillable wolves with glowing eyes? It`s all coming up. But first I`m going to die. This is the story of how my life goes downhill from there... ...

Magomero is a vivid historical portrait of a Malawian village from 1859 to the present day. It focuses on a region which saw historically important political activity, in the founding of a colony of freed slaves & the rising of an independent church movement against white estate owners. With the dual concerns of a Southern African specialist & a poet, Landeg White offers an `inside` view of social, political & economic change in Malawi, seen through the lives of individuals: the ordinary men & women, whose situation & poverty have hitherto prevented recognition of their vital contribution to African history. ...

` The finest crime novel of the year` Daily Mail***** Seven for a mystery that needs to be solved... Editor Susan Ryland has worked with bestselling crime writer Alan Conway for years. Readers love his detective, Atticus Pund, a celebrated solver of crimes in the sleepy English villages of the 1950s. But Conway`s latest tale of murder at Pye Hall is not quite what it seems. Yes, there are dead bodies & a host of intriguing suspects, but hidden in the pages of the manuscript lies another story: a tale written between the very words on the page, telling of real-life jealousy, greed, ruthless ambition & murder. From the creator of Midsomer Murders comes a fiendish mystery perfect for fans of Agatha Christie`s Miss Marple & Hercule Poirot.***** Praise for Magpie Murders
- the gripping Sunday Times bestselling crime thriller:` Ingenious` Sunday Times` Thrilling & compelling with a stunning twist` Daily Mail `A stylish thriller` Sunday Mirror `A cunning reinvention of the thriller` Mail on Sunday
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Maharashtra in a series of locally produced administrative maps of Indian states, each with a booklet providing a guide to the area. The maps show the division of each state into districts & have more small towns & villages than on more general maps of India available from other publishers. Presentation is now considerably enhanced with the districts shown in different colours. The maps indicate each district ...

Maharashtra in a series of waterproof & tear-resistant maps from Bharat Graphics, showing local districts in different colours & indicating both administrative headquarters of each district & of its subdivisions, the tehsils (or tahsils, tahasils, talukas, taluks, taluqs). Roads are classified as national or state highways & other roads, some with driving distances. Railway lines are also marked & some titles have symbols indicating places of interest or rest houses. Maps of states in mountainous areas show names of main valleys, on other titles there is no topographic information. The maps have no geographical coordinates. Some titles include insets with enlargements of popular areas or street plans, & distance tables. All the maps are indexed & have a small booklet providing a basic guide to the state district by district. The maps are printed on a waterproof & tear-resistant paper. Please note: the various series of state maps of India often show different small villages, supplementing each other to provide a more detail picture of each state. ...

Indian state of Maharashtra on road map from the Delhi-based International Publications, showing many small towns & villages, with a 38-page booklet describing the state & its sights. Additional features include an enlargement showing in greater detail road & railway connections around Mumbai; a physical map of the state with altitude colouring; a distance chart; a table listing administrative units with size, population, literacy, etc. Illustrated booklet

Includes:: notes on beaches & hill stations, fairs & festivals, pilgrimage pales, wildlife, etc. Unless indicated to the contrary in the individual description, maps in this series present the state with its constituent districts in different colours & also show the division of districts into talukas. Town symbols indicate both district & taluka headquarters. Road network

Includes:: many local roads, some with driving distances, although sometimes locations are marked without road access to them shown on the map. Railway lines are included & local airports are marked. Symbols indicate various locations of interest, including historical sites, wildlife sanctuaries, beaches, etc. In many titles additional panels around the main map and/or in the accompanying booklet provide more information: enlargements with more detailed presentation of the road network, street plans of main cities, etc. The booklets, which also include a general introduction to the state & district-by-district descriptions, are published on high quality paper & are illustrated with numerous colour photos. To see the list of titles in this series please click on the series link.



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Road atlas of the state with maps arranged by administrative districts. Road information gives distances but does not indicate the type of road surface. The maps show railway lines, places of interest such as hill stations, beaches, historical & religious centres, etc. The atlas also contains rather basic street plans of main towns, indicating important public buildings, monuments, etc. Brief descriptions of each district include details of population, literacy, etc. ...