Tasmanian-born Charles Turnbull Harrisson (1867-1914) was one of the members of Douglas Mawson's legendary Australasian Antarctic Expedition of 1911-14. Harrisson joined the expedition as a biologist & artist, a part of the Western Party based on Queen Mary Land & led by Frank Wild. He was also a gifted writer & the diary he kept from December 1911 to March 1913 has been transcribed & edited by Heather Rossiter, & reproduced for the first time. Harrisson's engaging narrative is complemented by his sketches & watercolour paintings of the landscape, as well as photographs of the men in the Western Base party. By bringing Harrisson's diary from obscure history to published volume, complete with his own sketches & watercolour paintings, The 1911-1913 Antarctic Diary of Charles Turnbull Harrisson honours the daring spirit of these lesser known but equally audacious Antarctic explorers. ...

Max is used to spending time alone
- it`s difficult to make friends in a big, chaotic school when you`re deaf. He prefers to give
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This is Max. Max is very sleepy. It`s way past Max`s bedtime. Max has drunk his milk. Max has brushed his teeth. Max has cleaned behind his ears. Now Max just needs to say goodnight... Max is tired & all ready for bed, but when he can`t find the moon to say goodnight to, he sets out to find it. But that`s not as easy as Max had hoped... Witty & heart-warming, this stylish & beautifully illustrated book is the perfect bedtime read. ...

Max the labrador is moving to Moscow. It seems such a big & cold place but he is soon making friends with the local dogs. The trouble is he keeps losing his ball in the park. One minute they are playing happily & the next minute the ball has vanished
- is another dog stealing them? It is a very puzzling & none of the dogs can work out what could have happened to all those lovely bouncy balls until spring arrives, & with it, the answer to mystery. Set against a backdrop of Russia's majestic capital, this simple story will enthral & educate.
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Meet Max
- the mighty kitten & New York Times bestseller in this brand new board book edition. This is Max. Doesn`t Max look sweet.
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Max, chief mouse-hunter at the Theatre Royal, is up to his whiskers in his first mystery! Max is a pampered cat, used to the finer things in life, until a fun mouse chase goes badly wrong & he finds himself scruffy & alone & hiding out at the Theatre Royal. It`s here that Max takes on his first case as a detective cat, when he notices that famous singer Madame Emerald is acting strangely. Why is her maid so terrified? & what kind of singer doesn`t like to sing in public? Soon Max is trapped in a complicated web of crime, dashing round dancers` legs & over the rooftops of London in a race to catch a clever thief... ...

Maximum City is a vibrant, exotic & thrilling portrait of Mumbai, the world’s largest city, told from a number of perspectives; through interviews with a kaleidoscope of characters, & through the author’s own journeys, recollections & experiences. Author Suketu Mehta, raised in Mumbai, is a celebrated & seasoned journalist; “ Maximum City” is his first book, the product of 7 years of research. Part memoir, part journalism, part travelogue, & written with the relentless observation & patience of a novelist, Maximum City is a brilliantly illuminating portrait of Bombay & its people
- a book as vast, diverse, & rich in experience, incident, & sensation as the city itself.
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Eric Horst brings unprecedented clarity to the many cognitive & neurophysical aspects of climbing & dovetails this information into a complete program, setting forth three stages of mental training that correspond to beginner, intermediate, & elite levels of experience & commitment-the ideal template to build upon to personalize one`s goals through years of climbing to come. ...

Join Christopher Nye on his hilarious journey to become the self-styled Rocco Forte of the Road to Eastbourne. This is a book about a dream. The dream of running a restaurant. In Uckfield, East Sussex. Well, okay, Uckfield didn`t actually appear in the dream. But for Christopher Nye it was the perfect choice: a small town, but not too small; a town crying out for an American-style diner; a town without a Mc Donald`s. So here`s the story of how to make it big in small-town Britain. How to find the right premises (if not quite the right location); how to motivate teenage staff while giving work experience to a haute cuisine chef; how to stay out of casualty when things get a bit ` Goodfellas` on a Friday night; how to keep your puppy hidden from the Environmental Health Inspector; & why you should never, ever, hire an Elvis impersonator on the cheap. Oh
- & how to deal with Mc Donald`s, when they realise they need an outlet in Uckfield after all. ” Maximum Diner” is a tale of all this, served up with the crispiest fries & the strangest milkshakes on the south coast. Read it & laugh aloud. But keep that dream alive. For this might all happen to you.
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Second in the series of funny animal adventures in the city, for fans of Dick King-Smith, Awesome Animals & Disney classics; illustrated by Jim Field. Mazwell Mutt & the Downtown Dogs are ready for another adventure when they meet Ant; an unusually small squirrel in search of a story. Luckily, the city has a new mystery
- animals are disappearing from the zoo, & soon the gang are dealing with grumpy lions, wise-cracking monkeys & the suspicious Snyder Lard, Security Guard. Will Maxwell solve the mystery, save the zoo & find Ant his story?
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