Ever thought about sharing your toothbrush with a shark? Or using a tiger as a towel? Well, think again.. . This brilliantly daft, witty cautionary tale will guide you safely through the perils of dinner, bathtime & bedtime
- helping you to snuggle down for a lovely sleep, free from dinosaurs, tigers & sharks. A wickedly funny & reassuring bedtime read.
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Bognor Regis... Aberystwyth... Glasgow... Can you place them on a map? Most people can`t these days. What kind of countryside do you pass through on your way to the Cairngorms, or the Fens, or Northumberland? What`s north of the Pennines? & what`s it like when you get there? Most folk wouldn`t have a clue. Increasing numbers of us don`t have a basic geographical notion of these islands. Blame it on a decline in formal geography teaching, or Sat-Nav & other `A to Z & nothing in between` devices that make us lazy
- we are becoming the best travelled & least well orientated Britons ever seen. Now Christopher Somerville, bestselling author of Coast & many other books of UK exploration, presents the basics of what belongs where, which counties border one another, & what lies beyond the Watford Gap. He reminds us of the watery bits, the lumpy bits & the flat bits, & gets to grips with the smaller islands surrounding Britain
- & much more. Never Eat Shredded Wheat is a reminder of all the fascinating British geography once learned at school
- geography that brings our islands vividly to life
- geography which we have forgotten, or never even knew.



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A passionate & perceptive story full of the pain & the humour of growing up, from Andrea Levy, author of the Orange Prize winning SMALL ISLAND & the Man Booker shortlisted THE LONG SONG. NEVER FAR FROM NOWHERE is the story of two sisters, Olive & Vivien, born in London to Jamaican parents & brought up on a council estate. They go to the same grammar school, but while Vivien`s life becomes a chaotic mix of friendships, youth clubs, skinhead violence, A-levels, discos & college, Olive, three years older & a skin shade darker, has a very different tale to tell... ...

Born in 1901 into a troubled childhood in rural Devon, he suffered through the sadism of the English public school system, then in 1918 left for New Zealand where he made his first fortune. There he took up flying & in 1930 became one of the first aviators to fly from London to Sydney. After being the first solo flyer across the Tasman Sea from New Zealand to Austria, he set off to circle the world, only to crash, nearly fatally, in Japan. After serving in the RAF in the Second World War, he took up sailing at the age of fifty-four & in twelve years became the most famous yachtsman in the world. Along the way there are struggles & triumphs, climaxing in being knighted with Sir Francis Drake`s sword in Greenwich. Ian Strathcarron, himself an aviator, yachtsman & adventurer, follows him all the way, comparing what Sir Francis found then to what he finds now, meeting the descendants of the people who played important parts in his life & getting under the skin of what made the man, the man. ...

Sally & Joe discover a mysterious set of footprints leading out into their garden & beyond
- & they are convinced the footprints
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Unlike some small towns that gradually peter out into the wilderness, this one just ends. On the west edge of town sits the Iceberg Tavern; behind it there's a steel-mesh garbage cage, rusted by the salt air & battered by encounters with something even more inhospitable & frightening than the Arctic elements. Beyond that...there's nothing. Standing on the roof of the bar you can throw a rock that would land in Hudson Bay. Nearby, a signpost is planted in the ground, with a picture of a polar bear & an admonition not to go any further. Take one step backwards & you can be inside enjoying caribou steaks & Canadian whiskey. One step forward & you're in bear country--over a million square kilometers of frozen sea ice, dotted with blood stains where the largest land predators on earth have dragged their prey from the water. Welcome to Churchill, Manitoba, Polar Bear Capital of the World. Human population: 943. In Never Look a Polar Bear in the Eye, Zac Unger takes us to an utterly unique & remote place like no other--a realm once reserved exclusively for one of the most majestic predators on earth, & where now the line between man's territory & mother nature's has become perilously blurred. It is one man's journey to develop a deeper understanding of an animal that has become a lightning rod for environmental debate, as well as the uneasy relationship between polar bears & the people whose presence is both at odds with & dependent on the bears' survival. ...

From the folklore of Nigeria to the connivery of Wall Street, a vibrant cross-cultural memoir from acclaimed Nigerian-American author Okey Ndibe. Okey Ndibe`s funny, charming, & penetrating memoir tells of his move from Nigeria to America, where he came to edit the influential
- but forever teetering on the verge of insolvency
- African Commentary magazine. It recounts stories of Ndibe`s relationships with Chinua Achebe, Wole Soyinka, & other literary figures; examines the differences between Nigerian & American etiquette & politics; recalls an incident of racial profiling just thirteen days after he arrived in the US, in which he was mistaken for a bank robber; considers American stereotypes about Africa (and vice-versa); & juxtaposes African folk tales with Wall Street trickery. All these stories & more come together in a generous, encompassing book about the making of a writer & a new American.

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James Kingston loves to climb. Whether he`s scaling a tree at his local park or ascending to the very top of a crane, looking down always brings about the best kind of rush. & yet it wasn`t always this way. Afraid of heights as a child, James vowed to confront an almost crippling phobia. He was transformed, & became one of the most daring & unique free climbers on the planet. Today, James is the go-to man for everything HIGH. Think Wembley Stadium or the Eiffel Tower
- James has conquered some of the most iconic locations in the world. Packed with death-defying POV pictures, Never Look Down tells how James faces down danger, where his favourite free climbing locations are, & takes you to the top of the world.
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As enlightening as The Facebook Effect, Elon Musk, & Chaos Monkeys-the compelling, behind-the-scenes story of the creation of one of the most essential applications ever devised, & the rag-tag team that built it & changed how we navigate the world Never Lost Again chronicles the evolution of mapping technology-the ”overnight success twenty years in the making.” Bill Kilday takes us behind the scenes of the tech`s development, & introduces to the team that gave us not only Google Maps but Google Earth, & most recently, Pokemon GO. He takes us back to the beginning to Keyhole-a cash-strapped startup mapping company started by a small-town Texas boy named John Hanke, that nearly folded when the tech bubble burst. While a contract with the CIA kept them afloat, the company`s big break came with the first invasion of Iraq; CNN used their technology to cover the war & made it famous. Then Google came on the scene, buying the company & relaunching the software as Google Maps & Google Earth. Eventually, Hanke`s original company was spun back out of Google, & is now responsible for Pokemon GO & the upcoming Harry Potter: Wizards Unite. Kilday, the marketing director for Keyhole & Google Maps, was there from the earliest days, & offers a personal look behind the scenes at the tech & the minds developing it. But this book isn`t only a look back at the past; it is also a glimpse of what`s to come. Kilday reveals how emerging map-based technologies including virtual reality & driverless cars are going to upend our lives once again. Never Lost Again shows us how our worldview changed dramatically as a result of vision, imagination, & implementation. It`s a crazy story. & it all started with a really good map. ...

One Girl`s 10, 000km Adventure Around India in the World`s Cheapest Car. What does it take for one woman to drive 10, 000 km around India
- a land where bullock carts vie for space with SUVs on eight-lane super-highways, where GPS systems fail to give directions, & where a blessing from the gods is considered better road insurance than safer driving? As Vanessa Able learnt, all it takes is a little bit of gumption, a whole lot of patience, & the world`s cheapest car
- the Tata Nano. From the gleaming towers of Mumbai to the badlands of Hampi, the croissants of Pondicherry & all the way down & back round again, Vanessa`s little yellow Nano takes her on a voyage of discovery. En route, she learns the unwritten rules of horn & full-beam etiquette, of vehicle pecking order, & what to do when the SH11T hits the fan. She also finds love, in the form of red-headed American, & occasional reluctant co-driver, Thor. Richly entertaining, Never Mind the Bullocks is an adventure unlike any other. Filled with wisdom gleaned from the dusty highways
- where `speed thrills but kills`
- it is an ode to the road, & to the unparalleled, often chaotic experience that is driving in India.



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