Night Sky: Stars of the Northern Hemisphere poster published by Roger Lascelles under the Daily Telegraph imprint. The central circle, surrounded by a ring showing the days & months of the year, presents the stars which in favourable conditions may be seen with the unaided eye. The stars are graded according to their magnitude & grouped into constellations. Surrounding the map of the sky are instructions on how to use it, plus drawings & notes on the related topics including the phases of the moon, the earth’s orbit, the Milky Way, etc. ...

This is an exciting title in this informative series of books, containing over 100 full-colour stickers that children can match to the illustrations. These beautifully illustrated sticker books double as spotters` guides, with accurate & simple descriptions that allow children to seek out constellations, planets, comets & other features of the night sky. Small size allows the books to fit neatly into a pocket so children can spot on the go. ...

Discover the magic of the night in this enchanting sound book. Little children will love listening to sleeping cats purring, owls twit-twooing & bats squeaking when they press the sound buttons on the pages of this beautifully illustrated book. There`s a simple story to read aloud, holes to peep through & fingertrails to explore, too. ...

North East India, 1923. On the broiling Night Mail from Calcutta to Jamalpur, a man is shot dead in a first class compartment. Detective Inspector Jim Stringer was sleeping in the next compartment along. Was he the intended target? Jim should have known that his secondment to the East Indian Railway, with a roving brief to inspect security arrangements, would not be the working holiday he had hoped for. The country seethes with political & racial tension. Aside from the Jamalpur shooting, someone is placing venomous snakes
- including giant king cobras
- in the first class compartments of the railway. Jim also has worries on the home front: his daughter has formed a connection with a Maharajah`s son, who may in turn have a connection to Jim`s incredibly rude colleague, the bristling Major Fisher. Jim must do everything he can to keep his family safe from harm, as he unravels the intrigues that surround him...

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North East India, 1923. On the broiling Night Mail from Calcutta to Jamalpur, a man is shot dead in a first class compartment. Detective Inspector Jim Stringer was sleeping in the next compartment along. Was he the intended target? Jim should have known that his secondment to the East Indian Railway, with a roving brief to inspect security arrangements, would not be the working holiday he had hoped for. The country seethes with political & racial tension. Aside from the Jamalpur shooting, someone is placing venomous snakes
- including giant king cobras
- in the first class compartments of the railway. Jim also has worries on the home front: his daughter has formed a connection with a Maharajah`s son, who may in turn have a connection to Jim`s incredibly rude colleague, the bristling Major Fisher. Jim must do everything he can to keep his family safe from harm, as he unravels the intrigues that surround him...

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Night trains have long fascinated us with the possibilities of their private sleeping compartments, gilded dining cars, champagne bars & wealthy travellers. Authors from Agatha Christie to Graham Greene have used night trains to tell tales of romance, intrigue & decadence against a rolling background of dramatic landscapes. The reality could often be as thrilling: early British travellers on the Orient Express were advised to carry a revolver (as well as a teapot). In Night Trains, Andrew Martin attempts to relive the golden age of the great European sleeper trains by using their modern-day equivalents. This is no simple matter. The night trains have fallen on hard times, & the services are disappearing one by one. But if the Orient Express experience can only be recreated by taking three separate sleepers, the intriguing characters & exotic atmospheres have survived. Whether the backdrop is 3am at a Turkish customs post, the sun rising over the Riviera, or the constant twilight of a Norwegian summer night, Martin rediscovers the pleasures of a continent connected by rail. By tracing the history of the sleeper trains, he reveals much of the recent history of Europe itself. The original sleepers helped break down national barriers & unify the continent. Martin uncovers modern instances of European unity
- & otherwise
- as he traverses the continent during `interesting times`, with Brexit looming. Against this tumultuous backdrop, he experiences his own smaller dramas, as he fails to find crucial connecting stations, ponders the mystery of the compartment dog, & becomes embroiled in his very own night train whodunit.

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Night trains have long fascinated us with the possibilities of their private sleeping compartments, gilded dining cars, champagne bars & wealthy travellers. Authors from Agatha Christie to Graham Greene have used night trains to tell tales of romance, intrigue & decadence against a rolling background of dramatic landscapes. The reality could often be as thrilling: early British travellers on the Orient Express were advised to carry a revolver (as well as a teapot). In Night Trains, Andrew Martin attempts to relive the golden age of the great European sleeper trains by using their modern-day equivalents. This is no simple matter. The night trains have fallen on hard times, & the services are disappearing one by one. But if the Orient Express experience can only be recreated by taking three separate sleepers, the intriguing characters & exotic atmospheres have survived. Whether the backdrop is 3am at a Turkish customs post, the sun rising over the Riviera, or the constant twilight of a Norwegian summer night, Martin rediscovers the pleasures of a continent connected by rail. By tracing the history of the sleeper trains, he reveals much of the recent history of Europe itself. The original sleepers helped break down national barriers & unify the continent. Martin uncovers modern instances of European unity
- & otherwise
- as he traverses the continent during `interesting times`, with Brexit looming. Against this tumultuous backdrop, he experiences his own smaller dramas, as he fails to find crucial connecting stations, ponders the mystery of the compartment dog, & becomes embroiled in his very own night train whodunit.

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Throughout its history, London has been two places: the daytime city of business & work the nighttime palace of dark desires, crime, & vagrancy. This place has attracted writers, lawyers, poets, & politicians who have all attempted to chart & control the nocturnal flows of the capital. In the medieval city, nightwalking was a punishable crime; by the Victorian era, Charles Dickens was forced to wander the streets by night in order to becalm his disturbed mind. Why has the city shrouded in darkness been such a compelling subject over the centuries? Before the age of the gas lamp, the city at night was a different place, home to the lost, the licentious, & the insomniac. In this brilliant work of literary investigation, Matthew Beaumont shines a light on the dark perambulations of poets, novelists, & thinkers from Shakespeare, to the ecstatic strolls of William Blake, the feverish urges of opium addict De Quincey, as well as the master nightwalker, Charles Dickens. ...

Charles Dickens describes in Night Walks his time as an insomniac, when he decided to cure himself by walking through London in the small hours, & discovered homelessness, drunkenness & vice on the streets. This collection of essays shows Dickens as one of the greatest visionaries of the city in all its variety & cruelty. This is part of Penguin`s ” Great Ideas” range, which selects books that have a had a noticeable impact on the world around us. ...

Poor Zebra just wants to go to sleep! But with tap dancing tigers in tuxedos & piano-playing porcupines in party hats hiding behind every flap, will Zebra ever find some peace & quiet? There`s plenty of peekaboo fun to be found in this hilarious lift-the-flap board book from award-winning Gareth Lucas (Peekaboo 123, Peekaboo A to Z, Peekaboo Opposites). Perfect for bedtimes that are full of bounce! ...