When Alice Mistlethwaite is shipped off to boarding school in Scotland it`s nothing like she imagines. Run by the mysterious Major, there are no punishments & the students are more likely to be taught about body painting or extreme survival than maths or English! Then Alice`s dad goes missing & she must run away to find him. Can she persuade her new friends to helpso begins an epic quest across wild Scottish highlands & islands, where friendships will be made & broken, lies will be untangled & the children will face danger & excitement at every turn. Both hilarious & heartfelt, this is the classic adventure story brought bang up to date, & told in Natasha`s inimitable voice. ...

Award-winning P.D. James, one of the masters of British crime fiction, plots this atmospheric & disturbing novel in the year 2021. Children of Men is a brilliant mystery possessing all of the qualities which distinguish P.D. James as a novelist. Under the despotic rule of Xan Lyppiatt, the Warden of Engl&, the old are despairing & the young cruel. Theo Faren, a cousin of the Warden, lives a solitary life in this ominous atmosphere. That is, until a chance encounter with a young woman leads him into contact with a group of dissenters. Suddenly his life is changed irrevocably, as he faces agonising choices which could affect the future of mankind. PD James is the world`s pre-eminent crime writer, most famous for her Adam Dalgliesh mysteries & for her bestselling titles Death Comes to Pemberley & The Murder Room. Children of Men was adapted into a hit film in 2006, directed by Alfonso Cuaron the film starred Clive Owen, Michael Caine & Julianne Moore. ...

Few people know that Ypres, centre of First World War remembrance, was once home to a thriving British community that played a heroic role in the Second World War. This expatriate outpost grew around the British ex-servicemen who cared for the war memorials & cemeteries of ` Flanders Fields`. Many married local women & their children grew up multi-lingual, but attended their own school & were intensely proud to be British. When Germany invaded in 1940 the community was threatened: some children managed to escape, others were not so lucky. But, armed with their linguistic skills & local knowledge, pupils of the British Memorial School were uniquely prepared to fight Hitler in occupied territory & from Britain. Still in their teens, some risked capture, torture & death in intelligence & resistance operations in the field. An exceptional patriotism spurred them on to feats of bravery in this new conflict. Whilst their peers at home were being evacuated to the English countryside, these children were directly exposed to danger in one of the major theatres of war. James Fox was a pupil at the British Memorial School in 1940 & he has made it his mission to trace his former school friends. The Children Who Fought Hitler is their story: a war story about people from an unusual community, told from a fresh & human perspective. Gardens of Stone: My Boyhood in the French Resistance, published recently by Hodder & Stoughton, tells the story of one of James`s former school friends, Stephen Grady, & his role in the French Resistance. ...

To suppport Save the Children, bestselling authors from around the world have banded together to create a bold & moving anthology of stories about childhood. Participants include acclaimed & award-winning authors such as David Almond, Margaret Atwood, Andre Brink, Melvin Burgess, Nadine Gordimer, Eva Hoffman, Alberto Manguel, Meg Rosoff, Nicholas Shakespeare, Ali Smith & Richard Zimler. ...

Famous author Olive Wellwood writes a special private book, bound in different colours, for each of her children. In their rambling house near Romney Marsh they play in a story-book world
- but their lives, & those of their rich cousins & their friends, the son & daughter of a curator at the new Victoria & Albert Museum, are already inscribed with mystery. Each family carries its own secrets. They grow up in the golden summers of Edwardian times, but as the sons rebel against their parents & the girls dream of independent futures, they are unaware that in the darkness ahead they will be betrayed unintentionally by the adults who love them. This is the children`s book.
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The Chile Reader makes available a rich variety of documents spanning more than five hundred years of Chilean history. Most of the selections are by Chileans; many have never before appeared in English. The history of Chile is rendered from diverse perspectives, including those of Mapuche Indians & Spanish colonists, peasants & aristocrats, feminists & military strongmen, entrepreneurs & workers, & priests & poets. Among the many selections are interviews, travel diaries, letters, diplomatic cables, cartoons, photographs, & song lyrics. Texts & images, each introduced by the editors, provide insights into the ways that Chile`s unique geography has shaped its national identity, the country`s unusually violent colonial history, & the stable but autocratic republic that emerged after independence from Spain. They shed light on Chile`s role in the world economy, the social impact of economic modernization, & the enduring problems of deep inequality. The Reader also covers Chile`s bold experiments with reform & revolution, its subsequent descent into one of Latin America`s most ruthless Cold War dictatorships, & its much-admired transition to democracy & a market economy in the years since dictatorship. ...

A classic coming of age story, never before published in English, set in Northern Tuscany in the 1950s. Here, the changing seasons stir both the vibrant hues of Bilenchi`s Tuscany & the many moods of the young, nameless protagonist. But the abiding atmosphere is, as the title suggests, wintery. Following the death of his beloved grandfatherm a chill has descended upon the teenage narrator, leaving his estranged from friends & family. His growing awareness of his sexuality also pushes him further from himself. ...

The Chilterns at 1:25, 000 in a series of Walker’s Maps published by the AA with the cartography from the Ordnance Survey’s Explorer series. The map is double-sided & coverage

Includes:: High Wycombe, Aylesbury, Stoke Mandeville, Wendover, Tring, Berkhamsted, Princes Risborogh, Great Missenden, Chesham, Stokenchurch, Marlow, Henley-on-Thames, Shiplake, Pangbourne, Goring, Wallingford, Shillingford, etc. Maps in the AA Walker’s series are identical to the OS Explorer maps & provide plenty of recreational & tourist information, indicating in England & Wales the traditional public rights of way paths, including bridleways & byways restricted or open to motorized traffic. Also shown are other routes with public access, including permissive footpaths & bridleways. For Scotl&, where different access rights apply, the maps provide an additional note explaining the regulations. Special marking indicates National Trails & Recreational Routes & for cyclists the maps show traffic-free routes & the National Cycle Network. A wide range of symbols highlights locations of special tourist interest: camping & caravanning sites, youth hostels, information offices & visitors’ centres, parking & picnicking places, historic buildings (indicating where appropriate National Trust, English Heritage, Historic Scotland or Cadw), sites for various recreational pursuits, country pubs, public toilets, etc. The maps provide detailed presentation of the topography with contours at 5 or 10m intervals, numerous spot heights & colouring and/or graphics for different types of vegetation. Additional colouring shows access l&, including areas managed by the National Trust, Forestry Commission & Woodland Trust. All the standard information expected of high quality survey mapping at this scale is included: finely graded road network, railway lines with stations, cuttings or embankments, individual isolated buildings, etc. For GPS users the British National Grid is drawn at 1km intervals.

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The Chilterns Cycleway guide is a spiral bound A5 look at a 170 mile circular cycle route through the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Beauty; it has been produced by the Chilterns Conservation Board & so is ideal for those both looking to travel, & see, green. The guide contains extracts from Ordnance Survey Landranger mapping (at 1:50, 000) with the cycle route itself prominently overprinted. Alongside the mapping for each section is a description of the route itself, such as length & difficulty, as well as a look at the nearby attractions & amenities. The rest of the guide is taken up with recommended itineraries & tips & information on local accommodation, GPS mapping, & cycle hire.* The guide comes in clear plastic PVC wallet, ideal for protection & waterproofing.* ...

With some of the most picturesque countryside in Engl&, yet only a short hop from London, the Chiltern Hills are just waiting to be explored. The glorious views from high ridges, ancient woodlands brimming with wildlife & downs alive with wild flowers & butterflies make the Chilterns & the communities within them English to the core. The vast network of well-established paths provides a wonderful walking country with history & nature keeping you company at every step. If you are planning to get away from it all in the Chilterns, this collection of 40 moderate walks is your perfect guide. ...