Global warming means that our coastlines change & areas of the world disappear; it means that habitats vanish, ecosystems are unbalanced, climate zones shift, & that animal & plant life disappear. The photographs in this book illustrate the wealth that is at stake. Unforgettable images reveal the unexpected, exhilarating beauty of the world`s carefully balanced ecosystems, & the people whose traditional way of life is in tune with nature. ...

“ Our Fragile Earth” is a collection of thirty postcards looking at ‘the beauty of a planet under pressure’ from New International Publications Ltd. From coral reefs to the Arctic ice, the world’s finely-balanced ecosystems are creaking under the weight of human activity. This collection of postcards turns the camera lens on the world itself, looking at landscapes wide, great & minute; there is a postcard here for any & all occasions. ...

` The best spy novel set in wartime London. A masterpiece` Edward Wilson, author of A Very British Ending London, 1941. The city is in blackout, besieged by nightly air raids from Germany. Two strangers are about to meet. Between them they may alter the course of the war. While the Blitz has united the nation, there is an enemy hiding in plain sight. A group of British citizens is gathering secret information to aid Hitler`s war machine. Jack Hoste has become entangled in this treachery, but he also has a particular mission: to locate the most dangerous Nazi agent in the country. Hoste soon receives a promising lead. Amy Strallen, who works in a Mayfair marriage bureau, was once close to this elusive figure. Her life is a world away from the machinations of Nazi sympathisers, yet when Hoste pays a visit to Amy`s office, everything changes in a heartbeat. Breathtakingly tense & trip-wired with surprises, Our Friends in Berlin is inspired by true events. It is a story about deception & loyalty
- & about people in love who watch each other as closely as spies.
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Our Future Earth vividly describes how the decisions made about the environment in the next decades will affect the next 100, 000 years of life on the planet, & shows how far todays environmental debate is overlooking crucial long-term evidence. By considering the Earths history over millions of years, & not merely over the last couple of centuries, this book changes our understanding. It draws on geological evidence to show that the greatest immediate threat to humans will not be global warming, but global cooling. & the extent of human control over the environment now makes the direction of climate change a greater matter of choice than the public realises. This lucid book will prompt climate sceptics, activists & everyone in between to think again about our future Earth, because the real consequences of our behaviour are set to be far more dramatic than we expect. ...

Tim Cranmer, retired secret servant, & Larry Pettifer, bored radical don, philanderer & for twenty years Tim's mercurial double agent against the now vanished Communist threat, have an unresolved rivalry that dates back decades. They follow each other into the lawless wilds of Moscow & then Southern Russia until a small, unheard-of nation becomes their proving ground in the finale to John le Carre's dazzling novel. ...

In this beautiful, collectible new volume, street artist Matt Sewell offers his own unique take on 52 of our favourite British garden birds. Since its first appearance in July 2009, Matt`s ` Bird of the Week` feature for the Caught by the River website has quickly become a cult hit. His pop-art watercolours are distinctive & enchanting, as are his innovative descriptions, which see great tits `bossing the other birds around`, the `playful yet shy buoyancy` of bullfinches & the `improbable` nature of the waxwing (`like a computer-generated samurai finch`). With 52 birds, one for each week of the year, this delightful gift book will appeal to bird watching enthusiasts, children & adults, & art & illustration fans alike. ...

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- who may or may not be Graham Greene
- arrives in Havana in 1955 in search of a good time. He heads to the Shanghai Theatre,

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An amazing novel about forgiving & being forgiven, about loving & being loved, & about happiness
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A haunting, lyrical tale about a fading town & a boy who would do anything to save his family There was nothing to do but tell stories. Tell this story. And then? Asked Cora. And then everything, said Finn. Newfoundl&, Canada, 1992. When all the fish vanish from the waters, & the cod industry abruptly collapses, it`s not long before the people begin to disappear from the town of Big Running as well. As residents are forced to leave the island in search of work, 10-year-old Finn Connor suddenly finds himself living in a ghost town. There`s no school, no friends & whole rows of houses stand abandoned. & then Finn`s parents announce that they too must separate if their family is to survive. But Finn still has his sister, Cora, with whom he counts the dwindling boats on the coast at night, & Mrs Callaghan, who teaches him the strange & ancient melodies of their native Irel&. That is until his sister disappears, & Finn must find a way of calling home the family & the life he has lost.` The prose flows like the waves it recounts: back & forth seamlessly... it is elegant & musical` The List` Magical... it`s been a very long time since a book has taken me by the hand
- & the heart
- as this one has` Sarah Winman, on Etta & Otto & Russell & James` Charming, fresh, touching... cuts through to the heart` Sunday Times, on Etta & Otto & Russell & James

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Philomena is requisitioned from a Dorset field in the summer of 1914, & serves with the yeomanry in Egypt & Palestine until the end of the First World War. But she doesn`t come back to England: thousands of British Army horses are sold off locally. Faint news of her reaches Griselda Romney, her old owner. The impulsive Griselda, taking with her little Amabel &, of course, Nanny, sails for Egypt
- to find Philomena & bring her home.
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