A powerful novel about war, family & love, from the bestselling, prize-winning author dubbed ` Pakistan`s brightest voice` (Guardian) An American pilot crash lands in the desert & takes refuge in the very camp he was supposed to bomb. Hallucinating palm trees & worrying about dehydrating to death isn`t what Major Ellie expected from this mission. Still, it`s an improvement on the constant squabbles with his wife back home. In the camp, teenager Momo`s money-making schemes are failing. His brother left for his first day at work & never returned, his parents are at each other`s throats, his dog is having a very bad day, & an aid worker has shown up wanting to research him for her book on the Teenage Muslim Mind. Written with his trademark wit, keen eye for absurdity & telling important truths about the world today, Red Birds reveals master storyteller Mohammed Hanif at the height of his powers. ...

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Red Bobble Filtered Water Bottle: Bobble water bottles provide a chic & self filtering way for you to take better tasting & healthier drinking water with you when you're on the move at home or when away travelling. The integral carbon based filter is proven to last you 300 fills of the bottle and/or should be replaced after 2 months or 40 gallons/150 litres of liquid. This product is made from recycled PET (RPET) & it 100% recyclable. It meets & exceeds NSF International Standard 42 for chlorine, taste & odour reduction. Do not use where water is microbiologically unsafe. Bobble bottles are not dishwasher safe. Replacement filters are also available from Stanfords. ...

An island shrouded in mist & a community with secrets buried in the past. When a young archaeologist studying on a site at Whalsay discovers a set of human remains, the island settlers are intrigued. Is it an ancient find
- or a more contemporary mystery? Then an elderly woman is shot in a tragic accident in the middle of the night. Shetland detective Jimmy Perez is called in by her grandson
- his own colleague, Sandy Wilson. The sparse landscape & the emptiness of the sea have bred a fierce & secretive people. Mima Wilson was a recluse. She had her l&, her pride & her family. As Jimmy looks to the islanders for answers, he finds instead two feuding families whose envy, greed & bitterness have lasted generations. Surrounded by people he doesn't know & in unfamiliar territory, Jimmy finds himself out of his depth. Then there's another death &, as the spring weather shrouds the island in claustrophobic mists, Jimmy must dig up old secrets to stop a new killer from striking again.

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A beautiful handy little purse by British illustrator Alice Tait: it features London’s most iconic landmarks on a blue background & a red zip fastening. It is perfect for keeping your coins & cards safe & in order in one place & can be coordinated with other Alice Tait items. ...

A set of four coasters featuring the wonderful London skyline. Each coaster has a different iconic landmark: the Tower of London, St Paul`s Cathedral, Tower Bridge, the Parliament & Westminster Abbey. The 4 coasters can all be aligned to show the full London skyline along the River Thames. ...

War`s mess & muddle, the brutality & the inanity of fighting-few have better captured this than Isaac Babel, who was a journalist with the Soviet First Cavalry Army. His unflinching portrayal of the murderous havoc of battle is offset by an unexpected & wry humour: having seen the fighting up close, Babel is able to find the funny side of war while depicting its bloody side-in all its mesmerising & casual violence. The lyricism & bitterness that characterise the thirty-five short stories of Red Cavalry are stunningly reproduced in this new translation by the award-winning Boris Dralyuk. ...

The Red Centre, the southern part of Northern Territory with the Mac Donnell Ranges & the route from Alice Springs to Uluru/ Ayers Rock, on a road map at 1:750, 000 from Hema, with on the reverse a street plan of Alice Springs, maps of access to the Uluru/ Ayers Rock & Kata Tjuta/ The Olgas, a table of facilities in the national parks, etc. On one side is the main map at 1:750, 000, extending from well north of Alice Springs to the border with South Australia, west to include the Uluru – Kata Tjuta National Park, & east to the Old Andado Track across the Simpson Desert. Topography of this fascinating region is presented by relief shading with names of mountain rages, peaks, etc, plus graphics for sand ridges, seasonal lakes, salt flats, waterholes, areas subject to inundation, etc. Colouring highlights national parks & the map also shows boundaries of Aboriginal Lands. Road information is divided into two groups: roads & tracks which were plotted by the publishers during fieldwork plus other tracks shown on the country’s 250K topographic survey maps & on other sources. Many road junctions & other important locations are annotated with their GPS coordinates. Four routes are specially highlighted: Explorers Way, Binns Track, Red Centre Way & Old Ghan Railway Heritage Trail. A wide range of icons indicates various facilities, including rest areas, fuel supplies, camping facilities, meals & general stores, etc. Many locations are annotated with notes and/or contact details. Latitude & longitude lines are drawn at 30` intervals. On the reverse is a street plan Alice Springs, with accommodation facilities & main places of interest, an enlargement of the immediate environs of the town, plus maps of the Yulara tourist village, access from there to Uluru & Kata Tjuta, & walking tracks around the rocks. Also included are descriptions of places of interest throughout the area & a table showing tourist facilities in national parks & reserves. To see the list of other titles in Hema’s series of regional maps of Australia please click on the series link. ...

Southern part of Northern Territory, with the Mac Donnell Ranges & the route from Alice Springs to Uluru/ Ayers Rock. The map shows roads & 4WD tracks, indicating accommodation, general stores & meal facilities, fuel supplies, places of interest, etc. Topography is shown by subtle relief shading & names of mountain ranges & selected peaks. National parks & Aboriginal lands are highlighted. Latitude & longitude lines are drawn at 30' intervals with ticks at 5 ...