Building on the ongoing success of the ” Cube Book” series, ” White Star” has condensed the chunky format of the traditional ” Cube Book” format to present the ” Mini Cube” series. These small format volumes are unabridged. Due to their particular shape & format, the ” Mini Cubes” are not only books; they are objects to play with or to collect. Each of these palm sized books is a tiny treasure trove of images. ...

As a young girl in China Xinran heard a rumour about a soldier in Tibet who had been brutally fed to the vultures in a ritual known as a sky burial: the tale frightened & fascinated her. Several decades later Xinran met Shu Wan, a Chinese woman who had spent years searching for her missing husband who had been serving as a doctor in Tibet; her extraordinary life story would unravel the legend of the sky burial. For thirty years she was lost in the wild & alien landscape of Tibet, in the vast & silent plateaus & the magisterial mountain ranges, living with communities of nomads moving with the seasons & struggling to survive. In this haunting book, Xinran recreates Shu Wen`s remarkable journey in an epic story of love, loss, loyalty & survival. Moving, shocking &, ultimately, uplifting Sky Burial paints a unique portrait of a woman & a l&, both at the mercy of fate & politics. ...

A encounter with a boy dangling from the sky changes pickpocket Magpie`s life forever. Like her, the boy dreams of flying over the rooftops of Paris. His family, the Montgolfiers, are desperate to be first to discover the secret of flight. Together with Pierre, Magpie is soon caught up in a world of inflatable bloomers, spies & a trio of unruly animals in a race to be the first to fly a hot air balloon
- in front of the King & Queen of France.
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From internationally renowned French illustrator Marc Boutavant comes a one-of-a-kind puzzle: twelve doublesided puzzle pieces assemble to create a st&-out floor puzzle. & the best part? The puzzle pieces may be arranged in countless ways! Each puzzle piece features a story packed with detail, colour & personality. & there are construction scenes, too! Large, sturdy pieces are perfect for small hands, & the puzzle`s mix-&- match potential provides hours of fun! ...

The Sussex coast stretches eastwards from Hampshire some 90 miles (145km) from Thorney Island within Chichester Harbour to the Kent boundary near Camber Sands. Interspersed with its major coastal towns & small villages lies some of the finest scenery in Southern Engl&, including the magnificent white chalk cliffs of Beachy Head & the Seven Sisters. It was on these shores that the Romans landed to be followed by the Saxons, the Viking raiders & the Norman invasion of 1066. Since the eighteenth century the coastal areas have become fashionable resorts for tourism & leisure. The photographs in this book cover the whole coast, between Selsey Bill & Beachy Head, & then from Beachy Head to Dungeness (over the border in Kent). Also included is the conurbation of Brighton, Hove, Worthing & Littlehampton. It has a population of over 450, 000, & stretches for some 30 miles (50km) from Littlehampton in the west to Seaford in the east. Other major settlements on the coastline are Chichester, Bognor Regis, Eastbourne & Hastings. Sky High Sussex Coast is a perfect memento of this historic coast. ...

The new Sky Panorama 7-element ultra wide angle eyepieces offer incredible performance & features in their class. The wide 82° field of view provides an amazing immersive viewing experience over a very flat, well corrected & virtually distortion-free field. Features a built-in, soft rubber eyecup which extends by rotating an external collar. The eye relief is comfortable on all models & suitable for spectacle wearers. All models are fully broadband multi-coated for high contrast & maximum light transmission. Threaded to accept standard filters. ...

Through a lyrical narrative of her journey to Tibet in 2007, Tibet activist Canyon Sam contemplates modern history from the perspective of Tibetan women. Traveling on China`s new ` Sky Train`, she celebrates Tibetan New Year with the Lhasa family whom she`d befriended decades earlier & concludes an oral-history project with women elders. As she uncovers stories of Tibetan women`s courage, resourcefulness, & spiritual strength in the face of the loss & hardship since the Chinese occupation of Tibet in 1950, & observes the changes wrought by the controversial new rail line in the futuristic `new Lhasa, ` Sam comes to embrace her own capacity for letting go, for faith, & for acceptance. Her glimpse of Tibet`s past through the lens of the women
- a visionary educator, a freedom fighter, a gulag survivor, & a child bride
- affords her a unique perspective on the state of Tibetan culture today
- in Tibet, in exile, & in the widening Tibetan diaspora. Gracefully connecting the women`s poignant histories to larger cultural, political, & spiritual themes, the author comes full circle, finding wisdom & wholeness even as she acknowledges Tibet`s irreversible changes. Canyon Sam is a San Francisco writer, performance artist, & Tibet activist. Her one-woman show ” The Dissident” was critically acclaimed in the ” Village Voice” & the ” Boston Globe”. This is her first book.


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Multi-purpose Rechargeable Power Supply ideal to be used with Sky-Watcher Syn Scan, Syntrek, Supa Trak, All View & Virtuoso mountings, & computerised telescopes of other brands requiring a 12V DC power supply. Also useful camping accessory device.- Built-in 12V 7 Ah Sealed Lead Acid Rechargeable Battery with Diagostic LED
- Display, Protective Fuse.- Built-in Multi-angle with 30 x high-output LED Spotlight- 2 x DC 12V output car jack-2 x USB (Universal Serial Bus) output sockets (5V, 1.5A)
- Built-in flashlight with ON/OFF/FLASH function- Built-in Circuit Breaker for safety operation- DC power cord with car cigarrete lighter plug is included- Light diffuser for flashlight is included- Mains charger, with UK & Euro adaptor plugs

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In her mid-thirties Rebecca Loncraine was diagnosed with breast cancer. Two years later, & after months of gruelling treatment, she flew in a glider for the first time. In that engineless plane, soaring 3, 000 feet over the landscape of her childhood with only the rising thermals to take her higher & the birds to lead the way, she fell in love. If illness meant Rebecca had lost touch with the world around her, gliding showed her a way to learn to live again. And so Rebecca travelled from the Black Mountains in Wales to New Zealand’s Southern Alps & the Nepalese Himalayas to chase her new-found passion: her need to fly with the birds, to push herself to the boundary of her own fear. Skybound is the story of that obsession & of Rebecca’s incredible journey from the ground, into the sky & back again. Taking in the history of unpowered flight, & with extraordinary descriptions of flying in some of the world’s most dangerous & dramatic locations, this is a nature memoir with a unique perspective; it is about the land we know & the sky we know so little of, it is about memory & self-discovery. Just as she finished writing Skybound Rebecca became ill again. She died in September 2016. & yet, Skybound is still a book about learning to live again: deeply moving, thrilling & euphoric, this is a book for anyone who has ever looked up & wanted to take flight. ...

When a travelling skycircus arrives in Brackenbridge, Lily & Robert can`t wait to step aboard... But there`s something sinister about the hybrid children who appear as part of the act. & before Lily & Robert can do anything, they`re captured by shadowy figures & whisked off in the mysterious flying circus to somewhere far, far away... Treachery, tight-ropes & trickery combine in this incredible third Cogheart adventure... ...