Kay Norris, a successful book editor, moves into the affluent Carnegie Hill district of Manhattan, into an apartment in a slender high-rise. A man watches her. He watches her unpack, watches her make her bed. He owns the building: a shocking secret is concealed within the walls. Sliver is a sinuous, erotic thriller that explores the menacing evil behind the glittering facade of Manhattan`s skyscrapers; a hypnotic story of obsession & the temptation of ultimate power. ...

The third book in Philip Pullman`s classic SALLY LOCKHART quartet in a beautiful new edition Sally Lockhart is 25, & somebody wants to destroy her. She receives divorce papers from a man she has never met, let alone married
- yet this trap is so well laid that she is powerless to prove otherwise. When custody of her precious daughter is awarded to this evil stranger, it is the beginning of a terrifying struggle in which Sally will have to fight, & kill if necessary, for the freedom of her family. Philip Pullman`s ever-popular, action-packed Victorian melodramas are rejacketed for the bicentenary of Charles Dickens in 2012.
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In this tale of life at sea the author tells of voyages round the Horn & his time in the Aland Islands where he fitted out a small boat & sailed with the lovely Elsa. He describes the trials & pleasures of life under sail, including adventures with sharks, drunken captains & a stowaway. ...

Create your very own detailed model castle, complete with siege towers, a drawbridge, a trebuchet & two model armies. Simply press out the sturdy, foamboard pieces, slot together & you`re ready to play. Comes with a book about life in a castle which also contains lots of ideas for games you can play with your castle & knights. All the pieces are contained in a sturdy illustrated box: over 90 press-out foamboard pieces, including walls, moving drawbridge, siege ladder, battering ram, two armies made from different characters (axemen, archers, knights etc.), & kings & queens to play with. Inside, the fully illustrate book offers simple step-by-step instructions for building your castle, information about your two armies, gameplay suggestions & lots of castle facts. This is a beautiful 3D model & will keep kids & children entertained & will teach the basics of the life in a castle! ...

Build a historically accurate Victorian doll`s house, complete with furniture, home accessories & a family of dolls. Press out the sturdy, foamboard pieces, slot together following the simple instructions & you`re ready to play.

Includes:: book about life in a grand Victorian house, providing an insight into the social history of the period.

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A group of children find a sloth snoring away in a tree in their garden. Not knowing what it is, they set off to find out. While the two older children dream up increasingly outrageous possibilities, from an astronaut to a pirate, to a space creature, the youngest little girl investigates books & a globe & discovers what it really is & where it lives. But how can the children help the sloth to get home if it won`t wake up? Age range: 3-6 years ...

Slough in 1897 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. The map covers the still growing town of Slough, which had developed from a village after the opening of the GWR. Features include the railway with station, engine shed & junctions towards Windsor; Royal Hotel, North Star Hotel, Gotha Iron Works, High Street, William Street, Windsor Road, Mackenzie Street, St Mary`s church, Eton Union Workhouse, Royal Nurseries, etc. Coverage extends south to Victoria Terrace & east to Aldin House or St Bernards Convent & a small portion of the new development, Langley New Town. John Betjeman would definitely not invite “friendly bombs” to fall on this Slough! The Slough entry from Bennett`s Business Directory is on the reverse. Together with maps covering Windsor & Eton, this title forms a block of four maps. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series: Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK. ...

Slough & Windsor Street Atlas at 1:19, 000 / 3.33 to a mile, in an indexed, glove box size paperback format, with national grid referencing. Street atlas covers Slough, Windsor, Burnham, Colnbrook, Datchet, Englefield Green, Eton, Farnham Common, Holyport, Langley, Old Windsor & Stoke Poges. Motorways, A roads, B roads, dual carriageways, one way streets, pedestrianized/restricted access roads & car parks are shown. The run of street numbers on A & B roads is also indicated & location of speed cameras & the maximum speed are shown. Tracks & footpaths are mapped, as are selected cycleways, railways, stations, level crossings & rail bridges. Colour coding distinguishes land use, e.g. shopping centre, educational establishment or industrial building. Post offices, churches, tourist information centres & emergency services are located, as are public toilets with & without disabled access. Post town & postcode boundaries are demarcated & the atlas is indexed by street name & places of particular interest. Current edition of this atlas
- 2011
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A new edition in the AA's ground breaking series of street atlases, covering Slough, Windsor & Maidenhead in a handy glovebox size. Now fully updated with a stylish new cover design. The atlas uses the latest digital data for Britain from Ordnance Survey & the AA & also

Includes:: National Grid Referencing as used by the emergency services. All of the maps clearly show recommended restaurants, hotels, one-way streets & car parks with 24-hour petrol stations now highlighted. Featuring a clever use of colour to ensure they can be read under street lighting, these maps are all you need to keep you on the move.

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Map No. 170, Slovacko
- Bile Karpaty, in a series of GPS compatible topographic maps of the Czech Republic at 1:75.000 from Shocart
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