The classic story of Snow White gets a fresh twist in this vibrant Japanese spin on the beloved fairy tale! Once upon a time, there was a princess called Snow White. She lived in a magnificent castle with her stepmother, a beautiful but wicked queen... The classic tale of Snow White gets a fresh twist in this debut title of a br&-new board book series, Once Upon a World. With Japan as the backdrop, & beautiful artwork from Japanese illustrator Misa Saburi, Snow White is still the same girl who meets seven dwarves & accepts a shiny red apple-but she`s totally reimagined. Once Upon a World offers a multicultural take on the fairy tales we all know & love. Because these tales are for everyone, everywhere. ...

In a small town in Germany a boy is accused of murdering his beautiful girlfriend. But this is no fairy story.. . On a September evening eleven years ago, two 17-year-old girls vanished without a trace from the tiny village of Altenhain, just outside Frankfurt. In a trial based on circumstantial evidence 20-year-old Tobias Sartorius was convicted & imprisoned for the murder of his childhood friend Laura & his beautiful girlfriend Stefanie -- otherwise known as Snow White. After serving his sentence, Tobias returns home. His presence in the little German village stirs up the events of the past. Events that the locals would prefer to remain hidden. When the Sartorius family is subjected to a number of attacks, Detective Inspector Pia Kirchhoff & DS Oliver von Bodenstein are tasked with monitoring the tense atmosphere in the tight-knit community. As the village inhabitants close ranks it becomes apparent the disappearance of Snow White & her friend was far more complex than imagined. Then history starts to repeat itself in a disastrous manner when another pretty girl goes missing. The police are thrown into a race against time. Can they solve the mystery before it's too late? ...

`A must for mystery fans.. .great customer reviews` The Bookseller The huge international bestseller -- with over 3 million copies sold. On a wet November day, Detectives Pia Kirchoff & Oliver von Bodenstein are summoned to the scene of a mysterious accident. A woman has fallen from a bridge onto the motorway below. It seems that she may have been pushed. The investigation leads them to a small town near Frankfurt, & the home of the victim, Rita Cramer. On a September evening eleven years earlier, two seventeen-year-old girls, Laura & Stefanie (also known as Snow White), vanished without trace from this same village. In a trial based entirely on circumstantial evidence, Stefanie`s boyfriend, handsome & talented, Tobias Sartorius, was sentenced to ten years in prison. He has now returned to his home in an attempt to clear his name. Rita Cramer is his mother. In the village, Pia & Oliver encounter a wall of silence. But when another young girl goes missing, the events of the past repeat themselves in a disastrous manner. The investigation turns into a dramatic race against time, because for the villagers, there is soon no doubt as to the identity of the perpetrator. And this time they are determined to take matters into their own hands. ` Ms Neuhaus is Germany`s top-selling crime novelist, & her work is catching on throughout Europe` Wall Street Journal ...

To complement the first volume (CCE151) which covered the eastern side of the Mont Blanc massif, this second volume covers the western area, from the Envers des Aigilles to the Tre-la-Tete basin. As with volume one the guide is in full colour throughout &

Includes:: descriptions of 663 routes, shown on 232 colour photographs & also

Includes:: 11 maps. It should be noted that while these guides are not definitive the vast majority of routes are covered. This title has not yet been released. You may pre-order now & we will deliver it to you when it arrives. Expected: 1st January 2017



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Snow-finder France is a pocket-sized guide proving skiers & snowboarders with an overview of where to find the best snow in a range of resorts in the French Alps. The guide is arranged by resort, with each entry featuring an introduction to the slopes, information boxes on the high & low points of the resort, information on getting there (with a basic overview map), a double-page spread on the main routes down the mountain, colour photographs, tourist information details & a description of the area by a local expert. There are also very brief indexes with basic advice for planning a skiing trip, accommodation & how to work during a ski season in the Alps. ...

I could hardly believe my eyes. A cold mantle of white was rapidly transforming our sunny paradise into a bizarre winterscape of citrus Christmas trees, cotton wool palms & snowball oranges. When the Kerr family leave Scotland to grow oranges in a secluded valley on the island of Mallorca they are surprised to be greeted by the same freezing weather they have left behind. Then they realise that their new orange farm is a bit of a lemon... Laughter, finds Peter Kerr, is the best medicine when faced with a local dish of rats & the live-chicken-down-a-chimney technique of household maintenance. But their Mallorcan neighbours help them adapt to their new life. ” Snowball Oranges” is hilarious & revealing, full of life & colour, set against the breathtaking beauty of the Mediterranean. ...

I could hardly believe my eyes. A cold mantle of white was rapidly transforming our sunny paradise into a bizarre winterscape of citrus Christmas trees, cotton wool palms & snowball oranges. When the Kerr family leave Scotland to grow oranges in a secluded valley on the island of Mallorca they are surprised to be greeted by the same freezing weather they have left behind. Then they realise that their new orange farm is a bit of a lemon... Laughter, finds Peter Kerr, is the best medicine when faced with a local dish of rats & the live-chicken-down-a-chimney technique of household maintenance. But their Mallorcan neighbours help them adapt to their new life. Snowball Oranges is hilarious & revealing, full of life & colour, set against the breathtaking beauty of the Mediterranean. ...

Anthony Armstrong-Jones was born to a Welsh father & English-Jewish mother. Creative & inventive, he attended Eton & then Cambridge. The engagement of this motorbike-riding freelance photographer in 1960 to Princess Margaret was a bombshell. Friends privately predicted disaster. & so it proved. But meanwhile in the 1960s, mixing with actors, artists & pop stars, they were the epitome of stylish & unstuffy arts-loving Royals
- & one of the iconic glamorous couples of that era. Tony continued to work & both began to have affairs. They divorced in 1978. Snowdon married again but this marriage collapsed after the birth of a secret love-child & the suicide of his mistress of twenty years. His low boredom threshold & waspish cruelty are balanced by his fabled charm & genuine concern for the disabled & underpriviledged. One of the great British photographers, at 76 he now suffers from a recurrence of childhood polio. But by any standards he has had an extraordinary life.
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Snowdon & the Conwy Valley area of northern Wales on a detailed topographic & GPS compatible map OL17, waterproof version, from the Ordnance Survey’s 1:25, 000 Explorer series. Coverage extends from the peak of Mynydd Graig Goch & Betws-y-Coed northwards & along the coast from Caernarfon to beyond Conwy, Llandudno & Colwyn Bay. Highlights include a section of the Snowdonia National Park, the peak of Snowdon & the Snowdon Mountain Railway, the Pass of Llanberis, the Menai Bridge, etc.MOBILE DOWNLOADS: this title & all the other OS Explorer maps include a code for downloading after purchase the digital version onto your smartphone or tablet for viewing on the OS smartphone app.OS EXPLORER SERIES: to see the list of all the titles in the OS Explorer series, both paper & waterproof versions, please click on the series link. The Explorer series, Ordnance Survey’s most detailed maps recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities, provides topographic coverage of Great Britain at 1:25, 000 on GPS compatible maps with hiking trails, cycling routes & extensive tourist information. Each printed map is available either on paper or as a waterproof & tear-resistant OS Active Map, as indicated in its title. Britain’s National Parks & other areas of particular tourist interest are presented on often double-sided OL (Outdoor Leisure) maps, whilst most standard format Explorers cover an area of 30 x 20km (approx. 19 x 12 miles). All three versions (paper, waterproof & digital) are the same & provide plenty of recreational & tourist information, indicating the traditional public right of way paths (except in Scotland where different laws apply), including bridleways & byways. National Trails & other long-distance paths are marked, as well as permissive footpaths or bridleways & on-road or traffic-free cycle routes with, where appropriate, their National/ Regional Cycle Network numbers. Boundaries of access land are clearly marked. A wide range of symbols provides additional tourist information, highlighting camping & caravanning sites, information offices & visitors’ centres, parking & picnicking places, country pubs, sport & recreational facilities including cycle hire locations & mountain biking trails, historic buildings & museums, etc. Exceptionally clear presentation of the landscape is provided by contours at 5m or in the uplands at 10m intervals, with additional spot heights plus colouring and/or graphics for different types of woodlands, orchards, heath, marshl&, scree or boulders, & other topographic features. For GPS users the maps have British National Grid lines at 1km intervals, with latitude & longitude given by margin ticks at 1`. Clearly laid out map legend

Includes:: French & German translations for the tourist information symbols.

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Snowdon & the Conwy Valley area of northern Wales on a detailed topographic & GPS compatible map OL17, paper version, from the Ordnance Survey’s 1:25, 000 Explorer series. Coverage extends from the peak of Mynydd Graig Goch & Betws-y-Coed northwards & along the coast from Caernarfon to beyond Conwy, Llandudno & Colwyn Bay. Highlights include a section of the Snowdonia National Park, the peak of Snowdon & the Snowdon Mountain Railway, the Pass of Llanberis, the Menai Bridge, etc.MOBILE DOWNLOADS: this title & all the other OS Explorer maps include a code for downloading after purchase the digital version onto your smartphone or tablet for viewing on the OS smartphone app.OS EXPLORER SERIES: to see the list of all the titles in the OS Explorer series, both paper & waterproof versions, please click on the series link. The Explorer series, Ordnance Survey’s most detailed maps recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities, provides topographic coverage of Great Britain at 1:25, 000 on GPS compatible maps with hiking trails, cycling routes & extensive tourist information. Each printed map is available either on paper or as a waterproof & tear-resistant OS Active Map, as indicated in its title. Britain’s National Parks & other areas of particular tourist interest are presented on often double-sided OL (Outdoor Leisure) maps, whilst most standard format Explorers cover an area of 30 x 20km (approx. 19 x 12 miles). All three versions (paper, waterproof & digital) are the same & provide plenty of recreational & tourist information, indicating the traditional public right of way paths (except in Scotland where different laws apply), including bridleways & byways. National Trails & other long-distance paths are marked, as well as permissive footpaths or bridleways & on-road or traffic-free cycle routes with, where appropriate, their National/ Regional Cycle Network numbers. Boundaries of access land are clearly marked. A wide range of symbols provides additional tourist information, highlighting camping & caravanning sites, information offices & visitors’ centres, parking & picnicking places, country pubs, sport & recreational facilities including cycle hire locations & mountain biking trails, historic buildings & museums, etc. Exceptionally clear presentation of the landscape is provided by contours at 5m or in the uplands at 10m intervals, with additional spot heights plus colouring and/or graphics for different types of woodlands, orchards, heath, marshl&, scree or boulders, & other topographic features. For GPS users the maps have British National Grid lines at 1km intervals, with latitude & longitude given by margin ticks at 1`. Clearly laid out map legend

Includes:: French & German translations for the tourist information symbols.

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