Snowmotion: Snowdonia by Tube / Eryri drwy'r Tiwb, another lovely poster from Peter Burgess published by Tubular Fells, presenting the mountains in a diagrammatic format best associated with the London Underground network. Following the success of his presentation of the Lakeland Fells & the Scottish Munros, Peter Burgess has applied his clever design to the Snowdonia National Park. Mountains are grouped into nine lines: Cadair Idris, Moel Hebog, Rhinogau, Arengis, etc. Nine more routes show the railway lines & another eight hiking trails, including the Cistercian Way, Glyndwyr ...

Men & women of passion & action live, fight, love & die in scenes of dramatic intensity. From haunting tragedy on the snow-capped peak of Kilimanjaro to brutal sensationalism in the bullring; from rural America with its deceptive calm to the heart of war-ravaged Europe, each of the stories in this classic collection is a feat of imagination, & a masterpiece of description. The Snows of Kilimanjaro is one of the best known & loved collections of stories by one of the greatest literary novelists of the twentieth century. ...

Celebrating 25 years, this classic Kipper title is reissued for a new generation of children. Kipper loves the snow & when he sees great white flakes tumbling down one morning, he can`t wait to be out enjoying himself. Kipper`s friend Tiger isn`t nearly as good at snow games as Kipper is, because of his silly, woolly clothes
- but they still manage to build a wonderful snowdog. A joyful book with a wintry theme
- snuggle down & read it together. ` The charmingly comical Inkpen, as always, hits the spot.` Guardian ` You simply cannot fail to win smiles with a new book about Kipper.` Daily Mail

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Snowy Mountains
- Kosciuszko National Park, one of five maps designed to cover in greater detail the most popular national parks
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It is a truth universally acknowledged that a policeman taking a holiday would barely have had time to open his suitcase before he finds his first corpse. Commander Sam Vimes of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch is on holiday in the pleasant & innocent countryside, but not for him a mere body in the wardrobe. There are many, many bodies
- & an ancient crime more terrible than murder. He is out of his jurisdiction, out of his depth, out of bacon sandwiches, occasionally snookered & out of his mind. But never out of guile. Where there is a crime there must be a finding, there must be a chase & there must be a punishment. They say that in the end all sins are forgiven. But not quite all... Winner of the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction
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A portrayal of the troubled countries of Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador & Nicaragua, as the author travels through them by train & bus. The author shows daily lives lived against a backdrop of continued & seemingly endless political friction & conflicts, in places that exhibit the contradictions inherent in an area of which Porfirio Diaz said: ” Poor Mexico! So far from God, so close to the United States”. It is an observation that serves as an epigraph to the book, as a means of showing how fervent Catholicism can live side by side with extreme violence, how people can show alternating friendliness & suspicion towards strangers, & how the attitudes with which Central America & the United States regard one another can be a mixture of both fear & longing. ...

” Acclaimed restaurateur Dany Chouet helped shape French cuisine in Australia throughout the 1970s & 80s through her successful restaurants Upstairs, Au Chabrol & Cleopatra. Now back in south-west France, she & her partner are wooing international customers with gourmet tours & Dany`s quintessential country cooking. In her first book, So French, Dany tells her fascinating life story which is interwoven with more than 60 timeless recipes & complemented by stunning images taken at her home & guesthouse in the south of France. This is truly a book to treasure. From traditional garlic & onion soup to hearty salt cod & potato ragout & sweet nectarine & raspberry gratin, browsing through the pages of So French is sure to make your tastebuds tingle & your thoughts travel to Provence.” ...

In rural Illinois two tenant farmers share much, finally too much, until jealously leads to murder & suicide. A tenuous friendship between lonely teenagers
- the narrator, whose mother has died young, & Cletus Smith, the troubled witness to his parent`s misery
- is shattered. After the murder & upheavals that follow, the boys never speak again. Fifty years on, the narrator attempts a reconstruction of those devastating events & the atonement of a lifetime`s regret.

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` This is the real globalism, a glorious cacophony that seeks no common ground other than attitude.` Marlon James, winner of the Booker Prize So Many Islands breaks out bold new writing from the distant shores of countries in the Caribbean, Mediterranean, Indian & Pacific Oceans. Here you will find poems about revolution & protest. You will be transported to Marakei, `the women`s island`, & join the battle to save a beached whale. Alongside family politics, So Many Islands tackles nuclear testing & climate change global issues that are close to the heart of these precariously poised communities. Giving voice to their challenges & triumphs, these writers create a vibrant portrait of what it is like to live & love on the small islands they call home. Readers everywhere will find universal connections with these words & worlds. Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Bermuda, Cyprus, Grenada, Jamaica, Kiribati, Malta, Mauritius, Niue, Rotuma (Fiji), Soma, Singapore, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent & the Grenadines, Tonga, Trinidad & Tobago ...

A sweeping, heartbreaking novel following Daniel in his troubled marriage with Rosie as they navigate the unsettled time between the World Wars. Rosie & Daniel have moved to Ceylon with their little daughter to start a new life at the dawn of the 1920s, attempting to put the trauma of the First World War behind them, & to rekindle a marriage that gets colder every day. However, even in the lush plantation hills it is hard for them to escape the ties of home & the yearning for fulfilment that threatens their marriage. Back in Engl&, Rosie`s three sisters are dealing with different challenges in their searches for family, purpose & happiness. These are precarious times, & they find themselves using unconventional means to achieve their desires. Around them the world is changing, & when Daniel finds himself in Germany he witnesses events taking a dark & forbidding turn. By turns humorous & tragic, gripping & touching, So Much Life Left Over follows a cast of unique & captivating characters as they navigate the extraordinary interwar years both in England & abroad. ...