This Stickyscapes Tropical Adventures book brings the tropics to life with over 100 stickers. Folding out to become a panoramic play scene, this book represents the dense tropical jungle, & also features the bottom of the deep blue tropical sea. Improve your knowledge on jungle & sea creatures, such as the clouded leopard & the coconut crab, & find out plenty of fabulous animal facts & see your favourite animals in their natural habitat. ...

Stickyscapes New York features all of the most iconic sights of ` The Big Apple`, from the Brooklyn Bridge & the Statue of Liberty to Central Park & Grand Central station. The city`s best-known characters are also included. From skyscraper construction workers to movie stars & presidents, they`re all here & ready to be stickered to historical & present-day versions of the city`s famous skyline! ...

Until the posthumous publication of the Millennium Trilogy, Stieg Larsson was probably best known for his commitment to left-wing causes, & his tireless work as an anti-fascist activist. Horrified by the rise of far-right extremism in Sweden, he threw himself into monitoring & exposing these often shadowy & violent groups & gained an international reputation for the depth of his achievements & knowledge. However his work carried substantial risks & he & his partner Eva Gabrielsson lived in constant fear for their lives. When a friend of theirs was found shot dead in a stairwell, police raided the killers' hideout & found photographs of Stieg & Eva
- chillingly, they were the next targets. Jan-Erik Pettersson shows how Stieg's activism & energetic championing of social justice & women's rights characterised his life, as well as demonstrating how these concerns animated his huge-selling Millennium Trilogy, in particular the unforgettable character of Lisbeth Salander. He also persuasively establishes Stieg's place within the explosion of Scandinavian crime with which his novels are so closely associated, showing that in many ways his fiction stands somewhat apart from the work of other authors in this tradition. In Stieg: From Activist to Author Jan-Erik Pettersson portrays a man willing to put his life at risk in order to fight for the things in which he believed, & an author whose inimitable work was energized by the causes to which he was so strongly committed.
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From the publishers behind Banksy`s mega-selling Wall & Piece, comes the fully-illustrated, beautifully presented book by feted London street artist, Stik. Stik first came to notoriety as an underground street artist who painted life-size stick figures during the night around London`s East End. As a firm believer in the right to protest, the freedom of speech, & basic human rights, Stik has now painted murals in cities, towns & villages all over the world, focusing his work in communities which have not been afraid to express themselves in the face of repression & disenfranchisement. Having gained an international following, Stik credits his audience with the intelligence to fill in the details with just six lines & two dots to imply emotion. Each piece is a meditation. This is the first collected volume of his work to date. It reveals the political & artistic inspiration behind the work of one of this country`s most brilliant & inspiring artists. ...

Still Life is a unique & hauntingly beautiful photographic study of the Antarctic huts that served as expedition bases for explorations led by Captain Robert Falcon Scott & Sir Ernest Shackleton. At the turn of the twentieth century Antarctica was the focus of one of the last great races of exploration & discovery. From 1895 to 1917, Antarctic explorers set off from their huts in search of adventure, science & glory but some, such as Scott, were never to return. The World Wars intervened & the huts were left as time capsules of Edwardian life; a portrait of King Edward VII hangs amid seal blubber, sides of mutton, a jar of gherkins, penguin eggs, cufflinks & darned trousers. One of New Zealand`s best known photographers, Jane Ussher, was invited by the Antarctic Heritage Trust to record `the unusual, the hidden & minutiae of these sites`. The Executive Director of the Trust, Nigel Watson, provides an informative introduction to the history & atmosphere of each hut & detailed photographic captions. ...

When her children flew the nest, Elisabeth Luard decided it was time to discover new worlds, beyond the family. As a prize-winning food writer, she chose to explore through her cookery. Guided by a trail of enticing aromas & flavours, Luard travels from kitchen to field to restaurant, taking us on a journey that criss-crosses the globe, from the gastronomic delights of the Bosphorus to life in the Arctic circle & the glitzy cuisine of Hollywood. Full of the sparkling anecdotes of the people she meets, & scattered with exotic recipes picked up along the way, Elisabeth Luard provides a window into fragile, often vanishing, ways of life as she explores new countries through the kitchens, market places & traditions of the locals. Funny, uplifting & insightful, Still Life offers a fresh look at the world outside the family. ...

Have you ever arrived in a hotel room & been baffled by the information provided? Beware of your luggage. In your room, you will find a minibar which is filled with alcoholics. Do not throw urine around. Have you ever been to a restaurant & wondered what on earth to order? Bored Meat Stew, Lorry Driver Soup, or Kiss Lorraine. Have you ever arrived in an airport & found that the supposedly helpful signs just make you feel more lost? You are required to declare all sorts of private things. Departure. Bus stop. Car rental. Please buy your ticket consciously. Charlie Croker has, & in 2006 he gathered together what he thought was the definitive collection of English language howlers for his bestselling book ” Lost in Translation”. But he reckoned without the great British public. Not only was the book a smash hit, it also opened the floodgates to a deluge of emails & letters stuffed full of further mistranslations & mutilated phrases. From a leaflet from the Museum of Rasputin in Russia (which is apparently situated in a house that belonged a pilot fish Zubov) to a song title on a pirated Pink Floyd CD (” Come Fartably Numb”), the scrambled sentences just kept flooding in. At the same time Charlie has continued his travels & picked up gems of his own. With such a wealth of material, a sequel wasn`t just a necessity, it was a public service, & ” Still Lost in Translation” is even more addictive, whimsical & side-splittingly hilarious than the first book. ...

Lou Clark is back in the BRAND NEW Jojo Moyes novel Still Me, follow-up to the Number One international bestsellers Me Before You & After You. Lou Clark knows too many things... She knows how many miles lie between her new home in New York & her new boyfriend Sam in London. She knows her employer is a good man & she knows his wife is keeping a secret from him. What Lou doesn`t know is she`s about to meet someone who`s going to turn her whole life upside down. Because Josh will remind her so much of a man she used to know that it`ll hurt. Lou won`t know what to do next, but she knows that whatever she chooses is going to change everything.` Still one of our fave authors & still a brilliant read!` Look` Immensely enjoyable` Sunday Times` Captivating` OK!`A funny, thoughtful & uplifting conclusion to the trilogy` Sunday Express` Treads the delicate balance between heartbreak & hope perfectly` Good Housekeeping ...

Just when he is about to close a deal that will save his company from going under, Joanes has to travel to the Riviera Maya to attend his father-in-law`s second wedding. Once there, he is forced to leave the hotel ahead of an incoming hurricane, & on his trip toward safer ground, he has a chance encounter with an old college professor, whom he blames for the failure of his career. Trapped together in an extreme survival setting, the tense situation spirals unexpectedly toward a violent, tragic end. ...