The Broken Bridge is an insightful & heartfelt story of a teenager`s search for her own identity in the face of heartbreaking family secrets by Philip Pullman, author of the award-winning Northern Lights. Sixteen-year-old Ginny`s life is secure. Her mother is dead, but she`s inherited her outstanding artistic talent, & she loves her life with her father in a seaside village in Wales. But the day a social worker arrives & old files are re-opened, Ginny`s world cracks apart. Everything her father has told her about her family is a lie. & Ginny must uncover the hidden secrets of the past on a journey that will ultimately lead her to the mother she`s never known.. . ...

The Arumbaya fetish has been stolen! But with the help of a talking parrot, Tintin is soon on the hunt for the famous artefact. He must solve a murder, dash through a revolution & discover the true value of the fetish- because he is not the only one on the trail... ...

Why did he return to Beirut? Why did Karim leave his wife & children & the life he had built in France to return to a homeland still reeling from civil war? Was it to answer his brother Nasim`s call to raise a hospital out of the ashes? Was it to kick over the traces of past love affairs? Or to establish the truth behind his father`s death? Or was it to confront at last the ghost of the man known only as ” Sinalcol”, a legendary phantom of the civil war, & a broken mirror of himself? In Beirut, Karim will learn the fate of old comrades, & face a brother who shares a past as divided as the city itself. & he will find that peace is only ever fleeting in a war without end. ...

Award-winning biographer Artemis Cooper & acclaimed travel writer Colin Thubron jointly edited Fermor's long awaited last book, The Broken Road
- From the Iron Gates to Mount Athos. The book is the final instalment of a trilogy started with A Time of Gifts & Between the Woods & the Water describing the walk that Patrick Leigh Fermor undertook in the 1930s, at the age of eighteen, from the Hook of Holland to Constantinople. ' When are you going to finish Vol. III?' was the cry from his fans. Although he wished he could, by the time of his death in 2011, he had only managed an early draft. The editors polished the story he had written thus completing such an epic journey. The Broken Road
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The long-awaited final volume of the trilogy by Patrick Leigh Fermor. A Time of Gifts & Between the Woods & the Water were the first two volumes in a projected trilogy that would describe the walk that Patrick Leigh Fermor undertook at the age of eighteen from the Hook of Holland to Constantinople. ` When are you going to finish Vol. III?` was the cry from his fans; but although he wished he could, the words refused to come. The curious thing was that he had not only written an early draft of the last part of the walk, but that it predated the other two. It remains unfinished but The Broken Road
- edited & introduced by Colin Thubron & Artemis Cooper
- completes an extraordinary journey.

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Archaeologists date the Bronze Age in Europe from about the 5th to the last millennium BC. That span of time saw dramatic changes in civilizations from the Atlantic Ocean to the Black Sea, & from Scandinavia to the Aegean. The discovery of Bronze, an alloy of copper & tin, was a remarkable technological development, permitting the casting of much stronger tools & weapons. Across Europe, the people of the Bronze Age forged metal & traded its products, raised monolithic standing stones, practised similar funerary & religious rites, & decorated their products with the same motifs & symbols. From Cretan palaces to Swiss lakeside dwellings, a common culture arose. In this text the authors explore the story of the Bronze Age, tracing it back beyond the borders of history. ...

`I was looking for a quiet place to die. Someone recommended Brooklyn, & so the next morning I travelled down there from Westchester to scope out the terrain.. .` So begins Paul Auster`s remarkable novel, ” The Brooklyn Follies”. Set against the backdrop of the contested US election of 2000, it tells the story of Nathan & Tom, an uncle & nephew double-act. One in remission from lung cancer, divorced, & estranged from his only daughter, the other hiding away from his once-promising academic career, &, indeed, from life in general. Having accidentally ended up in the same Brooklyn neighbourhood, they discover a community teeming with life & passion. When Lucy, a little girl who refuses to speak, comes into their lives, there is suddenly a bridge from their pasts that offers them the possibility of redemption. ...

Bill Helmreich walked every block of New York City--6, 000 miles in all--to write the award-winning The New York Nobody Knows. Now he has re-walked Brooklyn--some 816 miles--to write this one-of-a-kind walking guide to the city`s hottest borough. Drawing on hundreds of conversations he had with residents during his block-by-block journeys, The Brooklyn Nobody Knows captures the heart & soul of a diverse, booming, & constantly changing borough that defines cool around the world. The guide covers every one of Brooklyn`s forty-four neighborhoods, from Greenpoint to Coney Isl&, providing a colorful portrait of each section`s most interesting, unusual, & unknown people, places, & things. Along the way you will learn about a Greenpoint park devoted to plants & trees that produce materials used in industry; a hornsmith who practices his craft in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens; a collection of 1, 140 stuffed animals hanging from a tree in Bergen Beach; a five-story Brownsville mural that depicts Zionist leader Theodor Herzl--and that was the brainchild of black teenagers; Brooklyn`s most private--yet public--beach in Manhattan Beach; & much, much more. An unforgettably vivid chronicle of today`s Brooklyn, the book can also be enjoyed without ever leaving home--but it`s almost guaranteed to inspire you to get out & explore one the most fascinating urban areas anywhere. * Covers every one of Brooklyn`s 44 neighborhoods, providing a colorful portrait of their most interesting, unusual, & unknown people, places, & things* Each neighborhood section features a brief overview & history; a detailed, user-friendly map keyed to the text; & a lively guided walking tour* Draws on the author`s 816-mile walk through every Brooklyn neighborhood*

Includes:: insights from conversations with hundreds of residents

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Saddle manufacturer Brooks England have been a British household name & an international cycling icon for 150 years. What continues to motivate & inspire this classic marque? With the help of a variety of writers, artists, journalists, designers, photographers & illustrators, this eclectic compendium of cycling`s joys depicts Brooks`s unique & idiosyncratic view of the wide-ranging impact of the bicycle & its place in the world, alongside their dedication to function, quality & style. While Brooks is, at its heart, a British company, the team explore the bicycle as a worldwide phenomenon that has connected people
- the Tour de France luring professional cyclists of all nationalities to the continental countryside
- & continues to provide lone travellers with a gateway to all corners of the earth, celebrating journeys undertaken in some of the planet`s most extreme environments, from South America`s Atrato Swamp to Siberia. Alongside these ambitious projects, the simple joy of cycling to work, the sense of freedom & adventure afforded to all those who cycle for leisure, & the satisfaction gleaned from crafting the bicycle itself are exalted. The result isn`t a book about a saddle maker, but a collection of fascinating contributions from leading creatives from a broad cultural spectrum who are as passionate about their work as they are about their cycling.

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The much-acclaimed The Broons Days Oot! is a cracking guide to Scotl&. Now expanded with new information throughout, the new book

Includes:: new sections on the Scottish islands, Scotland's whisky trails, cycling in Scotl&, walking, arts & other festivals, & gala days. Ideal for the glovebox, the backpack, & the holiday cottage, this book is a comprehensive guide to Scotl&, with highlights on free places to go & things to do. Castles & gardens, country parks, museums, galleries, botanic gardens, hill walks, cycling, picnics, cities, beaches & cracking events all over Scotland are featured in this book
- so you are encouraged to get out & about, just like the Broons! One thing's for sure
- they are all happy days! The book also features free stuff like vouchers for Historic Scotland & National Trust for Scotl&. Written by the Broon family, in response to helping Horace with his homework project, this guide is full of wee stories, postcards home, notes, collector's cards, leaflets & clippings about the Broons' favourite places, all stuck in by Horace in scrapbook style. Horace has delved into Maw's memory box for bits & pieces, & added up-todate fact boxes that list current phone & website information for key places to visit. The Broons comic strip is hugely popular, with The Sunday Post having over 1, 000, 000 readers every week. The book

Includes:: strips from years gone by that will make you smile, as the Broons enjoy their days oot, rain or shine! For a complete list of contents





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