Part biography, part musings on biology & nature, The Fetish Room is a moving portrait of one of our greatest travel writers & eccentrics, Redmond O' Hanlon Redmond O' Hanlon is known as an amiable anti-hero
- the debunker of classical exploration literature
- & here on this joint road trip with journalist Rudi Rotthier, O' Hanlon visits places from his dark childhood. With a fine sense of the comic & beautifully rendered observations of the people they encounter, Rotthier excels in painting a portrait of this English author as he details the escapades of their journey. O' Hanlon provides a stream of jokey anecdotes which offset the bleakness of almost all his memories as do their conversations on God, Darwin & nature. Plagued by depression & scarred by his childhood & sadistic teachers, he drinks excessively, pops caffeine & nicotine pills. One of his most important possessions is a jar containing some of the charred remains of a close friend who committed suicide. In his house in Oxfordshire piles of books have spilled over tables & shelves & tottering mounds of dirty crockery obscure the sink. Yet, unlikely as it may seem, this is a remarkably light-hearted, sensitive & funny book.

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The world has ended: the earth is scorched, & fever rages through the population. Out of the chaos, a boy emerges with the power to change everything: Thomas. This is the start of his story. An electrifying Maze Runner prequel, The Fever Code holds all the answers: How did WICKED find the Gladers? Who are Group B? Whose side are Thomas & Teresa really on? Lies will be exposed. Secrets uncovered. Loyalties proven. You`ll never see the truth coming.. . ...

The world has ended: the earth is scorched, & fever rages through the poulation. Out of the chaos, a boy emerges with the power to change everything: Thomas. This is the start of his story. An electrifying Maze Runner prequel, The Fever Code holds all the answers: How did WICKED find the Gladers? Who are Group B? Whose side are Thomas & Teresa really on? Lies will be exposed. Secrets uncovered. Loyalties proven. You`ll never see the truth coming.. . ...

” The Fever Tree” by Jennifer Mc Veigh is a critically acclaimed novel set in nineteenth century South Africa. 1880. South Africa. A country torn apart by greed. Frances Irvine, destitute in the wake of her father`s sudden death, is forced to abandon her life of wealth & privilege in London & emigrate to the Cape. In this remote & inhospitable land she becomes entangled with two very different men. One driven by ambition, the other by his ideals. Only when the rumour of a smallpox epidemic takes her into the dark heart of the diamond mines does she see her path to happiness. But this is a ruthless world of greed & exploitation, where the spoils of the rich come at a terrible human cost & powerful men will go to any lengths to keep the mines in operation. Torn between passion & integrity, she makes a choice that has devastating consequences. ” The Fever Tree” is a compelling portrait of colonial South Africa, its raw beauty & deprivation alive in equal measure. But above all it is a powerful love story about how
- just when we need it the most
- fear can blind us to a truth. ” Place & people come alive in this book.. .a gripping story”. (Kim Edwards, author of ” The Memory Keeper`s Daughter”). ”I loved it. It`s a beautifully written novel of great feeling”. (Rachel Hore, best-selling author of ” The Place of Secrets”). ” Engrossing, emotionally poised & elegantly written
- I absolutely loved it”. (Vanora Bennett, author of ” The People`s Queen”). ” There is nothing more exciting than a new writer with a genuine voice. I loved it”. (Julian Fellowes, creator of ” Downton Abbey”). ”A compelling read with a Gone with the Wind feel to it
- I was hooked”. (Katharine Mc Mahon, author of ” The Alchemist`s Daughter”). ”A skilled unfolding of a woman`s struggle with desire, class divide & disease in 19th Century South Africa”. (” Financial Times”). ” Mc Veigh`s attention to the material culture of South Africa that really fascinates: no object is too small to attract her notice, & through accumulation such objects become evocative & strangely moving
- well worth reading”. (”TLS”). ” An epic story of love, deception & courage”. (Patricia Wastvedt, author of ” The German Boy”). ”A bewitching tale of loss, betrayal & love”. (” Vogue”). ” Epic, enchanting, emotional & engrossing”. (” Easy Living”). ` Must-read of the Month`.” An unforgettable journey into a heart of darkness: romantic & tragic, a tale of honour & redemption, it leaves wide vistas of a harsh yet beguiling landscape shimmering in the imagination long after the last page is turned”. (Deborah Lawrenson, author of ” The Lantern”). ” All the delicious elements of a romantic classic, seasoned by evocative prose & keen moral commentary. Gobble it up & then shelve it next to the Bronte sisters”. (Hillary Jordan, best-selling author of ” Mudbound”). Jennifer Mc Veigh graduated from Oxford University in 2002 with a First in English Literature. She went on to work in film, television, radio & publishing, before giving up her day job to write fiction. She has travelled across East Africa & South Africa, often in off-road vehicles, driving & camping along the way. ” The Fever Tree” is her first novel.




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For the past thirteen years Ken
- originally from Scotland
- & his wife have lived in France, in a Breton hamlet, Kerkelven.

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The Field Guide to Typography explores & explains the myriad typefaces that we see around us in our day-to-day lives, from airplane liveries to computer screens, from billboard hoardings to signage systems. It presents over 120 typefaces old & new, common & unusual with photographic references to help font spotters identify particular typefaces in the wild. Accompanying background information explains the origin, usage & key features of each typeface, & Field Facts provide little-known nuggets of information to expand your typographical awareness. Attractive & informative, The Field Guide to Typography is a unique visual reference for novice font fans & experienced designers alike, & a comprehensive celebration of our expanding typographic world. ...

This is the first book in a series of illustrated guides to popular subjects such as natural history & fashion, beautifully presented as a book of high-quality decorative black-&-white prints. A Colouring Guide to Creatures Great & Small features animals from all corners of the globe
- from exotic fish to big cats to incredible insects
- with information on each species included on the reverse of each print. Pull out each of the 36 prints & colour them in as you wish, either by following the colouring tips on the back or by letting your imagination run wild, then hang them up on your wall or give them away as presents. With gorgeous, detailed artwork & an eyecatching 100% silver foil cover, this is a colouring book that will stand out from the crowd.

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Beginning as a scattering of cottages along a pre-Roman pack-horse track going northwards, developing by degrees into a medieval parish & staging-post for travellers, then into a prosperous Tudor village favoured by gentlemen for their country seats, into an eighteenth-century resort of pleasure gardens, into a select residential suburb, & finally into a thickly-populated working-class district, Kentish Town has passed through every possible visual & social permutation, & is still developing & changing today. Far more than just a meticulously researched local history, The Fields Beneath illustrates the classic historical sequence of the village gradually being absorbed by the metropolis. ...

A masterpiece of local history, by the Queen of the genre; Gillian Tindall has acquired a devoted readership through her lovingly researched works, such as the prize-winning ” The House” by the Thames & ” Celestine: Voices from a French Village”. A journey through time: from a scattering of cottages along a pre-roman horse track, to a medieval parish & staging post for travellers, onwards into a prosperous Tudor village favoured by gentlemen for their country seats & an 18th century resort of pleasure gardens eventually transformed by a warren of railway lines into a thickly populated working-class district. Fragments of this past can still be found by the observant eye. This is one of a precious handful of books (such as Montaillou & Akenfield) that in their precise examination of a particular locality open our understanding of the universal themes of the past. In this case it is Kentish Town in London that reveals its complex secrets to us, through the resurrection of its now buried rivers & wells, coaching house, landlords, traders, & simple tennants. ...

The Fifth Lake trail, a 5-day hiking circuit in the Spanish Pyrenees just south of the Aigüestortes i Sant Maurici Natural Park, on a contoured, GPS compatible map at 1:30, 000 from Editorial Alpina. The trail, specially created in summer 2012, takes its name from the Lakes Train railway line which runs from Lleida to La Pobla de Segur, the trail’s starting point. The map provides an excellent picture of the region’s topography using the Catalan topographic survey as a base. Contour lines at 10m intervals are enhanced by relief shading & colouring. The course of the Fifth Lake trail is prominently highlighted, & symbols indicate local tourist accommodation, bars & restaurants, grocery shops, special places of interest, etc. The map has a 2-km UTM grid. Map legend

Includes:: English. To see the list of all the maps from Editorial Alpina covering long-distance hiking routes please click on the series link.

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