Inspector Kurt Wallander is home from an idyllic holiday in Rome, full of energy & plans for the future. But when he investigates the disappearence of an elderly birdwatcher he discovers a gruesome & meticulously planned murder
- a body impaled in a trap of sharpened bamboo poles. Then another man is reported missing. & once again Wallander's life is on hold as he & his team work tirelessly to find a link between the series of vicious murders. Forever battling to make sense of the violence of modern Sweden, Wallander leads a massive investigation to uncover a brutal killer.
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We live in a world where the drive for economic growth is crowding out everything that can`t be given a monetary value. We`re ...

We live in a world where the drive for economic growth is crowding out everything that can`t be given a monetary value. We`re ...

In 1924 Mount Everest remained unclimbed. Two British expeditions had already tackled what was known to be the highest mountain on Earth. The first, in 1921, found a route to the base. The second, in 1922, attempted the summit, reaching a record height of 27, 320 feet before retreating. Two years later, a team that included Colonel E.F. Norton, George Mallory & Andrew Irvine returned to the Himalaya. Armed with greater knowledge & experience, confidence was high. But they were still climbing into the unknown. How high could they climb without supplementary oxygen? Would the cumbersome oxygen equipment help them climb higher? Could they succeed where others had failed, & make the first ascent of the highest mountain on earth? Before they could find out, tragedy struck
- George Mallory & Andrew Irvine, climbing high on the mountain, vanished into the clouds. First published in 1925, & reissued now for only the second time, The Fight for Everest 1924 is the official record of this third expedition to Everest. The compelling narrative by Norton & other expedition members, & Mallory`s vivid letters home, present a gripping picture of life in the Himalaya. Notes & observations from the entire team show how far knowledge of the mountain & of high-altitude climbing had advanced by 1924, & make recommendations for future Everest attempts. As well as the full original text & illustrations, this edition reproduces some of Norton`s superb pencil sketches & watercolours along with previously unpublished materials from his private archive. These include original planning documents from the expedition, Mallory`s last note to Norton, & a moving letter to Norton from Mallory`s widow. Together, they add up to complete one of the most fascinating mountaineering books ever written.
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From the author of Desperation Road, longlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger Award 2017 The acres & acres of fertile soil, the two-hundred year old antebellum house, all gone. & so is the woman who gave it to him. The foster mother who saved Jack Boucher from a childhood of abandonment now rests in a hospice. Her mind eroded by dementia, the family legacy she entrusted to Jack is now owned by banks & strangers. & Jack`s mind has begun to fail, too, as concussion after concussion forces him to carry around a notebook of names that separate friend from foe. But in a single twisted night Jack is derailed. Losing the money that will clear his debt with the queen of Delta vice, & forcing Jack into the fighting pit one last time the stakes nothing less than life or death. Praise for Michael Farris Smith` An elegantly written, perfectly paced novel about a man & a woman, indelibly marked by violence`
- Ron Rash, NYT bestselling author of Serena & The Cove` Every once in a while an author comes along who`s in love with art & written language & imagery... writers like William Faulkner & Cormac Mc Carthy & Annie Proulx. You can add Michael Farris Smith`s name to the list`
- James Lee Burke, New York Times bestselling author of Creole Belle & The Tin Roof Blowdown` Cinema written all over it... A particularly good novel if you like whispering ` Sh*t...` in an incredulous voice`
- Shortlist` One of those wonderful & rare books that`s both a page turner & a novel of great depth & emotion. The Fighter is Southern Noir at its finest `
- Ace Atkins, bestselling author of the Quinn Colson series` The Fighter is a book I wish I`d written but am deeply grateful I got to read. It is a masterful portrait of place & character & how one influences the other, with language that is both brutal & tender at once`
- Attica Locke, author of Black Water Rising & Pleasantville




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Many of the greatest film-makers have used the beautiful & exciting city of New York, as a backdrop for their work. This guide takes in some of the most famous & some of the lesser-known locations in the city, neighbourhood by neighbourhood to facilitate visits. This illustrated guide is completed by QR (quick response) codes to see all the film trailers, taking the reader to bars, restaurants, hotels, boutiques, galleries & theatres that have been used in films. The text

Includes:: anecdotes & fun ideas to discover New York as seen on the big screen. Preface Table of Contents Chapter 1: 87th to 72nd St Chapter 2: 65th to 51st St Chapter 3: 50th to 33rd St Chapter 4: 26th to 11th St Chapter 5: 10th St to Houston Chapter 6: Prince to Greenwich Chapter 7: Brooklyn

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Small-time finance journalist Matthew Prior gave up his day-job & gambled everything on setting up a website offering financial advice.. .in witty blank verse. Then he woke up one day in the middle of the worst crisis since the 30s with no business, a shedload of debt, a lot of guilt & a great deal of suspicion about his wife who spends her time flirting online with her childhood sweetheart
- a real guy with a real, man's job. So when Matt's offered some high-grade dope, & finds he can sell a little bit of it on, he thinks that maybe this is where the future lies... As Matt battles to save his marriage, his children's future & his sanity too, The Financial Lives of the Poets becomes a hugely funny but heartfelt novel about how we can reach the edge of ruin
- & pull back.

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From the author of the bestselling Beautiful Ruins comes The Financial Lives of Poets
- a brilliantly funny novel about a man who,
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` Raw, brave, heart-lifting.` STEF PENNY, author of UNDER THE POLE STAR` Whenever I see Martino I am reminded of how little I know about life & death compared to him. How we don`t know what is within us or what may lie on the other side. I hope it`s as magical & beautiful as this book.` RUSSELL BRANDWhen film producer Martino Sclavi began experiencing intense headaches, he attributed them to his frenetic lifestyle. As it turned out, he had grade 4 brain cancer & was given 18 months to live. After undergoing brain surgery
- while awake
- Martino found he had lost the ability to recognise words. His response was to close his eyes & begin to move his fingers across the keyboard to write this, an account of life before diagnosis & since. Defying all predictions Martino is still very much alive, words read out to him by the monotone of a computerised voice he calls Alex. But he must now live in a new way. This book
- that he has written but cannot read
- charts the effects of his experience: on his relationship with his young son, his marriage, his work & with himself. In the wake of his illness, everything must be reconfigured & Martino is made to question the habits, dreams & beliefs of his old life & confront the present. What he finds is strange & beautiful. Searching for the words between life & death, Sclavi shows that with determination & a subtle, persistent sense of humour, it is possible to change the story of our lives.



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Before there was Winnie-the-Pooh, there was a real bear named Winnie. In 1914, Harry Colebourn, a vet on his way to tend horses in World War 1, followed his heart & rescued a baby bear. He named her Winnie, & he took her to war. Harry Colebourn`s real-life great-granddaughter tells the true story of a remarkable friendship & an even more remarkable journey
- from the fields of Canada to an army base in Engl&... And finally to London Zoo, where Winnie made another new friend
- a boy named Christopher Robin...

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