The Hudson River has always played a vital role in American culture. Flowing through a valley of sublime scenery, the great river uniquely connects America`s past with its present & future. This book traces the course of the river through four centuries, recounting the stories of explorers & traders, artists & writers, entrepreneurs & industrialists, ecologists & preservationists
- those who have been shaped by the river as well as those who have helped shape it. Their compelling narratives attest to the Hudson River`s distinctive place in American history & the American imagination. Among those who have figured in the history of the Hudson are Benedict Arnold, Alexander Hamilton, Franklin & Eleanor Roosevelt, the Astors & the Vanderbilts, & Thomas Cole of the Hudson River school. Their stories appear here, alongside those of less famous individuals such as the surveyor who found the source of the Hudson & the engineer who tried to build a hydroelectric plant at Storm King Mountain. Inviting us to view the river from a wider perspective than ever before, this entertaining & enlightening book is worthy of its grand subject.
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Now this fabulously quirky group of characters is introduced to younger readers in these toddler friendly board books from the internationally bestselling, award-winning author/illustrator, Oliver Jeffers, creator of How to Catch a Star & Lost & Found. A fight has broken out amongst The Hueys. ” It was not me! It was him!” But no one can remember what they`re fighting about. If only they could find an interesting distraction... ...

Guide to author`s favourite hills under 2, 000 feet, on the Scottish mainl&, including some that are rarely climbed, some that are well-known & iconic, & all of which offer a distinctive hillwalking experience. These are all hills with great character, they have attitude rather than altitude. ...

Following the Reformation, a growing number of radical Protestants came together to live & worship in Catholic France. These Huguenots survived persecution & armed conflict to win
- however briefly
- freedom of worship, civil rights, & unique status as a protected minority. But in 1685, the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes abolished all Huguenot rights, & more than 200, 000 of the radical Calvinists were forced to flee across Europe, some even farther. In this capstone work, Geoffrey Treasure tells the full story of the Huguenots` rise, survival & fall in France over the course of a century & a half. He explores what it was like to be a Huguenot living in a ”state within a state”, weaving stories of ordinary citizens together with those of statesmen, feudal magnates, leaders of the Catholic revival, Henry of Navarre, Catherine de` Medici, Louis XIV, & many others. Treasure describes the Huguenots` disciplined community, their faith & courage, their rich achievements, & their unique place within Protestantism & European history. The Huguenot exodus represented a crucial turning point in European history, Treasure contends, & he addresses the significance of the Huguenot story
- the story of a minority group with the power to resist & endure in one of early modern Europe`s strongest nations.


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` Our relationship with nature has changed.. .radically, irreversibly, but by no means all for the bad. Our new epoch is laced with invention. Our mistakes are legion, but our talent is immeasurable.` In The Human Age award-winning nature writer Diane Ackerman confronts the fact that the human race is now the single dominant force of change on the planet. Humans have `subdued 75 per cent of the land surface, concocted a wizardry of industrial & medical marvels, strung lights all across the darkness`. We now collect the DNA of vanishing species in a `frozen ark`, equip orang-utans with iPads, create wearable technologies & synthetic species that might one day outsmart us. Ackerman takes us on an exciting journey to understand this bewildering new reality, introducing us to many of the people & ideas now creating
- perhaps saving
- the future. The Human Age is a surprising, optimistic engagement with the dramatic transformations that have shaped, & continue to alter, our world, our relationship with nature & our prospects for the future. Diane Ackerman is one of our most lyrical, insightful & compelling writers on the natural world & The Human Age is a landmark book.

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A concise & illuminating tour of the human body
- learn about how our bodies work & why they work the way they do, in minutes.
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Based on a wide range of consultations with maritime organisations, the guide was produced by organisational psychologists GS Partnership Ltd., for consortium partners UK Maritime & Coastguard Agency, BP Shipping, Teekay Marine Services, & the Standard P Club. This publication won the Management & Operations category at the 2011 Safety at Sea International (SASI) awards. Aimed at everyone in the shipping industry, the Guide explains the fundamental aspects of human behaviour, which together constitute what the commercial maritime sector calls `the human element`. It makes clear that the human element is neither peripheral nor optional in the pursuit of a profitable & safe shipping industry. The Guide clearly shows that managing the human element must take place simultaneously at all levels of the industry. Analysis of continuing shipping disasters has increasingly implicated the human element. The loss of life, the impact on company profits & credibility, & the vast environmental damage that can result from the loss of even a single vessel remain clear. The Guide offers insight, explanation & advice to help manage the human element more effectively, more safely & more profitably. ...

Oslo, 1968. Ambitious young detective Inspector Kolbjorn Kristiansen is called to an apartment block, where a man has been found murdered. The victim, Harald Olesen, was a legendary hero of the Resistance during the Nazi occupation & at first it is difficult to imagine who could have wanted him dead. But as Detective Inspector Kolbjorn Kristiansen (known as K2) begins to investigate, it seems clear that the murderer could only be one of Olesen`s fellow tenants in the building. Soon, with the help of Patricia
- a brilliant young woman confined to a wheelchair following a terrible accident
- K2 will begin to untangle the web of lies surrounding Olesen`s neighbours; each of whom, it seems, had their own reasons for wanting Olesen dead. Their interviews, together with new & perplexing clues, will lead K2 & Patricia to dark events that took place during the Second World War.. . This gripping, evocative & ingenious mystery
- the first in a series featuring K2 & Patricia
- pays homage to the great Agatha Christie & will plunge readers into Norwegian history, & into a world of deceit & betrayal, revenge & the very darkest murder.



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An elderly woman agrees to sell her life story to an author with writer`s block she meets at a book fair. She needs to talk
- her
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THERE`S NO PLACE LIKE HOME. OR IS THERE? After an `incident` one wet Friday night where he is found walking naked through the streets of Cambridge, Professor Andrew Martin is not feeling quite himself. Food sickens him. Clothes confound him. Even his loving wife & teenage son are repulsive to him. He feels lost amongst an alien species & hates everyone on the planet. Everyone, that is, except Newton, & he`s a dog. Who is he really? & what could make someone change their mind about the human race... ? ...