The Lure of the Lake District describes Steve Goodier’s passion for fell-walking & explores lesser-known routes around the region, including some of the author’s favourite but generally disregarded hills & a few of the area’s oddities. Famous writers, such as Coleridge, Wordsworth & Wainwright, who have celebrated The Lakes in their work & share the author’s love of the district, are called upon to further evoke the region. ...

” If you give anything to a Norwegian (old meat tins are always thankfully received), he will give your hand a silent grip more expressive than many words” The Lure of the North is part of ` Found on the Shelves`, published with The London Library. The books in this series have been chosen to give a fascinating insight into the treasures that can be found while browsing in The London Library. Now celebrating its 175th anniversary, with over 17 miles of shelving & more than a million books, The London Library has become an unrivalled archive of the modes, manners & thoughts of each generation which has helped to form it. This book is special to us because it contains an essay by Edward Stanford Junior, the son of our founder who later took over the business. He wrote `A Cruise on the Hardanger Fiord` in 1881 about his tour to Norway. It`s an exceptional piece of travel writing, if we do say so ourself. ...

Vladimir Nabokov`s early novel is the dazzling story of the coarse, strange yet oddly endearing chess-playing genius Luzhin. Discovering his prodigious gift in boyhood & rising to the rank of International Grandmaster, Luzhin develops a lyrical passion for chess that renders the real world a phantom. As he confronts the fiery, swift-swooping Italian Grandmaster Turati, he brings into play his carefully devised defence. Making masterly play of metaphor & imagery, ” The Luzhin Defense” is the book that, of his early works, Nabokov felt `contains & diffuses the greatest warmth`. ...

` There are not so many places left where magic reigns without interruption & of all those I know, the coast of Lycia was the most magical.` Lycia, on the southwestern coast of Turkey, is an ancient land steeped in mystery, myth & legend. Home to the fiery chimera & to the great heroes Sarpedon & Penderus; heartland of worship for the goddess Leto & her children Apollo & Artemis; old ally of Troy, lure to conquering Cyrus & Alexander & to centuries of travellers, artists & writers
- Lycia, part of the ` Turquoise Coast` now attracts more tourists to her glimmering shores than any other part of Turkey. In the early 1950s, following the trail of ancient Persian & Greek traders, Freya Stark set out by boat to explore the Lycian coast. She was guided by the traces of Lycia`s rich history & cultural heritage. For all those who now follow in her wake, there can be no better, more evocative or knowledgeable guide to this, Turkey`s most enchanting coast.
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The Lycian Way is one of the few guides dedicated to Turkey’s popular long-distance walking route, written by walker Kate Clow. The guide covers the 500km long-distance walking route along the coastline & is organized into 29 daily walking stages, allowing walkers to complete the entire distance or to choose individual routes. A double-sided fold-out map at the back of the book gives an overview of the Lycian Way & general coverage of Turkey’s coastline. The guide is structured in three main parts
- an Introduction, History & Nature & The Route. A detailed introduction provides practical information on the Lycian Way, waymarking, when to walk, travelling independently, what to bring, sleeping & shopping & food & drink. Part 2 offers a brief history of Lycia, what to look out for & natural history, in addition to an exploration of rural Turkish life. Each stage of the route begins with a general overview of the day’s trek & hourly times indicate the progression of the walk throughout the day. Detailed route descriptions are accompanied by gradient profiles showing the difficulty of the walking as well as commentary on significant sites & places of interest on route. Black & white & colour photographs illustrate some of the highlights of the region.
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The twisting new thriller from international sensation Ruth Ware, author of Sunday Times bestsellers In a Dark, Dark Wood & The Woman in Cabin 10` Another heart-stopping belter of a thriller from an epic talent` Heat The text message arrives in the small hours of the morning: I need you. Isa drops everything, takes her baby daughter & heads straight to Salten. She spent the most significant days of her life at boarding school on the marshes there, days which still cast their shadow over her. Isa & her three best friends used to play the Lying Game, competing to convince people of outrageous stories. Now, after seventeen years of hiding the truth, something terrible has been found on the beach. The friends` darkest secret is about to come to light...`I could not put this book down` REESE WITHERSPOON` Atmospheric, mysterious, gripping` MARIAN KEYESNow available for pre-order: Ruth Ware`s brand new psychological thriller, The Death of Mrs Westaway. Coming June 2018. ...

`I cannot be killed indoors, ` he said, `nor out of doors; I cannot be killed on horseback, nor on foot.` ` Well, ` she said, `how can you be killed?` Celtic mythology, Arthurian romance, & an intriguing interpretation of British history
- these are just some of the themes embraced by the anonymous authors of the eleven tales that make up the Welsh medieval masterpiece known as the Mabinogion. They tell of Gwydion the shape-shifter, who can create a woman out of flowers; of Math the magician whose feet must lie in the lap of a virgin; of hanging a pregnant mouse & hunting a magical boar. Dragons, witches, & giants live alongside kings & heroes, & quests of honour, revenge, & love are set against the backdrop of a country struggling to retain its independence. This new translation, the first for thirty years, recreates the storytelling world of medieval Wales & re-invests the tales with the power of performance. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World`s Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford`s commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, & much more.
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The Macmillan Alice Colouring Book is a beautifully produced colouring book, with black line illustrations by Sir John Tenniel, taken from the original Alice`s Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass, with added decoration & imagery to stimulate the imagination & soothe the mind, as you lose yourself in Wonderl&. This gorgeous colouring book, from the original publisher of Lewis Carroll`s beloved masterpiece, features all of Wonderland`s favourite characters, the White Rabbit, the Cheshire Cat, the Mad Hatter, the Red Queen & of course Alice herself
- just waiting to be brought to life with colour.
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This delightful book contains thirty postcards illustrated with images from Alice`s Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass. Each postcard has a"ation from Lewis Carroll`s classic text on the reverse, setting it in the context of the original stories. All our favourite characters are here
- in addition to Alice there are images of the Mad Hatter, Humpty Dumpty, the White Rabbit & many other characters. The front of each card is printed in full colour, using the coloured versions of John Tenniel`s iconic illustrations. The Macmillan Alice Postcard Book is a wonderful celebration of one of the best loved children`s classics, from Lewis Carroll. A great gift to give or to keep for yourself!
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First published in 1920, The Mad Toy is set in Buenos Aires in the early twentieth century. Feeling the alienation of youth, Silvio Astier`s gang tours neighbourhoods, inflicting waves of petty crime, stealing from homes & shops until the police are forced to intervene. Drifting then from one career & subsequent crime to another, Silvio`s main difficulty is his own intelligence, with which he grapples. Writing in the language of the streets & basing his writings in part on his own experience, with his characters wandering in a modern world, Arlt creates a book that combines realism, humour & anger with detective story. Trailblazing for Boom writers who were to follow him such as Gabriel Garcia Marquez & Isabel Allende, Roberto Arlt is rated as one of the greatest Argentinean writers. Although astronomically famous in South America, Roberto Arlt`s name is still relatively unknown in Anglophone circles, but the rising wave of appreciation of South American literature is bringing him to the fore. ...