` 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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Imagine a disused living room in a grand house. In it is a tiger rug & a statue of a little girl. But is the tiger a real tiger, a fake or a magical carpet? Is the little girl real but bewitched or just a stone statue & will she ever come to life? By turns comical & lugubrious, the tiger gives the little girl plenty of versions of the truth, but how will she decide what is true & will she be able to break free? A parable about outgrowing your childhood & becoming what you want to be, this is a book for anyone who has ever felt `stuck` in their circumstances. ...

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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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. ...

If you have ever been asked to `not keep your legs`, offered a `villain roast bighead` for lunch, or even thought of visiting Buckshutem Wildlife Reserve, you will know that the English language is truly in a parlous condition. The Mad World of Sign Language is a compendium of the most inappropriate, confusing, poorly translated & downright bizarre signs from every corner of the globe, as spotted by the readers of the Telegraph whilst on their travels. It seems that few things amuse & appal this eagle-eyed tribe as much as the abuse, misuse, mistranslation & utter mangling of the English language. Here we present an entertaining round-the-world tour of their most egregious & amusing sightings, as collected by the weekly feature Sign Language. The ailing art of signwriting offers a timely warning about the imperilled state of modern English, both here & abroad. What more efficient & hilarious way to make the point? ...

A young woman moves into a Paris apartment & discovers a storage room filled with the belongings of the previous owner, a certain Madeleine who died in her late nineties, & whose treasured possessions nobody seems to want. In an audacious act of journalism driven by personal curiosity & humane tenderness, Clara Beaudoux embarks on The Madeleine Project, documenting what she finds on Twitter with text & photographs, introducing the world to an unsung twentieth-century figure. Along the way, she uncovers a Parisian life indelibly marked by European history. This is a graphic novel for the Twitter age, a true story that encapsulates one woman`s attempt to live a life of love & meaning together with a contemporary quest to prevent that existence from slipping into oblivion. Through it all, The Madeleine Project movingly chronicles, & allows us to reconstruct, intimate memories of a bygone era. Clara Beaudoux is a Paris-based journalist for the France Info news network. The Madeleine Project has been wildly popular in France. You can follow her on Twitter at @ Clarabdx. ...

This is a new translation of Simenon`s tense novel, book fifteen in the new Penguin Maigret series. He recalled his travelling companion`s agitated sleep
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- his sighs, & his sobbing. Then the two dangling legs, the patent-leather shoes & h&-knitted socks.. . An insipid face. Glazed eyes. & Maigret was not surprised to see a grey beard eating into his cheeks. A distressed passenger leaps off a night train & vanishes into the woods. Maigret, on his way to a well-earned break in the Dordogne, is soon plunged into the pursuit of a madman, hiding amongst the seemingly respectable citizens of Bergerac. Penguin is publishing the entire series of Maigret novels. ” Compelling, remorseless, brilliant”. (John Gray). ” One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century.. . Simenon was unequalled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories”. (Guardian). ”A supreme writer.. .unforgettable vividness”. (Independent). Georges Simenon was born in Liege, Belgium, in 1903. Best known in Britain as the author of the Maigret books, his prolific output of over 400 novels & short stories have made him a household name in continental Europe. He died in 1989 in Lausanne, Switzerl&, where he had lived for the latter part of his life.

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