High class Moscow hooker A. Huli is foxy in more ways than one... And when a client goes inexplicably & fatally berserk at the sight of her in his luxury suite she has to employ all of her cunning to escape. But it's not till she places an ad on the internet that trouble really begins to kick off as the journey she takes catapults her into a world of perverts, former KGB agents, oil tycoons & amorous werewolves. ...

Longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize 2017WANTED: Diligent volunteer to carry out two months`painstaking archival work for private library. Board & lodging provided; curiosity & imagination rewarded. When Samuel Browne`s wife unexpectedly leaves him, his world crumbles
- until he spies this job advert hidden between the pages of a second-hand book. It leads him deep into the English countryside, to a new job in a cold & ancient house. Sam must find a lost letter, hidden in a library of eighteen thousand books. As he sets to work under the watchful eyes of the house`s eccentric inhabitants, he soon realises that this is not the only mystery that this strange, seductive place holds.. .
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We`ve all got one. A secret, special place. Hidden. Enclosed. A little greener & more fertile than the world outside. Here the birds are slightly more exotic, slightly more confiding, the grass greener & the fruit sweeter. To know such a place, to love such a place, is part of being human. Sometimes it`s a place of myth, like the Garden of Eden. Sometimes it exists in fictional form, like Narnia or Shangri-La. Sometimes it comes in memories of a golden day in childhood, or in a glorious, doomed love affair. Sometimes it`s a real place that we daren`t go back to, for fear that it
- or we
- had changed. & just occasionally it`s a real place. A place where you leave a small piece of your heart & return as often as you can so as not to lose it. It`s a place of privilege. Simon Barnes found such a place when he woke in his first morning in the Luangwa Valley in Zambia to find elephants eating the roof of his hut. It was a homecoming, & he has been faithful to that passion ever since. Here he has known peace, danger, discomfort, fear & a profound sense of oneness with the Valley, with all nature & with the world. With the Valley he found completion. This book explores the special places of the mind & the world, with special reference to the Luangwa Valley & the glorious support of the Valley`s great artist, Pam Carr. It`s a book about the quest for paradise, & the eternal human search to find such a paradise everywhere.

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Spirituality is the shining thread that runs through every motif of the rich & complex tapestry that is India. It is not only worship in temple, mosque or church, in gurudwara or agiary, that defines the faith of Indians
- it is their ordinary, everyday kind of spirituality that serves as an axis, balancing the temporal with the eternal. ” The Sacred India Book” seizes & distils this ephemeral quality often described as `the Spirit of India`. Amit Pasricha seeks out meditative moments & momentous ones, exalted moments & exultant ones
- the eternal quality of a weathered cross overlooking a windswept beach, the ecstatically outstretched hands of Holi celebrants at Vrindavan, the quiet faith of a women as she ties a piece of coloured thread on the latticed screen of a shrine. His photographs lay before the viewer the colourful, intricate mosaic of Indian religion, spirituality, ritual & tradition: images of religious art such as the living, writhing energy of unfinished idols in a potter`s shed in Kolkata; the making of religious music a Buddhists chant from atop icy mountains; &, the richness of religious traditions in the pristine precision of a Parsi ritual. Amit Pasricha`s masterful use of the panoramic format
- in unintentional but fitting consonance with the wide, encompassing nature of the sacred in India
- & Bharati Motwani`s insightful text make ” The Sacred India Book” a limited edition to be preserved & treasured.



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From the extraordinary Machu Picchu set high in the Andes to Uluru in the central Australian desert, & from Britain's Glastonbury Tor to Saint Catherine's Monastery beneath Mount Sinai, this book is a homage to those sites around the world that have inspired faith, devotion & mystical experiences. Understand the spiritual significance of major buildings such as Borobudur in Java & Chartres Cathedral in France, learn about the sacred traditions associated with each monument & unlock the symbolic meaning of incredible landscapes & natural landforms. Featuring reconstructions, location maps & plans of the sites as they would have appeared at their height, along with key pilgrimage routes & advice on when to visit them, The Sacred Sites Bible is an essential guide to these ancient wonders. ...

An atmospheric, chilling page turner from rising star Martin Stewart, reminiscent of Stand by Me & Stranger Things. Sep, Arkle, Mack, Lamb & Hadley: five friends thrown together one hot, sultry summer. When they discover an ancient stone box hidden in the forest, they decide to each make a sacrifice: something special to them, committed to the box for ever. & they make a pact: they will never return to the box at night; they`ll never visit it alone; & they`ll never take back their offerings. Four years later, the gang have drifted apart. Then a series of strange & terrifying events take place, & Sep & his friends understand that one of them has broken the pact. As their sacrifices haunt them with increased violence & hunger, they realise that they are not the first children to have found the box in their town`s history. & ultimately, the box may want the greatest sacrifice of all: one of them. ...

` The seed of madness exists in all of us & with no warning may attack, overpower, crush & bury us...` Policarpo Quaresma
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A tantalising tale of what befalls nine different individuals travelling the desert route between Mecca & Medina in the middle of the nineteenth century, as they encounter a mysterious saddlebag that changes each of their lives. It seems a perfectly ordinary saddlebag when the Thief steals it from a Pilgrim; but what are its contents, so precious & so powerful that they can wreak death or joy, ruin or salvation? ` Like CATCH 22 & THE GOD OF SMALL THINGS, when you finish reading Bahiyyih Nakhjavani`s debut novel, you wonder how on earth she is ever going to be able to follow it up, such is the uniqueness of its form, the precise simplicity of its language & the vaguely unsettling nature of its premise` BIG ISSUE ...

This book teaches children about five key animals from the savannah. It features fun, educational rhymes & bright illustrations throughout. Pocket in the back of the book contains 5 perforated pop-out animals to construct into 3D figures, plus 1 accessory. Teach your children about the animals of the savannah with this fun & educational books. Five animals are explored: leopard, giraffe, elephant, lion & zebra. With two spreads dedicated to each animal, adults will be able to read the short playful rhyme on each spread to children & look at the bright illustrations. Children are able to pop out the paper animals from the perforated pages contained in a pocket at the back of the book & create 3D figures simply by folding & adding a few dabs of glue. The inside of the dust jacket is printed full colour with a representation of the animals` environment in a style identical to the illustrations within the book. Children have the option of using this as a backdrop & there are also accessories to make & add to the scene. ...

Throughout Britain`s history, one factor above all others has determined the fate of the nation: its navy. N. A. M. Rodger`s definitive account reveals how the political & social progress of Britain has been inextricably intertwined with the strength
- & weakness
- of its sea power, from the desperate early campaigns against the Vikings to the defeat of the great Spanish Armada. Covering policy, strategy, ships, recruitment & weapons, this is a superb tapestry of nearly 1, 000 years of maritime history. ` No other historian has examined the subject in anything like the detail found here. The result is an outstanding example of narrative history` Barry Unsworth, Sunday Telegraph

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