It is Istanbul, 1838, & Lefevre, a French archaeologist, has arrived in Istanbul determined to uncover a lost Byzantine treasure. Yashim is hired to investigate him, but when the man turns up dead, there is only one suspect: Yashim himself. Once again, the investigator finds himself in a race against time to uncover the startling truth behind a shadowy secret society dedicated to the revival of the Byzantine Empire, caught in a deadly game deep beneath the city streets, a place where the stakes are high
- & betrayal is death.
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A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away... When the parents of Milo & Lina Graf are abducted by agents of the evil Empire, the children must undertake a perilous journey across the unknown reaches of Wild Space to rescue them
- & to discover hope for the future. In this first full-length adventure, Milo & Lina look for allies on an ancient frontier world
- but the cruel Imperial officer Captain Korda has prepared a trap... Look out for the other titles in this series: The Escape & The Nest.

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A magical tale about the importance of bedtime stories. In every house, in every bed, A bedtime book was being read... But then, one night, all the animals` bedtime story books start disappearing. One brave rabbit sets out to solve the mystery
- & finds that it`s a sad little Snatchabook, a small, magical creature who just wants someone to read to him.
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Lauren St John`s stunning Christmas classic is about forgotten children, the power of nature to heal us & a girl who will ...

Lauren St John`s stunning Christmas classic is about forgotten children, the power of nature to heal us & a girl who will ...

Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize 2013. A bewitching tale of heartbreak & hope set in 1920s Alaska, The Snow Child was a bestseller on hardback publication, & went on to establish itself as one of the key literary debuts of 2012, & was a Richard & Judy Bookclub pick. Alaska, the 1920s. Jack & Mabel have staked everything on a fresh start in a remote homestead, but the wilderness is a stark place, & Mabel is haunted by the baby she lost many years before. When a little girl appears mysteriously on their l&, each is filled with wonder, but also foreboding: is she what she seems, & can they find room in their hearts for her? Written with the clarity & vividness of the Russian fairy tale from which it takes its inspiration, The Snow Child is an instant classic. ...

William Fiennes’ The Snow Geese is the profoundly moving account of both a physical & spiritual migration following snow geese in their spring journey from the South to the Arctic
- a joy returning of one man’s rediscovering the world. Snow geese spend their summers in the Canadian Arctic, on the tundra. Each autumn they migrate south, to Delaware, California & the Gulf of Mexico, & in the spring they fly north again. One year, William Fiennes decided to go with them & to write about his travels. The result is an extraordinary journey, a mesmerizing story about the joys of being alive, of being on the move &
- above all
- of returning home.A blend of autobiography & reportage, Fiennes’ subject was in fact also homecoming: the birds on their long journeys home, the grace of homecomings, the strange gravity that home exerts. The arc of Fiennes` extraordinary physical adventure formed the backbone for meditations on philosophy, natural science & personal memoir. The book thrums with ideas, with stories & anecdotes, with humankind as well as wild fowl, with the funny & observant insights of an assured & highly entertaining writer.


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With an introduction by Robert Macfarlane Shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize & winner of the Hawthornden Prize. I had attached myself to the birds. I couldn`t move on until the birds moved on, & the birds couldn`t move on without the spring. One winter, after an enforced period of recuperation, William Fiennes finds himself restless & yearning for adventure. He travels to Texas, where he begins a quest to trace the million-strong flocks of snow geese making their spring flight thousands of miles north to the Arctic tundra. On his epic journey he meets people from every walk of life, from ex-nuns to train fanatics, & their stories resound with the longing to arrive at the right place in the world. Shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize & winner of the Hawthornden Prize, The Snow Geese is a poignant & lyrical paean to the richness & wonder of the world around us. A unique blend of autobiography, travel & nature writing, this is a classic tale of belonging & the inescapable lure of home. ...

The Snow Leopard was inspired by the author`s 1973 journey with George Schaller, a field biologist, to Crystal Mountain in the Himalayas, to study the wild blue sheep of the region. They also hoped to see the rare snow leopard, an almost mythical creature which Schaller once glimpsed on a previous visit. As a student of Zen Buddhism, the author`s search for the snow leopard evolved into a quest for the meaning of Being. ...

From the fabulous partnership of award-winning author Jim Helmore & the brilliant Richard Jones comes a stunning book about ...