Izzy is really pleased to have been put in charge of the new girl at school. Matilde is French, & Izzy & her friends can`t wait to show her their den & its moth, & to help her avoid school dinners (also known as poison). But Matilde LOVES school dinners & even has seconds! & that`s when they know. Matilde is a spy & she has come to find out their secrets. They must stop her before it`s TOO LATE!!! ...

He fought on both sides in the Spanish Civil War. He was awarded the Iron Cross by Hitler & an MBE by Britain. To MI5 he was known as Garbo. To the Abwehr, he was Alaric. He also went by Rags the Indian Poet, Mrs Gerbers, Stanley the Welsh Nationalist
- & 24 other names. He tricked Hitler over D-Day. He was the greatest double agent in history. But who, exactly, was Juan Pujol? Using his intimate knowledge of Spain & his skills as a crime novelist, Jason Webster tells for the first time the full true story of the character who captured the imagination in Ben Macintyre`s Double Cross. He tells of Pujol`s early life in Spain, his determination to fight totalitarianism
- & his strange journey from German spy to MI5. Working for the British, whom he saw as the exemplars of freedom & democracy, he created a bizarre fictional network of spies
- 29 of them
- that misled the entire German high comm&, including Hitler himself. Above all, in Operation Fortitude he diverted German Panzer divisions away from Normandy, playing a crucial role in safeguarding D-Day & ending the war, & securing his reputation as the most successful double agent of the war. Meticulously researched, yet told with the verve of a thriller, The Spy with 29 Names uncovers the truth
- far stranger than any fiction
- about the spy behind one of recent history`s most important & dramatic events.





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HE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ` Silicon Valley needed a history lesson & Ferguson has provided it` Eric Schmidt Most history is about the people at the top of the towers of power. But what if the real action is in the social networks down below, in the town squares? Niall Ferguson, the international bestselling author of Empire, The Ascent of Money & Civilization, brilliantly recasts past & present as an unending contest between hierarchies & networks. ` Provocative, snappy, a rare book.. . fasten your seatbelts` Peter Frankopan, Daily Telegraph ` Immensely stimulating, absorbing, illuminating.. . sends ideas blazing all over the place.. . one of the best popular historians of our time` David Goodhart, Prospect ` Powerful, fast-paced.. . a pull-yourself-together warning to the present by way of arresting historical precedent` Andrew Anthony, Guardian ` Captivating & compelling` Jonathan A. Knee, The New York Times Author Biography: Niall Ferguson is one of Britain`s most renowned historians. He is the Milbank Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, a senior fellow of the Center for European Studies at Harvard University, & a Visiting Professor at Tsinghua University, Beijing. His books include The House of Rothschild, Empire, The War of the World, The Ascent of Money, The Great Degeneration & Kissinger, 1923-1968: The Idealist. His many prizes include the Benjamin Franklin Prize for Public Service (2010), the Hayek Prize for Lifetime Achievement (2012) & the Ludwig Erhard Prize for Economic Journalism (2013). Promotional Information: The new bestseller that shows why everything we thought we knew about history was wrong. ...

What if everything we thought we knew about history was wrong? From the global bestselling author of Empire, The Ascent of Money & Civilization, this is a whole new way of looking at the world. Most history is hierarchical: it`s about popes, presidents, & prime ministers. But what if that`s simply because they create the historical archives? What if we are missing equally powerful but less visible networks-leaving them to the conspiracy theorists, with their dreams of all-powerful Illuminati? The twenty-first century has been hailed as the Networked Age. But in The Square & the Tower, Niall Ferguson argues that social networks are nothing new. From the printers & preachers who made the Reformation to the freemasons who led the American Revolution, it was the networkers who disrupted the old order of popes & kings. Far from being novel, our era is the Second Networked Age, with the computer in the role of the printing press. Those looking forward to a utopia of interconnected `netizens` may therefore be disappointed. For networks are prone to clustering, contagions, & even outages. & the conflicts of the past already have unnerving parallels today, in the time of Facebook, Islamic State & Trumpworld. ...

The City of London is the historic heart of London. It refers to the area within the original old walled city built by the Romans around AD50. This, the oldest part of London, stretches from Temple & Fleet Street in the west to Aldgate & the Tower of London in the east, from Smithfield & the Barbican in the north to the River Thames in the south. This small area of just over one square mile is the smallest ceremonial county & a thriving business centre. The City embodies a mix of tradition & change; it is the most historic part of London, yet also the most modern; a kingdom of its own with many customs, traditions & pomp & ceremony preserved for centuries mixing easily with modern life. It is a business & financial centre with beautiful churches & tranquil green spaces where Roman ruins, medieval timber buildings, Tudor & Georgian houses sit next to iconic towering skyscrapers. Writer & photographer Beata Moore captures the architecture, history & beauty of the square mile. ...

This is a brand new edition of the St Paul Trail guidebook, following the saint`s journey from Perge, near Antalya, Turkey to Antioch in Pisidia. This book is the essential guide & map to Turkey`s second long-distance walking route. St Paul Trail consists of about 500km of waymarked walking trail following Roman roads, village paths & medieval trails through the Toros mountains. The landscape of Turkey`s Toros mountains & lake district contrasts & combines in a jumbled geography of forest, canyon & ridges; the byways resound in history; hospitality is a natural instinct in every home. This enticing combination will delight any walker on Turkey`s second long-distance trekking & Cultural Route. The peaks, lakes & valleys on this route offer a different perspective on Turkey from the Aegean & Mediterranean coastlines which draw so many tourists. Unlike the mountains of Eastern Turkey
- the fabulous Kackar & the Aladaglar which attract adrenaline-fuelled adventure seekers during a short trekking season
- the Toros mountains & lake district are easily accessible. Most importantly, the area has a visible, walkable history with some interesting challenges thrown in. St Paul`s travels in the area provided the inspiration for this walking route. Turkey now has 15 long-distance routes for walkers, through a variety of terrain, & welcomes both day walkers & long-distance hikers. Both independent walkers & those walking with a group or agency will find the background information in this book adds to the enjoyment of their holiday.

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This is a fantastic bumper volume of classic stories from a much-loved author. The O` Sullivan twins & their friends are back in this collection recounting their middle years at the famous boarding school. There are some new arrivals who cause a commotion, but as tricks are played & hidden talents revealed, the girls find a way to get along together
- or most of them do! This volume collects books 4-6 in the series, Second Form at St. Clare`s, Third Form at St. Clare`s & Kitty at St. Clare`s. Books 5 & 6 are by Pamela Cox.
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From the award-winning novelist & short story writer, Lionel Shriver, comes a literary gem, a story about love & the power of a gift. When Weston Babansky receives an extravagant engagement present from his best friend (and old flame) Jillian Frisk, he doesn’t quite know what to make of it – or how to get it past his fiancée. Especially as it’s a massive, handmade, intensely personal sculpture that they’d have to live with forever. As the argument rages about whether Jillian’s gift was an act of pure platonic generosity or something more insidious, battle lines are drawn… Can men & women ever be friends? Just friends? Described by the Sunday Times as ‘a brilliant writer’ with ‘a strong, clear & strangely seductive voice’, Lionel Shriver has written a glittering examination of friendship, ownership & the conditions of love. ...

Two Cambridge academics, the historians Nick & Sarah Mallinson, take a sabbatical with their three small & lively girls in a remote Languedoc farmhouse. But the farmhouse contains its own histories, far darker & murkier than the Mallinsons are used to dealing with. As the illusion of Eden retreats, the couple begin to feel the vulnerability of being among strangers... ...

To avoid disappointment please note this novel was previously titled THE GALLOWS BIRD. Scandinavian crime sensation & No. 1 international bestseller, Camilla Lackberg`s fourth psychological thriller
- for fans of Stieg Larsson & Jo Nesbo A local woman is killed in a tragic car crash. It`s a strange accident
- the victim`s blood contains high alcohol levels, but she rarely drank a drop. The case marks the end of a quiet winter for Detective Patrik Hedstrom. Meanwhile, a reality TV show begins shooting in the town, & as cameras shadow the stars` every move, tempers start to flare. When a drunken party ends with an unpopular contestant`s murder, all eyes turn to the cast & crew
- could there be a murderer among them? The ratings spike as the country tunes in to a real life murder mystery. Under the unforgiving media spotlight, Patrik tackles his toughest investigation yet...


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