Nothing on the tundra rotted.. . The whole history of human settlement lay exposed there, under that big northern sky. There was nowhere here for bones to hide. On Craig Isl&, a vast landscape of ice north of the Arctic Circle, three travellers are hunting duck. Among them is expert Inuit hunter & guide, Edie Kiglatuk; a woman born of this harsh, beautiful terrain. The two men are tourists, experiencing Arctic life in the raw, but when one of the men is shot dead in mysterious circumstances, the local Council of Elders in the tiny settlement of Autisaq is keen to dismiss it as an accident. Then two adventurers arrive in Autisaq hoping to search for the remains of the legendary Victorian explorer Sir James Fairfax. The men hire Edie -- whose ancestor Welatok guided Fairfax -- along with Edie's stepson Joe, & two parties set off in different directions. Four days later, Joe returns to Autisaq frostbitten, hypothermic & disoriented, to report his man missing. & when things take an even darker turn, Edie finds herself heartbroken, & facing the greatest challenge of her life.. .'A blazing star of a thriller: vivid, tightly-sprung, & satisfying on all levels. Encountering Edie Kiglatuk, the toughest, smartest Arctic heroine since Miss Smilla, left me with that rare feeling of privilege you get on meeting extraordinary people in real life. A huge achievement' Liz Jensen, author of The Rapture ' Edie is an ingenious & original creation but the most addictive character is the Arctic itself' Sunday Telegraph ...

Harold Wilson`s famous reference to `white heat` captured the optimistic spirit of a society in the midst of breathtaking change. From the gaudy pleasures of Swinging London to the tragic bloodshed in Northern Irel&, from the intrigues of Westminster to the drama of the World Cup, British life seemed to have taken on a dramatic new momentum. The memories, images & colourful personalities of those heady times still resonate today: mop-tops & mini-skirts, strikes & demonstrations, Carnaby Street & Kings Road, Harold Wilson & Edward Heath, Mary Quant & Jean Shrimpton, Enoch Powell & Mary Whitehouse, Marianne Faithfull & Mick Jagger. In this wonderfully rich & readable historical narrative, Dominic Sandbrook looks behind the myths of the Swinging Sixties to unearth the contradictions of a society caught between optimism & decline. ...

1867: a year of devastating famine in Finl&. Marja, a farmer`s wife from the north, sets off on foot through the snow with her two young children. Their goal: St Petersburg, where people say there is bread. Others are also heading south, just as desperate to survive. Ruuni, a boy she meets, seems trustworthy. But can anyone really help? ------ Why Peirene chose to publish this book: ` Like Cormac Mc Carthy`s The Road, this apocalyptic tale deals with the human will to survive. & let me be honest: There will come a point in this book where you can take no more of the snow-covered desolation. But then the first rays of spring sun appear & our belief in the human spirit revives. A stunning tale.` Meike Ziervogel, Publisher ...

Los Angeles, 1958: a city on the make. A boom town at the edge of a new era ripe for plunder. Lieutenant Dave Klein is in turn a lawyer, bagman, slum landlord & mob killer. Klein stands at the centre of a complex web of plots where violence & death will intersect. Told with his trademark blistering & relentless prose-poetry, White Jazz is a bleak & powerful nightmare of a crime thriller, & a fitting conclusion to the LA Quartet. It is one of the greatest crime writers of all time, writing at his best. ...

Home to mythical kingdoms, wars & expeditions, & strange & magical beasts, the Himalayas have always loomed tall in our imagination. Overrun at different times by Buddhism, Taoism, shamanism, Islam & Christianity, they are a grand central station of the world`s religions. They are also a plant hunter`s paradise, a climber`s challenge, & a traveller`s dream. In his quest to explore the region`s seismic history, Twigger seeks out the Nagas, who helped his grandfather build a camp for Allied soldiers near Imphal during the Second World War & takes the most scenic bike ride in the world from Lhasa to Kathmandu. The result is a sweeping, fascinating & surprising journey through the history of the world`s greatest mountain range. ...

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Map No. 741, White Mountains Nationa Park: Presidential Range
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White Mountains: Paxnes area in a series of contoured, GPS compatible hiking maps of Crete from Anavasi, printed waterproof & tear-resistant paper. Topography is shown by contour lines at 20m intervals, hill-shading, & spot heights. Landscape/l&-use variations are indicated, e.g. forest, orchard, vineyard. Footpaths & isolated huts are clearly marked. Other details include springs & intermittent streams, caves, marinas, hotels, beaches, cultural landmarks including churches & archaeological sites, etc. Place names are shown in both Greek & Latin script. The maps have a UTM grid & latitude & longitude margin ticks at 1' intervals. Map legend

Includes:: English. On the reverse of some sheets is a simplified version of the same map without the topographic detail, simply highlighting roads & waymarked hiking routes, including the E4. In this title: the map is centred on Aghio Pnevma peak & covers an area of 11km east/west x 23km north/south. On the reverse is a simplified version of the same map without the topographic detail, simply highlighting roads & waymarked hiking routes. Annotations provide useful hints for walkers, & walking times & distances are stated for selected routes.

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White Mountains: the Sfakia area in a series of contoured, GPS compatible hiking maps of Crete from Anavasi, printed waterproof & tear-resistant paper. Topography is shown by contour lines at 20m intervals, hill-shading, & spot heights. Landscape/l&-use variations are indicated, e.g. forest, orchard, vineyard. Footpaths & isolated huts are clearly marked. Other details include springs & intermittent streams, caves, marinas, hotels, beaches, cultural landmarks including churches & archaeological sites, etc. Place names are shown in both Greek & Latin script. The maps have a UTM grid & latitude & longitude margin ticks at 1' intervals. Map legend

Includes:: English. On the reverse of some sheets is a simplified version of the same map without the topographic detail, simply highlighting roads & waymarked hiking routes, including the E4. In this title: the coastal stretch between Aghia Roumeli & Chora Sfakion & inland to the Trocharis peak. On the reverse is a simplified version of the same map without the topographic detail, simply highlighting roads & waymarked hiking routes. Annotations provide useful hints for walkers, & walking times & distances are stated for selected routes.

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William Dalrymple’s fifth book, White Mughals, does not follow his usual technique of travelling & discovering & storytelling. Rather this work is a social history, an account of the much unknown warm relations that existed between the British & Indians in the 18th & early 19th centuries. During that time one in three British men living on the sub-continent were married to Indian women. Dalrymple’s account follows the life of James Achilles Kirkpatrick, the British representative at the court of the Nizam of Hyderabad, who fell in love with a beautiful young Mughal princess, Khair un-Nissa, the ‘ Most Excellent Among Women’. He soon converted to Islam & married her despite the opposition from all sides, & then became a double agent working for the Nizam & against his employers, the East India Company. He had become one of many ‘ White Mughals’. However, this book is not simply a love story in an exotic location, rather it is used as the anchor from which to explore the complex history of the British Empire in India. It’s an attempt to understand the cultural sharing & mixing that defines both eastern & western cultures & a rejection of religious intolerance & ethnic essentialism. Dalrymple received the Wolfson Prize for History 2003 & the Scottish Book of the Year Prize as well as winning a place on many other shortlists. ...