Long Time, No See introduces us to the unforgettable world of Mister Psyche. In the isolated coastal townland of Ballintra in the Northwest of Ireland Recent school-leaver, occasional worker, full-time companion & Malibu-provider to Uncle Joe-Joe & his friend, The Blackbird, Psyche is a boy on the cusp of adulthood, undone by a recent traumatic event. Hanging out with men some forty-plus years his senior proves hazardous for Mister Psyche when the appearance of a bullet-hole in Uncle Joe-Joes window draws him into a series of (mis)-adventures which unsettle & bemuse. Perhaps The Blackbird is losing it? Or perhaps The General has decided to act on a decades-old grudge? Whichever way, as the paranoia grabs a creeping hold of Uncle Joe-Joe, his fragile world threatens to collapse. & it is Mister Psyche who must digest this & acknowledge the new world taking shape in the old.. . An epic in miniature peopled by a cast of innocents & broken misfits, Long Time, No Sees lyrical power casts a miraculous literary spell. Show More Show Less ...

The riveting memoirs of the outstanding moral & political leader of our time, LONG WALK TO FREEDOM brilliantly recreates the drama of the experiences that helped shape Nelson Mandela's destiny. From his beginning in the Transkei to his being taken to Robben Isl&, this is the remarkable story of how a man rose so far, only to be sentenced to life imprisonment. Emotive & compelling, this is the story of an epic life. ' Burns with the luminosity of faith in the invincible nature of human hope & dignity... Unforgettable' ANDRE BRINK ' Enthralling... Mandela emulates the few great political leaders such as Lincoln & Gandhi, who go beyond mere consensus & move out ahead of their followers to break new ground' Donald Woods in the SUNDAY TIMES. This book has 497 pages & is 10.8 x 3.7 x 17.9 cm ...

A generation after the events of The Long Earth, mankind has spread across the new worlds opened up by Stepping. Where Joshua & Lobsang once pioneered, now fleets of airships link the stepwise Americas with trade & culture. Mankind is shaping the Long Earth
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Eighteen countries. Fifteen thousand miles. Two bikers. One amazing adventure.   After their fantastic trip round the world in 2004, Ewan Mc Gregor & Charley Boorman couldn't shake the travel bug. Inspired by their UNICEF visit to Africa, they know they had to go back & experience this extraordinary continent in more depth. & so they set off on their 15, 000-mile adventure, experiencing some of the toughest terrain in the world & meeting some of the friendliest people. Riding through spectacular scenery, often in extreme temperatures, Ewan & Charley faced their hardest challenge yet. With their trademark humour & honesty they tell their story - the drama, the dangers & the sheer exhilaration of riding together again, through a continent filled with magic & wonder. ...

Read by Mark Bonnar & Rupert Degas. Eighteen countries. Five shock absorbers. Two bikers. One amazing adventure... After their fantastic trip round the world in 2004, fellow actors & bike fanatics Ewan Mc Gregor & Charley Boorman couldn't shake the travel bug. Inspired by their UNICEF visits to Africa, they knew they had to go back & experience this extraordinary continent in more depth. With two new BMWs loaded up for the trip, their route took them from John O' Groats at the northernmost tip of Scotland to Cape Agulhas on the southernmost tip of South Africa. Riding through spectacular scenery, often in extreme temperatures, Ewan & Charley faced their hardest challenges yet. With their trademark humour & honesty they tell their story
- the drama, the dangers & the sheer exhilaration of riding together again through a continent filled with magic & wonder.
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Read by Mark Bonnar & Rupert Degas. It started as a daydream. Poring over an atlas at home one quiet Saturday afternoon, Ewan Mc Gregor
- actor & self-confessed bike nut
- noticed that it was possible to ride all the way round the world. So he picked up the phone & called Charley Boorman, his best friend, fellow actor & bike enthusiast. ' Charley' he said, 'I think you ought to come over for dinner.' Riding 20, 000 miles across increasingly tough terrain, Ewan & Charley chased their shadows through Europe, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russia, across the Pacific to Alaska, then down through Canada & America. Long Way Round is the result of their adventures
- a fascinating, frank & highly entertaining travel book about two friends riding round the world together &, against all the odds, realising their dreams.


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Helps the reader to gain an appreciation of the joy & satisfaction that can be gained from from long-distance pigeon racing. This title is intended particularly for those who participate in racing pigeons at distances of over five hundred miles, but will also be useful to all pigeon fanciers. ...

Janey Stafford is involved in an accident when searching for her nephew's father. Luke Bresciano keeps a vigil at her hospital bedside wondering why she is in Crocodile Creek. Luke & Janey go way back... Can they all be reunited
- this time as a family?
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The tenth anniversary edition of the dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest: the search for the solution of how to calculate longitude & the unlikely triumph of an English genius. With a new Foreword by the celebrated astronaut Neil Armstrong. ...

Designed to fit the National Curriculum, this is part of the Longman Book Project. The project aims to enable teachers throughout the primary school to teach language fiction & non-fiction. It also offers practical guidance & in-built record keeping & assessment. ...