Following a plane crash, the British consul Conway, his deputy, a missionary & an American financier find themselves in the mysterious snow-capped mountains somewhere in Tibet. Instructed by the mortally wounded pilot to find the lamasery of Shangri-La, they are both confused & delighted to be greeted with gracious hospitality there, but find themselves virtually imprisoned in the mystical & beautiful place. With its luxurious amenities, a vast library & many antiques treasures, what is the dark secret at the heart of the apparent utopia of Shangri-La? Summersdale are delighted to be re-releasing Lost Horizon, first published in 1933 & greet with enormous critical & public acclaim. ...

A vicious murder is committed, but who has blood on their hands?

On a hot summer's afternoon, Michelle Wentworth

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Thursday Next, literary detective & newlywed is back to embark on an adventure that begins, quite literally on her own doorstep. It seems that Landen, her husband of four weeks, actually drowned in an accident when he was two years old. Someone, somewhere, sometime, is responsible. The sinister Goliath Corporation wants its operative Jack Schitt out of the poem in which Thursday trapped him, & it will do almost anything to achieve this
- but bribing the Chrono Guard? Is that possible? Having barely caught her breath after The Eyre Affair, Thursday must battle corrupt politicians, try to save the world from extinction, & help the Neanderthals to species self-determination. Mastadon migrations, journeys into Just William, a chance meeting with the Flopsy Bunnies, & violent life-&-death struggles in the summer sales are all part of a greater plan.
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An utterly gripping nonfiction adventure narrative, Lost in Shangri-La is an untold true story of war, survival, discovery, heroism, & a near-impossible rescue mission. Three months before the end of World War II, a U.S. Army plane flying over New Guinea crashed in uncharted mountains inhabited by a Stone Age tribe. Nineteen passengers & crew were killed & two were mortally wounded. But somehow three survived: a lieutenant whose twin brother died in the crash, a sergeant who suffered terrible head wounds, & a beautiful member of the Women's Army Corps. Hurt, unarmed & afraid, they prayed for deliverance ? from their wounds, from the elements, & from the spear-carrying, Dani tribesmen who roamed the mountains, men who were untouched by modernity. For seven weeks, the survivors experienced one remarkable adventure after another, until they were rescued in a truly incredible mission. Using a huge range of sources, including first hand accounts from the survivors themselves, Mitchell Zukoff exposes the enlightening & terrifying adventure of three individuals lost on unknown soil & the relationships they built not only with each other, but also with a lost civilization. ...

Four backpackers meet in Bolivia & set off into the rainforest on a dream expedition, lured by the promise of uncharted villages & forgotten tribes hidden in places tourists only dream of seeing. But what begins as the adventure of a lifetime quickly becomes a struggle for survival when they get lost in the wilds of the Amazonian jungle. ...

Details: Lost Leviathans is a joyful celebration of Colin Garratt's 40 years of professionally documenting these wonderful
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Details: When he left the LAPD Bosch took a file with him: the case of a production assistant murdered four years earlier
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Tells the story of the city as told through the buildings, parks & palaces that are no longer with us. From bull rings to ice fairs, plague pits to molly houses, this title takes you on a journey through London's forgotten past, unearthing the stories t ...

Real Clear Politics senior analyst Sean Trende explores the underlying weaknesses of the Democratic promise of recent years, & shows how unlikely a new era of liberal values always was as demonstrated by the current backlash against unions & other Democratic pillars. ...

In 1914, Sir Ernest Shackleton set forth to make history with the first-ever crossing of the Antarctic continent. He sailed into the Weddell Sea aboard the Endurance, while a ship called the Aurora sailed into the Ross Sea to create a lifeline of vital food & fuel depots to supply the epic crossing. Yet all went tragically wrong. ...