A personal selection of Van Greaves' photos of British mountains, representing the best of forty years of dedicated work, Mountain Magic features over one hundred & fifty outstanding images of iconic peaks like Snowdon, Scafell, Ben Nevis, The Torridons, Haystacks & the Cullins of Skye. Dramatic captions tell of the hardships endured & the patience required in taking these photos, which include extraordinary light & weather conditions
- summer sunsets over Snowdownia, dawn over High Stile Ridge, Ben Nevis in a winter squall.
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Read With Biff, Chip & Kipper is the UK's best-selling home reading series. Over 5 million copies of the series sold in the UK alone since 2005. It is based on Oxford Reading Tree which is used in 80% of primary schools. Level 6 First Stories have been specially written to introduce & practise a range of everyday words & story language. Fun plots & carefully levelled text with gradual progression create the perfect combination to build children's confidence & enjoyment of reading. Key words at this level include: laughed, something, under, behind, suddenly, shouted, station, climbed/climbing/climber, thought, wasn't, could/couldn't These four engaging Biff, Chip & Kipper adventures include tips for reading together & for talking about the story, puzzles & fun activities. Written by Roderick Hunt & beautifully illustrated by Alex Brychta, they are perfect for children who are developing their vocabulary, fluency & confidence in reading. Level 6 Phonics stories are also available to introduce letter sounds & practise reading by sounding out words, as children learn to do at school. ...

Everything needed to paint your own masterpiece in one convenient kit with no numbers! These Master piece kits allow you much more freedom than paint-by-number kits & are a natural advancing step up from them. These images are pre-printed on the canvas in a faded black & white; all you do is add the color! No shading skills necessary! This kit contains:- 1 x pre-printed stretched canvas- 12 x tubes of acrylic paints- 1 x wooden palette- 1 x  flat brush- 1 x round brush- 1 x instruction booklet ...

Have hours of fun piecing together this stunning Winter Mountain View image. This picture perfect puzzle

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Have hours of fun piecing together this stunning Mountain View Chapel image!

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As a medical student, Dr Paul Farmer found his life's calling: to cure infectious diseases & to bring the lifesaving tools of modern medicine
- so readily available in the developed world
- to those who need them most. The author's account shows how, from achieving this modest dream, one person can make a difference in solving global problems.

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Guidebook to the Sierras de Tejeda, Almijara Y Alhama mountains in the Spanish region of Axarquia. The 24 day walks are accessible from the holiday towns of Nerja & Velez-Malaga on the Costa del Sol. Routes range from easy strolls to strenuous climbs. The mountains are largely limestone, with some summits reaching over 2000m. ...

A definitive guidebook to walking & trekking in Romania's Carpathian Mountains, one of the wildest parts of Eastern Europe. Covers all the main ranges in the southern Carpathians, & the Eastern Carpathians & Bucovina's monasteries. Complete information on getting to grips with Romania. ...

Why do so many feel compelled to risk their lives climbing mountains? During the climbing season, one person a day dies in the Alps, & more people die climbing in this season in Scotland than they do on the roads. This title pursues an investigation int ...

There have been many biographies of Mountbatten, but none by a naval officer, still les by one whose career was broadly contemporary with, albeit junior to, Mountbatten's. This book, written by someone who himself commanded warships & contributed to defence strategy, analyses & often dismisses the ill-informed criticism & highlights the remarkable vision & persuasive powers of a man who had to overcome the 'disadvantage' of royal lineage in order to be taken seriously as an officer & defence strategist. ...