In 1880 the continent of Africa was largely unexplored by Europeans. Less than thirty years later, only Liberia & Ethiopia remained unconquered by them. The rest
- 10 million square miles with 110 million bewildered new subjects
- had been carved up by five European powers (and one extraordinary individual) in the name of Commerce, Christianity, ' Civilization' & Conquest. The Scramble for Africa is the first full-scale study of that extraordinary episode in history. This book has 738 pages & is 19.7cm x 12.9cm x 4.9cm

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In August 2007 the world reacted with consternation as Russia planted a flag beneath the ice of the North Pole, symbolising the Kremlins claim to the Arctic with its vast mineral resources, & firing the starting gun on the worlds last colonial scramble. The Scramble for the Arctic examines the history of the region & its exploration, the current state of ownership, the legal status of the Arctic & its waters, the likely outcomes of todays powerplays, & what is at stake both politically & ecologically. With the map literally being redrawn by global warming, the ownership of the Arctic will be one of the defining issues of the next decade. In this deeply informed & clearsighted account by two of the worlds leading Arctic scholars & explorers, Richard Sale & Eugene Potapov analyse the competing interests of nations, corporations, & indeed species. ...

From the rowdy backstreets of Dublin, full of earthy homour & spirit, emerges a young boxing hopeful
- Sparrow Mc Cabe. Sparrow's
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A milestone in the history of popular theology, ' The Screwtape Letters' is an iconic classic on spiritual warfare & the power of the devil. This profound & striking narrative takes the form of a series of letters from Screwtape, a devil high in the Infernal Civil Service, to his nephew Wormwood, a junior colleague engaged in his first mission on earth trying to secure the damnation of a young man who has just become a Christian. Although the young man initially looks to be a willing victim, he changes his ways & is 'lost' to the young devil. Dedicated to Lewis's friend & colleague J.R.R. Tolkien, ' The Screwtape Letters' is a timeless classic on spiritual conflict & the invisible realities which are part of our religious experience. ...

Noel Fielding's book channels the creative influences of Henri Rousseau, Roy Lichtenstein & Salvador Dali, through the comedian's strange & singular, not to say surreal mind. Hilarious & beautifully produced, the book is a visual feast which will delight & entertain Noel's millions of fans. " Growing up in the jungles of India there was no need for drawing or painting. I would sometimes arrange ants into primitive still lives or scratch out portraits onto the trunks of trees. Things changed when I was 11, a lame tiger who owned a stationery shop gave me the keys to his stock room, I would roll around in acrylic & oil pastels in reverie, licking canvases & tucking coloured pencils into my wild hair. It was here I learned how to draw & paint well enough to be accepted into Croyden Art College. There, Dexter Dalwood (Turner Prize nominee) taught me & after two years under his supreme tutelage & much hard graft he adviced me to become a comedian." Noel Fielding ...

When the scruffy pets accidentally get sent to the dog show, they find themselves plunged into the middle of a fiendish criminal

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One house, two women, a lifetime of secrets...

Following the death of her mother, Becky begins the sad task of

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Cussler explores the secret world of undersea adventures, unearthing more than 60 shipwrecks Cussler & his NUMA volunteers, he now highlights 12 of the most memorable. With immense research he begins each introduction with a creative dramatisation of how each ship met its end. ...

A startling new book, his most personal to date, from Philip Hoare, winner of the 2009 Samuel Johnson Prize for ' Leviathan'. The sea surrounds us. It gives us life, provides us with the air we breathe & the food we eat. It is ceaseless change & constant presence. It covers two-thirds of our planet. Yet caught up in our everyday lives, we barely notice it. In ' The Sea Inside', Philip Hoare sets out to rediscover the sea, its islands, birds & beasts. He begins on the south coast where he grew up, a place of almost monastic escape. From there he travels to the other side of the world
- the Azores, Sri Lanka, New Zealand
- in search of encounters with animals & people. Navigating between human & natural history, he asks what these stories mean for us now. Along the way we meet an amazing cast; from scientists to tattooed warriors; from ravens to whales & bizarre creatures that may, or may not, be extinct. Part memoir, part fantastical travelogue, ' The Sea Inside' takes us on an astounding journey of discovery.

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A mysterious trip to the desolate Northern Isles soon turns into a terrifying adventure when Bill is kidnapped! Marooned far from the mainland on a deserted coast, Philip, Dinah, Lucy-Ann & Jack find themselves playing a dangerous game with an unknown enemy. Will they escape with Bill, & their live ...