The Time, The Place is a travellers' guide to the most awe-inspiring experiences to be had on each day of the year around the world. Organized by date, 365 unmissable travel experiences are selected as being the ultimate places to be on specific days throughout the year. Each experience is accompanied by striking photography that evokes a very special time & place, while information boxes give transport, contact & timing details. Entries are drawn from a wide range of eclectic themes, such as culture, history, music, food, drink, wildlife & sheer entertainment, & dig deep into the author's extensive travel knowledge to describe innovative & fresh ideas that will inspire even the most jaded of travellers. The book also acts as a record of world events that will ensure the reader never misses an essential travel experience. Events include the best time to witness young king penguins taking their first swim in Antarctica, visiting the outlandish Festival of the Desert in Mali, watching the Northern Lights at their most vivid in Lapland & paying homage to the King in Memphis, Tennessee, on Elvis Day. All seven continents are well represented in the book. ...

A nail-biting time-travel adventure, set in Roman London
- where past meets present. Billionaire Solomon Daisy is obsessed with
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The past is a foreign country
- this is your guide. We think of Queen Elizabeth I's reign (1558-1603) as a golden age. But what
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The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there... Imagine you could travel back to the fourteenth century. What would you see, & hear, & smell? Where would you stay? What are you going to eat? & how are you going to test to see if you are going down with the plague? In The Time Traveller's Guide... Ian Mortimer's radical new approach turns our entire understanding of history upside down. History is not just something to be studied; it is also something to be lived, whether that's the life of a peasant or a lord. The result is perhaps the most astonishing history book you are ever likely to read; as revolutionary as it is informative, as entertaining as it is startling. ...

Imagination is an amazing thing.

It can take you to the top of the highest mountain, or down to the bottom of the

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Details: The Times Crossword is the most famous in the world. Test your wordpower with this classic collection of 80 cryptic
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A new collection of previously unpublished Fiendish Su Doku puzzles with the added bonus of 30 Super Fiendish puzzles. Perfect for the advanced solver in need of a constant supply of ultra-difficult puzzles. Guaranteed to provide hours of absorbing, brain-stretching entertainment. The puzzles in this collection are of the highest quality supplied by Sudoku Syndication, the Sudoku suppliers to The Times newspaper. Since the first Su Doku puzzle appeared in The Times in November 2004, they have become a phenomenon, with over 5 million copies of The Times Su Doku books sold worldwide. You don't need to be a mathematical genius to solve these puzzles; it is simply a question of logic. Each puzzle has a unique solution
- & there's no guesswork required. The Times Su Doku remains the original, the best & the market leader.
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Details: The latest volume in the hugely popular Killer Su Doku series from the puzzles suppliers to the Times, featuring
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Details: The Times Su Doku Collection is a bumper collection of puzzles that will keep Su Doku enthusiasts entertained
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Give your memory a workout, stimulate your brain & hone your general knowledge with 80 definition-only puzzles from The Times T2 section. Containing 80 definition-only puzzles all reflecting the T2's unique style, & encompassing a wide range of topics from geography to literature, history & culture, this collection will test your word power & boost your general knowledge to boot. Compiled by the T2 Crossword Editor, John Grimshaw, & taken from the T2 section of The Times, these quick accessible puzzles are utterly absorbing & addictive, yet concise enough to be completed on the move. With clues that are satisfyingly skillful & solutions helpfully provided at the back of the book, Times T2 Crossword Book 14 is guaranteed to entertain your brain. ...