One night in the reform club Phileas Fogg bets his companions that he can travel across the globe in just eighty days. Breaking the well-established routine of his daily life he immediately sets off for Dover with his astonished valet Passepartout. Passing through exotic lands & dangerous locations they seize whatever transportation is at hand
- whether train or elephant
- overcoming set-backs & always racing against the clock.

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Meet Mouk the adorable & intrepid little bear who sets off on a journey around the world. Join him as he discovers different cultures & makes new friends around the globe. Bursting with colour & authentic detail Around the World with Mouk" is a remarkable book of fabulously detailed illustration reminiscent of the best work of Richard Scarry but with an international twist. Mouk invites his readers to explore with him eleven vividly illustrated countries & to join in the fun with 40 reusable stickers. The book is suitable for all active youngsters & is virtually indestructible with extra-thick & glossy paper & padded covers. Its large format means that there are hundreds of different scenes & adventures to explore." ...

This title presents delightful verses & delicate playful illustrations that take young children through the special joys of each month of the year from icy February to the green shoots of April the red poppies of July Septembers apples & the delights of December. ...

When a lawyer friend Nick Rush is killed along with a client in a hail of gunfire outside the federal courthouse attorney Paul Madriani is determined to find out the reasons for this double murder. Tortured by the possibility that he himself had been marked for death only to have a friend die in his place Madriani casts a suspicious eye in all directions -- at Rushs business associates his clients even the beautiful widow & her mysterious new companion. As he investigates Madriani rides the crest of a dangerous wave of international drug deals & people who murder for money. In a quest that takes him from California to Mexico he discovers that while the motive to kill may be driven by events taking place thousands of miles away the killer lies much closer at h&... ...

With dramatic mountain ridges towering over the moorland of its northern half & a lusher softer landscape in the south Arran is often dubbed as Scotland in Miniature. The fact is that this is an island with a huge amount to offer packed into small space. The great granite ridges may be lower in stature than those in the Highlands but they are the equal of any mountains in Scotland for sheer grandeur. The coastline has some superb scenery & a wondeful outlook whether towards Ayrshire or to Kintyre. & the island itself is packed with history & human interest from the ancient standing stones on Machrie Moor to the modern-day Buddhist retreat on Holy Isl&. ...

Luke is having a rough year. When his parents split up his mum drags him to Phoenix a br&-new town in the middle of nowhere. But Phoenix is no ordinary town. There are no cars no phones & no internet. Luke thinks this is as weird as it gets. Then he discovers that someone is plotting to wipe out the human race. Phoenix is suddenly the safest & most dangerous place on earth. One hundred days remain until the end of the world.. .not something Luke thought would ever be his problem. ...

A third of the worlds people are in the midst of the largest population move in human history as the last of the words rural populations abandons agriculture & moves to the urban areas of the developing world & of the wealthy West. Both a groundbreaking work of reportage & an exciting vivid travelogue Arrival City" sees award-winning journalist Doug Saunders offering a detailed tour of the key points in the Great Migration & considers the actions that have turned this enormous population shift into either a success or a violent failure." ...

In the award-winning The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit" Lucette Lagnado offered a heartbreaking portrait of her father Leon a successful Cairo boulevardier forced to take flight with his family during the rise of the Nasser dictatorship & of her familys struggle to rebuild a new life in a new l&. " The Arrogant Years" continues Lagnados saga telling the story of her mother Edith coming of age in a magical old Cairo of dusty alleyways & grand villas inhabited by pashas & their wives. Lagnado then revisits her own early years in America-first as a schoolgirl in Brooklyns immigrant enclaves where she dreams of becoming the fearless Mrs. Emma Peel of " The Avengers" & later as an avenging reporter for some of her adopted countrys most prestigious newspapers. A stranger growing up in a strange land Lagnado reveals how her adolescence was further complicated by cancer at sixteen. The devastating consequences would rob her of her "arrogant years"
- the period defined by an overwhelming sense of possibility invincibility & confidence. Lagnado looks to the women sequestered behind the wooden screen at her childhood synagogue to the young coeds at Vassar & Columbia in the 1970s to her own mother & the women of their past in Cairo & reflects on their stories as she struggles to make sense of her own choices."
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Rhosmari trembled as the Empress walked over to her. ' Oh do not struggle. There is nowhere for you to escape ' the Empress said her voice silken & sweet. Then she unsheathed a small dagger from her waist. ' This will only hurt a little...' Rhosmari has lived her whole life on a sheltered chain of faery islands. But with the Empress's power growing & her desire to enslave the entire faery race becoming a reality Rhosmari knows she must fight back... ...

Ezeulu headstrong chief priest of the god Ulu is worshipped by the six villages of Umuaro. But he is beginning to find his authority increasingly under threat
- from his rivals in the tribe from those in the white government & even from his own family. Yet he still feels he must be untouchable
- surely he is an arrow in the bow of his God? Armed with this belief he is prepared to lead his people even if it means destruction & annihilation. Yet the people will not be so easily dominated. Spare & powerful Arrow of God" is an unforgettable portrayal of the loss of faith & the struggle between tradition & change. Continuing the epic saga of the community in " Things Fall Apart" it is the second volume of Achebes African trilogy & is followed by " No Longer at Ease"."

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