Freaky Peaks takes the intrepid young explorer on a thrilling tour of the tallest mountains
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This classic photo album is in a book bound style with slip in pages. Each page holds 4 photos with a space at the side for your notes. The whole album can take 200 6x 4 photos. The front cover is a silk style fabric with flocked flowers in deep red & scrolling pattern. Approximate size 22x 22x 5cm ...

This classic photo album is in a book bound style with slip in pages. Each page holds 4 photos with a space at the side for your notes. The whole album can take 200 6x 4 photos. The front cover is a silk style fabric in dark grey with a metallic sheen & on the front is a flocked flower in deep turquoise & scrolling pattern in green. Approximate size 22x 22x 5cm ...

With over 390 000 solutions listed not only by the number of letters but by the position of each letter this huge book is the best aid you could have to solving any crossword quickly & effectively. Are you stuck for an eight-letter word with 'b' as the third letter? Choose from 150 options including Ambiance Lobbyist Sabotage Toboggan Unburden... ...

What is Christian Spirituality? How does it relate to non-Christian traditions? Where does it arise from & where is it going? These are some of the key questions addressed in this innovative new guide from Bloomsbury. The Bloomsbury Guide to Christian Spirituality is written by foremost academics in their fields who distill their knowledge for a wide intelligent audience. They do this with huge skill & attention to the needs of modern readers. Appealing equally to those studying the tradition for religious formation or those wishing to acquaint themselves with this fascinating subject this guide is destined to become an essential text in the field. ...

The landscape is flawless the trees majestic the flora & the fauna are right & proper. All is picturesquely typical of rural England at its best. Sir Giles an MP of few principles & curious tastes plots to destroy all this by building a motorway smack through it to line his own pocket & at the same time to dispose of his wife the capacious Lady Maude. Sir Giles recruits to his side Hoskins a corrupt local official Lord Leakham the environmental equivalent of a hanging judge & Dundridge a troublesome bureaucrat with an unhealthy passion for order. Against this powerful lobby are ranged a mere handful of local residents led by Lady Maude. Hardly at first sight a team to withstand the batteries of official inertia Compulsory Purchase Orders & bulldozer blades. But Lady Maude enlists a surprising ally in her enigmatic gardener Blott the Dresden born ex-Italian naturalised Englishman in whom adopted patriotism burns bright. Lady Maudes dynamism & Blotts concealed talents enable them to meet pressure with mimicry loaded tribunals with publicity & chilli powder & requisition orders with wickedly spiked beer. This explosively comic novel will gladden the heart of everyone who has ever confronted a bureaucrat & spells out in riotous detail how the forces of virtue play an exceedingly dirty game when the issue is close to home. ...

A life of extreme tragedy & remarkable inspiration the story of Isabella Blow is a dramatic & compelling tale of a courageous icon. Isabella Blow was the epitome of English eccentricity. A legendary figure in the fashion world she nurtured & championed the talent of some of fashions most recognisable & important figures all the time hiding her own personal unhappiness & severe depression. The news of her tragic death in 2007 aged 48 shocked the international fashion world. Her thirty year career in fashion began as Anna Wintours assistant at American Vogue & took in stints as fashion director of Tatler & Fashion Editor of The Sunday Times Magazine. But she is perhaps best-known for the iconic images of her in Philip Treacys hats the first of two designers to launch his career from the basement of Isabella & Detmar Blows house. With similar passion & verve Isabella enthusiastically displayed her admiration for young designer Alexander Mc Queen buying his entire first collection after he graduated from Central St Martins in a move that many believe launched his career. Detmar Blow was engaged to Isabella sixteen days after they first met in 1988 & the couple remained married until her death. In this visually stunning portrait Detmar & Tom reveal the truth about the intriguing world of Isabella providing incredible behind-the-scenes insight into the world of fashion & high-society as well as tracing her ancestry & early childhood offering a fresh & penetrating look at her domestic life & celebrating her incredible achievements. ...

After her resignation as Virginia's Chief Medical Examiner & the horrifying events which threatened her life in THE LAST PRECINCT Kay Scarpetta has abandoned her elegant home in Richmond & is quietly living in Florida beginning to get some balance back in her life & slowly establishing herself as a private forensic consultant. But her past won't let her rest & her grief for Benton Wesley continues to grow not diminish as does the rage within Lucy her niece. Then the architect of her changed fortunes contacts her from his cell on death row: deformed blinded by Scarpetta's own actions incarcerated in Texas strongest prison Jean-Baptiste Chardonne still has the ability to terrify. But unkown to Scarpetta there are other forces behind the wolfman's apparent actions invisibly shepherding her & those closest to her towards eliminating those who threaten them all. & it is all orchestrated by the one man in her life who knows every nuance of her soul. Visit the author's website at www.patricia-cornwell.com ...

I thought I was the biggest dope smuggler. I wasnt. He was Howard Marks. On 29 June 1988 Michael Forwell (aka The Fox) had it all
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Lieutenant John Pearce is considering his future. Lacking funds an occupation if he leaves naval service or the evidence of perjury he once held against Captain Ralph Barclay the brute who pressed he & his friends into the navy his prospects are not promising. Ralph Barclay meanwhile has problems of his own. His wife Emily is refusing to live under the same roof as him & she has the means to get her own way: the perjury evidence Pearce believes lost at sea. Barclay's slippery clerk Gherson has as much at stake as his employer & is prepared to go to any lengths to silence Emily & Pearce. So when a smiling stranger offers Pearce & his companions the illegal yet profitable opportunity to fetch a contrab&-laden ship from a French port is all as it seems? Are Pearce & his Pelicans sailing into prosperity
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