The Isle of Lewis is the most remote harshly beautiful place in Scotland where the difficulty of existence seems outweighed only by peoples fear of God. But older pagan values lurk beneath the veneer of faith the primal yearning for blood & revenge. When a brutal murder on the island bears the hallmarks of a similar slaying in Edinburgh police detective Fin Macleod is dispatched north to investigate. But since he himself was raised on Lewis the investigation also represents a journey home & into his past. Each year the islands men perform the hunting of the gugas a savage custom no longer necessary for survival but which they cling to even more fiercely in the face of the demands of modern morality. For Fin the hunt recalls a horrific tragedy which after all this time may have begun to demand another sacrifice. The Blackhouse is a crime novel of rare power & vision. Peter May has crafted a page-turning murder mystery that explores the darkness in our souls & just how difficult it is to escape the past. ...

Twelve-year-old Steven Lamb digs holes on Exmoor hoping to find a body. Every day after school while his classmates swap football stickers Steven goes digging to lay to rest the ghost of the uncle he never knew who disappeared aged eleven & is assumed to have fallen victim to the notorious serial killer Arnold Avery. Only Stevens Nan is not convinced her son is dead. She still waits for him to come home standing bitter guard at the front window while her family fragments around her. Steven is determined to heal the widening cracks between them before its too late. & if that means presenting his grandmother with the bones of her murdered son hell do it. So the boy takes the next logical step carefully crafting a letter to Arnold Avery in prison. & there begins a dangerous cat-&-mouse game between a desperate child & a bored serial killer.. . ...

The year is 2041 & Shaun Mason is having a bad day. Everyone he knows is dead or in hiding. The world is doing its best to end itself for the second time. The Centre for Disease Control is out to get him. With too much left to do & not much time left to do it in he must face mad scientists zombie bears & rogue government agencies before the conspiracy that killed Georgia manages to kill the only thing he has left of her
- the truth. & if theres one thing he knows is true in this post-zombie post-resurrection America its this: Things can always get worse.
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I am on the run. The police are chasing me because they think Im a terrorist. The trouble all began when my Dad whos a bookseller hid a writer called Omar Shakir in our house. Omar wrote a book you may have heard of but wont have read. Its called The Exploded. It inspired a terrorist attack on London. Thats why its a BANNED book. We live in dangerous times. Lots of books are banned now. Harry Potter". " Alex Rider". " James Bond". If youre caught reading one you could go to jail. The state says books & films & computer games have to be nice & happy so they dont inspire teenagers to commit violent crime or terrorism. I thought they were wrong. I thought how much harm can a book do? Then I read one. Now Im about to commit murder. Now I know better. Books are dangerous." ...

This is another gripping World War Two drama from the master storyteller & multi-award-winner Robert Swindells. Life in a small village is boring now the war is over there is still rationing & bomb damage & war losses. But when a group of children hear of some treasure kept locked in the village things look at bit more interesting. & then two strangers turn up in the village
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OS Explorer Map is the Ordnance Survey's most detailed map & is recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities such as walking horse riding & off-road cycling. The series provides complete GB coverage & can now be used in all weathers thanks to OS Explorer Map
- Active a tough versatile version of the OS Explorer Map.
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OS Explorer Map is the Ordnance Survey's most detailed map & is recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities like walking horse riding & off-road cycling. Providing complete GB coverage the series details essential information such as youth hostels pubs & visitor information as well as rights of way permissive paths & bridleways. ...

A superbly atmospheric thriller of sabotage suspicion & steam The Blackpool Highflyer" brings a new twist to tales of Edwardian England steam railways & amateur sleuthing. When railwayman Jim Stringer is assigned to drive holiday makers to the seaside resort of Blackpool in the hot summer of 1905 he thinks he's struck lucky. But his dreams of beer & pretty women are soon destroyed
- when his high-speed train meets a huge millstone on the line. Who wanted to derail the packed train? & did they want to kill everyone on board or just one passenger? Desperately seeking the saboteur Jim is drawn into the fringes of Blackpool Central Europe's busiest station. He discovers a murky world of dandies fraudsters & ventriloquists shifty revolutionaries & textile magnates. In the summer heat dazed by the sun & by the roaring fire he stokes Jim begins to understand that the more he investigates the longer his list of suspects will become..."
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The Great Train Robbery of 1963 is one of the most (in)famous crimes in British history. The bulk of the money stolen (equivalent to GBP40 million today) has never been recovered. There has not been a single year since 1963 when one aspect or another of the crime or its participants has not been featured in the media & there is no sign that public interest in this subject is abating
- quite the opposite in fact. With the 50th anniversary approaching interest will no doubt increase even more. The Great Train Robbery will examine new evidence (including previously classified documents from the Metropolitan Police Home Office & Foreign Office) as to why such a meticuolously planned crime failed during the getaway how the establishment conspired to ensure harsh sentences how the driver of the train was manipulated & how the police investigation was mishandled & will reveal what happened to the money. ANDREW COOK is the author of Ace of Spies: the True Story of Sidney Reilly M: MI5's First Spymaster To Kill Rasputin: the Life & Death of Gegori Rasputin Prince Eddy: the King We Never Had & Cash for Honours: the True Life of Maundy Gregory. He has also written numerous newspaper articles & been involved with historical television documentaries. He lives in Bedfordshire.
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As residents & regular visitors to Blackpool will know & as the recent extensive changes to the town centre & promenade show Blackpool never stands still. The on-going nature of Blackpools development was all too apparent during the preparation of this book & the towns motto of Progress is particularly apt. This book of historic & up-to-date views of Blackpool looks at some of the remarkable changes that have taken place in the town in both its better-known areas & in some of its more obscure corners. In collating this book the authors have had access to private collections of historic photographs & have sought wherever possible to include views & subjects of the town that have not been seen in print before. ...