One hundred & fifty years from now in a world where Africa is the dominant technological & economic power & where crime war disease & poverty have been banished to history Geoffrey Akinya wants only one thing: to be left in peace so that he can continue his studies into the elephants of the Amboseli basin. But Geoffreys family the vast Akinya business empire has other plans. After the death of Eunice Geoffreys grandmother erstwhile space explorer & entrepreneur something awkward has come to light on the Moon & Geoffrey is tasked
- well blackmailed really
- to go up there & make sure the familys name stays suitably unblemished. But little does Geoffrey realise
- or anyone else in the family for that matter
- what hes about to unravel. Eunices ashes have already have been scattered in sight of Kilimanjaro. But the secrets she died with are about to come back out into the open & they could change everything. Or shatter this near-utopia into shards.. .



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Peter York co-author of the 80s bestseller The Sloane Ranger Handbook charts the progress of the dream of grandeur & aspiration in London
- part of a series of twelve books tied to the twelve lines of the London Underground as Tfl celebrates 150 years of the Tube with Penguin. It is also available in a boxset. Authors include the masterly John Lanchester the children of Kids Company comic John OFarrell & social geographer Danny Dorling. Ranging from the polemical to the fantastical the personal to the societal they offer something for every taste. All experience the city as a cultural phenomenon & notice its nature & its people. Read individually theyre delightful small reads pulled together they offer a particular portrait of a global city". (Evening Standard). " Exquisitely diverse". (The Times). " Eclectic & broad-minded.. .beautifully designed". (Tom Cox Observer). "A fascinating collection with a wide range of styles & themes. The design qualities are excellent as you might expect from Penguin with a consistent look & feel while allowing distinctive covers for each book. This is a very pleasing set of books." ("A Common Reader blog"). The contrasts & transitions between books are as stirring as the books themselves.. .A multidimensional literary jigsaw". (Londonist). "A series of short sharp city-based vignettes
- some personal some political & some pictorial.. .each inimitable author finds that our city is complicated but ultimately connected full of wit & just the right amount of grit" (Fabric Magazine). "A collection of beautiful books". (Grazia). Peter York is one of the UKs leading strategic researchers. As Peter York the writer author & broadcaster on social styles & trends he writes regularly for the Independent & other broadsheets. His books include co-authoring the 80s bestseller The Sloane Ranger Handbook & Dictators Homes. His latest BBC documentary The Rise & Fall of the Ad-Man was shown on BBC2 in 2011. He is a Visiting Professor of the University of the Arts London. His latest book Jim Lee: Arrested will be published in May 2012."

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Say thank you in style with these pretty floral thank you cards! Featuring two designs the cards have jade polka dot backgrounds & then a contrasting pink rose pattern or single rose so that they really stand out! You receive 8 cards with white envelopes & a blank inside so you can write your own message. ...

Now that she is finally & happily married to her long-term suitor Mr J.L.B. Matekoni Mma Ramotswe of the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency of Botswana might have expected life to grow more sedate. But the many problems that lead customers to Mma Ramotswe's door seem if anything to have multiplied & no sooner has she settled her traditionally built person into the married state than she finds herself looking into several troublesome matters at once. There is to begin with a disturbing case of blackmail & theft from the Government catering college. Then while on an errand for her husband to the Mokolodi Game Reserve Mma Ramotswe is seconded to investigate an unpleasant atmosphere that may be down to witchcraft or something worse. There are sinister goings-on at a health clinic to be looked into not to mention any number of small wrongs to be righted along the path to detective triumph. & all the time Mma Ramotswe has weighty questions of a philosophical nature to consider such as whether it is right to find happiness in small things such as a new pair of blue shoes a slice of cake or a red sunset over the Kalahari. ...

Somebody out there is waiting to kill.. . Reena Hale has more reason than most to be afraid of fire. When she was a child her familys restaurant was burned to the ground & the man responsible sent to jail. The Hale family banded together to rebuild & Reena found her lifes calling: to become an arson investigator. With the past firmly behind her things are going well for Reena. She has a job she loves a house of her own
- & a mysterious new neighbour whos proving a heated distraction. But then she is called in on a series of suspicious fires that seem to be connected
- not just to each other but to her. As danger ignites all around her Reena must fight to protect the life shes built
- even if that means getting burned.


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Blue-Water Empire" is Robert Hollands magnificent narrative of Britains military & cultural ties with the Mediterranean Sea in the style of the epic naval histories of N. A. M. Rodger. Britain has been a major presence in the Mediterranean from the Battle of the Nile to the end of empire as both a military & a colonising force on the islands & coastlines of the sea. Robert Holland traces the fascinating story of that presence from its legacies in culture language & law to the Mediterraneans own influence on Britain. Evoking the conflicts & contrasts between British & local societies caught up in dramatic events as well as their mutual resilience under pressure " Blue Water Empire" charts with vigour flair & clarity the British experience in the Mediterranean in the age of empire. Reviews: " An important corrective to current historical amnesia.. .the definitive account of Anglo-Mediterranean history for years to come" (Amanda Foreman " New Statesman"). "A rich & readable account of the British in the Middle Sea... As Hollands learned lucid & enjoyable work makes clear many British politicians saw the Mediterranean as the pre-eminent global strategic arena representing the key to victory in Europe & Asia". (Dominic Sandbrook " Sunday Times"). " This is an important subject & it has never before been drawn together into a single coherent narrative..." Blue-Water Empire" puts the land not the sea at the heart of the story". (" Literary Review"). " Robert Hollands masterly history of the Mediterranean is a pleasure to read. " Blue-Water Empire" shows how Britains mastery of the Middle Sea shaped the modern world whilst reminding us how profoundly the Mediterranean has influenced the British". (Simon Ball (author of " The Bitter Sea: The Struggle for Mastery in the Mediterranean 1935-1949")). " Lively & absorbing". (Philip Mansel " Spectator"). About the author: Robert Holland is one of the worlds leading historians of the Mediterranean & the author of " Britain & the Revolt in Cyprus 1954-59" & (with Diana Markides) " The British & the Hellenes: Struggles for Mastery in the Eastern Mediterranean 1850-1960". He holds professorial positions at the Centre for Hellenic Studies in Kings College London & the Institute of Commonwealth Studies in the same University." ...

Blue-Water Empire" is Robert Hollands magnificent narrative of Britains military & cultural ties with the Mediterranean Sea in the style of the epic naval histories of N. A. M. Rodger. Britain has been a major presence in the Mediterranean from the Battle of the Nile to the end of empire as both a military & a colonising force on the islands & coastlines of the sea. Robert Holland traces the fascinating story of that presence from its legacies in culture language & law to the Mediterraneans own influence on Britain. Evoking the conflicts & contrasts between British & local societies caught up in dramatic events as well as their mutual resilience under pressure " Blue Water Empire" charts with vigour flair & clarity the British experience in the Mediterranean in the age of empire. Reviews: " An important corrective to current historical amnesia...the definitive account of Anglo-Mediterranean history for years to come". (Amanda Foreman " New Statesman"). "A rich & readable account of the British in the Middle Sea... As Hollands learned lucid & enjoyable work makes clear many British politicians saw the Mediterranean as the pre-eminent global strategic arena representing the key to victory in Europe & Asia". (Dominic Sandbrook " Sunday Times"). " This is an important subject & it has never before been drawn together into a single coherent narrative..." Blue-Water Empire" puts the land not the sea at the heart of the story". (" Literary Review"). " Robert Hollands masterly history of the Mediterranean is a pleasure to read. " Blue-Water Empire" shows how Britains mastery of the Middle Sea shaped the modern world whilst reminding us how profoundly the Mediterranean has influenced the British". (Simon Ball (author of " The Bitter Sea: The Struggle for Mastery in the Mediterranean" 1935-1949)). " Lively & absorbing". (Philip Mansel " Spectator"). About the author: Robert Holland is one of the worlds leading historians of the Mediterranean & the author of " Britain & the Revolt in Cyprus" 1954-59 & (with Diana Markides) " The British & the Hellenes: Struggles for Mastery in the Eastern Mediterranean" 1850-1960. He holds professorial positions at the Centre for Hellenic Studies in Kings College London & the Institute of Commonwealth Studies in the same University." ...

During World War II Mary Smallwood went with her family to live on a farm in a Warwickshire country village. Bluebells & Gypsies" is a record of those early childhood years. Memories of that idyllic time have stayed with her vividly not as a historic record but colouring the rest of her life. After leaving school she trained as a State Registered Nurse & a Health Visitor in Birmingham & was also a freelance writer. She married Birmingham journalist John Daniels & is a mother & grandmother. Mary now raises money for charities through her membership of International Inner Wheel." ...

Since the early 1920s the name Bluebird has been synonymous with world speed record breaking on land & water. Driven first by Sir Malcolm Campbell then his son Donald & latterly by Donald's nephew Donald Wales in electric powered vehicles they have consistently pushed records ever higher. This book is the story of the design & construction of the fastest of the Bluebirds the Campbell-Norris 7 (CN7). This car now resident in the National Motor Museum at England is the most sophisticated design ever produced for a wheel-driven record breaker. Using methods & materials developed for the aircraft industry the CN7 given suitable running conditions was capable in 1960 of a speed exceeding that produced by the present wheel-driven record holder 19 years later. The author was first employed by the designers Norris Brothers Ltd as a design draughtsman on the Bluebird K7 hydroplane. After completing his National Service in the RAF he rejoined the company to work with the two chief designers developing the

Specification for CN7 & he later became project coordinator for its construction.

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The philosophy of the blues From B.B. King to Billie Holiday Blues music not only sounds good but has an almost universal appeal in its reflection of the trials & tribulations of everyday life. Its ability to powerfully touch on a range of social & emotional issues is philosophically inspiring & here a diverse range of thinkers & musicians offer illuminating essays that make important connections between the human condition & the Blues that will appeal to music lovers & philosophers alike. ...