The new Moleskine City Notebooks" are ideal for those who travel whether to see the sights or for work as a way of organising trips & to preserving it for memories & records. It is perfect for those who live there as a way of organizing the things they know & need about the city they live in. Each notebook has an elastic closure 228 pages with up to 44 pages in colour & have a sewn binding. There is an inside accordion pocket & three ribbon placemarkers each in a different colour." ...

The new Moleskine City Notebooks" are ideal for those who travel whether to see the sights or for work as a way of organizing trips & to preserving it for memories & records. They are perfect for those who live there as a way of organizing the things they know & need about the city they live in. Each notebook has an elastic closure 228 pages with up to 44 pages in color & have a sewn binding. There is an inside accordion pocket & three ribbon placemarkers each in a different color." ...

A companion to Abydos in the New Aspects of Antiquity" series this book is a remarkable evocation of an ancient city brings together for the first time the history of the site of Tell el-Amarna from its foundation by the pharaoh Akhenaten in c. 1344 bc to its abandonment just 16 or 17 years later a few years after his death. Nine chapters cover the kings choice of the site & its development the layout of the city & its buildings & puts it in the context of the society of the time. Over 260 illustrations some 50 in colour bring to life the remains & artefacts found at the site during its excavation. Barry Kemp Emeritus Professor of Egyptology at Cambridge University is a world-class scholar & writer & the acknowledged expert on Amarna & Akhenaten. This is certain to become the definitive work." ...

This is the second book in the bestselling urban fantasy trilogy The Mortal Instruments". With her mother in a coma & her father hell-bent on destroying the world Clary is dragged deeper into New York's terrifying underworld of werewolves demons & the mysterious Shadowhunters. Discovering the truth about her past was only the beginning now Clary must save the world from her own father
- the rogue Shadowhunter Valentine. With two of the Mortal Instruments at his command Valentine is assembling an army of demons to wage war on the council of Shadowhunters & destroy them once & for all. As the battle begins Clary must face her darkest fears
- & come to terms with her feelings for a boy she wishes wasn't her brother."

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Sixteen-year-old Clary Fray is an ordinary teenager who likes hanging out in Brooklyn with her friends. But everything changes the night she witnesses a murder committed by a group of teens armed with medieval weaponry. The murderous group are Shadowhunters secret warriors dedicated to driving demons out of this dimension & back into their own. Drawn inexorably into a terrifying world Clary slowly begins to learn the truth about her family
- & the battle for the fate of the world.
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A gorgeous hardcover book that features wise inspirational or funny"es from the script of this summer's blockbuster movie alongside character profiles & stunning cast photos. There is even the chance to design & colour your own"es & runes on the specially designed write-in pages! This beautiful hardback book with its gold-debossed-foil cover & gold-pantone- &-black-ink insides is a must-have for any fan! ...

Could you show me a djinn? I asked. Certainly replied the Sufi. But you would run away. This is William Dalrymples captivating memoir of a year spent in Delhi a city watched over & protected by the mischievous invisible djinns. Lodging with the beady-eyed Mrs Puri & encountering an extraordinary array of characters
- from elusive eunuchs to the last remnants of the Raj
- William Dalrymple comes to know the bewildering city intimately. He pursues Delhis interlacing layers of history along narrow alleys & broad boulevards brilliantly conveying its intoxicating mix of mysticism & mayhem. City of Djinns is an astonishing & sensitive portrait of a city & confirms William Dalrymple as one of the most compelling explorers of Indias past & present.

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Return to the world of the Liveships Traders & journey along the Rain Wild River in the third instalment of high adventure from the author of the internationally acclaimed Farseer trilogy. Kelsingra awaits for those brave enough to enter... The dragons & their keepers have discovered Kelsingra but so far only Heeby has succeeded in flying over the river to enter the fabled city. The other dragons with their deformed wings & feeble muscles are afraid to risk failure & humiliation. But wondrous things await in Kelsingra a city built for dragons & their Elderling keepers. Alise overwhelmed by the treasures she finds there records her finds for posterity. Once the rest of the world knows about the riches the city contains nothing will ever be the same again. Already rumours of the citys discovery have floated down the Rain Wild River & reached envious ears in Bingtown & beyond. Adventurers pirates & fortune hunters are coming in droves to pillage what they can from the city. As is Hest Finbok Alises husb&... Meanwhile Selden Vestrit finds himself a prisoner of the ailing Duke of Chalced who believes him to be some sort of dragon-man whose flesh & blood may work miracle cures. Where is Tintaglia the great sapphire-blue dragon when all have such need of her? Has she really abandoned her beloved Selden & the fledgling dragons forever? Or will she too return to seek the wonders of Kelsingra? ...

Optimus Yarnspinner a young Zamonian writer inherits very little from his beloved godfather apart from an unpublished short story by an unknown author. This manuscript proves to be such a superb piece of writing that he cant resist the temptation to investigate the mystery surrounding the authors identity. The trail takes him to the City of Dreaming Books. After falling under the spell of this book-obsessed metropolis; Yarnspinner also falls into the clutches of its evil genius Pfistomel Smyke who treacherously maroons him in the citys labyrinthine catacombs. He finds himself in a subterranean world where reading books can be genuinely dangerous where ruthless Bookhunters fight to the death for literary gems & the mysterious Shadow King rules a murky realm populated by Booklings one-eyed beings whose vast library

Includes:: live books equipped with teeth & claws. Walter Moers transports us to a magical world where reading is still a genuine adventure where books can not only entertain people & make them laugh but drive them insane or even kill them. Only those intrepid souls who are prepared to join Optimus Yarnspinner on his perilous journey should read this book. We wish the rest of you a long safe unutterably dull & boring life!

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Many hundreds of years ago the city of Ember was created by the Builders to contain everything needed for human survival. It worked
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